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The m-cap of all the BSE-listed firms fell to Rs 135.77 lakh crore from Rs 138.40 lakh crore.
The market capitalisation of all the BSE-listed firms fell to Rs 135.77 lakh crore from Rs 138.40 lakh crore.
NEW DELHI: It was yet another terrible Thursday for stock market investors, as more than Rs 2.63 lakh cro re got wiped out in across the board selloff, wherein over 250 stocks hit their lower circuits on the BSE.
Both benchmark indices BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty lost over 2 per cent following all round selling on Dalal Street. As a result, over 250 stocks on the BSE hit their lower circuits in today’s trade including Kwality, IL&FS Transportation and Central Bank of India in Group A.
In the Group B, stocks including Tree House, Arrow Green, IVC, V Mart, Winsome and GBL Infra were also locked in at lower circuit in today’s trade.
Besides these stocks, four stocks in Group M, 1 in Group MT, 2 in Group P, 48 in Group T, 63 in Group X and 14 stocks in Group Z also hit their lower circuit.
On the other hand, 148 stocks on the exchange scaled upper circuit in Thursday’s trade.
The BSE Sensex closed 759.74 points, or 2.19 per cent, down at 34001.15, while the NSE Nifty index settled 225.45 points, or 2.16 per cent, down at 10,234.65.
Institutional Investors will be watching closely on quarterly financial results and taking calls on the future direction. “It is expected, since equity market has corrected at good percentage, selective sectors would recover soon. We are anticipating the rural theme will continue do well. Anticipating the currency depreciation, we expect export oriented sectors like pharmaceuticals, information technology, agro chemicals, would do well going forward. Selective auto OEMs and auto ancillaries and FMCG sectors would do well,” he added.
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I picked up a used HB-35 recently and have been really happy with the guitar. Other than a little set-up work that I still need to get done (slight fret buzz on the low-E) I would say all has been good. But, I seem to have fried the bridge P/U...possibly because I was building a Ruby Amp. Not sure, but after messing around with the Ruby Amp my bridge P/U doesn't seem to work anymore. Has anyone had similar issues? And would it make sense that a homemade amp might fry a P/U? Maybe it is a pot and not the P/U itself. Will be a little work to get the pot out if it is so aside from the $ it might be easier to replace the P/U. Need to do some testing on the electronics tomorrow when I'm a little more rested.
I also forgot to ask - what would be a good (and economical) replacement P/U...if I have to replace it. Lots of choices. I liked the original tone and functionality and I don't really want to replace the neck P/U or make for an odd combination.
If you're building an amp, you're way beyond me on the electronics knowledge spectrum. I have been doing alot of research on a good neck p'up for an HB. A Seymour Duncan '59N can be had for $75 and is a quality p'up that will sound great in this guitar. BUT, matching the bridge may be an issue.
My neck p'up is 21 years old, professionally gigged, and sounds great, but it's falling apart inside the guitar. From its tones, I think the 59 would be similar (I have one in the neck of my semi hollow Idol).
due to it's age however, I don't know how it matches up with what you've got.
Hey Austinsdad, I highly doubt that clowning with an amp would've fried your pick up. That would have to be some extreme rerouting of electricity, and buddy, you would've felt it![ ] I don;t say this proudly, but I've been seriously cooked by some pretty fearsome tube rigs (i.e., Ampeg SVT, etc) and it's never toasted a pickup. Sometimes it can be something as goofy as cold soldering, or a pinched wire. I've also seen pots go bad. Sounds to me like it's time for an ohm meter and a cup of coffee.
As for replacements, well...sky's the limit!!! If I was replacing humbuckers, and wanted a real kicking sound, it'd be a Pearly Gates pick up. That would certainly wake up a hollowbody but with a nice growly tone. I would certainly recommend replacing both though. Although stock pickups are ok, you'll find that the neck will be lagging behind a solid Seymour Duncan unit.
While you're clowning around, you may also want to investigate the option of coil taps...being able to run your humbuckers as single coils. Fun, fun, fun! For this a bit of rewiring is required as the pots have to be changed to a push/pull type to kick the coil in and out.
But let's not get ahead of ourselves...first, and easiest...test. Working on hollowbodies is a nuisance because of lack of access to the wiring, but just have a bit of patience, and take lots of breaks. Oh, another thing to check is the pickup selector switch!! These go OFTEN and are really prone to getting dirty. Sometimes something as easy as just a bit of contact cleaner will bring it back.
If I was replacing humbuckers, and wanted a real kicking sound, it'd be a Pearly Gates pick up. That would certainly wake up a hollowbody but with a nice growly tone. I would certainly recommend replacing both though. Although stock pickups are ok, you'll find that the neck will be lagging behind a solid Seymour Duncan unit.
Hey Roaster...interesting thought. I've been lurking on the SD forum, discussing this very issue. Since it's pertinent to ADad's query, I'll throw it out here as well.
My HB has a vintage SD JB(J) in the bridge, and I want to replace the neck, and have been considering the 59 and the PG, also the Jazz, which SD promo materials recommend but few players actually support. They feel the Jazz is FAR too anemic to pair with a JB.
Can you give an opinion and perhaps a reference on the different p'ups?
As expected, keep the mellower and quieter of the pickups in the neck position. Traditionally, as you want leads to stand out and cut through the mix, it's cool to have that combination as you can always roll off a bit of volume if you're jamming both pickups together. Personally, on a jazz box, I'm a 'one or the other' kind of guy, and I can always use the tones as a blender if I have to.
The nice thing about headroom on a pickup is that you don't necessarily have to go there, but you've got it if you need it. Chording with a jazz pickup is awesome. Nice, full, round tones. Then when you need a kick in the pants you can whip out the bottleneck and hammer it home at the bridge.
The important thing to realize is that sound will also greatly very depending on what you're putting it into. There's nothing completely straightforward about hot rodding an axe, and sometimes trying something goofy will result in a happy accident. On my homebuilt Telecaster, the neck pickup is a Schecter stacked humbucker with a coil tap, and the bridge pickup is from an ancient lap steel. Who'd a thunk right? Now, differences on a Tele are that the middle selector position is where you're chicken pickin', and in this case, it's terrific...but I tried LOTS of variations before I hit gold.
ok, so being fully aware that I'm consulting a sicko, if you had a 335 on your bench with a SD JB in the bridge, a hot soldering iron, an empty neck pocket, and 3 pickups laying there, a '59N, a Pearly Gates N, and a Jazz N, which one would you go to work on?
Man, good example of seeing what you wanna see. You're looking at the bridge, not the neck.
Still say that Seymour will give you solid quality, and not outrageous prices. I think The pearly gates are closer to 100 a pop.
Hey Tio, hands down, Pearly Gates.
Here's why...the output of the Gates will be closely matched to the JB, tonally as well. Being in the neck position, it should give you some seriously fat bluesy tones while maintaining clarity. The Jazz is my second choice, but it probably won't have enough 'poop' to catch the JB.
So, iron is hot, coffee is loaded, let's get at 'er!!
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Freelance journalist, editor and proofreader based in Amsterdam.
I am a freelance journalist, editor and proofreader. My work has been published by many clients, including The Guardian, The Independent, CityLab and DutchNews.nl. I am also the founder of Clean Page, a copywriting and proofreading service which specialises in helping owners of small businesses who do not have English as their native language.
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I am moving this blog to purabtech.in. So visit there.
I am using the Fedora 9 here for this explaination.
I tried to sftp on remote server for port no 2202. I got the following error on command prompt.
This entry was posted in Linux Fedora8 and tagged fedora9, linux, sftp by Purab Kharat. Bookmark the permalink.
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Pick Analysis: Sometimes an injury to one player opens a door for another. Brown didn't want highly-touted teammate Myles Jack to go out of the lineup, but he did take advantage of the opportunity. He started nine games in 2015 after Jack's injury, leading the team with 93 tackles (two for loss) and breaking up six passes. Brown led the Bruins in stops again as a senior with 105 (seven for loss), garnering first-team All-Pac-12 recognition by also intercepting three passes and breaking up six others. The third of his siblings to play college football (Jason was a linebacker at Idaho, Juwuan a DL at Southern Oregon), Brown had to be patient for his chance to play on defense. He made an impact on special teams, though, winning the team's Rookie of the Year award and honorable mention All-Pac-12 notice with eight tackles. He had six more tackles on special teams as a sophomore in 2014.
Published: April 29, 2017 at 02:39 p.m.
Titants tackle Taylor Lewan announces the Tennessee Titans selection of UCLA linebacker Jayon Brown in Round 4 with the No. 155 overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft.
Published: March 31, 2017 at 04:47 p.m.
UCLA linebacker Jayon Brown goes through drills at the 2017 NFL Scouting Combine.
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Yang, Y., Eichhorn, C.D., Wang, Y., Cascio, D., Feigon, J.
Structural basis of 7SK RNA 5'-gamma-phosphate methylation and retention by MePCE.
Nat. Chem. Biol., 15, pp. 132 - 140, 2019.
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#1 Why were runners being told that a bomb squad drill was taking place during the Boston Marathon?
#3 According to The Mirror, the FBI is reportedly “hunting” a 12-strong terrorist “sleeper cell” that Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were part of.
#5 Debkafile is reporting that the Tsarnaev brothers were “double agents” which had been “hired by US and Saudi intelligence to penetrate the Wahhabi jihadist networks which, helped by Saudi financial institutions, had spread across the restive Russian Caucasian.” Could this possibly be true? If so, will the American people be told the truth about these links?
#6 According to their uncle, there were “mentors” that “radicalized” the Tsarnaev brothers. Who precisely is the question.
#7 What happened during Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s trip to Dagestan and Chechnya last year?
#8 Were the Tsarnaev brothers in contact with a rebel leader named Doku Umarov who is known as “Russia’s Bin Laden”?
#9 Did Tamerlan Tsarnaev post a video on YouTube last summer that expresses a belief that the 12th Imam, Mahdi, will soon come and that an Islamic army with black flags with arise out of a province in Iran known as Khorasan?
#11 Initially we were told that Saudi national Abdulrahman Ali Alharbi was a “person of interest” in the case. But now he is scheduled to leave the country with the full blessing of the U.S. government. Why is there such a rush to get him out of the United States?
#12 Why aren’t we being told that Abdulrahman Ali Alharbi was photographed with two Saudi’s in the vicinity of the Boston marathon bombings?
#13 Why aren’t we being told of the shocking familial links that Abdulrahman Ali Alharbi has to known members of al-Qaeda? Research conducted by Walid Shoebat confirms that the Al-Harbi clan is steeped in terrorism and are members of Al-Qaeda. Some of which are imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay.
#16 Why did Michele Obama visit Abdulrahman Ali Alharbi in the hospital?
#17 Why did numerous mainstream media outlets openly suggest that right wing extremists were behind the bombings in the immediate aftermath of the attack?
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Washington (AFP) - President Barack Obama cautioned against dire predictions for Donald Trump's presidency, saying his Republican successor faces a reality check if he tries to enact his most controversial campaign promises.
The outgoing Democratic leader made his comments on Monday at a wide-ranging news conference before he embarked on a farewell visit to Europe to reassure worried allies about a man he once warned was "unfit" to lead the United States.
Trump's election win last week over Hillary Clinton has been met with euphoria among his supporters, but also with a wave of protests across the nation that are unusual for the world's leading democracy.
The 70-year-old Republican billionaire -- who takes office in just nine weeks -- was holed up in his home office in Manhattan with his inner circle, working to shape his new administration.
While admitting that he had "concerns" about his successor, the message Obama delivered on Monday was designed to comfort those still ill at ease with Trump -- and a lesson for the billionaire populist in the art of the presidency.
Trump, a real estate developer and reality TV star who has never held political office, has threatened to shake up America's most important international relationships.
But Obama said that deporting millions of immigrants, tearing up mutual defense treaties with NATO and Japan, and unraveling global deals on Iran's nuclear program and the environment were not as simple as delivering tub-thumping rhetoric.
"Regardless of what experience or assumptions he brought to the office, this office has a way of waking you up," Obama said.
"Reality has a way of asserting itself," he added, offering his view that Trump is pragmatic rather than ideological.
Obama said that during a meeting with Trump at the White House last week, he had told the president-elect that his actions can move markets, tanks and public sentiment.
"I emphasized to him that, look, in an election like this that was so hotly contested and so divided, gestures matter," Obama said.
"It's really important to try to send some signals of unity, and to reach out to minority groups or women or others that were concerned about the tenor of the campaign."
"Do I have concerns? Absolutely. Of course, I have concerns. He and I differ on a whole bunch of issues. But the federal government and our democracy is not a speedboat -- it's an ocean liner."
Amid dire predictions about the end of the republic and the global order, Obama said that Trump's inexperience in politics and lack of intellectual baggage could be an asset.
"I don't think he is ideological. I think ultimately he is pragmatic in that way," he told reporters at his first news conference since the Republican mogul defeated his Democratic rival Clinton in last week's presidential election.
"And that can serve him well as long as he's got good people around him and he has a clear sense of direction," he continued.
Trump made his first two key appointments on Sunday -- onetime Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus will be his White House chief of staff, and anti-establishment media firebrand Steve Bannon his chief strategist.
The appointment of Bannon -- the head of ultra-conservative Breitbart News who has championed the so-called "alt-right" perspective -- has raised hackles, with Jewish and Muslim leaders expressing concerns.
Asked about Trump's choice of Bannon, Obama gave a pass. "It would not be appropriate for me to comment on every appointment that the president-elect starts making if I want to be consistent with the notion that we're going to try to facilitate a smooth transition," he said.
More cabinet-level appointments will be rolled out this week, Trump's campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told reporters in New York.
Making the vital choices for Trump's cabinet has sparked intense infighting, CNN reported, with one source calling it a "knife fight."
The New York mogul has also spent time calling world leaders as he begins to develop ties with America's allies -- and adversaries.
"Getting his arms around foreign policy" is one of Trump's four top priorities, along with health care, immigration and taxes, as he prepares for his first 100 days as president, Priebus said.
"I see President-elect Trump being very calm and cool and collected. And prepared to lead the American people," Priebus -- seen as an establishment counter-weight to Bannon -- told ABC's "Good Morning America."
Obama said that Trump had already conveyed a "commitment to NATO" that seemed to run against his campaign promises.
"In my conversation with the president-elect, he expressed a great interest in maintaining our core strategic relationships," Obama said.
During a visit this week to Europe, and then Peru for a summit with Asia-Pacific leaders, Obama said he would be able to tell allies "there is no weakening of resolve when it comes to America's commitment to maintaining a strong and robust NATO relationship."
"This is a time of great change in the world, but America's always been a pillar of strength and a beacon of hope to peoples around the globe. And that's what it must continue to be," he said.
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The Sink Soul Club takes place every two months in the basement of Heebie Jeebies club in Liverpool--a brilliant afternoon of 60s Soul, Rhythm & Blues, original Mod Sounds, Jamaican Ska, Rocksteady and early Reggae.
3pm till 9pm, entry is £5 on the door.
The Sink Soul Club takes place on Easter Sunday, 21st April. 3pm till 9pm, another brilliant afternoon of quality tunes down in the basement of Heebie Jeebies!
Stan, Pete and I were reminiscing the other day with regard to the start of The Sink revival and we realised that it will be 20 years next summer since Pat Costigan organised a Sink member’s reunion at the newly refurbished Magnet, the home of the original Sink at 45 Hardman Street in Liverpool.
Neil English, the charismatic proprietor from the 60’s attended, along with many of the original members.
By the October of 2000, Pat had convinced the then owners to let him start regular monthly Sunday afternoon sessions. He had managed to enrol Stan and Norman Killen, both original Sink members, along with Kevin Murray to DJ. In fact, Norman had also been one of the original DJ’s back in the day.
Over the next few years, things evolved so that Pete, along with me, having also been an original Sink member, were added to the DJ roster. Sadly, due to another change of ownership, the regular Sunday afternoon sessions were terminated in 2006. However, not before Pat had been able to premier his wonderful film of the Sink to a packed audience shortly before we closed. Unfortunately, due to someone objecting to a very small part of the sound track, on what is a piece of social history, it is not possible to see and listen to the film on You Tube as was intended, but it is now available to view on our Sink Facebook page under ‘’Announcements’’, 3rd topic down.
There then followed a somewhat nomadic existence trying to keep The Sink going, using a number of different venues around the Liverpool city centre.
Fast forward to 2015, and out of the blue, Tony Brookes received a phone call from a friend who said that there was a club in Liverpool looking for someone to run Sunday sessions playing authentic 60’s music. To say he was amazed when he was told it was at the Magnet would be an understatement. Tony contacted me, Stan, Pete, and the first event back at the original venue was in the May of that year.
Due to the Magnet recently changing into a non-music venue, we have had to move once again, as you all now know, to the basement of our wonderful new home at Heebie Jeebies on Seel Street (having chosen this from 3 different venues who offered to accommodate us).
The Sunday afternoon format, which we started back in 2000, is the most popular formula for us, as we now find a lot of people are making a nice weekend of it all by staying in Liverpool to enjoy The Sink, whilst also enjoying the other facilities and attractions that the city has to offer; and we really appreciate all the support that we get.
Great write up Dennis, a little potted history of the last 20 years of the Sink Soul Club and the fact that the club was innovative in the establishment of the now bustling Sunday afternoon soul scene.
Sunday afternoon has become a very busy time for soul events, at the Sink we have a music policy that is both original and different. Seems to be working as the Sink is one of the busiest Sunday afternoon events in the North West, thanks to everyone for their continued support.
Well done Dennis, hopefully this will entice a few more to our Easter EGGStravaganza.
Nice one Dennis, see you all on Sunday.
Just a few hours to go till the Easter Sunday Sink Soul Club takes place, looking like another very busy event so don't forget to arrive early if you want a seat.
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The Center Clinic, a not-for-profit organization, was founded in 1997 and offers a variety of affordable treatment options to individuals in the community. We specialize in psychotherapy and comprehensive psychological evaluations with children and adults. Group therapy, couples therapy, and family therapy are also available. We invite you to look through our web site and call us if you have questions.
The Center Clinic is an outpatient community mental health and training clinic affiliated with the George Washington University Professional Psychology Program. The program offers the Doctor of Psychology degree and is accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA). Clinicians are advanced graduate students supervised by licensed, mental health professionals.
What is discussed in psychotherapy sessions, as well as any testing data, is confidential and all staff members adhere to the guidelines of HIPPA and the laws of the District of Columbia. Patient records are maintained under strict security measures that are consistent with professional practices.
Psychological treatment is most effective when you feel able to be direct and honest with your clinician without fear that personal information will be shared with unauthorized persons. We do not release information outside the Clinic without your direct permission, except in situations such as those listed below.
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All clinicians are supervised and consult with licensed mental health professionals. This ensures that you are provided with quality care.
The Center Clinic is closed on all University holidays: Labor Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving (typically 2-3 days), Winter holidays (typically 2 weeks, and Spring recess (1 week in March).
The Center Clinic operates under the jurisdiction of the George Washington University. In the case of inclement weather wherein the University closes or changes its hours of operations (e.g. a delayed opening), the Clinic follows the University’s decision. To check the status of operations, visit the campus advisory website.
The Center Clinic is located on 2100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Suite 200.
The door remains unlocked during daytime hours (9am - 5pm). Patients arriving between 5pm-8pm must knock to gain access. The Clinic is not staffed by a full-time receptionist, though graduate students staff the front desk at various hours. There is no need to check with our front desk staff. Please just have a seat and wait; your clinician will welcome you at the time of your scheduled appointment. The front desk is staffed during the evening hours. Please note that this coverage may vary in the summer months, so please be patient with us while waiting.
The Center Clinic is located within walking distance of the Foggy Bottom, Farragut West (Orange/Blue/Silver lines), and Farragut North (Red line) metro stations. The 31, 32, 36, and 80 bus lines also operate within a few blocks of the Center Clinic.
Metered street parking is also available. Please take note that rush hour time zones are honored on some nearby streets, so attend carefully to signage when parking your car.
The Associate Directors of the Center Clinic are Dr. Stacey Dershewitz and Dr. Sarah Hedlund.
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Cases of Salmonella Enteritidis acquired in the EU have increased in humans by 3% since 2014 says the report, which is compiled by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). In laying hens, the prevalence increased from 0.7% to 1.21% over the same period.
There were 94,530 human cases of salmonellosis reported in the EU in 2016. S. Enteritidis – the most widespread type of Salmonella, accounted for 59% of all salmonellosis cases originating in the EU and is mostly associated with the consumption of eggs, egg products and poultry meat.
Campylobacter, the most reported food-borne pathogen in humans, was detected in 246,307 people, an increase of 6.1% compared with 2015. Despite the high number of cases, fatalities were low (0.03%). Levels of Campylobacter are high in chicken meat.
Listeria infections, which are generally more severe, led to hospitalisation in 97% of reported cases. In 2016, listeriosis continued to rise, with 2,536 cases (a 9.3% increase) and 247 deaths reported. Most deaths occur in people aged over 64 (fatality rate of 18.9%). People over 84 are particularly at risk (fatality rate of 26.1%). Listeria seldom exceeded legal safety limits in ready-to-eat foods.
The 4,786 food-borne disease outbreaks reported in 2016 represent a slight increase in comparison with 2015 (4,362 outbreaks), but the figure is similar to the average number of outbreaks in the EU during 2010–2016.
Outbreaks due to Salmonella are on the rise, with S. Enteritidis causing one in six food-borne disease outbreaks in 2016.
Salmonella bacteria were the most common cause of food-borne outbreaks (22.3%), an increase of 11.5% compared to 2015. They caused the highest burden in terms of numbers of hospitalisations (1,766; 45.6% of all hospitalised cases) and of deaths (10; 50% of all deaths among outbreak cases).
Salmonella in eggs caused the highest number of outbreak cases (1,882).
The EFSA-ECDC report on trends and sources of zoonoses is based on 2016 data collected from all the 28 European Union Member States. Nine other European countries reported on some of the zoonotic agents (Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia).
Salmonella Enteritidis is the Salmonella serotype responsible for most salmonellosis cases and Salmonella food-borne outbreaks. It had been declining constantly since 2007 when the EU surveillance began and control measures in poultry were implemented. Data related to S. Enteritidis in this press release excludes cases associated with travel outside the EU.
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Someone wrote ‘Trump 2016’ on Emory’s campus in chalk. Some students said they no longer feel safe.
Conservative students at Emory University are planning a free-speech event for next week, after an outcry on campus over messages supporting Donald Trump.
The story spread quickly, as media such as Reason mocked, “At Emory University, Writing ‘Trump 2016′ on Sidewalk Is a Racist Microaggression …,” with references to students needing “trigger warnings” and “safe spaces” to protect them from presidential candidates’ names and slogans. For many, it was another sign of college students being so overly sensitive that even political campaigning could be seen as hate speech.
But some students said that given Trump’s rhetoric, the messages were clearly meant to be divisive. And the slogans appeared weeks after Georgia held its primary election on March 1.
Yesterday, the Emory community was witness to an act of cowardice, when someone decided to plaster pro-Donald Trump slogans all over campus. The people who did this knew that what they were doing was wrong, because why else would they do so in the dead of night when no one else could witness them? They did not do this merely to support the presidential candidate, but to promote the hate and discrimination that goes along with him. While some students only see the name of a potential nominee, others see hostility and venom which promises to destroy lives.
Rather than use censorship and retaliation, we know that Emory has the courage to stand firm. Not with fear, but with confidence. Not with hate, but with love. This act which was meant to create discord among the Emory community ultimately serves to further unite us.
A spokeswoman for the Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
Yesterday I received a visit from 40 to 50 student protesters upset by the unexpected chalkings on campus sidewalks and some buildings yesterday morning, in this case referencing Donald Trump. The students shared with me their concern that these messages were meant to intimidate rather than merely to advocate for a particular candidate, having appeared outside of the context of a Georgia election or campus campaign activity. During our conversation, they voiced their genuine concern and pain in the face of this perceived intimidation.
After meeting with our students, I cannot dismiss their expression of feelings and concern as motivated only by political preference or over-sensitivity. Instead, the students with whom I spoke heard a message, not about political process or candidate choice, but instead about values regarding diversity and respect that clash with Emory’s own.
As an academic community, we must value and encourage the expression of ideas, vigorous debate, speech, dissent, and protest. At the same time, our commitment to respect, civility, and inclusion calls us to provide a safe environment that inspires and supports courageous inquiry. It is important that we recognize, listen to, and honor the concerns of these students, as well as faculty and staff who may feel similarly.
Commitment to an annual retreat to renew our efforts.
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Originally written by Corey Kelly for Askmen.com and published on August 5th 2016. Click here to read the original post.
Camouflage is a ubiquitous motif that never seems to go out of style. Looking less Duck Dynasty and more Dior Homme is your ultimate goal when incorporating it into your everyday attire. It’s important to take notes from the runways of fashion designers, from Dries Van Noten to Riccardo Tisci (for Givenchy), who’ve sprinkled pops of camo – not to mention military accents and olive hues — into their latest menswear collections. But, before you G.I. Jones your way out the door in camo prints, remember that less-is-more when styling your next look.
