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||Fluid flow and sperm guidance: a simulation study of hydrodynamic sperm rheotaxis.
Ishimoto, KentaGaffney, Eamonn A
2015-04-15 , The Royal Society
How does a sperm find its way? The study of guidance cues has fascinated sperm biologists and in particular the prospect of rheotaxis, that is a fluid flow orienting the direction of sperm swimming, has been the subject of extensive recent study, as readily motivated by the prospect that such guidance may be active in the mammalian female reproductive tract. For instance, it has been hypothesized that helical sperm flagellar beating is necessary for such guidance, whereas there is an extensive diversity of flagellar beating patterns, with planar sperm beating readily observed in human cells for example. In particular, such cells will not be guided by fluid flow according to hypothesized mechanisms for rheotaxis presented thus far. Here, using simulation methods, we investigate rheotaxis for a wide range of flagellar beat patterns. Providing the virtual sperm firstly does not possess a tightly circling trajectory in the absence of a background flow and secondly, remains within a region of low shear to prevent being washed away by the background flow, rheotaxis is generally observed with the sperm swimming into the flow together with a possible transverse velocity. Tight circling sperm motility, as observed in select hyperactivated sperm and CatSper mutants, is predicted to disrupt the rheotactic response, whereas confinement to low shear regions generally requires boundary accumulation, thus introducing subtleties in the relationship between rheotactic behaviours and the flagellar waveform and sperm characteristics. Nonetheless, such predictions suggest such rheotactic guidance may be more common and robust than previously thought, and we document simple criteria for the presence of rheotaxis that are consistent with our simulations and understanding, as well as reported observations to date.


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Quebec Surfing Community Protest Dumping Sewage in River
There was a weird ambiance at the Lachine Canal’s dock station among the young surfers who had paddled the whole morning on the choppy waters. Most of them had their lips pulled back, grinning as they enjoyed their last paddle session of the season. But underneath those temporary smiles, bigger concerns were hiding.
Men’s Rugby Team Hopes To Return to RSEQ Finals Despite Changes to Roster
For Concordia’s men’s rugby team, the expectations are always high. The Stingers are the reigning champions of the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec after finally defeating their rivals, the McGill Redmen. Concordia has reached the RSEQ championship game for the last five seasons, all against McGill, but only won over their cross-town rivals last year.
Concordia’s Men’s Rugby Team Drops Another Game to UdeM Carabins
Entering their sixth game of the season, Concordia’s men’s rugby team needed a win to keep their hopes alive of getting into the Réseau de sport étudiant Québec quarterfinals. In their way stood the Université de Montréal Carabins, who beat the Stingers nearly a month ago at the Concordia Stadium.
Concordia Defeats Wilfrid Laurier at Concordia Classic Tournament
Concordia’s men’s basketball team won 79-60 over the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks this past Friday evening during their annual pre-season Concordia Classic Tournament at the Concordia Gymnasium.
Stingers Lose 2-0 to UdeM Carabins at Concordia Stadium
By their own admission, an “average” Université de Montréal Carabins defeated the Concordia Stingers women’s soccer team 2-0 on Sunday afternoon.
Stingers End Tough Weekend With 2-0 Loss to UdeM
A tough weekend came to a close Sunday afternoon for the Concordia men’s soccer team. After dropping a tough 2-0 defeat to number one nationally ranked UQAM on Friday, Concordia fell to the Université de Montréal Carabins by the same score on Sunday afternoon.
Concordia Stingers Baseball Team Look for Conference Three-peat
As the season winds down for the Stingers baseball team, the last pitch of every game brings them one step closer to the playoffs, and one step closer to a chance at a third consecutive Canadian Collegiate Baseball Association Northern Division championship.
Stingers Midfielder Brandon Anderson Looks Back on International Experience
It was an unreasonably hot afternoon in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The mid-August sun was relentless in the sky, beaming down directly on the soccer players as they nervously fidgeted and jogged in place. Brandon Anderson stood intently in the row of his teammates, all wearing black, yellow and green—the colours of their country, Jamaica.
Stingers Sweep Doubleheaders Against Carabins and Gee-Gees, Await McGill in Final Regular Season Game
After disappointing back-to-back losses on Thursday and Friday against the McGill Redmen, the Concordia Stingers responded first by holding a players only meeting early on Saturday morning before beginning their last five games of the year that would conclude on Monday night against McGill.
