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Destined for a career in music, it’s no surprise that the Portuguese speaking rapper, ALEEX’s knack for sugary, auto-tuned verses has allowed him to flourish. One of his most recent efforts, the single “REAIS”, fully immerses listeners into his unique style — embodying the new wave’s signature, melodic sound in the process. Stoking the flames of the fire his previous releases ignited, the underground rising star stirs up rap circles by continuing to shape excitement around his releases. Amid scheduling new music, his team at INPU Music – an independent music label – is driving ALEEX’s career to new heights.
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With twisting melodic vocal stacks and a head-bobbing 808 drum pattern, “REAIS” has a constant push and pull rhythm which is nothing short of captivating. The production on the track is colorful and glistening. It shines with the forward-thinking trap and new wave elements, infused into its construction.
ALEEX’s range is on full display, as he uses his upper register with echoed presets that seemingly melt in your headphones. “REAIS” is simply iridescent — packed to the brim with mesmerizing vocal tones and gorgeous production throughout.
If there’s anything the up-and-coming singer can’t do, its leave things unsaid, as it seems he is saying a lot on “REAIS”. And he is saying it with conviction and determination. ALEEX has all the ingredients of an ideal up and coming protagonist on the scene — capturing the essence of fresh wonder with the skillset of a seasoned pro.
Continuing to assert his arrival with melodic flows and distorted bubblegum beats, ALEEX’s patented talent for creating catchy hooks and spitting tight rhymes doesn’t go unnoticed on “REAIS”. Building a name for himself in the underground, ALEEX has hit his stride in a big way with this track, after having already released a handful of new wave bangers.
“REAIS” is perhaps one of the strongest additions to ALEEX’s discography. Continuing to prove that he’s worth any talk or hype surrounding him. The voice and the music seem to strike a perfect balance of chemistry and charisma.
Simply put, he’s one-of-a-kind, holding his own by singing, rapping and curating a catchy, vibrant sound, packed with a plethora of diverse influences. Ultimately, there’s no stopping ALEEX right now, as he continues to work in his goal to achieve greatness.
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In 2002, a young woman in Pakistan named Mukhtar Mai was gang-raped as punishment for her 12-year-old brother’s alleged affair with a woman of a higher clan.
Because of Mai’s determination to seek justice, the 13 accused were detained. She has pressed charges through to Pakistan’s Supreme Court, and as a result,has faced threats from local feudal lords and government officials.
Mukhtar Mai has been honored by Time and Glamour magazines, and received a special award at the International Women’s Health Coalition’s 2006 gala for her strength, courage, and leadership. Since bringing her case to the attention of the world, Mai has opened a school to change the way future generations of women and men treat each other.
In his most recent column and a Nicholas Kristof writes about the courageous actions that Mai is taking to uphold the human rights of girls and women. For example: Assiya Rafiq. With Mukhtar Mai’s support and assistance, Assiya is speaking out and pursuing a lawsuit against the men who gang raped her, including four police officers.
To find out more about Rafiq and actions you can take on her behalf, check out Kristof’s follow-up blog post.
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Secret Window to the Parapharyngeal Space: The Transcervical Transdigastric Approach
Corresponding Author: Nor Hafiza Qualickuz Zanan, Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Phone: +60193680814, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.org
How to cite this article Zanan NHQ, Azman M, MH Kong, et al. Secret Window to the Parapharyngeal Space: The Transcervical Transdigastric Approach. Int J Head Neck Surg 2021;12(1):34–36.
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Aim: To highlight the transcervical transdigastric approach to the parapharyngeal space.
Background: The parapharyngeal space (PPS) contains important neurovascular structures and hence requires meticulous dissection when working with tumors in this space. Surgical access to this blind space is limited, and approach would depend on several factors such as location and extension of tumor, fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) report if available, as well as surgeon’s preference and experience. There are limited publications describing the transcervical transdigastric approach to tumors in the PPS.
Case description: We present two cases of tumor in the PPS that were addressed using the transcervical transdigastric approach. One patient presented with a painless submental mass, while the other had incidental finding of a PPS tumor on computed tomography scan. Both tumors were histologically benign.
Conclusion: The transcervical transdigastric approach to the PPS gives adequate exposure to the surgical field of interest and enables complete excision of well-encapsulated PPS tumors.
Clinical significance: The transcervical transdigastric approach allows access to the PPS without aggressive dissection, therefore, avoiding the potential morbidity associated with PPS tumor resection.
Keywords: Benign tumor, Cervical, Cervicodigastric, Parapharyngeal space, Surgical approach..
The parapharyngeal space (PPS) has often been described as an inverted pyramid-like space, whose base is at the sphenoid bone, while the apex is at the greater cornu of the hyoid bone.1 Medially, it is bounded by the parapharyngeal wall as well as the buccopharyngeal fascia. The medial pterygoid and ascending ramus of mandible in the anterior portion and parotid gland with its fascia in the posterior portion binds the PPS laterally. Fascia from the styloid process to the tensor veli palatine muscle divides the parapharyngeal space into prestyloid and post-styloid space. The post-styloid space contains the bifurcation of the common carotid artery, the internal and external carotid arteries, lower four cranial nerves, cervical sympathetic chain, and a few lymph nodes.2 The portion of deep lobe of the parotid gland which is located posterior and medial to the ramus of mandible is said to be in the prestyloid space, along with some minor salivary glands and parapharyngeal fat.3
There are several surgical techniques practiced throughout the world for excision of PPS tumors, namely, the transcervical approach, cervicosubmaxillary approach, in which the submandibular salivary gland is removed or reflected upward to allow better access to the antero-inferior aspect of the PPS, and the transparotid approach for deep lobe parotid tumors. Transcervical approach is the most commonly used technique, especially if dealing with post styloid space tumors.2,4 This approach provides direct access to the PPS and sufficient control of the neck neurovascular bundle. It is useful for large tumors of both benign and malignant type.3 The transparotid approach on the other hand is used for prestyloid tumors.2 The main disadvantage of transparotid approach is possible injury to the facial nerve during surgical handling, as the surgery involves dissection and manipulation of all branches of the facial nerve which can lead to postoperative neuropraxia or even paralysis.3 In cases where exposure or access is difficult following the cervical or cervicoparotid approaches, a mandibulotomy can be done. It is especially necessary for extensive tumors, those that require a radical excision and for malignant tumors.2,4,5 Several sites for osteotomy have been reported, which include mandibular body, angle of ramus, and parasymphyseal. It is important to minimize injury to the inferior alveolar nerve while providing access to the PPS. The orbitozygomatic middle fossa approach is reserved for large tumors of the PPS with considerable skull base involvement. In recent years, the intraoral approach has been shamed, as it does not give satisfactory control of the neck great vessels and cranial nerves as well as being associated with higher risk of capsule rapture and tumor seeding during surgery. The ultimate aim of surgery, regardless of technique, is maximal exposure for complete tumor removal while preserving the vital structures and minimizing postoperative morbidity.2
An 18-year-old gentleman with no known medical problem who presented to us with a painless but rapidly enlarging submental mass, associated with a mass in the floor of mouth for 2 weeks duration. On examination of the neck, there was a 5 × 4 cm firm and nontender swelling at level I. The swelling was mobile, and there was no overlying skin changes. Intraorally, the floor of mouth was raised, pushing the tongue to the left side. The overlying mucosa was healthy. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a left parapharyngeal enhancing mass arising from the jugular fossa, extending down to the parotid space, sparing the hypoglossal canal (Fig. 1). An excision of the mass through the transcervical transdigastric approach was performed, and histopathological examination was reported to be a neurofibroma. His surgery was complicated by a left vocal cord paralysis for which injection thyroplasty was done successfully.