Build with one statement item – a camo coat, pant, shirt, you name it – to create a cohesive, pulled-together ensemble. Instead of stealing the spotlight, accent pieces like camo-printed apparel and accessories should cohesively blend with other colors and prints. That’s why we’ve scoured the market to find you those very items which perfectly highlight this reoccurring trend. From Rag & Bone’s sickening lace up sneakers to a vintage-inspired sweatshirt (courtesy of Todd Snyder’s latest collab), we highlight nine wearable pieces that’ll camouflage your wardrobe into high-style right now.
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BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Regan Smith beat Kyle Larson and Mother Nature on Saturday for his second Nationwide Series victory of the season.
He held off the rookie in the final 14 laps to win the Alliance Truck Parts 250 at Michigan International Speedway and extend his lead in the series standings. He took the checkered flag minutes before a light rain began to fall on the race track.
Parker Kligerman gambled rain would end the race short of the scheduled 125 laps but lost the lead when he had to pit with 13 to go. That opened the door for Smith, who kept his No. 7 Chevy ahead of a charging Larson in the final 10 laps.
"I felt confident even though he was drafting up to me," said Regan, who found himself near the front after a lap 99 stop for fuel.
"It seemed like once we got the car out front it really came to life. (Crew chief) Greg (Ives) made some really good calls to get us the track position."
Ives said he did all he could to make sure his driver got as close to the front of the pack as he could in the closing laps.
"The strategy was to get him up front and let him get confident and comfortable," he said.
It made for a pleasant homecoming for Ives, a native of Bark River in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
There was no caution flag after Austin Dillon brushed the wall with five laps to go and Larson, who was steadily gaining on Smith in the closing laps, never got a chance to take the lead.
Sprint Cup Series regular Paul Menard gave Chevy a sweep of the top three spots and Kyle Busch and Trevor Bayne rounded out the top-five finishers.
It was the second win of the season and fourth career series win for Smith, who also was first at Talladega in early May. It's the 11th straight time he's finished in the top 10.
Smith, who started 11th, paid tribute to late driver Jason Leffler by displaying a decal over the door pillar of his car and promised a portion of his $45,440 winnings to the trust fund created to assist Leffler's five-year-old son.
Leffler, a two-time winner on the Nationwide circuit, died last week after his sprint car struck a wall at a dirt track in New Jersey. A moment of silence in his honor was held before the start of the race.
Larson, the series' top rookie, finished in the top five for the fourth time this season and matched his career-best runner-up finish at Bristol.
"It'd be nice to hurry up and get the win," he said. "I think it's coming soon. We're getting better every week. Once we go to the tracks a second time I hopefully should start out the races better and hopefully maintain track position."
Drivers qualified under warm conditions earlier in the day but took the green flag under overcast, muggy skies that made the track slick. The forecast was threatening, but rain never came.
Pole winner Dillon looked strongest in the first half of the race but opted not to pit with the rest of the lead pack after a lap 64 caution. A flat left rear tire soon dropped him a lap down and he ended the day 20th after his late-race contact with the wall.
Joey Logano took the lead after a lap 86 restart but gave it to Kligerman when he pitted 13 laps later. Kligerman was 19th in the unofficial standings but was dropped to 25th after speeding onto pit road for his final stop.
Dillon set a new track qualifying record with a lap of 191.882 mph earlier in the day to earn his fourth straight Coors Light Pole Award, a Nationwide Series record.
It was the second straight hard-luck outing for Dillon, who led 207 of 250 laps a week earlier at Iowa but finished second to Trevor Bayne.
Sam Hornish Jr., who started the day second in the standings, left the race on lap 81 after a piece of debris broke his oil pump. It dropped him to 32nd and widened his deficit in the standings.
Hornish fell from 23 points behind Smith to 58. Justin Allgaier crept to within a point behind him.
"There is nothing wrong with our Roush Yates engine other than we hit a piece of debris," Hornish said. "We knew we had a good car that was capable of winning, it just wasn't our day."
The race wasn't quite a lap old before the first caution came out. Alex Bowman and Travis Pastrana spun in turn 4 before Brian Vickers crashed into Jeffrey Earnhardt. The latter two cars sustained significant damage.
Vickers, seventh in the series points standings before the start of the race, got back on the track but finished 33rd, 45 laps off the lead. The lead dropped him back to 10th in the standings.
Dexter Stacey brought out the day's second yellow flag when he struck the turn 3 wall on lap 7.
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Just last week, we reported that Netflix was going to move forward with a plan to develop more interactive programming like the recent Black Mirror event Bandersnatch, which was a sci-fi choose-your-own-adventure story about a guy making a video game. The catch was that Netflix said whatever it did next probably wouldn’t be sci-fi, with an executive specifically mentioning a romance or a “wacky comedy.” As it turns out, Netflix’s next interactive thing isn’t any of those, with a press release revealing that it’s actually a survival show where you—the viewer—has a chance to guide Bear Grylls on one of his dramatic outdoor adventures.
The eight-episode series is called You Vs. Wild, and the press release says that you will “make all the decisions” and that “whether or not Bear succeeds or fails is totally up to you.” It’s all going to be pre-taped, so you can’t make so many bad decisions that Bear Grylls ends up dying on top of a mountain, but you’ll hopefully at least be able to influence his actions enough to make him sleep in a cold cave and eat dirt (if that’s what you want). This all sounds like a lot of work for Grylls, since he must’ve had to endure each of his outdoor adventures multiple times so he could show every outcome, but that sounds like the kind of miserable thing he’d enjoy anyway. Some of us just get our kicks watching people on Netflix go outside.
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2019-04-18T18:58:13Z
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https://news.avclub.com/bear-grylls-to-foolishly-put-his-survival-in-your-hands-1833387309
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Nathaniel Adams Coles (he later dropped the "s") was the son of a Baptist minister and was born in Montgomery, Alabama. His mother taught him to play the piano, and by age 12, he was playing organ and singing in his father's church. When his family moved to Chicago, he became interested in jazz music and formed the group "Royal Dukes" in 1935. After signing with Capital Records, he became the first black man to top the record charts as an independent vocalist. By the 1950s, his popularity had crossed racial boundaries, and he became the first black man to have a weekly television series--"St. Louis Blues."
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2019-04-20T08:43:14Z
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If you are graduating with two qualifications and they are from different colleges, you may receive both qualifications together at one ceremony.
When you apply to graduate, please indicate in the 'Comments' field which college ceremony you wish to attend to receive both qualifications.
You can choose which college hood you wear at the ceremony (though you can not wear both together). You may wish to order both hoods for photographs.
You may also select to graduate with both qualifications in person and attend both college ceremonies. In which case, you should advise the Graduation Office and order both hoods.
If your qualifications would normally be conferred at the same ceremony, they will automatically be awarded together. That is, you would not cross the stage twice in one ceremony.
If both of your qualifications are from the same suite of qualifications, you would not usually receive both in person. For example, if you were receiving a BA(Hons) and a BA, the BA(Hons) would be conferred in person and the BA would be conferred in absentia.
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Reflection and Resistance: The Next Organizing Front?
We cover protests in Oakland California, hear young people reflect on the meaning of a Trump presidency. And later political prisoner “Shakaboona” Marshall examine whether the Democratic Party is to blame for a losing the 2016 election .
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2019-04-20T09:14:37Z
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https://kpfa.org/tag/youth-voters/
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Happy Mother’s Day too all the Mums with us today and to those who are with us in spirit. Thank you to all of those who fulfil the roles of Mothers; whether they be Dads, Uncles, Aunites, a Grandparent, Godparent or simply an older friend who makes us feel loved, safe and provide guidance whenever we’re in doubt or anxious. Mum, thank you for all you have done for me and Daniel in recent time and in the past; I know it’s not always easy for you when you often unwell, but you are always around to talk to. Just please stop telling me ‘Eastenders’ spoliers.
This week, the last week of March, came around quickly. This time last year the sun was beaming down on Incheon: enough to make us swap our thick padded coats for lighter outerwear (- almost everyone was wearing a ridiculously elongated puffer coat for the entirety of Winter and now they have opted for beige trench coats; making everyone look like Inspector Gaget). One thing that has returned is the Cherry Blossom themed everything, and when I say everything, I mean everything. All the major café franchises have at least 3 blossom flavoured drinks typically centred around lattes and Matcha, social media accounts are flooded with photos of Cherry blossom strolls and cringey couples who insist on having a picnic in the park despite the passing showers and warnings of blustery winds, and Daiso (the equivalent of PoundWorld in the UK) are selling the likes of blossom patterned paper drinking straws plus blossom/peach shaped ceramics that are too miniature or too pretty to even use for food.
To my knowledge, ‘Ediya’ is the cheapest coffee shop franchise in Korea. Some complain that because of their low prices the coffee beans they use are of low quality, therefore they prefer to be sheep and consistanly return to Starbucks. I love Starbucks too, however I think Ediya and some other café companies don’t get the credit they deserve. Sure, Ediya’s Americanos don’t stand-out as anything unique or different from elsewhere, but they have some great teas, ades, frappes and fresh juices at more than reasonable prices. Not often can you come by a café that has an extensive menu as Ediya has; at least not a varied menu which is permanent. This is the third Cherry blossom season I have spent in Korea, and I try to at least have one of the limited edition drinks during this time: honestly many of these are gimmicky yet it’s not impossible to come across a genuinely flavoursome one. I purchased Ediya’s ‘Apeach’ iced Blossom latte (-‘ Apeach’ is a Kakao Friends/messenger character). It tasted less floral than I hoped, resembling strawberry milkshake. The disappointment aside, I appreciated the ‘Apeach’ shaped marshmallow and whipping cream with it crunching topping. It wasn’t bad for a minimal cost of 4,800₩ (£3.23/$4.22/€3.76); especially when Starbucks, A Twosome Place and The Coffee Bean are charging almost double for their Spring themed drinks.
The kitties are fully settled into the new flat. They are energetic once again, and have an obsession with cardboard boxes. Bascially, don’t spend a small fortune on luxurious fluffy cat beds and toys with feathers pointing in all directions: just give them a box and they’ll be as happy as Larry.
With all the lattes I’ve been gulping down (even if I’m slightly lactose intolerant, my bad…) I haven’t been feeling hungry as often as I usually do. A Foodie who isn’t hungry!? Well, occasionally foodies are happy to have a light or simple meal too. Now you won’t catch me replacing meals with protein shakes anytime soon so, toasted sandwiches, eggy bread, ramen, fried tofu and omelettes were the go-to this week.
Toast with lettuce, a ‘sunny side up’ egg, spam, cheese & tomato ketchup.
One Wednesday I began reading ‘Milk and Honey’ by Rupi Kaur. This poetic, somewhat autobiography is sectioned into four chapters: the hurting, the loving, the breaking, and the healing. As I don’t like to research the synopsis or read the blurb of a book in the fear of it giving away too much detail, I didn’t know anything about ‘Milk and Honey’ when it was given to me. I naively assumed that it was love poetry, or even a romantic short novel as when the words ‘milk and honey’ come to mind I associate them with sweetness and a pleasant Spring or Summer’s day. It turns out it is based around accounts of abuse, depression, and how in some cultures or types of upbringing females are taught to be obediant and any wrong doings should be kept on the down low. Of course there are moments of strength and empowerment throughout the pages, but I couldn’t shake away the feeling of sadness and untrustworthiness in humanity when reading the most descriptive sentances. I agree that the sensitive subjects in the book needed to be expressed and no longer should be regarded as taboo; although if you prefer to read books for entertainment or on subject matter that is academic rather than connected with real life situations, then I’m not sure if I can recommend this book to you. As much as I commend the author’s courage and honesty to write about her experiences, if you are easily emotionally influenced by depressive subjects then I advise that you only read ‘Milk and Honey’ with the right mindset and not in a room where you are a lone.
Yesterday evening I walked slowly back to the train station for returning home from Songdo (the so called international city), to take in the view. The scenery wasn’t new to me; I’ve even photographed it before to share with you all, although I don’t get to see those modern, brightly lit buildings that often. The wind was strong enough to stop me from walking in a straight line, so I stood on the bridge for only a fleeting moment to admire the area.
💬 How did you spend this weekend?
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Those drinks look sooooo yummy!
Great outlook on life. Seems like a pretty nice weekend. Sadly I live in a desert and while there are beauties in the desert there aren’t many cherry blossoms.
Wow living in korea? I am jealous!
No need to be too jealous, the microdust is becoming more and more troublesome.
And your cats – so glad to hear they’re settling in! Cats and cardboard boxes, you hit the nail on the head. They love ’em, especially if they are establishing a sense of safety in a space. The enclosed nature of boxes help them feel secure 🙂 Plus they just find them exhilarating, haha! Not much cuter than a cat enjoying their bestie box.
Beautiful post!! Thanks for sharing your book review and also the stunning scenic photos…also, I really enjoyed reading about the Cherry Blossom themed drinks you have over there! I really wish I could try a drink like that (I’m in California and where I live, there aren’t any Cherry Blossom flavored drinks anywhere!) So cute!
This was a very enjoyable read. Korea is one of the places I really wish to visit. And that drink looks too good!
I too read that book and I kind of agree with you on the fact that it does tackle some quite sensitive and emotional topics that can easily affect you. It did leave a trace of sadness in my heart after finishing it.
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My new interview with The Plane Truth is here!
We delve into the fascinating Earth Feng Shui, and specifically, my proprietary school of Geopolitical Feng Shui. I explain how the 2015 Chinese Year of the Wood Sheep works worldwide, and how it compares to the previous 2014 Year of the Wood Horse that just ended. We also talk about the important Water Feng Shui and how the presence of big bodies of water (oceans, rivers) and their pollution by humans influence any city or country’s fortune.
I further reveal what is Chinese Zodiac and how it really works, what is the classic Compass School of feng shui, and how feng shui helps me make my global predictions.
Last, but not least, this show is in big part about predictions. We discuss my predictions concerning the BRICS, EU, Latin America, Eurasia and US, as well as the general Earth Shift timeline.
This interview was recorded in the beginning of February 2015, but published only yesterday due to certain scheduling issues. That’s why you will see me referring to the Year of the Sheep as yet to start. The Chinese Year of the Sheep has started on January 19, 2015 and the auspicious celebrations period is ending today, March 4.
I recommend that you also listen to my prior interview with Cat’s Eye on the Future: Lada Ray: 2015 Chinese New Year and Feng Shui Predictions Special. This interview is shorter and it will add to the full picture regarding the Year of the Wood Sheep, and feng shui in general (interview description).
See other Lada Ray Interviews.
You can subscribe to The Time Monk Radio YT channel here, to listen to our favorite The Plane Truth and Cat’s Eye on the Future shows. Please support them – they are doing a very important and awesome job!
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2019-04-22T10:20:44Z
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Formerly SwampDaWamp, Sunstone is a North Carolina-based band led by Gig Michaels, David Lee and Keith Inman. They play a combination of modern rock, Southern rock, country, blues and classic rock to create a sound that's both deeply rooted and completely fresh. Sunstone will play Brian's Backyard BBQ on Saturday, part of the "Heroes for Hire" benefit and bike run for wounded veterans ($40, begins at 4:30 p.m. wih pig roast).
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2019-04-23T12:49:26Z
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https://www.recordonline.com/article/20130926/ENTERTAIN/309260357
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NEW YORK -- United CEO Oscar Munoz says the airline won't allow law enforcement officers to haul seated paying passengers off its flights again.
"We are not going to put a law enforcement official to take them off," Munoz told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Wednesday. "To remove a booked, paid, seated passenger -- we can't do that."
Munoz spoke three days after a passenger was dragged off a plane, bloodied and screaming, by authorities at Chicago O'Hare International Airport.
The man refused to give up his seat on a United flight to Louisville, Kentucky, after the airline said it needed to make room for crew members commuting to the city.
Munoz apologized on Tuesday, calling the episode "truly horrific," and pledged a full review by April 30.
On Wednesday, he said United did not give its managers "the proper tools, policies, procedures" they needed to use "common sense."
The airline offered passengers up to $800 to give up their seats before it began choosing people to leave, according to other passengers. Munoz said in a letter to employees that the airline offered $1,000.
Speaking of his employees, Munoz said: "They all have an incredible amount of common sense, and this issue could have been solved by that."
"That's on me. I have to fix that," he added.
Munoz was widely criticized for two earlier statements, including one in which he described the passenger as "disruptive and belligerent."
On Wednesday, Munoz said he did not blame the passenger, and added that his initial comments "fell short" of what he felt. He also said he had no plans to resign.
"It's not so much what I thought, it's what I felt," he told ABC. "Probably the word 'ashamed' comes to mind."
Munoz became CEO in 2015 after his predecessor resigned amid a federal corruption probe.
Even though he only started work in September, Munoz made $5.8 million as CEO that year. Most of that was a $5.2 million signing bonus, according to regulatory filings. The rest was salary, stock awards and other compensation.
United has not given full details of Munoz's pay last year, his first full year on the job. But the company said his base salary was $1.25 million. Munoz also received $6.8 million in stock that will vest over three years, and he can get an additional bonus worth at least $10.5 million.
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2019-04-18T22:19:56Z
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https://q13fox.com/2017/04/12/united-ceo-we-wont-let-police-drag-people-off-planes-anymore/
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Looking for tickets to upcoming Gastr Del Sol tour dates or events? Stereoboard compares prices of Gastr Del Sol tickets from official primary & trusted resale sources, providing a legitimate & safe comparison for finding cheap tickets and the best ticket deals.
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You are here: Home » Best massage…EVER!
Massage is such a critical piece to helping us “stress less”. We store the hormones for our emotions in our muscle and fat cells and often times the best way to get it out, is to rub it out!
Just about every where I go I seek out the best massage therapist I can find. I’ve had Ayurvedic massage in Bali, Thai massage in Mexico, Russian Banya massage in Denver, and a thousand other massages in between. And I can honestly say I’ve found the BEST MASSAGE THERAPIST IN THE WORLD here in Chicago at Allyu Spa.I found Freddie during my recovery from my stress fracture and I’ve not gone to another massage therapist since!
Freddie’s hands are honestly like a gift from God. The minute he softly lays his hands over the blanket on your back you can feel his healing energy begin to work its magic. Unlike many therapists, each massage with Freddie is an entirely new experience, his focus, his technique, his pressure, all designed to cater to your body’s needs and sensitivities at that given moment. Amazingly, each time he manages to find those tiny little spots that you had no idea even existed, and some how he manages to melt away the tightness and the tension of even the most stubborn and persistent muscles.
His massages do tend more on the therapeutic side than the relaxation side, often times twisting and turning you into just the right position in order to get at even the hardest to reach knots. Because of this more therapeutic approach you do chat with him a little more than you would normally as he asks you how a certain spot is feeling or asking you to breath in a specific way in order to help him achieve his goal of making you feel better than when you walked in.
The only downfall is he only works on the weekends and he does get booked up rather quickly, so be sure to plan ahead, and don’t forget to tell them I sent you.
Peace, Love & Happiness – Mel.
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2019-04-22T01:10:52Z
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The sights and sounds of Westover will come alive this Saturday, November 22nd, at the Westover Branch Library.
Black, a photographer, poet and book artist, has been compiling a portrait of Westover and the surrounding area over the past couple of years; eventually, he plans on making a book of photos. Braden, a sound artist, will set up a variety of speakers with sounds of Arlington for library patrons to hear; this is the first of three installments.
“It’s just a really nice way to share our art with the community,” said Black, a resident of Arlington for three years.
A reception will be held from 2 – 4 p.m. with light refreshments and a free raffle of some prints and boxes of notecards.
You can take a look at our Arlington and Westover photos here.
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2019-04-26T04:56:25Z
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http://www.turtlelightpress.com/2014/11/westover-photo-show-library-reception/
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I got cosmic and spent the evening researching gnosticism, creationism and the Big Bang theory, the moral implications of complex systems theory, explanations for the evolution of bigger brains and human intelligence, deep-learning systems in AI, composing music with recurrent neural networks, the overview effect, and sharing and hoarding in the Neolithic and Bronze ages, and Marjolijn Dijkman’s science fictional timeline from 2008 to 802,701.
I didn’t use any of it. Last week Sarah Mann sent me a screenshot of the character descriptions (dramatis personae) from one of her plays and it was hilarious and suggestive and to me worked as a thing in its own right. Day 17 felt like a good opportunity to construct a story wholly out of prefatory descriptions of the characters and thereby write a play shorter than a millisecond.
This is strongly influenced by J.G. Ballard’s experimental short story “Answers to a Questionnaire” in which we are presented with one hundred answers without their questions, leaving us as to tease out implied narratives and connections.
If you think the millisecond short ‘play’ itself is sheer sport, then have a look at Samuel Beckett’s notorious short play Breath, which at 25 seconds is comparatively epic. It’s a dream of mine to present Breath as an evening performance with an interval.
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2019-04-24T18:43:59Z
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Do you put books that you never read on the coffee table to impress people? I keep a copy of the Iliad in?
the original Greek version on the living room coffee table.
Best Answer: I make sure to keep a copy of "Male Sexual Dysfunction" on the table.
Actually no, there is nothing on my coffee table. It's glass and to put anything on there, would ruin the beauty of it. And anyone who knows me already knows I am intelligent and read 10 books a day.
My coffee table sits to the side of my couch and holds 2 small books cases full of paperbacks that I am reading one at a time and my cross stitch. I'm out to impress no one. Anyone who knows me knows that what you see is what you get. Oh, I forgot, there's a big plastic container of Cheerios, to munch on while you read.
I buy and sell books. The ones on the coffee table will be in mailing packages within the hour.
I have no coffee table. If I did sure why not have coffee table book on the coffee table?
Dude! This is the PERFECT book for your coffee table. Check out this vid.
Don't worry, people know you can't even read Greek.
And no, I don't. I actually use a Kindle. I don't care whether or not the people at Starbucks know whether I'm reading War & Peace or Curious George.
No, I keep some magazines on the table.
No. I only have books that I've actually read.
Are you impressed when a person has a big, good-looking book sitting on their coffee table?
Have you ever wanted to buy two copies of a book: One to read, and one to sit on your coffee table?
Coffee Table Book; any suggestions?
Have you ever read a book that put you in a good mood for the rest of the day?
Okay, I just got my new furniture, now what do I put on my coffee table?
Howdy americans , how was you day ?
Do you americans believe in me ?
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2019-04-25T04:39:30Z
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Thank you Rhonda and Bridgette for your fine comments.
Thank you Nicole, I visited your gallery, very nice.
Thanks Janine for your comments.
Thank you William, Kay, Sylvia, Ron, Luis, Rakesh, Aldwin and Corinne for your support and comments, they are much appreciated.
and flowers along many wet roadsides, through out Ohio.
Used: 180mm macro f/3.5 at f/8, ISO 100, fill flash. About 1/2 life size magnification.
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An after-hours musical theatre cabaret night is being launched in the West End.
A line-up of performers including Sam Attwater, Victoria Hamilton-Barritt and Rob Houchen will take to the stage for the opening event next month, hosted by Christopher Biggins.
The new weekly cabaret night, The Show Goes On, will take place at live music bar Studio 88, near Leicester Square. Showcasing new work from emerging writers as well as musical theatre classics, backed by a six-piece band. Performances will start at 10pm and go on until 1am.
They are being launched by licensing house Theatrical Rights Worldwide, in association Studio 88 and charity the MAD Trust.
Shows will have a different line-up of performers each week. However, once a month the cabaret will feature the cast of a West End show.
The cabarets will be free to attend, but will raise money for the MAD Trust, which works within the theatre industry and supports people who are living with or have been affected by HIV and Aids.
Performers for the launch night on September 3 also include Adrian Bevan, Jessica Brady, Lauren Drew, Oliver Savile and Danielle Steers. It will run from 10pm to 3am.
Could Emilia Bassano, the ‘woman ignored by history’, be Shakespeare’s Dark Lady?
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https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2018/new-late-night-musical-theatre-cabaret-show-comes-west-end/
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Fellowships and scholarships acknowledge outstanding Department of Chemistry students and provide assistance in their studies. These scholarships augment awards made to students supported by Western Michigan University, the Lee Honors College and the American Chemical Society. Scholarships are open to declared chemistry majors and are awarded on the basis of criteria listed for each specific scholarship.
Chemistry/Award Scholarship applications due before February 5, 2018. Most of the awards are for the Fall 2018/Spring 2019 year. Please print the application and turn into the Chemistry office or email to chem-info@wmich.edu.
This fund sustains efforts to assist students having financial or personal difficulties to continue their studies. It has supported a number of students since 2005. Under other circumstances, these students may not have completed their degrees. Selection is made on the nomination by a faculty member and a faculty vote. Contributions to this fund can be made through the Buy an Element fundraiser. Donors are recognized by a plaque that appears by the sponsored element on the tile mural in the main floor lobby of the Chemistry Building.
