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Chilean psych’s premiere dreampop export are back in action, this time creating a very real soundtrack to a very imaginary film. The track “Whatever You Want” finds the band still in the blissful wake of their last album, Moonlust and reaching further for that moment when the sun blinds your eyes and warms the soul. The track is swept along by a pounding beat that’s easily tempered by the dreamy vocal chants and twisted nicely with the addition of some vintage synth stabs. Paired with fellow first taste, the instrumental “Vase of Flowers,” its hard not to feel a debt to Air and in particular the Virgin Suidices Soundtrack. There’s a similar feeling of vintage yet timeless to the track, employing a light touch with a heavy shadow. Can’t wait to hear the whole thing, as I imagine both of these are just puzzle pieces in the world of Soundtrack for Pantanal.
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Crinoline was originally a stiff fabric with a weft of horse-hair and a warp of cotton or linen thread. The fabric first appeared around 1830, but by 1850 the word had come to mean a stiffened petticoat or rigid skirt-shaped structure of steel designed to support the skirts of a woman’s dress into the required shape. In form and function it is very similar to the earlier farthingale.
After the French Revolution, French fashion turned against the elaborate styles favoured by royalty, the court, and the aristocracy. As Parisian fashion was very influential, most western European countries adopted the same styles.
Under the prevailing neoclassical influence, women’s fashions had adopted a simple style based on the simple draped garments of Ancient Greece and the togas of ancient Rome. Skirts were straight and slender, and worn with very few — if any — petticoats.
However, the silhouette did not remain that way for long, and skirt hems began to widen to give a cone shape. In the 1810s, gores began to be used in skirts again, and skirts grew wider in the 1820s. The width of these skirts was sometimes supported by a small bustle. These were not always sufficient, and so extra petticoats were worn to help.
The first 'crinolines' were petticoats starched for extra stiffness, or made out of the new crinoline fabric, and they often had ruffles to support the skirts to the desired width. However, dress fabrics were heavy but not stiff enough to support their own weight, which tended to collapse the petticoats out of shape. Extra rigidity was added to petticoats through rings of cord or braid running around the hem. In the 1830s, women started to wear petticoats with hoops of whalebone or cane around the hem.
The first hoop skirt in the US is from 1846, patent number 4,584 of David Hough, Jr. In 1858, IRJ Mann's US patent number 20,681 was the first latticework of strings and hoops.
In 1858, the American W.S. Thomson greatly facilitated the development of the cage crinoline by developing an eyelet fastener to connect the steel crinoline hoops with the vertical tapes descending from a band around the wearer’s waist. The invention was patented in the United States (patent US21581), France (patent FR41193) and Britain (patent GB1204/1859). This facilitated the fashionable silhouette's development from a cone shape to a dome. It was not an entirely original idea; Thompson was probably inspired by the open cage or frame style of farthingales and panniers.
The cage crinoline was adopted with enthusiasm: the numerous petticoats, even the stiffened or hooped ones, were heavy, bulky and generally uncomfortable. It was light — it only required one or two petticoats worn over the top to prevent the steel bands appearing as ridges in the skirt — and freed the wearer's legs from tangling petticoats.
Unlike the farthingale and panniers, the crinoline was worn by women of every social class. The wider circulation of magazines and newspapers spread news of the new fashion, also fueling desire for it, and mass production made it affordable.
The second problem was the potential impropriety of the crinoline. Its lightness was a curse as well as a blessing, as a gust of wind or a knock could set it swinging and reveal the wearer's legs. Even worse, if she tripped or was knocked over, the crinoline would hold her skirts up.
The third problem was the pressure, but a tight, stiff corset spread the pressure.
Sitting down could be a problem if the wearer failed to spread her skirts out properly as the entire hoop contraption would fly up in her face. This embarrassing but humorous tendency is often depicted in comedies of the era.
The greatest problem with the crinoline, though, was that in some situations it was dangerous — because of its size, the wearer was often not aware of where its edges were. It was only inconvenient and annoying when a maid’s crinoline knocked a vase off a table or upset a cup, but for factory girls, there was the risk of crinolines getting caught in machinery and dragging them to be mutilated or crushed to death. Crinolines also burnt easily, partly because air circulated freely underneath them and partly because the fashionable dress fabrics, silk and cotton, were highly flammable.
The crinoline had grown to its maximum dimensions by 1860. However, as the fashionable silhouette never remains the same for long, the huge skirts began to fall from favour. Around 1864, the shape of the crinoline began to change. Rather than being dome-shaped, the front and sides began to contract, leaving volume only at the back. The kind of crinoline that supported this style was sometimes known as a crinolette. The cage structure was still attached around the waist and extended down to the ground, but only extended down the back of the wearer’s legs. The crinolette itself was quickly superseded by the bustle, which was sufficient for supporting the drapery and train at the back of the skirt.
With the recent trend towards lavish weddings and grandiose bridal attire, the crinoline has started making a comeback. For her first solo collection, fashion designer Vivienne Westwood looked to the crinoline for inspiration. The collection, titled Mini Crini, featured shorter crinoline skirts with more flexible plastic hoops.

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To evaluate immunological profile of npAIR and CAR in dogs with spontaneously occurring disease and in ret transgenic melanoma bearing mice (ret mice).
Immunohistochemical analysis was performed for retinal presence of T-cells (CD3), B-cells (CD79), and microglia (CD11b) in dogs with spontaneously occurring npAIR (n=8) and CAR (n=3), healthy dogs (HD; n=6), ret mice (n=6), healthy mice (HM; n=6) and healthy mice which received adoptive transfer of serum from ret mice and developed clinical symptoms of AIR (AT; n=7). Western Blot (WB) analysis of serum samples and sequencing was done to identify possible protein targets.
CAR and npAIR dogs had significantly higher presence of T-cells (100% for npAIR and CAR dogs) when compared to HD (0%). Retinal B-cells were present in 33% of npAIR dogs, 0% of CAR dogs and 0% of HD. Activated microglia was present in 37.5% of npAIR dogs and 66% of CAR dogs and only in 16% of HD. Adoptive transfer of serum from ret mice to HM caused npAIR, which was characterized by cystic changes in retinal pigment epithelium and destruction of photoreceptor outer segments. Retinal T-cells were present in 100% of AT-npAIR mice, 33% of ret mice and 0% of control HM. Retinal B-cells and microglial cells were present in 42% of AT-npAIR mice, 0% of ret mice and 0% of HM. WB analysis of dog patient sera revealed clathrin and dynein as frequent targets of serum autoantibodies.
Adoptive transfer of serum from ret mice to HM effectively caused npAIR in healthy mouse eyes, which was characterized by RPE cystic changes, photoreceptor destruction and T-cell, B-cell and microglial infiltration. Immunological characterization of spontaneously occurring npAIR and CAR in canine patients revealed almost identical type of changes. Neurotransmitter transport and vesicle processing proteins may be a target of autoimmune response, resulting in abnormal synaptic activity.
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Rajma is a classic North Indian entré. Served with basmati rice, yogurt, pappadum, salad and achar, it’s the kind of Sunday meal that ends in a dream, literally! Considering our love for rajma, I always have leftovers for the next day. And with a picky eater, leftovers need to be transformed or reused in a palatable form. That’s how I ended up looking for a bean burger that could use rajma.
Vegetarian burgers in America use black beans. Rajma are red kidney beans and essentially both kinds of beans have similar nutrient content and texture. Searching online I found a recipe at a very creative blog, the ABCD’s of cooking. But eventually I made modifications. So, here goes.
Make you own Rajma Bean Burgers with leftovers!
Serves: 4 to 6 people.
Prep time: inactive: 30 minutes, cooking time: 20 to 30 minutes.
- For the burger;
- 2-3 tbsp oil,
- 2 to 3 cups leftover Rajma (the thicker the better),
- 2 eggs beaten,
- 1/2 cups or more toasted bread crumbs*,
- 1/3 cup chickpea flour/besan,
- 1/3 cup fine semolina/sooji,
- 1/2 cup rice (from leftovers),
- 1 tsp coriander powder,
- 1 tsp red chilli powder,
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder,
- 1/2 to 1 tsp salt,
- 1 tsp pepper,
- 2-3 scallions- finely chopped,
- 1/4 cup fresh coriander- chopped,
- 1/2 red pepper, finely chopped.
- 1 tbsp cornstarch- optional.
- Bread slices/burger buns/english muffins- toasted,
- Arugula/Spinach leaves, washed and patted dry,
- Onions rings,
- Tomato slices,
- Mustard & ketchup.
To begin with I toasted one slice of bread until crisp. Then, sliced it thin and crumbled it into a bowl. You can make crumbs like this or just use bread crumbs that you might have. I used a combination of existing crumbs and a freshly toasted slice of whole grain bread. Then added leftover rice. I did not pulse any of the ingredients in the grinder. I like a chunky burger. But you can pulse the rice and rajma before combining with other ingredients.
Next, to the rice and crumbs add all the rajma. I had about three cups. Mash with a fork. This takes some effort. You might want to remove any large spices like black cardamom, cinnamon and bay leaves that might be in the rajma. Next, season this mix.
Add chickpea flour and semolina to it. While acting as additional binding agents, both these ingredients lend some complexity to the burger. Semolina helps make a crisp crust too. Mix well.
Now, in a separate bowl beat two eggs. Add to the above mix and combine well. Finally, add in all the chopped vegetables.
Cornstarch is an additional thickening and binding agent. If by the last step you find that the batter is still runny and watery, add cornstarch. Additionally, to avoid cornstarch you could just increase the quantity of chickpea flour. It absorbs moisture quickly. Let the mix sit for a few minutes.
Cooking those bean burgers
The ideal cooking process is two step. On the stove and then in the oven. So, use a skillet that can transfer to the oven. Or if you don’t have one, then use a nonstick skillet and transfer the burger to the oven in any baking/cookie tray. Preheat the oven to 400 F. While the oven is heating up, warm up about 2 to 3 tbsp of oil in a skillet on high. Then add to it an ice-cream scoop full of the batter or just use a serving spoon and pat down to flatten it. Cook both sides for 1 to 2 minutes until they are firm and crisp. Transfer to a lightly oiled baking sheet or move the skillet to the oven. Let the patties bake for an additional 10 minutes. Check to see if the burger patty is dry. Cut a small bite on one edge to check, if the inside is firm. You don’t want to over do it, otherwise they might become really tough.
Alternatively, in the absence of an oven, cook the patties on the stove until they are well done. Using a well seasoned skillet helps avoid the use of excess fat.
Make your bean burger
You can serve the burgers right away. I used whole grain bread that I had in the fridge. If you can plan ahead, then use burger buns or english muffins. Toast the bread and assemble your burger. I did not add any mustard to the mix, you can layer some on the bread. Add spinach, arugula, tomatoes and onions and even put in some ketchup. Go all out!
These patties also make good accompaniments for salads or a snack just by themselves with dipping condiments like the Hari Chutney.