A 41-year-old lady who was asymptomatic but found to have a right parapharyngeal tumor on a computed tomography (CT) scan done for breakthrough seizure. The CT scan showed a non-enhancing mass measuring 3.0 × 2.5 × 3.0 cm with well-defined margin in the prestyloid region of the right PPS at the level of the oropharynx. It appears to be abutting the deep lobe of parotid gland (Fig. 2). There was no abnormalities noted on clinical examination. This patient was also subjected to a transcervical transdigastric excision of tumor which was later reported to be a pleomorphic adenoma. We chose this approach instead of transparotid, as the latter carries higher risk of morbidity in relation to facial nerve function. This patient was completely well post-surgery.
In both cases, the surgical steps taken involves a transcervical skin incision, raising the subplatysmal flap as well as identifying and preserving important neurovascular structures within the PPS. The anterior border of sternocleidomastoid muscle was delineated and retracted posteriorly. The digastric muscle was identified and cut at the tendon. This gave us adequate access to the PPS tumor. In the first case, tumor was excised in piece meal through digital manipulation while in the second case it was removed in toto.
Tumor in the PPS represents less than 1% of all tumors in the head and neck.5,6 Of these, the most common pathology is benign salivary gland tumor, followed by benign neurogenic neoplasm, and hemangioma. Very rarely, a tumor in the PPS is of malignant type.5 They may be primary, metastatic, or extension from the adjacent neck spaces.
The main presenting symptoms of a tumor in the PPS are painless neck, parotid or intraoral swelling, dysphagia, foreign body sensation in the throat, nasal obstruction, and facial nerve paralysis.5,6 Some may present with hoarseness, slurring of speech, or weakness of shoulder.2 A retrospective study done by Dimitrijevic et al. in 2010 revealed that 17% of patients were asymptomatic and was found to have PPS tumor on imaging done for another reason. Common clinical manifestations include palpable neck mass posterior to the mandibular angle, intraoral/pharyngeal mass causing displacement of the lateral pharyngeal wall, soft palate or tonsil, and cranial nerves IX, X, and XII palsy.3
Radiological examination is essential in making a diagnosis of PPS tumor and for deciding on the best surgical approach. Computed tomography with contrast, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as well as angiography will provide us with the necessary information before embarking on surgery. The most important information that we look for is the localization of the tumor whether it is in the pre- or post-styloid space, its relation to the parotid gland and major blood vessels, and the tissue characteristic of the tumor. Magnetic resonance imaging is superior to CT, as it can differentiate tumors of the deep lobe of parotid from neurogenic lesions or carotid body tumors as well as delineate the relation between the tumor and important neurovascular structures.6 In cases of prestyloid tumors, if MRI shows a fatty plane between the tumor and the parotid deep lobe, this indicates that the tumor is separate from the lobe, while absence of this plane indicates that the tumor originates from or has invaded the parotid gland.3 Angiography is recommended if there is suspicion of carotid artery involvement or a paraganglioma is suspected.6
Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) can be extremely helpful for the preoperative evaluation of a PPS tumor. It should be done once the diagnosis of vascular lesions is ruled out by the imaging studies.7,8 CT- or ultrasound-guided FNAC is advocated for deep seated PPS tumors. It has less risks of tumor spillage and seeding than open biopsy hence can be used safely. Open biopsy through intraoral approach is reserved for cases, where the PPS tumor is small and projects sufficiently into the oropharynx, usually causing a soft palate displacement. The advantage of an open biopsy is that it always confirms the diagnosis, but it may be associated with residual tumor or recurrence if not excised adequately.3
Postoperative complications associated with excision of PPS tumor includes hoarseness, Horner’s syndrome, facial nerve paralysis, and first bite syndrome.5 The incidence of cranial nerve deficit is related to the nature of tumor, whereby surgery involving malignant or neurogenic tumors are at higher risk of postoperative cranial nerve dysfunction.5,9 Where mandibulotomy is performed, there is risk of temporomandibular joint dysfunction, nonunion, plate extrusion, and tooth loss.9
As mentioned earlier, there are many methods practiced by surgeons worldwide in accessing the PPS. The transcervical transdigastric approach that we would like to highlight in this report begins with a curvilinear skin incision made approximately 2 finger breadths below the lower border of the mandible, followed by raising the subplatysmal flap up to the level of the mandible. The marginal mandibular branch of facial nerve is identified and preserved. The sternocleidomastoid muscle is then retracted posteriorly, and the carotid artery, internal jugular vein (IJV), and hypoglossal nerve are identified and preserved. Later, the posterior belly of the digastric muscle is identified and divided to improve the access to the PPS. If necessary, the facial artery is ligated. The tumor is then dissected from the surrounding tissues. Hemostasis is secured by means of ligation and diathermy. Surgical field is then irrigated with copious amount of warm saline. A surgical drain is inserted before closing the wound in two layers. The major advantage of the transcervical transdigastric technique which we would like to emphasize is that it allows access to the PPS without dissection and manipulation of facial nerve, hence reducing the risk of postoperative cosmetic morbidity. Operating time is also less when using the transcervical transdigastric method because it does not require parotidectomy and identification of facial nerve. The carotid artery, IJV, hypoglossal, and vagus nerves are also identified earlier when using this approach. The transcervical transdigastric technique gives good control of the major blood vessels and cranial nerves in the neck. Furthermore, reconstructive procedures are not required when adopting this method. This approach also does not require mandibulotomy. The limitation of the transcervical transdigastric approach would be in cases of large PPS tumors with significant skull base involvement as well as tumors which encase the carotid or internal jugular vessels and with features suggestive of malignancy.
Shahab et al. in 2005 demonstrated that the 5-year and 10-year survival rate for benign PPS tumor is 100%. For malignancies, the 5-year survival was 93% but fall to 57% at 10 years. This study showed that a patient is highly unlikely to die of a benign PPS tumor; therefore, it is imperative to discuss the surgical treatment with the patient and provide an option with the least morbidity.
The transcervical transdigastric technique by means of dividing the posterior belly of the digastric muscle gives adequate exposure to the PPS for complete tumor removal while preserving the vital structures and obviates the need for mandibulotomy or any major reconstructive procedures.
The transcervical transdigastric approach minimizes postoperative functional and cosmetic morbidity. It is a good option when dealing with small, well-encapsulated PPS tumor of benign nature.
1. Bozza F, Vigili MG, Ruscito P, et al. Surgical management of parapharyngeal space tumours: results of 10-year follow-up. Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital 2009;29(1):10–15.
2. Singh M, Gupta SC, Singla A. Our experiences with parapharyngeal space tumors and systematic review of the literature. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2009;61(2):112–119. DOI: 10.1007/s12070-009-0047-z.
