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When it comes to cryptocurrency, different people, depending on their level of familiarity and fondness for the concept, are going to have different ideas about the level of application that it’s destined to have in the wider world. Part of this issue might be seen as being one of accessibility. Are the jargon and culture surrounding crypto too impermeable and niche to attract a more general audience? In this case, even as more businesses accept its varying forms as trade, they might struggle to escape its current confinements.
However, it’s arguable that it isn’t trying to become mainstream, just more appealing to its demographic – investors. Even within that sphere, though, what can it do to become more generally accessible?
Part of what might turn people away from cryptocurrency is how truly diverse the field actually is once you start to delve into it. While the topic of cryptocurrency is discussed under that blanket term, the generalisations that are made as a result of that might fail to take the specific qualities and USPs of certain examples into consideration. It can also feel isolating when you do invest in one type of crypto, only to feel distant from other types at the same time.
The idea of a more interconnected and interoperable ecosystem for cryptocurrencies is something that’s being discussed and developed in some circles in order to account for this, and OKX.com have a guide on cosmos atom that you might find relevant.
Public Awareness and Understanding
Part of what might prevent people from feeling comfortable with jumping deeper into cryptocurrency could be the preconceptions that they already have about it being a niche online tool. Presenting itself as an alternative to traditional currency might be what draws some people towards it, but to other people, that might only make it seem untrustworthy.
In order to bridge this gap, the landscape would need to be more widely understood – something that could be seen as happening simply through its increased media exposure in recent times. It doesn’t even necessarily have to change course to do this – more money going into it from interested businesses could draw more general attention to it, and if it’s seen to be where the money is, it makes sense that public interest would increase.
A Risky Investment?
Even once that hurdle is overcome, however, the idea of cryptocurrency being a risky investment might still stop people from putting money down on it. While investments are always going to have at least some level of risk, the differences in the landscape and the volatility that can stem from that in regard to some types of crypto can lead to fluctuations that some people might not feel comfortable with.
There might not be a whole lot that can be done about this, and it might have to be something that’s accepted and embraced, arguing that while the chance of loss does exist, the possibility for gain stands to be greater than it might be in more secure situations.


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After spending the last part of 2018 touring debut album 'No Chaser', Ablaze are back on the road for 2019 with second single 'Long Way Home'!
Kicking off with three dates supporting rock n' roll journeyman John Corabi, Ablaze will be heading out on the highway and taking no prisoners in support of new single and video 'Long Way Home'; an ode to the highs and lows of touring life. Ablaze's well-known blistering live show will be taking control of your earholes across Tasmania, Victoria, SA, ACT and NSW as the boys set out to prove that Aussie Rock n' Roll is still alive and well - and with sights set on overseas before the end of 2019 you better catch 'em while you can...


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Ares Custom Action Figure
Today is the first in a couple weeks. Ares was made in a request by a friend. It was intended to be based on the last original concept that I did in the Marvel Universe Scale of 3.75 inch tall, but he was order in the Marvel Legends Scale. To begin with it I used Marvel Select Deadpool with the entire torso sculpted with bigger muscles arms,entire boots with the feet, helmet, and all the detail as well. Sword and knife are from build-a-figure Ares with modified handles, ax is from Conan, and gun from Deadpool.
It was based on the 4 inch one I did a while back with very little modifications.
Hope you all like it and comments as always are welcome,
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Although Ochirbat strongly advocated policies of rapid national revitalization and economic reform to break the country from its socialist past and adopt capitalism by the year 2000, he had a reputation for flexibility and willingness to compromise and his persuasiveness helped diffuse confrontations and political crises in the lead up to the first free elections in June 1993. Nevertheless, ideological splits within the MPRP lead the party leadership to reject Ochirbat as their presidential candidate and instead nominate hardliner Lodongiin Tüdev, editor in chief of the communist newspaper Ünen. Sensing an opportunity, a coalition of opposition parties, including the National Democrats and Social Democratic party, nominated Ochirbat as their candidate. On June 6, 1993, Ochirbat soundly defeated Tudev, winning 57.8 percent of the vote to become the first president ever elected by popular vote in Mongolia.
Ochirbat's term in office was beset by a series of political and economic crises. By the end of 1993, Ochirbat had become a harsh critic of government's failure to address the country's worsening economic situation. The country suffered food and energy shortages and high inflation. Ochirbat accused the government of not meeting its social welfare obligations. He was also critical of the Mongolian Intelligence services for failing to prevent the rise of transnational organized crime in Mongolia. He blamed over burdensome local and central bureaucracies for blocking faster economic improvement and called for reducing the overall size of the bureaucracy and speeding up privatization of government owned assets. By 1995 only 19.2% of economy had been privatized.
When in March 1994 opposition parties withdrew from parliament, Ochirbat publicly called for a protection of the rights of the minority parties and accused the ruling MPRP of exploiting the media to their advantage by limiting press coverage of parliament. He also supported reforms to election law to open elections to all parties in advance of parliamentary elections in 1996. In 1994, he vetoed a parliamentary decree to promote Cyrillic script in Mongolia and delay introduction of classical script.
Following his loss in a re-election campaign in 1997, Ochirbat left Mongolian politics and founded the "Ochirbat Foundation", a non-profit, non Governmental organization that focused on poverty alleviation and self-sufficiency, environmental, and education programs. In 2000 he became Director of the Center for Ecology and Sustainable Development at Mongolian University of Science and Technology. In 2005 he was appointed Member of the Constitutional Court of Mongolia and re-appointed in 2010.

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Low Iron, Depression, and Anxiety – A Simple Solution
CThe COVID-19 Pandemic has amplified anxiety and depression globally. We're taking a look back at Dr. Guillory's blog, written one year ago, about the possible link between iron deficiency and depression.
Iron is a vital mineral that plays a role in every cell of the body. Iron is a component of the hemoglobin protein in red blood cells, which carries oxygen throughout the body.

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Former President Donald Trump is still a favorite target of the Democratic Party. They cannot stand to watch his endorsed candidates win primary elections because of his influence. The latest attack coming from the left uses a third party that once worked for the president. Cassidy Hutchinson was enticed to provide testimony against the former president to brand him as a violent man.
According to Newsmax, Hutchinson claimed that “The former president, according to her version of events, allegedly told him, ‘I’m the f***ing president’ and, ‘Take me up to the Capitol now,’ while reaching for the steering wheel. Engel then allegedly grabbed his arm, and Trump used his other hand to reach for his neck.”
The woman wants people to think that Trump is violent and attacks people to get what he wants.
But there is testimony to what took place that day. The Secret Service claims to have eyewitnesses that can testify that what Hutchinson claims is nothing but a pack of lies. Her lies are all but a picture of the way the Democratic Party works to discredit people and destroy their character.
The story presented by Hutchinson gives the Democrats that final piece of the puzzle they need to brand the January 6 protests as an attempt by conservatives to take over the country. They need Donald Trump to come off as a violent man determined to stop the certification of the election. Hutchinson tells how the president attacked the people in the car in an attempt for him to be taken back to the scene of the protests.
The Secret Service is willing to provide the truth of what took place. The two men scheduled to provide their account of what took place are claiming that nothing like what Hutchinson said ever took place. Trump never assaulted anyone in the car so that they would take him back to the Capitol.
Hutchinson has watched too many Hollywood movies.
Peter Alexander is the NBC News Chief White House correspondent. He stated, “A source close to the Secret Service tells me both Bobby Engel, the lead agent, and the presidential limousine/SUV driver are prepared to testify under oath that neither man was assaulted and that Mr. Trump never lunged for the steering wheel.”
Hutchinson claimed that the vehicle attack would have caused a significant accident. Grabbing the wheel and attacking the people would have caused the car to swerve out of control. The fake testimony has so many holes that no one in their right mind would ever believe her story.
The two witnesses are willing to go under oath to ensure the truth is told. They are willing to stake their freedom in telling the truth. Lying under oath would bring charges against the two men. Cassidy Hutchinson could only hope to measure up to the integrity of the two Secret Service men for the truth.
The liberal woman claims that the former president and many that worked for him were part of a larger plan to take over the country. She forgets that people have the right to gather and protest just about anything in the world. The country believed that Joe Biden and his notorious gang of liberals hijacked the election. And they were there to show their support for the Republicans seeking to force an audit of the results.
The fake attacks against Trump are nothing more than an attempt to keep him from putting his name in for the 2024 presidential election. The liberals do not want the man to win the White House because they know that the next time he sits down in the White House, great things will happen.
The idea that Trump would attack someone like Hutchinson claims is entirely out of character for the man. Trump would never risk his life or freedom to attack people in a car simply to return to a protest. He is a lot smarter than what the Democrats give him credit for.

