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Thursday, 30 January 2014
Follow Sherlock as he discovers one possible outcome in the case of murder involving a sailor, a harpoon and numerous suspects.
Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Tom Mc Shea takes a look at next gen Lara in a video review of Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Compare Tomb Raider on the Xbox 360 with Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition on the Xbox One and the Playstation 4.
Go behind the scenes with For the Win as PvZ Garden Warfare producer Brian Lindley showcases two exclusive modes for Xbox One, split-screen co-op and Boss Mode.
Split-Screen Co-Op for Xbox One
Play an old school game of couch split screen co-op! In this mode the plants will need to survive endless waves of zombies and protect their garden in the progress. The dev team record is wave 36, can you beat it?
Boss Mode for Xbox One
Take to the skies as Crazy Dave or Dr. Zomboss for a top-down view of the action! Players can employ their Kinect or a SmartGlass device in any gameplay modes to support their teams. It gives a helpful top-down view of the battlefield, letting you assist teammates with intel, health drops, revive stations and explosive artillery strikes. Boom!
Monday, 27 January 2014
Sunday, 26 January 2014
The last week in January has lots of games, hooray! We take a look at Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z, Loadout, Broken Age Act 1, Loadout and The Castle Doctrine. A few other games worth checking out are Strike Vector, Octodad: Dadliest Catch and Rymdkapsel (say that 5 times fast).
Friday, 24 January 2014
Tuesday, 21 January 2014
Do you ever dream of an escape, a quick getaway from the everyday grind to just let loose and play a little Call of Duty? Well you're in luck. Because you're about to get CODnapped.
Sunday, 19 January 2014
At CES 2014, Polk Audio Sound Guru Michael DiTullo demonstrates the latest Xbox One N1 soundbar technology for Halo and FORZA games, as well as the new 133t Xbox 360 and 4 Shot Xbox One gaming headphones.
Saturday, 18 January 2014
Tuesday, 14 January 2014
The night he came home. Then respawned.
Tuesday, 7 January 2014
Monday, 6 January 2014
Given January is traditionally light on games worth playing, Jess has you set up with a look back into some of the underplayed and underrated great games of last year.
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Saturday, 4 January 2014
Nintendo tries to convince gamers the Wii U is a brand new console, Capcom reminds people why Resident Evil is popular, Xbox Ones are leaking, a Naughty Dog dev says the portrayal of women in games needs to improve, and PS+ subscribers can get Bioshock Infinite and DmC free!
It's been an adventurous year for Cam, Seb and Kevin VanNord, but what were their favorite mods of 2013? Find out in our highly prestigious awards ceremony!

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ROHM to Acquire a Part of Renesas Shiga Factory (8-Inch Line) | ROHM Semiconductor | ROHM Semiconductor - ROHM Co., Ltd.
ROHM to Acquire a Part of Renesas Shiga Factory (8-Inch Line)
For Use as Main Production Site of Power Semiconductors and Piezoelectric MEMS Devices
Kyoto, Japan - Semiconductor manufacturer ROHM Co., Ltd. (Satoshi Sawamura, President; Headquartered in Kyoto Pref.) has decided to acquire a part of Renesas Shiga factory (8-inch line) from Renesas Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Yoshiyuki Miyamoto, president; Headquartered in Ibaraki Pref.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Renesas Electronics Corporation (Hisao Sakuta, Representative Director, Chairman and CEO; Headquartered in Tokyo). The acquisition is scheduled in February 2016 and planned to be operated by a newly established and wholly owned subsidiary of ROHM. The production line will be utilized to manufacture mainly IGBTs, MOSFETs and piezoelectric MEMS devices. ROHM regards power and sensor devices as one of the four growth engines and is currently developing SiC, IGBT and MEMS products. In light of expanding power and sensor device markets, ROHM will utilize the Shiga Factory as the main production site of power semiconductors and piezoelectric MEMS devices so as to meet strong future demands.
- Outline of Renesas Semiconductor Manufacturing's Shiga Factory
- Name: Renesas Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Shiga Factory
- Address: 2-9-1, Seiran, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
- Outline of 8-inch line of the Shiga Factory
- Production equipment: 0.15μm, 8-inch wafer process
- Employees: Approx. 220 (portion scheduled to be transferred to ROHM)
- Land: Area: approx. 41,255m2
- Building: Area: approx. 15,886m2
- Products: IGBT, MOSFET and piezoelectric MEMS related products (sensors, actuators etc.) (plan)
- Timing of acquisition: February 2016 (plan)
- Outline of the new company
- Name: ROHM Shiga Co., Ltd.
- Date of establishment: April 20, 2015
- Representative: Yasuo Aki, President
- Capital: 450 million yen (investment share: ROHM Co., Ltd. 100％)
- Employees: To be determined

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Gamers who want a really immersive experience rely on the deep bass and surround sound of a PS3 headset. There are many headsets on the market, each offering its own unique benefits. Most feature full padding to cushion the ears during long gaming sessions.
Gamers can also find wireless headphones, or headphones with built-in microphones, to communicate in game. A few headsets come with handheld remotes to adjust the sound and volume. Keep up with your fellow gamers in a PS3 headset.


Will State, Local Officials ‘Enforce’ New Mask Requirements?
With Governor Inslee mandating that masks or some sort of face covering be worn in "public" starting Friday June 26, the next obvious question is, how or will it be enforced?
Inslee said in his press conference that "willful" refusal to wear one could result in a Misdemeanor charge, but we heard the same rhetoric towards businesses that tried to open early or stayed open during the Stay At Home Shutdown. According to the state, only one company was actually charged, and out of state property management firm doing business in the Puget Sound area.
In Yakima County, businesses are being told they are to refuse a customer who comes in without a mask. They are not allowed to have the person enter without the mask. However, in Benton-Franklin County, it's more fuzzy. According to KING-5 TV and Inslee's press conference, he doesn't anticipate enforcement. Inslee said:
"We don’t want to have enforcement of this. Ideally, there won’t be any criminal or civil sanctions for individuals. We just think people will respond, as they had to the first stay home order. There was vast compliance."
But then we have also heard numerous accounts of area businesses that were 'visited' (some claim threatened) by officials about not opening, or attempting to open during the Stay At Home, or some during Phase One. The validity of some of these were confirmed, others were not. A very fluid situation.
Several calls to area law enforcement officials have not produced an answer, but it's not likely they will be involved. We learned area officials were not bent on policing the Stay At Home, as it would detract greatly from their already consuming crime-enforcement tasks. We're figuring the same with the masks.
We did receive this memo from the Kennewick Police Department regarding their stance on the issue:
"Washington law enforcement agencies continue to focus on education and engagement regarding state orders related to the coronavirus crisis. The statewide face covering order is a public health and safety measure, it is not a mandate for law enforcement to detain, cite or arrest violators but rather an evidence-based and safety focused directive meant to slow the spread of a potentially deadly disease.
The Kennewick Police Department will continue to communicate with and encourage all Kennewick residents and visitors to make safety-focused decisions and follow all health-based directives from the Governor as well as state and local health officials.
Together, we will continue to address the very real public health threat of COVID 19, as we also work towards safely reopening our economic, social and civic systems.
We are working with our partners at the City Attorney’s Office and the Benton County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office for further direction on this mandate. We are hopeful our residents, businesses, elected leaders, health officials, and each other do what is necessary during this unique time of shared medical and economic vulnerability to gradually return to normalcy without enforcement."
We do know this line was in the Unified Situation Report on the BFHD website, the reported dated for the period June 20-23 under the Operations Section:
"At the request of Washington State DOH, surveys of the community to determine adherence to the Face Covering Order are being conducted throughout the area by visual inspection at various businesses at varying times."
This statement is a bit curious, as Inslee's press conference was June 23rd, it is possible this Unified Report was finished after the mandatory mask edict was announced. Whether it's for general compliance data, or otherwise is not specified.
It doesn't appear there will be a 'snitch' website to report mask compliance, like there was for the Stay At Home Business shutdowns. In fact, the official WA State Coronavirus website itself contains this answer to the question "what should I do if I see someone not wearing a mask?:
"Nothing. Some people have conditions or circumstances that would make wearing a cloth face covering difficult or dangerous. Just wear your mask and stay six feet away."
To see the Unified Report for yourself, click on the button below.