3. Papadogeorgakis N, Petsinis V, Goutzanis L, et al. Parapharyngeal space tumors: surgical approaches in a series of 13 cases. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2010;39(3):243–250. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2009.11.011.
4. Hazarika P, Dipak RN, Parul P, et al. Surgical access to parapharyngeal space tumours - the Manipal experience. Med J Malaysia 2004;59(3):323–329.
9. Anna I, Juris T, Valerija G. Surgical approaches and postoperative complications of parapharyngeal space tumours. Acta Chirurgica Latviensis 2013;12(1):20–23.
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Hong Kong introduces tax concessions for carried interest
The Hong Kong Government introduced the Inland Revenue (Amendment) (Tax Concessions for Carried Interest) Bill 2021 (the Bill) on 28 January 2021. The Bill proposes a tax regime offering tax incentives for eligible carried interest of qualifying persons and qualifying employees. Subject to the passage of the Bill by the Legislative Council, the provisions of the Bill will apply to eligible carried interest received or accrued on or after 1 April 2020.
This Alert summarizes the key provisions of the tax regime.
The proposed Bill provides that eligible carried interest arising from in-scope transactions received by qualifying recipients for the provision of investment management services to qualifying payers is not subject to tax in Hong Kong.
Eligible carried interest
Eligible carried interest refers to a sum received by, or accrued to, a person by way of a profit-related return1 from the provision of investment management services.
As a prerequisite to the concessionary tax regime, the eligible carried interest must arise from profits on the in-scope transactions2 of private equity (PE) funds which are exempt from profits tax under the Unified Fund Exemption Regime (UFR).
A ”qualifying payer” is any of the following:
A ”qualifying recipient” includes the following persons providing investment management services to a certified investment fund or specified entity in Hong Kong or arranging the relevant services to be carried out in Hong Kong:
Provision of investment management services
The Bill sets out a non-exhaustive list of investment management services as follows:
In addition, the Bill requires that the qualifying person must have: (i) an adequate number of full-time qualified employees; and (ii) an adequate amount of operating expenditure incurred in Hong Kong in every relevant year of assessment (applicable period)3 as follows:
1. The Bill proposes that a sum is a profit-related return if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
2. Including profits on investments, on particular investments, or on a disposal of investment that are earned from a transaction:
Subject to the facts and circumstances, certain hedging transactions forming part and parcel of the PE transaction and the relevant profits are embedded in the profit or loss on the PE transaction for the calculation of eligible carried interest may also qualify.
3. Covering the period beginning on the day on which a person begins to carry out investment management services directly or indirectly for a certified investment fund or specified entity and ending on the day on which eligible carried interest is received by, or accrued to, the person.
For additional information with respect to this Alert, please contact the following:
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By Martyn• 29 Mar 2016
On Saturday April 2nd, the Jim Beam Homegrown Festival will once again fill Wellington's beautiful waterfront with over 44 acts performing across six stages to a crowd of thousands. Held annually since 2008, the festival is always a great chance to check out a wide range of established New Zealand bands, DJs, rappers and solo artists under what often tends to be sunny conditions. Running between 1pm to 11pm, it's a long day, but one well worth it for attendees. If you love New Zealand music, Jim Beam Homegrown is one of those place where memories are made, and as well as hearing your old favourites, you'll probably discover a new musical love or two. To purchase tickets or find out more, visit Homegrown's official website here. Right, let's work our way through the stages.
Jim Beam Rock Stage: Located right down Jervois Quay, The Jim Beam Rock stage is well, your place for good old classic sounding Kiwi rock and metal. This year the day kicks off with emerging Auckland rock supergroup City of Souls (featuring members of Blindspott, Blacklistt and 8 Foot Sativa) followed by Wellington sludge metal heroes Beastwars and classic Kiwi garage rockers The Datsuns. After that we have Christchurch pop rock stalwarts The Feelers, newer rock blood Villainy and I Am Giant, with heavy rockers Blacklistt and Devilskin closing off the day. It's gonna be a day of heavy riffs, big hooks and pounding rhythms.
Locally Sourced Stage: Just down from the Jim Beam Rock stage, the Locally Sourced stage is your place to hear, you guessed it, newer local bands. It also includes the markets for the day, so drop by for food and shopping. Ladyfruit, Tyson Smith and Dugtrio will be your entertainment for the first half of the day, giving you a mixture of soul, blues and synth-funk vibes. Later in the day Lord Echo, BT & The Vibes and Troy Kingi will be sharing some serious boogie, blues-rock and funk vibes before The Toblerone Sessions close things out on a soul/funk tip.
Urban Stage: If you like folk pop, alternative RnB and hip-hop, the Urban Stage is the place for you. Situated just before the waterfront lagoon, it's a fun stage with food and drink available. On the day it's going to be effectively split into two segments. For the first half of the day Maala, Jamie McDell and Avalanche City will be presenting some poppy and folky sunshine sounds. Afterwards, with kiwi soul singer/rapper Ladi6 kicking off, the stage goes into a serious RnB/hip-hop mode. After Ladi6, well-known chart toppers P-Money, Home Brew, Savage and Stan Walker will do their thing, with intermission DJ sets from Wellington's very own club king DJ Marek. Expect a lot of classic New Zealand music from the last decade.
Lab Stage: On the other side of the lagoon, it's a similar mixed vibe over at the Lab Stage. After X-Factor star Beau Monga leads the charge, he will be followed by RnB/rap acts Donell Lewis ft Wrd Up, then some very localised New Zealand rap vibes from Team Dynamite and Average Rap Band. Later that day in a special moment, the loved Anika Moa is performing a special set with the equally loved Tiki Taane, afterwards Opshop frontman Jason Kerrison will play a solo set, leaving Sola Rosa Soundsystem to close the event with some wonky beats.
Lipton Ice Electronic Stage: Just around the corner from the LAB stage (near Te Papa), the Lipton Ice Electronic Stage is your place for dance music and DJ culture. House, drum and bass, trap and EDM look like the vibe for the day, so make sure your wear your sensible shoes. Cymbol 303 & This Pale Fire and The Beat Mafia are the first two acts of the day, followed by Dick Johnson and Dan Aux, making for a trajectory headed straight to partysville. Afterwards, The Peacekeepers vs K-Lab, Trei feat Tali, Tiki and Thomas Oliver and State of Mind will close things out with some serious drum and bass vibes.
Jim Beam Dub & Roots Stage: At the very end of the festival grounds lies the Jim Beam Dub & Roots Stage, the place for, as the name suggests, New Zealand Dub and Roots. It's a tremendously fun stage, as made clear by the line-up. Things start hot with sing-a-long favourites Katchafire, and only get hotter with funky rockers AHoriBuzz. After that, Sonz of Zion will keep the reggae vibes alive, before David Dallas shows us why he's one of the most popular rappers in the country. With Sunshine Sound System handling interlude DJing, the evening will close out with performances from The Black Seeds, Kora, and in a huge finale, Shapeshifter. Great vibes for all.

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“Soldiers came in to Doetan village in the evening of the 19th about 5pm,” he reportedly said. “Most of the men from the village ran away because they are afraid of being arrested and tortured. Then they started shooting and two were killed.”