Stingers Lose 2-0 Against Top-Ranked UQAM Citadins
A crossbar, a post and a saved penalty were all that came in the way of the Stingers defeating the best men’s university soccer team in Canada.
ConU Defeats UQÀM Citadins 2-1 At Concordia Stadium
Coming off back-to-back losses, the Concordia Stingers women’s soccer team ended the losing streak with a 2-1 victory over the UQÀM Citadins this past Friday night at Concordia Stadium.

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INTRO BY GRACE SERRAMBANA
INTERVIEW BY CAMI LIBERTY
Originally a brother/sister duo, Jake and Casey Hanner and Jake Churton teamed up and became a band named Donora. Donora recently came out with an album titled Sun To Me (purchase album here), which the band members say is all about choosing love. Their music is perfect for someone who wants a mix of a more calming and lively sound. We asked Donora about how they discovered their passion for music and their process for creating their recent single, This Heart. Also, Donora hints at a very exciting project in the works!
In October you released your new single This Heart. Can you tell us a little about the song and the inspiration behind it?
CASEY: "This Heart is a song about living passionately. I'm a pretty passionate person and when I decide to do something, I tend to jump in head first. It can be an exhausting way to live, but I think it's the only way to live."
You also recently released your latest album Sun To Me – what was the process like creating it?
CASEY: "When we were writing and recording these songs, there were a lot of terrible and confusing things happening in the world (and there still are today). I think working on this music was our way of dealing with that. This album is about choosing love."
Is there a song on the album that you found a difficult to create, whether it was the lyrics, melody, recording, etc.?
CASEY: "Some of these songs went through multiple versions before we got to the version that ended up on the album. So Simple was one of those songs. It took a while for us to figure out the right vibe for that one. But I'm really happy with the way it turned out. I'm glad we took the time to get it right!"
Because this is your fourth full-length album, how do you think your music has changed the most over the years?
CASEY: "When we first started writing songs as a band, we wrote in a more live setting all together. That has definitely changed over the years and we now do more writing in the studio. I also think that we've figured out our strengths (both as individuals and as a band) and that our songs reflect that a little more than they did in the past."
What do you love most about creating music?
CASEY: "Being able to capture a mood or a feeling with music is something that we love doing. It can be a challenge to have all of the elements come together in the right combination...but if you can achieve that, it becomes something really special."
Is there anything else that we can expect from you in the near future?
CASEY: "There might be a covers album coming soon! ;)"


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Took my car up to EAS today and got a dyno run in before any mods. I'll compare results after putting an exhaust on later.
I know it's debatable, but if you use typical rear wheel drivetrain loss of 18%, that's 640hp from the engine!?
These things are monsters from the factory and it seems very underrated by BMW.
Thanks Robert @ EAS for getting me in today! Looking forward to working together.


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TripeCosys ICO and Token Sale Review
Tripecosys is an all-encompassing travel and social media centric platform for the future. Based on the decentralized blockchain, the platform has extensive plans to provide the most rounded and comprehensive offerings to users with a focus around travel and the global community integrating crypto into their daily lives and travel routines.
Project Outline and Objectives
The power of the blockchain and crypto is quickly spreading across the world. This continued adoption has not gone unnoticed by the tripecosys team. They are aiming to create an entire ecosystem which can capitalize on their surging market whilst also providing access to crypto and an extensive range of related services to travelers.
One of the major missions within the sector is to create a currency and a system which can be integrated into everyday life. This is something which the project team think they have achieved. This currency will be the lifeblood of the ecosystem which will feature a social travel blogging function.
Through this blogging function, users and community members can document their travels and be rewarded for their contributions to the platform with native tokens. Additionally, the platform will provide a secure and transparent wallet to store crypto holdings, and function as a payment gateway making crypto payments easy and accessible for travelers and users around the globe.
The web wallet will be the first component of the project to launch in mid-2019.