text: Lung cancer is the most common cancer in the world. The main cause of lung cancer is cigarette smoke; however, other important genetic and environmental risk factors play a significant role in the development of lung cancer. Among these factors, occupational and accidental exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) has been associated with an increased risk in lung cancer, suggesting that PCBs could be potent carcinogens. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between PCB exposure levels, CYP1A1 polymorphisms and the risk of lung cancer. This study enrolled newly diagnosed lung cancer patients. Environmental and occupational information related to the patients studied was collected. Blood samples were taken for the measurement of serum levels of 20 PCB congeners and for CYP1A1 polymorphism analysis. The serum levels of two PCB congeners with potential estrogenic activity were higher in lung cancer patients. The risk of lung cancer was found to correlate with age, gender, smoking history and with agricultural workers, as well as with congener 18. No differences were found in the frequency of CYP1A1 polymorphisms. Furthermore, we did not find a correlation between CYP1A1 polymorphisms and PCB serum levels. The high levels of PCB with estrogenic activity found in our cases, could promote lung cancer inducing cell proliferation in non-neoplastic and neoplastic lung cells via ERβ; inducing the formation of DNA adducts, producing oxidative stress with the subsequent DNA damage and increasing the endogenous catechol levels by catechol-O-methyl transferase (COMT) inhibition. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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The City of Austin has published some great resources for folks living/working/visiting downtown during the inaugural Formula 1 race.
I think the best practice will be, next to walking, to take the FREE Downtown Loop – This free bus service will help you get around downtown. It will run Nov. 16 – 18 from 7 a.m. – 2:30 a.m, every 15 minutes (may be delayed due to traffic). It will circle 15th St., San Jacinto, 7th St, Red River, Cesar Chavez and Lavaca on a continuous loop. (map)
The ‘Loop will be like the Dillo, except people are expected to use it. (Oh, snap!)
Parking and shuttle service is the 2nd best way to get to COTA. The myriad of State parking garages along San Jacinto will finally pay off.


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Indian Paint Brush Coaster
Wyoming's State Flower
Elizabether Rulli, Artist
Repurposed bathroom tiles
Cork back keeps coaster from scratching table tops
Decorative or Functional
Sold one each
Approximately Size 4.25" x 4.25" x 5/16"
Varying White Shades of Coasters, there may be slight difference
Colors in the Indian Paintbrush may show varying shades
Hand Silk Screened and hand painted.
This piece is custom designed by the Artist , with a slight variation between each piece

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ARDSLEY, N.Y. – A 30-year-old Stony Point man was arrested on drug charges after police spotted him drinking beer in his car at the New York Thruway rest stop in Ardsley, police said.
Members of the Greenburg Drug and Alcohol Task Force saw the man drinking beer on Oct. 2 in the rest area, and when they questioned him they found marijuana in his possession, according to a police report. The man was charged with possession of marijuana, a violation, and is set to appear in court Oct. 15.
- 1 Rivertowns Could See Significant Snowfall, Ice From Coastal Storm
- 2 Winter Weather Advisory In Effect For Rivertowns
- 3 Bigger Storm Could Be Coming Soon After Westchester Sees 6-8 Inches Of Snow
- 4 Preparations For Tree Removal And 11 New Homes Under Way Near Ardsley
- 5 Major Nor'easter Heads Toward Rivertowns, Blizzard Watch Issued

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Due to the overwhelming popularity of Super Charged® Scent Killer® Clothing Spray, Wildlife Research Center® is introducing the same great product in an exciting new Forest Edge® scent.
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Super Charged® Scent Killer® Forest Edge® Spray has been engineered to fight odor while adding a subtle scent of fresh cut wood and forest scents. Just like the other popular Super Charged® Scent Killer® Spray formulas, it attacks odors at the molecular level. Attacking a wide variety of odors – most importantly, human odor! This proven Odor Fighting formula now available with the subtle scent of fresh forest scents, helps calms & attract Deer & Big Game.
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How do you trigger the destructible mesh explosion in a blue print?
So I am fairly new to Unreal Engine and I'm trying to learn it little by little. Just this morning I finished a tutorial series from Digital Tutors that walked me through making a really simple First Person Shooter.
After I was done with the tutorial, I wanted to make the targets I placed around the level explode so I did some research and found how to generate a destructible mesh in UE. I created a new Blueprint Actor Class and set the destructible mesh as the display mesh in the components instead of a static mesh.
In the tutorial, it didn't have me create an actual bullet and instead it just used a line trace to figure out where the "bullet" would hit and just spawned a particle effect at the point of collision instead. Each time there is a collision on the line trace, I have a variable keep track on each instance of the target blueprint. Once a target has been "hit" 3 times, it should explode into pieces, but I can't seem to get it to actually explode.
I have tried looking to see if someone has the same issue, but I honestly don't know what I'm doing wrong. I have attached a couple pictures of my event graph.
Any help would be appreciated!
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Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 09:41 PM
A village need basic amenities and it should be in a position to meet the needs of the people living there. Puttam Raju Kandriga is one such village in Nellore District in Andhra Pradesh where there are no basic amenities like electricity and water. The education and medical facilities graph in this village is at its lowest level. Now Sachin Tendulkar has adopted this village and will solve Nellore's Puttamraju Kandriga village problems.. . .


