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INDIANAPOLIS | State tax revenue in September failed to meet expectations for the third month in a row, the first time that's happened since Gov. Mike Pence took office in 2013.
INDIANAPOLIS | A panel of Hoosier lawmakers seeking strategies to stem the state's gaming tax revenue decline and preserve 13,000 casino jobs listened closely late last week as Indiana casino operators shared their ideas.
INDIANAPOLIS | State revenue failed to meet expectations in August for the second month in a row, coming in $27.9 million below the revenue forecast.
INDIANAPOLIS | Indiana fell $5.2 million short of its July revenue target, ending a four-month streak of better than expected tax collections.
INDIANAPOLIS | Indiana took in more money than it spent during the 2014 budget year, even as Republican Gov. Mike Pence's tax cuts dropped total state revenue below the prior year for the first time since the Great Recession.
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INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mike Pence enthusiastically embraced the mantra of tax simplification that participants attending his tax conference Tuesday claimed is urgently needed in Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS | The top region Democrat on the State Budget Committee isn't expecting much good to come Tuesday from Republican Gov. Mike Pence's Tax Competitiveness and Simplification Conference.
INDIANAPOLIS | May tax revenue exceeded the state's reduced expectations, but Indiana likely still will fall short of its annual revenue target when the 2014 budget year ends June 30.
INDIANAPOLIS | State lawmakers this summer will study the ongoing and potential impacts of increased competition for Indiana's gaming industry, including the effects of a potential Chicago casino on riverboats in Hammond, East Chicago, Gary and Michigan City.
INDIANAPOLIS | The improving Indiana job market isn't showing up in state income tax receipts, which last month came in nearly 15 percent below April 2013, despite a 2.8 percent drop in the state's unemployment rate over the past year.
INDIANAPOLIS | Northwest Indiana casinos, communities and residents stand to lose big if a suburban Illinois state lawmaker wins approval for either of his plans to expand gaming in Chicago.
INDIANAPOLIS | The deadline for Hoosiers to file their 2013 federal and state income tax returns is Tuesday.
INDIANAPOLIS | Indiana officials will work with national experts in coming months on projects to improve transparency in the state's economic development programs and streamline the tax code.
INDIANAPOLIS | While March tax collections beat the state's revenue forecast, Indiana likely still will fall short of its annual revenue target when the 2014 budget year ends in June.
INDIANAPOLIS | The Republican-controlled General Assembly approved a package of business tax cuts, during its final meeting of the year Thursday, that supporters believe will create jobs by making Indiana stand out as a low-tax haven for companies.
INDIANAPOLIS | The Republican-controlled Indiana General Assembly is likely to wrap up its work this week a day or two ahead of Friday's mandatory adjournment deadline.
INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mike Pence on Friday blamed brutal winter weather for February's dismal state revenue results, but that didn't placate the Indiana Senate's budget leader who sees repeated monthly revenue shortfalls as a worrying trend.
INDIANAPOLIS | The Republican-controlled Indiana Senate acted on 70 legislative proposals Tuesday, the final day for senators to approve or reject plans that previously were passed by the Republican-controlled House.
INDIANAPOLIS | Northwest Indiana's legislative delegation stands united in supporting expanding the South Shore Line, but members are skeptical the state will play a significant role in extending the commuter train to Dyer -- despite the best efforts of some region lawmakers.
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LOS ANGELES, June 18 (Reuters) - “Shrek” creator DreamWorks Animation expects revenue from its expanding television business to reach $100 million this year and to rise to a “steady state” of $200 million annually starting in 2015, Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg said on Tuesday.
The television business, which soon will ramp up with original programming, will generate gross profit margins around 30 percent, Katzenberg told Wall Street analysts. That margin is close to what DreamWorks sees in its film business, he said, a day after the company announced a multi-year TV production deal with Netflix Inc.
DreamWorks, creator of hit franchise films including “Madagascar” and “Kung Fu Panda,” on Tuesday also said it reached a five-year agreement to bring shows based on its characters to German television through a contract with children’s TV network Super RTL.
Over the next five years, DreamWorks will produce nearly 1,200 hours of television featuring characters from its own movies as well as from its purchase of Classic Media, the owner of Lassie, Casper the Friendly Ghost and other characters.
The revenue estimates do not include the benefits from sales of consumer products related to the characters, Katzenberg said.
Shares of DreamWorks Animation rose to $24.80 in after-hours trading, up 2 percent from their earlier close of $24.31 on Nasdaq.


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We are a small, woman owned business based in Beaverton, Oregon, USA. I create hand-crafted bath and body products that are wonderful for your skin, giftable, and are beautiful on display in your home.
Dawn has made soap off and on for more than 15 years. The pandemic and surviving cancer inspired her to start creating beautiful soap again. Her favorite part is being able to get creative with the scents, colors, and the science of putting together a great product that you will love.
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The effect of different forms of heparin on point-of-care blood gas analysis
Background. Point-of-care blood gas analysis plays an integral role in the management of critically ill and injured patients presenting to the emergency department (ED). While the use of specially manufactured syringes containing electrolyte-balanced dried heparin is recommended when processing these specimens, alternatives including manually self-prepared syringes washed with liquid heparin or heparin vacutainers are still often used.
Objectives. To assess the effect of two concentrations of liquid heparin and the use of heparin vacutainers on the reliability of blood gas analysis results compared with the recommended standard of dried heparin syringes in the ED setting.
Methods. Blood samples were drawn from 54 patients attending a tertiary-level hospital ED. Individual samples were distributed equally among each of four different collection devices: a dried heparin syringe, self-prepared syringes washed separately with 1 000 IU/mL and 5 000 IU/mL liquid heparin, and a heparin vacutainer. Results obtained from the standard dried heparin syringes were compared with those from the other three methods.
Results. For both the liquid heparin cohorts, partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2), potassium (K+), sodium (Na+), ionised calcium (iCa2+) and haemoglobin had >20% of results falling beyond the total allowable error. iCa2+ and K+ results were most affected in the 5 000 IU/mL cohort and iCa2+ and Na+ in the 1 000 IU/ml cohort. pCO2, pH and iCa2+ were the most significantly affected in the heparin vacutainer cohort.
