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California Almond Community Announces Pollinator Protection Plan.
Preceding the start of the annual almond pollination season in February, the California almond community is launching a new five-point Pollinator Protection Plan. A collection of important initiatives aimed at protecting bees during almond bloom and beyond, this new plan reaffirms the industry’s long-standing commitment to researching, protecting and improving honey bee health.
Pollinators are essential to the production of many nutrient rich fruits, vegetables, and nuts, including almonds. In fact, every almond that is produced exists because a honey bee pollinated an almond blossom.
“Protecting and improving honey bee health during the short time that bees are in our orchards is critical to the success of every almond farmer. By working with national pollinator organizations, we are also engaging with partners who impact the health of bees during the other ten months that they spend outside of almonds,” said Josette Lewis, PhD, director of Agricultural Affairs at the Almond Board of California (ABC).
The Almond Board of California is a leader in the honey bee health conversation, and these efforts build on existing partnerships with more than 20 bee health organizations spanning universities, government agencies, nonprofits and beekeeping groups.
“Responsible farming is at the heart of what the California almond community does,” said Lewis. “Whether it is bee health, water efficiency, or other important sustainability areas, we stand committed to growing almonds in better, safer and healthier ways.”
To read the full Pollinator Protection Plan, click here.
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Over the weekend, Michigan senate hopeful Kid Rock gave his first campaign speech during a concert in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Not surprisingly, it was an incoherent mess of victim shaming, sexism, and inane proclamations that would make for immediate disqualification for office if not for the fact that Donald Trump is president.
Now, through his website, Kid Rock has issued a new statement in which he blasts his critics, both in the media and in his community. He derides the “extreme left” who “are trying to use the old confederate flag BS, etc. to stir the pot,” and also expressed disappointment in local businesses and charities “I have so diligently supported in Detroit” that failed to stand up for him in light of these “unfounded attacks from these handful of jackasses and The Detroit Free Press.”
Rock also goes after Sam Riddle, a political director of the Michigan National Network (NAN), who has called on the Detroit Red Wings to cancel Kid Rock’s upcoming concert at Little Caesars Arena next month. “Sam Riddle is a piece of shit criminal and prime example of a lot that is and has been wrong with Detroit. Sam, you suck and you know it!” Rock wrote in response.
In a series of post scripts, Rock doubles down on athletes who take a knee or sit during the National Anthem (“So cut the bullshit!”) and concludes his statement by declaring, “I LOVE BLACK PEOPLE!!”
Read Rock’s full statement here. It’s worth noting that the musician has yet to file the proper paperwork declaring his candidacy for Michigan senate and thus, he may be in violation of federal campaign finance law. But what does that matter in 2017?

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Denver Dalley gives his Desaparecidos project a break for Statistics, and his self-titled EP as such is an impressive, eccentric mess. The shifts in mood and tempo offer an abstract arrangement that's neither overwhelming nor plain, for Dalley's talent lies in crafting an experimental, provocative sound structure. It's also difficult to classify, and that's the beauty behind Statistics. Just when you think Dalley's going for a lush dream pop sound ("Hours Seemed Like Days"), he switches to a quirky new wave beat ("Another Day"). "A Memory" sifts through gauzy, Cure-like synths, highlighting Dalley's hypnotic frame of mind as an artist. Those who enjoyed his dalliance with Bright Eyes and Desaparecidos will appreciate Dalley's musical progression; those who are unfamiliar with his previous efforts will undoubtedly find the Statistics EP to be an amazing addition to the occasionally parched and overrated indie rock scene.
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Jewish Family and Children’s Service is a state-licensed mental health facility with a sliding-scale fee.
Our social workers offer the following kinds of counseling:
To speak with someone at Jewish Family and Children’s Service, call 732-363-8010.
Hours: Monday – Thursday 9:00 am – 6:00 pm.
We respect the privacy of all individuals. All contacts are confidential.
All residents of Ocean County, regardless of age, sex, race or religion are eligible for services.
Recipient of the United Way Award “Agency of the Year”.
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REAL POTATO PANCAKES (Latkes)
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Take two or three russet potatoes and grate them coarsely, place in a bowl. The best tool for this is a mandoline, peel or not as you choose. I don't think it makes any difference.
Salt & pepper well, add a small finely chopped onion and 3 - 4 tablespoons flour. DO NOT ADD EGG, MAKES THEM TOUGH! Toss all together lightly but well, preferably with a large open-tined fork, you do not want to STIR, heat your griddle until hot, add a small amount of oil and spread around with your spatula. Put a blob of potato mixture about the size of a golf ball on the griddle and spread/mash it out until about 1/4 - 1/2" thick. Leave on one side until browned, turn and brown the other side.
Serve with applesauce, sour cream, or gravy. I prefer gravy. Great with any kind of roast or pot roast.
(And in my search for a photo to "borrow" from the internet, I saw one with sweet potato latkes. I probably need to try those, too.)
From another aunt - Good things to freeze in ice cube trays:
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In professional photography, many experienced photographers rely on various photography techniques that make the best out of captured moments. With modern lenses and so many gadgets, it is possible to create magic with these techniques. These tips and tricks is what makes professional photography different form amateur photography. If you are looking for a photographer in Albuquerque, you need to know whether your photographer uses these techniques.
- One technique that a professional photographer in Albuquerque applies most of the time is to take the photographs from the best angles. Whether the guests or the client who needs to be photographed has a double chin or receding hairline, photographers know their angels very well and always take photographs from those angles that appear flirtatious to the camera. For example, a person with double chin is often photographed with his/her head lifted slightly up to face the camera. The shot is never taken from beneath but always from the top or front up if there is an issue with a double chin.
- Professional photographers tend to take their shots either in portrait or landscape. They never take photographs diagonally since in such pictures there is no real focus. In diagonal photographs, the first thing viewers notice is the background and then the foreground which is not preferable.
- Professional photographers are good in creating the atmosphere needed. This is especially true in the event of child photography or modelling portfolio. The models need to depict the feelings to be captured in the camera. Many a times a photographer needs to make a child laugh to take a laughing shot.
These techniques set a professional photographer apart from just a regular one. Feel free to visit www.laurencheriephotography.com for more information.