Gary Pearce: COVID-19 boosts Cooper’s re-election campaign
Published 12:00 am Friday, May 1, 2020
By Gary Pearce
Like many governors, Roy Cooper gets good poll ratings for handling the COVID-19 crisis. Unlike most other Governors, Cooper is running for re-election this year.
Polls on opposite ideological poles – Public Policy Polling on the left and Civitas on the right – say that North Carolinians strongly approve of Cooper’s performance. His numbers are much better than President Donald Trump’s.
The two polls agree that Cooper has opened up a big lead against Lt. Gov. Dan Forest in the Governor’s race: 50-36 in Public Policy Polling and 50-33 in Civitas.
Both polls also found little public support for the “ReopenNC” protests.
Public Policy Polling said last week that North Carolinians approve of Cooper’s handling of the crisis by a 62-22 margin. In contrast, only 46% approve of Trump’s performance, and 49% disapprove.
Public Policy Polling reported that governors in three other swing states also got good approve/disapprove ratings: 57-37 in Michigan, 59-29 in Pennsylvania and 53-37 in Wisconsin.
The Civitas poll, taken earlier in April, was better for Trump, but even better for Cooper. North Carolinians approved of Trump’s handling of the crisis by 57-40, but they approved of Cooper’s performance by 84-11.
On the reopening issue, Public Policy Polling said: “Only 19% of voters think social distancing measures should be relaxed, with 54% believing that the current policies are correct and 26% supporting more aggressive measures than the ones already in place.”
A national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found that 58% of Americans are more concerned about a premature reopening than about harm to the economy; 32% are more worried about the economy.
Republican pollster Bill McInturff, who helped conduct the poll, called the results a “powerful signal” that the country is not ready to reopen now.
Another poll, by Gallup, found that only 20% of Americans would immediately return to normal activity if restrictions were lifted; 71% would wait and see what happens.
As always, polls can change. Unlike a hurricane or ice storm, this crisis will last weeks and months. The virus could go away, or flare up again. The economy could recover quickly, or sink deeper.
For now, it looks like Governor Cooper’s response has increased his reelection prospects.
Crises often help governors politically. Governors can act, and they can command the cameras. Political news gets blocked out. People want politicians to work together on the problem, not fight with each other.
North Carolina has seen this movie before.
The first time was way back in 1955. Luther Hodges, elected lieutenant governor in 1952, had become governor when William B. Umstead died. Hodges was getting ready to run for a full term on his own when three hurricanes hit the state. Hodges donned rain gear and headed for the coast to survey damage. Hugh Morton (of Grandfather Mountain fame) took photos and shipped them to newspapers across the state. Hodges won election easily.
In 1996, Governor Jim Hunt was running for his fourth term against then-state Rep. Robin Hayes. In early September, Hurricane Fran slammed the state. Suddenly, nobody cared about the campaign. Governor Hunt, always a take-charge executive, dominated the news for weeks. By October, the race was over.
In 2016, former Gov. Pat McCrory was trailing Cooper in the governor’s race. Then, Hurricane Matthew hit in October. Suddenly, McCrory was on TV and in command. He got a boost in polls, and he nearly beat Cooper.
McCrory’s admonition then is apt now: “Don’t put on your stupid hat.”
Gary Pearce is a former political consultant and adviser to Governor Jim Hunt. He blogs at NewDayforNC.com.


Alan Biggs's Sheffield United column: Why momentum should be embraced
Writing blind to last night's events at Bramall Lane, you'd still have expected a certain level of performance from Sheffield United. If not, they'd have heard about it by now for sure. Because one of the greatest fallacies in football is that it doesn't matter how you play, it's only the result that counts.
Managers trot it out when it suits them, knowing inwardly (let’s hope) that it’s a load of old tripe. Because in the long run you can’t have one without the other. And while we’re at it, let’s get rid of this other nonsense of “momentum” being some sort of dirty word around S2. Of which more later.
From what this column has viewed so far, momentum is one of the keys to this Sheffield United season. Maintain the standard and intensity of most of what has been produced so far and the Blades can be confident of being competitive in or around the top six to the end. What they can’t afford, as Chris Wilder has admitted on more than one occasion, is to let that level drop any more than occasionally.
That’s when the more expensive brand of footballer, paraded by most of their rivals, will be around to punish them. Functioning consistently at close to the maximum is imprinted large under the bonnet of Wilder’s lower budget model which, nonetheless, houses some some excellent players right through the team. What United don’t have is the luxury to perform as Aston Villa did at Bramall Lane last season when, after being second best, the class of Rob Snodgrass snatched a barely deserved late win. This time around it was an all-on team display, capped by goals at big moments, that turned the tables so spectacularly.
When managers say they’ll take a result over a performance, an ugly win, it’s usually because their team is not playing well anyway. And you know what they mean. A scruffy, even lucky, three points can turn things around by lifting spirits.
With the example United have set, from back to front, they ought not to find themselves in this position. And that is some statement barely into a second season in the Championship. It speaks of progress and, dare I say, momentum.
I don’t go along with those who brand the liberal use of “momentum” as a slight on what Wilder and his team have achieved. The then Southend manager Phil Brown got slated for using it last season, which was grossly unfair on him in my view.
To achieve momentum, you have to have played well over a period. To maintain it, you have to keep playing well. It’s a compliment, damn it. Neither does it belittle the quality in the side.
So for me, momentum is something to be embraced and not rejected in some kind of huffy siege mentality. It’s a feat to achieve it and even more so to sustain it. Long may that particular force be with this team.