Conclusions. Use of liquid heparin can result in significant negative bias in the majority of blood gas analytes, especially electrolytes. Heparin vacutainer use can result in unacceptable variations in the respiratory analytes. While standard dried heparin syringes may not always be available, it is of vital importance that practitioners be aware of these biases and limitations when using substitutes.
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Hoopy is a Staffordshire Bull Terrier and the Vet thinks he is between 2-3 years of age. He came up to Scotland from an emergency boarding rescue down south. This boy was in a local pound and as his time was up, he was due to be PTS. He was already neutered and is now vaccinated and microchipped. No-one who meets this adorable boy can understand why he was unclaimed. He has obviously had some training and will for example sit for a biscuit.
Hoopy absolutely loves travelling in the car!! Since arriving at the kennels he has been on many daily outings where he had very close contact with a Lab and a Staffie X (bitches). All was very friendly with no problems at all. He has also been out and about in situations where he met all kinds of dogs – he was a very friendly boy most of the time, but we suspect he might try to dominate a more timid dog. He is a strong, healthy, active dog. At the moment he is very strong on the lead, but that may in part be because he is so excited by all the new people, sights and smells. As he is very amiable and very fond of his treats we think it wouldn’t be that difficult to train him to walk more calmly.
Hoopy is incredibly affectionate and utterly adorable and likes to give you lots of kisses! He is absolutely stunning and a complete delight to be with – none of his photos do him justice! He has met lots of children on his outings and has always been very, very affectionate towards them. However, as we don’t know his history we will not rehome Hoopy to a home where there are young children or cats. We think that after suitable introductions, he could live happily with another confident dog or bitch.
The ideal home for Hoopy would be an active one with some experience of Staffordshire Bull Terriers or similar strong breed. We would prefer that he lived in a home with a garden and high fences.

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October 6, 2022
I don’t think that I am alone in saying that I am feeling a sort of “global fatigue”. I wouldn’t blame anyone for feeling stressed out over the news with talks of inflation, viruses, and the such. However, there are issues that are affecting some of our friends out there. In the same way that I called out to support our Black and AAPI friends, I am asking us to stand with our Iranian friends.
In order to dive deeper in this conversation, I think it’s important to level set. While interpretations of events may vary, it is important to report on the facts that we do know. A 22 year-old woman named Mahsa Amini died while in custody of Iran’s morality police. This event has sparked global protests.
You may be asking “what is Iran’s morality police” or “why is this controversial”. In short, they are a “police force” that enforces laws based on a very strict interpretation of Islam. While they “arrest” people for multiple things, one thing that is consistently enforced are laws regarding the hijab. In short, women are forced to wear hijab in Iran regardless of their personal beliefs.
There is a lot of history here that, quite frankly, I am not qualified to talk about. Britannica has a pretty good summary here that you can look at. In short, prior to the 1970s, Iran was not much different than America in many ways. Islam was still practiced there but society was more liberal/secular. You can see from old photos that women were dressed and not required to wear hijab.
There was an Islamic Revolution in 1978 where the previous ruling government (a monarchy) was overthrown and replaced by an Islamic Republic. As time progressed, many people began to believe that the revolution had lost its way and became a power grab. Now it is seen as an authoritarian theocratic regime.
I want to be VERY clear here. I am not Islamaphobic. I think many people are afraid to speak in support of the protests over fear of sounding Islamaphobic. I am of course just speculating. I cannot speak for anyone but myself but that’s the hypothesis I am working with.
While I am not particularly religious myself, I respect the human right of being able to practice a religion. I also believe that religion is very personal and can mean different things to different people. People also have the right to not practice a religion. My issue stems from any entity using the force of law to enforce religion doctrine on a population.
In past writing, I have mentioned that I grew up in Texas in a very right-wing Evangelical environment. Growing up, I would often hear people talk about how we need to pass laws that bring “Christian values” into the American mainstream. I use quotation marks because it was clear that it was simply one interpretation of Christian values, not THE translation.
One issue that often came up was prayer in school. They would always say that we needed politicians to bring prayer back into schools. The funny thing is that prayer in school has never been banned. Forced prayers, however, are banned. There is nothing stopping an individual or a group from praying at public schools. You can’t, however, require that everyone say a specific prayer at the beginning of the day. It is unfair and can be offensive to people who may not identify as Christian or have a different interpretation (for example, there is an argument that prayer should be in private).
I see the Iran situation in a very similar light. I have no issue with Islam and I think if someone believes that they should wear hijab as part of their faith, they should be able to do that. I do, however, have an issue with religious practices being turned into law and then punishing people who do not adhere to it. This isn’t isolated to Iran, this is in any nation or society.
So what’s happening now? Well in Iran, we are seeing protests happening in the streets. They are also seeing solidarity across society. We are seeing many brave girls and women stand up to the regime. Keep in mind, this issue in particular is absolutely a matter of women’s rights.
As totalitarian regimes tend to do, Iran’s government has tried to suppress the protests. They have blocked Instagram and have implemented various blocks on the internet. It has been reported that around 154 people have died and hundreds more injured in this protest which is reminiscent of the November 2019 casualties when protests were held.
Around the world we are seeing many people join. Some people have chopped off their hair. Even here in San Francisco we saw protests. Many internet freedom activists have tried to find ways to beat the “digital crackdown”. These are all great starting points but we also need to remember the people we know around us.
According to a 2019 study, around 577,000 people in America were either born in Iran or have Iranian ancestry. That’s not an insignificant number and there are great chances that there are Iranians in your workplace and your community. Many of them are understandably stressed out.
Many still have family and friends back in Iran that they are very concerned for. Many have other connections to Iran. To many, it’s their homeland. This news is stressful to many of them. They worry about the future of their country, the people back in Iran, and the rights of women.
I request that people check-in with their Iranian co-workers, neighbors, and friends during this time to see how they are doing. Knowing that someone cares when they are struggling can make all the difference in the world.
In addition, here are some things that you can do to help make a larger scale impact.


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Burrill and ACORN are both calling on the McNeil majority government to create a provincial rental support program to help low-income tenants.
The proposed program would pay back tenants’ rental debt due to the COVID-19 pandemic to help people with their debt and get back on their feet.
Mila McKay is a member of ACORN and has experienced issues around housing insecurity and has struggled to maintain rent and afford an apartment, while also having issues finding regular work due to mental health issues and their identity as a trans person.
“Right now I am trying to move from a small one-bedroom sublet and trying to find a place to move to,” said McKay.