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Title: Cresting Tide
Author: Brenda Cothern
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Price: US$ 4.99
Other Information/warnings: Contains m/m and hermaphrodite sexual practices
Summary [from the publisher]:
Peter, fleeing from an arranged marriage to a woman, stows away aboard a merchant ship only to be discovered and pitched into the sea. Floating upon the current and awaiting death, he is rescued by a mythical sea elf.
Cuke knew his curiosity with humans would only lead him to trouble but he never expected it would lead him to love. A love filled with complications as he is bound to his watery home.
Can the couple overcome the restrictions of their races and be the fathers to their unexpected child or are they destined to be torn apart by their different worlds?
I love the sea, its mysteries, turbulence and tranquility, and I love its inhabitants, real and mythological. This was the perfect story for me to read on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
The story starts with Peter floating on his back in the current. He was stripped of his possessions and thrown off the ship he stowed away on in order to escape a marriage he wasn’t ready for.
Cuke, a sea elf who is curious about humans despite his family’s wishes, saves Peter from certain death.
Through touch, eye contact, and sounds, the human and sea elf gradually learn to trust and love each other. It is difficult for them to be together as often as they wish, because of the limitations in their physiology. Sea elves are unable to live on land, and Peter can spend only limited amounts of time in the water.
Their life on the island is peaceful and their lovemaking is tender, sweet and very moving. Complications disturb their carefree existence in the form of meddling family members, a shipwreck, and an unexpected child.
This was a lovely story that evoked the magic, tranquility and wrath of the sea and the beauty of love in all its forms.

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Analysis of Magneto-Piezoelastic Anisotropic Materials
AbstractThe paper is concerned with the analysis of magneto-piezoelastic anistropic materials. Analytical modeling of magneto-piezoelastic materials is essential for the design and applications in the smart composite structures incorporating them as actuating and sensing constituents. It is shown that Green’s function method is applicable to time harmonic magneto-elastic-piezoelectricity problems using the boundary integral technique, and the exact analytical solutions are obtained. As an application, a two-dimensional static plane-strain problem is considered to investigate the effect of magnetic field on piezoelectric materials. The closed-form analytical solutions are obtained for a number of boundary conditions for all components of the magneto-piezoelectric field. As a special case, numerical results are presented for two-dimensional static magneto-electroelastic field of a piezoelectric solid subjected to a concentrated line load and an electric charge. The numerical solutions are obtained for three different piezoelectric materials and they demonstrate a substantial dependence of the stress and electric field distribution on the constitutive properties and magnetic flux. View Full-Text
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The story of legendary blues performer Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.
The Queen brings Bessie back to life.
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Charles S. Dutton
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All the enjoyment of browsing a real, traditional high street book shop, but with the added convenience of online shopping in the comfort of your own home.
We have re-vamped our website so it's easier to use on tablets and phones, so that you can keep up with you book browsing and buying while out and about or lazing on the settee. We still have the same fantastic selection of books for your enjoyment and delectation. Enjoy!
The Romance of the Colorado River by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh
The story of its discovery in 1540 with an account of the later explorations and with special reference to the voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canons. Leatherette bound with gilt lettering and blind-stamped design to front.

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Hello loves, it’s Lori! I found this cool idea (credit to the original owner).
It’s called the WWW Wednesdays & I’ll be answering 3 Questions starting with W’s every Wednesday. It’s fun and it will keep you updated on what I’m reading every week!
Also, feel free to add me on Goodreads, I love making new friends!☺
Here’s what you have to do…
Answer the three questions below:
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?
1. What are you currently reading?
I’m reading Heartless by Marissa Meyer (Audiobook), Not The Girls You’re Looking For by Aminah Mae Safi (Ebook), & Furyborn by Claire Legrand (Physical copy).
2. What did you recently finish reading?
I finished reading Leah On The Offbeat Audiobook & Bruja Born Physical copy! Both truly wonderful AH!
3. What do you think you’ll read next?
I will start reading Monday’s Not Coming By Tiffany D. Jackson. So many books and so little time!
Thank you for stopping by and Happy Reading! Until next time…💫
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DEMETRIO BASIL TZITZIVACOS
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University of the Witwatersrand:
Bachelor of Science in Laboratory Medicine – 1985
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBCH) – 1990
Masters in Medicine (Haematology) - 2009
Viral genetic determinants of non-progressive HIV type 1 subtype C infection in antiretroviral drug-naive children
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2009 Nov;25 (11):1141-8.do1:1089/aid.2009.0080
College of Medicine South Africa: Fellowship in Pathology (Haematology) – 2004 - 2007
University of South Africa: Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) – 2004; Masters in Business Leadership - 2001
Memberships: South African Medical Association; South African Society of Haematology; HIV Clinicians Society of South Africa.
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Senior Fellow, Columbia University School of the Arts
Member, Columbia Digital Storytelling Lab
Author, The Art of Immersion
Frank Rose is a leading authority on the future of media and communications. In his most recent book, The Art of Immersion: How the Digital Generation is Remaking Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the Way We Tell Stories, he argues that we are witnessing the emergence of a new form of narrative that is native to the Internet – one that is nonlinear, participatory, and immersive. He has addressed this issue at marketing summits and film festivals in New York, London, Paris, Copenhagen, Sydney, and Hong Kong, in academic gatherings at Stanford and the Politecnico di Milano, and at such companies as Google, Lucasfilm, Unilever, and the BBC. Hailed as "an essential overview" by the International Journal of Advertising and “a new media bible” by the Italian daily La Repubblica, the book is required reading for business, film, and game development courses at Columbia, Cambridge, NYU, USC and other schools.
Previously, as a contributing editor at Wired and a contributing writer at Fortune before that, Frank worked as a journalist at the intersection of media and technology, covering such developments as the making of Avatar, Samsung and the rise of the Korean techno-state, and the posthumous career of Philip K. Dick in Hollywood. Among his earlier books are The Agency: William Morris and the Hidden History of Show Business, about the rise and eventual unraveling of the oldest and at one time most successful talent agency in Hollywood, and the 1989 best-seller West of Eden: The End of Innocence at Apple Computer, which detailed the ouster of Steve Jobs from Apple and was named one of the year's ten best by BusinessWeek. Having gotten his start chronicling the punk scene at CBGB for The Village Voice, he currently contributes to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and other publications.
Co-founder and Partner, ReD Associates
Author, The Moment of Clarity (with Mikkel Rasmussen) and Sensemaking
Christian Madsbjerg is a leading corporate consultant whose focus is on the study of humans—our culture, rituals and everyday behaviors. Using anthropology and ethnography—the in-depth study of human societies—as a means of data collection, he and his associates work with companies like Coca-Cola, Lego, and Adidas to discover the hidden reasons for business success or failure.
A native of Denmark, Christian studied philosophy and political science in Copenhagen and London. He co-founded ReD Associates in Copenhagen and now heads its New York office. His work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, the Harvard Business Review, the Financial Times, Der Spiegel, Bloomberg Businessweek and numerous other publications. In his first book, The Moment of Clarity, he and his business partner Mikkel Rasmussen examine the business world’s assumptions about human behavior and show how these assumptions can lead companies off track. In his 2017 book Sensemaking: The Power of the Humanities in the Age of the Algorithm, he argues that the humanities are not a luxury in the digital age but a competitive advantage.
Co-founder and Creative Director, Campfire
Mike Monello is one of the world’s leading practitioners of participatory storytelling. At Campfire he leads the development of groundbreaking experiences for companies ranging from HBO, Amazon and Netflix to Harley-Davidson and Infiniti. Campfire won an Ad Age Small Agency Campaign of the Year award in 2013 and in 2017 was nominated for an Emmy for creating Resistance Radio, a “pirate radio broadcast” for Amazon’s series The Man in the High Castle that became an online sensation. For HBO, Campfire created a live experience of the hit show Westworld at the 2017 Comic Con that included your choice of weapons as well as a personality assessment to determine if you should be given a white hat or a black hat. Entertainment Weekly called it “a delight — and almost too real.”
Monello is one of the entertainment world’s pioneers in immersive storytelling and innovative marketing. In the late 1990s, he and his partners at Haxan Films created The Blair Witch Project, a story told across the burgeoning internet. A Sci-Fi Channel pseudo-documentary accompanied by books, comics, games and a feature film, it became a pop-culture touchstone and inspired legions of “found-footage” movies in its wake. Inspired by the possibilities for engaging connected fan cultures and communities online, Monello co-founded Campfire in 2006. In the years since the agency has won top honors at the Cannes Lions, the Clios and the One Show.
Curator, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Author, Design Is Storytelling
Ellen Lupton has been cited as one of America’s “design legends” by AIGA, the professional association for design. A writer and designer herself, she is curator of contemporary design at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York and director of the MFA program in graphic design at Baltimore’s Maryland Institute College of Art, where she also heads the Center for Design Thinking. She has spoken at TED and lectured at numerous schools and universities, including Princeton, Yale, Cranbrook, the University of Michigan and the MIT Media Lab. Among her books are the 2004 classic Thinking with Type and the recently published Design Is Storytelling, a “playbook for creative thinking” devoted to showing designers how to use storytelling techniques to make their work more satisfying.
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MORE than 120 businesses across the region have contributed to videos to promote town centres as part of Warwickshire County Council’s new ‘Buy and Eat Local’ campaign.
The message to Warwickshire residents is ‘show your local high street some love!’, whether in person, or online as county businesses look to recover from the devastating economic impact of the pandemic.
If everyone spent £5 per week in Warwickshire it would be worth approximately an extra £122 million annually to the local economy and provide a much needed boost to independent retailers.
Firms have created short video clips showing how their businesses are ready to safely welcome back customers as towns start to reopen.
The county council is creating a series of videos, and is working with the Business Improvement Districts and partner authorities in the towns, to share the films and promote local independents.
The first film is a Warwickshire-wide video featuring businesses from across the region – www.warwickshire.gov.uk/buyeatlocal
This film is being followed by town specific videos as they start to adapt to the new post-lockdown ways of working.
County council leader Izzi Seccombe said: “The response from retailers to our campaign has been fantastic.
“We have a wonderful range of footage from our local independents who are working hard to welcome back customers safely, as we start to recover from this challenging time.
“Our businesses are reaching out to customers in every way possible and, with our partners in the towns and elsewhere, we are supporting this collective effort in as many ways as we can – the Buy and Eat Local campaign is one of them.
“We hope everyone will show extra support to our fabulous local independents, who need our support now, more than ever.”
Visit www.warwickshire.gov.uk/buyeatlocal for further information.