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Not feeling anything doesn’t mean I’m a bad person, it just means that I have to try harder than everyone else to be good.
—Amanda (Olivia Cooke)
In a morbid throwback to GASLIGHT (1944), updated and revamped with a completely different outcome, this is actually one of the more thoroughly enjoyable film experiences of the year, a subversive horror comedy, a delight from start to finish, largely due to the heavy, overcontrolling style of the director that extends cinematic suspense, creating an atmosphere of dread and impending doom in every sequence, yet at the same time there’s underlying humor in just how dark and twisted it can feel, becoming shockingly clever throughout. Essentially a two-woman play written by the writer/director, the story consists of exploring what lies underneath the veneer of their darkly disturbing characters. Inspired by film noir classics like Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity (1944) and Tay Garnett’s THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946), but also dark indie classics like Michael Lehmann’s Heathers (1988) and Peter Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures (1994), old school cinema is given a fresh look with some new faces, Olivia Cooke from Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) as Amanda and Anya Taylor-Joy as Lily play two exceedingly bright suburban teenagers from Connecticut, but troubled, both products of privilege and the super wealthy, raised in state-of-the-art boarding schools, but tossed out for some heinous infraction that remains under the radar, protecting their privacy, spoiled and pampered beyond belief, used to getting anything they desire, where they’re actually bored most of the time, too smart for their own good, unable to process normal human behavior, instead they exist in an unfiltered state of egregious excess, existing only for themselves, plotting and scheming to get whatever they want, never allowing anyone or anything to stand in their way. Given this fierce attitude of independence, though thoroughly dependent upon parental financial support, they have to figure out where to draw the line between utter unabashed freedoms, with no restrictions whatsoever, ignoring any and all moral guidelines, and continuing to live in this excessively lavish lifestyle to which they’ve become accustomed. The film is a comment on how the rich have lost any sense of empathy, and how social media creates a narcissistic moral vacuum, a disregard for consequences, creating a shallow culture of disaffected teens who lack the capacity to distinguish between right and wrong, but think only of themselves, too bored to care, where the world is simply a cynical extension of their own pathetic lack of vision or concern.
What’s immediately apparent is an obliquely dissonant musical score from cellist Erik Friedlander along with a brilliant sound design by Roland Vajs create jarring effects, heard even before the characters are introduced, foreshadowing a tone of malevolence, yet what happens onscreen couldn’t be more proper and polite, where the use of language is exquisite. After a brief intro shows Amanda with a horse (details withheld until much later in the film), she is then seen getting dropped off in front of an immense mansion with an immaculate interior and landscaped grounds, where expensive antiques and artistic busts line each wall, greeted by another young girl her age, Lily, as the two are former friends that drifted apart after the death of Lily’s father. The two girls are polar opposites, as Amanda has had her share of issues, been in and out of psych hospitals, evaluated by dozens of doctors, yet couldn’t care less what other people think, acknowledging she’s truly different because she doesn’t really feel anything, no joy, no disappointment, literally nothing, so she gets by pretending to show concern, but it’s mostly acting techniques. Lily on the other hand is the perfect little protected princess, yet totally conniving and manipulating, overly concerned about her looks, dressing like a fashion model, seemingly emotionally suppressed. Amanda is totally candid, where there’s nothing holding her back, expressing exactly what she means to say, where her choice of words couldn’t be more precise, remarking on Lily’s anxious state of mind, stripping away all pretense, cutting right to the source, disarming her with acute observations. While Amanda’s mother apparently arranged for this little meeting, worried about her daughter after the mysterious and gruesome death of her horse, paying for the privilege of the companionship, though masking it under the pretense of tutoring sessions, preparing her for the college preparatory SAT exams, Amanda sees through all this in a matter of minutes and is much more interested in who Lily really is rather than who she pretends to be. Lily is taken aback by Amanda’s forward nature, but also curious about her abject amorality, describing in grisly detail exactly how she took the life of her crippled horse, putting it out of its misery, but in heinous fashion, feeling no regret or remorse for anything she’s ever done, which Lily finds surprisingly authentic. In this way, the two girls psychologically feel each other out, showing rare insight, rekindling old flames while looking ahead.
With fluid camerawork from Lyle Vincent, exhibiting sweeping Steadicam shots that rove through the empty rooms of a gargantuan mansion, where sound suggestively sets the mood, what’s surprising is just how far under the surface this film digs, each character constantly probing the other, allowing viewers to become familiar with the discussed crimes, taking a devilish turn when Lily inadvertently reveals her hateful feelings for her stepfather, Mark (Paul Sparks), which Amanda picks up on right away, suggesting there are ways to eliminate his influence on her life, and not get caught, if she’s interested. Initially repelled at the thought, it quickly gains traction in her imagination, utterly disgusted by his vain superiority, his domineering contempt for her, and in particular, the earthshattering noise he generates on his ergometer, with the entire house rumbling and moaning, obsessed with exercising on a rowing machine at all hours of the day and night, which she feels is done with the malicious intent to drive her crazy, where despite the gargantuan size of the estate, it has the claustrophobic feel of being closed in. But it’s only after he decides, no questions asked, to send her to a boarding school for girls with behavioral disorders, as if to punish and humiliate her, having been expelled from her previous school for plagiarism, that she considers Amanda’s idea. While Amanda seems like the perfect choice, free of guilt, but a pending animal cruelty trial makes her a likely suspect. Instead they attempt to blackmail a local drug dealer, Tim (Anton Yelchin), pathetic and over-ambitious, though they’re way out of his league, leaving him exasperated and intimidated by how easily they cornered him. No, if they want the job done, they’ll have to do it themselves, unraveling in the most unexpected fashion. The sheer cold and calculating process is impressive, where Amanda tells Lily at one point, “You cannot hesitate. The only thing worse than being incompetent, or being unkind, or being evil, is being indecisive.” Staring fear right in the face, these are not the most sympathetic young girls, yet the sinister nature of their toxic methods becomes hilariously cold-blooded, where their monstrously evil behavior is so dispassionately over the top, parodying slasher films, as it apparently doesn’t take much to set them off into murderous plots of bloodthirsty revenge, perfectly covering their tracks like Leopold and Loeb in Hitchcock’s ROPE (1948), but unlike the meticulous superiority in the minds of Hitchcock’s killers, these girls simply see themselves as entitled (with the police never suspecting Barbie dolls or Stepford wives, as their perfectly pampered lives don’t fit the profile), where the lavishness of their lifestyle is not lost on them, as the world simply belongs to them. Everyone else is just a secondary character living in it.
The film is also notable for being the last performance of actor Anton Yelchin, the Russian-accented Chekov in Star Trek (2009) who died in a freak accident just 14 days after shooting on this film ended.