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Cardinal rain on Trojans homecoming parade
For the second time in three years, Stanford has owned the Los Angeles Coliseum. Unlike those underdogs of 2007 that clawed back to shock and surprise the Trojans and the college football world, this year’s group jumped out early, struck often, and walked away with a convincing 55-21 victory.
The combination of Andrew Luck and Toby Gerhart proved to be too much for the Trojans’ spiraling defense to handle, accounting for six of the Cardinal’s 8 touchdowns. Gerhart rumbled for 182 yards and 3 scores, continuing to be the unstoppable force the Pac 10 has seen all season. Andrew Luck did his part to solidify his stance in the “best freshman quarterback” debate, by throwing for two touchdowns and running for another.
The Trojans struggled again with the escapability of another quarterback. Luck took everything the defense gave him, legging out 62 yards for an average of 8.7 per carry, respecting the coverage by the USC secondary, while punishing an overaggressive defensive line. The Trojans entered this contest second in the nation in sacks, but failed to record any against a mobile hurler that has only been corralled 6 times this year.
Though the Trojans offense gave glimpses of perfection at times, it was moments of imperfection that fed the opponent. Matt Barkley’s early fumble on the first possession, after USC had driven to the red zone, resulted in Stanford’s first score. The generous offerings continued, with the young quarterback also throwing three interceptions on the day that led to 21 Cardinal points. In all, 28 of Stanford’s 55 points followed USC turnovers, including a pick-six by Richard Sherman to squash any comeback hopes.
At some point, Stanford has to be given its due respect. The Cardinal have now defeated two top-ten opponents in consecutive weeks. After putting up 51 points against Oregon a week ago, they followed by making it rain for 55 on Saturday, the most points ever scored against USC in its 121 year history of football.
It was homecoming, but you wouldn’t know it. The Coliseum was emptied before the final seconds had left the clock. It was Pete Carroll’s first loss in November, first loss on homecoming, and topped the Oregon Halloween debacle for the worst loss he’s ever suffered as head coach at USC. The conference championship is no longer in reach, and BCS at-large dreaming is over. The Trojans now have 3-losses in a season for the first time since 2001. The Empire has fallen.


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Near the town’s main roundabout in the building marked 'Espaço Jovem'; it has free internet terminals and a useful booklet on walks and bike paths.
Offers useful maps of the town, information on surfing (ask for the Surf Guide booklet), and maps and brochures for Lisbon and beyond.
The very helpful, enthusiastic Nelia has worked here for years and knows the lot. The turismo faces the back side of the monastery.
Just outside Porta da Vila, near the bus stop, with helpful multilingual staff offering town brochures and maps in five languages.
In the heart of the village; in the same building is an elevator that takes you up to the top of the town (free of charge).
Provides a free town map. Might be moving location; check the website for the current address.
In a street near the monastery, providing assistance in multiple languages.
In the front offices of the food market. Helpful, multilingual staff.
In the town of Rio Maior, south of the park.
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What a great exhibition the Natural Stone Show at ExCeL London was last month. I congratulate Richard Bradbury and his team from QMJ who put the show together. The exhibition was larger than last time and was busy. The stands were well presented and most had a number of staff to talk to so there was usually someone to answer questions.
As the Stone Show is held at Excel it is easy to get to from most of the country, particularly, of course, from London and the South East and I was pleased to meet quite a few colleagues from the memorial masonry sector at ExCeL, some even for the first time as they spoke to me having recognised me from this column.
The show is really about the architectural side of the stone industry these days and while there were not many memorials on display, there were plenty of interesting stones that would make attractive alternatives to the traditional standard polished black headstones.
British stone suppliers were well represented and they are always happy to produce high grade material for memorials.
And if you are involved in looking after historic memorials, as many of us have been in the past year and more as the centenary of World War I approached, the new Historic England organisation had copies of the guide Caring for Historic Memorials among the publications produced by its predecessor, English Heritage, that it was giving away.
I did miss seeing the National Association of Memorial Masons (NAMM). It has been part of the exhibition ever since it first started in 1995 but this year is staging a show of its own at Warwickshire Exhibition Centre on 19 & 20 June.
Back in 1995 when the Natural Stone Show was first put on (in the since demolished Wembley Exhibition Centre), NAMM Tradex was a significant constituent and even got a mention in the title of the event. In those days British memorial wholesalers were still making plenty of the memorials they sold in the UK. How times change.
The tools at the Stone Show always interest me. Flex Power tools certainly seem to have become a major favourite in the stone sector but it was good to see some of the smaller tools being demonstrated as well.
Show discounts are always an attraction and the colleague I visited the show with gave way to temptation and bought a high specification sack barrow at a price which I have to say was very reasonable. These barrows are among the most used pieces of equipment by memorial masons.
There was also the latest in lifting gear to be inspected, although I did think some of the 'A' frame rigs seemed complicated and expensive for memorial work.
The electrical equipment included some basic and economically priced stone saws that would fit into most memorial masons’ yards. One even had wheels and could be stood in a corner on edge, although the length of cut was limited. Sand blasting rigs were also on show.
There was no shortage of cleaning and sealing chemicals to choose from and my wife is currently trying out some of the free samples on our kitchen worktops.
I enjoyed the show, meeting people, looking at new technology, the tools, the developments in treatments and innovations to make the mason’s life easier. Everyone was helpful and it was a real pleasure to attend such a friendly gathering of our industry.

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NAPLES - A familiar face to Collier County will represent Florida's U.S. Congressional District 25.
Republican David Rivera defeated Democrat Joe Garcia, Tea Party candidate Roly Arrojo and Whig candidate Craig Porter in Tuesday's midterm election.
Also on Tuesday, U.S. House Rep. Connie Mack IV, R-Fort Myers, had a resounding victory to retain his seat against two challengers.
With all of Collier's and Monroe's precincts counted, as well as 176 of 198 precincts in Miami-Dade's portion of District 25, Rivera received a total of 72,577 votes, followed by Garcia with 58,625 votes, Arrojo with 4,169 and Porter with 3,114 votes.
"I am honored by the support that the voters of District 25 have shown me tonight and throughout my campaign," said Rivera, who represented part of Collier County in his state legislative district, in a written statement.
Garcia couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
Created in 2002, District 25 covers the eastern part of Collier County, western parts of Miami-Dade County and some of Monroe.
The seat was vacated by GOP Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, who ran unopposed for his brother Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart's District 21 seat. In February, Lincoln Diaz-Balart announced his intent to retire from office.
Between lawsuits, name-calling and the traditional campaign jabs, the race to fill the seat left by Mario Diaz-Balart was contentious from the start.
The rivalry between the two front-runners came to light in February when Garcia's campaign alleged financial impropriety by Rivera's campaign and it continued to become more heated as Election Day drew near.
A total of 42,036 registered voters reside in Collier's portion of District 25, of which 13,769 are Democrat, 17,768 are Republican, 8,981 have no party affiliation and 1,518 are registered as other. On Tuesday, 11,475 Republicans and 6,327 Democrats cast ballots in Collier's side of District 25. Arrojo got 959 votes and Porter got 546.
In Miami-Dade's part of District 25, a total of 327,251 voters are registered, of which 117,639 are Democrats, 116,129 are Republicans, 89,041 have no party affiliation and 4,442 are listed as other. On Tuesday, only 61,101 Republicans and 52,296 Democrats cast ballots in that side of District 25.
In District 14, Mack had majorities of nearly 74 percent in Collier, nearly 65 percent in Lee and about 65 percent in Charlotte, with all precincts reporting in all three counties.
"Tonight the voters are speaking loud and clear," said Mack in an e-mailed statement. "They want to restore fiscal sanity and discipline to Washington, D.C. I look forward to leading the fight to repeal the destruction done by the Obama Administration and replace it with conservative leadership and governance."
In Collier, Mack earned 60,131 votes. His Democratic challenger, James Roach, earned 18,304 votes, or about 22.5 percent, and no-party-affiliation candidate William St. Claire earned 2,967, about 4.6 percent.
In Lee, Mack earned 88,338 votes, or nearly 65 percent. Roach had nearly 31 percent of the votes, with 41,843, and St. Claire had about 4 percent, with 5,834.
Mack has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since he was elected in 2004.
A bitterly fought South Florida Congressional seat that's been in the GOP fold was staying Republican, election results tonight have showed as of 9:45 p.m.
Republican David Rivera had about 53.66 percent of the vote with 57,933 votes compared with 41.04 percent or 44,304 votes for Democrat Joe Garcia, according to the latest returns posted tonight at the state Division of Elections website.
A bitterly fought South Florida Congressional seat that's been in the GOP fold was staying Republican, initial election results released tonight showed.
Republican David Rivera had about 56.81 percent of the vote with 40,640 votes compared with 37.81 percent or 27,048 votes for Democrat Joe Garcia, according to returns posted tonight by 8:30 p.m. at the state Division of Elections website.
The first statewide results weren't getting posted until after 8 p.m. because the Florida Panhandle is in a time zone that's an hour later than the peninsula, where voting ended at 7 p.m. Eastern time.
Florida's Congressional District 25 race also included Florida Whig Party candidate Craig Porter and Tea Party candidate Roly Arrojo.
The winner will fill the seat being vacated by GOP Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, who ran unopposed for his brother Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart's District 21 seat. In February, Lincoln Diaz-Balart announced his intent to retire from office.
Created in 2002, District 25 covers the eastern part of Collier County, western part of Miami-Dade County and some of Monroe County.
Rivera, 44, of Doral, was a state representative from 2002 until now. Garcia, 47, of Miami, ran for the district seat in 2008.
In another race, Rep. Connie, R-Fort Myers, was winning soundly to retain his seat against two challengers.
Mack had majorities of about 74 percent in Collier with 80 of 94 precincts reporting, nearly 65 percent in Lee with 167 of 171 precincts reporting and nearly 66 percent in Charlotte's early and absentee voting.
In Collier, Mack earned 34,336 votes. His Democratic challenger, James Roach, earned 16,865 votes, or about 22 percent, and no-party-affiliation candidate William St. Claire earned 2,773, about 3.7 percent.
In Lee, Mack earned 85,883 with 167 of 171 precincts reporting, or nearly 65 percent. Roach had nearly 31 percent of the votes, with 40,766, and St. Claire had about 4 percent, with 5,657.
If Mack is re-elected, it will be his fourth term in the House of Representatives for District 14.
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Christina Sottani, Italian research chemist, consultant.
Sottani, Christina was born on March 31, 1963 in Pavia, Italy. Daughter of Ivo and Franca Giovanna (Vecchini) Sottani.
Degree in pharmaceutical chemistry, University Pavia, 1988.
Researcher I.S.F. Società per Azioni, Milan, 1989-1992. Research chemist Marion Merrell Dow Research, 1992-1996. Chemist assistant S. Maugeri Foundation, since 1996.
Mass spectrometry consultant Sbimadzu, Milan, since 1994.