This annual scholarship was established by the Burns family as a memorial to faculty member Dr. Susan Burns, who passed away in 1999. It is based on the financial need and academic performance of a female student at the graduate or undergraduate level, particularly individuals interested in environmental chemistry. Recent awards have been up to $2,000 per year. Burns joined the WMU chemistry faculty in 1996 after serving as a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry at the State University of New York-Syracuse, where she received her Ph.D. Dr. Burns conducted research on the interaction of natural organic matter (including humic acids) with pesticides in water. Her work significantly assisted Great Lakes researchers and regulators from the U.S. and Canada to better regulate pesticide use and disposal.
This scholarship was established in 2013 by Dr. Hashem and Mrs. SuzAnne Akhavan-Tafti, in honor of Professor Emeritus Don Berndt. The fund will be used at the discretion of the chair of the Department of Chemistry to support a full-time graduate chemistry student with a 3.0 or higher grade point average, serving the department as an effective teaching assistant in general or organic chemistry.
This scholarship was established in 2014 by Dr. Hashem and Mrs. SuzAnne Akhavan-Tafti. The fund will be used at the discretion of the Chair of the Department of Chemistry to support a full-time graduate chemistry student with a preference given to those from a historically underrepresented population.
This scholarship was established in 1996 by the family of Frederick Stanley. Stanley received his B.S. and M.S. degrees at WMU in chemistry. It is awarded annually to a full-time junior, senior or graduate student majoring in chemistry and is based on academic performance.
This scholarship was established in late 2005 by Ms. Christine Weisblat, wife of Dr. David Weisblat. It was instituted in honor of former department chair Dr. Lillian Meyer (1956-68). It is awarded annually to a full-time junior, senior or graduate student majoring in chemistry with a minimum GPA of 3.0 Preference is given to a female student.
This scholarship was established in 2012 by Dr. Hashem and SuzAnne Akhavan-Tafti, in honor of Professor Emeritus Robert Nagler. The fund will be used at the discretion of the chair of the Department of Chemistry to support a full-time chemistry graduate student with a GPA of 3.5 or higher from a historically underrepresented population.
This scholarship was established in 2016 by Dr. Hashem and SuzAnne Akhavan-Tafti, in honor of Dr. Hashem's dear friend, Mohammad Hossein Yassaman. Mohammad helped Dr. Hashem greatly during his school years in the U.S. The fund shall support a full-time graduate or undergraduate student who is involved in the study and/or development of renewable energy technologies.
This scholarship was established in memory of Colonel Charles E. Bayliss. It is awarded annually to a student based on academic performance.
This annual award, established in 2005, is provided to a qualified student based on academic performance and research in chemical, biochemical and life sciences.
This annual scholarship was established in memory of Dr. Marc Perkovic, a valued faculty member who passed away in 2006. The award will be made to a full-time undergraduate student majoring in chemistry who is conducting research in some field of chemistry. Preference will be given to a student considering pursuit of advanced graduate training.
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https://wmich.edu/chemistry/scholarships
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Ireland coach Declan Kidney has warned France that Jamie Heaslip is champing at the bit to make his comeback in Sunday's RBS 6 Nations clash.
Heaslip, who has recovered from an ankle injury, will be making his first appearance since December.
The talented Lions back row slots in at number eight with Leinster colleague Sean O'Brien moving to blindside flanker and Denis Leamy dropping to the bench.
'Jamie's a good player and brings his own skill set. That'll give us variation in the team,' said Kidney.
Kidney was reluctant to make any other changes, even though Ireland were almost the victims of one of the championship's great upsets last Saturday before scraping home 13-11 against Italy.
'I wasn't satisfied with the way we played against Italy. We can play a lot better,' he said.
'But the players performed in such a way that meant they deserved another go. Sometimes you need to back your players and after the way they went about their business, that's what I'm doing.
'There were times last week when we off-loaded to people who weren't in better positions than the ball carrier.
France warmed up for Sunday's showdown in Dublin with a dashing 34-21 victory over Scotland, a performance that saw their post-autumn obituaries being hastily re-written.
Ireland believe their best chance of upsetting the Grand Slam champions rests with attempting to beat them at their own game.
'With the way the laws of the game are now, if you stand off France and try to do damage limitation, you'll be opened up,' said Kidney.
'So we need to have the courage to go out and play. We'll continue to do that. These fellas are hugely self-critical and sometimes they just need to relax, trust themselves and go out and play.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-1355554/SIX-NATIONS-2011-Ireland-coach-Declan-Kidney-warns-French-Jamie-Heaslip-end-winning-run.html
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Salmon, Steelhead Trout, and Anadromous Fisheries Program Act.
(a) According to the department, the natural production of salmon and steelhead trout in California has declined to approximately 1,000,000 adult chinook or king salmon, 100,000 coho or silver salmon, and 150,000 steelhead trout.
(b) The naturally spawning salmon and steelhead trout resources of the state have declined dramatically within the past four decades, primarily as a result of lost stream habitat on many streams in the state.
(c) Much of the loss of salmon and steelhead trout and anadromous fish in the state has occurred in the central valley.
(d) Protection of, and an increase in, the naturally spawning salmon and steelhead trout resources of the state would provide a valuable public resource to the residents, a large statewide economic benefit, and would, in addition, provide employment opportunities not otherwise available to the citizens of this state, particularly in rural areas of present underemployment.
(e) Proper salmon and steelhead trout resource management requires maintaining adequate levels of natural, as compared to hatchery, spawning and rearing.
(f) Reliance upon hatchery production of salmon and steelhead trout in California is at or near the maximum percentage that it should occupy in the mix of natural and artificial hatchery production in the state. Hatchery production may be an appropriate means of protecting and increasing salmon and steelhead in specific situations; however, when both are feasible alternatives, preference shall be given to natural production.
(g) The protection of, and increase in, the naturally spawning salmon and steelhead trout of the state must be accomplished primarily through the improvement of stream habitat.
(h) Funds provided by the Legislature since 1978 to further the protection and increase of the fisheries of the state have been administered by the department in a successful program of contracts with local government and nonprofit agencies and private groups in ways that have attracted substantial citizen effort.
(i) The department’s contract program has demonstrated that California has a large and enthusiastic corps of citizens that are eager to further the restoration of the stream and fishery resources of this state and that are willing to provide significant amounts of time and labor to that purpose.
(j) There is need for a comprehensive salmon, steelhead trout, and anadromous fisheries plan, program, and state government organization to guide the state’s efforts to protect and increase the naturally spawning salmon, steelhead trout, and anadromous fishery resources of the state.
(a) It is the policy of the state to significantly increase the natural production of salmon and steelhead trout by the end of this century. The department shall develop a plan and a program that strives to double the current natural production of salmon and steelhead trout resources.
(b) It is the policy of the state to recognize and encourage the participation of the public in privately and publicly funded mitigation, restoration, and enhancement programs in order to protect and increase naturally spawning salmon and steelhead trout resources.
(c) It is the policy of the state that existing natural salmon and steelhead trout habitat shall not be diminished further without offsetting the impacts of the lost habitat.
It is the policy of the state and the department to encourage nonprofit salmon release and return operations subject to this code operated by, or on behalf of, licensed commercial salmon fishermen for the purpose of enhancing California’s salmon populations and increasing the salmon harvest by commercial and recreational fishermen. The department shall, to the extent that funds and personnel are available, cooperate with fishing organizations in the siting and establishment of those operations to ensure the protection of natural spawning stocks of native salmon. The organizations conducting the operations may receive salmon eggs and juvenile salmon for the purposes of the operation, and, where appropriate, shall have priority to receive salmon eggs and juvenile salmon for those purposes after the needs of habitat mitigation efforts, and state hatcheries are met.
The department shall encourage other nonprofit hatcheries and nonprofit artificial propagation operations, operated by, or on behalf of, licensed fishermen, for the purpose of rebuilding or enhancing marine fish populations, including, but not limited to, those for Dungeness crab, sea urchin, and California halibut, consistent with the protection of these species in the wild, in order to provide sustainable marine fish populations for harvest by commercial and recreational fishermen. The department shall, to the extent funds and personnel are available, cooperate with these nonprofit hatcheries and nonprofit artificial propagation operations in determining the feasibility, siting, and establishment of those activities and sharing technical information to ensure the protection of the marine environment.
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https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=FGC&division=6.&title=&part=1.&chapter=8.&article=1
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Discussion in 'Computer Software & Operating Systems' started by stevos, Jan 24, 2008.
When i first installed a fresh copy of vista it all worked fine.
However over time (new drivers etc) something has gone wrong. My laptop will not sleep anymore.
Any suggestions on tracking down the program/driver that is causing this problem.
Try the MCE standby tool. It solved all my problems!
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2019-04-20T02:31:06Z
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https://www.avforums.com/threads/laptop-vista-wont-sleep.695117/
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Rod Humble is an artist who uses games as a medium. He is a member of the first cohort of designers-in-residence at SFMOMA’s new games initiative, PlaySFMOMA, and has developed a game inspired by his experience in the museum’s galleries. Play the game, give feedback, and find out more about the intersection of games and artwork in this drop-in, interactive workshop.
PlaySFMOMA is an initiative that recognizes games as an expressive medium and emerging curatorial discipline, and commissions game-based artworks and engagement tools.
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2019-04-23T10:38:05Z
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https://www.sfmoma.org/event/play-testing-rod-humble/
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In a way that is virtually unparalleled by any other institution, the MAK stands for the fruitful combination of the past with the future, something which can be clearly sensed and experienced when visiting its extensive collection, large exhibition halls, themed special exhibitions and discourse-centered program of events. Bringing together applied arts, design, architecture, and contemporary art is one of the museums core competencies, in light of which it becomes apparent just what contribution the interplay of these areas is capable of making to overall cultural development.
The MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art is one of the most important museums of its kind worldwide. Founded as the Imperial Royal Austrian Museum of Art and Industry in 1863, today’s museum—with its unique collection of applied arts and as a first-class address for contemporary art—can boast an incomparable identity. Originally established as an exemplary source collection, today’s MAK Collection continues to stand for an extraordinary union of applied art, design, contemporary art and architecture.
The spacious halls of the Permanent Collection in the magnificent Ringstraße building by Heinrich von Ferstel were later redesigned by contemporary artists in order to present selected highlights from the MAK Collection. In a unique interplay of artistic heritage and contemporary interventions, the historical holdings have been staged in a way that invites close examination of the individual exhibits.
With the MAK DESIGN LAB, the museum has undertaken in 2014 a redesign of the former MAK Study Collection, and the design concept of the LAB has been consciously chosen as a contrast to the MAK Permanent Collection. The MAK DESIGN LAB expands our understanding of design—a term that is traditionally grounded in the 20th and 21st centuries—by including previous centuries, thereby enabling a better evaluation of the concept of design today.
In temporary exhibitions, the MAK presents various artistic stances from the fields of applied arts, design, architecture, contemporary art, and new media, with the mutual relationships between them being a consistently emphasized theme. The institution’s multifaceted mission allows for varied approaches, opening up new perspectives from which to regard historical relationships and offering frequent glimpses at artistically and societally relevant developments that are just beginning to appear on the horizon.
Sofas by Franz West invite visitors to sit down, take a break and perhaps page through today’s papers; this can also be said of the seating elements by Hermann Czech in the MAK’s central, neo-Renaissance Columned Main Hall. Culinary delights can be found at the restaurant Salonplafond. With its interior design by architect Michael Embacher, the restaurant is another great opportunity for a break—try its outdoor dining area in the MAK Garden for a particularly relaxing experience. Immediately adjacent is the MAK Design Shop, whose range of offerings includes gifts both extraordinary and practical as well as publications, design objects and artists’ editions. On selected Tuesdays, young designers present their newest products here when the Shop serves as an After Work Meeting Point for design aficionados.
In the MAK Reading Room, likewise located in the Stubenring building, user-friendly opening hours and free admission even afford visitors weekend access to books from Austria’s largest art library, home to an archive of societal and cultural knowledge that is constantly being updated.
The large exhibition halls were built between 1906 and 1909 according to plans by architect Ludwig Baumann; with a total floor space of 2,700 m2, they are among Austria’s largest such facilities. The exhibition halls are connected with the Stubenring building by a glass wing designed by Sepp Müller in 1991, and they can also be accessed separately via their own entrance on Weiskirchnerstraße. Stepping through the latter, one is impressed by the generosity of the magnificent late-historicist entrance foyer, behind which lie the exhibition halls and the MAK Lecture Hall. Two levels play host to regularly changing temporary exhibitions covering a wide range of approaches to the diverse themes encompassed by the MAK’s mission.
The MAK is also present in the public sphere, leaving its visible mark on the city’s urban order. Directly in front of the Stubenring building is the Tor zum Ring [Gate to the Ring] constructed by James Wines/SITE in 1992, which physically shifts a piece of the building's outer wall into the urban space, leaving behind a new point of access to the museum. A counterpart to this is Walter Pichler’s artistic and architectural intervention Tor zum Garten [Gate to the Garden] (1990), which opens the museum to its garden on the other side. Also in the MAK Garden is the MAK Terrace Plateau, constructed between 1991 and 1993 after a design by Peter Noever; it is oriented toward the Wien River and provides the museum with a further architectonic axis.
James Turrell’s light sculpture MAKlite causes intense, variously colored light to pulse in the windows of the MAK, thus communicating the complex situations generated within the museum to the urban environment outside. Permanently installed since 2004, this installation releases the building’s brick façade from its urban uniformity.
Somewhat further afield, at the intersection of Franz-Josefs-Kai and Schottenring, one sees the Wiener Trio by Philip Johnson, conceived for the exhibition Turning Point (1996). And the bridge next to the MAK (the Stubenbrücke) has been home to Franz West’s Four Lemurheads since 2001. The Stadtpark, one of the city’s green oases, lies just adjacent to the MAK and beckons refreshingly to museum visitors. The park has played host to Donald Judd’s sculpture Stage Set since 1996; this public artwork, as well, was created specifically for an exhibition at the MAK.
The MAK, which defines itself as a laboratory of societal knowledge, is a place of collecting, research, preservation, education, and interactive learning, as well as a site of human encounters, interaction, and intercreativity. Thanks not least to its international branches and cross-border activities, the museum is also a forum of intercultural and artistic exchange as well as of fruitful dialog with designers, artists, and architects.
The MAK is home to an unparalleled collection of applied arts, design, architecture, and contemporary art which has developed in the course of 150 years.
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http://www.mak.at/jart/prj3/mak-resp/main.jart?content-id=1342703971380&rel=en&j-dummy=reserve&article_id=1341408469181&reserve-mode=active
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SECTION A: WHAT IS THE NATURE OF ALCOHOLISM AND/OR DRUG ADDICTION ?
Chapter 1 - The grand unification theory of alcohol abuse: It's time to stop fighting each other and start working together by Reid K Hester and Nancy Sheehy . . . . . 2.
SECTION B: DO WE NEED A VARIETY OF PUBLIC POLICIES TO PREVENT ALCOHOL ABUSE?
SECTION C: SHOULD THE MINIMUM DRINKING (PURCHASE AGE) BE LOWERED?
SECTION D: SHOULD WE HAVE MANDATORY DRUG TESTING AT THE WORKSITE?
SECTION E: SHOULD THERE BE MORE REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ON ALCOHOL BEVERAGE ADVERTISEMENTS?
SECTION F: ARE WARNING LABELS EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING ALCOHOL ABUSE?
SECTION G: SHOULD WOMEN BE ADVISED TO ABSTAIN COMPLETELY FROM ALCOHOL DURING PREGNANCY?
SECTION H: ARE SCHOOL BASED ALCOHOL/DRUG EDUCATION PROGRAMS EFFECTIVE?
SECTION I: SHOULD ABSTINENCE BE THE ONLY TREATMENT MODEL FOR ALCOHOLISM AND PROBLEM DRINKING?
This book was 'scanned in' and copyedited by: Indiana University student, Jennifer E. Susoreny.
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http://www.indiana.edu/~engs/cbook/tabcont.html
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pshares
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What constitutes the difference between delusion and imagination? Where does one end and the other begin, or are they related at all? Colette Inez explores these intersections in her story “Stamp Fever” (The Georgia Review), from the perspective of a young boy struggling to overcome family difficulties.
But amidst the boy’s joy at the gift, Inez introduces the conflict.
Nor does she take away the stamps, or the various other treasures he’s collected. Though boy’s father lives in a separate city, he’s not disengaged; we discover that the father, though quiet, expresses “himself in the purchase of generous gifts” like the stamp collection.
She’s a concerned mother, her concern betraying love, and it’s in no way debilitating—shown by his ability to shrug it off.
Sure, there’s clearly wish fulfillment at work in his imaginative flights—he wants his parents back together. But there’s also knowledge and beauty, the quest for it and the delight in it, which are all wonderful balms. The boy will be okay, as will his parents.
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http://blog.pshares.org/index.php/the-best-short-story-i-read-in-a-lit-mag-this-week-stamp-fever-by-colette-inez/
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While Gus Kenworthy wasn’t able to bring home a medal at this year’s PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games, he will be bringing home something a bit furrier — a new dog.
After a trip to a dog meat farm with his boyfriend Matt Wilkas, Kenworthy decided to take one of the dogs home, NBC reported. The dog meat farm is in the process of being shut down and all 90 dogs are being taken from the facility to the United States and Canada for adoption.
It’s not the first time Kenworthy has made dogs a priority at the Winter Games. Four years ago in Sochi, Kenworthy helped bring stray dogs back to the United States.
“Across the country there are 2.5 million dogs being raised for food in some of the most disturbing conditions imaginable,” Kenworthy posted on Instagram.
Kenworthy also added that eating dogs is part of Korean culture and that while “it’s not my place to impose western ideals on the people here,” he was concerned about the conditions the dogs were kept in.
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2019-04-26T04:29:25Z
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http://time.com/5174100/gus-kenworthy-dog-meat-farm/
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The English as a Second Language (ESL) program provides courses in English reading, writing, speaking, listening, computer technology and job readiness skills, with special emphasis on developing communication capabilities and improving language proficiency necessary for Pierce College Adult Diploma classes, I-BEST programs, professional technical, Transitional Education classes, and college programs. The courses also include workplace basics and computer literacy for students to improve their employment opportunities. The classes are offered during the day or evenings at both colleges and at sites within the community. Students who are on B-1, B-2, F-1, J-1 or M-1 Visas must register for courses listed under Intensive English/International Education.
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http://catalog.pierce.ctc.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=3&poid=685&returnto=104
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Computers
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tripod
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New front an rear stock springs for all year XRs. Slightly stiffer than stock. No longer available. Have used available.
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http://blugg.tripod.com/catalog/i342.html
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"Precisely Assembled Nanofiber Arrays as a Platform to Engineer Aligned" by Vince Beachley, R. Hepfer et al.
A hybrid cell sheet engineering approach was developed using ultra-thin nanofiber arrays to host the formation of composite nanofiber/cell sheets. It was found that confluent aligned cell sheets could grow on uniaxially-aligned and crisscrossed nanofiber arrays with extremely low fiber densities. The porosity of the nanofiber sheets was sufficient to allow aligned linear myotube formation from differentiated myoblasts on both sides of the nanofiber sheets, in spite of single-side cell seeding. The nanofiber content of the composite cell sheets is minimized to reduce the hindrance to cell migration, cell-cell contacts, mass transport, as well as the foreign body response or inflammatory response associated with the biomaterial. Even at extremely low densities, the nanofiber component significantly enhanced the stability and mechanical properties of the composite cell sheets. In addition, the aligned nanofiber arrays imparted excellent handling properties to the composite cell sheets, which allowed easy processing into more complex, thick 3D structures of higher hierarchy. Aligned nanofiber array-based composite cell sheet engineering combines several advantages of material-free cell sheet engineering and polymer scaffold-based cell sheet engineering; and it represents a new direction in aligned cell sheet engineering for a multitude of tissue engineering applications.
Beachley, Vince; Hepfer, R.; Katsanevakis, Eleni; Zhang, Ning; and Wen, Xuejun, "Precisely Assembled Nanofiber Arrays as a Platform to Engineer Aligned Cell Sheets for Biofabrication" (2014). Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering Faculty Scholarship. 47.
Beachley, V., Hepfer, R., Katsanevakis, E., Zhang, N., & Wen, X. (2014). Precisely Assembled Nanofiber Arrays as a Platform to Engineer Aligned Cell Sheets for Biofabrication. Bioengineering 1(3), 114-133.
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https://rdw.rowan.edu/engineering_facpub/47/
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cardiff
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If you haven’t already got a part-time job, this is the perfect time to start your job search. While you don’t want to overwork yourself (you need to relax after your exams), part-time work is the perfect way to get some excellent work experience, save some money, develop your skills and make new friends. I would recommend applying to companies that employ lots of students and other young people. This way you’ll meet new people who are at a similar stage of life to you. Of course, you’ll also be earning and saving money as well, which will be invaluable once you are living on a student income!
Once your university place is secured after results day, it’s time to go shopping! You’ll likely need new cutlery and kitchenware, bedding and things to decorate your university bedroom with. This doesn’t have to be too expensive. Shops such as Wilko, The Range, Dunelm and Primark have some excellent ranges that are perfect for a student budget. I would recommend making a list of everything you need before you go so you don’t get too overwhelmed once you start shopping.
You might not realise it at the moment, but you are likely to miss your family and friends from home if you are moving away to a new city for university. Phone calls with my family, boyfriend and friends from home were so important to me when I was missing home while at uni. Make sure you spend lots of time with the people you love before you move out, as you might not see them for a few months once your university experience begins. Even if you’re desperate to be independent and start your new adventure, try not to distance yourself from the people that are most important to you.
You’ve finally finished your A Levels (and fourteen years of education) so go out and celebrate! After all your hard work and revision over the last few months, this is the perfect time to relax and enjoy yourself. Nights out, trips to the beach and BBQs should definitely be on your to-do list this summer!
I hope this has given you a few ideas of what to do with all your free time now A Levels are over. Most importantly, although starting something new can be scary, try not to worry or panic about going to university. Enjoy the long summer and look forward to the adventure that is awaiting you in September!
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http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/insiders/2018/06/10/the-summer-before-university/?lang=cy
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wordpress
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This recipe, Elegantly Simple Stuffed Bell Peppers, is also from The Vegan Table. The author, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau has another book too: the award winning, The Joy of Vegan Baking.
I really prepared this recipe on point! This not only looks great but is absolutely delicious, fulfilling and professional looking. It’s almost as if I can cook!
Bell peppers- The recipe says 6 but I used 4 which made 8 servings.
Prepare the rice first as that takes the longest. I used a mix of wild rice and brown rice. I generally use a ratio of 2.5 cups of water to each cup of rice.
Halve the peppers lengthwise and leave the stem on if you can. Scoop out the insides and place the peppers into a slightly oiled baking dish. Brush the insides with some olive oil. Pour one cup of water around the peppers. Bake for 15 minutes.
In a soup or rice pot, heat enough vegetable stock or water to sauté the onions and garlic. Add the tomatoes and spices. Turn off the heat and add the cooked rice, sliced or crushed almonds and the raisins. I forgot to add the raisins which would have been really good. I also didn’t read the recipe all the way through until now oops again!
Next you stuff the peppers with the new mixture which I did and they were perfect right here! The recipe says though to bake them again for 15 minutes. Garnish with ground almonds and herbs.
Patrick-Goudreau, C. (2009). The Vegan Table. Fair Winds Press: Beverly, MA.
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https://eatingfromscratchnyc.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/vegan-day-128-stuffed-bell-peppers/
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The press gave a lot of coverage last week to Meghan Markle’s first public appearance with the Queen. She was also seen singing “God save the Queen” for the first time ever. Her attire was, of course, described in great detail and contrasted with what her future sister-in-law was wearing.
I didn’t see anything on the actual event the royals were attending.
It was a church service for Commonwealth Day, a day few will be aware of. One American news commentator, clearly bewildered, said it was “Queen Commonwealth Day.” Well, yes, the Queen is Head of the Commonwealth, a loose association of 53 countries, almost all of them former British colonies. Outside of the Commonwealth, many people think the queen does nothing – in contrast, it can truthfully be said that without her the Commonwealth would not exist. She has worked tirelessly during her reign to keep the organization alive at a time when successive British governments have ignored it.
Suddenly, once again, the Commonwealth is becoming important.
The United Kingdom (also held together by the Queen) is set to exit the European Union a year from now, though there will be a transition period of 21 months following that exit. By the end of 2020, the EU will exist, after almost fifty years, without the UK.
Before Britain entered the EU (then the European Community), most of the country’s trade was with EFTA and the Commonwealth. EFTA is the European Free Trade Area. Fifty years ago, it had many members, but most left to join the EU, a much more centralized and controlling bloc of countries.
Within the Commonwealth, Britain did a lot of trade with Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, through a system known as Imperial Preferences, a preferential trading agreement between the nations, which were then called the Dominions, fully independent countries within the Commonwealth who shared a joint allegiance to the Crown. (South Africa left the Commonwealth in 1961, but continued to enjoy the preferential trade.) In addition, there was a great deal of trade with former colonies in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, all now fully independent countries. These countries entered a preferential trading agreement with the EU in 1975 – they are unlikely to want to exchange those ties for closer ties with their former colonial power.