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National drew a total of 10 bases on balls Monday night, including six in a 10-run second inning, on the way to a 12-2 victory over Brunswick in the Maryland 9-10 Section 1 Tournament championship game at Staley Park.
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He told members of the European Parliament he was “disappointed” the US had so far failed to address fears adequately about how passenger information might be used.
Bolkestein will hold further talks with Asa Hutchinson, deputy secretary at the US Department of Homeland Security, on 22 September in Brussels, with a view to resolving their differences.
The commissioner suggested the fight against terrorism couldn’t justify abuses of passenger privacy. “With the second anniversary of 11 September almost upon us, I want to stress that we stand solidly behind the US in the fight against terrorism. But, clearly, the present situation cannot be allowed to continue.”
Since 5 March this year, law enforcement agencies in America have been able to tap into airline computer systems and check who is flying into and out of the US from Europe.
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During the campaign, President-Elect Donald Trump said he would repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a system that covers 20 million people who were previously uninsured. Now, Trump says he’ll hold on to certain ACA provisions, such as providing care for those with pre-existing conditions.
Regardless of what’s being said about the ACA (also known as Obamacare), there are likely to be changes, according to Princeton’s top health care experts. In the following Q&A, they answer questions about the ACA and the future of America’s health care system.
Heather Howard is a lecturer in public affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and a faculty affiliate at the Center for Health and Wellbeing. She is the director of two programs funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Advancing Coverage in States, which provides technical assistance to states implementing the ACA, and the State Health and Value Strategies program, which supports state efforts to enhance the value of health care. Previously, Howard served as New Jersey’s commissioner of health and senior services.
Uwe Reinhardt is the James Madison Professor of Political Economy at the Wilson School. He is recognized as one of the nation’s leading authorities on health care economics. He is a past president of the Association of Health Services Research and, from 1986 to 1995, he served as a commissioner on the Physician Payment Review Committee, which was established by Congress. He is a prolific researcher and serves or has served on a number of editorial boards.
Q. Given the outcome of the election, major changes seem likely in the American health care system. What are the basic economic challenges facing the health care system that any changes need to address?
Reinhardt: Not only is that possible, it probably may have to go that route, if Republicans want to repeal Obamacare. The Senate, although dominated by Republicans, is not filibuster proof. But pieces of the ACA that involve federal money — the subsidies toward insurance premiums on the market places or toward out-of-pocket expenses — can be dealt with as part of “reconciliation,” which needs only 51 votes. So the Republicans could yank those through this mechanism. It would gut Obamacare as we know it. But other parts of the ACA which do not involve federal money — the mandate to be insured, community rating and guaranteed issue — could not be eliminated through reconciliation. Proposals to do away with them would run into the chance of a filibuster.
My hunch (or advice to Donald Trump) is to make a big brouhaha of seeming to repeal Obamacare (to keep a campaign promise), but in fact to keep many of its features that work or could be made to work better and rechristen it to something like TrumpCare or FreedomCare or something like that. No one would be the wiser. After all, Obamacare really was a Democratic bill mounted on an old, 1990s vintage Republican chassis (the late Senator Lincoln Chafee’s 1993 bill or even the Heritage Foundation Plan of 1990 or RomneyCare in Massachusetts), including the mandate to be insured (an actuarial necessity). If we want close to universal coverage through the good offices of private health insurers, we shall need a chassis like that, regardless of who writes the law.
The alternative, of course, is to go back to the pre-2010 world, with premiums based on the individual’s health status, lifetime limits of coverage, denials of coverage and so on. That could happen as well.
Finally, everyone seems to believe that Obamacare is all pervasive throughout the United States health system. It is not. It covers a small appendix of the United States system — the market for individually purchased health insurance and that for small business firms — hardly touching employment-based health insurance (which covers about two-thirds of the United States population and one-third of total health spending), Medicare, Tricare, the Veterans Health Administration system, etc. Obamacare is just a smallish, complicated and somewhat ugly patch onto a hugely complicated and hugely ugly health care financing system.
Howard: The American health care system had been in need of reform for a very long time prior to the passage of the ACA. Consistent rises in health care spending, in what is already the most expensive health care system in the world, continues to be one of the most important issues facing our country. In recent years, we have begun to see health care costs increasing at a slower rate, reflecting some of the reforms that have been implemented. One of the primary reasons for this is continuing efforts to move health care toward payment models that incentivize value and quality, creating a more efficient health care system. It is still uncertain what the incoming administration has planned for many of the reforms that have been implemented. For example, what is the future of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), which has been taking the lead in testing new payment and delivery models?
Q. Is it possible to pick and choose parts of the ACA to keep or discard? Why?
Howard: While it is still too early to predict what the incoming administration will do, it is clear from past experiences that any changes will take time to enact and will likely be done incrementally. Despite Republican rhetoric criticizing the ACA and the party’s success in this year’s elections, we have learned that disruptions in health care are politically unpopular (think about the backlash surrounding President Obama’s statement that “if you like your health care, you can keep it.”) More than 20 million people have gained health insurance coverage, and much of the ACA is now enmeshed in our health care system, so it is hard to see how, even with control of the presidency and both chambers of Congress, dramatic action can happen quickly (and painlessly). Indeed, to date, Republicans have not produced a complete plan to “replace” the ACA, because it is by definition harder to propose solutions than to criticize them. And now health care interests that have benefited from the law — including hospitals and other providers, as well as governors in red and blue states that expanded Medicaid and have seen state budget savings — are unlikely to stay on the sidelines during debates that are no longer theoretical.
Recently, President-Elect Trump has expressed a desire to keep certain parts of the law that are particularly popular, including the prohibition from denying coverage due to pre-existing conditions and the ability for dependents to remain on their parent’s coverage until the age of 26. The impact of retaining these parts of the law while doing away with others, including the individual mandate, will be the topic of much research and discussion in the coming months.
Q. Are there myths or misconceptions about the ACA that should be addressed ahead of major changes?
Reinhardt: One misperception is that Obamacare is all pervasive throughout our health system, which, as noted, it is not. Another misperception is that Obamacare has been inflationary. In fact, it added less than 4 percent to what we would have spent on health care even in the absence of the ACA. The premium hikes we see in Obamacare now (the premiums for 2017 relative to those for 2016) reflect three things: many (perhaps most) private insurers underpriced their policies, either by error or to gain market share, in the early years, a chicken that now comes home to roost; government assistance to compensate for higher than anticipated risk (called risk corridors) were yanked by Congress; and within age bands, fewer healthy people enrolled than had been hoped for, leaving the insurance risk pools on the market place exchanges with sicker people who cost more to treat. Here it must be remembered that health spending is highly skewed. The top most costly 1 percent of Americans account for 21 percent of total national health spending, the top 5 percent for 51 percent, while the least costs 50 percent for only 3 percent. (See graphs below).
Howard: Unfortunately, there are many misconceptions about the ACA. To begin with, many people are likely going to realize as we begin any conversations about changes to the law that its full repeal would result in a loss of coverage for over 20 million Americans who would not otherwise have had access to affordable coverage. It is for this reason that full repeal without a replacement plan may be politically untenable.
It is also important to note the prevailing narrative that the law is unpopular and that the election served as a referendum on it. In many ways, the law has become a scapegoat for the challenges of our health care system — most of which pre-date the ACA. The cost of care in the U.S. continues to rise at a rate consistently higher than inflation. These rising costs are reflected in both rising premiums, and in an increasing reliance on consumer financial contribution —especially in the form of deductibles. Premium increases like those we saw this year happened before the ACA, but Obamacare represented an easy target on which to pin blame. As such, it is appropriate to question whether the ACA is unpopular because of its policies, or because of the challenges that it did not adequately address.
Q. Are there other approaches to improving the health care system that show promise?
Howard: Unfortunately, it is difficult for us to examine potential plans from the incoming administration at this time, largely because the approaches espoused during the campaign were not very fleshed out. However, I am hopeful that aspects of the ACA which have, in some instances, achieved bipartisan support, would be part of the future. As you may recall, the expansion of Medicaid under the ACA was implemented in several states with Republican governors, including Vice President-elect Pence’s Indiana, Ohio and New Jersey. Decisions to expand Medicaid in 31 states and the District of Columbia have been vital both in improving the health of those states’ populations and in improving the economics in those states.
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), the major Medicare legislation that passed last year with significant bipartisan support, promotes popular and important opportunities to increase the efficiency of our health system, continues the drive toward health information technology adoption and incentivizes the health care system to help patients stay healthy. However, given that MACRA is very much entwined with the structure of the ACA, uncertainty remains in its future.
Reinhardt: A major problem has been that the Republican opponents of the ACA have been very good at criticizing this or that feature of the ACA and thus defining it in the public’s mind, but they have not been able to agree on a concrete replacement proposal of their own, aside from enunciating sets of principles that cannot be costed out by the Congressional Budget Office nor would allow one to describe to families how they would fare under particular circumstances. Republicans in this regard have been like drunken lovers at a bar: big talk, little action.
More ambitious ideas, like Senator Bernie Sanders’ single-payer approach, are dead on arrival — even dead before arrival — as the recent initiative in Colorado has shown.
So the best Americans can hope for is muddling through inelegantly, as we always have. One would hate to be lower-income in that system. Our health care financing system will always remain a horrendous mess and a fountain for such dismay among the providers of health care as well as among patients. We might as well get used to it: Americans will never have a health insurance system that does not confuse and anger people deeply, just as you cannot grow wheat at the North Pole. It’s a state of nature.
Q. What are the lessons of the ACA that can help inform whatever comes next?
Reinhardt: For one, if such a bill is passed, the president has to bestir himself to lead personally in explaining the bill to the public in simple terms.
It can be done. I could do it. President Obama did not do that. He allowed the opposition to define the ACA in the public’s mind. It is not clear to me why he chose that approach: Was he just lazy, or arrogant, or did he not understand the bill and hence could not explain it? A much better job could have been done by him there.
We saw a similar, laid-back, hands-off approach when it came to opening the market place exchanges (www.healthcare.gov), and the entire edifice exploded. It all seemed news to him at the ill-fated launch time in October 2013. Any good CEO would have had detailed weekly updates all along the process. To me, it’s a very strange approach to governing. I wrote a column for The New York Times then, giving the president a flat F for managerial performance.
Whoever does health reform next should keep in mind that the reform must be explained by the president to the general public and he must lead on it. It is how Taiwan got health reform in 1994 and 1995. Taiwan’s president led.
Howard: The most important lessons are that there is a demand for affordable coverage, and it can benefit not only individuals, but also state budgets and the health care sector. Nowhere is this more evident than in the states that elected to expand Medicaid under the law. Many of these so called “expansion states” saw significant positive impact to their state budgets because of the expansion. Mental health and substance abuse services became part of the Medicaid benefit, freeing up state dollars to invest in prevention and community supports, economic development and education.
Another critical lesson is that the health care system moves more like a massive cargo ship rather than a sports car. States were given four years to implement the ACA, and it was still arguably not enough time. Future changes must account for the time it takes to change direction, build new systems, set new policies and inform consumers. Health care is intensely personal and to the extent that changes impact the daily lives of Americans, it will always be politically charged.