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Ashley Tisdale and Christopher French’s love is in perfect harmony, and so is their music. The couple, who wed in 2014, released an acoustic cover of Walk the Moon’s “Shut Up and Dance” on Wednesday, and we can’t stop watching. Not only are their voices perfectly in sync, but we can’t get over all their sweet glances during the song. Of course, this isn’t the first time we’ve obsessed over one of Tisdale’s “Music Sessions” videos. Back in January, she gave us the High School Musical duet we’ve always wanted when she sang with her costar and best friend Vanessa Hudgens.
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Read Jerry Nadler's opening statement in debate over articles of impeachment
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) opened Wednesday night's hearing to debate the two articles of impeachment against President Trump by urging his colleagues to hold the president accountable.
The big picture: Nadler outlined the evidence he believes warrants the impeachment of Trump, and he insisted the country "cannot rely on an election to solve our problems" because Trump threatens the integrity of that very election.
Read Nadler's full opening statement:
"Good evening Ranking Member Collins, and distinguished Members of this Committee.
Tonight, we begin consideration of two articles of impeachment against President Donald J. Trump.
The first article charges that the President used the powers of his public office to demand that a foreign government attack his political rivals.
The second article charges that the President obstructed the congressional investigation into his conduct. Other Presidents have resisted congressional oversight, but President Trump’s stonewall was complete, absolute, and without precedent in American history.
Taken together, the two articles charge President Trump with placing his private, political interests above our national security, above our free and fair elections, and above our ability to hold public officials accountable.
This Committee now owes it to the American people to give these articles close attention, and to describe their factual basis, meaning, and importance.
I believe that three questions should frame our debate.
First, does the evidence show clearly that the President committed these acts?
Second, do they rise to the level of impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors?
Third, what are the consequences for our national security, for the integrity of our elections, and for our country if we fail to act?
To the first question, there can be no serious debate about what President Trump did.
On July 25 of this year, when he spoke by telephone to President Zelensky of Ukraine, President Trump had the upper hand. Ukraine had been invaded by Russia. Zelensky had only recently been elected. He badly needed our help. He needed it in the form of military aid already appropriated by Congress because of our national security interests in Ukraine. And he needed help in the form of an Oval Office meeting, so he could show the world that the United States stands with him against Russian aggression.
President Trump should have been focused on America’s national security and on the interests of the American people on that call.
Instead, he completely ignored them to push his own personal, political interests.
President Trump asked for a favor. He wanted Ukraine to announce two bogus investigations: one into former Vice President Biden, his leading opponent in the 2020 election, and another to advance a conspiracy theory that Ukraine, not Russia, attacked our elections in 2016.
These were not legitimate requests. Neither was supported by the evidence. One investigation was designed to help President Trump conceal the truth about the 2016 election. The other was designed to help him gain an advantage in the 2020 campaign. Both were divorced from reality— and from official U.S. policy.
The evidence proves that these requests were not related to any real interest in rooting out corruption. President Trump eagerly does business with corrupt governments every day.
The evidence shows that President Trump did not care if real investigations took place. A public announcement that the government of Ukraine was investigating his rivals would have been enough for him to release the aid, whether or not an actual investigation ever took place.
After the call, President Trump ratcheted up the pressure. He dangled the offer of an Oval Office meeting. He withheld $391 million in military aid. His personal lawyer traveled to push the Ukrainians directly. The President deployed other agents, including outside the official channels of diplomacy, to make his desires clear.
By September, President Zelensky was ready to comply and to announce the two fake investigations. Then the scandal broke into the open. Caught in the act, the President was forced to release the aid.
When the House of Representatives opened an inquiry into the President’s actions, President Trump did everything in his power to obstruct the investigation. He declared across-the-board resistance. He ordered every official in the federal government to defy all subpoenas related to the inquiry. At his command, the Administration also refused to produce a single document related to the inquiry. Not one.
To put this obstruction into context, during the Watergate hearings, President Nixon turned over recordings of his conversations in the Oval Office; later, President Clinton handed over his DNA.
President Trump’s obstruction was, by contrast, absolute.
Those are the facts. They are overwhelming. There is no denying them.
Having reviewed the evidence, we come to our second question: Is the President’s proven conduct impeachable?
The answer is simple: absolutely.
Under Article I, the President can be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors.
The highest of high crimes is abuse of power. It occurs when a President uses his official powers to serve his own personal, selfish interests at the expense of the public good. To the founding generation that had fought a king and won our freedom, it was a specific, well-defined offense.
The first article of impeachment charges President Trump with abuse of power. The article describes President Trump’s conduct and lays out two aggravating factors that we must consider: In pressuring Ukraine for a personal favor, President Trump both betrayed our national security and attempted to corrupt our elections.
When the President weakens an ally who advances American security interests by fighting an American adversary, the President weakens America.
And when the President demands that a foreign government investigate his domestic political rivals, he corrupts our elections. To the Founders, this kind of corruption was especially pernicious. Free and fair elections are the bedrock of our democracy.
If our elections are corrupt, everything is corrupt.
The President faces a second article of impeachment for his ongoing efforts to obstruct a lawful investigation of his conduct. We have never, in the history of our nation, seen a President categorically defy Congress in this manner.
If the President can first abuse his power and then stonewall all congressional requests for information, Congress cannot fulfill its duty to act as a check and balance against the Executive — and the President becomes a dictator.
Later tonight, you will hear more about both articles — and how they describe a pattern of behavior that President Trump seems determined to repeat, again and again. My colleagues will also address various procedural objections that have been raised in the President’s defense.
But there is one of those objections that I wish to address right away. Some ask, why not take more time? Why is this necessary now? Why not let the next election handle it?
This brings us to the third and final question: What is the risk if we do not act?
Over the past 94 days since the House investigation began — indeed, over the past three years — one indisputable truth has emerged: If we do not respond to President Trump’s abuses of power, the abuses will continue.
We cannot rely on an election to solve our problems when the President threatens the very integrity of that election. Nor can we sit on our hands while the President undermines our national security — and while he allows his personal interests and the interests of our adversary Russia to advance.
The President’s personal lawyer was in Ukraine again just last week.
That was not three years ago. That was not three months ago. That was Saturday. President Trump’s continuing abuses of power jeopardize our security and our elections. The threat is urgent. If we do not act — now — what happens next will be our responsibility as well as his.
I will close with a word to my Republican colleagues. I know you. I have worked with many of you for years. I consider you to be good and decent public servants.
I know this moment must be difficult, but you still have a choice.
I hope every member of this Committee will withstand the political pressures of the moment. I hope that none of us attempt to justify behavior that we know in our heart is wrong. I hope that we are able to work together to hold this President — or any President — accountable for breaking his most basic obligations to the country and to its citizens.
And while you think about that choice, please keep in mind that — one way or the other — President Trump will not be president forever.
When his time has passed, when his grip on our politics is gone, when our country returns, as surely it will, to calmer times and stronger leadership, history will look back on our actions here today. How would you be remembered?
We have each taken an oath to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. I hope to be remembered for honoring that oath. I hope you feel the same.
And so, with a heavy heart but clear in my duty to our country, I support these articles of impeachment. I urge my colleagues to support them as well.
I yield back the balance of my time."
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According to the "Journal of mordovia", the syrian army started to strengthen the protection of tanks T-72 so-called "Nato modernization", that is, machines that are modified with the help of engineers from "Galileo avionica". Currently in service are the three italian version of these tanks. On the first T-72m1 installed a new two-axis stabilised gunner sight with laser range finders and thermal imagers 2nd generation fire control system turms-t (the same mounted on the italian main battle tank c1 "Arietta"). The detection range of these devices is up to 5 thousand meters a day and 4 million meters in the night. The same sights are mounted on the old T-72 "Ural - 1". The second tank received, except for the new gunner's sight, the commander's panoramic sight with thermal imager and an independent stabilization in two planes.
In the end, significantly increased opportunities for detection of enemy targets day and night. The commander can not only carry out the targeting, but also to fire from guns and machine guns. The third car is equipped with kits of the Russian anti shaped-charge "Reactive armor" "Contact-1". Versions of these tanks that do not have dynamic protection, received lattice screens designed to reduce the effectiveness of rocket-propelled grenades of the enemy. The screens are designed in such a way as to place behind them sandbags, which further increase the resistance to anti-tank munitions.
The real threats of modern times is ideology, and not the phenomenon, says the head of the international Committee of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev.
Missile tests for the AAMS new generation s-500 are on the ground in Russia, reports RIA Novosti news Agency the message of the General designer of the concern "Almaz-Antey" Paul Sozinova.
The Russian defense Ministry to the Victory Day was launched on its website a multimedia project with rare photographs of the great Patriotic war "Our Victory is in the lens," reports RIA Novosti.