When Britain entered the European Common Market she turned her back on her former trading partners. To put it bluntly, she betrayed the countries she once ruled.
Now, she hopes to get that trade back.
Australia and Canada have both offered a new trade deal, but the UK is dragging its feet, seemingly hoping to salvage something from its trade ties with Europe. Britain’s reluctance to put Europe behind her could mean she will miss out on good trade deals, at a time when the world seems headed toward a trade war.
Australia’s High Commissioner (Ambassador) in London on Monday encouraged the British people and their government to be more optimistic about their post-Brexit future. Alexander Downer was interviewed on London’s LBC radio station.
“Look you may have voted for Brexit, or you may have voted for Remain, but if Australia ends up in a difficult situation like that, and we did when the UK joined the European Union, we have an expression in Australia which is ‘she’ll be right’.
“So we’ll work it out somehow and she will be right, in our case we’ve always done pretty well as a country because we run our country well.
The Australian High Commissioner also called on the Government to do more to promote post-Brexit optimism in Britain.” (“There’s no need to be pessimistic,” Darren Hunt, Daily Express, 3/21).
Mr. Downer pointed out that when Commonwealth trade ties abruptly ended with Britain entering the European Community, Australia suddenly faced enormous challenges, but met them all and has continued to thrive.
There are some in the UK who are optimistic about the future. In some cases, people are hankering after the glory days when Britain had the world’s greatest empire and the Royal Navy dominated the globe.
This is not going to happen again. Let me explain why.
It’s been 400 years since the British Empire started to form. It started under the first Queen Elizabeth back in the sixteenth century – and it had a lot to do with religion. Elizabeth’s father, Henry VIII, had broken away from Rome and a power struggle followed between Catholics and Protestants. His daughter, who many consider to be the country’s greatest monarch, secured the Protestant Reformation against the major European Catholic powers, Spain, France and the Holy Roman Empire. The Pope had proclaimed Elizabeth a “heretic,” which meant that any Catholic who killed her would receive a reward in heaven.
By not marrying, the throne passed on her death to her closest relative, King James VI of Scotland. He relocated to London and became James I. England no longer faced a threat from the north as it had done for centuries when Scotland was an independent country.
Having secured the nation’s freedom, the country had to look beyond the seas for trade. Trading posts were gradually established around the world, leading in time to the founding of colonies. More wars were fought to maintain the country’s religious and political freedom. In 1864, the colonies of Upper and Lower Canada asked for independence. This they received as a Dominion of the British Empire in 1867. Other countries followed and became the Commonwealth. These nations, sometimes referred to as “Britannia’s daughters,” were the free world’s first line of defense through two world wars and many other conflicts.
After World War II, Britain started to dismantle her empire, partly to focus on problems at home. Resources were redirected into the National Health Service and the nationalization of the coal-mines, steel and railways, leaving little money for defense. After four centuries, the Royal Navy was no longer a priority. Instead of protecting the kingdom from European powers that frequently turned despotic, Europe was pursued as the solution to all the nation’s problems.
Now, Europe is seen more as the problem, as many warned it would be fifty years ago.
But, a divorce after 50 years of marriage, does not mean you can go back to your youth as if nothing has happened.
The driving force behind the formation of Empire, at least initially, was a strong belief in God, the God of the Bible. Under the Catholic Church, the Bible had not been accessible to the British people; even the priests did not have copies. After King Henry VIII lifted the ban on the Bible following the break from Rome, there was an enormous enthusiasm for the scriptures. In his last speech to parliament, the King even corrected the people for being too enthusiastic, as many had taken to studying the scriptures in the country’s pubs.
This enthusiasm led zealous Christians to want to spread the gospel to the rest of the world. Jamestown and the Plymouth Colony, both founded under James I. were driven by strong religious beliefs.
Many Englishmen saw themselves as fulfilling biblical promises. To some, the British Empire was the Kingdom of God; to others, the multitude of nations promised to Joseph’s son, Ephraim, in Genesis 48:19. Certainly, after Elizabeth’s heir, James, took the throne and authorized an official translation of the Bible (the 1611 King James Version), there was a profound zeal in those who took the Bible into other lands. This continued right up to the end of the nineteenth century when Victorians saw themselves as bringing light into darkness, stamping out slavery in Africa and introducing primitive societies to the rule of law and basic Protestant Christianity.
All of this is now forgotten. Any television documentaries on the Empire made now will focus on negatives in an attempt to ridicule and dismiss it.
Having written all the above, it would still be a good idea for Australia, Britain, Canada and New Zealand to build stronger ties; but they will never be what they were – not without God and the Bible. Constitutional monarchy has worked well for these nations, giving them maximum freedom with the rule of law. They worked together in the past in preserving freedom, most notably in the two world wars. They need to work together again. Or, given time, they will cease to exist as they are, as demographic trends threaten them all.
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2019-04-24T18:12:22Z
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I fell in love with Ali MacGraw’s personal style while doing research for my current editor in chief, Laura Brown, as her intern at Harper’s Bazaar. Embarrassingly, at the time, I had never or seen or heard of Love Story, but I watched it immediately following my workday simply based on how great MacGraw’s hair looked in the YouTube clips I had screen shot.
To me, Ali MacGraw personifies the difference between “fashion” and “style.” Of course, you can research back to her big Hollywood days and see her glammed up, but the truest Ali McGraw comes when you see photos of her wearing artisanal pieces of jewelry, large textiles, huge pieces of turquoise. It’s not “who” she’s wearing that makes her an icon of style; it’s how she’s wearing it. And everything, from the simplest white T-shirt to the most elaborate looking tunic, sings a story.
The chances of MacGraw becoming a designer (of some sorts) was high: She began her career working as a stylist at magazines like Harper’s Bazaar and assisting big-name fashion photographers. She knew fashion (with a capital “F”) from her days on the silver screen, and style through living.
When she met Susan Hull Walker, the founder and creative director of Ibu Movement, her path became clear. Walker had been working with women’s cooperatives around the world to preserve their community skills in textiles, beading, and the like. She would then showcase the designs of these women all around the world, like at the International Folk Art Market where she and MacGraw met.
Working with over 100 female-run artisan groups around the world, Ibu works to empower the skills of women and ultimately, help them earn a living. And a big part initiative to keep Ibu relevant? To collaborate with ambassador designers to bring chic, wearable, and luxurious pieces that you’ll actually want to wear. That’s where MacGraw comes in.
MacGraw has completed two collections with Ibu Movement, filled with tunics, jewelry, and handbags that are truly Net-a-Porter-worthy. That old idea that “gifts that give back” have to look crappy? Certainly not the case here.
“There’s a common sense of wearability,” McGraw says of the collection. “Most of the fabrics are natural — cotton, silk. I love the irregularities and the natural dyes and the wild imagination of [artisans] that we work with who are not on the Fashion Calendar.
Here, our favorite pieces from Ibu Movement’s capsule collection with Ali MacGraw, ali4ibu.
Made in a beautiful silk ikat from Uzbekistan.
Vintage handwoven indigo textiles from West Africa.
Made in the beach town of Malindi on the coast of Kenya.
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2019-04-20T02:31:51Z
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https://www.instyle.com/fashion/ibu-movement-ali-mcgraw
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We provide an error analysis of the operator splitting method of the Lie-Trotter type applied to the Burgers-Huxley equation ut + αuux - εuxx = β(1 - u)(u - γ)u. We show that the Lie-Trotter splitting method converges with the expected rate in Hs(R), where Hs(R) is the Sobolev space and s is an arbitrary nonnegative integer. We split the equation into linear and nonlinear parts and apply numerical methods for these subproblems. We present errors and confirm the theoretical results with the numerical example.
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2019-04-25T22:28:49Z
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http://openaccess.iyte.edu.tr/handle/11147/5553
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US/Washington: Win Opportunity Knocks, doing business as Ottomanelli Wholesale Meats Inc., a Saint Petersburg, Florida establishment, has recalled approximately 6,020 pounds of Fresh and Frozen, Raw Ground Beef Products due to suspected Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (“STEC”) O45, O103 and O145 Escherichia coli (“E.coli”) contamination and consequential risk of gram-negative bacterial infection, severe illness and/or possible life-changing complications, all serious health hazards.
US/Washington: Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp., doing business as Stefano Foods., a Charlotte, North Carolina, establishment, recalls an estimated 24,048 pounds of Stefano’s Calzone branded Pepperoni Five Cheese Calzones due to suspected hard plastic fragment contamination and consequential risk of oral damage, choking, ingestion and GI tract laceration damage, all serious health and safety hazard.
Canada/Ottawa: Mondelēz Canada, a Toronto, Ontario establishment, recalls certain batch/lots of Christie brand Ritz Bits Sandwiches due to suspected risk of Salmonella contamination and consequential risk of gram-negative bacterial infection, severe illness and/or possible life-changing complications, all serious health hazards.
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2019-04-22T18:06:37Z
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https://livingsafelyrecalls.wordpress.com/2018/07/22/
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Quiz: How Much Do You Know About the Aircraft of the World?
How Much Do You Know About the Aircraft of the World?
Take a break, step outside and peer into the heavens for a minute or two – chances are good that you’ll spot a silvery bird streaking through the skies above you. In this, the 21st century, airplanes are now so common that at any given moment, there are thousands of them rounding the Earth. But do you really know anything about famous and common aircraft?
What began as a dream in the Wright Brothers’ minds has become a reality around the globe. From small ultralight aircraft to shockingly large military jets, planes perform a mind-boggling number of vital tasks that even Orville and Wilbur couldn’t comprehend. Do you know how much it costs to make just one of the most popular airliners? Or the kind of cash that goes into building a presidential jet?
If you’ve ever taken a ride in a tiny plane into the Alaskan bush, there’s a good chance you were riding in a very common plane. Do you know which plane it was? And if you’ve ever taken a cross-country flight, you might know the name of the company that manufactured the plane – any ideas?
Of course, not all planes are for civilian purposes. Many of the most-manufactured planes ever were built for war. Do you think you can name these powerful machines of death and destruction?
Strap yourself into the cockpit and put on a helmet for good measure. It’s time for you to take our famous aircraft quiz!
The 172 Skyhawk is a common plane made by which company?
In 1958, two men used a 172 Skyhawk and a clever refueling scheme to set the world flight-endurance record. How long were they in the air?
Which company makes an airliner called the "757"?
What best describes a famous plane called the "Spirit of St. Louis"?
What was the maximum speed of the "Spirit of St. Louis," the small plane that carried Charles Lindbergh across the Atlantic Ocean?
What sort of plane did the ace pilot known as the Red Baron fly in WWI?
What sort of plane is the North American B-25 Mitchell?
What plane is currently used as Air Force One, which generally carries the U.S. president on long flights?
About how much did it cost to build one of the two Boeing VC-25 planes used as Air Force One?
What sort of plane was the "Enola Gay," the first plane that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan during WWII?
In 1909, a little plane called "Blériot XI" was the first to accomplish which feat?
In 2009, US Airways Flight 1549, piloted by Chesley Sullenberger, struck geese near New York and made an emergency landing in the Hudson River. What sort of plane was it?
In March 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went missing after takeoff, sparking a search that continues. What sort of plane was it?
What sort of plane did Amelia Earhart use to attempt to fly around the world?
Complete the name of this common plane: Piper PA-18 _____.
What sort of plane was the Bell X-1?
What's the best description of the Cessna 180?
What is NOT an engine that's been used in the Boeing 757?
What is the classification of the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver?
What's the wingspan of the common Cessna 172 Skyhawk?
What kind of plane is the Chotia Weedhopper?
What's a distinction of the Ilyushin Il-2 combat aircraft?
It was a flying bomb.
It was the first-ever fully operational Russian fighter plane.
It's the most-produced combat plane in history.
During which conflict was the Sopwith Camel common?
When the Boeing 757 airliner was still in production, how much did it cost to buy one?
Which has a larger passenger capacity -- the Boeing 737 or 757?
A huge plane called Rutan Voyager was meant for what specific mission?
What's the absolute maximum safe speed for a Cessna 172 Skyhawk?
In 2005, pilot Steve Fossett flew the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer around the world. How long did it take him?
What was the wingspan of the legendary Rutan Model 76 Voyager, which flew around the world without refueling?
Which manufacturer produces a legendary plane called the Bonanza?
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2019-04-21T12:27:41Z
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https://learn.howstuffworks.com/quiz/how-much-do-you-know-the-aircraft-the-world
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JIFA is working on a new website. Please visit again in June 2019. In the mean time - you know where to find us!
This week's JIFA newsletter features stories and comments on cases from South Africa, Namibia, Uganda, EOCWAS and Kenya.
Though there are problems in the justice system, there are also many reasons for celebrating the achievements of judges and courts in the struggle for the rights of women. One of these achievements has been nominated (link opens in PDF) for the Women’s Link Worldwide annual Golden Gavel award: the African Court on Human and People's Rights has been nominated for this honour because of its decision on Mali’s Family Code.
For tourists and investors, particularly those from South Africa, Mauritius is often seen as a quiet paradise, politically stable and a model of both democracy and humane economic development. Now, thanks to a new advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice, Mauritius – geographically part of Africa – has also been placed right at the forefront of an international political row that has its origins in the period of high colonialism and that involves the USA and its crucial defence strategies, the UK and the United Nations. The bottom line? - the ICJ tells the UK that holding on to islands that rightly belong to Mauritius, is colonial and illegal. It cannot continue and all UN members are obliged to help implement a plan to end it.
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2019-04-23T10:09:46Z
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LONDON: The sound of a gun salute tore through central London on Friday to celebrate the 91st birthday of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, with the world's longest-reigning monarch taking a step back from royal duties to allow the younger generation to step forward.
To mark the occasion the BBC opened its morning news broadcast with the national anthem, "God Save the Queen," while the country's foreign secretary Boris Johnson took to Twitter.
"Hip hip hooray for The Queen," he wrote, adding "happy birthday Ma'am!"
Elizabeth was born on April 21, 1926 in Bruton Street in central London when Calvin Coolidge was US President and Joseph Stalin had just taken control in the Soviet Union and became queen in 1952 at 25.
This year's celebrations are a notably more low-key affair after a year of festivities to mark her hitting 90.
A thousand beacons were lit around the country on April 21, 2016, and other events last year included street parties and a pageant at her Windsor Castle home.
"I'm still alive," the Queen joked in June during a visit to Northern Ireland, one of the numerous engagements filling the royal calendar.
But the ever-popular monarch has begun handing over duties to other royals, standing down as patron of 25 bodies at the end of last year, including the Wimbledon tennis championships.
While her eldest child Prince Charles is heir to the throne, greater attention has fallen on his two sons William and Harry, who have taken on some of the Queen's duties.
The arrival of Prince William and his wife Kate's two children -- Prince George and Princess Charlotte -- has cemented the country's positive view of the royal family.
Prince Harry is also admired, receiving widespread acclaim this week for speaking out about seeking counselling years after his mother's death when he was a child.
The Queen was instrumental in bringing the royals into modern times, after ascending to the throne in 1952 as Britain's empire was in sharp decline.
"My whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service," she said in a speech to mark her 21st birthday, years before starting her reign.
One of the most testing periods for the monarch came during the 1990s. The Queen dubbed 1992 her "annus horribilis" after the marriages of three of her four children broke down and Windsor Castle was badly damaged in a fire.
Five years later she faced the wrath of the British public when Princess Diana died and the Queen chose to stay at her estate in Scotland rather than return to London.
Buckingham Palace has since been careful to avoid such clashes with the Queen's subjects.
She has remained quiet about political issues such as the divisive Brexit referendum and, in January, Prime Minister Theresa May's controversial decision to invite US President Donald Trump for a state visit.
In modernising her family's image and refusing to become political, the Queen has held on to the nation's affection. While generally in good health, she suffered a cold over Christmas and her recovery was watched anxiously.
Despite being followed closely in her public appearances -- feeding an elephant at a British zoo this month, for example -- she has succeeded in keeping life behind palace doors relatively secret.
While her love of horses and Corgis is well publicised, palace insiders have revealed that the Queen's private pastimes include crossword puzzles and a Dubonnet-and-gin cocktail before lunch.
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2019-04-20T22:18:46Z
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/britains-queen-elizabeth-celebrates-91st-birthday/articleshow/58300351.cms
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Soundwave wrote: You can also get theses in the shops now (if you haven't already seen it).
I have seen that. Its not affordable, and it only does one thing (the interface isn't nearly as malleable as it should be). The key point is accessibility.
You dont realize how big this thing is then.. that the problem with it. It's a solid pedastal about 4x4 feet and maybe 3-4 feet height. That's 64 cubic feet of soild voulme. Where you gonna put that? They're right to send it to commerical applications... it's great for kiosks, science centers ect. Home? no ..
this is a gimmicky product becuase microsoft is trying to find something that mac doesnt have because they cant compete with the ipod. Gates used to joke around by saying,"I make more money off a sell of an apple computer than Steve does."
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This looks like it could be very useful interms of sorting through vast sample libraries and curating collections of sounds on a per project basis.
I wouldn't call it a gimmick, because its useful. The key isn't making the technology. Its making it accessible. I think it might be fun to muck about in Reaktor with one of those.
As well, recording a multitrack session and mastering it with something like this would be awesome.
Taxidermy wrote: It did kill off analogue. Analogue had a revival.
"....And in the year 199n Jesus returned to resurrect every analogue from death....err, make that "social embarrassment".... and the s/pdif and the ADAT were removed, and it was good..... And then 1/4" lo-z was back for good, except the engineers despised it, and there was some unrest, but for the most part, it was good..."
how did I miss it??
oh yeah, i played metal when 'everyone' was into new wave, and learned synthesizers when 'everyone' was into grunge. The last few years I've worked to sound as futuristic as possible, whatever the h**l that means.
There's a weird part of me that believes that tons and tons of amazing things have already been invented... but they just don't get past the $$$$$ prototype and never become marketable/affordable.
Cool .. but didn't they have that in Lawnmower Man ?
oh yeah ... what's this have to do with the death of analog? and like shaft sorta said.. dead is dead and if it isn't ... well then analog is jesus. don't f**k with jesus.
Gear: 4 electribes and a case of beer.
Technically speaking, I believe analog is currently in zombie status. Since it's already been killed and brought back from the grave, at least once. If I have read my zombie manual correctly you have to fully penetrate the zombie brain in order to kill it. Im not convinced this trend will have both the force to penetrate a zombie skull as well as the accuracy to destroy the zombie brain.
I just don't believe that analog will "die" anytime soon. What the f**k does that even mean? To me it says that it will be gone. Is that what you mean? Or do you just mean .. not the most popular .... so what?
People will use whatever they please. This is the information era. The SUBWAY "your way..right away" era.
Apple computer sells are still under 5% and out of that 5% I once read 90% of them never go online.
Apple sales in the US are around 6% now, and around 12% of laptops.
short range induction... they're already making mats that you can put your laptop and stufff on and it'll charge everything wirelessly.
metrosonus wrote: short range induction... they're already making mats that you can put your laptop and stufff on and it'll charge everything wirelessly.
Wow. I should get a patent next time I have an idea like that.
Common hasn't this been rehashed enough? What new can anyone add to this neverending debate? Also isn't this off topic...?
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2019-04-24T17:59:42Z
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http://forum.vintagesynth.com/viewtopic.php?p=328817&
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Which of these non-animated pairs of best friends (bromances) in movies is your favorite?
See also: Favorite TV Bromance?
"Casablanca" Claude Rains and Humphrey Bogart 1942 Warner Bros.
Rick & Louis. Humphrey Bogart and Claude Rains in Casablanca (1942).
Joker & Noah. Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier in The Defiant Ones (1958).
Felix & Oscar. Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in The Odd Couple (1968).
"Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid," Paul Newman & Robert Redford.
Butch & Sundance. Paul Newman and Robert Redford in Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid (1969).
Ratso & Joe. Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy (1969).
Max & Lion. Gene Hackman and Al Pacino in Scarecrow (1973).
Han Solo & Chewbacca. Harrison Ford and Peter Mayhew in Star Wars (1977-1983).
Maverick & Goose. Tom Cruise and Anthony Edwards in Top Gun (1986).
Martin & Roger. Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon (1987).
Bill & Ted. Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989).
George & Lennie. Gary Sinise and John Malkovich in Of Mice and Men (1992).
Bill & Ned. Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman in Unforgiven (1992).
Wayne & Garth. Mike Myers and Dana Carvey in Wayne's World (1992).
Lloyd & Harry. Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels in Dumb & Dumber (1994).
Andy & Red. Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank Redemption (1994).
Mike & Marcus. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in Bad Boys (1995).
Will & Chuckie. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in Good Will Hunting (1997).
Jesse & Chester. Ashton Kutcher and Seann William Scott in Dude, Where's My Car? (2000).
Rafe & Danny. Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett in Pearl Harbor (2001).
Harry & Ron. Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint in The Harry Potter Series (2001-2011).
Frodo & Sam. Elijah Wood and Sean Astin in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003).
Merry & Pippin. Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003).
Dom & Brian. Paul Walker and Vin Diesel in The Fast and the Furious Series (2001-2015).
Pintel & Ragetti. Lee Arenberg & Mackenzie Crook in The Pirates of the Caribbean Series (2003-2011).
Dave & Ken. Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson in Starsky & Hutch (2004).
Shaun & Ed. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in Shaun of the Dead (2004).
John & Jeremy. Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn in Wedding Crashers (2005).
Ricky & Cal. John C. Reilly and Will Ferrell in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006).
Seth & Evan. Jonah Hill and Michael Cera in Superbad (2007).
Sherlock & John. Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law in Sherlock Holmes (2009).
Peter & Sydney. Paul Rudd and Jason Segel in I Love You, Man (2009).
Kirk & Spock. Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto in Star Trek (2009).
Tucker & Dale. Tyler Labine and Alan Tudyk in Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010).
Philippe & Driss. Francois Cluzet and Omar Sy in Intouchables (2011).
Schmidt & Jenko. Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum in 22 Jump Street (2014).
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2019-04-22T00:37:44Z
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https://www.imdb.com/poll/K39sJh2MwHI/
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A very special session of the Penguin Literary festival featuring a dialogue with two amazing women Shobhaa De and Vidya Balan. An author, columnist, Shobhaa De is someone who forces others to re think their opinions. She has a new book coming out soon, 70 And To Hell With It. In many ways, that sums up her mantra of life. Vidya Balan, one of the best actors we have today in the Hindi film industry, is someone who has won everything from the National award to film awards, government awards and still has a long way to go. Vidya Balan like Shobhaa De has never been afraid of breaking out of the mould, of experimenting with her roles. She's now also a member of India's censor board and has a new movie coming out Tumhari Sulu.
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2019-04-24T02:49:16Z
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https://www.ndtv.com/video/shows/the-ndtv-dialogues/the-ndtv-dialogues-with-vidya-balan-and-shobhaa-de-470909?vod-related
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The University Policy on Records Management provides the necessary framework to ensure that the University creates, captures and manages its corporate information in a way that complies with relevant legislation and that supports efficiency and effectiveness in the performance of its various functions. This policy supports the Operational Priority of "Management" as articulated in UWA's Strategic Plan and Operational Priority Plan. It defines the record keeping responsibilities of University staff, specifically regarding the creation, capture, control, security, accessibility and disposal of records, and commits the University to compliance with relevant legislation.
Records that are identified through the sentencing process as having permanent value (ie must be retained and/or kept accessible forever). This may relate to administrative, evidential or research value or a combination of these. Records that are identified as archival form part of the cultural resources of the State.
A system used to manage information which possesses appropriate records management capabilities and is generally used by a number of different areas of the University. Corporate information systems are supported by appropriate migration and preservation strategies as well as a set of authorised policies, assigned responsibilities, delegations of authority, procedures and practices, policy statements, procedures manuals, user guidelines and other documents which are used to authorize and promulgate the policies, procedures and practices. Corporate Information Systems currently recognized by the University include TRIM, Callista, Alesco and Peoplesoft.
A corporate record is any record (as defined in section 12.1) created or received by an individual working on behalf of the University (as defined in section 3).
Refers to the process of changing the disposition of a record. Disposal can mean preserving a record as an archive or the destruction of a temporary record. It can also refer to a change in the record’s custody (for example, transferring the record offsite or to Archives).
A legal instrument that identifies various categories of records and the minimum length of time that they must retained in order to meet the responsible organisation’s legislative and business requirements.
An electronic or digital record is any machine readable information in electronic storage media, including metadata, judged to be a corporate record.
Data describing context, content and structure of records and the management of these records through time. Examples of metadata include author, date created, title, approving body, file reference etc.
The process of using a current Disposal Authority to allocate a minimum retention period to a record as part of the disposal process.
One way to describe information that is created and used without formal templates or fields. This can include correspondence, policies, procedures, minutes, agendas, reports, reviews, advice, recommendations and supporting documentation for structured information such as handwritten forms transcribed into another system.