Rights activist Chris Lewa, whose Arakan Project NGO operates in Maungdaw, confirmed the account and said two babies were also swept away as villagers tried to escape across a river.
Since then 100 people have reportedly been killed, hundreds detained by the military and at least 30,000 have fled. Numerous women claim to have been raped by troops.

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?In this way, the wind turbine manufacturer will be increasing its capacity for Europe threefold. In a first step, Nordex will be extending its annual rotor blade production to around 1,000MW. For this purpose, a new finishing hall will be completed by the end of the year, accompanied by extensions to the existing production facility to double the existing floor area. This will ensure that in the future it will also be possible for rotor blades with a length of over 50 meters to be produced. Nordex will then be commencing on the second phase of the project in May entailing the construction of a new turbine assembly and control cabinet plant with a floor area of around 25,600 square meters together with a new administration and service building on the site. Nordex will be creating at least 300 new jobs in connection with the extensions to its facilities in Rostock.


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Nalco researchers utilized natural, non-VOC materials to achieve the industry’s desire for effective and sustainable paint detackification for auto assembly and auto fascia wet spray booths. APEX delivers excellent system performance and operational efficiency while reducing water use, waste and overall cost of operations.
“This patent further highlights Nalco’s commitment to the auto industry,” said Eric Ouderkirk, director of Marketing for Nalco’s Global Manufacturing business. “We are dedicated to delivering innovative solutions that help automakers meet their performance, operational and sustainability goals.”
Currently used in more than 100 auto assembly plants worldwide, APEX detackification chemistry is one component of Nalco’s total paint booth solution, which includes world-class service and other innovative chemistries, such as Ultimer™ flocculant technology that was awarded the U.S. Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award. Using APEX technology, assembly plants can expect superior results and reductions in water, waste and chemical use.
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The research could lead to big financial savings for industry.
“Enzymes are usually very expensive items in chemistry or biochemistry,” said professor Basil Dalaly in South Dakota State University’s Department of Nutrition, Food Science and Hospitality. “One of the big obstacles in using enzymes in converting cellulose, or biomass, to ethanol is the high cost of enzymes. We are trying immobilize the enzyme by attaching it to beads.
“Afterwards, the enzyme could be used for more than one time — two, three, four, five times because the beads will keep the attached enzyme rather than allowing it to float away along with the processed products.”
Working with enzyme company Novozymes, Dalaly and his graduate student, Pavani Mandali, have evaluated several chemical methods to attach enzymes to beads. They then evaluated the enzyme activity, how well the enzymes attached to the beads and other technical variables.
“From our results so far, I can say we are successful in using the enzymes for five cycles, but with decreasing activity from 100 percent to 40 percent. We still retain 40 percent of the original activity of the enzyme,” Dalaly said.
He added that would be a huge financial advantage in industrial processes that rely on enzymes.
“Using the same enzyme for five times means you need not use a fresh batch of enzymes every time — you can use them over and over,” Dalaly said.
Mandali, who is working toward her Ph.D. in biological sciences, said the SDSU research shows enzymes attached to the beads have 95 percent of their original activity when used a second time; 75 percent of their original activity when used for a third cycle; 50 percent of their activity when used a fourth time; and about 35 to 40 percent of their original activity when used for a fifth processing cycle.
The SDSU study is part of a many-pronged project to develop more efficient methods to produce ethanol from cellulosic biomass, thought to be the source of the next generation of ethanol. Dalaly’s work uses biomass pretreated by engineers in SDSU’s Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering.
“We are trying now to use biomass, corn stover and DDGS to convert to ethanol,” Dalaly said.
His work so far shows the re-used enzymes work better on some biomass materials than others.
“In the near future we will use these immobilized enzymes in a small bioreactor on different kinds of biomass, not only corn stover and DDGS, but also big bluestem, switchgrass and prairie cordgrass,” Dalaly said.
Dalaly’s work also looks at questions such as the time for all of the biomass to be hydrolyzed, or broken down. The project also involves analyzing the hydrolyzed biomass to determine what monosaccharides, or simple sugars, are in the hydrolysate.
Dalaly said as the SDSU work continues, he and his student will address the problem of how to gather or recover the beads once a processing cycle is over.
In addition to the enzymes provided by Novozymes, the federal Department of Energy and the South Dakota Corn Utilization Council help support Dalaly’s research though grants. The North Central Sun Grant Center at SDSU also funded some of Dalaly’s early work looking at enzymes in pretreatment of biomass feedstocks.About South Dakota State University
The work of the university is carried out on a residential campus in Brookings, at sites in Sioux Falls, Pierre and Rapid City, and through Cooperative Extension offices and Agricultural Experiment Station research sites across the state.
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More and more automobile companies are focusing on body parts made of carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP). However, manufacturing and repair costs must be further reduced in order to make CFRP more economical in use. Together with the Volkswagen AG and five other partners in the project HolQueSt 3D, the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) has developed laser processes for the automatic trimming, drilling and repair of three-dimensional components.
Automated manufacturing processes are the basis for ultimately establishing the series production of CFRP components. In the project HolQueSt 3D, the LZH has...
Reflecting the structure of composites found in nature and the ancient world, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have synthesized thin carbon nanotube (CNT) textiles that exhibit both high electrical conductivity and a level of toughness that is about fifty times higher than copper films, currently used in electronics.
"The structural robustness of thin metal films has significant importance for the reliable operation of smart skin and flexible electronics including...
The nearby, giant radio galaxy M87 hosts a supermassive black hole (BH) and is well-known for its bright jet dominating the spectrum over ten orders of magnitude in frequency. Due to its proximity, jet prominence, and the large black hole mass, M87 is the best laboratory for investigating the formation, acceleration, and collimation of relativistic jets. A research team led by Silke Britzen from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, has found strong indication for turbulent processes connecting the accretion disk and the jet of that galaxy providing insights into the longstanding problem of the origin of astrophysical jets.
Supermassive black holes form some of the most enigmatic phenomena in astrophysics. Their enormous energy output is supposed to be generated by the...
The probability to find a certain number of photons inside a laser pulse usually corresponds to a classical distribution of independent events, the so-called...
Microprocessors based on atomically thin materials hold the promise of the evolution of traditional processors as well as new applications in the field of flexible electronics. Now, a TU Wien research team led by Thomas Müller has made a breakthrough in this field as part of an ongoing research project.
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Looking to add a spicy kick to your favorite dish? Heat is on-trend, and few ingredients offer the all-natural punch and versatility of horseradish.
As a healthy low-sodium, low fat option for flavoring food, horseradish contains high levels of vitamin C and has antibacterial properties to help your body naturally fight infection. It’s really one of the most super superfoods.
Hotter than true wasabi, horseradish is the perfect complement to a wide variety of foods, especially when it’s used to create a flavor combination. In fact, you may already be serving horseradish and not be aware, as most commercially available wasabi outside Japan is actually a mixture of horseradish, food coloring and mustard.
You can add horseradish to a variety of dishes for a kick of spicy flavor. It makes a great addition to scrambled eggs and omelets, or your deviled egg filling mixture. Already at home when served with oysters, roasted meats and sausages, horseradish is versatile enough to accompany smoked salmon, baked potatoes, or combine with mayonnaise for a zesty sandwich spread. You can even add it to soups and veggies, or use it to kick up your salsa and guacamole a notch! A bit of horseradish added to a Bloody Mary makes for an outstanding wake up call.