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Are you a company with unmet diagnostic research and development needs? Are you looking for ways to connect into academic know-how? Do you want to develop a new diagnostic technology and apply for innovation funding?
Grow MedTech and Translate MedTech, in partnership with the NIHR Leeds Diagnostics Co-operative, are hosting an Academic Industry Meeting (AIMday) on medical diagnostics on 10 December 2020 and we would like to invite you to participate.
We are now inviting companies interested in the field of medical diagnostics to submit questions by 28 October 2020 that will be strategically matched to our academic base across six universities (Bradford, Huddersfield, Leeds, Leeds Beckett, Sheffield Hallam and York).
Selected questions will then be discussed in detail in one-hour focus groups at the AIMday, led by you with members of the team to help.
For key dates and further information, including how to formulate your question, visit the AIMday website or get in touch with Joe Drake who can help guide you.
The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has announced a new European Regional Development Fund project to help medtech SMEs across the Leeds City Region, West and North Yorkshire to accelerate product commercialisation and product/process improvement.
The project, entitled ‘Formulation Technology applied to Materials and Products’ (ForTaMP), assists SMEs that are active within or seeking to access the health/personal care sector, in addition to other sectors.
Using CPI’s expertise and extensive facilities within formulation chemistry, businesses can enhance product performance and improve manufacturing processability properties.
SMEs will be assisted in areas such as colloid/emulsion chemistry, nanotechnology, powder processing, materials science, nano-enhanced inks, composites and coatings.
“This project aims to support small businesses who work in a range of markets to develop new exciting formulated products and enable their innovation journey in the development of these products,” said Dr Robin Brinham, Project Manager of the ForTaMP project at CPI.
“Using our state-of-the-art scale-up and testing facilities at CPI will provide a powerful springboard for the growth of these formulated products in the Leeds City Region, and we are proud to be a part of that.”
ForTaMP funding, allocated as state aid through the European Regional Development Fund, is 100% so no further financial investment is required from the SME.
IP created by an SME project supported through ForTaMP remains with the SME and non-disclosure agreements are drawn up by CPI’s legal team to ensure company information remains confidential.
Any SME, in the target market sectors, with a trading or registered address within the Leeds City Region, West and North Yorkshire is potentially eligible for ForTaMP support at no cost.
This includes the following areas:
Interested SMEs can engage with ForTaMP by contacting a Business Development Manager at email@example.com or using the CPI website contact page here.
Interested in learning more about the ways CPI and ForTaMP can support your business? Register to attend their virtual meeting on 13 October 2020 by clicking the link below.
In addition to the ERDF ForTamP programme, CPI offers a wide range of support for medtech SMEs on a commercial basis and through funded CR&D projects.
Healthcare is a complex landscape where evidence matters. CPI work closely with experts in health economics and clinical networks, including the Academic Health Science Network, to leverage relevant expertise and enable SMEs to optimise the value of their device throughout the patient-care pathway.
CPI also help SMEs to demonstrate necessary compliances to progress medtech devices towards clinical trials.
These include electrical and safety standards, in addition to technology validation through the ethically approved use of human tissue samples, handling of live cell cultures, and the use of radionuclides within their radiation suite.
Once a medtech device is ready for clinical trials, CPI can leverage its relationship with regional NHS trusts to grant SMEs access to a large, diverse patient population.
Throughout this entire process, medtech SMEs will benefit from access to CPI’s technology expertise, such as manufacturing process optimisation, material science, nanotechnology and more, as well as access to CPI’s extensive facilities and equipment, which can be used for proof-of-concept, feasibility studies, prototyping and scale-up.
CPI is a UK based technology innovation centre and the process element of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult.
Established to support the UK process manufacturing industry, CPI collaborates with companies of all sizes to help overcome innovation challenges in the development of next-generation products and processes.
Operating across a broad range of technologies, we support our partners at every step of the supply chain, helping to translate ideas from concept to market.
Professors Alejandro Frangi and David Jayne have been appointed as the first joint Directors of the new Centre for Responsive HealthTech Innovation.
The Centre is a partnership initiative between the University of Leeds and the Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust and will bring together scientists, clinicians and industry partners to deliver world-leading, cross-disciplinary research, driven by clinical grand challenges, that ultimately delivers value-based innovation to improve outcomes for patients and populations.
The Directors, together with a cross-institutional Executive Leadership Team and Research and Innovation support from Saeeda Bashir, will deliver an exciting programme of research based on a vision to transform Leeds into one of the most connected, innovation-driven, and challenge-led HealthTech ecosystems that drive global transformations in healthcare.
It will have value-based innovation at its heart and respond rapidly to changing socio-economic needs, accelerating the transformation of innovation to deliver equitable, sustainable and responsible healthcare for all.
Professor Alejandro (Alex) Frangi graduated in Electrical Engineering from Universitat Politènica de Catalunya, Barcelona, completing his PhD in Radiological Imaging Sciences at Utrecht University Medical Centre, The Netherlands. He held previous academic appointments in Zaragoza, Barcelona, and Sheffield.
Alex joined the University of Leeds in 2018 as Diamond Jubilee Chair in Computational Medicine with joint appointments in the Schools of Computing and Medicine.
In 2019, he was awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies. He works across computational medical imaging and computational physiology.
He holds honorary appointments in KU Leuven and Shenzhen University. He brings an international research profile in computational medicine, machine learning in imaging, and in silico clinical trials.
He served as Dean of the Escola Superior Politècnica (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), serves as Associate Editor of Prog Biomed Eng, IEEE Trans Medical Imaging, and Medical Image Analysis journals, and is IEEE, SPIE and EAMBES Fellow.
Professor David Jayne graduated from University of Wales College of Medicine and undertook his surgical training in Manchester, Singapore and Leeds.
He was appointed Professor of Surgery in 2011, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research Professor in 2012, and Bowel Cancer UK and Royal College of Surgeons England (RCS Eng) Chair of Surgery in 2018.
He is an Honorary Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and University Associate Dean for the St James’s University Hospital and CAH campuses.
As Clinical Director, David brings a world-leading clinical research track record in the development and evaluation of new surgical technologies.
He is Clinical Director for the Leeds NIHR MedTech Co-operative in Surgical Technologies, the Leeds NIHR Global Health Research Group in Surgical Technologies, and the RCS Eng. Surgical Trials Centre.
He has held leadership roles with several national funding bodies and currently serves on the NIHR i4i, NIHR Advanced Fellowship, and NIHR IAT committees.
This article was originally published by the University of Leeds. For more information, please contact the University of Leeds press office: firstname.lastname@example.org.
Mindwave, specialist developers of digital health and clinical research products and services, has released two webinars to support innovators who are developing a digital health solution. Both webinars are freely available to watch at any time and can be found below.
This webinar helps university-based health researchers and clinical researchers in the NHS to understand the process for developing an effective app or website to support health research, and the benefits of partnering with an external design and development team.
Joined by Professor Jo Neale from Kings College London who’s recently worked with Mindwave to develop her own health research website, the webinar panel discuss important topics like:
You can watch the full webinar below:
Here, Mindwave Venture’s Chief Innovation Officer Dr Victoria Betton leads a discussion of five actionable insights which medtech entrepreneurs can use to develop a successful digital health product.
Guest speaker Arden Tomison, a founder of the digital health startup Thalamos, also provides a personalised account of how his company has used these same insights to build a successful venture.
You can watch the full presentation below:
If you’ve found these webinars helpful, you might also want to visit Mindwave’s blog for more informative guides and opinion pieces about developing digital health solutions.
If you need support in developing a medtech device, any of our Technology Innovation Managers would be happy to discuss your project and innovation support needs with you. You can read about each team members unique expertise and the type of support they can provide you with on their website profiles.
NPL is committed to supporting UK industry in its recovery by making its measurement and consultancy services available to companies, free of charge.
The programme can help solve analysis or measurement issues that cannot be resolved using standard technologies and techniques. Successful applicants can benefit from:
To be eligible to apply, you must be:
Learn more about what support is available through the Measurement for Recovery programme, and how to apply by clicking here.
Simon Butler was previously a Grow MedTech Technology Innovation Manager, based at Sheffield Hallam University. He is now helping start-ups and businesses bringing health and wellbeing innovations to market in his new role as Head of the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) Wellbeing Accelerator.
The AWRC Wellbeing Accelerator is based in Sheffield Hallam University’s new Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre, which houses over 3,000 square meters of specialist facilities including 3D printers and laser cutters for rapid prototyping, laboratories for product testing, a clinical research centre, and support networks.
In this article, Simon shares his thoughts on supporting the commercialisation of assistive and rehabilitative technologies.
It’s clear that demand on the NHS is growing and our health services are under increasing pressure. New technologies aren’t a panacea for this problem, but they can certainly help – in particular assistive and rehabilitative technologies.
There will always be a cohort of patients who, because of disease or trauma, need help to recover and resume their lives as before. For this cohort, there’s no doubt that an assistive or rehabilitative technology can be completely transformative.
But there is another rapidly growing cohort – that of an increasingly ageing population – where new assistive and rehabilitative technologies can help the NHS to deal with the pressure this creates.
As people live longer, but not always in good health, the impact of disease and disability is increasing the burden on the NHS.
Rehabilitative technologies that can help these patients remain mobile, independent and healthier not only transform their lives, but relieve our health services as well.
I’ve been supporting one such project at Sheffield Hallam University that brings together physiotherapists, stroke physicians, physical activity and exercise specialists and computer scientists to improve rehabilitation for people with stroke.
The team, led by Professor Chris Smith, has been working with a local company which makes power-assisted exercise equipment, to enable people with limited mobility to do physical exercise.
One problem with the machines for rehab purposes was that they didn’t tell users how much effort they were putting in and how much was being generated by the machine, so patients couldn’t see how they were improving.
The Sheffield Hallam team, using a Grow MedTech Proof of Feasibility grant, is developing an exercise programme for the machines based on clinical principles, that will help people with stroke to increase their endurance and strength.