A section of Information Governance Services which is responsible for facilitating the identification, management, preservation of and access to the University’s archives. It is also responsible for promoting the use of the University’s archival resources.
An individual who has been employed by the University for the purpose of conducting University business. This includes contractors and consultants employed on behalf of the University.
UReKA is a web-based application designed jointly by ITS and Information Governance Services to assist areas without access to TRIM manage their hardcopy records.
The University is committed to records management practices which comply with relevant legislation and that are in line with good professional practice. It recognises that its records form the organisation's corporate memory and as such facilitate responsible decision-making, effective policy development, accountability and transparency of governance. The University’s records support efficient and effective business practices and protect the interests of the organisation as well as the rights its staff, students and the wider community. This policy provides for good records management practices which in turn ensure consistency, continuity, efficiency, effectiveness and productivity in the delivery of the University’s services and the functions that it undertakes. The records identified as University Archives form part of the cultural resources of the State.
· Volunteers performing duties or services for the University of Western Australia.
The University of Western Australia includes unincorporated campus entities (including University committees) where the University is the centre agent or where an entity utilises the University’s ABN. Therefore this policy extends to records kept by Faculties, Schools, Centres, Institutes as well as University controlled entities, but not to areas that have been established as independent legal entities such as associations or companies.
The University is committed to sound record keeping practices throughout the organisation. This commitment will be manifest in staff induction and training and includes descriptions of staff record keeping responsibilities. Record keeping practices will be assisted by documented procedures for the management of paper based and electronic records as well as other record formats.
The University is committed to ensuring that the records retained fairly represent the decision-making trail. This means ensuring that there are adequate work practices and safeguards to create an auditable trail enabling decisions to be recorded and linked to the documents or other source material relating to how a decision was arrived at.
· a service is available to expedite disposal.
The University is committed to ensuring that its record keeping practices will continue to meet legislative, best practice and user requirements. This means ensuring that regular reviews of University practices will be undertaken.
The Vice Chancellor through the Registrar is to ensure that an organisational system for the capture and management of records is maintained that is compliant with legislative requirements and best practice standards.
All staff responsible for administrative divisions, faculties, schools, centres, institutes or in a managerial role are to ensure University record keeping principles, policies and procedures are known and adhered to in their area of responsibility.
· promoting the use of the University’s archival collection.
All individuals and organisations identified in the scope of this policy are responsible for ensuring that records are handled in a manner that complies with this policy and the University’s RKP. In particular staff must ensure that proper records are created, captured, classified, kept secure, made appropriately accessible and disposed of in accordance with this policy and the supporting procedures.
The University recognises that records created by University staff identified in the scope of this policy during the course of University business are owned by the University and as such form part of the organisation’s corporate assets. This includes records created by contractors, consultants or volunteers undertaking work on behalf of the University. Ownership and custody of University records will be articulated as part of any contract entered into by the University and an external party where the external party performs a function or service on behalf of the University. The contract should provide that the external party will create and manage its records in accordance with University policy for the duration of the contract and, at the termination of the contract, relevant records generated from the work carried out on behalf of the University should be transferred to the University as soon as practicable.
The University will continue to implement and adhere to the requirements of its Record Keeping Plan, as stipulated in UWA’s Strategic Plan and Operational Priorities Plan and as required by the State Records Act, 2000.
· should the Annual Report be published after a comprehensive review of the University's record keeping system, then details of key findings and recommendations of the review will also be included.
The RKP will be reviewed and resubmitted to the State Records Commission every five years.
The University has implemented TRIM as the corporate information system responsible for electronic document and records management (EDRM). TRIM is used for the capture and management of electronic and hardcopy documents (sometimes referred to as “unstructured” information) created, captured and utilised by central administration units and faculties. The Information Governance Services division of the University is responsible for supporting TRIM and for facilitating the management of electronic and hardcopy information in a way that aids business processes and facilitates legislative compliance. Information Governance Services is also responsible for developing, implementing and promulgating procedures, tools, advice and training that supports the effective use of TRIM.
The University has implemented a number of other corporate information systems for the management of its records. Corporate information systems possess records management capabilities and are supported by migration and preservation strategies, as well as a set of authorised policies, assigned responsibilities, delegations of authority, procedures and practices, policy statements, procedures manuals, user guidelines and other documents which are used to authorize and promulgate the policies, procedures and practices.
Other corporate information systems that serve to capture and manage “structured” information include Alesco, Peoplesoft and Callista. Electronic records that are managed outside of these corporate information systems must either integrate with an approved corporate information management system or possess the same records management functionality as corporate information systems.
Schools, Centres, Foundations, Units, Institutes etc that do not have access to TRIM will ensure that they manage their local records in accordance with the University’s Records Management Policy and Principles and the procedures and advice provided for these units by the Information Governance Services division. It is recommended that units without access to TRIM implement UReKA to manage their local records until such time as TRIM becomes available.
Owners of University corporate information systems are responsible for ensuring that their systems are supported by appropriate migration and preservation strategies as well as a set of authorised policies, assigned responsibilities, delegations of authority, procedures and policy statements which support the long term management of the data contained in that system and meet the requirements of the University’s Record Keeping Plan and relevant legislation.
System owners are responsible for ensuring that data is maintained for as long as it is legally required. To delete, overwrite or render data inaccessible before its retention period has been reached constitutes a breach of legislation. Owners of University corporate information systems must not rely on snap shot backups maintained by ITS or IT service providers to fulfil the requirements for the long term management of the data contained in those systems, as these backups are for the purpose of recovering recent data in the event of a system failure, and therefore do not adequately ensure long term accessibility of information as required by law.
All staff (including consultants and contractors) will create full and accurate records, in the appropriate format, of the University of Western Australia’s business decisions, discussions and transactions to meet all business, administrative, financial, evidential and historical requirements.
Where central files exist for the capture of information being created and/or received (eg official Student, Staff, Research Administration, General Files etc), all original records will be placed on the central file. The University will not create duplicate filing systems when access to central files is available. This will ensure that resources are not wasted and that confusion between the official file and local files will be avoided.
Staff will ensure that information created and recorded is relevant to the business activities of the University and is written in an appropriately professional style. Clear distinctions will be made between facts, opinions and assumptions. Offensive, overly subjective, or inappropriately pejorative comments about individuals will not be recorded in documents.
All records created and received by staff (including consultants and contractors) in the course of the University of Western Australia’s business are to be captured regardless of format, with required metadata, into appropriate records management and/or corporate information systems that are managed in accordance with sound record keeping principles. For central administration units, appropriate systems include TRIM, Callista, Peoplesoft and Alesco. For units that do not have access to TRIM (ie non-central administration units), appropriate systems could also include a local record keeping system, such as UReKA or equivalent. Formal university documents such as reports, policies, procedures and documents submitted through the committee system should be created using a document control template to ensure that all necessary metadata is captured including author, date, version, file number, approving body etc.
The University recognises that records managed outside of corporate information systems are at greater risk of unauthorised access, loss, intentional or accidental alternation or destruction and for this reason will ensure that all corporate records, including highly sensitive or confidential records, will be managed within the appropriate corporate information system. All records are to be categorised as to their level of sensitivity, adequately secured and protected, and kept in accordance with necessary retrieval, preservation and storage requirements.
The University also recognises that within the electronic document management environment, an individual’s login identification must be inviolate. This ensures that audit trails are accurate and that documentation relating to workflow can be used as proof of an action or approval process without recourse to digital signatures. Therefore, at no time will staff share access codes, passwords, login identifications etc when accessing the University’s EDRMS TRIM.
Hardcopy records registered in TRIM will at no time be moved off-site without the express authorisation of Information Governance Services. Staff using records off-site shall apply the appropriate security measures to ensure that the information is not accessed, corrupted, deleted or destroyed by unauthorised individuals.
All organisational units will ensure that measures are taken to avoid possible damage to records by promoting awareness of the University’s Contingency Plan, by developing local back-up regimes for electronic records where central back-ups are not available and by storing physical records in an appropriately secure and safe environment.
In the event of a disaster affecting records, which could include flooding, fire or infestation, Information Governance Services will be notified as soon as practicably possible. Information Governance Services will provide assistance in assessing and addressing damage incurred.
Access to the University of Western Australia’s records by staff and contractors will be in accordance with designated access and security classifications. Access to the University of Western Australia’s records by staff, students, contractors and the general public will be in accordance with the State Records Act 2000, Freedom of Information Act 1992 and the University of Western Australia’s Access Policy.
All corporate records, including those managed outside of the University’s corporate information systems, will only be disposed of in accordance with the appropriate current General Disposal Authority (GDA) or Records Disposal Authority (RDA) which has been approved by the State Records Commission. Disposal actions include destruction, transfer of custody or archiving of records.
No disposal action can be undertaken on records that are not covered by a current RDA or GDA. Where disposal coverage does not exist, the relevant records will be appraised according to their evidential, administrative and research value. Appraisal will be conducted by Information Governance Services in conjunction with the area responsible for creating, capturing and managing the information. An amendment to an existing GDA or RDA or an adhoc disposal authority will be submitted to the State Records Commission for approval, after which time the appropriate disposal actions can be undertaken.
Official University files that are registered in TRIM will only be disposed of by Information Governance Services staff.
University records managed in local record keeping systems may be destroyed by local staff in accordance with an approved Disposal Authority and under the direction of the relevant manager (School Manager, Faculty Manager or equivalent). Final approval will be sought from the University Archivist prior to any action resulting from the disposal process taking place. Action includes destruction, transfer of custody or archiving of records.
Records documenting the disposal of corporate records will be maintained as University Archives. All disposal actions undertaken shall be documented and include a description and date range of the records, the Disposal Authority and class used to sentence the records, and formal approval from the University Archivist.
· The on-line Records Awareness Training (RAT) package which forms part of the process of staff induction as well as being a prerequisite for access to TRIM.
· Various adhoc presentations and training as required.
By arrangement with the State Records Office WA, the Information Governance Services division is responsible for facilitating the identification and appropriate management of the archival holdings of the University. The University will ensure that arrangements are in place to provide for the identification, storage and preservation of and public access to these records. These arrangements will conform to relevant legislation, SRC Standard 7, the organisation’s Public Access policy and the agreement between the University and the State Records Office of WA.
• Financial Administration and Audit Act, 1985.
• Australian Vice Chancellors Committee (AVCC) Guidelines.
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http://www.igs.uwa.edu.au/policies/records-management
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Many children adapt to life after trauma, but children with ADHD may be at risk for post-traumatic maladaptation. ADHD is often comorbid with mental health disorders and deficits in cognitive functioning. Using data from the Multimodal Treatment of Children with ADHD study, a randomized clinical trial that tested treatments for ADHD in 579 children and later recruited 289 comparison children, the present study tests whether trauma predicts more severe levels and faster increases in depression and anxiety for children with ADHD versus developmentally typical peers. Interpersonal trauma predicted elevated depression and anxiety symptom severity, but not trajectories. Natural trauma predicted elevated anxiety symptoms, but not trajectories. Last, ADHD diagnosis predicted elevated depression symptoms, but not trajectories. There were no trauma x ADHD interactions on symptom levels or trajectories. This study informs practice and policy by guiding practitioners to use trauma history to identify children who demonstrate persistent internalizing symptoms.
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2019-04-19T05:26:00Z
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https://curve.carleton.ca/768e3978-676f-4981-a08e-59fe09c75615
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The cable universe is getting smaller, and that could make the still-valuable live programming less lucrative.
Since the digital video recorder became commonly used, the rights to professional sports have become steadily more valuable.
That's because while people may watch their favorite drama or sitcom on a delayed, time-shifted basis (while fast-forwarding through the commercials), sports are still generally watched live. That means the audience sees the ads as they air, which of course makes the commercial inventory more valuable.
"Sports accounted for 93 of the top 100 live-viewed TV programs in 2015, compared with 14 in 2005," according to Nielsen's (NYSE:NLSN) 2016 Year in Sports Report. In addition, "Live viewing remains the standard for sports," the company wrote. "According to TV data from Q4 2015, 95% of total sports program viewing happened live. In comparison, only 66% of 'General Drama' viewers watched live."
But despite the allure of sports as must-watch-live programming, rights fees for leagues that aren't the National Football League or National Basketball Association may have topped out. That's not because people have stopped watching live. It's simply because, in many cases, competitive bidding has pushed contracts for rights to places where the networks can't make money anymore.
While no broadcast outlet wants to lose money on a deal, sometimes the overall value is bigger than just the bottom line. For example, Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ:FOX), Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) (ABC/ESPN), and Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) all pay for NFL rights deals, which have at least the potential to be money losers.
Even if the companies lose money when it comes to rights fees versus advertising revenue, they have a huge platform to use to launch other shows. How well that works generally depends on how good those promoted programs are, but it's a clear fringe benefit that adds to the overall value.
The problem for much of the rest of the non-NFL/NBA sporting world, however, is that the programming isn't popular enough to offer the same fringe benefit. Instead, the revenue brought in must at least somewhat track to the rights fees paid, or else companies such as Disney, which is facing pressure to cut costs amid a declining ESPN subscriber base, will simply not pay more.
In its most recent TV rights contract in 2013, NASCAR made a deal with Fox and NBC for about $8.2 billion over 10 years, according to The Sporting News. That's an increase from the roughly $560 million a year that previous partners ESPN and Turner paid to $820 million per year (about $380 million from Fox each year and $440 million from NBC). That's a huge jump for the sport, but it may be a last hurrah, because these deals look like money losers.
NASCAR is certainly not shy about maximizing revenue opportunities Image source: NASCAR.
Dave Meltzer, who covers sports rights fees as owner/editor of the well-respected Wrestling Observer newsletter, broke down the economics for NASCAR's partners in a recent edition of his subscription-based publication. He noted that Fox charges $187,650 for a 30-second spot while NBC gets $123,000. He expects NASCAR to generate $400 million for Fox in 2016, leading to a slight profit, while NBC will pull only $300 million, making the core deal a money loser.
But, like with the NFL and the value promoting other shows, it's not all about ad revenue. In this case, both companies are trying to gain followings for their cable properties -- FS1 and FS2 for Fox, and NBC Sports Network for NBC. NASCAR can not only bring eyeballs to those barely existing channels, but it can also fill thousands of hours of programming.
Meltzer examined the issue because World Wrestling Entertainment, which is a simulated sport, received much less than it expected when its rights came up to bid. The company did see an increase in what Comcast, its main broadcast partner, paid it, but the company wasn't willing to lose money on the deal.
Admittedly, wrestling and NASCAR are somewhat outliers with their own unique audiences, but it does show that, barring special circumstances (which helped NASCAR), the networks are being more realistic even though they highly value live sports (and pseudo-sports).
Of course, these sorts of special circumstances seem to always come along whenever any sports rights deals are due. But in this case, it's worth noting that ESPN and Turner not only passed without trying to renew their deals with NASCAR but offered to leave a year early. That suggests that even though it only takes two for a bidding war, we could see fewer premium sports suffer in the next round of contract negotiations.
Could baseball take a hit?
While NASCAR and wrestling are fringe sports, baseball is (or at least was) America's pastime. Major League Baseball has been a rights anomaly because even though its national games have become less interesting to most fans, it has still managed to get paid more each time its deal comes up.
"It's turned into a local sport," said Bill Simmons on his podcast. "I'm a Red Sox fan. ... I would never watch a game that wasn't the Red Sox unless it was the playoffs."
Simmons hosted Keith Olbermann on his podcast, and the former baseball broadcaster noted that the price of live programming has continually escalated, but he expects that will change for MLB.
"Baseball has managed to devalue the national package," said the former NBC/MSNBC/ESPN/Fox/Current host. "Whereas so far it has continued to grow a little bit every time it's been up for bids, Fox is not going to pay what they paid previously."
Olbermann also noted that the money MLB has received -- even as it has climbed -- has plummeted in relation to the NBA and NFL.
Part of the reason ESPN and Turner wanted out of NASCAR is that both had just made a nine-year, $24 billion deal to keep NBA games. That's about triple what they had paid previously, and while the NBA -- the No. 2 TV property behind the NFL -- may be worth it, it stretched budgets far enough that there was no money left over for NASCAR.
That's because while cord-cutting has only been a relative trickle, the pay-television universe has lost subscribers each of the past three years. And while people dropping cable entirely has been rare, cord-shaving -- what happens when people drop channels they don't want to pay for -- has increased.
ESPN, for example, which gets around $5.50 per cable subscriber, has lost about 7 million subscribers in the past two years as of November 2015, Fox Sports reported. That's roughly $38.5 million each month in lost revenue, or $462 million a year. Those numbers aren't going to get better, and even if cord-cutting slows, cord-shaving and skinny bundles will almost certainly increase.
That won't just hurt ESPN at the top of the cable universe. It will also cut into the amount of cable subscribers paying for the lesser sports networks. And to compound the problem, being seen in fewer homes could cut into ad rates if it results in less people watching.
In the end, while the NFL and the NBA should continue to command higher fees each time their deals come due simply because of the massive public interest in those sports, the bubble should burst for a lot of less-popular sports. There will probably still be some head-scratching deals, such as the Fox/NBC NASCAR agreement, where two sides overpay because of perceived value, but that should become the exception, not the norm.
Cable grew for so long, as did the ad market, that broadcasters could make even bad rights deals pay off.That's simply no longer the case. The shrinking pay-TV universe, along with the fiscal realities that even some of the biggest spenders have felt, should usher in an age of relative restraint.
Sports rights, because the programming is live, will still command top dollar, but companies won't overpay in most cases, and that could bring any league that's not the NFL or NBA crashing back to reality the next time its rights become available.
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2019-04-19T14:54:49Z
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https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/04/11/sports-leagues-that-arent-the-nfl-or-nba-may-see-r.aspx
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President Barack Obama speaks to the media after holding a meeting with his newly-appointed 'Ebola Response Coordinator' Ron Klain, along with other members of the team coordinating the Obama administration's ebola response efforts, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Oct. 22, 2014.
President Barack Obama said Wednesday he is “cautiously more optimistic” about efforts to keep Ebola from spreading in the United States as his administration looks to centralize its response to the disease.
Speaking to reporters following a meeting with aides, including his new “Ebola Response Coordinator” Ron Klain, Obama expressed relief that many of those who were potentially exposed to the first U.S. victim, Thomas Eric Duncan, have made it through the 21-day incubation period without contracting symptoms.
“If people want to make sure that, as we go into the holiday season, their families are safe, the very best thing they can do is make sure that everybody in their family is getting a flu shot, because we know that tens of thousands of people will be affected by the flu this season, as is true every season,” Obama said.
Obama’s comments come a day after U.S. officials required all travelers from West Africa to fly through one of five U.S. airports where enhanced screening procedures have been implemented. On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it would begin monitoring all travelers from West Africa for 21 days.
Klain, a longtime Washington political operative, began working in the West Wing Wednesday to lead the administration’s response to the epidemic in West Africa and efforts to keep it from U.S. shores. He is reporting to National Security Advisor Susan Rice and Obama’s Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor Lisa Monaco.
Obama referenced the two Dallas nurses who contracted Ebola after treating Duncan, noting they appeared to be recovering. “Again, we’re cautiously optimistic,” Obama said. “They seem to be doing better. And we continue to think about them.” The president highlighted new CDC standards for personal protective equipment which were put in place following those infections.
“We’re going to systematically and steadily just make sure that every hospital has a plan, that they are displaying CDC information that is currently been provided so that they can take step-by-step precautions when they’re dealing with somebody who might have Ebola,” Obama said.
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2019-04-23T22:28:52Z
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http://time.com/3532457/obama-ebola-cautiously-optimistic/
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You are viewing the Three Kingdoms Discussion Forums category of our Three Kingdoms community link directory. We provide this directory to make researching the Three Kingdoms period, Chinese history, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel and even Three Kingdoms games much easier. If you are researching officers please check our Three Kingdoms Encyclopedia.
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2019-04-21T11:05:57Z
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http://kongming.net/links/three-kingdoms-discussion-forums/
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The research, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, has uncovered a series of tunnels and gateways which are allowing warm water to eat away at the Totten Glacier in East Antarctica, potentially leading to a dramatic rise in global sea levels.
Dr Tas van Ommen from the Australian Antarctic Division said what they found was worrying, the ABC reports.
"We're realising that the East Antarctic ice sheet's probably not the sleeping giant that we thought or at least, the giant's starting to twitch and we're concerned," he said.
Scientists used planes armed with hi-tech monitoring equipment to measure the height and thickness of ice and bedrock topography beneath the massive Totten Glacier.
The aerial surveys covered more than 150,000 kms over five years, and allowed scientists to map and create cross sections of the glacier for the first time.
Dr van Ommen said that there was enough ice in the Totten Glacier alone to raise global sea levels by at least 3.5 metres.
"That three-and-a-half metre sea level rise would take many centuries to roll out," he said.
"But even in this century, the last IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] report said that if this kind of thing happens, it's going to add several tens of centimeters of sea level rise to their estimate of one metre."
Glaciologist Dr Jason Roberts agreed the melting of East Antarctica's largest glacier could have major implications globally.
"The Totten Glacier drains an area twice the size of Victoria, so there's an awful lot of ice in there, grounded below sea level, so it's got a fair potential for sea level rise," he said.
Scientists plan to use more aerial surveys and eventually underwater rovers to better understand the sleeping giant, before it wakes up.
Antarctic ice shelves are disappearing faster than first thought because of warming oceans, scientists say.
A major research project will try and figure out what warming weather means for Antarctic ice, and what effect it will have on New Zealand's climate.
New Zealanders can't bury their heads in the sand over rising sea levels, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment says.
The Government's environment watchdog is warning New Zealanders need to start preparing for a greater number of severe floods in coming years.
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2019-04-21T08:42:09Z
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https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/world/268921/huge-antarctic-glacier-melting
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I've got so much astigmatism in my right eye that I can't fine focus my Arri 2B without my glasses on. Even with my glasses on, I only have about the center 1/20th of the frame in tight focus. My lenses are Cooke Series II's and III's that have been checked and collimated by Guy at ZGC - I'm pretty certain I can trust my lenses. This isn't a problem with the admittedly ancient 2B viewfinder system, I can move my head sideways to view adjacent parts of the image and they're in tight focus if the center is. My wife says the entire image looks fine to her if she looks at something I've tight focused in the center (she knows how to adjust the viewfinder diopter to her eyes). Obviously I can't film with my glasses on because of the danger of light leaking back through the viewfinder. Has anyone got experience with using a black cloth over one's head while filming ala old time still photographers used? Is that a workable practice?
The underlying problem is I practice a very simple style of film-making - but want that glorious image 35mm provides, otherwise I'd just shoot video. I'm an experienced theatrical lighting designer and can quickly gaff my own work with the help of a grip so I can shoot 35mm almost as easily as some people shoot verite video.
Is my only option a high end HD video assist system if I want to run a two man band crew? Or just give in and hire competent 1st AD's to worry about focus issues? (assuming one's here in OKC). Is there an optics firm out there that can take a Optometrist's prescription and cut custom viewfinder glass ? (And would it be cheaper to just buy out Panavision?).
I regularly put a 3x3' piece of Duvetyne over my head when operating, and I do it for a few reasons. One, I have an easier time judging the lighting if I don't have a bright light whacking me in the other eye. Two, I like to switch between using left and right eye a lot, and sometimes even during the shot.
I've heard of people taking an old pair of their glasses and removing one lens and permanently putting it inside the eyecup, and that way they're able to look through the finder without having to wear their glasses. I wear contacts, which may not work for you, but it's common to have people put negative diopters in the eyepiece.
Check out -2 diopter at one of the big photo retailers like Sammy’s or B&H, and you'll find it's a common problem that can be worked around. Also, your optometrist can custom cut a glass in your prescription to fit inside your eyepiece if you want.
Before you throw your 2B away....take it [yes, the entire camera] to the place you have your eyeglasses made.
They can cut your prescription into their smallest 'blank' and then either you or [better yet] they can trim this down to fit into your eyecup. You are not replacing an optical element, you are merely adding your eyeglasses, in a slightly less size, to your camera. Before I had LASIK, I had my prescription cut several times into various sizes that would fit both ARRI & PANAVISION eyepieces.
I would recommend you have a small hole or notch drilled into this optic at the very top so you can check to see if it is aligned to your astigmatism.
class="style2">>Has anyone got experience with using a black cloth over one's head >while filming ala old time still photographers used? Is that a workable >practice?
I don't think you need the Ansel Adams hood necessarily. I've seen some Camera Operators use a large, foam eyepiece cup that simply wraps all-round the glasses and prevents any light leaks. Smaller diameter glasses probably help here too. You could also get a side flap you find on glacier glasses and use them on your own glasses, that’s if you're really paranoid about direct sunlight entering - that would be in conjunction with the large/foam cup.
One excellent Camera Operator here in LA that comes to mind who uses such a cup is Jamie Hitchcock. He works all the time and I've never had problems with light leaks (last time was on an SR).
class="style2">>>Also, your optometrist can custom cut a glass in your prescription to fit >>inside your eyepiece if you want.