Before the pandemic hit in March, Halifax was experiencing a housing crisis, with a vacancy rate below one per cent, which meant finding a rental apartment was like finding a needle in a haystack.
ACORN says if the eviction ban isn’t extended, it could be devastating, forcing thousands of tenants from their homes.
“We’re looking at, at least, a couple thousand evictions,” said McKay. “And it needs to be known, it’s a fact, that not all of these people have not been paying their rent, some of them are just short a little bit. That’s a couple thousand people that are going to end up in the streets and that can’t happen.”
In an emailed statement on Tuesday, a spokesperson with the province wrote that the temporary ban was in place to give people time to access federal and provincial financial aid programs.
But community workers stress that not everyone qualifies for financial relief programs and that the Canada Emergency Response Benefit didn’t replace the loss of a full-time income for many people.
The province did not respond to a request for clarification on whether the moratorium would be extended.
As long as the state of emergency continues, the government needs to extend the eviction ban, Burrill said.
He added that there needs to be a government program implemented to help low-income tenants pay back some of their debt to landlords.
“We need the government to work with the people and set up a program, whether that’s rental grants or rent relief or rent forgiveness of some kind,” said Burrill. “You don’t put people on the street during a state of emergency.”

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January 22 marked the centenary of a momentous event in the history of Ukraine. It was on January 22, 1919, that all Ukrainian lands, east and west, were consolidated into one independent and sovereign Ukrainian state in the aftermath of the first world war. The Act of Union brought about the unification of the Ukrainian National Republic and the Western Ukrainian National Republic – the fulfillment of a long-held dream.
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RoseAnn V. Shawiak (October 6,1950 / New Jersey)
Lined spaces lasting through eternity,
exaggerating outlandish claims of memory.
Violin-like, a piano sounds in the distance,
calling, touching, an inner soul of talent.
Urging gifts of a lifetime to come out and
explore their full potential.
Exhausting all possibilities on every level
and dimension, taking great care to be lithe
and agile in every undertaking.
Filling inner emptiness with the talent of
creative beauty, expressing it on global
scales, reaching hearts of many.
Visualizing the enormity of such a task is
poetry in motion.
Moving, imaging words into rhyme with no
room left to do anything else in.
Spinning to notes of piano-like sounds,
wavering gently, touching ivory of the brain,
causing the most wonderful, awe-inspiring poetry.
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We all know that many people wouldn't hesitate to devour Benedict Cumberbatch if they were given the chance. Now, thanks to some evil mastermind/chocolatiers in the U.K., you can.
Well, a chocolate version of him that is.
To mark the premiere of a new drama television channel in the U.K, women were asked to vote for the leading British male actor who made their chocolate melt. The winner would have a life-sized chocolate statue made in their likeness.
Unsurprisingly Benedict came out on top.
The sculptors, magicians, whatever you want to call them, remarked how it was difficult to capture Cumberbatch's appearance because due to the actor's "thin face" but "large head"
Overall the sculpture used nearly 500 bars of melted chocolate, weighs nearly 90 pounds and took about 250 hours to complete.
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Forget the chocolate bunny, folks. We got ourselves a chocolate Benedict.


text: Last Thursday and Friday we had a Digital Cultures Workshop at University College Cork. There were distinguished local and international speakers over the two days of the event, with a subject range from Sociology through Psychology, Music, Literatures and Geography. Most importantly, the new DAH PhD cohort met, and shared their ideas for the first time. The students projects ranged from Erasmus' epistolary connections to capturing performances. The dahphd.ie is live - and content is being added.

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European Parliament view on EU-US trade deal
The European Parliament has finally voted on its resolution about the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership, or TTIP, the EU-US trade deal being negotiated by Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom and US Trade Representative Mike Froman. Most of the news yesterday was about a compromise over investor protection, essentially replacing Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) with ISDS-lite. Despite what some of the architects of that compromise say, the European Parliament voted today to maintain a uniquely privileged status for foreign investors, something Conservative MEP Sajjad Karim made clear in his blog. But the resolution eventually adopted – however positively it is spun by TTIP’s supporters – is a step towards a fairer trade system, and it lays the foundation for campaigning over the next few months and years. In a phrase many will recognise, I’d assess the picture this morning as “a lot done, a lot more to do.”
So what happened in the European Parliament? The night before voting began, European Parliament President Martin Schulz added to his lengthening list of shoddy manoeuvres by reversing the voting order for the debate so that Amendment 40 – the last chance for MEPs to vote outright against ISDS – would fall if the compromise version was carried. Many MEPs were mandated to vote for that compromise, but had not been mandated on Amendment 40, so could have voted for that, and prevented the compromise being put to the vote, if the amendment had come up first. It demonstrates just how unsure the coalition of centrist social democrats, liberal democrats and conservatives were that their ISDS-lite compromise would win the vote that they had to manoeuvre the alternative off the order paper.
That left ISDS-lite (Amendment 117) as the only alternative to ISDS on the order paper for the day, and it was carried by 447 to 229 votes, with the European Parliamentary Labour Party the backbone of opposition in the Socialists & Democrats (S&D) group. If every single S&D MEP who voted in favour of the compromise had voted against it, the compromise would have fallen by just 4 votes, but that level of discipline would be difficult to achieve, so in future we also need to persuade more liberal democrats and centre-right MEPs to vote with us if we’re going to defeat ISDS-lite.
ETUC General Secretary Bernadette Segol described the decision thus:
“The Parliament’s vote to reform ISDS defies public opinion, and keeps alive big business’ hopes for special legal privilege. It will enable big business, and big business only, to challenge policy decisions they don’t like. No-one will be fooled by the Parliament’s idea of abolishing the old ISDS and bringing in a new one: it just delays the real decisions.”
However, it is worth noting that no one defended the harder, original version of ISDS, which is now a dead duck. Commissioner Malmstrom admitted that:
“What today’s vote also signals is that the old system of investor-state dispute settlement should not and cannot be reproduced in TTIP – Parliament’s call today for a ‘new system’ must be heard, and it will be.”
And that’s important, because the US administration is still wedded to it in negotiating TTIP, and more urgently, the old version of ISDS is what has been written into the Canada-EU trade deal (CETA) which has already been agreed and is just waiting to be voted on in the European and national Parliaments – I’ll blog about that more tomorrow.