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Extrinsic Cation Selectivity of 2D Membranes
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Walker, M., Ubych, K., Saraswat, V., Chalklen, E., Braeuninger-Weimer, P., Caneva, S., Weatherup, R., et al. (2017). Extrinsic Cation Selectivity of 2D Membranes. ACS Nano, 11 (2), 1340-1346. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.6b06034
From a systematic study of the concentration driven diffusion of positive and negative ions across porous 2D membranes of graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), we prove their cation selectivity. Using the current−voltage characteristics of graphene and h-BN monolayers separating reservoirs of different salt concentrations, we calculate the reversal potential as a measure of selectivity. We tune the Debye screening length by exchanging the salt concentrations and demonstrate that negative surface charge gives rise to cation selectivity. Surprisingly, h-BN and graphene membranes show similar characteristics, strongly suggesting a common origin of selectivity in aqueous solvents. For the first time, we demonstrate that the cation flux can be increased by using ozone to create additional pores in graphene while maintaining excellent selectivity. We discuss opportunities to exploit our scalable method to use 2D membranes for applications including osmotic power conversion.
charge selective, defects, graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, porous 2D materials
This work was supported by the EPSRC Cambridge NanoDTC, EP/G037221/1, and EPSRC grant GRAPHTED, EP/K016636/1. R.S.W. acknowledges a Research Fellowship from St. John’s College, Cambridge, and a Marie SkłodowskaCurie Individual Fellowship (Global) under Grant ARTIST (No. 656870) from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. V.S. acknowledges funding from the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK. S.C. acknowledges funding from EPSRC (doctoral training award). U.F.K. was partly supported by an ERC consolidator grant DesignerPores 647144.
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Marie Sk?odowska-Curie actions (656870)
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.6b06034
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/263692
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Jolosutro Coast tourist attraction located in the village Ringenrejo, Blitar district or subdistrict Wates is about 45 km from the town of Blitar. Jolosutro beach is one beach in Blitar, which is part of the South coast of the Sea region. Jolosutro beach south sea waves have a very beautiful experience. Lots of tourists who want to refresh their minds to visit this natural beach. They can swim, sunbathing, fishing, boating, at the beach this Jolosutro. Jolosutro beach is ideal for weekend excursions with family. There is a very beautiful natural scenery that attract the tourists and the very fine sand along the beach. Water is blue and the sea breeze that greets the tourists is also a unique part of this beach. But because the beach Jolosutro generally not equipped facilities at tourist sites, tourists to visit finally goes down.


Neil Denton, co-ordinator of the Agencies Against Racist Crime and Harassment (Arch), welcomes the Government's proposals - in theory.
He says: "I welcome anything at a Government level which looks at how Government can help set a context and provide structures that allow communities to understand and accept the differences they have. There will be some people who feel very uncomfortable in light of what has happened since the alert, such as the two men being removed from a plane last week.
"We would urge that anybody experiencing anything negative should come forward and we also want to encourage people to open the hand of friendship in stressful times."
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Screening finds most breast cancers early, when survival is almost 100%. That means if more women attend screening, we can save more lives from breast cancer.
But the NHS target for how many women should be screened for breast cancer has just been missed for the fourth year in a row.
If we want to save more lives from breast cancer – things urgently need to change.
That’s why we’re calling on the government and NHS England to run a national breast screening awareness campaign, targeted at those who need it most.
A national awareness campaign would help encourage women to attend their appointment when invited. Making sure they understand the importance of breast screening and busting some of the myths that put people off going.


San Augustine County leads East Texas with 23 percent of people vaccinated
San Augustine County, Texas (KTRE) - San Augustine County is leading the way across East Texas when it comes to the number of people vaccinated against COVID-19.
About 23% of residents have received at least their first dose. Among others, Angelina County follows in at about 19%
A San Augustine County judge and the Angelina County health administrator share their strategy to making sure everyone who wants a vaccine can get one.
San Augustine County Judge Jeff Boyd says he requested vaccinations in every form and San Augustine residents showed up to get it done.
“We were getting them through our clinic here in town. We were getting them through Brookshire brothers as well. Our hospital had some and then, I kept putting pressure on the state and they kind of made us a mini hub off of the Lufkin hub,” Boyd said.
Boyd says they have distributed COVID-19 vaccines every Wednesday.
“We have given almost 1,200 first time, first dose vaccines out and we have done one round of second vaccines,” Boyd added. “So, we are rocking along pretty good. In about a 60-county area here, we’re way ahead of everybody else on percentage in dosage.”
According to the KTRE vaccine tracker, about 23 percent of San Augustine County residents have been vaccinated with their first dose.
“We started off with our seniors and we did that very well. I think the 30- to 40-year-olds are a little more hesitant to take it at this time. We have really been trying to encourage them to get those vaccinations. Even the 20 year olds. Everyone needs to get it,” Boyd explained.
Today, Angelina County residents received the first dose of the Moderna vaccine.
“We are hoping to do between 1,500 to 1,7000 vaccinations today,” said Sharon Shaw, the health administer at Angelina County and Cities Health District.
Shaw says some are still hesitant to get the vaccine.
“I think some of the vaccination rates vary across the state. Right now, we are all working under the phased approach. We did health care, we did 65 and older with chronic disease,” Shaw explained. “It just opened up for 50 and up, all of a sudden it is school personal and educators. Starting Monday, it is anyone 18 and up in the state of Texas can receive the vaccine.”
Shaw says they hope to increase allocations at the Angelina County hub each week.
If that happens, then the health district will be able to provide to neighboring counties such as Shelby, Sabine, Trinity, and Nacogdoches counties.
“Some of our neighboring counties like Polk and San Augustine. Since Angelina became a hub, we have been sharing vaccine with our partners every week. We provide a certain amount of doses, so they can plan clinics and alert the public to come in and register,” Shaw added.
There is a free vaccination clinic this Saturday, March 27, in San Augustine. It will be held at the senior citizen building on 405 Bolivar Street from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
It will be available for anyone 21 or older. Leftover vaccines will be administered from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. for anyone 50 or older.
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Clem Biney, a Ghanaian American hip hop, hip life, and rap artiste who grew up in brooklyn, New York is out with his latest single titled ‘I Gave You Style’ and it is simply a mind blowing song which is being loved by all.
The artiste has been a fan of hip hop and hip life music since he was a teenager. Growing up, he listened to some of the great rap artistes in the 90s and legendary musicians like Bob Marley, Lucky Dube, Reggie Rockstone, Lord Kenya, Obrafour and more were some of the artistes he never missed listening to.
Clem Biney explains how he is inspired. “As an artiste and a writer, my inspiration draws from my African background and the hardship my people face each and every day. I started writing poetry at the age of 17 and as time went on I turned that into music and started recording demos. I grew up with a single mother and so my mother is my mentor and inspiration.”
In 2016, when NPP won Ghana’s elections, he had the privilege to perform his single “Bermah” to some great people like Honourable Kennedy Agyapong when he came to New Jersey in America.