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The warmth of spring brings out the start of the gardening season as well as many leaf-and-stem-eating insects. Many times, it seems as soon as you get a handle on one bug, a different one shoots up and munches on all your hard work. It sounds tempting and easy to turn to a wide-spectrum insecticide, but they come with many negative side effects to our beneficial bugs, honeybees, human health, and the environment as a whole. The praying mantis is one of the most recognized of those beneficial insects. While they are pleasing to look at and fun to watch, the praying mantis is not to be underestimated. It is an apex predator in the bug world and adding them to your homestead will fill in an important role in your garden pest control system.
Let’s examine the praying mantis’ weapon arsenal from top to bottom to see all the benefits it can provide.
A point could be made that praying mantises do not know the difference between good bugs and pests. When praying mantises hatch out of their egg case, they are a tiny army of eating machines that are not dependent on flowers and pollen for their food. The hungry tiny mantises are instead ready to devour grubs, aphids, and egg-laying moths to name just a few. Knowing they will enjoy clearing your plants of the insects such as nasty Japanese beetles is a reason to dance. Especially in your rose gardens.
The Chinese praying mantis is an invasive species that was introduced to the United States in 1896 as pest control to eliminate the gypsy moth. Sadly—as is usually the case when outside species are brought into an environment—what sounded like a good idea goes very wrong.
The Chinese praying mantis (Tenodera sinensis)is larger and stronger than the U.S. native Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis Carolina). These differences make competing for food very one-sided. The establishment of the Chinese mantis for over 100 years has allowed it to be on the top of the food chain. Although there is a small population of true Carolina mantis still in the wild, in many places the native mantis no longer exists.
Homesteaders and gardeners alike will want to familiarize themselves with the differences between the Carolina mantis and the Chinese mantis to ensure they’re not introducing a harmful invasive species to their piece of land.
So how do you introduce praying mantis to your gardens? There are many internet gardening, seed, and supply sites that mail order. This makes ordering praying mantis is simple and affordable.
Since the egg cases come ready to hatch, you need to have a plan already in place before they arrive. Having them hatch inside your house or car is not a good experience.
Here are some hints to make your new recruits happy in their new home:
As late autumn comes and the last of the leaves fall to the ground, the praying mantis changes focus from eating to mating. After mating, the female will wrap the moist egg sac on a small branch or twig and these egg cases will harden into a durable material that will protect them through the winter. Although the lives of the adult mantis are now over, their young will be ready to hatch a new generation again in the next year.
This year, don’t let all your hard work be munched away one bite at a time. Introduce these predators into your gardens and know they are busy devouring problem insects such as leaf-, stem-, and bloom-eating insects. Introducing praying mantis on your homestead will save your gardens while actually helping the environment.
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Balloon Fight was developed and published by Nintendo. First released in arcades in 1984, the NES version was released in 1985. Unusually for a Nintendo developed property post the launch of the NES/Famicom, Balloon Fight was also ported to Japanese home computers the NEC PC88-01 and the Sharp X1.
Gameplay consists of either one player or two-player co-op mode, and the goal of the main game is to defeat all enemies on screen to clear each level. The player is given three lives at the beginning of each game. There is also a Balloon Trip mode that tasks a player's reflexes by presenting an obstacle course full of hazards.
The game was later added to the Wii Virtual Console, the Wii U Virtual Console and the 3DS eShop. It is also present in the first NES Remix from indieszero as one of the featured games.
The player character is a person with two balloons strapped to their back. The player must hit either the A or B buttons to flap the character's hands to fly about the stage, attacking enemies by landing on their backs and popping their balloons. Enemies are defeated by popping both of their balloons, and then landing on them while they are on the ground (in order to prevent them from inflating another balloon). There is also a body of water in the center of each level. If an enemy or player falls into the water or floats too close to the water, a large fish jumps from the water and eats the character. A spinning bumper-blade appears in the later levels as an added obstacle.
Between every three normal levels, a bonus stage occurs. In the bonus stage, the player attempts to burst a large number of balloons as they float up from the bottom of the screen. If all 20 balloons are collected, a large bonus is added to the player's score. Following each bonus stage, the player is also rewarded with a full complement of two balloons.
The game also features a single-player mode called "Balloon Trip" where the player moves across a side-scrolling level, avoiding lightning bolts and gathering balloons. The player only has one life in this mode, and there is no ground to land on. Players begin the trip at a rank of 50 and as more balloons are gathered, their rank decreases. Nothing special happens if the player stays alive long enough to reach rank 1 (the game simply continues on indefinitely). In the closing part of Iwata Asks about Tekken 3D for 3DS, former Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, who was the programmer of Balloon Fight, stated that they made the Balloon Trip mode in the last 3 days of development.
Balloon Fight was one of the first NES games ever released, several months after the launch of the US version of the console.
The entirety of Balloon Fight was included in the 2002 title Animal Crossing where the game cartridge was featured as a hidden title. Once a player found said cartridge they could play the game any time they wanted to within the game. In 2007, Balloon Fight was released for the Wii Virtual Console. The franchise also saw a spiritual successor in the form of Tingle's Balloon Fight DS, a rare Japanese Club Nintendo exclusive DS cartridge released in 2007. Balloon Fight also serves as the theme to the "touch" mode in Tetris DS.
On January 23 2013, one day after the 28th anniversary of its release on Famicom, Balloon Fight was announced to be the first Virtual Console game released for Wii U. It was released that day worldwide as part of a special promotion celebrating 30 years of Famicom, before even the Virtual Console service proper was released.

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Although calcium and vitamin D have been the primary focus of nutritional prevention of osteoporosis, recent research has clarified the importance of several additional nutrients and food constituents. Further, results of calcium and vitamin D supplementation trials have been inconsistent, suggesting that reliance on this intervention may be inadequate. In addition to dairy, fruit and vegetable intake has emerged as an important modifiable protective factor for bone health. Several nutrients, including magnesium, potassium, vitamin C, vitamin K, several B vitamins, and carotenoids, have been shown to be more important than previously realized. Rather than having a negative effect on bone, protein intake appears to benefit bone status, particularly in older adults. Regular intake of cola beverages shows negative effects and moderate alcohol intake shows positive effects on bone, particularly in older women. Current research on diet and bone status supports encouragement of balanced diets with plenty of fruit and vegetables, adequate dairy and other protein foods, and limitation of foods with low nutrient density.
Dietary magnesium supplementation suppresses bone resorption via inhibition of parathyroid hormone secretion in rats fed a high-phosphorus diet.
This study examined the effects of dietary magnesium (Mg) supplementation on bone turnover and serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels in rats fed a high-phosphorus (P) diet. Male rats were randomized by weight into three groups, and fed a control diet (control), a high-P diet (HP) or a high-P and high-Mg diet (HPHMg) for 14 days. Serum osteocalcin levels were significantly higher in the HP and HPHMg groups than in the control group. Serum CTx levels were significantly higher in the HP and HPHMg groups than in the control group, while the levels in the HPHMg group were significantly lower than in the HP group. Serum PTH levels were significantly higher in the HP group than in the control and HPHMg groups. Dietary Mg supplementation had a significant influence on serum PTH levels in the HP and HPHMg groups. These results suggest that dietary Mg supplementation suppresses the high bone resorption induced by a high-P diet via inhibition of PTH secretion. Moreover, our results suggest that dietary Mg supplementation may be beneficial for the prevention of bone loss with high-P diet administration.