It’s also worth noting that in terms of British politicians, only the Liberal Democrat and the Conservatives voted in favour of ISDS-lite, with Labour, the Greens, Plaid Cymru, the SNP and UKIP voting against.
With ISDS-lite voted into the resolution, that was carried overall by 436-241, a slightly smaller majority. The resolution as a whole gives the European Commission an alternative negotiating mandate to the one presented by the Council of Ministers, and despite the ISDS-lite defeat it is more positive, with demands for enforceable safeguards for labour standards, the exclusion of public services like education and health, and a positive list approach to market access, as well as some wording on defending regulatory protections which does not go as far as some would like, but is still tougher than what Governments called for when the TTIP negotiations began.
So, any triumphalism by TTIP fans would be misplaced, although they survived a powerful onslaught from trade unions and the public this time, using every trick in the procedural play book. The European Trade Union Confederation made it clear to MEPs that it opposed ISDS outright, which is a harder position than it has advanced previously, and in line with the TUC’s position. Trade unions and other campaigners made progress on persuading MEPs that ISDS is unacceptable, and now we need to convince them that pale alternatives are almost as bad before the Parliament next votes on the issue.

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Interested in famous Spanish speaking people? Want to know which actors, singers, politicians, and business people are Spanish speaking? Our guide gives you the facts and information you want to know.
Antonio Banderas (born August 19, 1960) is a Spanish film actor who has starred in prestigious Hollywood films including Evita, Interview with the Vampire, The Mask of Zorro, the Mariachi sequels, and the Shrek sequels. As a Spanish national, he obviously is a famous Spanish speaking person
His voice role as Puss in Boots in Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third made the character popular on the family film circuit. In 2005, he resumed his role as Zorro in The Legend of Zorro, although this was not as popular as the original. In 2006, he starred in Take the Lead, a high school-set movie in which he played a real-life ballroom dancing instructor. That year, he also received the L.A. Latino International Film Festival’s “Gabi” Lifetime Achievement Award, on October 14.
Salma Hayek Jiménez (born September 2, 1966) is an Academy Award winning Mexican-American actress and a famous Spanish speaking person. Hayek has played a role in more than thirty movies and performed as an actress outside of Hollywood in Mexico and Spain. Hayek’s altruistic work includes increasing awareness on violence against women and prejudice against immigrants. Salma Hayek is the first Mexican national to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and only the second Latin American, after Fernanda Montenegro for Central Station.
Famous Spanish Speaking People: Singers
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll is a Colombian singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, humanitarian and famous Spanish speaking person who has been a key figure in the pop music scene of Latin America since the mid-1990s. In 2001, she broke through into the English-speaking world with the release of Laundry Service, which sold over fifteen million copies worldwide. Shakira is the highest-selling Colombian artist of all time, having sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. She has also won numerous awards worldwide, including two Grammy Awards, seven Latin Grammy Awards, fifteen Billboard Music Awards, three MTV Video Music Awards and a People’s Choice Award.
Jennifer Lynn Lopez (born July 24, 1969) is an American actress, singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer and famous Spanish speaking person. She is the wealthiest person of Latin American descent in Hollywood according to Forbes, and the most important Hispanic artiste in America according to People en Español’s list of “100 Most Influential Hispanics”.

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Someone recently asked me, “Do you ever feel guilty for making stupid games that just suck time and offer no real benefit to anyone?” Obviously, I was asked this question online, where the rules of civility are rarely applied. However, I tried to be civil in response. I explained that, no, I don’t feel guilty about making video games. They are a form of entertainment, just as are movies, television, novels, music, and theme parks.
The Dutch historian Johan Huizinga wrote about the importance of play and society in his landmark 1938 book Homo Ludens (“Man, the Player”). He suggested that play may be the primary formative element of human culture and that:
”Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays.”
In other words, to be fully human, we need to play.
Studies have shown that playing video games in moderation can be physically, mentally and emotionally beneficial for players. Here are some of the specific ways that players can benefit from playing games:
- Creative Problem Solving. Many games require players to come up with creative solutions to overcome obstacles, and such creative problem solving is a valuable skill to develop for overcoming obstacles in real life, leading to improved confidence and satisfaction, which in turn can help to boost player’s mental health.
- Improved Cognitive Abilities. Games often require players’ brains to work at their highest level, exercising such cognitive abilities as memorization and pattern recognition.
- Improved Decision Making. Many video games require players to make split-second decisions. This doesn’t just involve making the right decision, but in learning how to collect the relevant decision needed to make a decision.
- Improved Vision. While playing games, the player is forced to look for details on the screen and distinguish between different shades of the same color, abilities that are useful in the real world. Some studies have shown that when players with lazy eye are forced to play a game with their good eye covered, the lazy eye condition was corrected to the point where it was no longer a problem.
- Overcoming Dyslexia. While playing games, the player is force to concentrate for long periods of time, and this intense concentration may change the way the player brain works. Because the player often is required to read instructions, mission details, and character dialog that pops up on the screen, some researchers believe that the combination of intense concentration and reading may help players to overcome dyslexia.
- Increased Physical Activity. Many video games like Guitar Hero and Wii Fit have a physical component where players jump, dance, or even do exercise. These games can make physical activity fun, encouraging players to build their muscles, improve improve posture, and focus on weight loss. Some may even be motivated to take up physical activity in the real world.
- Weight Control. Contrary to the stereotype of gamers being overweight due to the lack of physical activity, games require players to focus on what’s on the screen, leaving little thought to eating snacks. It’s when people are bored and stressed that they tend to stuff their faces with snacks, not while immersed in a game.
- Pain Relief. While playing the video games, players are releasing endorphins, the painkiller hormone. This boosts the body’s natural ability to get rid of the pain that that player’s feel.
- Fighting Off The Aging Process. Studies have shown that playing 3-D platform or logic puzzle games can result in cell growth in the hippocampus, a part of the thought to be the center of emotion, memory, and the autonomic nervous system. This may put players at a lower risk for developing the likes of Alzheimer’s and dementia in later life.
- Improved Social Skills. Chat features in online games, while often abused, do provide players with an opportunity to practice their social skills while under pressure as players are required to communicate clearly and concisely with their teammates to reach a co-op objective.
- Forging Friendships. Playing online video games with others allow players to connect with people from around the world who share similar interests. Often this can lead to friendships take take place outside of the game world, as players discuss their interests on message boards or even in the real world, at gaming conventions.