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HIV-AIDS stigma and discrimination in health care sector in Belarus
Retrovirology volume 9, Article number: P81 (2012)
Stigma and discrimination are barriers to effective HIV treatment and care in Belarus. Results of the Stigma Index Survey conducted among people living with HIV (PLHIV) reveal that 40.5% of respondents experienced disclosure of their diagnosis and confidentiality breach by health care workers (HCW); 15.5% were refused medical care.
Public health department of Belarusian State Medical University and NGO “Fialta” investigated the extent and possible reasons of HIV-related stigma in health sector, by conducting a survey on knowledge, misconceptions, attitudes and motivations regarding HIV/AIDS among 40 HCW not routinely involved in HIV-care. This was followed by two one-day sensitizing workshops addressing Belarusian law on HIV/AIDS, emphasizing medical rules/regulations, patients’ rights and confidentiality, stigma and discrimination, including sensitizing role plays.
Though the sample size was small, research findings indicate needs to address levels of stigma and discrimination among HCW in Belarus: a quarter of respondents are not willing to provide services to PLHIV at all; more than half are inclined to violate patients’ rights and test patients for HIV without informed consent; majority revealed some negative stereotypes in regards to PLHIV that lead to discrimination outside their professional duties (for example, changing HIV-positive hairdresser, advising their children to reduce contacts with HIV-positive schoolmate); about 2/3 would isolate PLHIV if they are not their friends or relatives. Possible reasons from workshops’ findings: HCW don’t realize what stigma is and don’t know their actions/attitudes are discriminative; lack of knowledge about HIV-infection resulted in fear of contact with PLHIV; negative stereotypes regarding PLHIV exist among population as they “traditionally” represent risk-groups (injection drug users, commercial sex workers, etc.), thus, “they are immoral and dangerous”.
Introducing stigma-reducing interventions (sensitizing workshops, educational briefings) in health sector would help to improve the situation. Conducting in-depth interviews among HCW is necessary to analyse stigma-related issues more thoroughly.
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Ilyenkova, V., Kunitskaya, S. & Eramova, I. HIV-AIDS stigma and discrimination in health care sector in Belarus. Retrovirology 9 (Suppl 1), P81 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-4690-9-S1-P81
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Ministry of Munitions, Department of Aircraft Production, Technical Department, 1917-1920
Administrative / biographical background:
The Aircraft Production Department (originally called the Aeronautical Supplies Department) was established in January 1917, when the responsibility for the supply and inspection of aircraft was transferred to the Ministry of Munitions; questions of policy, programme and design remaining with the Air Board.
The sections dealing with aircraft supplies at the War Office and the Admiralty formed the nucleus of the new department, of which William Weir became Controller. The department was divided into two main divisions: Supply and Production; and Inspection. These were subdivided into sections dealing with aeroplanes, seaplanes, engines, accessories, materials, etc.
In January 1918, following the formation of the Air Ministry, the responsibility for design was transferred to the Ministry of Munitions, and the Aircraft Production Department, which had hitherto formed part of the Engines Group under the Munitions Council, became an independent Air Group and the Controller was appointed Member of Council A and Director-General of Aircraft Production.
A Technical Department was formed to deal with questions of design and experiment, and shortly afterwards an American Assembly Department was established to deal with the American machines arriving in this country.
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Skin Diseases Treatment Industry Data Book Covers Acne, Actinic Keratosis, Atopic Dermatitis, Alopecia Markets.
The global skin diseases treatment industry combines to account for USD 88.25 billion in revenue in 2022, which is expected to reach USD 124.03 billion by 2030, growing at a cumulative rate of 4.3% over the forecast period.
Actinic Keratosis Treatment Market Report Highlights
The global actinic keratosis treatment market size was valued at USD 6.42 billion in 2022, and it is anticipated to reach USD 8.93 billion by 2030, expanding at a CAGR of 4.20% CAGR (2023-2030).
- In 2021, the surgery segment dominated the market owing to the rising adoption of cryotherapy surgery in the management of actinic keratosis
- The nucleoside metabolic inhibitor segment held the largest share in 2021 and is expected to retain its dominance over the forecast period
- Asia Pacific is expected to register the highest CAGR over the forecast period due to factors such as the high prevalence of AK, rapidly evolving healthcare infrastructure, and rising healthcare expenditures by Asia Pacific countries
- North America dominated in 2021 due to the rising awareness among people about actinic keratosis, availability of robust treatment options, and improvements in healthcare infrastructure
Access the Global Skin Diseases Treatment Industry Data Book, 2022 to 2030, compiled with details like market sizing information & forecasts, trade data, pricing intelligence, competition benchmarking, macro-environmental analyses, and regulatory & technological framework studies
Alopecia Market Report Highlights
The global alopecia market size was valued at USD 8.19 billion in 2022, and it is expected to reach USD 14.2 billion by 2028. The market is expected to expand at a CAGR of 8.74% CAGR (2023-2030).
- In 2020, the alopecia areata segment accounted for the largest revenue share and is anticipated to maintain its dominance over the forecast period
- Key late-stage pipeline candidates in the treatment of hair loss include: Xeljanz (tofacitinib), Breezula (clascoterone), and SM04554 are expected to fuel the growth in the coming years
- Alopecia universalis is anticipated to witness the fastest growth during the forecast period owing to the potential pipeline products, such as BNZ-1 (Bioniz Therapeutics), and stem cell educator therapy with minoxidil (Tianhe Stem Cell Biotechnologies, Inc.)
- North America was the largest market in 2020 mainly due to a high disease prevalence, rising consumer awareness, proactive government measures, technological advancements, and improved healthcare infrastructure
- Europe held the second-largest market share in 2020 given the high prevalence of AGA i.e., 80% and 50% in both the men and women of the region, respectively
Acne Drugs Marke Report Highlights
The global acne drugs market size was valued at USD 4.1 billion in 2017, and it is expected to reach USD 5.9 billion by 2025, registering a 4.2% CAGR during the forecast period.
- By type, inflammatory acne captured more than 50.0% of the market in 2017. Comedonal acne were ranked second-largest, among other types
- On the basis of therapeutic class, retinoids led the market in 2017, followed by antibiotics. This trend is likely to continue through 2025
- The treatment paradigm is shifting toward combination therapies and biologics. Combination products are gaining traction due to higher efficacy, convenient dosing, and fewer adverse effects
- Topical products dominated the treatment landscape, based on mode of administration. However, introduction of biologics is likely to result in the growth of the injectables segment
- U.S. dominated the major markets and is projected to maintain its lead through 2025, owing to rising disease incidence and ease of access to anti-acne products
- Allergan, Bayer, Galderma, Stiefel, and Valeant are some key players operating in this market. Valeant is projected to lead the market in 2025 due to higher adoption of Retin-A micro as well as anticipated launch of pipeline candidates.
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Key players operating in the skin diseases treatment industry are –
- Pfizer Inc.
- AbbVie Inc.
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
- GSK plc.
- Amgen Inc.
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Novartis AG
- Johnson & Johnson
- Galderma S.A
- AstraZeneca plc
Grand View Research’s skin diseases treatment industry data book is a collection of market sizing & forecasts insights, regulatory & technology framework, pricing intelligence, competitive benchmarking analyses, and macro-environmental analyses studies. Within the purview of the database, such information is systematically analyzed and provided in the form of summary presentations and detailed outlook reports on individual areas of research.
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What better way to start off than with our 16th president, recently immortalized by Oscar winner Daniel Day Lewis, who is no stranger to on-screen facial hair (see: Gangs of New York, There Will Be Blood)? But we digress. Before Honest Abe came around, the White House was pretty devoid of beard and stache. Then, while running for office, a beard-less Lincoln was encouraged by a letter from an 11-year-old girl to “grow some whiskers,” since she thought his face was too thin. The Republican nominee took the young girl’s advice, won the election, and the rest was history. The great United States got a president who eventually abolished slavery—and the original “chinstrap.”
From sideburns symbolizing rebellion to beards that carry a massive mythology, the past proves that a man’s facial fur can take on a life of its own. So read on for MF’s take on the 13 most meaningful—or just plain memorable—sets of whiskers.
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Counterfeit medicines are estimated as more than 10% of the global medicines market and in some developing countries it is thought to be as high as 50%. One prediction is that global counterfeit drug sales will reach $75 billion by 2010.
Counterfeiting can apply to both branded and generic products, with counterfeit products including drugs with the correct ingredients or with the wrong ingredients; without active ingredients, with insufficient active ingredient or with fake packaging. The increased occurrence of counterfeit medicines has several serious consequences.
These may include illness or death of patients, higher medical insurance and lost revenues to pharmaceutical manufacturers and governments. Children are particularly at risk. Diminished public confidence in both health care providers and the medicines supply chain could indirectly lead to increased illness (as a result of non-adherence) which would strain health care services. Damage to a brand’s credibility could tarnish a manufacturer’s reputation, not to forget the substantial loss of revenues.
The recent discovery of counterfeit medicines in the UK supply chain prompted Professor Moffat, Dr O’Neil and their colleagues at the Centre for Pharmaceutical Analysis, The School of Pharmacy, University of London, to develop a rapid, precise and portable analytical technique for in-field use.
Working with samples provided by the Korean Food and Drugs Agency and a portable transmittance near infrared (NIR) spectrometer developed by NIR Technology Systems they have the answer to identifying counterfeits where they choose. This ability to replace laboratory analysis with the use of a portable instrument at the point of sampling is an attractive option for regulatory authorities. Furthermore, the NIR technique is rapid, precise, non-destructive and costs very little to operate.
Their findings have been published in the latest edition of the Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy. “Near infrared spectroscopy is a scientific tool which has helped us understand the differences between genuine and counterfeit drugs, even those which look exactly the same to the naked eye,” Professor Moffat said.
As well as being able to identify counterfeit from genuine tablets, the chemical information provided by NIR spectroscopy helps identify the likely origin of the tablet. Thus law enforcement agencies obtain valuable information about the laboratories manufacturing counterfeit medicines.
The present paper was presented at the 13th International Conference on Near Infrared Spectroscopy in Umeå, Sweden. Professor Moffat, together with his students and collaborators, are also developing the technique of NIR spectroscopy for the quality assurance of medicines and to ensure that manufacturing methods are efficient and effective. “Our studies also have relevance to the formulation development of new medicines to make sure that patients get the right drug at the right amount at the right time”, said Professor Moffat.
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On the way to an intelligent laboratory, physicists from Innsbruck and Vienna present an artificial agent that autonomously designs quantum experiments. In initial experiments, the system has independently (re)discovered experimental techniques that are nowadays standard in modern quantum optical laboratories. This shows how machines could play a more creative role in research in the future.
We carry smartphones in our pockets, the streets are dotted with semi-autonomous cars, but in the research laboratory experiments are still being designed by...
What enables electrons to be transferred swiftly, for example during photosynthesis? An interdisciplinary team of researchers has worked out the details of how...
For the first time, scientists have precisely measured the effective electrical charge of a single molecule in solution. This fundamental insight of an SNSF Professor could also pave the way for future medical diagnostics.
Electrical charge is one of the key properties that allows molecules to interact. Life itself depends on this phenomenon: many biological processes involve...
At the JEC World Composite Show in Paris in March 2018, the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT will be focusing on the latest trends and innovations in laser machining of composites. Among other things, researchers at the booth shared with the Aachen Center for Integrative Lightweight Production (AZL) will demonstrate how lasers can be used for joining, structuring, cutting and drilling composite materials.
No other industry has attracted as much public attention to composite materials as the automotive industry, which along with the aerospace industry is a driver...
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and Tohoku University have developed high-quality GFO epitaxial films and systematically investigated their ferroelectric and ferromagnetic properties. They also demonstrated the room-temperature magnetocapacitance effects of these GFO thin films.
Multiferroic materials show magnetically driven ferroelectricity. They are attracting increasing attention because of their fascinating properties such as...
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Hello Frances Podcast: R.W.L. Mini-Series – “W” is for Watching
We are back with episode two of our R.W.L. (Read, Watch, Listen) series. We share our R.W.L. with you to offer inspiration for contagious creativity! In this episode, Frances Roy Agency President & Chief Creative Officer Shantelle Dedicke shares a few of her favorite shows, channels, and networks she’s currently watching. A few of the many she discusses include Masterclass, The Lost Kitchen, Poldark, and so much more. Listen to the full episode for her suggestion list!