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[YMAB] Legendary Exodia Effect Revealed!
The new promotional card, Legendary Exodia, from the upcoming Monster Art Box has just had its effect revealed where it… lets the opponent of this card’s controller… win the duel??
Shin Exodia (Legendary Exodia)
DARK Spellcaster / Effect
(If this monster is on the field, and all other monsters on the field are exactly 4 “Forbidden One” Normal Monsters with different names, the opponent of this card’s controller wins the Duel.)
Note that the effect is not 100% confirmed because of the 20th Secret Rare imprint blocking some of the text. However the additional info text box provided confirms that the opponent of the card’s controller is the one that wins the duel.

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Osaka is Japan is being returned to British Airways global network from Heathrow for next summer.
BA last flew to Osaka up until October 1998 with the resumption coming ahead of the airline marking 70 years of flying to Tokyo in November.
Four flights a week have been scheduled to operate from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Osaka’s Kansai international airport from March 31.
The new route takes the number of daily flights between London and Japan as part of BA’s joint business with Japan Airlines up to 32 a week.
Jal will also offer a code share on the new service, further strengthening the joint business.
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft will be deployed on the route, with special return fares starting at £599 in economy for bookings made until October 9 for travel between May 7 and September 9, 2019.
BA network and alliances director Sean Doyle said: “Our partners Japan Airlines and Finnair have demonstrated that Osaka is a hugely popular route with leisure and business travellers alike, so we are excited to launch direct flights from London, giving customers another gateway.
“Japan is a highly sought-after destination for British tourists and many of the country’s key attractions are within easy reach of Osaka.
“This new route will also open up more opportunities for companies to explore and build business in the region so we’re expecting this new service to be well received by our customers.”
Jal international relations and alliances executive officer, Hideki Oshima, added: “We are extremely excited with the announcement of British Airways’ new route.
“Not only does it provide more choices and greater convenience for our passengers traveling between Japan and Europe, but it is also great news for the Kansai region.
“We look forward to serving our mutual customers through our codeshare service and contributing to the regional economy in Osaka.”
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“THE FUTURE IN OUR HANDS: ADDRESSING THE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE”
United Nations Headquarters
New York, 24 September 2007
Mr. Secretary General,
Heads of State and Government,
As the Secretary General stressed in his opening statement in this very Assembly, over 20 years ago, world leaders told us that climate change was real; that we had to make changes and sacrifices - that we could no longer live at the expense of the planet and future generations.
Since then, we have to ask: have we done enough to tackle climate change? Obviously not! And that is why we have gathered here again today.
The science is clear; it is unequivocal. We know how the impact of global warming will change all of our lives if we do not act decisively. Recent events in Africa serve as a stark reminder.
I therefore commend the Secretary General for convening this unprecedented High-level meeting.
With the political will we can overcome the threat of climate change, and doing so exercise visionary leadership on the world stage.
Beyond the serious consequences, there is an ethical dimension to climate change. Beyond the impact on ecosystems, economics and communities everywhere, we have a moral obligation to our fellow human beings.
To tackle this challenge the United Nations, and the General Assembly, should play a central role. That is why, I chose “Responding to Climate Change” as the theme for the General Debate.
We must build on the outcome of the General Assembly’s first thematic debate on climate change in August, today’s event and the coming General Debate. These discussions can serve as a guide for the negotiations in Bali, but also for other remedies.
Because, and according to the IPCC, to be sustainable our broader adaptive strategies should take into account the full environmental, economic and social affects of climate change.
There is a common understanding that the solutions must be global: that each nation, each city, each town and community have a stake. Your participation today, and in the general debate confirms this.
And because climate change and our response will affect every aspect of human activity and our environment the United Nations is the appropriate global forum to take action to address it.
Indeed, there has been no shortage of action. There are many initiatives this organization has taken since the Framework Convention on Climate Change came into force. But by themselves these alone are not enough in the absence of a binding global agreement.
What we need now is a stocktake; a clear vision of the way forward; and, a strategy to get us there together.
That is why I would like to propose creating a comprehensive roadmap to guide the way forward for the UN system and its Member States: to outline the instruments we have and structures necessary to address climate change.
This process should also draw in the expertise of civil society, business and the academy – to create a global movement, a true global consensus for action.
Therefore, at the beginning of the New Year, I intend to convene a thematic debate, to begin to forge this consensus; and drawing on this broader expertise elaborate the steps the UN family should take to enhance its contribution and coherence. The General Assembly could then consider the full range of policy implications.
We all agree that climate change is unquestionably the biggest challenge facing humanity in the 21st century.
There is no more time to waste. The momentum we have now must not be lost.


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If the Matilda team felt pressure to repeat their success – and live up to Harold Ramis’s beloved Bill Murray-starring film – there’s no sign of it in this sensational adaptation of Groundhog Day, easily the best new home-grown musical of recent times.
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DOWNLOAD DJ Humility x Jaybaz – Jijomi
Let’s dance! Make sense Musik Entertainment talented rapper/singer, and he is also blogger Jaybaz, team up with Nigerian Legendary disc jockey, DJ Humility, to serve us a club-ready jam titled, “Jijomi”.
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Track: Naima Bock – ‘Toll’
Album: ‘Giant Palm’, (out July 1st)
Label: Sub Pop/Memorials of Distinction
What They Said: “Toll was originally composed as a song to hold hands with decay and death. Recording alongside Joel Burton who arranged the violin and woodwind parts brought the song to life and allowed for space and freedom within it, while Alex Mckenzie’s flute solo beautifully introduces us into its world. My drummer Cassidy Hansen wrote and directed the video, magically closing the circle.”
Also Listen To: ‘Giant Palm’ here
Pre-order ‘Giant Palm’ here
Issue Thirty-Seven is out now Ft. Porridge Radio, Crows, Folly Group, The Dinner Party, Automatic, Gently Tender, headboy and more. Buy in print here. Read the digital edition below.


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Information to help investors gain a deeper insight into who we are
We operate six business segments. Here, more details will be provided about the sales and core products of each segment.
Introduction of segments
We offer the following products
Basic Chemicals - AdBlue® (high-grade urea solution)
AdBlue® is a solution of urea in demineralised water used as an operating fluid in diesel-powered freight trucks to improve harmful emissions (nitrogen oxide). This product is expected to see an increase in demand because in the future it will be used in construction and agricultural equipment due to more rigorous environmental regulations.
*AdBlue® is a registered trademark of the Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA).
Fine Chemicals - TEPIC®
TEPIC® is an epoxy compound with excellent heat resistance, outdoor durability, and transparency. TEPIC® is used as a curing agent for powder coatings as well as in semiconductors, LED, and substrate related electronic material applications.
Display Materials - SUNEVER®
SUNEVER® is a coating for liquid-crystal glass to align the liquid crystal molecules in a certain direction. This material has seen a robust increase in sales in recent years thanks to the growth of the smartphone and tablet PC markets.
Semiconductor Materials - ARC®coating
ARC®coating is used in the semiconductor manufacturing process as a bottom anti-reflective coating developed for semiconductor lithography. It solves various problems with exposure in the lithography process by coating under photo resist products.
*ARC® is registered trade mark of Brewer Science, Inc.
Inorganic Materials – SNOWTEX®
SNOWTEX® is a colloidal solution in which water is used as a dispersing media to breakdown ultrafine silicon dioxide molecules in water. Offering superior transparency and heat resistance, among other functions, SNOWTEX® is used in a wide range of applications, including in coating materials for optical films and polishing agents for electronic substrate materials.
Agricultural Chemicals – ROUNDUP MAXLOAD®
ROUNDUP MAXLOAD® is a dominant brand of non-selective herbicide that enjoys the top sales in Japan’s agricultural chemicals market. ROUNDUP® is available in diluted type and shower type product lines, contributing to a more comfortable living environment for general consumers.
Agricultural Chemicals – ALTAIR®
ALTAIR® is a paddy rice herbicide that has demonstrated great effects against problem weeds, including perennials. Moreover, ALTAIR® is a next-generation ALS* inhibitor that not only kills the top of weeds, but also stops their roots from growing. (*A formation of amino acids)
Private Drug Discovery - LIVALO® (Pitavastatin calcium)
Pitavastatin calcium is an active pharmaceutical ingredient that inhibits cholesterol synthesis in the liver and powerfully decreases cholesterol in the blood stream. LIVALO® is used to treat patients with high cholesterol and other illnesses. In Japan it is distributed by Kowa Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
We engage in an R&D participation-focused active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates business. We are contracted to carry out various processes, from pre-clinical trials to commercial production, including the manufacture of active ingredients and intermediates as well as process research.
Trading and Others
We also engage in the trading business, landscaping business, logistics business, engineering business and fertilizer business.