- Start Date2019-03-01
- End Date2019-04-30
- Payment MethodBTCETHLTC
- Total Supply10000000000
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- Pre ICO Round One, Two, Three, Four: 50%, 40%, 30%, 20%,
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Van Nuys station
Van Nuys is an Amtrak and Metrolink train station in the community of Van Nuys in Los Angeles, California. The station is served by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego, Amtrak's Coast Starlight from Los Angeles Union Station to Seattle and Metrolink's Ventura County Line from Los Angeles Union Station to East Ventura. Ten Pacific Surfliner trains serve the station daily and 20 Metrolink trains serve the station each weekday; the Coast Starlight operates a single daily in each direction. Called Panorama City, the station opened with the inauguration of CalTrain in 1982, though this service was short lived; the modern glass-and-concrete Van Nuys station, designed by LPA Architects, opened on December 18, 1995. A joint project of Caltrans and Amtrak, funding was provided by Caltrans with Amtrak providing construction management. Improvements for Metrolink commuters were funded by the city of Los Angeles. Of the 74 California stations served by Amtrak, Van Nuys was the 29th busiest in FY2012, boarding or detraining an average of 202 passengers daily.
There are two tracks at this station, but only one platform, which means only one of the two tracks can be used. As a result, trains have to stop and wait outside of the station for that platform to be cleared by trains that are there, which increases travel times and delays. However, construction of a 2nd north platform has begun and should be completed by early-mid 2019. LACMTALine 169: Bus Stop is on Van Nuys Boulevard/Keswick Street. Monday thru Friday service only Line 233: Bus Stop is on Van Nuys Boulevard at Keswick Street. Daily Service Line 656: Bus stop is on Van Nuys Boulevard at Keswick Street. Daily Nightly Service Line 744. Daily Service on Van Nuys Boulevard onlyLADOTPanorama City/Van Nuys Civic Center Route.. Amtrak California: Van Nuys Station info webpage Van Nuys, CA – Amtrak Van Nuys at the Metrolink website Van Nuys Amtrak-Metrolink Station Van Nuys --Great American Stations
Oxnard Transit Center
The Oxnard Transit Center known as the Oxnard Transportation Center, is an intermodal transit center in historic downtown Oxnard, California. As a transit hub, the station serves Amtrak and Metrolink trains as well as local and regional buses. Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego, Amtrak's Coast Starlight from Los Angeles to Seattle and Metrolink's Ventura County Line from Los Angeles Union Station to East Ventura stop here. Ten Pacific Surfliner trains serve the station daily, six Metrolink trains serve the station each weekday; the Coast Starlight operates one train daily in each direction. Of the 74 California stations served by Amtrak, Oxnard was the 28th-busiest in FY2012, boarding or detraining an average of 223 passengers daily. 1A/B – Oxnard – Port Hueneme 2 – Colonia 3 – Oxnard – Naval Base 4A/B – North Oxnard 5 – Seabridge6 – Oxnard – Ventura8 – Centerpoint Mall, via Oxnard College19/20 – Central Oxnard Conejo Connection – Oxnard – Camarillo – Thousand Oaks – Warner Center Transit Hub Greyhound San Francisco/Los Angeles City of Oxnard Dial-a-Ride Carnegie Art Museum Henry T. Oxnard Historic District The Southern Pacific Railroad constructed a wye at Montalvo in late 1897 on the original route connecting Ventura to Los Angeles through the Santa Clara River Valley.
This spur was needed for shipping construction equipment to the site of a new beet sugar refinery. A wooden railroad trestle and rail line were constructed over the Santa Clara River as the spur headed south, reaching the new settlement here on the isolated coastal plain in April 1898; the rail line turned here from the north-south alignment to east-west as they continued building the tracks to Santa Susana in the Simi Valley. With the completion of the Santa Susana Tunnel, this became the most direct route between Los Angeles and San Francisco; the new settlement was named after the factory owner and in 1904 traffic on the coast railroad line was rerouted through Oxnard. In 1987, the current station was constructed on the northerly end of the curve while the former station remained at the southerly end; the former Oxnard depot has continued in use as a maintenance and freight yard office by Union Pacific. Metrolink service started in 1994 after the Northridge earthquake damaged Simi Valley Freeway and the Federal Emergency Management Agency agreed to temporarily fund the extension of service.