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ECHA to prepare restriction proposal on chromium (VI) substances
The European Commission has requested ECHA to prepare a REACH restriction proposal on certain chromium (VI) substances currently on the Authorisation List of substances of very high concern.
The restriction proposal aims to address the challenges posed by the current and possible future workload both for ECHA and the Commission. This workload stems from the high number of applications for authorisation to use these substances, already submitted or potentially coming from hundreds of companies.
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Over the past year, political and economic uncertainty has affected most markets, and M&A deals in the Middle East are no exception. Such deals are sensitive to turbulence, which leads to indecision from corporations in pursuing their acquisition plans. Deals are also taking longer to complete, which is reflected in a lower number of M&A transactions for Q2 2017 compared to the same quarter one year ago.
- Global And Regional M&A: H1 2017 Goldman Still King
- M&A On Pace To Drop 20%
- M&A Spending Climbs In May, Even As Activity Slows
For the quarter, the Middle East region closed 50 transactions, including both outbound and inbound deals, 36% below Q2 2016. The value of those completed deals was $6.7 billion, down about 21% from last year. Based on the number of transactions, the second quarter was better than the first, with transactions up by 61%. However, the total transaction value was 57% higher in Q1'17 compared to Q2'17.
In the second quarter, the sector registering the highest value was energy minerals with $5.1 billion across three deals. These three transactions represented 77% of the total transaction volume for Q2 2017. Last quarter, the finance sector led M&A activity with four transactions totaling $12,914 million.
Topping the list of the largest deals announced in Q2 2017 were:
- A private group, led by Macquarie Infrastructure & Real Assets Ltd, BC Investment Management Corp, AMP Capital Holdings Ltd, and Qatar Investment Authority, acquired a 50.4% majority stake in Endeavour Energy Ltd from the State of New South Wales for $5.6 billion via auction.
- Saudi Refining Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of state-owned Saudi Arabian Oil Co., acquired the remaining 50% minority stake not yet owned in Motiva Enterprises LLC from Royal Dutch Shell Plc for $700 million in cash and $1.5 billion in assumed liabilities.
- A private group, led by One Foods Holding Ltd, a subsidiary of BRF SA, and Qatar Investment Authority, acquired a 79.5% majority stake in Banvit Bandirma Vitaminli Yem Sanayii ve Ticaret AS from Gorener and Kocman families (63.2%) and Aabar Investments PJS (16.3%) for $270 million.
|Number Of Deals||Aggregated Value ($ MM)|
|Deal Size||Q1 2017||Q2 2017||Q1 2017||Q2 2017|
|$ 1 Billion +||1||2||$ 12,291.10||$ 5,157.00|
|$ 500 M to $ 999.99 M||1||0||$ 560.32||$ -|
|$ 250 M to $ 499.99 M||4||2||$ 1,776.43||$ 627.42|
|$ 100 M to $ 249.99 M||2||3||$ 240.09||$ 685.01|
|$ 50 M to $ 99.99 M||0||1||$ -||$ 69.60|
|$ 25 M to $ 49.99 M||1||3||$ 31.00||$ 115.65|
|$ 10 M to $ 24.99 M||2||3||$ 31.31||$ 52.87|
|Under $ 10 M||1||8||$ 0.54||$ 33.48|
|Undisclosed||19||28||$ -||$ -|
|Total||31||50||$ 14,930.79||$ 6,741.03|
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In the second quarter, inbound transactions (where the acquirer and the acquired company were both based in the Middle East) represented 42% of total transactions. Of the companies acquired, 43% were based in the UAE, followed by Saudi Arabia with 14%, and Oman with 10%.
The sector registering the largest share of the total transaction value was commercial services with 50% of the transaction value across four transactions, followed by industrial services with 29.1% and retail trade with 22.9%.
Topping the list of the largest inbound deals announced in Q2 2017:
- Al-Baha Investment & Development Co acquired Al Marakiz Al Raqiyah Ltd for $38.7 million in stock. Under the terms of the agreement, Al-Baha Investment & Development Co issued 14.5 million shares to Al Marakiz Al Raqiyah Ltd upon which, its shareholders will own 49.15% stake in Al-Baha Investment & Development Co. Al Marakiz Al Raqiyah Ltd is located in Saudi Arabia and operates shopping malls.
- Qurain Petrochemical Industries Co KSC acquired an additional 20.5% minority stake in National Petroleum Services Co for $29.1 million via, tender offer. Under the terms of the transaction, Qurain Petrochemical Industries Co KSC paid US$2.61 per share for every target share sought. The acquisition allows Qurain Petrochemical Industries Co KSC to enhance its oil and gas investment portfolio. Following the acquisition, Qurain Petrochemical Industries Co KSC increased its stake to 71.03% in National Petroleum Services Co. National Petroleum Services Co is located in Ahmadi, Kuwait and explores for oil and gas.
- Evolvence Knowledge Investments Ltd acquired a 60% majority stake in Cheeky Monkeys Playland from Marka PJSC for $22.9 million. The acquisition allows Marka to secure its return gross in the original equity invested previously in Cheeky Monkeys. The transaction was approved by the Marka board of directors. Cheeky Monkeys Playland is located in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and provides play station services for children.
This quarter, outbound transactions represented 57% of total transactions.
Topping the list of the largest outbound deals announced in Q2 2017:
- A private group, led by Macquarie Infrastructure & Real Assets Ltd, BC Investment Management Corp, AMP Capital Holdings Ltd, and Qatar Investment Authority, acquired a 50.4% majority stake in Endeavour Energy Ltd from the State of New South Wales for $5.6 billion via auction. Following the acquisition, the State of New South Wales will hold the remaining 49.6%. The transaction received all necessary regulatory clearances from the ACCC and the ATO, and has been approved by the Federal Treasurer following advice from the Foreign Investment Review Board. Endeavour Energy Ltd is a company based in Australia that engages in oil and natural gas production activities in Indonesia. Previously, on January 26, several bidder groups along with Advance Energy were rumored to have submitted bids to acquire 50.4% stake in Endeavour Energy Ltd for a reported amount of $2.9 billion.
- Saudi Refining Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of state-owned Saudi Arabian Oil Co, acquired the remaining 50% minority stake not yet owned in Motiva Enterprises LLC from Royal Dutch Shell Plc for $700 million in cash and US$1.5 billion in assumed liabilities, subject to adjustments. Motiva Enterprises LLC is a 50-50 joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Saudi Arabian Oil Co. Under the terms of the agreement, Saudi Refining Inc. would make a payment of $2.2 billion to be used to assume Royal Dutch Shell Plc's 50% share of Motiva Enterprises LLC's net debt of $3.2 billion, of which Royal Dutch Shell Plc would $100 million of that amount. The balance would be used as a cash payment. Motiva Enterprises LLC is located in Houston, Texas, United States, and distributes and refines commercial fuels.
- Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Co Bsc's private-equity division and TAG Group SA acquired the remaining 25% stake in McLaren Automotive Ltd, and its affiliate company McLaren Technology Group Ltd from Ron Dennis, the chairman of the target, for a reported deal value of $357.4 million. Following the transaction, Ron Dennis would end his 37-year association with the McLaren Technology Group Ltd and McLaren Automotive Ltd, which would be integrated as McLaren Group. According to news reports on June 29, 2017, Ron Dennis was reportedly selling his remaining shareholdings for $357.4 million to the existing shareholders due to unspecified reasons that dates back in 2014 when Dennis attempted to buy McLaren back from the other investors.
Article by Houda Bouhayat, FactSet