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As you get older your metabolic rate generally goes into decline and you require a reduced number of daily calories. If you are affected by a slowing metabolism you need to take preventative measures or you will gain weight. In this article I discuss a number of preventative measures you can take to stop your metabolism declining and some additional measures you can implement to boost your metabolic rate.
As I have stated above there are a number of things that you can avoid to prevent your metabolic rate being reduced further. These include:
1) ALCOHOL:- Alcoholic drinks are full of sugar and calories. Alcohol is also known to cause dehyrdration which has a negative impact on the functioning of your metabolism. An occasional alcoholic drink is OK but binge drinking and/or drinking every day can lead to a reduced metabolism.
2) BIG MEALS:- Larger meals contain more calories than smaller meals. Therefore, there is an increased likelihood that additional calories will be stored as fat. To maximise your metabolism you have to break these large meals down into smaller meals that you eat more frequently.
3) SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE:- If you are not active your metabolic rate will decline. To keep your metabolic rate at a reasonable level you need to keep yourself active on a daily basis. This is not as difficult as you think. You can walk or cycle to work, take up an exercise class, join a sports team and more. Just make sure the activity you choose is fun, can be performed regularly and keeps you active.
4) SKIPPING MEALS:- Missing meals can be just as damaging to your metabolism as eating large meals. You need to make sure that you are eating smaller portions more frequently to keep your metabolic rate boosted.
5) SUGARY FOODS:- Sugary foods have a low nutritional value, are high in calories and digest easily. This means that less calories are burned in the digestion process and more calories are stored as fat. The occasional sugary treat is OK but your overall diet needs to contain limited levels of sugary foods.
If you make sure that you are following the advice on the list above this will really help you combat the effects of a slowing metabolism. From here you can then take additional measures to increase your metabolic rate to its maximum potential. I have outlined a few of these measures below:
1) INCREASED EXERCISE:- As I have mentioned above remaining active and avoiding a sedentary lifestyle will help to stop your metabolism from slowing down. However, increasing the intensity of your exercise routine can really boost your metabolic rate. If you participate in regular cardiovascular exercise and regular weight training exercise, you will be on your way to maximising your metabolism. When performing both forms of exercise always seek to improve and you will notice your metabolism improve accordingly.
2) PLANNED MEALS:- As I have already discussed, missing meals or eating meals that are too big can slow down your metabolism. You therefore need to carefully prepare a daily meal plan which incorporates six smaller meals (instead of the usual three large meals). Eating smaller meals more regularly will reduce the number of excess calories that are being stored and charge up your metbaolism.
3) SMARTER FOOD CHOICES:- I have already mentioned that you should avoid sugar and alcohol. However, these are just two of the many foods that can have a damaging effect on your metabolism. You need to look at your diet as a whole and try to substitute the unhealthy foods for healthier ones. Healthier foods generally have a higher nutritional value and are harder to digest, meaning more calories are burned during the digestion process. This has a positive effect on your metabolic rate.
Combatting a declining metabolism is a two part process. First, you need to take measures to stop your metabolism being subdued any further. Following this, you need to take some measures to improve your metabolic rate. In doing this you can boost your metabolism and raise the amount of calories being burnt.


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The second album from trumpeter, vocalist and big band leader Tim Gill & the Tim Gill All-Stars, Small Batch Bourbon features spirited arrangements of fifteen tunes from the American Songbook, the pop idiom and other classic standards in showcasing good old-fashioned straight ahead, traditional big band music at its best. One thing is for sure, the ...


I thought program counter is a part of hardware. I'm confused after reading the following. Can someone clarfiy the difference?
A single-threaded process has one program counter specifying the next instruction to execute. (Threads are covered in Chapter 4.) The execution of such a process must be sequential. The CPU executes one instruction of the process after another, until the process completes. Further, at any time, one instruction at most is executed on behalf of the process. Thus, although two processes may be associated with the same program, they are nevertheless considered two separate execution sequences. A multithreaded process has multiple program counters, each pointing to the next instruction to execute for a given thread.


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On April 23, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 212-182 to establish the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis (the “Subcommittee”) as a select investigative subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform (“HCOR”). Charged with conducting a “full and complete investigation” of the federal COVID-19 response, the Subcommittee will have significant investigative authorities, including the power to issue subpoenas and compel witness testimony. While Congress is already actively exercising its oversight authority to question aspects of both government and private sector responses to COVID-19, the new Subcommittee will likely emerge as one of the most active and aggressive of the various COVID-19 congressionally established oversight entities.
Although the Subcommittee is formally part of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, it is provided with independent investigative authorities, similar to the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, but broader and more powerful than those of other House subcommittees. Affected private sector entities, in particular, should take note of the following Subcommittee authorities:
- Unilateral Subpoena Power: The Subcommittee Chair may unilaterally authorize and issue subpoenas for documents and information, as well as taking depositions and producing information by interrogatory (H. Res. 935, Sec. 4(a)(1-2));
- Deposition Authority: As allowed under the current HCOR rules, Subcommittee counsel may conduct authorized depositions without a Subcommittee Member present (H. Res. 935, Sec. 4(a)(4));
- Witness Questioning: Generally, committee members are provided 5 minutes each to question hearing witnesses. Under the Select Subcommittee, however, the Chair may allow Subcommittee Members to extend witness questioning beyond their allotted five minutes. Furthermore, the Subcommittee Chair may authorize Subcommittee staff to directly question witnesses (H. Res. 935, Sec. 4(a)(5)); and
- Other Committees’ Records: House committees in possession of any COVID-19 related records, which would presumably include those obtained during the course of their own oversight and investigative activities, shall provide copies of such records to the Subcommittee within seven days of either the authorizing resolution’s adoption or receipt of such records. Those records will then “become” the Subcommittee’s records (H. Res. 935, Sec. 5).
At the conclusion of its investigation, the Subcommittee is required to issue a final report of its investigative findings to the House. It is also authorized to issue interim reports and provide legislative recommendations “as it may deem advisable.” Although the Subcommittee will “cease to exist” within 30 days of submitting its final investigative report, it is not subject to periodic reporting deadlines or a specified end date. However, it is important to note that, if the Subcommittee doesn’t issue its final report before the sine die adjournment of this Congress, it will have to be established again in the next Congress beginning in January 2021.
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As the country emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, companies should recognize that congressional investigations will significantly affect and likely propel parallel government investigations by federal and state enforcement agencies. Perennially recognized by Chambers USA, King & Spalding’s Congressional Investigations practice is uniquely positioned to help clients understand and mitigate significant investigative, public relations, and political risks relating to COVID-19.

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On Sept. 8, thousands of people worldwide united for a day of action around climate and economic justice. Rise Up for Climate, Jobs and Justice events, like the one we helped organize in Buffalo at Canalside – which drew several hundred residents – arrived ahead of the Global Action Climate Summit this week in San Francisco.
The summit brings together elected officials, labor unions, thought leaders and nongovernmental organizations to discuss the Paris climate goals, and how to accelerate efforts to reduce global emissions.
Not surprisingly, considering its intent to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris agreement and its assault on basic environmental protections, the Trump administration will not participate in the summit.
With hopes of federal action on climate now dashed, groups like PUSH Buffalo, the Communications Workers of America and the Sierra Club are working in coalition with others across regions and states to pressure elected officials to commit to a just and equitable transition away from fossil fuels toward an economy powered by 100 percent renewable energy.
In Washington State this fall, residents will vote on Initiative 1631 which, if passed, would generate $1 billion of revenue annually through a corporate polluter fee. The revenue would be used to fund climate solutions that benefit the most environmentally overburdened communities.
Earlier this week, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that sets California on a path to 100 percent renewable energy by 2045. This is a huge development, and the first law of its kind enacted by a state legislature in the U.S. Importantly, progress in each of these areas wouldn’t have happened without sustained grassroots leadership from so-called frontline communities.
California’s commitment to 100 percent renewable energy sets a compass point for the rest of us to follow. Now, we’re demanding that elected leaders in New York deliver on a progressive climate justice agenda that includes not only a commitment to 100 percent renewable energy but prioritizes clean energy investments in frontline communities and creates good paying, green jobs.
As members of the statewide New York Renews coalition, we’re calling specifically for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to pass the Climate and Community Protection Act (CCPA) in 2019 and to support a corporate polluter penalty and reinvestment policy like the one being advanced in Washington State. Together these moves would position New York as a true global climate leader accountable to a progressive populism that is now rising all around us.
Geovaira Hernandez, climate justice organizer at PUSH Buffalo, co-authored this with Lynda Schneekloth, of Sierra Club Niagara Chapter, and Debora M. Hayes, area director, Communications Workers of America.
This article was published as an op-ed in The Buffalo News
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- NYS Assembly Passes Climate Bill Promoting Renewable Energy, Green Jobs, and Community/Worker Protections