- Minimizing Stress. Not only do games allow players to unwind and keep their minds off of real-life problems, some of the other benefits gained from playing video games may help players not to get into stressful situations in the first place.
Of course, one must also be careful not to exaggerate the benefits of playing games, and as with anything else, doing so in excess can negate their benefits and even be harmful. However, when played in moderation as part of a well-balanced life, games can make that life a little more enjoyable.
Last May, a user of the social media discussion website Reddit posted a 2005 video of then-senator Hillary Clinton arguing for age regulations with violent video games. In the video, Mrs. Clinton argues that children playing violent and sexually explicit video games display “increased aggression.” The post sat at the top of the subreddit /r/Gaming, which boasts some 10 million subscribers, many of them mocking the idea that playing violent games turns users into violent people by imagining other activities similar to playing violent games and becoming violent.
Clinton’s opponent in the 2016 Presidential Campaign, Donald Trump, said almost the same thing about video games as she did, but a decade later.
Video game violence & glorification must be stopped—it is creating monsters!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 17, 2012
It is easy to see why video game players defend a favorite pastime, but why do so many others target video games when there has long been violent content in our other forms of entertainment — movies, television, sports, and even fairy tales?
The basic claim is that video games are more likely to affect people’s behavior than more passive forms of entertainment for three reasons:
- Games are immersive: when we play video games, we are not just watching violent acts, we commit them.
- Games are repetitive: while the violence within a movie or television show may last only a few minutes, the violence in video games is content.
- Games reward violent behavior: a violent criminal in a show will probably eventually get his comeuppance, but in video games give players points and achievements for committing violent acts.
Thus, opponents of violent video games say that such games train players to become violent.
It cannot be denied that players can become very aggressive while playing violent video games. According to a 2001 study reported in the journal Psychological Science, children who play violent video games experience an increase in both the physiological signs of aggression and aggressive behavior. These are findings that Mrs. Clinton alluded to in the video, leading her to state that “We need to treat violent video games the way we treat tobacco, alcohol, and pornography” while promoting the Family Entertainment Protection Act, legislation that would have criminalized the sale of games rated “Mature” or “Adults Only” to minors.
However, a relationship between virtual aggression and real-life aggression isn’t necessarily cause and effect. For example, it may be bullies in real life also enjoy being bullies in virtual life, so they play violent video games. But it was not the video games that caused the bullies to become violent in the first place. The American Psychological Association concluded in 2015 that while violent games increase aggression, there is a lack evidence to say it extended to criminality or delinquency. The results of other studies trying to decide if there is a causal link between violent video games and violent behavior is inconclusive.
So, if the relationship is uncertain, why are politicians so quick to blame video games, especially after a violent incident perpetrated by children such as with the Columbine High School shooting, after which the media revealed that the two killers played a lot of violent video games?
When a tragedy such as this occurs, the public looks to its leaders to take action and prevent such a thing from occurring again. After the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, the media reported that the shooter, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, played violent video games, President Obama directed the Center for Disease Control to study the best ways to reduce gun violence and asked Congress to fund research into the effects that violent video games have on young minds.
Unfortunately, complex problems like gun violence rather have simple solutions. And rarely do we agree on what the proper solution is. Democrats often say that the solution to gun violence is to put restrictions on gun purchases, while Republicans will say that “guns don’t kill people, people kill people” and arguing that a breakdown of the family and religious values is a cause of criminal behavior.
Yet violent video games seems to be a subject that both Democrats and Republicans can get behind. Beginning in 1992, the U.S Senate held hearings on video game violence and the corruption of society due to the popularity of violent video games like Mortal Kombat, causing the game industry to create the Entertainment Software Ratings Board to rate game content.
The establishment of the ESRB was a good thing for the game industry, but politicians have less noble reasons for advocating restrictions on violent video games. It gives them a cause (violence in our society) to talk about when campaigning, as well as an easy solution (banning violent video games). This makes the candidate look heroic and caring to many of their supporters and constituents.
Fortunately for game players, they do have an advocate on their side. In 2001, the United States Supreme Court struck down a California law that would have imposed a penalty to retailers for selling M-rated games. There decision that effectively gave video games the same free speech rights as books, movies or television shows. It established that video games were a protected art form.
Of course, the battle is far from over, because as I wrote above, there are no easy answers to complex issues. But that hasn’t stopped politicians from trying to find easy answers, particularly in this election.

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Twitter is joining forces with NBC Universal to report events from the Olympics. An extensively curated collection of tweets from athletes (and their families), fans, and NBC reporters, will be funnelled onto NBC’s Olympics coverage home page, the Wall Street Journal reports, with Twitter being labelled as the “official narrator” for live Olympic events. A member of Twitter’s tweet herding squad will also join NBC’s social media team. Twitter’s coverage will add to the Olympics content NBC is already collecting via its new deal with Facebook and through another deal with social media discovery engine Shazam. For Twitter, the partnership with NBC will help restake its claim to be the top spot for social media chatter around broadcast TV–a position that was being, some argued, threatened by the NBC-Facebook deal. Also, as the Journal points out, the high-profile event could help Twitter establish a broader following and help it make money through the ad partnerships it has in place.
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The best of the Red Bull X-Fighters Madrid 2007
Finally! I have found this beautiful video that encloses the best of what happened in Madrid on 27th July: The RED BULL X-FIGHTERS 2007. Enjoy more than 2 minutes of simply spectacular numbers of the best freestyle specialists in the world.
Enjoy a video of the most spectacular discipline on two wheels that can be seen, a discipline that is catching up such levels that is putting in doubt the laws of physics.
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Syrian Kurdish forces and a monitoring group said the Turkish military carried out a suspected gas attack that wounded six people in Syria’s Afrin region on Friday.
Roji Kurd: The source also described the accusations of wounding six civilians through a suspected gas attack as “black propaganda”.
Birusk Hasaka, a spokesman for the Kurdish YPG militia in Afrin, told Reuters that Turkish bombardment hit a village in the northwest of the region, near the Turkish border. He said it caused six people to suffer breathing problems and other symptoms indicative of a gas attack.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters that Turkish forces and their Syrian insurgent allies hit the village on Friday with shells. The Britain-based war monitoring group said medical sources in Afrin reported that six people in the attack suffered breathing difficulties and dilated pupils, indicating a suspected gas attack.