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Spandau Ballet are an iconic English new wave and synthpop band formed in London in 1979. The band is best known for their hits such as True, Gold and Only When You Leave. They achieved success in the early 1980s with their blend of post-punk music and soulful vocals.
The band members were Tony Hadley (lead singer), Gary Kemp (guitarist/songwriter), Martin Kemp (bassist), Steve Norman (saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist) and John Keeble (drummer). They released a string of successful singles and albums throughout the 1980s, before disbanding in 1990.
Since then, Spandau Ballet has had a few reunions over the years, including a massive tour that took them to venues across Europe and North America in 2009. However, they have not released any new material since 2002’s Once More.
In 2017, Spandau Ballet announced they would be embarking on their final tour, dubbed the ‘Soul Boys of The Western World’ tour. The tour focused on celebrating the musical legacy of the band, with a greatest hits set list featuring all of their classic songs. It was incredibly successful, with sold out shows across Europe.
The band have not released any new material or announced any upcoming tours since 2017’s ‘Soul Boys of The Western World’ tour. However, Spandau Ballet continue to remain active on social media platforms such as Twitter and Instagram, interacting with fans and sharing updates from time to time.
Overall, it appears that Spandau Ballet are no longer actively touring but still remain passionate about their music and legacy. They continue to engage with fans online and may even consider another reunion in the future if there is enough demand for it.
In conclusion, while Spandau Ballet are no longer actively touring they remain active on social media platforms and may consider another reunion in the future if there is enough demand for it.