The trains were stored overnight in a temporary layover facility in the Montalvo neighborhood of Ventura where the Santa Paula branch line owned by the Ventura County Transportation Commission connects to the Coast Line. The station was on State Route 1 but in 2014, Oxnard Boulevard was relinquished to the city in anticipation of a bypass route east of the Oxnard that would meet US 101 at the rebuilt interchange at Rice Avenue. In 2015, a southbound Metrolink train left this station and crashed into a truck at Rice Avenue about 2 miles from the station injuring several passengers and an engineer. A Rice Avenue overpass that would take the rerouted State Route 1 over the rail line has long been proposed at the site where the accident occurred; the new overpass would include an interchange with State Route 34 that parallels the rail line to Camarillo. Media related to Oxnard Transportation Center at Wikimedia Commons Amtrak California Station Info Page Oxnard, CA – Amtrak City of Oxnard official site Oxnard at the Metrolink website Oxnard Transportation Center official site Oxnard --Great American Stations
A train station, railway station, railroad station, or depot is a railway facility or area where trains stop to load or unload passengers or freight. It consists of at least one track-side platform and a station building providing such ancillary services as ticket sales and waiting rooms. If a station is on a single-track line, it has a passing loop to facilitate traffic movements; the smallest stations are most referred to as "stops" or, in some parts of the world, as "halts". Stations elevated. Connections may be available to intersecting rail lines or other transport modes such as buses, trams or other rapid transit systems. In British English, traditional usage favours railway station or station though train station, perceived as an Americanism, is now about as common as railway station in writing. In British usage, the word station is understood to mean a railway station unless otherwise qualified. In American English, the most common term in contemporary usage is train station. In North America, the term depot is sometimes used as an alternative name for station, along with the compound forms train depot, railway depot, railroad depot, but applicable for goods, the term depot is not used in reference to vehicle maintenance facilities in American English.
The world's first recorded railway station was The Mount on the Oystermouth Railway in Swansea, which began passenger service in 1807, although the trains were horsedrawn rather than by locomotives. The two-storey Mount Clare station in Baltimore, which survives as a museum, first saw passenger service as the terminus of the horse-drawn Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on 22 May 1830; the oldest terminal station in the world was Crown Street railway station in Liverpool, built in 1830, on the locomotive hauled Liverpool to Manchester line. As the first train on the Liverpool-Manchester line left Liverpool, the station is older than the Manchester terminal at Liverpool Road; the station was the first to incorporate a train shed. The station was demolished in 1836 as the Liverpool terminal station moved to Lime Street railway station. Crown Street station was converted to a goods station terminal; the first stations had little in the way of amenities. The first stations in the modern sense were on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, opened in 1830.
Manchester's Liverpool Road Station, the second oldest terminal station in the world, is preserved as part of the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. It resembles a row of Georgian houses. Early stations were sometimes built with both passenger and goods facilities, though some railway lines were goods-only or passenger-only, if a line was dual-purpose there would be a goods depot apart from the passenger station. Dual-purpose stations can sometimes still be found today, though in many cases goods facilities are restricted to major stations. In rural and remote communities across Canada and the United States, passengers wanting to board the train had to flag the train down in order for it to stop; such stations were known as "flag stops" or "flag stations". Many stations date from the 19th century and reflect the grandiose architecture of the time, lending prestige to the city as well as to railway operations. Countries where railways arrived may still have such architecture, as stations imitated 19th-century styles.
Various forms of architecture have been used in the construction of stations, from those boasting grand, Baroque- or Gothic-style edifices, to plainer utilitarian or modernist styles. Stations in Europe tended to follow British designs and were in some countries, like Italy, financed by British railway companies. Stations built more often have a similar feel to airports, with a simple, abstract style. Examples of modern stations include those on newer high-speed rail networks, such as the Shinkansen in Japan, THSR in Taiwan, TGV lines in France and ICE lines in Germany. Stations have staffed ticket sales offices, automated ticket machines, or both, although on some lines tickets are sold on board the trains. Many stations include a convenience store. Larger stations have fast-food or restaurant facilities. In some countries, stations may have a bar or pub. Other station facilities may include: toilets, left-luggage, lost-and-found and arrivals boards, luggage carts, waiting rooms, taxi ranks, bus bays and car parks.