They’re also developing bespoke software for the machines, that will integrate the exercise programme and provide feedback to users.
The project has been working with patients to develop the programme and software, and the system will be trialled with 15 stroke patients, and then further refined based on their experience.
Exercise programmes can be hard to maintain when patients are not seeing any improvement and this can demotivate them to maintain exercise regimes or lifestyle changes.
It is also important to be able to monitor certain conditions that affect movement, such as osteoarthritis. With a long-term progressive disease such as this, it can be hard to accurately monitor how a patient is doing over time.
A project led by Dr Adar Pelah at the University of York, and involving a team of academics, clinicians and an industrial partner, is using gait analysis (pictured above) to look at how the way a patient walks changes when the patient develops musculoskeletal disorders such as osteoarthritis.
Whilst the technology has value as a diagnostic tool, being able to pick up the condition at an early stage, it can also be used to monitor how the disease is progressing and if there are any improvements, perhaps due to a lifestyle change or therapy.
This gives doctors the evidence to select the most appropriate treatment and encourage patients to, for example, continue to lose weight or carry on with an exercise programme.
The team, which involves the University of York and Cambridge University Hospitals, used Grow MedTech funding to carry out a market appraisal and identify the best routes to commercialisation.
They also received a grant from the Medical Research Council to carry out a clinical trial – currently underway at Addenbrookes Hospital and in York.
The ultimate aim is to create a handheld device that can be used easily by GPs or nurses, with patients simply walking across the room without the need for any specialist equipment.
Of course, it’s not only older people who benefit from rehabilitative and assistive technologies – many are developed for children too.
Children in particular can struggle to maintain physiotherapy exercises when recovering from injury or disease. By their very nature, these are repetitive and even for adults can be pretty tedious.
A team from Sheffield Hallam University have found a way to make such exercises more fun and encourage repetition by turning them into a virtual reality (VR) game.
Using a Proof of Concept grant, the team, led by Ivan Phelan, has been working with patients and health professionals to develop a suite of VR games to support upper limb rehabilitation in children and adults, for use in the clinic and at home.
The games can include climbing a tower or pulling an arrow from a quiver, putting it into a bow and shooting at a target.
These are now being tested by patients both in the clinic, at Sheffield Children’s Hospital and Leeds Teaching Hospitals, and at home.
We’re also working with the team to develop a business plan and market assessment to identify potential industry collaborators to take the technology forward.
A common thread for all these technologies is that they have developed their prototypes in a user-centred way, involving the patients right from the start.
I’m a firm believer – and of course, it’s a central philosophy at Grow MedTech – that all technologies, even those that patients might never see, like a surgical scalpel, should involve patients in their development.
The reason is simple – it’s ultimately patients who will be affected once these technologies come into use. One big difference with rehabilitative and assistive technologies is that patients are usually the ones physically touching the technologies, not the clinicians.
This makes it much easier for those developing the technologies, as patients are keener to be involved in projects where they can see an immediate connection for them.
A good example of this is a project at the University of Huddersfield which is involving patients – children – at a really early stage. Dr Sohel Rana is an expert in materials science, working with composites that involve natural materials, such as cellulose or basalt.
Although he usually works with the aeronautics, motor manufacturing and construction sectors, he’s now applying his expertise to look at prosthetics for children who have had lower limbs amputated.
Many prosthetics for children are just mini versions of those created for adults, but in fact, they need different properties. Thanks to help from Grow MedTech, Dr Rana has teamed up with Devices4Dignity who already have a patient group.
Together, they are working with children to find out what properties they like and want, in terms of strength, flexibility and weight, so Dr Rana can tailor a material to match.
Rehabilitative and assistive technologies are an exciting field to work in, precisely because of the amazing impact they can have on patient’s lives.
And that transformation should also result in big changes to how healthcare can be delivered and how effective it can be, helping our hard-pressed NHS as well.
Researchers from the University of York are developing handheld biosensors with the potential to deliver fast, real-time blood test results for patients including those suffering from COVID-19 with secondary infections such as pneumonia.
The technology, developed with Grow MedTech support, uses laser interferometry – where two beams of light merge to create an interference pattern – to detect proteins such as procalcitonin, the level of which increases in blood when a patient has a bacterial infection.
The researchers have shown the technology is viable and are now exploring routes to scaling it up. They expect to start the first patient trials in the next 24 months.
Lead author of the study, Isabel Barth, from the Department of Physics at the University of York said: “Great progress has already been achieved with biosensors based on nanotechnology, yet very few sensors obtain high performance while also ensuring simplicity and low cost.
To accomplish this valuable combination, we developed a highly sensitive sensor based on the interference of light and eliminated sources of noise without increasing complexity.”
Senior author of the study, Professor Thomas Krauss, from the Department of Physics at the University of York, added: “Laser interferometry is one of the most sensitive ways of measurement known in Physics and our study paves the way for this technology to be incorporated into a handheld biosensor device. Our work to develop this device has the potential to save lives by significantly speeding up the diagnostic process.”
Currently, COVID patients and patients with other viral infections who have suspected secondary infections have to wait for blood samples to be sent away to a lab for analysis. The technology could cut time delays as well as costs, while delivering testing of the same or even better quality.
“The technology also has the potential to detect multiple disease biomarkers as well as antibodies in one small sample of blood, which would significantly improve the reliability of any diagnosis.”
In developing the sensor, the researchers aim to provide a tool that can help general practitioners in their decision making. For example, in most patients who present symptoms of infections, it is difficult for doctors to decide whether their symptoms are caused by a viral or bacterial infection –knowledge which is crucial to reducing the unnecessary prescribing of antibiotics and the spread of antimicrobial resistance.
Isabel Barth added: “The high sensitivity of our sensor might in the future also enable a very precise and fast diagnosis outside of a GP practise – for example in a Pharmacy.
“These exciting results would not have been possible without the contributions from our interdisciplinary team of Electronic Engineers, Chemists and Biologists and the strong support and advice from clinical collaborators at York Hospital.”
This article was first published by the University of York, click here to read the original, unedited copy.
Early and accurate diagnosis can make the difference between life and death. But for many diseases, diagnostic tools that can pick up disease at an early stage either do not exist, are imprecise or are limited to use in hospitals and specialist centres.
Grow MedTech is supporting Dr Yvette Hancock, Associate Professor from the University of York’s School of Physics and Enterprise Fellow at the Centre for Future Health, to develop a diagnostic tool with the potential to work across a range of diseases and in different healthcare settings.
The tool uses a technique called Raman spectroscopy to analyse blood samples, whereby carefully controlled laser light is beamed at the sample and interacts with the molecules within it.
This interaction changes the signature of the light that scatters back, providing a ‘molecular fingerprint’ of what the sample contains.
Dr Hancock has been working with clinical teams and academic partners at Guy’s Hospital and King’s College, London, as well as the instrumentation company Horiba UK, to develop a portable Raman spectrometer that could be used in a clinical setting.
But with so many potential applications for the technology, the team turned to Grow MedTech to help them identify the best route for clinical application and commercialisation.
Grow MedTech Proof of Market funding allowed Dr Hancock to commission the York Health Economics Consortium to assess the potential markets and health-benefit potential for the technology. Based on this analysis, the team decided to focus its efforts initially on prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer is currently screened using the PSA blood test and a GP examination. Because the PSA test has limited accuracy, it can lead to further testing such as a biopsy, which can have adverse side-effects, as well as late diagnosis when cancer is missed.
“We wanted to develop the technology to have the biggest impact possible and prostate cancer is an urgent area of need,” explains Dr Hancock.
“It is the second most common cause of cancer death for men in the UK, with around 48,000 men diagnosed each year, and with incidence rates on the rise.
But our ability to accurately screen for it is still pretty poor, so an easy and accurate test would be a gamechanger for detecting prostate cancer at the earliest stage possible.”
Dr Hancock is now developing the diagnostic tool to not only accurately pick up cases of prostate cancer, but also to identify whether the cancer is an aggressive type and to what stage the disease has progressed, allowing for the best possible means of early detection of the disease.
She has already proven that the technology can accurately diagnose prostate cancer in human cells in the laboratory. Grow MedTech is now helping to fund two studies to validate the technology in blood samples.
The first is a clinical trial at Guy’s Hospital in London, testing the technology against samples from prostate cancer patients. A parallel control study is underway at the University of York with samples from healthy donors.
“Grow MedTech have been crucial in taking this project forward,” says Dr Hancock. “We’d already built a strong team, with industrial, clinical and academic partners, but the market analysis we gained through Grow MedTech was critical in helping us to focus our efforts more effectively.
The clinical trial, if successful, will help us take the technology to the next stage.”
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has commissioned the Careers Research & Advisory Centre (CRAC) and Vitae, supported by UKRI and Universities UK, to evidence and understand the implications of COVID-19 on the activities of researchers and research groups.
Within this, CRAC/Vitae is running an online survey to record the experiences of researchers to understand the ways that the pandemic and mitigating strategies, such as social distancing, are impacting on their work.
This evidence will inform BEIS’s consideration and design of potential interventions to help protect researchers, research institutions and facilities, and in the longer term reinforce the research base and sustain research and innovation activity in the UK.
All researchers employed in UK universities, research institutes, charities and companies are invited to respond to the survey. The survey organisers are particularly interested to hear from principal investigators and leaders of research groups.
You can access the survey here, the deadline to respond is Tuesday 9 June 2020.
The organisers would be very grateful if respondents could forward the survey link on to researchers in your organisation to ensure that they receive as many responses as possible.
If you need further information about the survey or this project, contact Janet Metcalfe at Vitae.
The University of Leeds has launched five new free online learning courses focusing on medtech. These are available to anyone and can be completed as a series or as standalone units.
Register your interest now by clicking on the above links. For any queries, visit the Future Learn website.