MSU's Jon Reschke out for 'significant amount of time'
East Lansing – It’s a classic line, probably categorized as a cliché by most.
Next man up. It’s been used by team after team through the years any time a player is injured and his replacement is expected to step in with no drop-off.
Entering this season, it was assumed Michigan State had depth at linebacker in case of such a scenario.
Michigan State will get the chance to prove that as it heads to Indiana on Saturday without junior outside linebacker Jon Reschke, who hurt his ankle against Wisconsin last weekend and could miss a significant amount of time.
The Spartans also might have to play without senior middle linebacker Riley Bullough, who did not play against the Badgers because of what is believed to be a shoulder injury.
“Jon Reschke is out right now, and probably out for a significant time period here as he works through a severe ankle sprain,” coach Mark Dantonio said Tuesday. “Riley probably is a little bit more day-to-day, and we’ll see how that goes as we move through the week. We’ll make an announcement prior to the game as to whether or not he can or cannot go.”
It’s a significant amount of experience and production lost. Bullough was the leading tackler a season ago and is the quarterback of the defense.
Reschke, meanwhile, had a breakout season in 2015 and was off to another quick start after missing the opener with a hand injury. At Notre Dame, it was Reschke who sparked the defense with an interception and a forced fumble that had Dantonio calling him the clear player of the game.
Now the 17th-ranked Spartans turn to sophomore Andrew Dowell on the outside and junior Shane Jones in the middle.
“It’s definitely an opportunity for guys that were in the 2 spot to step up and make a name for themselves in our defense,” said outside linebacker Chris Frey, the only linebacker to start all three games. “Guys are gonna be ready to go. We have that next man up mentality and we expect there to be no drop-off mentally or physically or athletically from the ones to the twos.”
Dowell started in Reschke’s place against Furman and had eight tackles and an interception that helped seal the victory in the fourth quarter. He understands the significance of losing two of the team’s top players, but he’s up to the challenge of stepping back into the starting lineup.
“I’ll have to pay attention to detail more and have better practices being with the ones,” Dowell said. “That’s something I look forward to this week and getting ready for the game.”
Jones got his second career start against the Badgers as Bullough’s injury kept him from suiting up after aggravating his shoulder against the Fighting Irish. Jones had six tackles, including two for loss, but his biggest role was running the defense.
It’s a tough job, and Jones fared well, especially considering he has the ability to play all three linebacker positions.
“I think I did well having everybody on the same page,” Jones said. “There were a couple of missed assignments, but for the most part I did get everybody lined up and everybody was ready to play, so I’m pretty excited about that.
“Wherever I’m needed, I can go in and play any linebacker position, so it’s all about making sure the coaches can trust you at the end of the day, and I feel like they can trust me.”
Trust is the big factor for Ed Davis, as well. The sixth-year senior slowly is working his way back from tearing the ACL in his right knee and missing all of last season.
He played one play against Notre Dame and a handful against Wisconsin.
Davis could be the wild card in the rotation, and if he returns to form, he could be a spark for the lagging pass rush. But getting the confidence back has been a slow process.
“It’s sort of day-by-day, game-by-game,” Dantonio said. “I want him to feel confident. Part of this is him having confidence.”


Once upon a time, Los Lobos was just another band from East L.A.
More than 30 years since releasing their debut album, the Wolves have become one of the foremost Latin music bands around.
Since 1984, the Grammy Award-winning band has had the same lineup, helping to perfect its wide-reaching blend of traditional regional Mexican folk music like cumbia and boleros, rock and roll, blues, R&B, and country — plus a killer version of “La Bamba,” for the 1987 Ritchie Valens biopic.
On July 8, Los Lobos brings its stellar live act to the Prospect Park band shell for Celebrate Brooklyn, where the forefathers of Chicano rock will be joined by some of the new guard on Latin rock scene: Mexico City’s Hello Seahorse! and, from around these parts, electro rockers Zigmat.
And then, the wolves will howl.
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