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What is tan oak used for?
What is tan oak used for?
Common Uses: Veneer, flooring, railroad cross-ties, and furniture. Comments: Tanoak is close to true oak in both appearance and workability, though it’s not in the Quercus genus.
Is a tan oak a real oak?
Tanoak trees (Lithocarpus densiflorus syn. Notholithocarpus densiflorus), also called tanbark trees, are not true oaks like white oaks, golden oaks, or red oaks. Rather, they are close relatives of the oak, which relationship explains their common name.
How long do tan oaks live?
Tanoak reaches a maximum age of about 400 years . Overstory conifers are usually older than subcanopy tanoaks.
How fast do tan oaks grow?
1 to 2 ft per year
Top height on mature trees of at least 80 ft, up to 150 ft on the best tanoak sites. Sustained height growth of 1 to 2 ft per year from age 5 to 20 years. Continuing diameter growth on mature trees.
Is Tan oak good firewood?
Never burn tanoak or any of the “red” oaks, he says. The bonus is that the white group is the densest of the California oaks and burns twice as long as the others.
Are tan oaks native to California?
Notholithocarpus densiflorus, commonly known as the tanoak or tanbark-oak, is a broadleaf tree in the family Fagaceae, and the type species of the genus Notholithocarpus. It is native to the far western United States, particularly Oregon and California.
What does a tan oak tree look like?
What looks like an oak, has acorns like an oak, but isn’t an oak? That would be tanoak, Lithocarpus densiflorus, a west coast native. This evergreen tree is also known as tanbark-oak. It has flowers like a chestnut but forms acorns rather than having its nuts enclosed by a spiny bur.
What does tan oak look like?
Is Tanoak good firewood?
He concluded that “tanoak can be an excellent choice for high-quality furniture or flooring.” The yield from tanoak logs studied, he found, was similar to that of eastern hardwood species, with a significantly higher yield from wood that had been air-dried for six months before being dried again in a kiln.
Is a tanoak a type of oak?
Tanoak trees (Lithocarpus densiflorus syn. Notholithocarpus densiflorus), also called tanbark trees, are not true oaks like white oaks, golden oaks or red oaks. Rather, they are close relatives of the oak, which relationship explains their common name. Like oak trees, the tanoak bears acorns that are eaten by wildlife.
What is the lifespan of a tanoak?
Tanoaks may live at least 250 years, although age can be difficult to determine. In dense forest stands, tanoaks develop narrow crowns with ascending branches on single, straight stems that are clear for 30 to 80 ft. In open stands, tanoaks often have broad crowns with large horizontal branches on short, forked boles.
Does tanoak stain?
Tanoak can stain if certain metals contact the wet wood; contact with iron can produce a pronounced blue-black discoloration. Molds and bacterial stains will develop if air circulation around the wet lumber is inadequate.
Why is tanoak considered a persistent species?
Tanoak is a persistent, versatile species capable of maintaining a substantial component at any successional stage in many forest types. While tanoak is considered to be a climax species capable of reproducing in undisturbed forests, it is also well-adapted to disturbance. It sprouts vigorously after fire or cutting and often dominates large areas.


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Penn Jillette, who is usually very loud and outgoing, was very reserved and honored to be delivering two massive checks to Las Vegas’ Opportunity Village.
He earned the checks, worth $20,000 each, on Celebrity Apprentice!
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Trade routes to the interior went up to Kilimanjaro, the mount Kenya region and the shores of Lake Victoria. Maasai regions were avoided due to perceived Maasai hostility to strangers.
Long Distance traders moved into the interior in caravans, using porters, who were either slaves or free men, with goods to and from the East African coast.
They stopped to rest and replenish food supply at various centers in the interior E.G. Taveta, Mbooni hills, Lake Baringo, Mumias and Buganda.
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Overall I enjoyed this book, but sections of it were a bit hit or miss for me. I didn’t really know anything going into this and it made for a pleasant surprise. Essentially it’s a collection of poetry/verse/short stories about teenagers in love. I’ve read Everyday by this author and found it to be quite interesting and strange, but insightful and I also read Will Grayson, Will Grayson which is coauthored by John Green. That was hands down one of the funniest books I’ve ever read, but this wasn’t really like it at all.
The stories are grouped together by fours, but many of the characters are interconnected across the book and it becomes a very soap opera like experience. Most of the stories worked for me, but my biggest complaint about this book is that there wasn’t a chart or guide as to who’s who. I feel like I lost a lot of the meaning and nuance simply because there were too many people to keep track of. I often had the feeling of, oh I know this person, but I couldn’t place which story they were from and it became made connecting with the characters difficult.
That being said several of the stories really touched me. I definitely related to many of the characters even though they were all quite different than I am now, or how I was in high school. The issues facing these kids runs the gamut from eating disorders to drug use, sex, homosexuality, and school shootings. And they all tie in with love/romance/relationships.
One of the things I liked most about this book is that because each character has their own way of speaking and relating to the other characters, some stories read like fiction. Others are song lyrics written by the character, some are flash fiction-esque from the character’s perspective. Some characters use punctuation, some don’t, some have words which slide down the page, others write in caps lock and pen. It’s a really bizarre assortment of writing styles and it gave a lot of flavor to what could have been an over done topic.
This is definitely worth the read, and I see myself pulling it off the shelf again just to review the stories that touched me. But I doubt that I’ll read it all the way through again unless I can find a chart online to connect the characters from the various stories. Honestly the only reason I’m giving this a 3 instead of a 4 is because I need a chart.