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Summer at The Sugar Loaf - Online Performance
September is such a lovely time of the year in Ireland. Weather is often great and it is a moment to reflect on the summer and look toward the Autumn.
Join Paul at the foothill of the Wicklow mountains for the latest in his online concerts. Overlooked by the Sugar Loaf mountain, Paul will sing some more of his favourites and will also sing a couple of his own original compositions.
Hoping you will all enjoy this beautiful setting for another evening of Irish song and nostalgia.

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Quite right about the Boer artillery - more speaking in terms of numbers and weight. The British could rely upon more consistent artillery support through the heavy naval detachments and horse artillery, though the Boer Nordenfeldts were very effective from defensive positions. I am interested to hear that the British put captured models into service - not that surprising I suppose given that a British equivalent was adopted in short order.
It makes sense that the Boers, as an irregular army put together for the war at hand, did not have common equipment. I thought that the point was worth making that the majority of Boer riflemen were likely armed with the 1888 Mauser (alongside many others like those you name) - as opposed to the 1898 which was unlikely to have gotten through in anything other than small numbers, so the war was not fought with ''Mauser actions'' in the sense many people today will think of them.
I would think it pretty unlikely many 98's made it through to the Boers, given their isolated and landlocked country. Perfectly possible some arrived from German South West Africa and some beforehand along with the other materiel the Afrikaaners received, though. Be interesting to know how if many actually saw action.


During February and March 2011, an outbreak of 26 confirmed cases of measles was reported to the Parramatta Public Health Unit (PHU) in western Sydney. This paper describes the impact of the outbreak on PHU resources. A retrospective review of information obtained from case notification forms and associated contact tracing records was carried out for each of the confirmed cases. Seven cases (27%) required hospital admission for more than 1 day and 10 (38%) cases required management within a hospital emergency department. There were no cases of encephalitis or death. The number of contacts was determined for each case as well as the number who required post-exposure prophylaxis. In total, 1,395 contacts were identified in this outbreak. Of these, 79 (5.7%) required normal human immunoglobulin and 90 (6.5%) were recommended to receive the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine. A case study detailing the PHU costs associated with the contact management of a hospitalised measles case with 75 identified contacts is also included and the estimated total cost to the PHU of containing this particular case of measles was A$2,433, with staff time comprising the major cost component. Considerable effort and resources are required to manage measles outbreaks. The total cost of this outbreak to the PHU alone is likely to have exceeded A$48,000.