Reports of high-profile men in media, entertainment and politics making lewd comments, groping women and worse have dominated headlines for months. The “#MeToo” social media movement brought forth a flood of sexual harassment accusations — some by men, but most by women — in nearly every industry.
The judiciary also has been caught in the deluge. From nationally known federal judges like Alex Kozinski, formerly of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, to former Huntington Circuit Judge Thomas Hakes, judicial officers at all levels have been accused of inappropriate conduct within courthouses.
Though the “#MeToo” movement has shed light on an apparently pervasive sexual harassment issue, the numerous accusations have raised more questions than answers — what exactly is “sexual harassment?” If a harassment incident occurred years ago, can the victim still file a lawsuit today? Is there a difference between conduct that’s legally actionable and conduct that’s just inappropriate?
Employment law and sexual harassment attorneys say the law provides answers to each of these questions, though sometimes those answers can be hard to prove. That’s why they say it’s important from both an employer and employee perspective to take steps to protect yourself from ending up in a compromising situation.
What the law says
Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination, which means it’s governed by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, said Jennifer Drobac, an expert in sexual harassment law and professor at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. Federal harassment claims are initially reviewed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which classifies the claims into two categories: quid pro quo and hostile work environment.
Quid pro quo harassment occurs when a promotion, raise, etc. can only be achieved in exchange for sexual favors. Without those favors, an employer will choose to withhold a positive employment action, or will punish the victim with a negative action.
While instances of quid pro quo harassment do occur, hostile work environment claims are more common, said Kim Jeselskis, an employment law attorney with Katz Korin Cunningham. Hostile work environment situations don’t necessarily end in a tangible employment action, but instead negatively impact an employee’s ability to work due to inappropriate comments or conduct, Jeselskis said.
All Title VII harassment claims must be brought by a member of a protected class, which can include gender, Drobac said. Additionally, there are four other elements that must be proven to successfully bring a hostile work environment claim, Jeselskis said:
Plaintiffs are subject to unwelcome harassment;
The harassment is based on gender;
The harassment is severe or pervasive, and;
There is a basis for employer liability.
Disagreements often arise over the third and fourth elements, Jeselskis said, because it can be difficult to determine what is “severe” or “pervasive,” which in turn can affect whether there is a basis for employer liability.
Actionable v. objectionable
The law has a built-in mechanism to address difficulties in proving whether conduct meets the Title VII criteria, said Andy Gruber, chair of Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP’s Labor & Employment Practice Group. Courts will take both a subjective and objective look at the alleged harassment to determine if it’s legally actionable, or merely objectionable, he said.
The subjective viewpoint addresses the situation from the plaintiff’s perspective, while the objective review looks to how a reasonable person would feel in the situation. An objective view of alleged harassment allows a court to consider social mores, which can account for cultural or generational differences that might lead to a difference in perception of the questionable conduct, Gruber said.
“What was objectively hostile 20 years ago may not be seen the same way today,” he said. “It changes with what society’s norms are and with who’s making these objective decisions.”
Often, the calls Meghan Lehner gets from employees alleging harassment are related to conduct that, while certainly objectionable, may not be legally actionable. An unwanted hug at a holiday party or a lewd comment may make an employee feel uncomfortable, but if the conduct doesn’t affect their ability to work, then legal redress likely isn’t available, the Cleveland Lehner Cassidy employment law attorney said.
Even a comment as inappropriate as, “Your butt looks nice in those pants” might not rise to the level of harassment if it’s not pervasive enough to meet the hostile work environment standard, Lehner said. Similarly, a co-worker who displays nude pictures on their desk might create an uncomfortable work environment, but if the pictures aren’t affecting others’ ability to do their jobs, then a hostile work environment claim likely wouldn’t succeed, Jeselskis said. Generally, physical harassment will be actionable more frequently than verbal harassment, she said.
Protection and response
As the number of harassment allegations increases, employers are taking a closer look at their company policies to ensure there is adequate protection both for their employees and for themselves. Amy Adolay, a partner at Krieg DeVault LLP, has seen a similar response from her clients, so she advises them to include certain provisions in their harassment reporting and response policies.
First, it’s important for company policies to provide examples of the type of conduct that would be considered harassment, as well as legal definitions, Adolay said. Second, the policies should outline a “robust and clear” reporting procedure that ensures employees’ claims are thoroughly investigated.
Third, and perhaps most importantly, anti-harassment policies should include language that clearly protects employees from retaliation if they choose to report an alleged harassment incident, Adolay said. Gruber agreed that employers should take steps not only to protect themselves, but to assure their workers that their safety and security is also valued.
From a plaintiff’s perspective, Drobac said the best thing an employee can do — aside from removing themselves from an unsafe situation — is to document all evidence of alleged harassment as it happens. Without that evidence, it becomes more difficult for a plaintiff to prove their claim in either arbitration proceedings or before a court, she said.
“It’s your word against his, so it’s going to be a credibility battle,” she said.
Barriers to redress
Other hurdles aside from lack of evidence can also block an employee’s path toward successfully bringing a harassment claim. Indiana’s law, for example, only allows a state harassment claim to proceed if the employer provides a written agreement, Drobac said.
Additionally, federal claims can only be brought against companies with at least 15 employees, while state claims are limited to employers with at least six employees, Jeselskis said. That means if harassment occurs at a small mom-and-pop shop in Indiana, legal recourse may only be available through tort actions, she said.
Statutes of limitations also can pose a barrier to legal action if a harassment victim does not come forward immediately. Federal claims must be brought to the EEOC within 300 days of an adverse action, while state claims must be filed with the Indiana Civil Rights Commission with 180 days.
Though the plaintiffs’ attorneys said these limitations can make it difficult for an employee to successfully seek legal relief for alleged harassment, all the employment law attorneys agreed that national conversations such as the #MeToo movement are important in informing both employers and employees of their rights in harassment cases, and in encouraging them to take the necessary steps to protect themselves. •


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The deadline has now come and gone and there still isn’t a deal between Amtrak and the Indiana Department of Transportation to keep the Indy-Chicago train running.
The deadline to reach an agreement to fund the Hoosier State Line was Oct. 1.
The line will keep running, but without the federal funding.
That means until a deal is reached, it will cost Indiana taxpayers about $3 million annually to keep the line operating.
A final agreement about whether to keep the line is expected in the next two weeks.