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[cnn-photo-caption image= http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/images/07/25/art.frankencu0725.gi.jpg caption="'I know progressives are frustrated...because it feels at times not everyone in our party is pushing at the same pace,' Democratic Sen. Franken said Saturday night at the annual Netroots Nation convention."]
Las Vegas, Nevada (CNN) - Using some of his trademark humor and dire predictions, Minnesota Sen. Al Franken implored thousands of his fellow progressive activists Saturday to redouble their efforts to prevent the Democrats from losing control of Congress.
He jokingly called the Netroots Nation convention of bloggers, leaders and others "the most exciting political gathering of the year without guns."
On a serious note, he said, he shared many of the frustrations of those in the audience about a lack of progress on some of their key priorities.
"You really haven't gotten your moneys' worth," he said, specifically mentioning such ideas as a public option government-run health care plan or education reform or public financing of elections.
"I know progressives are frustrated...because it feels at times not everyone in our party is pushing at the same pace," he said.
He told them, however, that several of the bills that have been passed in this Congress - such as the health care overhaul or Wall Street reform - have helped the nation and were stronger because of their efforts.
Love that gun comment! He's 100% right on....way t'go, Al! Unless you're a hunter and it has a purpose, toting a gun to a public gathering demonstrates a level of certain ignorance, not to mention twisted need for attention. Franken is no joke; he has a brain unlike the empty-headed mascot of the Repubs and we all know who she is.
SNL Alumni rallies activists? How pathetic CNN. I clicked over expecting to see an article on Janene Garofalo or someone else from SNL, not this State Senator who deserves much more respect then you have given him here. Shoddy journalism. Thanks for wasting my time with a misleading headline.
The prospect of what will happen under greater Republican power has already been demonstrated by their constant filibustering, their promises of inquisitions of all their "enemies" if they gain even one house of Congress, their toadying to BP, their willingness to let several million unemployed go hungry, and their use of malicious presstitutes like Breitbart to promulgate racist propaganda Goebbels would have preened over. A little good is vastly better than much evil, and if you don't want evil, get out and vote against it!
GOP, your broken record comment that the Dems are "destroying the country" is comical considering you made this crap heap and since losing power want to offset the true blame (you) on the Dems. I see the Dems, though not perfect, at least trying to come up with real solutions instead of empty rhetoric. People's memories at not that short. Tax breaks for the wealthy need to go away. My husband and I happen to fall into that tax bracket and we could be whining but we also feel a sense of responsibility to help this country. You scream for "patriotism" but mostly I see a self-serving agenda; not looking out for the average American. I also use to be a Repub until I woke up.
"Franken is a joke. Those morons who voted him in should hang their heads"
Dave: you are a joke and should try to accomplish something, ANYTHING, with your life
get out of the cheap seats
This guy is senator today because he counted votes form Felon. He is an idiot and should have never been in senate today. A joker. I want him to go away.
This guy is a class act, he has integrity, honesty, and he is forward thinking...we need to replace all 40 GOP Senators with men like this...then we could rebuild our nation and make it the greatest country on earth...again.
what a completely obnoxious idiot! add to that he was elected by illegal aliens and then tell me again why we should give him any air time to spout his vile, hateful rants. this man is a disgrace to what was once a vaulted institution. if this is the best we can do we need to scrap the whole system and start over. minnesota should hang its collective head in shame that this is their elected representative
The number of felons allowed to vote by Democrat party poll Czars in MN more than account for the number of votes the Czars stole to install Franken as a Reid minion. Pull out the illegal votes cast by the felons and Franken loses.
Well......the whacko libs have Palin to howl at, but for the rest of America this "SNL alum" is all we need to rally us to throw these Dem socialists out in November.
Bring it on, Al............. you are the gift that keeps on giving!!

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According to the magazine, Sly is one of the most recorded musicians.
“Nearly ubiquitous reggae drummer Lowell Fillmore Dunbar played with everyone and, due to how frequently his rhythms have been sampled, is quite possibly the world's most recorded musician… Sly and Robbie translated dub reggae to the stage better than anyone,” the magazine tooted.
Sly was the only Jamaican musician to be featured in the list dominated by international stars like Tommy Lee, Travis Barker, JR Robinson among others. Sly is ranked at No. 65.

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The NPD Group reported on March 19 that the U.S. fashion industry hit a soft sale period in 2000, with a mere 1.5% increase in apparel sales over the previous year. According to the market research firm, total apparel sales reached $182 billion in 2000, compared to $180 billion in 1999. By market segment, women's apparel sales grew 2.1% over the previous year, and men's apparel sales lagged, decreasing by 0.3%. Online sales, however, while accounting for only 3.2% of total apparel sales, showed double-digit growth in 2000.
"The slowing U.S. economy took a toll on the results of most retailers and kept a tight lid on earnings growth," said Kim Blanck, NPD Fashionworlds account executive. "Collectively, many different segments of the market posted either slim growth or no growth at all."
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Slovak Defence Minister Jaroslav Baška and Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels have agreed that a joint Slovak-American military unit will take part in training of the Afghan national army, the TASR newswire was told by Defence Ministry spokesman Vladimir Gemela on March 12.
At their meeting held in Indianapolis the day before, the two politicians appreciated the long-term and continual development of relations between Indiana and Slovakia, based on co-operation between the Slovak Armed Forces and National Guard of Indiana.
The Defence Minister along with Ľubomír Bulík, Chief of General Staff of the Slovak Armed Forces and the Slovak Ambassador to the US, Peter Burian, paid a visit to Indiana's National Guard headquarters.
“Nobody wants the NATO forces to stay in Afghanistan forever. This policy represents a way to reinforce the army of Afghanistan, while gradually handing the security control over the country to Afghans,” said Baška. He also added that Slovakia plans to strengthen its participation in the ISAF Operation to 400 persons in 2010-2011. TASR
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PUTRAJAYA, July 2 (Bernama) -- The plan to increase women participation in sports will be ready this December, said Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman.
He said his ministry currently in the midst of discussions with various relevant parties pertaining to the plan which among others aimed at seeing more participation of female athletes by 2020.
“We want to ensure women (participation) in sports to improve tremendously and I believe there is a huge potential for growth,” he told reporters after attending his ministry’s monthly gathering here today.
Apart from empowering women in sports, Syed Saddiq said there was also a need to ensure greater representation of women in the top management of the National Sports Council (MSN).
On the preparation of the Malaysian team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Syed Saddiq said everything went smoothly with the involvement of MSN and the National Sports Institute (ISN).
“There were several qualifying rounds that we went through and there are events that we know who will be confirmed of their places in the Olympics team while there are others who have yet to finish the qualifying rounds,” he said.