Larger or manned stations tend to have a greater range of facilities including a station security office. These are open for travellers when there is sufficient traffic over a long enough period of time to warrant the cost. In large cities this may mean facilities available around the clock. A basic station might only have platforms, though it may still be distinguished from a halt, a stopping or halting place that may not have platforms. Many stations, either larger or smaller, offer interchange with local transportation. In many African, South American countries, Asian countries, stations are used as a place for public markets and other informal businesses; this is true on tourist routes or stations near tourist destinations. As well as providing services for passengers and loading facilities for goods, stations can sometimes have locomotive and rolling stock depots (usually with facilities for storing and refuelling rolling stock an
Downtown Burbank station
Burbank Downtown is a passenger rail station near downtown Burbank, California. It is served by Metrolink's Antelope Valley Line to Lancaster and Ventura County Line to East Ventura with both terminating at Los Angeles Union Station. Amtrak trains do not stop at this station. Megabus started providing long distance motorcoach service from the station on August 15, 2013. Passengers have several options to get to Hollywood Burbank Airport located about 3.3 miles away. Passengers can use any northbound train on the Antelope Valley or Ventura County Line or Metro Local route 165. Metro Local: 92, 96, 154, 155, 164, 165 Burbank Bus: Metrolink/Media District City of Santa Clarita Transit: 794 Glendale Beeline: Metrolink Express 12 Megabus: M11, M12 Media related to Downtown Burbank station at Wikimedia Commons Downtown Burbank at the Metrolink website Burbank.com: Metrolink
East Ventura station
East Ventura is a passenger rail station in the city of Ventura, California. Passengers board here for Metrolink's Ventura County Line going towards Los Angeles Union Station. Located in the eastern Ventura neighborhood of Montalvo, the platform is just off the main coast route on the Santa Paula Branch line, owned by the Ventura County Transportation Commission. Six Metrolink trains serve the station each weekday; this limited Metrolink service runs only at peak hours in the peak direction of travel. This station was added as an extension to the Metrolink system in Fall 2002. Prior to that, Metrolink trains that ran from Los Angeles to Oxnard were stored overnight at this site with no passenger boardings. Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner remains on the Coast line towards downtown Ventura and Santa Barbara, does not switch over to serve this station. Growth in commuters traveling towards Los Angeles is expected to favor this location over the Ventura station used by the Pacific Surfliner. Overnight storage of trains in downtown would be expensive if that station was used.
On May 9, 2011 Metrolink renamed the station from Montalvo due to the lack of name recognition. Montalvo had been the name of the junction at this location for over a hundred years and subsequently the community annexed by the city of Ventura, that grew adjacent to the junction. Media related to East Ventura station at Wikimedia Commons East Ventura at the Metrolink website
Los Angeles the City of Los Angeles and known by its initials L. A. is the most populous city in California, the second most populous city in the United States, after New York City, the third most populous city in North America. With an estimated population of four million, Los Angeles is the cultural and commercial center of Southern California; the city is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity and the entertainment industry, its sprawling metropolis. Los Angeles is the largest city on the West Coast of North America. Los Angeles is in a large basin bounded by the Pacific Ocean on one side and by mountains as high as 10,000 feet on the other; the city proper, which covers about 469 square miles, is the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the country. Los Angeles is the principal city of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the second largest in the United States after that of New York City, with a population of 13.1 million. It is part of the Los Angeles-Long Beach combined statistical area the nation's second most populous area with a 2015 estimated population of 18.7 million.
Los Angeles is one of the most substantial economic engines within the United States, with a diverse economy in a broad range of professional and cultural fields. Los Angeles is famous as the home of Hollywood, a major center of the world entertainment industry. A global city, it has been ranked 6th in the Global Cities Index and 9th in the Global Economic Power Index; the Los Angeles metropolitan area has a gross metropolitan product of $1.044 trillion, making it the third-largest in the world, after the Tokyo and New York metropolitan areas. Los Angeles hosted the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics and will host the event for a third time in 2028; the city hosted the Miss Universe pageant twice, in 1990 and 2006, was one of 9 American cities to host the 1994 FIFA men's soccer World Cup and one of 8 to host the 1999 FIFA women's soccer World Cup, hosting the final match for both tournaments. Home to the Chumash and Tongva, Los Angeles was claimed by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo for Spain in 1542 along with the rest of what would become Alta California.
The city was founded on September 4, 1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve. It became a part of Mexico in 1821 following the Mexican War of Independence. In 1848, at the end of the Mexican–American War, Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, becoming part of the United States. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4, 1850, five months before California achieved statehood; the discovery of oil in the 1890s brought rapid growth to the city. The completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913, delivering water from Eastern California assured the city's continued rapid growth; the Los Angeles coastal area was settled by the Chumash tribes. A Gabrieleño settlement in the area was called iyáangẚ, meaning "poison oak place". Maritime explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo claimed the area of southern California for the Spanish Empire in 1542 while on an official military exploring expedition moving north along the Pacific coast from earlier colonizing bases of New Spain in Central and South America.