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Stefan Bradl has some continuity to help him in his quest for a MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix win this weekend.
Bradl re-signed with Aprilia Racing for 2016 before the Aragon GP, and the German rider has high hopes of victory following his announcement.
“The Aragon track is certainly not an easy one, but it is very interesting from a technical point of view and a lot of fun to tackle, with a good mix of slow turns and some faster ones too,” he said. “I’m anxious to get back on the track because in the tests after the Misano race we identified a few setup solutions that seem to work well, so it will be interesting to see if they help us at Aragon too.”
“In recent Grand Prix races we have improved our performance and I hope that we’ll be able to continue this positive trend.”
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Today I am sharing a card I made for my Father In Law.
The radio image is from DCWV Tattered Time Stack. This stack has so many neat pages on it. I used Recollections cardstock for the card base. It was plain grey ans looked too clean for the distressed artwork so I sprayed Glimmer Mist in Candy Apple Red and Graphite on both sides of the card base. I then used Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Black Soot and Fired Brick to give it a more aged look. It is kindo of hard to see the red tints to the base card in this photo. I gotta learn how to take better photos of my projects!
I cut the tag from CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge. The tag and layer are on pg 45. They were cut at 1.25 in. The sentiment I have had for a while now, and I am not sure who its by. I think I bought it at Michaels. Its part of a clear stamp set. I attached it to some red twill tape, and secured the tape using my Tiny Attacher.
I don't usually decorate the insides of my cards, but I am trying to remember to do that more now. Here I just heat embossed a sentiment from Stampin' UP using Zing embossing powder. I added a twill tape and brad accent to the cardstock as well.
It is a pretty simple card, but I think it works. I am sure my FIL will appreciate it.
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I'm making a raised garden bed that is about 2 cinder blocks high (with 1 extra cinder block below ground as footing) in a square shape 3.6 meter each side.
So far I made a footing of 5 cm of concrete, than laid a course of beam type cinder block (shaped like a U) with steel bar inside and filled with handmade concrete (this is below ground level). I already I laid the middle course of cinder block and now I must make the last course. I will probably finish the top with granite.
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In order to be issued a certificate of qualification for pipe fitting provided for in paragraph 2 of section 3, a person must hold the certificates referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 of that section. If the person meets that condition, the person is exempt from the qualification examination and apprenticeship prescribed by subdivisions 2 and 3 for that certificate of qualification which is issued to the person to replace the certificates the person holds.
The same applies for the certificate of qualification for mechanical conveyor systems mechanics provided for in paragraph 8 of section 3, for a person who holds the certificates referred to in paragraphs 9 to 11 of that section.
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SULLIVAN, Joseph Richard
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|First Rank||Private; NZ Chaplain||Last Rank||Corporal|
|Date||10 December 1889||Place of Birth||Bluff, Invercargill|
|Date||(1) 1914. (2) 1916||Age|
|Address at Enlistment||42 High Street, Timaru. Whakatane|
|Occupation||Minister (Methodist Church, Timaru). Minister (N.Z. Govt) (Soldier)|
|Previous Military Experience|
|Marital Status||Single. Married. Married Blanche Eleanor PHILLIPS on 7 March 1917 at Southampton, England.|
|Next of Kin||Mrs Sarah LAW (Lau) (mother), care of Wm SULLIVAN, Builder, Whakatane. Mrs J. R. SULLIVAN (wife), 6a Bevois Valley, Southampton, England.|
|Served with||NZ Armed Forces||Served in||Army|
|Body on Embarkation||Main Body|
|Unit, Squadron, or Ship||Canterbury Infantry Battalion|
|Date||16 October 1914|
|Transport||Tahiti or Athenic|
|Embarked From||Lyttelton, Canterbury||Destination||Suez, Egypt|
|Other Units Served With||2nd South Canterbury Company|
|Last Unit Served With||Canterbury Infantry Battalion|
|Service Medals||1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal.|
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|Date of Capture|
|Where Captured and by Whom|
|Actions Prior to Capture|
|PoW Serial Number|
|Date||13 August 1915. 29 January 1918.||Reason||1915 - Physically unfit result of wounds received in Action. 1918 - Medically unfit.|
Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses
Wounded at Gallipoli. 5 May 1915 reported wounded; 15 May 1915 in hospital at Heliopolis - two successful operations, one on throat to remove blood clots, the other on chest to remove bullet; broken lower jaw, both jaws to be cemented together for six weeks. 17 June 1915 in Convalescent Camp Helonan. Gun shot wound to neck, bullet passing down throat and injuring vocal chords. 21 June 1915 reported as being in No. 1 General Hospital at Cairo. 9 June (July?) 1915 invalided from Suez to NZ per "Willochra". In July 1915 went into hospital at Wellington.
|Date||12 February 1962||Age||71 yrs|
|Place of Death||Durban, South Africa|
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Son of Samuel and Sarah (later Mrs LAU) SULLIVAN. Married Blanche Eleanor PHILLIPS in 1917 in England. Three children. When he volunteered for service in the Expeditionary Force in 1914 he was assistant Methodist minister of Bank Street Methodist Circuit, which appointment had been made in March 1914. He enrolled and passed the examination on 12 August 1914, in a very lively and busy Drill Shed; he was not one of those rejected because they were over age or under age, insufficiently developed, had no experience, or were over weight (the regulation weight was 12 stone). . Discharge in 1918 was in England. Later resident at 492 Windermere Rd, Durban, Natal, South Africa. On 15 May 1915 Joseph wrote a letter to a friend in Timaru from hospital, when he had been wounded by a bullet passing down his throat into his chest and affecting his vocal chords and jaw. He writes in a quite jovial tone and says "I am doing A1." Rev. J. R. Sullivan's name is inscribed on the Wesley Church Roll of Honour in the Bank Street Methodist Church. This Roll of Honour was unveiled at a very impressive service in early June 1915, after an address by the Rev. T. A. Joughin, opening with the words "Sorrow and pride mingle in the duty I have to perform" and while the "Litany for Army and Navy" was sung.
Cenotaph Database [19 December 2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK18805 W5553 0110723) [22 April 2014]; Timaru Herald, 5 March 1914, 14 July 1914, 13 August 1914, 6 October 1914, 7 May 1915, 7 June 1915, 21 June 1915, 6 July 1915, 19 July 1915, 4 August 1915, 25 August 1915, 9 October 1915, 13 October 1913, 8 December 1916, 25 January 1918 (Papers Past) [22 April 2014; 01 September 2014]
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New York: The family behind Dow Jones & Co. and its star asset, The Wall Street Journal, has switched tactics over a $5 billion (Rs20,500 crore) bid by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., saying it is now willing to discuss terms.
The controlling Bancroft family, which opposed the bid when it was made public 1 May 1, said late Thursday it was now prepared to discuss the offer and to seek guarantees for editorial independence, while remaining open to other offers.
The Journal, founded in 1889, is the most prominent daily business publication in the US with a daily circulation of 1.7 million newspapers and 788,000 Internet subscribers.
The company also owns Dow Jones Newswires.
After a special meeting of the Dow Jones board of directors held at the request of the Bancrofts, the family said:
“After a detailed review of the business of Dow Jones and the evolving competitive environment in which it operates, the Family has reached consensus that the mission of Dow Jones may be better accomplished in combination or collaboration with another organization, which may include News Corp.,” the statement said.
“Accordingly, the Family has advised the Company’s Board that it intends to meet with News Corporation to determine whether, in the context of the current or any modified News Corp. proposal, it will be possible to ensure the level of commitment to editorial independence, integrity and journalistic freedom that is the hallmark of Dow Jones,” it said.
“The Family also indicated its receptivity to other options that might achieve the same overarching objective,” it said.
The statement said, however, that there could be “no assurance” that talks with News Corp. or any other bidder would result in a deal.
News Corp. welcomed the family’s overture.
“We’re grateful to the Bancroft family for agreeing to our suggestion of a meeting and we look forward to it,” a News Corp. spokesman was quoted as saying in The Wall Street Journal.
The Bancroft statement came two weeks after Murdoch reached out to the family in a letter published in the Journal, in which he sought to ease concerns about the venerable newspaper’s journalistic integrity in the chance of his bid succeeding.
In his letter, published 14 May in the Journal, Murdoch said he would “establish an independent, autonomous editorial board exactly along the lines of what was established at the Times of London”, which he owns.
This board would ensure that the Journal’s two top editors “would not be appointed or dismissed without the approval of the majority of the directors of the board; and ensure that any dispute between management and editors is properly arbitrated by the board,” he said.
Murdoch added that he would include a Bancroft family member on the board to “help alleviate any concerns about maintaining journalistic integrity and ensure good communication between the family and News Corp. going forward.”
Murdoch—whose sprawling media empire includes the Fox News Channel, MySpace, 20th Century Fox, the New York Post and the Times of London—said his News Corp. would be “an ideal partner for Dow Jones”.
The Australian-born media baron, who offered to meet with family members to discuss his bid, said his group “would be dedicated to building upon the more than 100-year heritage of your great company”.
The Dow Jones board of directors had said on 2 May that it would take no action on Murdoch’s surprise offer.
Michael Elefante, a board member who represents the Bancrofts—who own the shares that make up 52% of the company’s outstanding voting power—told the board then that they opposed the bid.
Dow Jones shares were up 0.87% at $53.31 at the closing bell on Thursday on Wall Street.
But in after-hours trading, shares soared 12.16% to $59.79 dollars, following the family’s late-night announcement.