Take the eyepiece with you to the optometrist and explain the problem.
I work with one astigmatic DP who had an old pair of glasses cut down to a disk which he tapes inside the Panavision eyepiece, in the proper orientation, of course.
When I was working with Woody Allen (I did 6 of his films as 1AC), we once did the same for his vision - he donated and sacrificed one old pair of glasses, we had a round glass disc cut and mounted in a round metal filter holder (series 6 maybe?), and slipped it into the eyepiece when Woody wanted to look through the camera.
Actually Woody's problem was not astigmatism.
Gordon Willis' diopter correction was all the way on one end of the Panavision viewfinder correction range, and Woody's was all the way in the opposite direction. This worked out fine for several films (lots of wrist exercise for me), but for one particular camera we had, we couldn't get both Gordon's correction and Woody's correction on the same eyepiece, so we made the additional lens insert for Woody, which I inserted and removed as necessary, and kept in my front box (I still have it!).
Hal, have you tried left-eye pieces (if this is now your better eye)? I'm dominant left-eye and on some units it can be slightly uncomfortable, but there's always one way or another to view with your left. I'd recommend trying this first before adding all sorts of optics to the viewfinder.
Your suggestions are all very helpful and food for thought (and action).
When I shoot PD-150s, I always do it with my glasses on. Sony's larger rubber eyecup for their 3-chip Mini-DV cameras wraps completely around my glasses and even lets me put some forehead pressure on the camera for stability. If you can adapt this eyecup to the IIC finder (which I don't think should be rocket science), and if your glasses are on the slightly small side, you may find that it's all you need.
I'm not sure where you can buy the cup, but any good rental house should be able to tell you, or maybe sell you one directly.
class="style2">>>pressure on the camera for stability. If you can adapt this eyecup to the >>IIC finder (which I don't think should be rocket science), and if your >>glasses are on the slightly small side, you may find that it's all you >>need.
My regular glasses are pretty big - they're actually OSHA legal safety glasses (my day business includes, among other things, occasionally working on high power radio gear while it's operating). But I'll look into the Sony eyecup and getting smaller glasses. I really appreciate everyone's taking some time to help me find a way out of my predicament.
I would definitely not use an AD (assistant director) to do your focusing. And I like the way you do your own focusing anyway. I don't understand why even on those big Hollywood movies they sometimes have out of focus shots. What's wrong with those camera operators out there?!
It usually seems the out of focus shots are when they have telephoto lenses or have the stop wide open. That's when they should be able to see focus the best!
Mako, it never ceases to surprise me how many out of focus shots get onto TV or films. And I don't think all the blame can be put on the ACs/DPs. I've heard of directors that in post will routinely only look at take 1 or 2 and move on - in many of these cases it was noted on set "take 1 - out of focus" but these notes don't always make it to the editing bay particularly on HD films where everything is stored.
Maybe as a shooter it bothers me more than a director, but poor focus is one of those mistakes that can take the viewer out of the movie experience. And on Hollywood movies, pro actors are going to be about as great on take 2 as on take 6, so to say they're going on "performance" is a bunch of BS.
class="style2">>>I don't understand why even on those big Hollywood movies they >>sometimes have out of focus shots.
One reason is that sometimes directors and/or editors will bite the bullet and choose shots on the basis of dramatic performance rather than photographic performance. When it's a close call it can be a tough decision.
class="style2">>>I don't understand why even on those big Hollywood movies they >>sometimes have out of focus shots. What's wrong with those camera >>operators out there?!
I always attributed it to video dailies. The shots that are slightly soft on a huge screen may look fine on a computer monitor in the NLE and not be caught. Even more so on a tiny eyepiece. It's all about magnification.
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Lots of stories with buzz today, including a new Archos Android tablet, the launch of Zune HD, and voice chat on Facebook. Of course, Joe the pilot in Honolulu sent us some good, old-fashioned Filipino whiskey and rum.
Lots of stories with buzz today, including a new Archos Android tablet, the launch of Zune HD, and voice chat on Facebook. Of course, Joe the pilot in Honolulu sent us some good, old-fashioned Filipino whiskey and rum. So Cooley makes us pause and do a tasting. Poor Natali gets left out, though. Sad.
Archos store is down--you know what that means?
Veoh wins copyright case; YouTube wins, too?
Michael from Chicago on radio personalities.
I know you don’t always cover Australian tech news but in this case something pretty major is happening down here. The government has decided to force Telstra (our largest telco and pay TV/broadband provider) to split and thus break up its monopoly on several markets. This is a pretty major story for us (in fact it was the first item on the news tonight) as it along with the $40 billion national broadband plan will be the biggest shake up to our telecommunications sector for years.
Now playing: Watch this: BOL 1063: Buzzed Out Loud - Web Exclusive!
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2019-04-18T10:19:57Z
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Personajes: Touya, Yue. Menciones a muchos otros.
Canon: Post-manga. Burla a los plotholes del anime canon.
Notes: no real spoilers for current Tsubasa/HOLiC events, but cryptic Clow is cryptic... again. Also, I kind of wrote that in a rush, so if there are grammar errors let me know.
Resumen: Precanon. Es el mito de Amaterasu y la cueva, adaptado para el universo de Okami.
More notes: I'll be translating this fic to English as soon as possible, by the way.
Rating: PG for references to mild violence?
Summary: Are spot-billed ducks really better than horses or camels? They didn't seem to agree.
Notes: Use of Japanese names and nicknames in this one, but nothing author's notes can't fix.
Notes: Oki's not one of my favorite characters, granted. Still, I felt like writing him doing something besides picking up a fight like in the plot.
Notes: This idiot has been gnawing my brain for a couple of weeks. Finally, a first attempt to understand him.
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2019-04-19T04:44:07Z
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It’s official, my old number has gone belly-up... Here, now, sits its replacement: 47.
There, I said it. Then, upon saying it, wrote it down on this blank white page, by last count... 4 times, like it's no big woop. Maybe it's not.
Now that I see it there in print it doesn’t look so bad; the 4 sitting almost elegantly next to the seven, crossing its long leg the way a flamingo might just before taking a relaxing nap… and the 7, well, it’s not as curvy as the 6 that used to sit there, nudging the four with its wide derrierre, but it too looks somewhat chic… its flat head wearing a sleek sou'wester that curves ever-so slightly, providing some shade and shelter from the sunny and rainy days up ahead.
Does anyone really care how old I am? Probably not. Can’t imagine why they would. I’m not even sure that I care that much about what number I have become overnight. Maybe that’s why I find it actually liberating to reveal my new number to the world. I’m somehow coping better this year than I was last year, my brand new 47 shoes ready for me to break them in during the next school year of life that awaits me, hopefully without too many blisters.
Maybe they’ll be like a pair of funky boots that help me to stand taller, sturdier, with a new perspective on the “forty-something” number that most women hope and pray no one will ever attempt to guess. But, I’m so much better this year about aging than I was a short year ago on my birthday, and ~ if I do say-so myself ~ my skin is looking a whole lot better than it did seven years ago.
I was, at 40, hitting puberty all over again with a terrific crop of junior-high acne that showed up when my hormones went berserk after the birth of my daughter. Then, at 42, these same 8th grade pranksters vandalized my pores once more when my son arrived on the scene, my graffitied forehead and cheeks spray-painted with a new patch of red bumps that would require heavy coats of zinc oxide diaper rash cream. Luckily, I had a vat of it from Costco for my baby boy's matching buttocks.
Atleast motherhood sits more comfortably on my shoulders now then it did when I had a drooling six-month old perched there, who then morphed into a territorial, screaming toddler demanding to climb back up, my pregnant belly about to burst with screaming baby number two. At 47, I am still coping with two demanding children under the age of nine, but I don’t feel like a teenage-buzzing alarm clock anymore handling it. I'd rather think of myself today as a regal grandfather clock, my big hand pointing towards the half-century mark with pride, my little hand reaching for another glass of wine.
It feels good to reveal the truth about my new number. I think I'll stand upon it proudly now, taller from the thought, enjoying the view from here. There will come a day when I cannot stand for long periods of time because my knees don’t work so good, and I will think back and remember the color of those funkadelic boots. Lucky girl. Size 47.
I'm schmerzing. Nope, not schmoozing, although I did have a gab session with my girlfriend earlier about "schmerzing" and the pros and cons of taking four ibuprofin if you're considering getting pregnant again after two kids and going for "the third." Then we ended with, "I'll have my people call your people," which basically meant, My kids will do lunch with your kids, and we'll make that playdate deal happen.
So, technically, Yes, I was schmerzing and schmoozing simultaneously. If you have absolutely no idea what I am talking about, you can press PLAY now on your DVR and see what Casey Abrams did to make the only interesting American Idol judge do this: Steven Tyler Drops F-Bomb on American Idol. I only wish I could get away with using the bacronym while experiencing some of the worst pelvic pain known to woman-kind outside of childbirth.
For the rest of you ladies who have experienced "the schmerz," the Germans really did a bang-up job when they selected the word, didn't they? Their no-nonsense approach to language makes the sugar-coated French pronunciation of the same thing seem so romantic and all smoke and mirror-like, "L-ovulation." Luh-oh-voo-lah-see-ohn... What kind of French trickery is that? No, the Germans tell it like it is.
Mittelschmerz bluntly means, middle pain. Pain in the middle, middle of the pain, pain during the middle, pain at the middle, pain UP the middle.... schmerzzzzzz.
Yep, the mittel forties are so "F'in" full of fertility, I might just go for the third... slice of pizza, as I fill the hot water bottle again and watch Casey Abrams make television worth something on a schmerzin' Wednesday night.
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2019-04-21T09:07:00Z
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https://didaink.typepad.com/writing_samples/after-forty-anecdotes/
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Be still. Breathe. Ask for guidance. Breathe. Be still and listen.
Your wise self is like your ship in the ocean: it will help you ride the waves and get you back to safety. Think of it as your personal navigation system that takes you back to your true self. The knowing has been within you all along. This little treat made its debut at a dinner party last year; it was served to us by our friend Nicole and it was a complete and utter show-stopper. Not only did we devour it after our lovely meal, but I proceeded to eat the leftovers we were sent home with for breakfast the next morning! After all, with simple wholesome ingredients, no wheat, refined sugars, or dairy, it’s practically oatmeal! Of course I had to have the recipe and have since made it quite a few times with a similar reception. The original, more cinnamon-y, recipe comes from Baker Bettie and can be found here. My slightly tweaked version is below. Thanks for sharing Nicole!
Instructions Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly oil an 8×8 brownie pan. Make the caramel sauce first by blending all ingredients together in a powerful blender. Make sure your maple syrup is room temperature or it will make the coconut oil stiffen. Blend until silky smooth and thoroughly combined (Bettie recommends at least two minutes). In a separate bowl, add the brownie ingredients and 1.5 cups of the caramel sauce. Reserve the remaining sauce in a bowl for later. Pour into brownie pan and bake for 12 minutes or so (do not over-bake–fudgey consistency is where it’s at!). Once cooled, spread the remaining caramel sauce on top with a spatula. Be sure to lick the spatula clean when done! Serve warm with a dollop of coconut vanilla ice cream and let your wise self have the day off.
Looks so decadent! I want some now!
Oh my, trust me it is! Thanks for reading, Elizabeth!
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2019-04-24T17:54:33Z
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https://berealyoga.wordpress.com/2014/05/25/your-wise-self-and-salted-caramel-brownie/
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Publication information: Book title: Brand Real: How Smart Companies Live Their Brand Promise and Inspire Fierce Customer Loyalty. Contributors: Laurence Vincent - Author. Publisher: American Management Association. Place of publication: New York. Publication year: 2012. Page number: iii.
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2019-04-25T06:04:49Z
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https://www.questia.com/read/121909773/brand-real-how-smart-companies-live-their-brand
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Profiles for characters in Dynasty Warriors 5 (Shin Sangoku Musou 4)’s kingdom of Wei, Each includes a 100x100 portrait, their name in English followed by Chinese (you must have Chinese language support installed on your computer to view the characters), and finally a link to their GameCity (external) profile.
Profiles for characters in Dynasty Warriors 5 (Shin Sangoku Musou 4)’s kingdom of Shu, Each includes a 100x100 portrait, their name in English followed by Chinese (you must have Chinese language support installed on your computer to view the characters), and finally a link to their GameCity (external) profile.
Profiles for characters in Dynasty Warriors 5 (Shin Sangoku Musou 4)’s kingdom of Wu, Each includes a 100x100 portrait, their name in English followed by Chinese (you must have Chinese language support installed on your computer to view the characters), and finally a link to their GameCity (external) profile.
Profiles for characters in Dynasty Warriors 5 (Shin Sangoku Musou 4)’s other kingdoms, Each includes a 100x100 portrait, their name in English followed by Chinese (you must have Chinese language support installed on your computer to view the characters), and finally a link to their GameCity (external) profile.
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2019-04-21T09:18:42Z
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http://kongming.net/dw5/characters/
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Jennifer Lawrence had a wayyyyy better Thursday than you. The Oscar winner guest hosted Jimmy Kimmel Live and got to interview her icon Kim Kardashian.
"I have been obsessed with the next guest and her family for over a decade in a very, very healthy way," she said when introducing Kim.
The interview is 18 minutes long, which is the equivalent of four hours on late night TV. So they cover A LOT. Some highlights? Reggie Bush, J. Law getting drunk with Kris Jenner, gas, Family Feud, hacking and more.
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2019-04-23T05:56:13Z
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https://www.ellecanada.com/culture/celebrity/article/j-law-interviewed-kim-k-and-it-was-hilarious
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It's all about Cate. Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen's latest, is a loose reworking of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. It's narratively uneven but the occasional lapses of focus are rescued by Cate Blanchett's riveting lead performance. The actress' work here is so good that it effectively launches the 2014 Oscar nomination season. It's hard to imagine Blanchett not being acknowledged by the Academy for her work here, especially considering AMPAS' fondness for the writer/director.
In actuality, this feels less like "a Woody Allen film" than anything the director has made since Match Point. It's another case of Allen diversifying both geographically and stylistically. Although the screenplay contains elements of dark comedy and is good for a few (uneasy) laughs, it's far more serious and less whimsical than Allen's usual fare. He's not on autopilot here. And, although the main character has what could euphemistically be called "mental issues," she doesn't evidence the usual Allen angst/neuroses. She's too far off the deep end for that. While Allen's hometown represents the setting for flashbacks that consume nearly 50% of the running time, the main story transpires in San Francisco, making this the first instance since the 1970s when the filmmaker's first-unit production has taken place in a U.S. location outside the New York City metro area.
Destitute and disillusioned, Blanchett's Jasmine arrives in San Francisco to move in with her sister, Ginger (Sally Hawkins). As houseguests go, it's hard to think of someone worse than Jasmine. After disparaging Ginger's apartment due to its size and décor, she makes unflattering remarks about her sister's current boyfriend, Chili (Bobby Cannavale), who, in her opinion, is only a small improvement over her abusive ex-husband, Augie (Andrew Dice Clay).
Facing reality is hard for Jasmine. Once the pampered wife of Wall Street wizard Hal (Alec Baldwin), she has seen her entire life crumble around her. Hal, caught by the FBI for illegal activities, hanged himself rather than face a life prison term, and the government confiscated everything, leaving Jasmine without a home or money. Her only option was to move in with Ginger in a place where she knows no one and in a situation she believes to be beneath her. Circumstances also demand she get a job - something she's unfamiliar with. "Trophy wife to a crook" isn't a qualification many employers are in search of.
Jasmine is a brilliantly multi-layered character. Although she's not an anti-hero in the traditional sense, she does harm wherever she goes, sometimes through ignorance and sometimes because she's too shallow to care. But she's a deeply tragic person and we often see this. She's subject to panic attacks and resembles a drowning woman clutching at straws. The façade she shows to others is brittle and easily shattered; beneath it is a sad and desperate woman.
Allen has surrounded Blanchett with a group of expert supporting players: the always-reliable Sally Hawkins who, like the star, has adopted an American accent; Peter Sarsgaard playing a potential suitor who's unaware of Jasmine's past; and Alec Baldwin comfortably essaying the smooth operator whose conniving and infidelity pave the path to his downfall. If there's a surprise, however, it's Andrew Dice Clay. Making his first motion picture appearance in more than a decade, the once bad-boy comedian shows both acting chops and screen presence as one half of the role that was Stanley in Streetcar.
The way Allen has chosen to restructure Williams' play considerably reduces the most memorable aspect of Streetcar: the Blanche/Stanley dynamic. Here, with Stanley split in two (Clay is Ginger's ex-husband and Bobby Cannivale is her current boyfriend), there's not much juice in that interaction, and no sexual tension whatsoever. By default, this becomes Blanche/Jasmine's movie and the narrative drifts aimlessly along with her. Blue Jasmine is an exercise in examining the lead character's mental degeneration. The end result, a performance-driven character study, offers an experience more akin to what one might expect from the late John Cassavetes than from the still very much alive Woody Allen.
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The educational and professional aim of the degree course in Industrial Engineering and Management is that of producing professionals capable of filling organizational and managerial roles requiring technological expertise. The educational profile of the programme is characterized by an interdisciplinary, flexible and systematic approach: the functions that an industrial engineer has to perform concern the innovation and change processes that increasingly characterize the physical, organizational and information components of business systems. Within this context, the degree course provides the foundation for highly-qualified technicians who, after completing their studies, are able to promote technological innovation and manage complex systems.
The main competence areas of the three-year Industrial Engineering courses are the management and organization of productive systems, company logistics (procurement, material handling, transportation and distribution), company quality and safety, marketing of industrial goods, budgeting and cost accounting.
The degree course in Management Engineering was designed to provide a consolidated scientific foundation, along with an overview of the technical questions and engineering methods applied to the solutions of problems in the sector of professional management engineering. The level of expertise attained by the end of the course enables graduates to enter the corresponding positions of employment. The overall training enables graduates to develop further specific skills, if necessary using their own resources. The three-year degree course also has the essential function of providing a preparation for the Master’s Degree course in Management Engineering, which offers a more complete and detailed training in the central subjects of Management Engineering, as well as operational and professional specialization in the sectors of company management, operations management, corporate finance and the management of manufacturing systems. The academic course is non-variable, subdivided into semesters during which the following principal areas of knowledge and skills are progressively developed: - First year: dedicated to lessons of Mathematical analysis, Algebra, Physics, Law and Economics, Information Technology, and Foreign Language; - Second year: after an initial period dedicated to completing the foundation subjects, course-specific subjects are initiated, such as: Corporate economics, Industrial Plant, Design and Technical drawing, Electrical technology, Technical Physics; - Third year: dedicated to subjects with the greatest practical application, and completing the knowledge necessary to continue studies in the Master’s Degree course. The subject areas included are corporate management, Energy systems and Production Management, and Manufacturing technology. The course is completed by activities specified by Ministerial Decree 270 (Activities chosen by the student, other activities, Final examination), some of which are organically integrated into the 3rd year applied courses. The results of academic study are verified by means of examinations, for which marks are given, or by means of practical tests that yield an evaluation of eligibility, with due consideration of the maximum number of examinations applicable.
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2019-04-21T20:17:47Z
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https://en.unipr.it/ugov/degree/1897
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Notes: NaPoWriMo 2013 Day 30 . Prompt today was to “find a shortish poem that you like, and rewrite each line, replacing each word (or as many words as you can) with words that mean the opposite.” Not sure if this is an “opposite” poem. But, it does have that sort of yin-yang dynamics. This one came together very easily, and after yesterday’s not so great attempt, lot more satisfying. Especially, completing the NaPoWriMo challenge with some meta type of themes.
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2019-04-24T06:59:15Z
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https://kavyastream.wordpress.com/category/national-poetry-writing-month-2013/
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The new death toll suggests fighting is some of the worst seen in the region in years.
Smoke from fires in Myanmar's Rakhine state is seen across the Naf River in a photo taken from Teknaf, Bangladesh, Aug. 31, 2017.
Nearly 400 people, mostly ethnic Rohingya Muslims, have been killed amid communal violence in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state, the head of the country’s military said Friday, while around 40,000 have fled across the border to Bangladesh since the fighting began.
Media reports said that 370 Rohingya insurgents had been killed in the fighting since Aug. 25, citing a statement posted on the Facebook page of Myanmar military chief Min Aung Hlaing, while 15 government troops and 14 civilians have also died.
Previous reports had put the number of dead at around 100 people.
It was unclear whether the toll included 78 Rohingyas killed after insurgents launched a series of coordinated attacks on 30 police outposts and an army base in the Myanmar townships of Maungdaw, Buthidaung, and Rathedaung last week that sparked the fighting.
Myanmar military officials said those responsible for the Aug. 25 attack belonged to the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), an insurgency group that claims it is strictly homegrown and not backed by foreign militants.
Friday’s report of nearly 400 dead suggests the latest round of ethnic fighting is the worst seen in Rakhine state in years. In 2012, communal violence between Buddhists and Muslims in the Rakhine state capital Sittwe left 200 dead and displaced around 140,000 mostly Rohingya.
Myanmar’s military says it is conducting clearance operations against "extremist terrorists" in Rakhine state, but the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has cited reports from Rohingya refugees—many of whom were suffering from burns and bullet wounds—of widespread atrocities by government troops seeking to force them out of the region.
By Friday, the number of refugees who had crossed into to Bangladesh to flee the fighting in the past eight days had swelled to 38,000, a U.N. official stationed in the district told BenarNews, an RFA-affiliated online news service, on condition of anonymity.
In Geneva, a spokeswoman for the U.N.’s refugee agency said it was not possible to confirm that figure as refugees were arriving via multiple routes and seeking shelter in scattered locations.
“[W]e can only confirm the number of those arriving in the existing camps. As many as 12,000 newly arrived Rohingya have taken refuge in existing camps, however, there may be thousands others who have sought shelter with their relatives outside camps,” Duniya Aslam Khan told BenarNews in an email on Friday.
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres "is deeply concerned by the reports of excesses during the security operations conducted by Myanmar's security forces in Rakhine State and urges restrain and calm to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe," said a statement issued Friday by his spokesman.
The U.N. chief urged Myanmar to help those in need and enable the United Nations and its partners to extend humanitarian support in the area.
At least 41 people, including young children, have died trying to cross the Naf River that separates the two countries after their boats capsized, according to Bangladeshi officials, who are struggling to contain the influx of refugees.
Human rights groups, meanwhile, called on the Myanmar state security forces to put an immediate stop to attacks on civilians, and on Bangladesh to stop turning away refugees arriving along its southeastern border.
Members of the Myanmar state security forces and local residents had “committed mass killings” of Rohingya men, women and children and had burned down “numerous villages” in northern Rakhine in the last week, Fortify Rights said, citing interviews with 24 newly arrived refugees who came from 17 villages in Rakhine.
His group said the new cycle of violence marked the second major attack on Rohingya civilians by Myanmar security forces and local villagers since October 2016, when more than 80,000 people fled to Bangladesh.
Fortify said eyewitnesses had described how ARSA members were also killing civilians – suspected “government informants” – and preventing men and boys from fleeing Maungdaw Township.
Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director for Human Rights Watch (HRW), told BenarNews—an RFA-affiliated online news service—that its researchers had not been able to enter affected areas in Rakhine but had interviewed newly arrived refugees in Bangladesh who described “scorched earth tactics” by Myanmar’s army.
“Many are presenting injuries such as burns and bullet wounds that are consistent with being attacked by soldiers who are also burning down structures,” Robertson said.
He said HRW was calling on Myanmar’s government to grant visas to a U.N.-sanctioned fact-finding mission so it could conduct an impartial probe into the alleged rights abuses and atrocities in Rakhine. Bangladesh should also fully cooperate with the mission in allowing it to interview refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Robertson added.
On Friday, police in Cox’s Bazar said that 18 more bodies of refugees were pulled out of the Naf River, bringing the death toll among Rohingya and others fleeing the violence in Rakhine to 41.
The bodies recovered on Friday included four women, five children and nine men, Md. Ali Hossain, the district’s deputy commissioner, told BenarNews.
“We have been trying our best to stop the infiltration,” said Lt. Col. S.M. Ariful Islam, the commander of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Teknaf sub-district.
“Since Friday at dawn, four thousand Rohingyas were detained and later sent back to Myanmar,” he added.
In the past few days, the influx of refugees from Rakhine has included some 400 Hindu families, according to local officials and eyewitnesses interviewed by BenarNews.
Some of them described attacks carried out on their community by masked men.
“[On] Saturday night, the miscreants torched the houses of 10 Hindu families. They shot at everyone except those with Rakhine faces,” Hindu refugee Swapon Shil told BenarNews.
“We do not know who those attackers were,” said the resident of Bowlibazar in Rakhine who hid out in nearby hills for days before crossing the border.
The unknown assailants killed at least 100 Hindus who lived in the villages of Bowlibazar and Fakirabazar in Maungdaw Township, refugees told Benar.
“The armed people, covered with black clothes, herded them out of their village. They set the houses on fire and looted gold ornaments,” refugee Gonga Bala, another Hindu, told BenarNews.