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I am going to take this opportunity to introduce the editor/author of the ICHS PAW PRINTS newsletter. That would be me – Terri Davis. I always looked forward to receiving the quarterly PAW PRINTS newsletter in the mail. But because of the increased expense of paper, printing and postage, the newsletter became a thing of the past. I miss it, and so I asked permission to start the newsletter again – but rather than being paper, it will be electronic. The plans at this time are to ‘publish’ the newsletter every two months on the ICHS website. The newsletter’s purpose is to be about the animals – those awaiting homes as well as follow-ups of the animals who have been adopted (that’s where I will need YOUR help.) I have written the ‘pet features’ that have been on the website for the past couple of years – usually a dog and two cats. I will continue to write those and if they are not included in the newsletter, you will find them displayed elsewhere on the ICHS website. There will also be ten additional write-ups of animals awaiting adoption – no pictures at this time. I will also include the animals that are in need of ‘special’ homes. I would like to include 3-4 of your “success stories”. By “success stories” I am referring to the animals that you have adopted from ICHS. Many of you send in updates and pictures of your adopted animals to ICHS and they are posted on the bulletin board. I would like to share these stories with a larger audience and put them in PAW PRINTS. The volunteers and staff develop attachments/memories of the ICHS residents and it is always nice to find out how they’re faring. I will also include one article about a fundraiser that will be forthcoming.
On a personal note – I have lived in Iowa County all of my life. My husband, Chuck, and I live in Wyoming Township with six cats – four of which came from ICHS and two that wandered in. I work full time in Spring Green. I have volunteered at ICHS since 2002. Although most of my volunteering has been with the cats, about a year ago I started walking the dogs two afternoons per week. I began walking the dogs so that I could get to know them. I find it difficult doing write-ups of the dogs when I don’t know them. When you read my write-ups of the animals, keep in mind that I am not an authority on any of the animals and do not claim to be. My observations of the animals come from my brief contact with them as well as help from the other volunteers and staff. I also help out with fundraisers when I am able to do so.
If you have any suggestions or ideas about the content of ICHS PAW PRINTS, please contact me. And, I need your animal success stories. My address is: ichspawprints@ gmail.com.
What do pets and pancakes have in common? Well I tried to think of a ‘catchy’ common denominator, but all I could come up with was the reality (or realty) of this opportunity for the shelter. The First Weber Group in Dodgeville generously offered to host a pancake breakfast with proceeds going to the animals at ICHS. The breakfast will preclude the annual silent auction in the afternoon. Details that you need to know are:
What: An-all- you-can-eat Pancake and Sausage Breakfast
When: Sunday, November 22 - Serving from 7 – 11 a.m.
Where: The Dodger Bowl in Dodgeville
Price: $6.50 for ages 12 and over,
$4.50 for children ages 5-12
Free – children under 5
Both Nancy and Mindy from First Weber Group have adopted dogs from ICHS. They feel that ICHS is a worthy cause and wanted to do something to support the organization. This is just one more example of people ‘helping to make a difference’.
After 11:00, there will be an opportunity to view the many donated baskets which will be ‘auctioned off’ between 1-3 p.m. later in the afternoon at the 10th Annual Silent Auction.
Peanut is a large long-haired torti. I fell in love with her in the summer of 2004 but someone else had first dibs on her. For whatever reason she was returned to ICHS later that fall. I promised her that when I could have another cat, she would be the ONE! That didn’t happen until August of 2006. Just like at the shelter (she was in the large communal cat room) she just wants to be left alone. If she wants attention, she comes to me. She sleeps by my side at night. She also makes a good alarm clock letting me know when it is 4:30 a.m. and time to be fed. The problem with that is she doesn’t understand Saturdays and Sundays are for sleeping in. Oh well…
Raymond was at ICHS for about six weeks in the summer of 2004. His name
at the shelter was Regis. When I brought him home, I named him Raymond
after the television show Everybody Loves Raymond.
He was/is a special needs cat as he has no eyes. Well, he had eyes at one time, but they were no longer there by the time he came to the shelter. I brought Ray home in August as a birthday present to myself – that is how I justified him to my husband. Ray is quite the cat – I don’t think he knows that he can’t see. There are not a lot of dull moments with Ray around.
Anya was found wandering in one of the Lands End parking lots in December of 2003. I brought her home in August of 2004 (two days prior to bringing Raymond home). She had/has a mild hair/skin condition (probably an allergy to something) and that is why I adopted her. I didn’t know if anyone else would want a cat which loses patches of hair at certain times of the year. She is an absolute sweetheart. She and Raymond are best friends. She is the type of cat who never asks for anything and is so appreciative of attention.
Socks was a young, scared cat that I got to know in the summer of 2006. I didn’t get to do anything with her except talk to her that summer which I did a lot of. I never did get to pet her that summer. By the summer of 2007 the staff/volunteers had socialized her enough so she was in one of the small rooms with some cat friends. Although she enjoyed being petted she didn’t want to be picked up. I brought her home in September of 2007. Although she stays in at night (sleeps at my feet) she spends most of her days outside. She is constantly ‘on the go’. She loves to tackle Raymond (he loves it too) even though he is twice as big as her. Sometimes he wins and sometimes she does – but it’s all in fun for them and I enjoy watching them.
Howie was one of the ‘special needs’ pets that had been featured on the ICHS website for the past couple of months. I left his story there longer than perhaps I should have hoping that someone would be able to give Howie a home – even if for a short time. Howie was a delightful cat! To look at him and watch him play, you would never have imagined that he had feline leukemia. However a few weeks ago, Howie started to exhibit signs that all was not well.
When I was at the shelter to walk dogs on Saturday, October 31st, it was apparent that Howie didn’t have much time left. The office gals (between phone calls) were sitting next to his cage petting and talking to him. When I came back into the darkened office at 5:30 to say good-bye to him, he was being held by yet another staff member (who had come in on her own time when she had heard that he was dying). She was telling him all about ‘cat heaven’. Although Howie seemed to be breathing easier and appeared to be somewhat relaxed, it was a very somber and stressful situation – knowing that what Angela was doing for Howie was all that anyone could do – just allow him to be a lap cat one last time. Angela was still with him when I left. Howie died the next day.
I am writing about Howie for three reasons. #1 To let those of you who knew Howie know that he is no longer with us. #2 Boyd and Jax, the other two featured special needs pets still need homes. I would have thought that Howie had a few years to go when I wrote that article last July, but it just goes to show how quickly things can happen. #3 Lastly, I wish to thank Angela and the rest of the ICHS staff for – not just taking care of the ICHS animals - but for their love and compassion for the homeless animals that are ‘fortunate’ to have a temporary home at ICHS.
Jax is a long-haired grey kitty with special needs. He tested positive for feline leukemia. He is probably about two years old. He is quite playful and loves all the attention that he gets. Jax does not get along with other cats so he probably needs to be an ‘only’ cat, and he must be kept indoors. I can’t go into the specifics of Jax’s condition, but it can’t be ignored that he will probably have a shorter lifespan than most cats. It is difficult to adopt a pet with special needs because you know that ‘heartbreak’ lies just around the corner. But at the same time, these special animals need a home and a loving family just as all animals do. If you are possibly someone who could provide Jax with a loving home, please come in, meet him and talk to the staff to better determine if he could be a part of your family.
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Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule, former INEC chairman Prof Attahiru Jega, Spokesman of the Nigerian Senate, Basiru Ajibola, House of Representatives leader, Ado Doguwa Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Ayuba Waba and the Chairman of the Inter-party Advisory Council (IPAC) are to contribute on how Nigeria can get it electoral legal framework right ahead of the 2023 general elections.
This followed the rejection of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill by President Muhammadu Buhari barely 13 months to the 2023 general elections.
A leading Civil Society Organisation, Yiaga Africa, which is working hard to help in strengthening of the Nigeria’s electoral laws, has convened a meeting that will stir up conversation for the consideration, passage and the signing of the bill. To this end, stakeholders are converging on Transcorp Hilton Abuja Sunday, January 16th to discuss how the country can get an effective electoral legal framework ahead of the 2023 general elections. The Citizens’ Townhall on Electoral Bill 2021, organised by Yiaga Africa, is coming 13 months to the 2023 general elections. “Nigerians still await an electoral law that will make all votes count,” Executive Director Yiaga Africa Samson Itodo said while speaking on the programme.
Elanza News reports that 20 persons will be contributing to the Sunday’s Townhall meeting organised by Yiaga Africa.
The speakers are:
1-Prof Attahiru Jega : Former INEC Boss
2-Gov Abdullahi Sule : Nasarawa State Governor
3- Hon Nnenna Ukeje – former member house of Rep
4- Hon Alhassan Ado Doguwa – Majority leader house of Rep
5- Senator Ajibola Basiru – Chair Senate Committee on information
6- Hon Benjamin Kanu, chair house committee on information
7 – Comrade Ayuba Wabba, NLC president
8 – Chris Isiguzo – President, NUJ.
9 – Dr Hussain Abdu – Nigeria Country Director, CARE International
10 – Ene Obi – Convener, Nigeria CSO Situation room
11 – Mufuliat Fijabi – CEO Women Trust Fund
12- Alhaji Yabagi Sani – IPAC Chair
13 – Cynthia Mbamalu – Director of Programs, Yiaga Africa
14 – Jake Epele – CEO The Albino Foundation
15 – Daniel Anyaele – ED, Center for Citizens with Disability
16 – Lanre Arogundade – Director, International Press Center
17- Dr. Akin Akingbulu – Director, Institute for Media and Society
18 – Ezenwa Nwagwu – Chair partners for electoral reform
19 – Auwal Musa Rafsanjani – ED CISLAC
2O – Remi Sonaiya – Co-chair fix politics

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STUNNING REPRODUCTION LONG FACED JUMEAU – 23″ HEIGHT
This is a stunning reproduction doll made by a talented artist but as she is unsigned I do not know who the maker was. The mold is from 1988 and she is a Jumeau. She stands in height approximately 23″.
Her bisque socket head is free from any damage and her painting has been done very well. She has multi stroked eyebrows and delicately stroked upper and lower eyelashes as well as the usual red accent dot in the corner of each eye and shading to her nostrils. She has a closed mouth and pierced ears. Her stunning green eyes are stationary set. Her wig is gorgeous and suits her perfectly and currently in plaits down each side but can be re-styled however her new owner wishes to as there is plenty of hair to work with. It has curls around the fringe area.
She is on a quality, heavy composition mix body which was very expensive. It has had some reinforcement to the upper arms (see photos) and not re-painted but it is hidden under her clothing. She is strung well.
She comes wearing a stunning frock that was purchased many years ago from the Liverpool Doll Show as well as a cream petticoat and pantaloons with lace underneath as well as socks and shoes. She has vintage drop earrings that I will pop in to a little lock seal bag as they may fall out in transit.
This doll represents great value and priced well under what she would have cost to make and then to dress.