That same year he teamed up with DDMTV MUSIC Independent Record Label and released his single “Bermah” on the label’s website. Kwame Dillon Beatz produces his music and he is also the CEO of DDMTV MUSIC based in Kumasi, Ghana.
Clem Biney is a multi talented and gifted artiste who is poised to lead the next wave in hip hop and hip life music. He hopes to reach the entire world with his voice (message) so as to educate and liberate the minds of his people.
Interact with him on the various social media platforms.
Facebook@ClimBiney Instagram@NanathuGGie Snapchat@NanathuGGie Twitter@ClemBiney YouTube@ClemBiney
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Feb 19, 2018 0Revere actor, Adjetey Anang known by many as Pusher has hinted that, series hasn’t been given the mileage it deserves. To him, the initial enthusiasm that came with making series in Ghana has been quenched based on certain factors. Speaking to www.flexgh.com, the actor outlined that, series...
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Home Health Jobs in Bastrop, Louisiana
Are you a professional in the Home Health field and want a travel job in Bastrop, Louisiana area? Check out the options below to see if the perfect placement is waiting for you at trustaff. We are looking for experienced, caring Home Health to fill jobs throughout the country. Experience bastrop and get a chance to explore beautiful Louisiana on your time off.
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Oberoi, Neha in gangster love story
Mumbai: Actors Vivek Oberoi and Neha Sharma will be seen together in a gangster lover story to be produced by filmmaker Kumar Taurani.
"Tips starting new film with Vivek Oberoi and Neha Sharma. It`s a gangster love story," Taurani posted on his Twitter page.
Taurani has also asked his followers to suggest a title for the film.
Last seen in ‘Rakta Charitra’, Vivek is busy shooting for ‘Zilla Ghaziabad’ and ‘Krissh 2’. This would be Neha`s second film after ‘Crook’ in 2010.
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SymCom 77C-LR MotorSaver
SymCom Model 77C-LR MotorSaver is a fully-programmable electronic overload relay designed to monitor single-phase systems. It can be used as a stand-alone product or the communication port can be used to form a network and monitor the motors from a laptop or desktop computer, or other control system. Applications include conveyor systems, HVAC equipment, pumps, saws, grinders, and other single-phase electric motors.
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The Model 77C-LR includes a built-in current transformer (CT) which will handle applications from 2-90 Amps. An external current transformer can be implemented to handle applications up to 800 Amps. The Model 77C-LR is a low amperage range model used with motors drawing 1-9 full load amps. The following 14 parameters can be viewed from the 3-digit alphanumeric display or from a network computer: low voltage setpoint, high voltage setpoint, CT size/loops setting, over current trip point, undercurrent trip point, trip class (5, 10, 20, 25, 30, or linear), rapid-cycle timer (RD1), overload restart delay (RD2), under load restart delay (RD3), number of restarts after an overload (manual or automatic), RS-485 address, number of restarts after an under load fault, under load trip delay, and linear over current trip delay. Both the voltage and the line current can also be viewed while the motor is running.
The Model 77C can be used with an optional RS-485 module (P/N: RS485MS-2W) allowing up to 99 Model 77C, Model 777, Model 601,or RM-2000 units to be linked together using Modbus. From the computer, an operator can control the motor, view the operating parameters, or log information. SymCom’s Solutions software and RS-485 module are sold separately.
- Compact design saves precious panel space.
- Digital programmability permits precise customization.
- 15 parameters can be programmed for maximum protection.
- Voltage, current, last 4 faults, kWh usage, and power factor are recordable with communications package.
- RS-485 port offers communication capabilities with computerized systems using Modbus. (pn RS485MS-2W)
Protects Single-Phase Motors from:
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BlackBerry chief executive Thorsten Heins has revealed plans to expand the Canadian firm's smartphone portfolio, to incorporate lower-end devices, in a bid to keep up with the likes of Samsung and Apple....
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What Kanye West says, goes!
The rapper is now demanding that his wifey-to-be Kim Kardashian decline any and all paid appearances after her bizarre date to the Opera Ball in Vienna.
While the gig last week did pay her a cool $500,000, Kanye was "livid" when he found out her date Richard Lugner called her "annoying" and that she was approached by a man in blackface.
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Amy Adams looked stunning at the Oscars. We wouldn’t change a thing about her classic Gucci dress!!
But the fashionable actress has been known for her caress-worthy cleavage — ESPECIALLY after she showed off an impressive amount for her role in American Hustle!
So some people were wondering why she didn’t sizzle across the red carpet in something with a plunging neckline on Sunday.
Her answer was simply:
Is Josh Hutcherson slowly turning into a certified bada$$?!
Not only does the Hunger Games cutie drive a sweet motorcycle, but Josh says he wants to cover his body in tattoos!
Josh already has three pieces of body art on his hot bod, a libra astrological sign on his wrist, an anchor on the left side of his torso and a nautical-related tattoo in between his shoulder blades!
He must really like things that have to do with water.
The actor said in an interview about this love for body art:
No offense to the Oscars, but this sounds like a WAY better deal to us!
Andrew Garfield must've felt pretty bad that the planned Oscars segment he had with Batkid fell through because he drove out the very next day to hang out with the youngster and his family!
Apparently the actor who portrays Spiderman took Miles Scott and his family to Disneyland, and we're assuming they had a fabulous time together!
Here's what a rep for the Academy said:
From documenting LiLo's daily drama to turning in BAFTA-nominated performances, Oprah Winfrey has certainly kept herself busy since announcing her quasi-retirement!
And things promise to get even more intense this Sunday when she sits down to interview Russell Brand on Oprah Prime!!!
(In case you're confused, her show used to be called Oprah's Next Chapter but this weekend it's undergoing a re-branding. A re-BRANDing, get it? Ha!)
We know what you're thinking: Katy Perry's kooky ex-husband is HIGHlarious! Any interview with that British bloke must be a real knee-slapper, right?
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Coming home from holidays I was bored in the car so when we were leaving Coffs Harbour I got Kev to stop at Spotlight so I could get some wool to make a baby blanket for the new gran baby ...
Well I was lucky the wool was all 30 -40% off so I did really well.
I bought 2 different types of wool....One bumpy and one with long strands and a size 8 crotchet hook.
I had no idea how it would make up but I liked the combination and thought it should look good..
And I was right with my choices it is making up wonderfully.It is so thick it will be great for winter.
I made it 50 stitches wide and it takes a ball of each wool to do 2 1/2 rows .Lucky I bought 10 rolls of each.
I did a bit in the car coming home but soon tired of it so I am finishing it at home.Can't wait till it is done....
This is a close up of the blanket.It is so thick.
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Today, we’re going to delve into some recent changes concerning the billing of home health claims.
The first change is a regulation that was implemented in July 2023. The second change is a proposed adjustment in the Home Health Proposed Rule for 2024. As of July 2023, it became mandatory to indicate telehealth services on your claims when such services are provided to the patient. It’s important to remember that Face-to-Face encounters are not billable services and should never be included in the home health claims. However, if the patient benefits from two-way audio-video telehealth services, audio-only telehealth services, or under remote patient monitoring, there are three specific G Codes to use. These codes were optional before July 1, 2023, but they are now mandatory.