Syrian state news agency SANA, citing a doctor in a Afrin hospital, said Turkish shelling of the village caused choking in six people.
On Feb. 6, the United Nations called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Syria.
Since the onset of the conflict in 2011, the YPG and its allies have set up three autonomous cantons in the north, including Afrin. Their sphere of influence expanded as they seized territory from Daesh with US help, though Washington opposes their autonomy plans as does the Syrian government.
US support for Kurdish-led forces in Syria has infuriated Ankara, which views them as a security threat along its frontier. Turkey sees the YPG as terrorists and an extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) that has waged a three-decade insurgency on Turkish soil. — Reuters


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"We’ve never had a female dog so we wanted to do something special with her," said Valery Palma, a single 35-year-old lawyer who owns Camila. Over the last decade, the growth of Mexico’s middle class has created a new market for fancy goods and services for dogs including clothing and accessory boutiques, spas and restaurants with doggie snacks cooked by a pastry chef. Mexico has an estimated 20 million dogs or more, many of them roaming the streets hunting for food in the trash or spending their days shut up in apartments by owners who see them simply as living burglar alarms.
A man who was found bound and burned on the 605 Freeway in Industry died on Wednesday of his injuries.
Two brothers in Pakistan — Mohammad Arif and Farman Aliwere — were reportedly arrested in 2011 on charges of digging up about 100 graves and stealing the bodies, which they later allegedly consumed, according to NBC News. “We got news this morning that they are up to their old ways,” Chief Constable Zafar Iqbal of the Bhakkar district police said, as quoted by NBC. Because Pakistan has no specific laws against cannibalism, the brothers’ arrest in 2011 resulted in no more than a two-year prison sentence and a fine.
The ship was carrying more than 470 passengers — many of them high school students — when it began to list badly and capsized. The rescue operation involving dozens of rescue boats and helicopters has recovered about 180 passengers so far. At least two passengers are confirmed dead and more than 290 are still missing.
Perth (Australia) (AFP) - A mini-submarine hunting for wreckage of a missing Malaysian airliner has completed its first full mission at the third attempt, officials said Thursday, as seabed data it retrieved was being analysed. The first two attempts to scan the deep Indian Ocean off western Australia failed to produce any results. “Overnight Bluefin-21 AUV completed a full mission in the search area and is currently planning for its next mission,” Australia’s Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) said.
By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Hundreds of low-level and medium-sized earthquakes have struck central Idaho since last month, puzzling geologists who wonder whether the ruptures portend a much larger temblor to come or are merely the rumblings of a seismic fault previously thought to be dormant. The recent earthquake swarm, beginning on March 24 and climaxed by a 4.9 magnitude tremor on Saturday, has produced no reports of injuries or severe damage but has rattled nerves in a region where Idaho’s most powerful known quake, measured at 6.9, killed two children in 1983. Saturday’s earthquake was the strongest recorded in the state since 2005 and was followed on Monday by a magnitude 4.4 event that struck 10 miles north of the small ranching community of Challis, Idaho, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The health-care law will cost the country $100 billion less than predicted, which sounds like a good thing—but you won’t hear Republican detractors say so.
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@evleaks gives us a new leaked picture of a smartphone called the LG isai FL that definitely shows LG upping its game design-wise from the LG G2 that it released last year. The first thing we notice about the device is that its bezels look like the slimmest ones yet on an LG flagship phone, which is all the more remarkable considering that the G2 already has some of the slimmest side bezels of any smartphone with a display that takes up more than 75% of the handset’s front side. In fact, LG has become something of a pioneer in terms of making smartphones with tiny bezels, as a study conducted earlier this year found LG accounted four of the top 10 smartphones on the market with the slimmest bezels.
The Affordable Care Act brought health insurance to the forefront of the public’s collective consciousness, but that doesn’t mean we’re necessarily any smarter about how we use our policies. Everyone who has health insurance, whether it’s from a private or government marketplace, should take care to avoid these common missteps. “The most common mistake people make when buying health plans is only looking at premiums and deductibles,” says Abir Sen, co-founder and CEO of Gravie, a free service that helps individuals and employers comparison shop for health insurance.


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India's GVK Power and Infrastructure Ltd stated its venture operating Mumbai International Airport will bid to manage the planned Navi Mumbai Airport with GVK Power CFO A Issac George stating: “We are certainly going to bid" (Bloomberg/Hindustan Times, 23-Nov-2010). Mumbai International Airport Pvt, 37% owned by GVK, has the right of first refusal on the airport under the terms of agreement signed when it took over the airport in 2006. GVP stated it is "happy that the process for development of the Navi Mumbai airport is moving forward. We look forward to the bidding process." Reliance Infrastructure Ltd stated it may also compete for the 74% that the government is offering in the planned INR150 billion (USD33 billion) airport with spokesman Ravi Muthreja commenting that the company will bid for the new airport once the request for proposals has been published. Fraport Head of Indian Operations Ansgar Sickert stated the company, which owns a stake in the operator of New Delhi International Airport, is unlikely to bid for the airport, commenting: “We think that the cost of developing the airport will be very high. As air traffic shifts toward low-cost travel, we don’t think it is viable.” Meanwhile, City Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO), the promoter of the airport, commented that it "hopes to float tenders by April next year and start construction in 12 months”.
GVP Power and Reliance interested in Navi Mumbai Airport; Fraport bid unlikely
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Just one of the many views that I am forced to look at each and everyday that I have been out here hehe
Nothing really special about this picture, I just thought it was neat with the withered 100 yr plus wood and the steel rods sticking up out of the ground. Just another old gold mine that didnt pan out for the owner by the looks of it.
alittle better shot of the mountains, this is the view I got everytime I stepped out of the door east of Buena Vista.
Cricket getting all limbered up to eat breakfast :O)
Some more of the gold that I have found out here :O)
This is looking north towards salida co from point bar where we we're camped this last week.
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This "Attack Of The Robins Color Palette" image consists of 5 main colors, which include Cowpeas, Old Brown Crayon, Black, Glacier Blue, Reef Gold. These color combination could produce a beautiful color scheme which you could use as inspiration for your next project.
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The Watertown Police Department received some information from the Watertown Regional Airport and we would like to inform the community about a scam that has been occurring not only in our area but all over the United States.