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“Chinese Dancing, Bendigo Style” by Joo-Inn Chew
Joo-Inn Chew comes to accept and celebrate her difference — her in-between status – owing to the fact that as the child of an Asian and Australian parent, they were a “peculiar species” in Bendigo.
The girls play the song entitled “Asian waif” at their concert which literally and symbolically reflects their sense of homelessness. While performing their piece, Joo-Inn is applauded not for her talent, but for her sense of difference; the audience seems to pity her because she is out of place, nervous, clumsy and awkward, and she bravely realises, it is not pity she wants, but a sense of belonging.
She tries to slink away, invisibly blending into the background, to hide her “humiliation” and her conspicuous sense of difference. She also feels mortified at the audience’s reaction. She notes that “we played badly but they loved us”. While performing her piece, she is applauded not for her talent, but for her sense of difference. She states, “a faint wave of humiliation broke over me”.
Joo-Inn searches for a sense of self, by comparing her own unique social circumstances, with the stereotypical norms. She considers the typical Australian norm, consisting of kids with “sandy hair”, “pale freckly skin” and “blue eyes” that did not need “corrective lenses”. Such Aussies ate “white-bread sandwiches”. Furthermore, her Aussie peers conformed to gendered stereotypes: the girls played “Barbies and netball” while the boys “rode BMXs and kicked footballs”. She also considers the stereotypical Asian traits that are evident in her Malaysian cousins such as the expert way they eat their noodles, their excellent piano skills and their career trajectory towards cardiologists or “very good accountants”. In contrast, they are “woefully inadequate” in Chinese, and struggle to pronounce their names.
This lonely sense of difference is evident during the school sports day. Joo Inn and her sister knock over the hurdles; they are not as adept at sport as their Australian playmates. They do not have lollies like the other kids; rather they are the only ones to eat their “organic fruit cake” and eat wholemeal bread and give into the temptation of gorging on “fairy bread and toffee” because it is so Australian. The food becomes a symbol of their cultural differences, strengthened by the parents’ social difference. The parents are hippies, who straddle both Chinese and Australian backgrounds. Joo Inn notes that when the father is vigilant with money and bargains at the market he is described as Chinese, but he is Australian when he joins the Labor party and talks politics.
In comparison to her Australian peers, Joo-Inn realises that she and her siblings are real waifs; cultural contradictions and “peculiar hybrids”. She paints a complicated picture of her family in Bendigo that are outsiders, not just because of their half-Asian status among “fifth generation Australian farmers”, but because they are also alternative country people, who,”urban- hippy”- style, grow organic vegetables, live off the land, and are attracted towards left-leaning politics. Even her father does not conform, as she assumed, to typical Chinese traits, and so she realises there are “Dad things” at work that make him his own “peculiar species”. She comes to realise that the things she thought were Chinese, are just her father’s idiosyncracies — his own contradictory sense of identity — such as his “love of peanut butter”, his “bad jokes” and his “shyness”.
The in-between status renders them on the margins. The girls often sit by themselves in the library at lunch time. They often forget to “wear shoes or undies” and “drank boiled tank-water”. Joo-Inn feels that she is in-between cultures; she is Chinese when she is “thrifty and studious” and she is Australian when she “played games and left food on my plate”.
If Joo Inn feels a lonely sense of difference, while performing the piano at the school concert, this all changes when she joins the Bendigo Chinese Dancing Organisation and performs a hybrid form of Chinese cultural dancing. Finally, she feels as if she is valued for a worthwhile reason. Among the dancers, she feels as if they are all part of the one “tribe”. This growth also coincides with her encounter with other Chinese families such as the Tans and the Wongs. As she notes, they all share a unique sense of difference. They know what it is like to “look a little different” and to have a parent who “would stay too long at parent-teacher night discussing our marks”.
They practise dance steps choreographed by the local ballet teacher who designs the steps according to her assumed ideas “about what oriental dancing was”. Walking in the procession, she finds, along with her brother who rides in the children’s float, dressed in his pyjamas, a special sense of difference – one that is celebrated, applauded and nourished. “It was glorious to march before the cheering city, to smile and wave like royalty, to dance and be applauded by classmates – all for being Chinese”.
Joo-Inn comes to realise that she is Chinese with a difference: she is a half-caste with numerous parts that both conform to, and defy, stereotypes. Accordingly, Joo-Inn focuses on the cultural contradictions of her background and realizes that the “liabilities” are also “assets”; much depends upon attitude and one’s attitude to difference and opportunity. What is a drawback and a vulnerability to some, can become a real asset to others. Finding her place, she begins to feel “special” in Bendigo, which is as “half-half, as kooky and contradictory, as we were”. They were “part-Chinese but mostly Australian, same and different, just a little bit special.”
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The private residence sits on 300 square meter plot of land in Bangkok. The architect works with the brief, which gets translated into a two-story residential building that houses all the functional program and green spaces under one roof with a walkway designed to run around the house, along the glass block walls. The landscape architecture takes into consideration the space of the inner court, which is located in the area where it can utilize the house’s garden and green space to separate private living area from the public road situated toward the front of the house. The design of the inner court intends for the space to correspond with the presence of the living spaces and how they are used. The inner court is divided into two parts, one for each floor of the house.
The court at the ground level connecting to the yoga room is designed into a rock garden, using feature stones and gravel floor with the rather confined space. The rock garden’s philosophical and physical characteristics also set the meditative mood for the yoga room, which has a direct access to the minimal inner court. The view from the other side of the glass wall makes the rock garden seem more spacious. Material wise, the small gravels covering the floor appear in various patterns through time, functioning like the owner’s personal canvas with the landscape’s ground’s physical forms and visuals that are changeable as desired.
Placed at the back of the house, as a part of the green walkway that runs around the residence is the edible garden with vegetable growing in wooden crates and a number of fruit trees.
Inside the house, a large, 6-7 meter tall tree is growing, piercing through the height of the house’s upper floor and connecting the indoor green spaces into one unified narrative. The architect and landscape designer work together and add a wooden patio that embraces the big tree. The patio serves as an additional living space on the second story while the presence of the tree brings the green element to the living space on the house’s upper floor.
Foliage Plants and potter garden are chosen for the green space on the second floor. The plants and pots are thoughtfully selected and curated to perfectly complement the owner’s favorite wooden chairs, as well as to make the small garden easy to maintain and readjusted in the future. This little corner garden brings an extra lushness to the house and is clearly visible from the adjacent bedroom. Since the wooden patio’s ability to bear the weight of potter garden and water drainage were among the concerns, the plant materials and type of pots chosen for the garden were taken into consideration for the direct effects they have on the second floor’s load bearing.
The plants are selected for the visuals and functional merits they bring to the landscape and the house in general, and their ability to thrive in the semi-indoor space with more exposure to natural light during the day. In the meantime, the plants’ physical attributes complement and correspond with the style and materials of the house beautifully.
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- Akepakin Interior & Construction
- Rojer Garden
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Victim Patricia Ward was longtime Farmingdale State College professor.
A 20-year-old woman was hospitalized Saturday after her vehicle was struck by a Long Island Rail Road train in Huntington Station, the MTA said....
A 21-year-old Central Islip man was arrested Friday after he allegedly took police on a chase in a stolen vehicle that ended with him...
LIRR union and MTA leaders may be close to reaching a deal.
“We must do everything we can to prevent Long Islanders from being held hostage by a strike."
The officer is accused of pushing a 64-year-old man to the ground, injuring his head and arm.
It predicts that the Third Track would add 14,000 jobs, $3 billion in personal income, $5.6 billion to our Gross Regional Product, 35,000 new residents, $40 million in additional sales tax revenue and $103 million in added property tax revenue.
LIRR workers have threatened to strike come July if they don't get a new contract after working without one for four years.


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We are seeking a dedicated, patient care enthusiast to join the Surgi-Care Branch of DJO as an Orthotist in Oakland, ME. This unique opening will allow you to design and fabricate medical support devices while working at a service-oriented business.
Orthotists use existing service and educational skills to deliver orthotic products to clients in a way that enhances both Surgi-Care and DJO’s reputation for excellence. Orthotists are responsible for evaluating and measuring patients for orthotic devices, safely and correctly fitting devices to patients, educating patients and their caregivers on the safe and appropriate use of such devices, and properly documenting the provision of all products and services.
Clinical Support and Patient Care
Educates patients and their caregivers on the proper use and care of orthopedic equipment and bracing devices.
Evaluates, measures, and fits orthotic devices to patients.
Reviews prescriptions that specify the type of appliance to be made, performs examinations of the patient’s affected area, makes plaster casts to determine the type and design of the device needed, and selects the appropriate materials and components so the devices work properly.
Counsels patients on how to use the devices and proper maintenance.
Articulates description of orthopedic conditions based on the understanding of anatomical structures and their relationships with one another.
Collects copay and deductible amounts from patients.
Collaborates with internal teams on patient care, scheduling, etc.
Resolves customer issues by working directly with internal resources and/or the customer.
Provides patient care at Company locations, and in physician offices, hospitals, and/or patient homes.
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ABOUT DJO GLOBAL
DJO Global is a leading global developer, manufacturer and distributor of high-quality medical devices that provide solutions for musculoskeletal health, vascular health and pain management. Our products address the continuum of patient care from injury prevention to rehabilitation after surgery, injury or from degenerative disease, enabling people to regain or maintain their natural motion. Our products are used by orthopedic specialists, spine surgeons, primary care physicians, pain management specialists, physical therapists, podiatrists, chiropractors, athletic trainers and other healthcare professionals. In addition, many of our medical devices and related accessories are used by athletes and patients for injury prevention and at-home physical therapy treatment. Product lines include rigid and soft orthopedic bracing, hot and cold therapy, bone growth stimulators, vascular therapy systems and compression garments, therapeutic shoes and inserts, electrical stimulators used for pain management and physical therapy products. Our surgical division offers a comprehensive suite of reconstructive joint products for the hip, knee and shoulder. Our products are marketed under a portfolio of brands including Aircast®, Chattanooga, CMF™, Compex®, DonJoy®, ProCare®, Exos™, Dr. Comfort®, DonJoy Performance® and DJO® Surgical.
For additional information on the Company, please visit www.DJOglobal.com.
DJO is a growing subsidiary of diversified technology leader Colfax Corporation
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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws.
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Enovis™ is a medical technology company focused on developing clinically differentiated solutions that generate measurably better patient outcomes and transform workflows.
Powered by a culture of continuous improvement, extraordinary talent and innovation, we ‘create better together’ by partnering with healthcare professionals. Our extensive range of products, services and integrated technologies fuel active lifestyles.