“They separated the younger women from the elderly. They slaughtered the aged men and women. I came here to save my life,” she said.
Also on Friday, Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it had lodged a “strong protest” via Myanmar’s embassy in Dhaka about what it described as multiple flyovers of its southeastern airspace by helicopters from the neighboring country on Aug. 27-28 and Sept. 1.
“This morning, Myanmar helicopters violated Bangladesh’s air space near Ukhia on three occasions,” the ministry said in a statement, referring to an area in Cox’s Bazar that hosts refugee camps and settlements.
“[T]hese instances of incursion into Bangladesh air space by Myanmar helicopters run contrary to the good neighborly relations and could lead to [an] unwarranted situation,” the ministry said Friday in a statement.
“The Ministry further emphasized that while Bangladesh has been cooperating with Myanmar in the security sector, such instances [of] violation of sovereignty may affect the existing understanding and cooperation between the two countries,” it added.
The statement came four days after Bangladesh proposed joint military action against a Rohingya insurgency group operating along the border.
In a related development, the ethnic Rakhine Arakan Army (AA) clashed with military troops Thursday in western Myanmar’s Chin state, in a spillover of the violence that has gripped adjacent Rakhine state.
According to AA spokesperson Khine Thukha, the fighting occurred in Chin’s Paletwa township, near Myanmar’s borders with Bangladesh and India.
“We fought them because the government army entered our territory,” he told RFA's Myanmar Service, without providing details of the engagement.
It was not immediately clear if any casualties were suffered on either side.
Military chief Min Aung Hlaing’s office said in an announcement that the AA had attacked a column of soldiers that was conducting “security and stability” operations in the region.
Reported by BenarNews, an RFA-affiliated online news service, and Kyaw Thu and Aung Theinkha for RFA’s Myanmar Service. Translated by Khet Mar. Written in English by Joshua Lipes.
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2019-04-26T09:54:21Z
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> feminine nouns take the *nominative plural*.
This represents the historic dual, which has spread to 3 and 4 as well.
With loud and high-pitched ululation.
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The cousin of someone dear to me got all but one of his limbs blown off in Iraq. This is our most popular way to play together? And we are all okay with this?
This week the question of how real violent video games are was raised by the makers of a new game set in Afghanistan and a crime journalist who asked three members of yakuza crime syndicates in Japan to play and evaluate a popular game set in their world.
In an interview with The Associated Press posted online on Friday, Greg Goodrich, the executive producer of a new video game treatment of the war in Afghanistan as seen through the eyes of an American special forces solider, stressed the importance of “authenticity,” to the makers.
Although Taliban and Qaeda militants were not employed as consultants, Mr. Goodrich added that “as far as the enemy goes,” an effort was made to study insurgent tactics and to allow them to express themselves in their native tongues.
Given the concerns of the gaming community, a vast majority of the game’s players will probably be more interested in the the authenticity of the violence they get to inflict than in anything the characters they blow away might have to say for themselves.
To that end, the promotional material for the game, which will be released in October, features a YouTube interview with a former American special forces soldier who acted as a consultant. In the interview, the consultant insists that special forces soldiers try to use violence like “a scalpel,” using “a very surgical method,” to “apply [a] very precise amount of damage to the bad guys, without inflicting any damage” on civilians.
That seems to suggest that civilian casualties will not be a big part of the experience of the Afghan war for players of this game.
This year, reviewers in the United States praised another video game, “Yakuza 3,” for its apparently lifelike depictions of violence in the Japanese criminal underworld.
Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who has covered yakuza gangsters in Japan for years, decided to convene an expert panel that might be more qualified to render a judgment on the game: three Tokyo gangsters.
Mr. Adelstein’s article, “Yakuza 3: Played, Reviewed and Fact-Checked With the Yakuza,” published this week on the Web site Boing Boing, is made up mainly of banter between the three gangsters, recorded as they played the game — or tried to.
No yakuza is going to run around getting into fistfights like that. Especially not an executive type. He’ll wind up in jail or in the hospital or dead, maybe even whacked by his own people for being a troublemaker. These days, he’d probably get kicked out before even going to jail. Guys like that start gang wars and nobody wants that now. When a yakuza gets into a fight, it’s serious business.
A real fight — it’s short and it’s brutal. Over in a minute. Nobody goes around trading blows and crap like that. Usually the first guy to punch wins.
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https://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/consulting-american-soldiers-and-yakuza-gangsters-on-video-game-violence/
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Göteborg : Chalmers tekniska högskola, 2011. 55 s. Examensarbete. T - Institutionen för energi och miljö, Avdelningen för energiteknik, Chalmers tekniska högskola, ISSN 9897232; 2011:366, 2011.
Biogas produced by anaerobic digestion is a proven and renewable energy technology that has a role to play reaching towards a sustainable development. It is a process where microorganisms feed on organic matter. Moldova is wine producing country where the energy-rich waste from the wine production, pomace, is mostly landfilled today. It is therefore both free and readily available for biogas production. The aim of this thesis is to investigate if biogas produced at wineries in Moldova can be economic, it also evaluates its environmental and social benefits. The technical aspects investigated include plant scale, preferred technology, substrate and gas offset. The thesis was carried out in three steps. First a pre study, then field work during a three months stay in Moldova and finally plant calculations and dimensioning. Five wineries were included in the case study. The waste streams at the wineries and their properties and potential for biogas production were identified. The data was analyzed to get understanding of how biogas from wine production residues can be implemented in Moldova. The amount of grapes harvested at the studied wineries determined the size of the biogas plants, at each winery. Flows of energy, substrate, fertilizer and money were calculated which served as a basis for investment proposals and recommendations for the wineries. The proposed biogas plant is a tank reactor, fed with stored pomace from the local winery. It produces combined heat and power and organic fertilizer. A Moldovan winery that processes 3800 tons of grapes annually can with this technology produce over 500 GWh of electricity and 260 GWh of useful heat. The reduction in climate impact is 1100 ton of CO2-equivalents per year. The annual income of such a plant is 60 000 euro. On top of this comes the economic benefit from the organic fertilizer. This plant has an investment cost of 260 000 euro which gives a payback time of less than five years. The export potential for biogas companies to deliver these solutions is 6.4 million euro for the 20 largest wineries in Moldova. Moldovan wineries are interested but need assistance with planning and implementation. The conclusion is that a biogas plant at a Moldovan winery is profitable and also reduces climate impact and contributes to energy independency and security. Investment is therefore recommended. It can also be an interesting possibility for other wine producing countries.
Magnus, J. (2011) Potential for Biogas at Wineries in Moldova. Göteborg : Chalmers University of Technology (Examensarbete. T - Institutionen för energi och miljö, Avdelningen för energiteknik, Chalmers tekniska högskola, nr: 2011:366).
AB Biogas produced by anaerobic digestion is a proven and renewable energy technology that has a role to play reaching towards a sustainable development. It is a process where microorganisms feed on organic matter. Moldova is wine producing country where the energy-rich waste from the wine production, pomace, is mostly landfilled today. It is therefore both free and readily available for biogas production. The aim of this thesis is to investigate if biogas produced at wineries in Moldova can be economic, it also evaluates its environmental and social benefits. The technical aspects investigated include plant scale, preferred technology, substrate and gas offset. The thesis was carried out in three steps. First a pre study, then field work during a three months stay in Moldova and finally plant calculations and dimensioning. Five wineries were included in the case study. The waste streams at the wineries and their properties and potential for biogas production were identified. The data was analyzed to get understanding of how biogas from wine production residues can be implemented in Moldova. The amount of grapes harvested at the studied wineries determined the size of the biogas plants, at each winery. Flows of energy, substrate, fertilizer and money were calculated which served as a basis for investment proposals and recommendations for the wineries. The proposed biogas plant is a tank reactor, fed with stored pomace from the local winery. It produces combined heat and power and organic fertilizer. A Moldovan winery that processes 3800 tons of grapes annually can with this technology produce over 500 GWh of electricity and 260 GWh of useful heat. The reduction in climate impact is 1100 ton of CO2-equivalents per year. The annual income of such a plant is 60 000 euro. On top of this comes the economic benefit from the organic fertilizer. This plant has an investment cost of 260 000 euro which gives a payback time of less than five years. The export potential for biogas companies to deliver these solutions is 6.4 million euro for the 20 largest wineries in Moldova. Moldovan wineries are interested but need assistance with planning and implementation. The conclusion is that a biogas plant at a Moldovan winery is profitable and also reduces climate impact and contributes to energy independency and security. Investment is therefore recommended. It can also be an interesting possibility for other wine producing countries.
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http://studentarbeten.chalmers.se/publication/155049-potential-for-biogas-at-wineries-in-moldova
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I know all and I see all, I just don't tell all.
Filippino, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish.
Light blue, black, and white.
Playing volleyball, tennis, cooking, drawing, and making mangas.
Sweets,too much meat, and rice( yes, what kind of asian am i? anyways i think it makes me fat by eating it).
Full metal Alchemist, Fruits Basket, Yuyu Hakusho, Spiral:Suirui no Kizuna, Madlax, Noir, D.N.Angel, Gravitation, and Naruto.
FF series, Lunar 1 and 2, Thousand Arms, Quest 64, Soul Calibur 1 and 2, and Zelda series.
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hi i dont know anyone except for my bro.Well im 14 years old and go to 8th grade. Im new to this club and i am a male.I dont have much to say so thats all i have to say.
Im not that new now and i got some friends on this club.
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Fav Food: Asian food; Japanese,Chinese,Korean.. yum.. I also LOVE Italian food.
Fav Anime: Hoshi no Koe, Serial Experiments Lain, Shingetsutan Tsukihime.
Status: I don't know taken? maybe?
Height: 5' 3" w00t! go the short chicks!
Hobbies: watching anime, talking to my online friends, reading, drawing, the usual stuff I guess.
Likes: Rollercoasters, reading, running around, and um... talking!
Usual personality: Most of the time, really happy.
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When I saw that I immediately had to think about the imminent doom & destruction that would happen when the snowflake would touch the ground, or worse, melted.
Just a place to put thoughts in.
Age: If I was sugar high everyday, how old am I?
Height: 5' 3", YES! I'M GROWING!!
Hair color: Black, black, black, black, yep, pure blackette.
Fav Color: Green (Any kinda green, 'cept duuuduuu green), Black, Red (Ruby and any color red), Silver, Purple (Amethyst, lavender), Blue (Sapphire), and plain white (no yellow spots, no ugly markings, just plain WHITE!).
Fav Food: Hmmm... Lessee... Instant Food!! Ramen and Pocky!! OOOoo And I live on sugar, just to let you know.
Fav ANIME: Naruto, Naruto, Naruto, Naruto, Naruto, FMA, Naruto, Naruto, Naruto, Gravitation, Naruto, Naruto, Fruits Basket, Naruto, Chrono Crusade, and Naruto, Gundam Wing, DNAngel... Naruto!
Fav GAMES: Errr... Too many to put, I'm too lazy to put all of 'em so I'll just put the ones I luuuuveeeee... The Final Fantasy Series, and The Zelda Series!
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So we want to know about the mod as well?
I'm a latina with the dark hair, dark eyes, but my skin isn't that dark.
Fav. Animes: Sailormoon, Inuyasha, Detective Conan (aka Case Closed), BoogiePop Phantom, CCS, Robotech and I think that's it!
Fav tv shows: StarGate (both SG-1 and Atlantis), Monk and far too much British television!!
I should think that's sufficient!
I guess you would say I was a biker (motorcycle) at first glance. I work on cars and bikes. I don't like anime,,, I love it! I am an anime-junkie. I like to write poetry (But currently suffering writer's block.), I like to draw( suffering artist block currently.) Oh, and I'm a little crazy. I like to throw cyber-pies into peoples cyber-faces. I have seen many anime titles, and yet more to see yet. That's all I can think of now. You have to PM me for more.
Well so far the only person i knw so far i my sister.I am 14,and in the 8th grade.I love anime,my favorite anime show is Cowboy Beebop.I think school is ok,only becuase you get to hang out with your friends.Another thing i like is paintball,i do not consider myself a complete computer nerd even thugh i am on it alot.
Well that pretty much breaks me down.
I'm going to redo this. XD .. eventually.
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Hobbies: Playing Chess, playing Video games(Any kind really), Sports(Watching and playing), lifting weights, watching some anime(Inuyahsa, Gundam, Wolf's Rain, etc.), going on rpgs, and posting on Animeforum.
Favorite Anime Characters: Garma Zabi, Ramba Ral, Anavel Gato, Sephiroth, Cloud, Squall, Seifer, Amarant, Char Aznable, and Inuyasha.
Favorite Quote: Its supposed to be a challenge thats why its called a short cut, if it was easy it would just be the way.
Its supposed to be a challenge thats why its called a shortcut, if it were easy it would just be the way.
Join Neo Avalanche today!!!! PM me if you wish to join. We welcome anyone of any level or rep!
Hobbies: skating, playing guitar, watching anime,listening to music drawing, and making mangas.
"Into" Anime: Full metal Alchemist, Fruits Basket, Yuyu Hakusho, Spiral:Suirui no Kizuna, D.N.Angel, Gravitation, and Naruto.
"In the world of ninja, those who don't follow the rules are scum, that's true. But, those who abandon their friends are worse than scum."
lol okay, so it is now 2009, almost 2010.
my relationship status never mattered.
My favorite anime's are Full Metal Alchemist [forever], Code Geass, Deathnote, Chobits [so funny], Gravitation, Fruits Basket and Angel Sanctuary.
Favorite Manga are Loveless, Angel Sanctuary[as well], Bleach, DNAngel and a few more i cant think of at the moment.
Last edited by Negi; 12-03-2009 at 09:03 PM. Reason: because things change.
^ My new SM and other anime forum. In need of members!
Name: Kie_D_K (originally Kie_Kopykat) That is the name I use everywhere on the net.
Fav Video games: FF series, metal gear series and Zone of the Enders1 and 2 .
Last edited by niKopol; 03-21-2005 at 06:56 AM.
Fav.Color: neon pink, neon green. obnoxious bright colors.
Hobbies: Sitting here. Working. Playing Risk at Dennys at 3am. Popping Justin's Cherry. Lusting after a friend of mine. Dancing. Singing. Annoying David.
Favorite songs now: That one song, in my sig. Deathsex, by the distillers.
Job: I do something suspicious at home depot.
Last edited by Daenerys; 03-21-2005 at 05:12 AM.
Occupation: a full -time BEng EEE student year 2.
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https://www.animeforum.com/showthread.php?21145-know-your-fellow-members&s=95d619769f1be3aee2ebf6612b5acfc8&p=491929
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to be notified about new updates here?
profits pay off. Day trading is too risky, so always do your homework and invest in things that have stood the test of time and are reputable.
best bet is to invest in a few high quality and popular stocks.
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https://wesewvintage.wordpress.com/2012/04/13/style-1077-the-island-flower-dress/
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This piece tries to determine whether or not Japan’s movement towards rearmament is indicative of a renewed militaristic sentiment or driven by the necessity of improving its defense in view of mounting threats from its age-old enemy, China. The goal of this work is to create a framework using both international events and domestic responses in which to ascertain whether or not the reformation of Article 9 is, in of itself, a reemergence of pre-war bushido/nationalist sentiment or a response to both outside and inside influences necessitating the need for a “normalized” state.
The work focuses on three distinct time periods – early 2000s, latter 2000s, and the 2010s – in which to highlight the initial development, progression, and foreseeable resolution to the Article 9 debate. These stages emphasize several elements persistent in Japan’s quest for a more normalized state, including: the hostile external environment created by the rise of foreign assertiveness, and internal domestic pressures (which to some extent are driven by external pressures) along with its own desire to seek a more normalized position in the international community as well as to gain an enhanced sense of national pride. Additionally a brief synopsis of both the foreign and domestic entities which have contributed to the Japanese reformation movement has been included for better foundational understanding of the question at hand.
In general, results suggested that, though there is some merit towards a reemergence of pre-WWII nationalistic sentiment (especially in the case of the Net Uyoku), the reformation of Article 9 is primarily driven in response to growing tensions – both within East Asia as well as world-wide – as well as a need to assert some semblance of nationalistic identity (an area seriously lacking in Japanese society). Results further implicate that, though the process of reforming Article 9 and thereby revising Japan’s anti-war policy may not be immediate, movement within the Japanese state towards constitutional reformation is indeed on the rise – rearmament being the primary target of said reforms.
Spencer, Stephen C., "Japan's Push to Rearm: Neo-Militarism or Self-Preservation" (2015). CMC Senior Theses. 1118.
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https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1118/
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Published in Community Values . Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 148 (Spring 1996): 160-162.
Published in The Long Poem / Remembering bp Nichol. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 122-123 (Autumn/Winter 1989): 174-175.
Published in Poets’ Words. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 115 (Winter 1987): 275-277.
Published in Canadian Literature 156 (Spring 1998): 119-120.
Published in DeMille’s Utopian Fantasy . Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 145 (Summer 1995): 21-36.
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https://canlit.ca/canlit_authors/linda-lamont-stewart-2/
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The Fourth Commandment - Sabbath. Not sure about you, I have always thought the fourth commandment of the ten commandments about keeping the sabbath a little odd and out of place among the other nine. All the nine makes total sense to me and I wondered what is the big deal about the Sabbath to make it to DE ten.
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https://www.tumblr.com/widgets/share/tool/preview?shareSource=legacy&canonicalUrl=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fphoonies.com%2F2018%2F03%2F25%2Fthe-fourth-commandment-sabbath%2F&title=The+Fourth+Commandment+-+Sabbath
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The basic rules of cricket are by no means as complex as the official twenty-page rule book suggests. There are two teams of eleven players. A team wins by scoring more runs than the other team and dismissing the opposition; a team could score many more runs than the opposition, but still not win if the last two enemy batsmen doggedly stay “in” (ensuring a draw). The match is divided into innings, when one team bats and the other team fields. One-day matches have one innings per team, Test matches have two.
The aim of the fielding side is to limit the runs scored and get the batsman “out”. Two players from the batting side are on the pitch at any one time. The fielding side has a bowler, a wicketkeeper and nine fielders. Two umpires adjudicate whether a batsman is out. Each innings is divided into overs, consisting of six deliveries, after which the wicketkeeper changes ends, the bowler is changed and the fielders move positions.
The batsmen score runs either by running up and down from wicket to wicket (one length = one run), or by hitting the ball over the boundary rope, scoring four runs if it crosses the boundary having touched the ground, and six runs if it flies over. A batsman can be dismissed by being “clean bowled”, where the bowler dislodges the bails of the wicket; by being “run out”, when one of the fielders dislodges the bails with the ball while the batsman is running; by being caught out, when one of the fielding side catches the ball after the batsman has hit it; or by “LBW” (leg before wicket), where the batsman blocks with his leg a delivery that would otherwise have hit the stumps.
These are the rudiments of a game whose beauty lies in its skills and tactics. The captain, for example, chooses which bowler (spin or fast) to play and where to position his fielders to counter the strengths of the batsman, the condition of the pitch and a dozen other variables. Cricket also has a poetry in its esoteric language, used to describe such things as fielding positions (“silly mid-off”, “cover point”, etc) and types of bowling delivery (“googly”, “yorker” and the like).
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2019-04-24T06:20:50Z
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https://www.roughguides.com/destinations/central-america-and-the-caribbean/trinidad-tobago/sports/rules-cricket/
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(Southfield, MI--March 8, 2017) WTAT-TV, better known as FOX 24 in Charleston, SC, has significantly accelerated its closed captioning workflow and improved accuracy with a transition to ENCO’s software-defined enCaption3R3 system.
FOX 24 serves the “Lowcountry” by airing 21 hours of live local newscasts weekly, featuring breaking news, sports, weather and traffic. Its intensive local news schedule includes FOX 24 News Now, a live news-lifestyle-entertainment show that launched on January 9, 2017, and features topics and stories that are trending in the Charleston area.
FOX 24 chose enCaption3R3 because its powerful closed captioning speech-to-text engine accurately converts the spoken word into text in near-real-time. The station sends the audio of its live news program to the enCaption3R3 for processing, and feeds the closed captioning data to an HD/SD-SDI encoder. That encoder embeds the highly accurate captions into the vertical ancillary portion of the SMPTE 292M HD-SDI video stream for live broadcast.
“Launching and producing this new live show has been very exciting and it’s been well-received by our viewers, but the high cost of creating real-time closed captioning might have prevented us from doing this new show at all,” said Matt McCarthy, general manager of WTAT-TV/FOX 24, which is owned and operated by Cunningham Broadcasting.
McCarthy was further tasked with finding a system that was easy to install and operate, as the broadcaster was faced with a hard deadline to get the new workflow up and running. As they had already selected their new encoders (manufacturing by Links Electronics), they had concerns about finding an open system that would offer seamless, trouble-free integration.
Another key reason for choosing enCaption3R3 is that it generates live captioning that is legally compliant with all FCC mandates. While there is a slight delay of about four or five seconds, McCarthy said it satisfies their need to provide cost-effective closed captioning for WTAT’s hearing-impaired viewers.
FOX 24 Charleston broadcasts live weekday newscasts from 7-9am, as well as a half-hour newscast at 6:30pm and an hour-long newscast at 10pm. That newscast leads directly into FOX 24 News Now at 11pm. The 7am, 6:30pm and 10pm news is are produced by the station’s news-share partner, WCIV-TV—the ABC affiliate in Charleston, SC. While FOX 24 used to share the costs of its live captioning service with WCIV, today all of its captioning is now done in-house using enCaption3R3.
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2019-04-23T01:55:21Z
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https://news.creativecow.net/story/887524
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One of the kids knocked over the laptop and it wouldn't turn on anymore. brought it here and they repaired it within two days. very happy with the service and price.
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2019-04-19T16:37:38Z
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https://businessfinder.syracuse.com/user/2vtfg43
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On Wednesday, October 17, Samuel Boyd, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, presented his research in a "TED-style" talk at the Dairy Art Center as part of the University of Colorado's first Research and Innovation Week. Nine faculty members from CU gave short, five-minute elevator pitches to the audience, explaining what their research is and why it is important.
Professor Boyd gave a talk about the Bible and its influences in all aspects of life. He spoke about how he saw it during his youth, the power of the Bible in modern America, and the need for readers of the Bible to understand that it's an ancient book, written outside of the western world.
You can read more about this event and Professor Boyd's talk in the Daily Camera article by John Marinelli.
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https://www.colorado.edu/jewishstudies/2018/10/18/professor-samuel-boyd-gives-talk-during-cus-research-and-innovation-week
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I’m proud to once again return to one of my favorite destinations on the internet Ex-Ex Lit. Head on over to read another excerpt from my work in progress, Subliminal Syntax. Take some time to read some of the other offerings on the site as well! Homes for experimental literature on the web are far and few in between and this one is worth supporting.
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2019-04-26T03:57:41Z
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https://brokenzen.wordpress.com/2016/07/28/negotiating-metaphors/
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Ford fully redesigned the 2015 F-150, and pricing starts at $26,615 (including $1,195 for destination). This price is for a three-seat regular cab, rear-wheel drive F-150 in the base XL trim. The 2015 Ford F-150 costs $395 more than a comparable 2014 model. Springing for four-wheel drive adds $4,645 to the price of a base model. SuperCab models and SuperCrew cab models, which both seat six, add $4,060 and $7,625, respectively, to the base price. There are four other F-150 trim levels besides the base XL trim. The off-road-oriented SVT Raptor model does not continue into the 2015 model year.
The automaker says in a press kit that one hallmark of the redesign is the use of aluminum alloy, rather than steel, for the body panels. According to Ford, the 2015 F-150 is as much as 700 pounds lighter than a comparable 2014 model. As a result of that weight loss, Ford says the F-150 can "tow more, haul more, accelerate quicker and stop shorter," as well as use less fuel. When properly equipped, the 2015 F-150 can tow up to 12,200 pounds and haul 3,300 pounds.
The 2015 F-150's base engine is a 3.5-liter V6 that produces 283 horsepower and 255 pound-feet of torque. Engine options include a turbocharged 2.7-liter V6 with 325 horsepower and 375 pound-feet of torque, a 5.0-liter V8 with 385 horsepower and 387 pound-feet of torque and a turbocharged 3.5-liter V6 that produces 365 horsepower and 420 pound-feet of torque. For 2015, Ford is no longer offering the 6.2-liter V8 in the F-150. With any engine, the F-150 comes with a six-speed automatic transmission.
Available features in the 2015 F-150 include Ford's SYNC voice command system, Bluetooth, a USB port, a rearview camera, the MyFord Touch infotainment system, navigation, adaptive cruise control, a 360-degree camera system and front seats with heating, cooling and massaging functions.
The 2015 Ford F-150 currently is our top-ranked full-size truck because reviewers are impressed with its spacious cabin, poised handling and the ample power provided by either of its available turbocharged V6 engines.
Ford says the 2015 F-150 will be on sale later this year.