CT90-ST90 Auto to Manual Clutch
- Honda CT90 uses pretty much the same engine as the CL90 Scrambler models or the S90. Except, CT90 from 1969-1979 had dual range transmission. The Transmission from an S90 or CL90 will not fit into a CT90 case with sub transmission.
- ST90 However, can be converted to 4 Speed and Manual Clutch using parts from an S90 or CL90 engine.
- The 90 size horizontal engines share the same components except, the Clutch, shift drum, and the Sub Transmission used on CT90 models. The shift drum or transmission cannot be changed.
- For the conversion, you will need the Clutch assembly, right crankcase clutch cover with manual clutch lever from a CL90 engine, and a clutch cable. The left handlebar lever on the earlier CT90 is used for rear brake, it will be used for the manual clutch.
- The later CT90 models did not have a rear brake lever on the left side. For those models you will need a bracket for the clutch lever.
One on the top is from a CT90 and the bottom one is from a CL90. Notice the difference in the oil dipstick location.
Closer look at the CL90 Manual Clutch Cover. The Clutch Oil passage is exactly in the same place as the CT90 cover.
The manual clutch lever in place.
The original CL90 clutch cover was painted with the center polished. The cover is one piece, just like the CT90 cover. The earlier S90 had two piece clutch cover, with removable center.
Closer look at the clutch lever. This cover is powder coated black for my custom CT90.
The manual clutch center is removable with the clutch plates installed. CL90 uses different clutch plates than the CT90.
You cannot use the CT90 auto Clutch in this conversion.
On the top are the CT90 auto clutch parts.
Everything is replaced by the plunger assembly in the bottom of the picture.
The center bearing and the clutch cover are the same as the CT90. The manual clutch plunger fits in the same place as the CT90 auto clutch mechanism.
This is the shift lever on the CT90. This part has to be shortened, in order to fit the manual clutch cover. To avoid cutting a CT90 Shifter shaft, get a shifter shaft from a CL90 or S90 Engine.
The shorter lever is from a CL90. Almost identical levers.
Trial fit the manual clutch cover and make sure everything fits.
Use a cutoff wheel to cut the shifter shaft.
Leave about 3/8" stub (to be finished later)
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Install the shifter in the case and use a straight edge to make sure the cutoff part does not protrude above the side of the engine case.
Install clutch cable with the lever on the left side of handlebar.
Install the clutch using clutch nut tool.
OEM Honda clutch holder shown in this picture. You can use any method to hold clutch in place.


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Best Beginnings - Pregnant women with a low income or pregnant teens.
Kara Life Program - The Kara Life program supports, guides, and educates pregnant and parenting female and male students and their families. (Calgary Catholic School District)
Louise Dean School - Louise Dean School is a specialized Grade 9 – 12 education program for pregnant and parenting teens.
The Alex Youth Health Centre - The Alex Youth Health Centre provides a safe and supportive space for youth to address their needs with the help of our caring and trust-inspiring team of interdisciplinary professionals. ("Results Not Found")


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This Week's New Releases: Pearl Jam
[Monkeywrench / Island-2009]
Like the great Peter Gabriel, the guys in Pearl Jam find themselves in an ideally perfect situation: oblivious to trends and the fickle whimsy of current-day music fans; of interest mostly to a devout fan base. Luckily for them, the Seattle quintet’s followers are quite a numerous lot, making them still a force to be reckoned with; hipsters and Katy Perry fans be damned.
It’s in this climate that Eddie Vedder and co. have released their ninth (!) studio album, Backspacer, a bold statement of classicist rock which bears the strong imprint of the Pearl Jam front man’s love of The Who without falling into blind emulation or slavish imitation. After all, these guys have been around for a while and are much better than that. (Although, interestingly enough, the more Who-sounding tracks—and the best of the bunch—were not written by Vedder, an avowed fan of the band. Hmm…) It’s also a good lesson for some out there: this is the kind of album The Hold Steady could probably make if they ever applied themselves and didn’t let their Springsteen fixation get the best of them. But we digress.
There’s nothing here to capture the attention of anyone who has purposely overlooked Pearl Jam over the years. But those who stopped listening after their 1991 debut, Ten—musically the odd album out in the catalog, due to its gun-slinging ‘70s arena rock vibe—and never warmed up to the band’s stripped-down, punk-influenced subsequent work, might actually enjoy Backspacer. No, it’s not Ten, but it captures key elements of both worlds—not to mention incorporating a few, minor early ‘80s New Wave touches—and just might be the first of the band’s albums since then to appeal to that old crowd who moved on once Vedder took a larger role in the band’s songwriting.
But here's a nice twist: Vedder wrote 5 of Backspacer’s 11 songs, but this is guitarist Stone Gossard’s album. The 4 songs he wrote or co-wrote—without Vedder—are clearly the standouts on this disc. (Oh, and one minor complaint: two of those 4 tunes, "The Fixer" and "Johnny Guitar", both just a hair under the 3-minute mark, end a bit soon, fading before giving one a chance to exhale. No big deal, though.)
Clocking in at an old school 36 minutes, Backspacer is, simply put, a modern day classic rock record, made by full-on true believers for folks not worried about hipness, market perceptions or other non-music related nonsense. Quite simply, a great way to close out their second decade and yeah, it rocks. Good job, gentlemen.
Highlights: “The Fixer”, “Johnny Guitar”, “Amongst the Waves”, “Supersonic”.


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Flocking to Sixth Street
Famous pizzeria's Austin outpost shuts down — chicken joint flies in
Goodbye, Chicago-style deep dish pizza. Hello, chicken tenders. The former Gino’s East pizza place on East Sixth Street has transformed into Happy Chicks, a chicken-tender restaurant and bar. The soft opening of Happy Chicks took place last week, with the grand opening set for September 28.
Gino’s East shut down in late July. The Austin pizza joint, a franchise of the famed Gino’s East chain, opened in June 2015 at 214 E. Sixth St., about two blocks west of I-35. Parish and Bikini’s Sports Bar & Grill share space at that address.
When Gino’s East closed this summer, the reason given was that the restaurant was being remodeled. Now, Doug Guller, who owned the Gino’s East franchise and owns Happy Chicks, says he merely was keeping the chicken-tender concept under wraps “until we knew exactly what our offering was going to be and how it would look.”
Guller says the switch in dining formats was driven by customer demand.
“Our guests coming into Gino’s were asking for something that didn’t take long to cook,” Guller tells CultureMap, “and since deep dish pizza takes an hour to cook, we thought this was a better way to go from a long-term perspective.”
Why the jump from pizza to chicken? Guller explains that he’d been perfecting a chicken-tender recipe for a while and thought it was finally ready for prime time. Plus, he says, East Sixth Street lacked a chicken-focused eatery.
Guller says Happy Chicks features a “very simple” menu: chicken tenders, bacon mac and cheese, jalapeño cheddar cornbread, fries, and 15 dipping sauces. Hours are 11 am to midnight Sunday through Wednesday and 11 am to 2 am Thursday through Saturday.
“This is not a franchise, but we plan to add many more locations starting in late 2018,” Guller says. “We plan to grow this concept nationwide.”