Gaspar de Portolà and Franciscan missionary Juan Crespí, reached the present site of Los Angeles on August 2, 1769. In 1771, Franciscan friar Junípero Serra directed the building of the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, the first mission in the area. On September 4, 1781, a group of forty-four settlers known as "Los Pobladores" founded the pueblo they called El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles,'The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels'; the present-day city has the largest Roman Catholic Archdiocese in the United States. Two-thirds of the Mexican or settlers were mestizo or mulatto, a mixture of African and European ancestry; the settlement remained a small ranch town for decades, but by 1820, the population had increased to about 650 residents. Today, the pueblo is commemorated in the historic district of Los Angeles Pueblo Plaza and Olvera Street, the oldest part of Los Angeles. New Spain achieved its independence from the Spanish Empire in 1821, the pueblo continued as a part of Mexico.
During Mexican rule, Governor Pío Pico made Los Angeles Alta California's regional capital. Mexican rule ended during the Mexican–American War: Americans took control from the Californios after a series of battles, culminating with the signing of the Treaty of Cahuenga on January 13, 1847. Railroads arrived with the completion of the transcontinental Southern Pacific line to Los Angeles in 1876 and the Santa Fe Railroad in 1885. Petroleum was discovered in the city and surrounding area in 1892, by 1923, the discoveries had helped California become the country's largest oil producer, accounting for about one-quarter of the world's petroleum output. By 1900, the population had grown to more than 102,000; the completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913, under the supervision of William Mulholland, assured the continued growth of the city. Due to clauses in the city's charter that prevented the City of Los Angeles from selling or providing water from the aqueduct to any area outside its borders, many adjacent city and communities became compelled to annex themselves into Los Angeles.
Los Angeles created the first municipal zoning ordinance in the United States. On September 14, 1908, the Los Angeles City Council promulgated residential and industrial land use zones; the new ordinance established three residential zones of a single type, where industrial uses were
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is an agency that operates public transportation in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. It was formed in 1993 out of a merger of the Southern California Rapid Transit District and the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, it is chartered under state law as a regional transportation planning agency. Metro directly operates light rail, heavy rail and bus rapid transit services, it directs planning for rail and freeway projects within Los Angeles County. It funds 27 local transit agencies as well as access paratransit services; the agency develops and oversees transportation plans, funding programs, both short-term and long-range solutions to mobility and environmental needs in the county. The agency is the primary transit provider for the City of Los Angeles, providing the bulk of such services, while the City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation operates a much smaller system of its own: Commuter Express bus service to outlying suburbs in the city of Los Angeles and the popular DASH mini-bus service in downtown and other neighborhoods.
Metro's headquarters are in a high-rise building adjacent to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority operates the third-largest public transportation system in the United States by ridership with a 1,433 mi² operating area and 2,000 peak hour buses on the street any given business day. Metro operates 105 miles of urban rail service; the authority has 9,892 employees, making it one of the region's largest employers. The authority partially funds sixteen municipal bus operators and an array of transportation projects including bikeways and pedestrian facilities, local roads and highway improvements, goods movement, Metrolink regional commuter rail, Freeway Service Patrol and freeway call boxes within the greater metropolitan Los Angeles region. Security and law enforcement services on Metro property are provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Transit Services Bureau via contract, in conjunction with Metro Transit Enforcement Department, Los Angeles Police Department and Long Beach Police Department.
In 2006, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority was named Outstanding Transportation System for 2006 by the American Public Transportation Association. Most buses and trains have "America's Best" decals affixed. Metro Rail is a rail mass transit system with four light rail lines; as of November 2016, the system runs a total of 105 miles, with 93 stations and over 316,000 daily weekday boardings. Starting in 2019, lines will be renamed with lettered designations, citing a lack of distinct colors available for future services; the Blue Line is a light rail line running between Downtown Long Beach. The Red Line is a subway line running between Downtown Los North Hollywood; the Green Line is a light rail line running between Redondo Beach and Norwalk in the median of the 105 Freeway. It provides indirect access to Los Angeles International Airport via a shuttle bus; the Purple Line is a subway line running between Downtown Los Angeles and the Mid-Wilshire district of Los Angeles.