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2022: A Year in Review
As we set out of offices and get ready to lock up the office for a couple of weeks, we wanted to look back at what has been an amazingly busy and exciting year for us at Dublin Fringe Festival.
The 2022 edition of the festival saw 567 performances take place in 32 venues across Dublin City, welcoming more than 32,000 audience members to 54 world premieres in a programme of 65 shows put together by more than 500 artists and championed by 150 volunteers! Beginning with the smash-hit celebration WAKE by thisispopbaby and ending with Remnant Ecologies by Jony Easterby lighting up the Botanic Gardens, it was a festival to remember.
Weft resulted in 4 exciting multidisciplinary performances as part of this year’s festival. Seeing Hive City Legacy: Dublin Chapter, Spear, Filmore! and The Perfect Immigrant come to life in venues across the city, and welcoming our Weft Audience Club to festival events was a fantastic culmination of an 18 month project we’re very proud of and we hope goes on to have a meaningful legacy. Our trailblazing project partners Hot Brown Honey, Origins Eile and Carys D. Coburn made this work possible. We worked with an incredible network of artists and partners as part of Weft and we will continue this work in the years to come.
Over 12 months, we have welcomed more than 5000 artists through FRINGE LAB. Over the year the studios have played host to a selection of brand-new artists and industry leaders. We piloted the Break New Ground Bursary for artists working towards a Dublin Fringe Festival debut, initiated our new artist-led Supper Clubs and saw the return of our scratch night FRINGE FUSE. We had online and in-person activities, providing targeted mentorship opportunities, our monthly coffee morning Elevenses and presenting a series of skills development workshops with national and international mentors. We hosted six fantastic Resident Artists: Ciara Ní É, Tolü McKay, Iseult Deane, Dagogo Hart, Dara Hoban and Ian Toner and national artist residencies with Artist at Work.
We even found time for innovation, bringing to life the Make Space For Art Fund to support projects made for non-traditional performance spaces in Dublin, writing a new 5 year strategy for the organisation and introducing two new Associate Artist positions to our year round team. We’ve been busy!
There is so much to come, starting early in the new year as we open festival applications as usual in January but for now we’re off to rest and recharge.
Have a wonderful break – see you next year!


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Just two points separate the top five ahead of another action-packed Sky Bet Championship schedule this weekend.With four of the top six facing off, as well as some intriguing battles further down the table, it's a weekend not to be missed.
Here are all upcoming Sky Bet Championship fixtures at a glance (kick-off is 3pm unless stated):
Friday 27th November
Hull City v Derby County (7.45pm – live on Sky Sports)
Saturday 28th November
Charlton Athletic v Ipswich Town (12.30pm – live on Sky Sports)
Blackburn Rovers v Sheffield Wednesday
Brighton & Hove Albion v Birmingham City
Cardiff City v Burnley
Fulham v Preston North End
Huddersfield Town v Middlesbrough
Nottingham Forest v Reading
Queen's Park Rangers v Leeds United
Rotherham United v Bristol City
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Milton Keynes Dons
Monday 30th November
Bolton Wanderers v Brentford (7.45pm – live on Sky Sports)
League leaders Hull City kick-off the weekend's action on Friday night, hosting fourth-placed Derby County at the KC Stadium.
These two teams possess the best defensive records in The Football League, having only conceded 20 goals from a combined 34 matches. The Rams will leapfrog Hull at the summit with a win, and you can watch this one live on Sky Sports.
Read more: Live on Sky Sports: Hull City v Derby County
Saturday's action begins with Charlton Athletic hosting Ipswich Town, in another match live on Sky Sports.
The Addicks have picked up form in recent weeks, winning their last two matches under interim boss Karel Fraeye, and his latest challenge comes against the Tractor Boys, who are unbeaten in five.
Fulham are another side currently without a permanent boss, and caretaker Peter Grant will lead the Cottagers out once more when they face Preston North End.
This weekend also sees second games in charge for new bosses David Wagner and Paul Lambert. Wagner's Huddersfield are winless in five and take on high-flying Middlesbrough, while Lambert's next test as Blackburn boss sees them host Sheffield Wednesday.
Sixth-placed Birmingham travel to the only unbeaten side in The Football League, Brighton & Hove Albion, in another clash towards the top of the table. The Seagulls extended their remarkable undefeated run to 17 games at Burnley last weekend, and sit level on points with Hull at the summit.
Read more: Brighton v Birmingham - Chris Hughton welcomes former club in bid to sustain unbeaten run
At the opposite end of the table, Rotherham take on Bristol City, with the Millers sitting 23rd. An impressive win at Leeds last time out saw them climb off the bottom, but they face a Robins side unbeaten in three.
Milton Keynes also occupy a place in the bottom three and they travel to Wolves. Elsewhere, Cardiff host Burnley and QPR face off against Leeds at Loftus Road.
The final fixture of the weekend sees Brentford travel to Bolton Wanderers on Monday night. Neil Lennon's side sit bottom of the form table and bottom of the Championship, and you can see if they can bring that run to an end live on Sky Sports.
Match Official Appointments
The match official appointments for this weekend's Football League fixtures were announced earlier this week.
Click here to see the match officials on Sky Bet Championship duty this weekend.
Don't miss it!
You can follow all the Sky Bet Championship Matchday 18 action this weekend via the division's official Twitter feed, @SkyBetChamp.

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Tube amplifiers, also known as valve amplifiers, hold a special place in the hearts of audiophiles and musicians. Renowned for their vintage, warm sound, these amplifiers have garnered a loyal following over the years. One question that often crops up in discussions about tube amplifiers is whether they need time to warm up before delivering their best performance. In this article, we will dive into the world of tube amplifiers, explore why warming up matters, and offer practical insights.
Understanding the Basics of Tube Amplifiers
Before we get into the nitty-gritty of warming up tube amplifiers, let’s take a moment to grasp their fundamental workings. Tube amplifiers rely on vacuum tubes, or valves, to amplify audio signals. Inside these tubes, electrons flow between electrodes, a process that facilitates amplification. Tube amplifiers typically feature different types of tubes, such as preamp tubes and power tubes, each serving a specific role in the amplification chain.
Why Warm-Up Time is Crucial
Warming up a tube amplifier is more than just a tradition; it’s deeply rooted in the physics of vacuum tube operation and can significantly impact performance. Here are the key reasons why tube amplifiers require a warm-up period:
1. Stable Bias
Vacuum tubes need a stable operating temperature to maintain a consistent bias voltage. Biasing is the process of setting the correct voltage on the tubes, ensuring they operate optimally. When tubes are cold, their electrical characteristics can fluctuate, leading to tonal inconsistencies and unwanted distortion.
2. Extended Tube Life
Thermal shock can dramatically affect the lifespan of vacuum tubes. Switching on a cold amplifier abruptly can subject the tubes to sudden temperature changes, potentially shortening their longevity. Gradually warming up the tubes helps mitigate this issue and prolongs their life.
3. Improved Tone
One of the primary reasons enthusiasts adore tube amplifiers is their warm, rich, and harmonically pleasing sound. A properly warmed-up tube amplifier can produce its best tone because the tubes operate more consistently and predictably when at their ideal temperature.
The warm-up period for a tube amplifier can vary depending on several factors, including the type of tubes used, the amplifier’s design, and individual preferences. However, there are some general guidelines to consider:
– Preamp Tubes
Preamp tubes, responsible for initial signal processing, typically warm up faster than power tubes. In most cases, allowing 5-10 minutes for preamp tubes to reach their optimal operating temperature should suffice.
– Power Tubes
Power tubes, responsible for the amplifier’s output, generally require more time to warm up. It’s advisable to let them run for at least 15-30 minutes to reach their ideal operating temperature fully.
– Listen for Tonal Changes
Experienced tube amplifier users often notice audible changes when the amplifier has reached its ideal temperature. You may perceive a gradual improvement in tone and a reduction in any initial “muddiness” or distortion, indicating that it’s ready for action.
– Standby Switch
Some tube amplifiers come equipped with a standby switch, allowing you to warm up the tubes without sending audio to the speakers. This feature can be invaluable for prolonging tube life and reducing wear and tear on your speakers.
In summary, tube amplifiers indeed benefit from a warm-up period. Allowing the tubes to reach their ideal operating temperature ensures stable bias, extends tube life, and produces the best possible tone. While there isn’t a strict rule regarding how long a tube amplifier should warm up, a general guideline is to let it run for at least 5-10 minutes for preamp tubes and 15-30 minutes for power tubes. Understanding and respecting the warm-up process can enhance your tube amplifier experience, whether you’re a musician or an audiophile seeking that classic, warm tube sound. So, next time you power up your tube amplifier, remember the importance of the warm-up ritual for an audio experience that truly shines.
Author: Mike P
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