It’s crucial that you include these telehealth services in your claims. Although they won’t boost your reimbursement currently, we’re hopeful that the data collected will soon lead to telehealth reimbursement under the Medicare benefit for home health.
Secondly, in the proposed regulations for 2024, the Disposable Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) treatments which are currently billed under the 324 bill type will see a change. At present, the clinician’s service in changing the disposable device and the device itself are billed on 324 bill type and paid separately. However, starting January 2024, this service will be reported on your standard Medicare Home Health claim. The nursing visits will be considered just another nursing visit reported on your claim and will be compensated under the HIPPS code payment. The device will be itemized on the claim as a separate line item and it will be paid separately in addition to your HIPPS code amount.
This represents a significant shift for those who have been correctly billing the Disposable Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) devices. It’s crucial that this information reaches your billing department. Although it’s a proposed rule at the moment, we anticipate it will be finalized.
Should you require any help with your home health billing, feel free to contact Healthcare Provider Solutions. We’re always ready to assist you.
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Boone County authorities are investigating a shooting near Huntsdale.
They say a guy showed up drunk to a home on Route O on Thursday night. He apparently started fighting a man and then a woman who live there.
The man who lives there grabbed a gun and said to stop fighting the woman. Deputies say the guy kept doing it though, so the man who lives there shot him twice.
The 52-year-old who was shot is in the hospital at last check. No criminal charges have been announced, but authorities are still investigating.


text: Jenna is a 10th grader at BHS and is very involved with the choir and theater programs. She recently performed in the fall play; The Dining Room and this will be her fourth show here at BHS. Jenna is in Advanced Women's Ensemble in choir and two a cappella groups; Chicappella and Pandemonium. She always has and always will love performing! She would like to give a special thanks to her friends and family for putting up with all of the crazy things she does!


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- 1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, or to taste
- 6 tablespoons Mama Lil's Peppers
- 1/4 pound smoked mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 3 tablespoons shredded Parmesan cheese
Boil pasta in ample water according to instructions on package (usually 8 to 10 minutes), or until al dente. Drain, rinse and let dry.
In food processor, mix together parsley, vinegar, mayonnaise, garlic, salt and pepper until combined. Toss with pasta.
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It’s time for another show recommendation at TVexamined. With many shows returning within the next few weeks, perhaps now is not the time to give you all something new to watch. However, this show could easily be watched in its entirety before most things come back so I encourage you to give it a try.
The second season of Playing House nearly didn’t happen. It was renewed by USA on the last possible day and with a slightly unusual (though helpful to me) arrangement. With the exception of the first and last episodes of the season, each episode was made available via OnDemand platforms a week before it aired on USA. That may explain why ratings were down in the second season but hopefully VOD numbers and the extra income from the Toyota placement made up for it because I need a season 3.
So why should you watch this underwatched show when there are so many options available to you? Before I get to my personal reasons, you should know that it’s been compared to either Parks and Recreation or Gilmore Girls in so many reviews this season and since those are two of my favorite shows of all time, in my opinion, there is no better compliment or endorsement. Those comparisons are entirely accurate and earned. It’s a good-hearted show and will make you cry, just like Parks and Rec often did. Pinebrook is filled with some very weird people, including the main characters, just like Stars Hollow and Pawnee. And just like Parks and Rec and Gilmore Girls, you will fall in love with it and never want it to go away.
The first thing you should know about this show is that it will make you laugh. That shouldn’t need to be said with a comedy, but it does. You will laugh at least once and probably multiple times in an episode. Whether it’s physical/sight comedy, a terribly timed comment by Emma, Maggie’s entire Bosephus act, or one of these wonderful characters doing something completely absurd, it’s a funny show.
In addition to the writing on this show being very funny, this cast is fantastic. Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham are best friends and frequent collaborators and that shines through in their chemistry and timing on screen. Keegan-Michael Key has nailed everything about his performance on both a comedic and dramatic level. There is a reason there has been a small but loud outcry for him to be cast in a romcom and that reason is that he is gorgeous and plays romance really well. The supporting actors, including Silicon Valley’s Zach Woods, are similarly incredible and make Pinebrook feel like a real and weird place.
Finally, this show is a beautiful tribute to the love between friends. Emma and Maggie have been friends for forever and with that, there is a natural ease and intimacy that comes from a lifetime of shared experiences. There are inside jokes and personality quirks that need no explaining, they are just part of what makes the other wonderful. Emma left Pinebrook and Maggie by extension when her career took her elsewhere. But there was never a doubt that Maggie would always be a priority and one of the loves of her life. She dropped everything and came home for her best friend and while many of us aren’t in positions where that would be feasible, it’s the same sentiment that underlies so many lifelong friendships that are separated by physical distance. It’s a friendship that will make you laugh, smile, and cry at its beauty and authenticity.
It is an incredibly special show and whether you come for the laughs, tears, or the cast of weirdos that occupy this story, I strongly encourage you to check it out. I can already guarantee it’ll be one of my favorite shows of 2015 and hope it will be one of yours as well.


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Empty Space Peter Brook Awards announce 2017 nominees
This year’s nominees have been announced for the Empty Space Peter Brook Awards.
Among the 2017 nominees for the main award are the Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester, the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond, Cardiff’s the Other Room, Paines Plough’s Roundabout, and the Yard Theatre and Tara Arts in London.
The Everyman Company at the Everyman in Liverpool, Les Enfants Terribles and Theatre503 are also included in the nominees for the two other prizes.
The awards, now in their 28th year, commend innovations by smaller theatre companies that receive little or no public funding.
Alongside the awards’ founder Blanche Marvin on the judging panel are theatre critics and The Stage associate editors Lyn Gardner and Mark Shenton, as well as the head of new work at the National Theatre Studio, Emily McLaughlin.
The awards ceremony will take place at the National Theatre Studio in London, on October 31.
Special guests from the London International Mime Festival will be presented with the Peter Brook Special Achievement award for their work.
The nominees in full
Empty Space Peter Brook Award
• Hope Mill Theatre
• Orange Tree Theatre
• The Other Room
• Roundabout, Paines Plough
• Tara Arts
• The Yard
Dan Crawford Innovation Award
• Company Three
• Crying Out Loud
• Taking Part, Young Vic
Peter Brook/Equity Ensemble Award
• Les Enfants Terribles
• Rhum and Clay
• The Everyman Company, Everyman Theatre
Peter Brook/Royal Court Theatre Support Award
• The Playground Theatre
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Valon Behrami could make a shock comeback for West Ham in their opening Premier League game against Aston Villa - even though he has failed to feature during the pre-season campaign.
Behrami, 25, was strongly expected to leave Upton Park during the summer and has been linked with moves to Palermo, Roma and his former club Lazio.
The Swiss international has not played a single pre-season game under new manager Avram Grant and thought his days were numbered with the east London club.
Grant has been busy in the transfer market by bringing in five new players and Behrami fell further down the pecking order following the arrival of German international Thomas Hitzlsperger.
But Grant is concerned by the number of experienced players in his squad and set up a behind closed doors game for Behrami to play in against Ipswich last Saturday.
Summer signing Tal Ben Haim also played 45 minutes in the game and is expected to make his debut for the club at Villa Park.