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- Nov 29, 2011
- Power Hack G4
- 4.0 GHz i7-4790K
- Geforce GTX 770 2GB
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
Project: Quicksilver Power Hack G4 (i7 4790K / Z97)
The first time I wanted to mod a G4 was after seeing tviolation's Quicksilver project. Lack of space and money meant I had to wait a little. The project has taken about a year, it did however ramp up quickly in the last few months once I had the funds to buy the main components, which of course changed a lot during the project, originally I was planning on a sandy bridge as I didn't envision the project taking so long.
For the most part the project is complete, all internals have been finished apart from some PCI blanking covers which I need to pickup. I'm still debating if I should water cool or not, the case has been modded with water cooling in mind. I even bought an EK radiator to accurately mock up the fitment, for now it's just two exhaust fans on the bottom of the case.
I've not bothered to refinish the plastics, I've not even removed the sticky residue left from the electrical test stickers built up over the years. All that will probably change when I'm finally bored of playing with it though.
Most of what I have done was directly stolen from everyone else's G4 mod's on this site, I highly doubt I would have ended up with what I have if you guys weren't the guinea pigs. I would like to thank a few people though but please forgive me if I've missed you off. So in no real order: tviolation, Minihack, Mörkö, toledo, tonymacx86, jaymonkey, neilhart, I'll stop there but the list could go on. A big credit to this site as I've never been a contributor, I've never needed too as I've always found everything I've needed just from searching, my hat off to tonymacx86 for brining it all together.
So lets get on with the project
Apple Quicksilver Computer Case
Intel i7 4790K Haswell Processor
Asus Maximus VII Gene Motherboard
Asus nVidia GTX 770 2GB Video Card
Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB (4 x 8GB) 2133 Memory
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD x 2
Western Digital Red 3TB Hard Drive x 2
Corsair CX650M Power Supply
Azurewzve AW-CE123H 802.11ac WiFi-BT Combo mini PCIe
Corsair SP120 PWM Quite Edition Static Pressure 120mm Fan x 2
Corsair AF120 Quite Edition Case High Airflow 120mm Fan
Akasa 120mm Fan Grills x 3
BitFenix Dual USB 3.0 Front Panel
Akasa ProSlim SATA Cable 15cm (Black) x 2
Akasa Round SATA Cable 100cm (Black) x 2
Cables4PC 24pin ATX Braided Cable Extension 70cm (Black)
Cables4PC 8pin EPS Braided Cable Extension 110cm (Black)
Cables4PC 8pin PCIE Braided Cable Extension 90cm (Black)
Cables4PC 6pin PCIE Braided Cable Extension 90cm (Black)
BitFenix Molex to SATA Braided Cable Extension 45cm (Black) x 2
Miscellaneous Hardware: I/O/Fan Connectors & Pins, Rivets, Standoffs, Screws etc
I'm sure you all know how these systems look stripped down so I won't bore you with those photos. Before I had any hardware I started modding the motherboard tray and I/O panel, I had an old ATX board from work to help with mocking things up.
After some JB Weld to fill in the holes everywhere, some hydrochloric acid to completely remove all galvanising and finally some body filler to finish things off.
My very small working space, the kitchen floor. On a good day the park down the road.
Drilled a few 114mm holes for the power supply and case intake fans.
Drilled a few more 114mm holes for the bottom exhaust fans (and radiator, currently not fitted)
Started some preliminary cable management, I hate cables so hiding everything was probably higher on the priority list than sufficient cooling.
Re-mounted a dual hard drive caddy to the top the tower and fitted a USB 3.0 front panel
Completed motherboard tray and I/O panel with all required holes pre drilled and primed ready for final painting.
First real mockup with the very good looking Asus Maximus VII Gene. I ended up not going with the original door opening mechanism and so removed the plastic motherboard tray support. I did the reverse latch thing instead and think it turned out much cleaner.
Motherboard and I/O panel painted with majority of hardware fitted for motherboard and SSD mounting as well as more of that cable management stuff.
The Cables4PC made to order custom length braided cables for some nice aesthetics which all plugged nicely into the motherboard and Asus nVidia GTX 770 2GB Graphics Card.
Graphics card just missed the shortened power supply shelf.
With the plastics back on.
Processor in, also I custom made all the I/O cabling. A whole lot 22 AWG gauge black wire (about 25 meters!) for the front panel buttons, LEDS and power for the 3 fans (radiator is also now removed).
Up and running.
Final photos of the completed project, with the side plastics off showing the cable management.
Rear photo showing the I/O, I'm not happy with the cutout I've done for the audio connectors, it's a little rough so I'll be cleaning this up at some point.
Final touch is a PCIe Wifi 802.11ac & Bluetooth 4.0 combo card
About My Mac. I've not looked into any over clocking just yet, everything still running stock.


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An unknown accident occurs in Tokyo Bay's Aqua Line, which causes an emergency cabinet to assemble. All of the sudden, a giant creature immediately appears, destroying town after town with its landing reaching the capital. This mysterious giant monster is named "Godzilla".
Actors: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Paul Ryan
Director: Alex Horwitz
Hamilton's America delves even deeper into the creation of the Hamilton musical, revealing Lin-Manuel Miranda's process of absorbing and then adapting Hamilton's epic story into groundbreaking musical theater.
Actors: Anna Gunn, James Purefoy, Sarah Megan Thomas, Alysia Reiner
Director: Meera Menon
Naomi Bishop is an investment banker determined to overcome a previous stain to her professional reputation, which is a challenge in the male dominated financial sector she works in. As Naomi in that spirit makes her move managing a burgeoning new tech IPO, she has to endure not only the condescension of her colleagues, but also her imperious client even as troubling new developments cloud the venture's future. Against that, the probing of a college friend turned Federal investment law prosecutor and the conniving of her double-dealing boyfriend seem to be manageable complications, until a betrayal by a trusted colleague threatens to ruin everything.
Actors: Udo Kier, James C. Burns, Bron Boier, Richard Gleason
Director: Thomas Gulamerian
A surreptitious smuggler, working for a former member of the German Stasi, gets solicited by the CIA for deleterious involvement with Flight TWA 800 and to cover-up the Nicaraguan blackmail attempt on the CIA, after the release of "Dark Alliance", by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Gary Webb.
Actors: Elena Anaya, Carolina Lapausa, Teo Planell, Jorge Bosch
Director: Oskar Santos
It's Christmas and Zip and Zap are up to their old tricks. But this time they've gone too far and their punishment will be no Christmas vacation and a seemingly boring boat trip with their parents instead. To their surprise, the destination is a spectacular remote island. But a terrifying storm rolls in and they're forced to seek shelter at a mansion belonging to the eccentric Miss Pam, where children without families enjoy a paradise with no rules. Helped by their new friends, Flecky, Macky and Pippi, the brothers discover that their parents' sudden disappearance in the middle of the night is related to the mysterious secret behind the island and its strange inhabitants.
Actors: Marta Mazurek, Michalina Olszanska, Kinga Preis, Andrzej Konopka
Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska
One dark night, at water's edge, a family of musicians encounter aquatic sirens Silver and Golden. After assuring the family that they won't eat them up, the winsome sirens are recruited to join the Figs and Dates band at a neon-lit Warsaw dance club. When Silver becomes romantically entangled with beautiful blonde bassist Mietek, the more cunning Golden, who cannot escape her bloodthirsty nature, worries that her sister's relationship will doom their shared dream of swimming to a new life in America.
Actors: Kevin Patrick Kelly, Les Borsay, Kelly Pendygraft, Thyme Lewis
Director: Jacob Cooney
A story about two boyhood friends who come to a crossroads in their adult relationship when one of them finds true love. The story explores the blurry line between love and friendship & obsession and jealousy. FIERCE FRIEND is a thrilling ride into the psyche of a sociopath.
An unexpected blizzard threatens the Parton family, while at the same time Dolly's father (and his kids) make sacrifices to raise enough money to finally buy his wife the wedding ring he could never afford to give her. Meanwhile, an important person in little Dolly's life begins to see that her amazing voice and musical gift might just be made for something bigger than rural Tennessee.
Actors: Mina Olivera, Don Jeanes, Michelle Taylor, Robert Fleet
Director: Darcyana Moreno Izel
Country: USA, Brazil
Dark Amazon is a supernatural thriller shot deep in the Amazon jungle of Brazil. After the discovery of a breakthrough cancer cure, a documentary film crew foll lows a group of researchers into the heart of the rainforest to capture the entire experience. With the cameras rolling at all times, the former Reality TV crew focuses on the researchers' personal drams, leaving some feeling very uncomfortable as well as capturing strange unexplained occurrences. When the research samples are mysteriously destroyed, things take a deadly turn and they're left stranded, scared, and fighting for their lives, facing both physical and potentially supernatural forces. To make it back to civilization, they must traverse the dangerous rainforest and resist the mental and emotional anguish of this deadly journey.
Actors: Connor Paolo, Nick Damici, Laura Abramsen, A.C. Peterson
Director: Dan Berk, Robert Olsen
When his home of New Eden is destroyed by a revitalized Brotherhood and its new Vamp leader, Martin finds himself alone in the badlands of America with only the distant memory of his mentor and legendary vampire hunter, Mister, to guide him.
A weathered Sheriff returns to the remains of an accident he has spent a lifetime trying to forget. With each step forward, the memories come flooding back. Faced with his mistake once again, he must find the strength to carry on.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 07, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Drone USA, Inc. (OTC:DRUS) (“Drone USA” or the “Company”), a developer and manufacturer of low altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (“UAV”) and related technologies, today announced that it has signed a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) to acquire a global engineering, procurement, manufacturing and materials management company that specializes in military and commercial equipment and provisions. If acquired, the business will become an integral part of the growing aerospace, UAV and related technologies business for Drone USA.
The proposed transaction will significantly expand Drone USA’s offerings to include manufacturing capabilities of engine and spare parts for commercial, recreational and military aircraft, a support staff and a 21,000 square foot warehouse. For the trailing twelve months ended October 31, 2016, the business reported revenue of $15.75 million and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of approximately $1.6 million.
Michael Bannon, Drone USA’s Chief Executive Officer commented, “We were initially attracted to this business due to its outstanding reputation within the industry and upon further due diligence noticed synergies between the prospective acquisition and Drone USA in terms of an aligned customer base that includes foreign military and police accounts. In addition, over its history the acquisition has developed strong ties to manufacturers globally, and we are confident that the proposed transaction will fit into our business model as well as add value for our shareholders over the long term. We look forward to moving forward with a definitive agreement and will continue to aggressively pursue potential acquisitions within the UAV and aerospace industry that have proven quality systems and products, as well as low cost sourcing and supply chain management already in place.”
Certain statements in this press release may be considered “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements may include projections of matters that affect revenue, operating expenses or net earnings; projections of growth; and assumptions relating to the foregoing. Such forward-looking statements are generally qualified by terms such as: “plans, “anticipates,” “expects,” “believes” or similar words of like kind. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or qualified. Future events and actual results could differ materially from those set forth in, contemplated by, or underlying the forward-looking information. These factors are discussed in greater detail in the company’s business plan and filings with the OTC Markets Group.