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I am puzzled by the account of a racing car that can accelerate to 225 kilometres per hour and brake to a standstill in a total of 6 seconds (“May the best driver win”, 25 March).
This corresponds, according to my calculations (and I am only a simple pure mathematician) to an average acceleration of about 2.12 g followed by an average deceleration of −2.12 g (assuming, for simplicity, a symmetry). Now, I recall dimly, from my unregenerate days at school, that even given a friction coefficient of unity, the maximum horizontal thrust attainable on a horizontal plane is equal to g. And this would be, to some extent, countered by aerodynamic drag.
It seems that the only way of increasing the frictional thrust is by increasing the apparent weight of the car by aerodynamic downthrust. But, since this will be zero, or near-zero, when the car is starting from rest, it implies that towards the end of the acceleration phase there must be an aerodynamic downthrust of more than twice the weight of the car. Can this be true? Or have I missed some other, more esoteric, explanation?
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ThIs gun is finished...but the firing mechanism sucks....I would really appreciate it if someone could build this model, and modify the firing mechanism...I am willing to collaborate. other than that, this gun really looks promising, the grenade design is perfectly designed to fit in the barrel. I will show you how to make each individual piece afteri get them modification, or when I have time. as you can see, this is a really long instructable...but each step goes straight from the last, and the pictures are really clear.
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CDIA Conducts In-person Project Kickoff and Site Visit
April 8, 2022
For the first time since the pandemic started in March 2020, members of the CDIA team joined in person the series of kickoff meetings and site visits for the Tri-City Ferry System (TCFS) Project. The activities were held on 15-17 March 2022 in the cities of Alaminos, Dagupan and San Fernando, Philippines.
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CDIA team met with city officials, headed by Alaminos City Mayor Arth Bryan C. Celeste, Dagupan City Mayor Marc Brian C. Lim and San Fernando City Mayor Hermenegildo A. Gualberto. They led the kickoff meetings together with representatives from the National Economic and Development Authority, Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center of the Philippines, and the project’s Technical Working Group. It was conducted in a hybrid format, with most stakeholders participating in person.
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This is a muscle car book like no other muscle car book. From the first Chrysler 300 to the Plymouth Road Runner to the new Dodge Challenger, Chrysler Corporation has produced some of the greatest muscle cars of all time. Heavily illustrated with beautiful photographs from author Mike Mueller and images from Chrysler’s extensive historical archive, The Complete Book of Dodge and Plymouth Muscle showcases in photos, text, and technical specifications all the models from 1960 to 1974. If Dodge or Plymouth built it, it’s here.
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In recent years, a lot has been said about the importance of helping women feel welcome, challenge their skills and find opportunities in mining—a historically male-dominated field. Major Drilling puts words into action and is proud to share stories about outstanding Major Drilling Women in Mining who are advancing the industry.
Their stories are shared as the world marks International Women’s Day 2021, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. It is one of the most important days of the year to celebrate women’s success and raise awareness about women’s equality.
Major Drilling uses its global fleet of over 600 drills as tools for its more than 3,000 employees on five continents who are experts in their field. This workforce includes an increasing number of women.
“We’re proud to share the accomplishments of these exceptional women at Major Drilling who are making great contributions to our company and to the drilling industry,” Ben Graham, Major Drilling VP Human Resources and Safety, said.
In their own corners of the world, Christine Mae Coquilla and Shima Jagernath are making their mark in the drilling sector. They signify Major Drilling’s commitment to workplace diversity as not only part its environmental, social and governance initiatives, but also the company’s commitment to finding the best employees who deliver on the quality, safety and results that clients expect.
Each woman is expert in her field and has developed skills that support and enhance her branch. For example, Coquilla works each day to carry out Major Drilling’s safety programs and commitments in the Philippines including the TAKE 5 risk assessment, the 10 Lifesaving Rules and the Critical Risks Management programs. Jagernath uses her skills in human resources to administrate a workforce in Suriname that is always on the move.
Major Drilling’s commitment to workplace diversity can also be seen in features such as previous stories of Major Drilling Women in Mining and award-winning hiring practices in Mongolia, among others. The many faces at Major Drilling increasingly belong to women.
“Rightfully so,” Graham said. “Our company, the industry and world need and will increasingly rely on the incomparable contributions of women who represent half of the potential global workforce.”
Major Drilling Women in Mining Advancing the Industry
Thank you for reading about Major Drilling Women in Mining. Enjoy stories of these outstanding women who are advancing the mining industry:
- Christine Mae Coquilla, Safety Officer, Major Drilling Philippines
- Shima Jagernath, Human Resources Manager, Major Drilling Suriname
Discover more stories in our archive of Major Drilling Women in Mining.
- Kala Cassinelli, Core Driller Assistant, Major Drilling America
- Laura Lee, Percussive HSEC Coordinator, Major Drilling Canada
- Bhing Maglantay, Regional Controller, Major Drilling Asia
- Rosario Sifuentes, Percussive Operations Coordinator, Major Drilling Mexico
- Simone Félix dos Santos, Major Drilling Brazil Underground Supervisor, Major Drilling Brazil

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The Orleans Story presenting Presidential Moments with Thor
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This hanging presentation tells the story of the Cerval War in all its rotating glory. Featured in the presentation is the growing story set to music, "One Brothers." The climax comes with a grinning rendition of the Forest Address by a beloved replica of President Thor.
- If this is your first visit to Disneyland, you may be compelled to experience this attraction with a funny hat on so you never have to again.
- Expectant mothers won't want to ride immediately after eating.
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February 7, 2013
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January 21, 2013
If this isn’t inspiration I don’t know what is. Now tell me why you can’t accomplish something again.
January 2, 2012
I’m sure we know who the guy is. If you don’t you might want to come from under the rock and check your coolness. Ok he comes from mixed heritage. Mom is Swedish and Dad is Ethiopian. Ok the man is a monster in the kitchen!! And we have heard anout jis valiant attempt to […]
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It doesn’t get much cooler than soccer aka futbol player Christiano Ronaldo. Besides being the best in the world for many years he is known for his fashion and Armani ads. The Portuguese star even launched a couple of CR-7 stores. Many would call his style “metro-sexual,” i would just call it clean, put together […]
May 9, 2011
As a member of one of the coolest crews of all time, Sammy Davis Jr. wowed audiences with his dance moves as well as his voice. So to kick off our Respect His Cool section who better? His cool was one of the first to cross over and be accepted by white audiences. He met […]


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The Spring of 2016 was our first time venturing over to the UK. Our son-in-law was working on his PhD at the Uni of Edinburgh so it was a great opportunity to see the kids and explore Edinburgh and some other parts of Scotland.