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Bin Laden was logged off, but not al-Qaida
ISLAMABAD — Osama bin Laden cut himself off from direct access to the Internet during his final years in Pakistan as he attempted to elude the CIA. But the terror group he founded has been able to seize the power of the Web to spawn an army of online followers who will prolong al-Qaida’s war against the West long after his demise.
Al-Qaida’s technological evolution illustrates how much the group has changed since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and why it has flourished despite America’s decade-long quest to crush it, using everything from drone strikes in Pakistan to secret prisons in Eastern Europe where bin Laden’s lieutenants were interrogated.
The U.S. scored its biggest victory in that war on May 2, when U.S. Navy SEALs shot and killed the 54-year-old terror leader during a daring late-night helicopter raid not far from Pakistan’s capital.
His death was undoubtedly a blow to al-Qaida, but the group’s diffuse, virtual network lives on in militant chatrooms and on social media sites like Facebook and YouTube, where supporters carry forward bin Laden’s message and plan the kind of bloody attacks that were his hallmark.
“While bin Laden’s death has certainly been lamented within the jihadist community, al-Qaida’s copious media over the past 10 years have ensured that bin Laden’s videos, speeches, and ideas will continue to incite jihadists all over the world,” said Rita Katz, head of the U.S.-based SITE Intelligence Group that monitors Islamic militant messages online.
Unlike its Afghan Taliban allies, who banned television when they were in power, al-Qaida has never rejected modern technology and recognized the importance of an online presence before Sept. 11. But its early efforts were fairly rudimentary. Since then, the group and its affiliates have exploited the Internet to rally and connect supporters, and are very quick to adopt new technology.
Al-Qaida’s media production arm, As-Sahab, now produces videos that look like professionally edited documentaries or television news broadcasts that are distributed by Al-Fajr, the group’s online media organization, to major militant websites. The videos, which often contain flashy computer graphics, are then uploaded to scores of other sites by al-Qaida supporters.
“Despite extensive counterterrorism success against the group responsible for 9/11, the al-Qaida ‘brand’ now resonates with an increasingly diverse (though still narrow) cross-section of Muslims around the world,” said a recent report by the U.S.-based Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Members of the cell who bombed Madrid’s commuter train system in 2004 and killed nearly 200 people were radicalized with the help of the Internet, as was U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, who is suspected of shooting to death 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009.
Jarret Brachman, a terrorism expert who has spent nearly a decade monitoring al-Qaida’s Internet and media operations, said a confluence of events in 2004 and 2005 turbocharged the group’s efforts and helped shape the network in place today.
In May 2004, al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi videotaped himself beheading kidnapped American businessman Nicholas Berg and released the tape on an al-Qaida-linked website.
Younis Tsouli, a young Morocco-born computer expert who lived in Britain, took the video and uploaded it scores of times to other Internet sites, earning him a rare “shout-out” from al-Zarqawi’s propaganda minister, said Brachman. This prompted other al-Qaida supporters online to do the same with other videos, creating a powerful new distribution chain, he said.
“Younis Tsouli became the archetype of what the jihadist online supporter might look like,” said Brachman. “That some random dude could get a shout-out from a real-deal al-Qaida guy woke everyone up to think that maybe there is a bridge here, maybe I can help the cause.”
Tsouli was eventually sentenced to 10 years in prison for running a network of extremist websites and possessing al-Qaida videos, but he helped spawn hordes of “jihobbyists” who spread the terror group’s message online and also began creating content themselves, said Brachman, who served as the research director at West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center and now works as an independent consultant.
Al-Zarqawi’s gruesome videos of beheadings and terrorist attacks in Iraq also had significant influence by creating a new genre of militant propaganda, said Katz. Other al-Qaida-affiliated groups emulated his style, “increasing the quantity and raising the quality of jihadist propaganda to new levels of sophistication.”
Bin Laden’s No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahri, who is believed to be hiding in Pakistan, watched al-Zarqawi’s rising profile with concern, worried he was “stealing all the propaganda thunder” from al-Qaida’s central command, said Brachman. That caused him to intensify al-Qaida’s own video effort through As-Sahab.
“You could tell there was a lot more bureaucratic focus and concentration on releasing videos that didn’t suck,” said Brachman.
Al-Zawahri was helped by senior al-Qaida leader Abu-Yahya al-Libi’s escape from Bagram prison in Afghanistan in July 2005, said Brachman. Al-Libi had served as the Taliban’s webmaster and was one of the leading thinkers in al-Qaida about the use of media and the Internet, he said.
“It took off, and they never looked back,” said Brachman.
There are now tens of thousands of members on the half-dozen most important and exclusive online password-protected chatrooms, “fostering a movement that is at once decentralized but hierarchical,” said Katz.
Al-Qaida and its supporters have used the Internet to disseminate a wide array of new media, including video games, rap videos and comic books to project an image of “jihadi cool” and attract young, tech-savvy supporters, said the report released by CSIS in February.
“YouTube videos and online chatrooms now help disseminate (al-Qaida’s) ideology to far-flung audiences, thus reducing the importance of in-person interaction as a driver of radicalization,” said the report. “This development only adds to the diffusion and complexity of global Islamist terrorism: Policymakers must now counter extremism in virtual, rather than merely physical, realms.”
A Facebook page titled “We Are All Usama Bin Laden” was created on the site hours after President Barack Obama announced the al-Qaida chief’s death, said the SITE Intelligence Group. The page attracted more than 10,000 supporters in less than 24 hours, it said, but appears to have been removed since then.
Hundreds have also expressed support for bin Laden on the main al-Qaida website currently in operation, Al-Shumoukh.
“You lived as a hero and died as a martyr,” wrote one user, identified as Ibnat Shumoukh al-Islam.
Al-Qaida has also made strides in covering its tracks online. Al-Fajr published at least two issues of an electronic magazine called “Technical Mujahid” in 2006 and 2007 that outlined how to encrypt files and hide messages in images. The magazine advocated using encryption software written by jihadists called “The Mujahideen Secrets.”
Bin Laden pursued another strategy to avoid detection while living for at least five years in Abbottabad, the Pakistani army town where he was eventually killed by U.S. Navy SEALs. His compound didn’t have a phone line or Internet connection, and he relied on a pair of trusted couriers to feed him information and disseminate his messages and e-mails on small flash memory drives, U.S. officials have said.
The al-Qaida chief was taken out despite his caution, but his army of online supporters will be much harder to eradicate.
“The Internet is proving to be the ultimate safe haven,” said Brachman.
Associated Press writers Maamoun Youssef in Cairo and Matt Apuzzo and Kimberly Dozier in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.


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The world's hedge fund industry employs an estimated 300,000 people, according to AIMA.
19 November 2010
AIMA has launched a Chinese translation of the first global hedge fund guide for institutional investors.
19 October 2010
AIMA statement on the text of the Directive agreed by European finance ministers.
15 September 2010
AIMA says the proposals on short selling and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives published today by the European Commission could help remove uncertainty and confusion in the market. But the proposals contain a number of flaws that AIMA hopes will be addressed.
14 September 2010
AIMA is to respond to the UK Financial Services Authority's consultation on remuneration.