Ballot chaos amid Oscars deadline
Nearly 250 Academy Awards voters have not yet received nomination forms which were sent from the United States to Britain before the New Year.
There are only a few days to go before the nominations must be returned to Hollywood and the US postal service said the letters in question were "out of our hands".
The forms have arrived at other worldwide destinations, including Sydney, according to Variety Magazine.
But the Royal Mail said there had been no recent problems with mail deliveries arriving in the UK from the United States.
The whereabouts of the missing forms was a mystery.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has now couriered 241 ballot papers to the UK.
Voters have been told to send the forms by express delivery or messenger to the London offices of PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Academy's
official vote courier.
Due to the problem, British voters have been given a three day extension, to January 20, to return the forms.
The Academy allowed only 20 days from the posting date December 29 to the return deadline - and that period included the New Year holiday.
As usual, the Academy delivered overseas ballots to the US Postal Service, which sent them to its international service centre.
From there they were shipped overseas on commercial airlines, eventually entering foreign postal services.
Variety Magazine reported that the Academy and US Postal Service were confident that the ballot papers had left the US.
"At this time of year, there are a lot of factors that could delay mail once it's out of our hands," US Postal Service spokesman George Marsh told the magazine.
But a Royal Mail spokeswoman said there were between 50 and 60 flights each day bringing mail from the United States and there had been no difficulties with deliveries in recent weeks.
"From the number of ballot papers involved it sounds as though a whole bag of mail has been delayed," the spokeswoman said.
However, without more information, it was "impossible to tell at what point in the journey from the Academy to arriving on the door mats in the UK that the ballot papers have been delayed", she added.
The nomination process has suffered glitches in previous years.
In March 2000 a large number of final ballots were delivered to the Beverly Hills Post Office, but were never received by the voters.
The missing ballots were found at a warehouse housing bulk mail. The Academy had to send out 4,200 replacement ballots.
The 76th annual Academy Awards will be held on February 29.
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SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details of tonight’s Season 6 finale of Once Upon a Time.
The Enchanted Forest isn’t the only place undergoing great upheaval. ABC’s Once Upon a Time tonight ended both its season and a massive chunk of its ongoing storyline, setting up next year’s Season 7 without many of the cast and characters that have been with the show since, well, once upon a time.
Deadline spoke with show creators/executive producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz (see below) about how the fairy tale fantasy will continue without, among others, Snow White, Prince Charming, the Wicked Witch of the West, young Henry Mills and “savior” Emma Swann – and the actors who played them.
We also spoke about how long they’ve been planning this transition, how they plotted out the end of tales that began with the show in 2011 and the new characters – introduced in tonight’s two-hour finale – that will launch a new round of storytelling. (The duo said new casting announcements should arrive by late June).
But first, a recap of the show’s recent turbulence both on screen and off.
In real life, ABC announced last week that six of the show’s longtime cast members would not be coming back for Season 7, either by their own choice or not. Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas – the real-life married couple who met while playing Snow White and Prince Charming – apparently had planned to leave, and last week they were joined by Jennifer Morrison (Emma Swan), Rebecca Mader (Wicked Witch Zelena), Jared S. Gilmore (child hero Henry Mills) and Emilie de Ravin (Belle).
De Ravin said last week that she would “have loved to continue exploring Belle’s journey,” but that “the show has decided to move in a different creative direction.”
Sticking around will be Lana Parrilla (Regina/Evil Queen), Robert Carlyle (Gold/Rumplestiltskin) and Colin O’Donoghue as Killian/Hook).
Joining the holdovers will be The Walking Dead‘s Andrew J. West, playing the grown-up version of Henry Mills.
In tonight’s finale – and really stop reading here to avoid SPOILERS – West’s Mills appeared in a flashback storybook scene as a sword-wielding swashbuckler who seemed to perish while saving his young daughter Lucy from some sort of storm-like monster.
From there, the two-episode finale set about wrapping up the tales of longtime characters. In Storybrooke, Maine, Henry struggles to help Emma – locked in a sanitarium overseen by Nurse Ratched – regain her belief in fairy tales, the only hope to stop the Black Fairy’s curse that’s disintegrating the alternate universe land of Snow, Charming, the Queen and Witch, Hook and the rest.
In the final stand-off, a spell-bound Gideon (Giles Matthey) clashes swords with Emma, the fate of fairy tale land hanging in the balance. In an ultimate sacrifice, Emma tosses aside her sword and is slain by Gideon.
This being Once Upon a Time, all is made right with a kiss, and we leave the residents of modern Storybrooke as well as fairy tale land happily ever after.
“Now,” says Snow to the gang, “we get to see what’s next.”
And indeed we do. In the finale’s last scene, little Lucy – who has some connection to a Native American named Tiger Lily (Sara Tomko), so we can expect some Peter Pan doings – is shown in a modern-dress version in an unspecified future, presenting herself at grown-up Henry’s door as his child, carrying, like little Henry did all those years ago, a big fairytale book.
She introduces herself to Henry, who insists he doesn’t have a daughter. “Yeah, you do,” she says. “C’mon, your family needs you.”
And we’re off.
Deadline spoke to Kitsis and Horowitz Friday, two days before the finale and just hours after word spread of the major cast overhaul.
DEADLINE: Big day for you guys today, and I’m sure it wasn’t all easy. Bring us up to speed on what happened with the cast. I watched the finale, and it seems that this had to have been planned all along, with the characters really bringing the story we’ve been watching to an end.
HOROWITZ: It has been planned for a very long time, so while the announcements came today, they were a long time coming. We had reached a point where we felt like it was time to close certain chapters in the book that we were telling and to take some risks and move forward. And try to continue the spirit of what the show is but really find new ways to tell stories. That meant some characters would stay and some would go. We love our cast. We think we’ve been blessed with the best cast in television. So you know, it’s…it’s been an interesting time, you know.
KITSIS: We went into this season knowing this would be Josh and Ginny, as much as they love the show, they wanted to return to LA so we knew that they weren’t going to be regulars. So we’ve had a year to kind of plan what season 7 – and the ending of this year – would look like.
DEADLINE: Was there any thought given to having the same actors play different characters, like an an anthology, like…
KITSIS: Like American Horror Story? We talked about that, but we didn’t feel that it was right for our show because the truth is, is you know we still love writing Rumplestiltskin. We still love these characters and the audience has grown to love them over six seasons, so we didn’t want to do a complete reset/reboot. What we wanted to do was expand the universe and start telling new stories and new worlds with new characters but have some of our characters, who we’ve loved for six years, be the heroes of that journey.
DEADLINE: So there are three actors (Parrilla, Carlyle, O’Donoghue) that are staying, and I assume whatever happens next season is going to sort of be built around them, then built out with new characters?
HOROWITZ: Yeah, I think that’s a fair assessment. Obviously those three are very important to the storytelling we have planned for next season, as is Andrew West as the adult version of Henry, so it’s really four returning characters. And then there’s Allison Fernandez as his daughter, so that becomes kind of the core we’re building around.
We’re not ready to make any formal announcements yet, but we’re planning that there will be more regulars added to the mix and probably more recurring characters as we build out the universe of this iteration of the show.
DEADLINE: What kind of characters will we be seeing? Characters from stories we’ve grown up with? Entirely new characters?
KITSIS: I would say we’ll continue our policy of that mashup. As we’ve said, when we started the show it was like being 12-year-olds taking toys off the shelf. So we will continue to pull from the world of Disney, the world of fairy tales, the world of literature and story…
DEADLINE: And One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest…
KITSIS: Yeah, we’ve had six years of a Cuckoo’s Nest reference. So we’ll continue to do it all.
HOROWITZ: We have some ideas that we think will be a lot of fun, that we want to surprise the audience with next season, but yeah, it’s that mashup quality, like the original recipe of What if Snow White was friends with Red Riding Hood? That kind of stuff is so much fun to us, and it’s cool that we’re going to continue that kind of storytelling.
DEADLINE: What can you tell me about the Lucy character?
HOROWITZ: Well, I think her lineage and who her mother is and how that all fits into our story is a big part of what the show will be next season, so we obviously don’t want to give away that stuff now. But I think in the tradition of what we’ve done over the years, it will be steeped in fairy tale and storytelling mythology.
DEADLINE: What about baby Gideon? How does he fit into the timeline?
KITSIS: We found our happy endings [for some characters] but there are people we still want to know about. Those are all the kinds of things that for us are going to be episodes for next year, so we don’t really want to talk about it yet. We’re just kind of getting into that. But we still have some loose ends with some characters and we’re not going to completely disregard those questions.
DEADLINE: And in terms of logistics back in the real world, when do you guys start writing? When does all this get going?
HOROWITZ: We’ve already started. We’ve already had the writers in and we’ve been working already so yeah, we’re in it.
DEADLINE: Do you have a return date yet?
HOROWITZ: Currently we’re on the same schedule we’ve always been. I mean, obviously we don’t know what the ABC schedule is. They haven’t announced the plans and premieres and all that but as far as our production work schedule…
KITSIS: Production schedule has been the same every year. We start writing in June, we start shooting in July and we run that marathon 22 episodes later all the way to April.
DEADLINE: Are you guys going to be at the upfronts?
KITSIS: Lana. Lana Parrilla I believe is going to be there on behalf of the show.
DEADLINE: Tell me the ending of the finale – when did all that start taking shape? A year ago did you know where you were going?
HOROWITZ: I would say it’s been many years, in the sense of we’ve had this idea of how we wanted to end these stories. The specificity of how it would happen started to take shape last summer as we started to plan Season 6, and Eddie and I have had a pretty strong vision of what that final act for Season 6 would be.
I think the guiding principle was that it’s not happy endings, it’s seeing these people in their lives and knowing that they’re going on and have found some measure of happiness. Just like the way we started the whole show with an iconic happy ending – Snow White being awoken by Prince Charming, to tell the audience, wait, that actually isn’t the ending. The story goes on. That’s what we were attempting to do here at the end.
DEADLINE: Was there any consideration of any characters actually dying? When I saw Prince Charming fall, I’m thinking they’re not really going to kill him off, are they?
KITSIS: Not really. We were on the journey. We loved these characters. It’s a show about hope, so you know we’ve made sacrifices throughout the way but it felt like it was time for them to get their due.
HOROWITZ: We’ve always said that the show can be dark but we don’t ever want it to be bleak…
KITSIS: …and Prince Charming dying at the end felt bleak, yeah.
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The NZXT Cryo S arrives in a well-fitted box, with just a plastic bag for protection. There isnít much extra room in the box for movement, and the Cryo S isnít an easily damaged accessory, so Iím not surprised that there isnít any sort of Styrofoam padding here. In all, the Cryo S bundle includes the unit itself, a DC power adapter, a USB power adapter, a USB cable for the hub, and a userís manual.
The NZXT Cryo S is primarily constructed from a 3mm thick brushed aluminum frame, with some hard rubber accents. The aluminum is available in both black and silver, and the brushed finish gives the unit a sleek and modern feel. Rubber accents along the wrist-rest and around the center of the cooler provide a more comfortable surface for your skin, as well as a vibration dampening surface for your laptop. Behind the ventilation slits on the front of the cooler is a honeycomb grill protecting the two 120mm fans, which make up the heart of the cooler.
On the bottom of the cooler, we find the two 120mm fans, which provide the basis for the Cryo Sís cooling abilities. Each fan is protected by a circular fan grill, which should provide little to no obstruction of airflow. NZXT did an almost immaculate job of cabling the fans, and in the second shot you can see where the fans are powered by the unitís control panel.
In the last shot, you get a good look at the unitís control panel. Here, we have 1) a USB port which connects to a USB port on your laptop: this provides data to the hub formed by the other two USB ports; 2) a DC power inlet which can receive power from either a USB port or the provided DC converter; 3) the aforementioned USB hub; and 4) a speed control for the coolerís fans.
I really like the idea of having a USB hub on the back of the cooler because it helps the Cryo S play the role of a docking station. You can come home and plug in just one USB cord, and you have your keyboard, mouse and whatever other add-ons.
Continue on as we have a look at the cooler in use.