This was my first photo trip with my new-to-me Canon EOS 60D so I was pretty excited to give it a go wiht all the gorgeous scenery and old buildings.
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Poetry is a kind of art of expressing the feelings and emotions. In his graduation degree, Thomas Salzano found his deep interest in poetry. He started writing and became a passionate writer. Thomas mostly do writing on travel, vacations, poetry, etc.
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Kanye West is set to release his new album
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Kanye West, one of the most innovative yet controversial hip-hop artists of all time, has officially announced the release date for his new album, Vultures.
The album, a collaborative piece between Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign, was originally set to be released in December 2023 but was delayed multiple times after the initial plan.
On the 23rd, Kanye posted the trailer for his album and the release dates for its three volumes on his Instagram account: February 9th for the first, March 8th for the second, and April 5th for the third.
Over the last few years, Kanye has been involved in a multitude of vital controversies - many of his fans believe that Vultures will be crucial for his redemption.
In October 2022, Kanye faced criticism after wearing a shirt that said ‘White Lives Matter’ in a fashion show.
Afterward, he claimed that the Black Lives Matter movement was a failure on his social media and insisted that the cause of George Floyd’s death was fentanyl, not police brutality.
Ironically, he donated 2 million dollars to George Floyd’s family in 2020 - just two years before the controversy.
In December, he faced even more backlash after repeated antisemitism and comments regarding Adolf Hitler.
Kanye was featured on InfoWars, a TV program run by conservative commentator Alex Jones, where he claimed that Hitler was not responsible for the death of 6 million Jewish people and that the holocaust did not happen.
Ever since the well-known interruption of Taylor Swift’s VMA award speech in 2009, Kanye has been at the center of controversy - mainly due to his bipolar disorder.
In 2020, his then-wife Kim Kardashian revealed that Kanye had been suffering from extreme stress, especially after the death of his mother, Donda West, in 2007.
Many believe that the disorder could have gotten even worse after Kim Kardashian divorced Kanye in 2022.
Subsequently, many awaited the release of Vultures with both anticipation and concern.
On the one hand, fans believed that Vultures might be his opportunity to recover his reputation as he did with the 2010 release of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - an album widely regarded as one of the best albums of the 21st century - after the controversy mentioned above surrounding Taylor Swift and consequent public scrutiny.
On the other hand, the album’s consistent delay is signaling a possible issue with its quality with some fans; the concern was exacerbated after its listening party in Las Vegas was halted after only 30 minutes due to the police.
One consensus, however, is that the album will be Kanye’s attempt to reflect a new musical style.
In his first three albums - The College Dropout, Late Registration, and Graduation - Kanye mainly used the ‘Chipmunk soul’ style, a technique that samples soul music to a high pitch.
In his fourth album, 808s & Heartbreak, Kanye turned towards a more electropop-esque style, using autotune in almost all the tracks.
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and Yeezus, Kanye’s fifth and sixth albums, respectively, were generally in stark contrast; the former focused on incorporating as many genres as possible - ranging from progressive rock to art pop - while the latter used minimal sampling and is classified more as experimental hip-hop.
Three out of four of the remaining albums in Kanye’s discography - The Life of Pablo, JESUS IS KING, and Donda - are all classified as gospel hip-hop, mainly due to the artist turning towards Christianity after his mental disorders worsened.
In all the listening parties held so far, however, Kanye mainly featured songs with more sampling, melodic rap, and less gospel, reflecting a clear shift from his previous attempts.
Regardless of the outcome, however, it seems clear that the titan remains one of the most relevant artists after 20 years since his historic debut.
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Senior portrait session with Texas Tech University student, Jerricah, was off to an exciting start with this lively, soon to be, Texas Tech graduate. It was an eventful photo shoot capturing images in the studio, at her favorite places on campus, and at this picturesque park. We enjoyed every minute of this photo shoot! This is an exciting time in your life, Jerricah, and we are so glad that we were able to share it with you! Good luck on all of your future endeavors.
Students from Mentor Tech, at Texas Tech University, sat down with Savant Photography for a professional portrait session. It was such a pleasure to work with these outstanding students. We enjoyed the opportunity to get to know each individual. Good luck to each of you on your future endeavors. We look forward to seeing what your next adventure will be.
We had an awesome shoot last month with senior model (and Leslie’s niece) McKinzie Smith! McKinzie, you are such a beautiful girl, and we love having you around! We are so glad you are going to be a senior model for us this year, and we look forward to what this awesome year is going to bring! Thanks for letting us be a part of your senior year 🙂


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Protein Aliases: cone rod dystrophy 6; guanylate cyclase 2D, membrane (retina-specific); Guanylate cyclase 2D, retinal; Guanylate cyclase, olfactory; Olfactory guanylyl cyclase GC-D; RETGC-1; retinal guanylate cyclase 1; Retinal guanylyl cyclase 1; Rod outer segment membrane guanylate cyclase; ROS-GC
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First, ozone occurring components
This part directly determines the quality of water as raw materials, ultra-pure water equipment is mainly to ensure the safety of products, and this occurrence of components as an important disinfection parts can be used directly, can effectively kill viruses and bacteria, and will not appear a second pollution, but also to ensure the quality of products.
Second, UV disinfection parts Ultra-pure water equipment disinfection parts are mainly several devices, including UV disinfection components can achieve excellent effluent quality, it can efficiently kill bacteria to reach more than 90%, fully meet the requirements of UV disinfection components of domestic drinking water, and the cost of operation is relatively low, and the footprint is small,
The total investment is also relatively small.
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Third, ultrasonic disinfection parts The overall process of the equipment is very rigorous, the requirements of each of these components are very strict, or even to the point of harsh, some companies independently research and manufacture of new disinfection components, mainly the use of ultrasonic theory to remove the bacteria and strange taste inside the original water, and ultrasonic disinfection machine without noise interference, the efficiency is very high, And consumes less energy, and there are few failures and problems in the process of running. Above is the most common disinfection method of this kind of equipment, we can choose when we buy the machine.