In the market for a new truck? Check out the U.S. News Best Price Program for guaranteed savings on a new car, SUV or truck. Also, be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
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https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/best-cars-blog/2014/11/2015-ford-f-150-priced-from-26615
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I’m often asked how companies can increase the engagement levels of their posts on Facebook. Sadly, there’s no silver bullet or one-size-fits-all solution, but there are plenty of studies that show the value of experimentation.
And while it doesn’t offer any universally applicable answers, the infographic below may give you some fresh ideas for what to test next.
In brief: photos work well (as do videos), less is more, spell out your ‘call-to-action’, try simple participation ideas like caption competitions and know when your fans are online.
This is an interesting time to be in business. On the one hand there’s a constant stream of new shiny objects, gadgets and apps to play with, presenting exciting new ways to reach your customers. But on the other hand there are still plenty of traditional routes to market that generate vast reach, even if they may be losing some of their earlier potency.
And that means, in this unprecedented time of change, that being able to span both the old and the new and make intelligent decisions about what to adopt and what to abandon has become a crucial skill for marketers.
For most businesses, knowing how to nurture traditional routes to market while reducing your long term dependency on them is essential. And intelligently testing new channels in parallel to allow these to gently come to the fore will also help your business to evolve and become future-ready.
I was reminded of our digital divide by the above infographic based on data from the National Readership Survey. Even today, with tablets seemingly everywhere in our big cities, fewer than 1 in 6 (15%) adults own either a tablet device or an e-reader. And a tiny 1.4%, like me, own both.
Although tablet devices or smartphones or HTML5 enabled browsers or Twitter or whatever… are undergoing remarkable growth, most still remain in minority ownership.
There’s no doubt in my mind that the offspring of the digital form factors will ultimately become universal but there’s no getting away from the fact that they’re still far from omnipresent. And until they are, marketers would be well advised to continue nurturing traditional communication channels.
Inbound marketing is a fancy-shmancy term that describes the way that consumers can now find companies before they buy through personal engagement with content on the social web. It’s fundamentally different to traditional marketing (AKA “Shouting!”) in that it requires continuous efforts from content creation teams and relies more on your ability to attract and maintain attention than your ability to buy media placements that can virtually guarantee your visibility.
Cloud-based SaaS company Marketo recently published an infographic that summarises some of the benefits of adopting an inbound marketing approach. As is often the case, they’ve had to grossly oversimplify the concept in order to fit it neatly into one diagram, but the underlying sentiment is valid. I also think their approach to editorialising content is much too basic (who honestly believes three blog posts a week is right for everyone?), but it’s a good place to start your journey if inbound marketing is still virgin territory for you.
When Business Insider Advertising posted a story about an “INSANE Graphic” about social media marketing last week I simply shrugged and moved on. Since then, the post has attracted huge amounts of attention online, amassing over 500,000 views and around 9k shares on each of Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. And with LinkedIn reporting that the story is now trending within Accenture, Microsoft and IBM, perhaps it warrants a second look.
Take a moment to drink in the enormity of what you’ve just seen.
It’s a complicated diagram alright. But is it helpful? No, of course not. It’s utterly absurd. Charts like this are much loved by “social media gurus” because they help make something no-one controls or fully understands look structured and professional. But never in the history of the internet has anything useful been done as a result of a chart like this. No-one needs to know all these services and any attempts to compartmentalise each service misses the defining point of the social web: that no service operates in isolation, but is interconnected, conceptually if not physically, to every other service available online.
I can understand the appeal of complicated charts like this and I confess to having used similar diagrams in the early days of the social web to help explain the vastness of the online ecosystem. But the days of this sort of visualisation serving any useful purpose are long behind us. We need more enlightened and informed guidance if we’re to make sense of our rapidly changing digital world.
Alright, if you really must, other LUMAscape diagrams can be found here.
With thanks to Dr Kelly Page for sharing this, here’s a handy ‘ready reckoner’ from CMO.com that summarises some of the benefits of 15 of the big social networks, categorised against their value for Customer Communication, Brand Exposure Traffic (generation potential) To Your Site, and SEO.
Of course, like any summary of this kind, it’s wildly over-generalised and quite dangerous in the wrong hands. But if you have first-hand experience of each of the platforms and enough knowledge to draw your own informed conclusions, it could help you synthesise your planning and focus on the better platforms for your unique business goals.
Click the image below to view the full table.
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2019-04-23T12:58:31Z
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https://allisterf.wordpress.com/tag/infographic/
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boston
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Home stoves used to consist of four burners and a basic oven. Now they can be tricked out with all kinds of devices. Over the next two months, we’ll take you into kitchens to look at unusual stoves and ovens with special elements.
SUDBURY — On a bitter cold afternoon, the spacious kitchen at John and Susan Schaub’s house is all light and warmth. At one end, a fire blazes through a small, arched opening tucked into a white stucco chimney at waist height. This is a pizza oven, whose temperature gets so high, you can bake a pie in minutes.
John Schaub holds an infrared thermometer at the mouth of the oven to check the temperature. It has reached 800 degrees, almost ready for baking. Son Ryan, 19, is shaping and stretching a ball of pizza dough at a granite-topped island. Ingredients for toppings are laid out.
This room has been under renovation for nearly six years, but the oven has been finished for two. John Schaub got the idea to include it in the kitchen plan after he took a wood-fired baking class at the San Francisco Baking Institute in 2006. “I thought it would be fun to learn,’’ he says. From 1984 to 1998, he owned Wheatstone Baking Co. in Boston.
The Le Panyol oven at the institute, made in the south of France from white clay, is used in many professional kitchens. The Schaubs’ quest to find one for home use led them to Martin Pearson, a stone and brick mason in Plainville, who at the time was the only licensed distributor of Le Panyol ovens in the state. Pearson built the oven, erecting a double-lined stainless steel pipe that goes up through a new laundry room on the floor above to serve as the chimney. Susan Schaub, who owns an interior design business, planned the facade, which includes cobblestones from the family’s yard that are around the oven’s opening and frame the wood storage areas, as well as a granite ledge and step-down mahogany shelf above one wood storage nook.
When John Schaub had his bakery, daughters Allegra and Jessica, now 26 and 24, used to help shape croissants. Both sons, Jason, 20, and Ryan enjoy cooking. After school, the youngest Schaub works as a prep cook at the Cottage in Wellesley.
On days when they use the oven, which the Schaubs agree is “not often enough,’’ they start the fire about two hours ahead. Once the pizzas go in, they need only two minutes or less to bake through. For bread, the Schaubs transfer wood ashes to a metal bucket after pizzas are done, and let the oven cool for a couple of hours until it reaches 400 degrees.
The oven can be used to cook many other things, but no one has yet gone beyond pizza and bread. “We’re still learning,’’ says John Schaub.
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2019-04-26T08:38:35Z
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http://archive.boston.com/lifestyle/food/articles/2011/02/02/family_is_fired_up_over_its_own_clay_pizza_oven/
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What were you doing before you came to study at City, University of London?
I was studying in a local college, I was doing a BTEC L3 in Health and Social Care. I was completing this qualification so I could get into university to study Adult Nursing. I also travelled a lot before I came to study at City, I was able to go to 15 different countries around the world the year before I came to City.
I had attended some of City's events such as Open Days and course taster days. I really liked the feel of the University, they seemed to be really supportive which was very important as I knew that studying at university can be challenging. I also really loved the facilities they had for nurses, it was very modern and looked like it would give me good experience of what it would really be like to work in a hospital.
I found that the taster day that I attended when I was in college really helped me. This gave me a good insight into what it would be like to be a nursing student at City. They gave us a small lecture about the type of modules that would be covered for nursing students, we were also given a chance to learn some practical skills they teach to nursing students. This really helped me to see what it would be like to study at City. Speaking to other students also really helped as it gave me a unique perspective into what they found it like to study at city.
My favourite thing about studying at City is all the opportunities, there are many societies, activities, job opportunities and events to go to. This has given me a chance to have a fun and also diverse experience.
I am very involved with KC Soc (Krishna Consciousness Society), this society gives a chance for all students to think deeper about life, experience new things like mantra meditation, yoga and retreats to a temple, donated by George Harrison, on the outskirts of London. I was put in charge of organising a national retreat for KC Soc where over 100 students from 25 different universities across the country came in November. This was really great opportunity that I received when I joined KC Soc at City, I really enjoyed organising this retreat and it was very successful, so now I am organising another one for February.
I am hoping to use my degree to travel to India to practice Nursing in a hospital in Mumbai.
Speak to current students and lecturers whenever you can, this will give you a good insight into what life at City will be like. Also attend as many events as possible as this gives you an opportunity to check out the different facilities at the university.
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2019-04-20T00:44:37Z
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https://www.city.ac.uk/people/students/lila-sara-harbal
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wordpress
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A few more Scheherazde covers on obscure companies.
The one by the pop/rock band Renaissance is of course not related to Rimsky-Korsakoff, nor Ravel. But it is Scheherazade, illustrated. The rest are middlebrow at its finest.
no theme to this post, just a few covers that I acquired recently.
a fun use of a Scheherazade cover.
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2019-04-24T10:00:29Z
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https://recordcovers.wordpress.com/2014/10/
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wordpress
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Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me (m. Rube Bloom, w. Ted Koehler) was introduced by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra in the Cotton Club Parade of 1939. Hal Kemp and his Orchestra had a hit with their recording that year as did Frank Sinatra with his 1953 recording, arranged by Nelson Riddle. Despite a mere two commercial hits to support it, the song has become an upper tier standard of jazz.
Jens Dennow was a popular Danish bandleader in Copenhagen in 1930 and 40s. Was married to Gerda Neumann, a very popular Danish jazz singer and actress. This record is the only one Dennow made with Neumann…[who is]…better remembered for her recordings with her brother Ulrik Neumann, the Danish jazz guitarist and entertainer. Dennow and Neumann died on January 26th 1947 in the plane crash in Kastrup Lufthavn ( Copenhagen Airport ) together with the American singer Grace Moore, on their way to Stockholm, Sweden. Dennow was the impressario of Moore during her final visit to Scandinavia.
The album “In Las Vegas” was recorded in 1957 over a three day period at the Desert Inn. This song was recorded again by Johnnie for his 1959 UK album “A Sinner Am I”.
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2019-04-23T07:01:31Z
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https://songbook1.wordpress.com/fx/1939-standards/dont-worry-bout-me/
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Church of England? God help us!
When people lie to us and steal from us, is it a rebuke from God?
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2019-04-19T12:17:08Z
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https://scripturesharing.wordpress.com/category/judgement/
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wordpress
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WORTH READING! If you have ever wanted to ‘do what we do’ read this!
A crafting friend sent me this link and boy did it ever hit home!!
So similar to what happens to me with my blog.
This blogger, however, handles the ‘how do you . . .???’ queries MUCH more gracefully than me!
I’m trying to reblog your post but something won’t let me? Has anyone else had trouble?
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2019-04-22T20:27:07Z
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https://trash2treasure.wordpress.com/2013/09/29/worth-reading-if-you-have-ever-wanted-to-do-what-we-do-read-this/
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In the region of Skåne, in the southernmost parts of Sweden, the buildings are distinct. The old windmills that used to mill grains, stand side by side with the timbered houses scattered around the flat lowland landscape. Between them, castles remind you of the area’s importance in Swedish history as the old recidences of nobilities and aristocrats.
Glimminge is a sweater that depicts all these three distinct building types - the typical facade of the timbered houses at the bottom, the windmills in the middle and at the top is the outline of one of the main landmarks in Skåne, the medieval castle Glimmingehus.
The sample sweater is part of a craft exchange and is knit in a locally produced yarn from Skåne, using natural coloured finewool yarn that is soft and warm. It is knit in the round like an Icelandic yoke sweater, which means the only sewing required is a few invisible stitches by the armpits. This technique is ideal for those new to knitting sweaters. The pattern is written for Icelandic létt-lopi yarn, but ideally you could use your locally produced yarn bought directly from your local farmer. It is knit bottom up, starting with either the body or the sleeves. The three pieces are then placed together on the needles and you knit the yoke in one piece from chart, using stranded knitting. The yoke starts from the back of the left side shoulder.
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2019-04-18T15:08:57Z
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http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/glimminge
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baltimoresun
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Attackman Drew Westervelt (UMBC, John Carroll) fired in four goals, but the Bayhawks lost an early lead and fell to the unbeaten Denver Outlaws, 14-12, at Sports Authority Field on Saturday.
Jeremy Sieverts (Maryland, McDonogh) scored four goals for Denver and Drew Snider (Maryland) added three. The Outlaws (12-0) are two victories away from the first undefeated regular season in Major League Lacrosse history.
Midfielder Michael Kimmel (Johns Hopkins, Loyola High) recorded two goals and an assist for Chesapeake, which seized a 5-1 lead early in the second quarter. Midfielders Ben Hunt (Severna Park) and Casey Powell both had a goal and assist for the Bayhawks (7-5), whose three-game winning streak ended.
"We played a great first quarter, but we had about five empty possessions that forced us to play a lot of defense and resulted in a lot of transition," Chesapeake coach Dave Cottle said. "As a group, we turned the ball over way too much. We gave up way too many unsettled and transition goals. We did a great job of holding their starting attack without a goal, but gave up some goals to short sticks and the faceoff man."
Westervelt recorded his fifth hat trick of the season in the opening 10 minutes, helping the visiting Bayhawks take a 4-1 lead after the first quarter.
"Drew's had a great year, and he had another terrific game today. He shot the ball very well," Cottle said of Westervelt, who leads the team with 33 goals.
Hunt scored off a feed from Powell just 58 seconds into the second period to make it five straight goals for Chesapeake. However, after Denver coach Jim Stagnitta took a timeout, the Outlaws went on a 4-0 run to tie the score at 5.
Bayhawks attackman Ben Rubeor (Loyola High) made a great play by snatching a rebound out of midair and using two stick fakes to beat goalie Jesse Schwartzman (Johns Hopkins, Pikesville) and give the visitors a 6-5 halftime lead. Powell then opened the third period with a great move and shot that put the Bayhawks up by two. It was a back-and-forth frame, with Denver outscoring Chesapeake 6-5 to tie the score at 10 going into the fourth quarter.
Denver then opened the final period with four straight goals to take its largest lead at 14-10. Steven Brooks scored off a nice give-and-go play with fellow midfielder Kimmel, and Matt Abbott netted a spectacular goal by shooting while diving to the crease as Chesapeake cut the deficit to 14-12 with 3:53 remaining. However, a couple of turnovers on the offensive end, along with a penalty on the defensive end that allowed the home team to salt away precious time, prevented the Bayhawks from completing the comeback.
Goals: B — Westervelt 4, Abbot 2, Kimmel 2, Brooks, Hunt, Powell, Rubeor; D — Sieverts 4, Snider 3, Mangan 2, Pennington 2, Greer, Kelly, Kimener. Assists: B — Cooper, Grant, Hunt, Powell, Rubeor; D — Kimener, Roy, Snider. Saves: B — Turner 11; D — Schwartzman 14.
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2019-04-22T12:34:33Z
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https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/college/bs-xpm-2013-07-28-bs-sp-bayhawks-outlaws-mll-0728-20130728-story.html
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howstuffworks
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Use blood-red accents in the decorations and accessories to incorporate your "Twilight" theme.
Books and movies can have a profound impact on our lives. It's no wonder many people choose to take the symbolism from those stories and incorporate them into their own personal stories.
When musicians Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz got married in 2008, they used an Alice in Wonderland theme at their reception, complete with teapots and stopwatches incorporated into centerpieces. Another classic series of books some couples style their weddings after is the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. If you choose this route, don't be afraid to play up the significance of your rings! You might also want to make the directions to the reception in the style of author J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth map drawings. Having your wedding party and guests dress as elegant elves or barefoot hobbits is also likely to add fun and flair to the event.
If your style is more modern than classic, you may prefer a "Twilight"-themed wedding. If so, be prepared to have the ceremony at night -- or at least in an overcast setting. (After all, the groom's side of the church may be somewhat pale!). You don't have to be kitschy with this theme (unless that's what you want). For a more a more subtle approach, choose blood-red accents and flowers.
You might need to get beamed up to emulate the characters in our next wedding theme.
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2019-04-22T05:59:59Z
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https://lifestyle.howstuffworks.com/weddings/engaged/10-wacky-wedding-themes6.htm
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denverpost
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HOUSTON, TX - DECEMBER 23: Adrian Peterson #28 of the Minnesota Vikings runs upfield against the Houston Texans at Reliant Stadium on December 23, 2012 in Houston, Texas.
Inside Peyton Manning’s new Denver-area home, it would not be presumptuous if he stood in front of his trophy case and took a long, hard look, just to come up with some ideas. There would be nothing wrong if he brought out a tape measure and started casing the joint. He probably shouldn’t clear an open spot just yet, not that he would dare.
While there is a decent chance that Manning will have to rearrange for a record fifth NFL most valuable player award, the honor in many voters’ minds won’t be determined until after the league’s final regular-season games are played Sunday.
1. Manning, the Broncos’ quarterback, nine votes.
2. Adrian “All Day” Peterson, the Minnesota Vikings’ running back, three votes.
3. Wait to see how Peterson and Vikings do in their game Sunday against the Green Bay Packers, six votes.
Among prominent national football writers who don’t have an MVP vote, the survey was even closer, with five stating they would vote for Peterson and four preferring Manning.
No other player was mentioned, other than as the third choice behind Manning and Peterson. Even with the inspired play of quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady and rookie Robert Griffin III, this truly is a two-player race between established superstars who have made remarkable comebacks from injuries.
If the Vikings defeat Green Bay on Sunday, they’re in the playoffs as an NFC wild card. And if Peterson gains at least 102 yards in victory to reach the coveted 2,000-yard milestone, he may generate enough late-season momentum to edge Manning, who has been the MVP front-runner since the Broncos’ remarkable comeback from a 24-0 halftime deficit at San Diego in Week 6.
The general feeling is if the Vikings don’t make the playoffs, how “valuable” could Peterson have been? If the Vikings lose to the Packers and the Chicago Bears beat the Detroit Lions, Minnesota would not advance to the postseason.
This is not to say that even if everything breaks Peterson’s way in the finale, Manning can’t still be the MVP. Peterson needs the playoffs and 2,000 yards to make it close. Without those two virtues, Manning might win decisively.
“We knew it was a matter of when Adrian Peterson was going to come back. It was a matter of if and how well Peyton Manning was going to come back,” said one voter. “More, he’s returned from a career-threatening injury to play at a transformative level. Adrian is playing better than ever and has the Vikings in the playoff mix. He returned sooner and better, but in the same system.
An argument against Peterson can be made through the Kansas City Chiefs, Denver’s opponent Sunday. The Chiefs have a star running back, Jamaal Charles, who isn’t quite as dominant as Peterson, but is pretty close in terms of talent.
It can be argued that Charles has already set the more hallowed of rushing records this season. Peterson needs 208 yards Sunday to break the NFL season rushing record of 2,105 set by Dickerson in 1984. Charles recently qualified for NFL career rushing records.
Jim Brown set a career mark by averaging 5.22 yards per carry. Charles has averaged 5.82 yards per carry in his career.
Brown’s career ended after the 1965 season — 19 years before Dickerson set his record. Yet, despite Charles’ accomplishments — like Peterson, he returned from a torn anterior cruciate ligament to have a sensational season with 1,456 yards — the Chiefs are only 2-13.
“It’s a quarterback’s league,” said one voter.
Should Broncos fans root for the Packers to beat Peterson’s Vikings? Maybe, except it would give Green Bay the NFC’s No. 2 playoff seed, which might ease the Packers’ trek to New Orleans, which might mean Manning having to outduel Rodgers for a second Super Bowl MVP award.
That’s just it about awards for a guy like Manning. After a while, it’s hard to keep them straight.
He’s already done what he can do. He wins easily if Adrian Peterson doesn’t carry Vikings to the playoffs Sunday.
He may win a close vote if he gains 102 yards to reach 2,000 for the season and the Vikings get into the playoffs by beating the Packers.
Barry Wilner of The Associated Press e-mails ballots to 50 media members who cover the NFL on a national basis. Some of the prominent (meaning TV) voters have included Howie Long, Chris Berman, Bob Costas, Boomer Esiason, Peter King, John Clayton and Chris Mortensen.
Ballots must be e-mailed back to Wilner by Jan. 3, emphasizing that this is a regular-season award.
Voters get one first-place vote each. They can split that vote among two players, but there is no second- or third-place vote.
In other words, the NFL doesn’t want a situation like college football had with its 2008 Heisman Trophy. Oklahoma’s Sam Bradford won the award even though Florida’s Tim Tebow had nine more first-place votes.
The league’s MVP will be announced during the NFL Awards Show on the eve of Super Bowl XLVII, Feb. 2, in New Orleans.
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2019-04-23T13:50:58Z
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https://www.denverpost.com/2012/12/29/peyton-manning-competing-with-adrian-peterson-for-mvp-award-in-nfl/
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kqed
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The Carson campus is among six of CSU's 23 locations to take part in a pilot program in which students, beginning this year, are able to purchase digital textbooks for temporary use. The program is analogous to Netflix in that digital access to the books is temporary: At the end of the semester, students "return" their books as their passwords expire....The digital-rental option generally cuts costs by 65percent and is just one of an emerging array of alternatives.
An organized website of coursework created and posted by the professors themselves. The materials are free to not only students but also any member of the public with an interest in the topic. The site, called Merlot.org, is akin to the free software created as part of the "open source" movement that gave rise to phenomena like Wikipedia, which certainly wasn't good for the encyclopedia industry.
More fodder for the digital textbook conversation.
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2019-04-21T01:07:22Z
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https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/2547/college-textbooks-are-going-digital
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Arts
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Computers
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sparknotes
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Ocatavius Caesar is both a menacing adversary for Antony and a rigid representation of Roman law and order. He is not a two-dimensional villain, though, since his frustrations with the ever-neglectful Antony seem justified. When he complains to Lepidus that he resents having to “bear / So great weight in [Antony’s] lightness,” we certainly understand his concern (I.iv.24–25). He does not emerge as a particularly likable character—his treatment of Lepidus, for instance, betrays the cruel underside of Caesar’s aggressive ambitions—but he is a complicated one. He is, in other words, convincingly human. There is, perhaps, no better example of Caesar’s humanity than his conflicted feelings about Antony. For a good deal of the play, Caesar seems bent, rather ruthlessly, on destroying Antony. When he achieves this desired end, however, he does not relish the moment as we might expect. Instead, he mourns the loss of a great soldier and musters enough compassion to be not only fair-minded but also fair-hearted, commanding that the lovers be buried beside one another.
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2019-04-23T18:03:02Z
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http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/antony/character/octavius-caesar/
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Swedish hard rockers Reach will release their debut album, ‘Reach Out To Rock’, on March 4th via Sun Hill Production/Cargo Records.
‘Reach Out To Rock’ was mixed by sound maestro Pontus Norgren from Hammerfall and Poodles, recorded and produced by the duo of Erik Modin and Johannes Hennoks, with artwork design handled by Morgan Hassel. In March the band will join Gus G (Ozzy Osbourne guitarist) on his Swedish tour and then team up with Eclipse on their UK trek — not to mention a slot at the HRH AOR 3 Festival.
Reach was put together in 2012 by drummer Marcus Johansson and guitarist Ludvig Turner. Together they started looking for band members to complete the group, and found the remaining puzzle pieces in bass player David Jones and vocalist Alex Waghorn. Among the first thing Reach did to reveal this new line-up was to arrange a hard rock cover of Avicii’s super hit “Wake Me Up” in August 2013. The cover was a huge success, and about one year later the video has over a million views and still counting.
Reach’s music can be described as classic rock with strong melodies and hooks, complemented by their youthfull energy. You can hear influences from Whitesnake, Scorpions, Europe and Gary Moore in the songs. Ludvig Turner also put melodic rock on the map on Swedish television in 2014 by making his own interpretations of major hits and being among the final four in the Swedish Idol contest.
In early 2014 the band released a single, “Black Lady”, to show their song writing abilities and prove they weren’t just a cover band. In December 2014, having secured a deal with Sun Hill Production, Reach released a first single, “You Called My Name”, from the forthcoming album ‘Reach Out To Rock’.
Despite their young age, Reach are already experienced festival performers, having played HRH (UK), Frontiers (IT), Vasby Rock (SE), and Skogsrojet (SE).
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2019-04-21T21:02:53Z
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https://sleazeroxx.com/reach-will-reach-out-to-rock-on-march-4th/
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rmit
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To enable students to describe the key areas of environmental management and plan for the implementation of the environmental management process applicable to a given enterprise or preferably their own enterprise’s needs.
1. Analyse key areas of environmental concern for the planet, Australia and their particular industry.
2. Describe the main aspects of the environmental legislation, regulations and issues related to their own industry and enterprise.
3. Analyse the ways in which an enterprise can respond to environmental issues.
4. Apply an environmental management process to their own enterprise.
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2019-04-24T04:35:03Z
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http://www1.rmit.edu.au/courses/c6011027154
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Arts
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