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Houston Zoo is something eveyone must see at least once in their lifetime. This attraction isn't an experience to pass by!
It is just one of the many things to explore in the fantastic city of Houston.
You'll be pleased to find out that there's a huge range of hotels in the vicinity of Houston Zoo. With 24 possibilities within an easy drive, finding the right one is a breeze! The Hotel Zaza Houston Museum District, 0.7 miles (1.1 kilometer) away, is a good place to start. You may also like to have a look at the Houston Marriott Medical Center/Museum District, 0.7 miles (1.1 kilometer) away, or the Robin's Nest Bed and Breakfast Inn, only 1 mile (2 kilometers) away.
Thrifty visitors often find the Americas Best Value Inn-Medical Center Downtown, 0.7 miles (1.1 kilometer) away, offers the most bang for their buck.
Pamper yourself with a night at one of the chic hotels in the vicinity. To avoid being disappointed, it may be wise to reserve a room before everything gets full. Try The St. Regis Houston and Hotel Granduca Houston.
When your brain is still sleeping without drinking a coffee, take a walk to Pinewood Cafe (6104 Hermann Park Drive, Houston). For some fulfilling food that will fully tame your hunger, head to Macaw Cafe (Houston), just 0.2 miles (0.3 kilometers) away.

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Yesterday was World Mangrove Day and we want to share a great article about mangrove trees that was published by the BBC.
Mangroves Featured in the News:
"Sri Lanka's prime minister has said mangroves' ability to swiftly absorb carbon make the forests vital in the fight against climate change. His comments come on a day marking the first anniversary of a project to protect all of the nation's mangroves. As well as storing carbon, the forests provide habitat for fish and protect communities from tsunamis and cyclones."
Read More at BBC
Its great to see the media talking about the importance of mangrove trees. As you probably know, Eden began planting mangrove trees in Madagascar in 2010. Since that time, we have planted over 110 million mangrove trees on the west coast of Madagascar and have seen incredible transformation.
Make a difference today by planting 200 mangrove trees for just $20 (or 10,000 for $1,000...an entire forest!)
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From International Socialist Review, Vol.28 No.5, September-October 1967, pp.61-63.
Mark up: Einde O’Callaghan for ETOL.
The Labor Spy Racket
by Leo Huberman
Republished from 1937 Modern Age Books edition by Monthly Review,
with postscript on McClellan Committee hearings (1957). 209 pp. $5.00.
In this era when labor statesmen like Walter Reuther and George Meany are trying to prove that there is no class war and there are no class distinctions, the republication of this valuable handbook on anti-labor techniques and tactics as they have been developed throughout the whole history of organized labor, is welcome indeed.
Huberman wrote his original book in 1937, basing himself on the first eight volumes of the LaFollette Civil Liberties Committee. This committee spent months delving into the anti-union activities of big business in the turbulent ’30s when the CIO was on the rise. Much of the text of the original book is actual testimony by reluctant witnesses from business, from the then burgeoning labor espionage industry, from labor spies themselves, and from workers “hooked” into stooging on their fellow workers.
Perhaps one of the most infamous cases involves Richard Frankensteen who was the first president of the independent Automotive Industrial Workers Assn. Frankensteen’s best friend, John Andrews, the vice president of AIWS paint local at Dodge, was a spy. During the long period that he and Frankensteen worked to build the union he appeared to be a strong union man, an able organizer, a good speaker, ready and willing to do anything to build the union.
The wives and children of the two men also became inseparable. The two families even shared a summer cottage for one vacation while the plant was shut down. Every night during that long association John Andrews wrote a detailed report to his agency – the Corporations Auxiliary Co., a private detective agency hired by Chrysler Corp. John Andrews was paid $40 a month for his treachery. The Chrysler Corp. paid Auxiliary $9 a day for his services.
Multiply John Andrews by many thousands and you get a vague idea of the bigness of these “labor relations” operations.
In his postscript Huberman deals with the very short hearings of the McClellan Committee (Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor and Management Field of the US Senate, 1957). This committee spent many months delving into possible racketeering connections of the labor movement, but took only two months to investigate “improper” activities in the management field. But their revelations were interesting.
While “labor statesmen” may believe the old days of class war are all over, the capitalist class has no such illusions. It still looks upon the working class as its class enemy. It still employs every weapon at its disposal to keep its supremacy. In the north, in the big industrial cities where the unions are well established the methods used are more modern – bugging devices everywhere, even in union headquarters, take the place of most of the old fashioned labor spies. But it is a different story in the south where runaway plants are now in danger of being organized. There the old methods still serve.
For instance, in North and South Carolina, the J.T. Stevens Company, headed by former Secretary of the Army Stevens, is fighting an organizing drive of the Textile Workers Union with labor spies. More than 100 workers have been fired for union activity. Recently an appealed NLRB award, ordering the Stevens company to rehire 87 of those workers, has been upheld by a Circuit Court of Appeals. Now Stevens is taking the case to the Supreme Court.
And in McKeepsport, Tenn. Pinkerton thugs are guarding scab labor at the McKeepsport Press, where several unions of the printing trades have been on strike for five years.
Much of the material in this book will be new to the young generation of students, civil rights fighters and workers. To many young people the history of the labor movement, especially that dynamic period beginning in the 1930s is either entirely unknown or thought of as one views an historic novel – interesting but dramatized beyond reality. To those of us who lived through and fought in the battle to bring unionization to the masses of American workers it is anything but mysterious and over-rated. It was life. And it was very real.
Today there is a new turbulence in the labor movement, a new fighting spirit especially among young workers who refused to be led
by their noses into bad agreements by “labor statesmen” who insist the class war is over. This book should be read and studied by all union members, by all students, civil rights workers and antiwar fighters. It is a good idea to know your enemy. And it is even better to be fully aware of his arsenal of weapons.
Last updated on 19 June 2009

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