Most of its route is shared with the Red Line. The Gold Line is a light rail line running between East Los Angeles and Azusa via Downtown Los Angeles; the Expo Line is a light rail line running between Downtown Los Santa Monica. Metro Busway is an express bus system with characteristics of bus rapid transit with two lines operating on dedicated or shared-use busways; the system runs a total of 60 miles, with 28 stations and over 42,000 daily weekday boardings as of May 2016. The Metro Busway system is meant to mimic the Metro Rail system, both in the vehicle's design and in the operation of the line. Vehicles stop at dedicated stations, vehicles receive priority at intersections and are painted in a silver livery similar to Metro Rail vehicles; the Metro Orange Line is a bus rapid transit line running between North Chatsworth. The Metro Silver Line is a limited-stop bus line running between El Monte, Downtown Los Angeles, Harbor Gateway, with some buses serving San Pedro. Metro is the primary bus operator in the Los Angeles Basin, the San Fernando Valley, the western San Gabriel Valley.
Other transit providers operate more frequent service in the rest of the county. Regions in Los Angeles County that Metro Bus does not serve at all include rural regions, the Pomona Valley, the Santa Clarita Valley, the Antelope Valley. Metro operates two types of bus services. However, when mechanical problems or availability equipment occurs, a bus of any color may be substituted to continue service on the route. Metro Local buses are painted in an off-orange color which the agency has dubbed “California Poppy”; this type of service makes frequent stops along major thoroughfares. There are 18,500 stops on 189 bus lines; some Metro Local routes make limited stops along part of their trip but do not participate in the Rapid program. Some Metro Local bus lines are operated by contractors MV Transportation, Southland Transit, Transdev. Metro Rapid buses are distinguished by their bright red color which the agency has dubbed “Rapid Red”; this bus rapid transit service offers limited stops on many of the county's more heavi

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Mediterranean Fish Class 19 October - Monday - 19:00 Chef Amir Schuler
A fish cooking class where we will prepare an abundance of dishes based on Mediterranean fish, and a little beyond. We will learn about the fish structure, filleting techniques, cutting, the handling and storage of fresh fish.
We will implement several cooking methods (pickling, steaming, grilling, baking and cooking). We will learn about different types of fish, where to buy them, about fish farming and which are the best seasons for each fish.
The class is practical and hands-on, and participants make most of the dishes themselves
- Start Off with Hot rosemary focaccia from the oven
- Practicing fish fillet - practical experience with fresh fish
- Fish patties in hot pepper and tomato sauce
- Kebab Soufflaki - Pita with czizaki spread, pickled lemon, anchovy and kebab
- Fish skewers in beer dough
- Salmon in a bowl of vine leaves in a hot peppers sauce
- South Italy Style Seviche
- Baked Beet Salad with nuts and crispy cream
- For dessert - a polenta cake based on corn flour and almond flour

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The interior I started with
Begin Deconstruction... gutting the interior
Interior done gutted...
Bring on the new carpet!
This is the vehicles primary use... DJ gear
The first new panel constructed, appholstered, and installed with speaker!
Begin the wiring!
More new panels
Hatch panel installed
The rest of the panels and seats go in
I bought these nice black tiles from Lowes... they fit great and protect the floor from cargo loading etc.
Back to the wiring mess....
Starting to get the wires routed and taped down...
Wires are neatly bundled and tied down...
The laying of dynamat over the floor pans... also used to cover wiring lumps before putting the carpet back in.
Wiring under passenger seat for 2 Channel amp and crossovers for components
Wiring mostly done, Radio installed.
2 Channel amp installed with crossovers and wiring.
Trimmed the door panels to house the 6.5" woofers from my components
Ran the wires for the 4" speakers and the 6.5" woofers
I had to flush mount the speaker into the doors so once i put the grills on they'd still fit against the dash.
Door Panels with grills on.
Door panels installed with all the hardware and both speakers
Drivers side door finished
Passenger door done
Floors are both a mess, but the doors are in.
I started the wiring today for my aux battery.... This is 0 Gage wire so I made the decision to route it under the car rather than try to put it under the carpet and end up with a massive lump... This wire will go from the aux battery to the underside of the rear seat where I'll mount my amps. Here it is going from the battery box under the car.
Wiring the Battery Box
Here is the underside of the battery box where it appears underneath the car.
Another shot from the drivers side wheel well.
Here you can see the wire coming through between the gas tank and the vehicle floor.
Here you can see the wire routing around the gas tank to join some other static wiring.
Wire routing again.
More wire routing.
I used an existing hole to push the wire through... there was no hole on the other side so I made one.
Here you can see the wire going through the hole I made and out the other side. I then drilled a hole above it that comes out right next to the heater box underneath the seat.
Another better shot from under the vehicle... you can see the wire routed and pushed up into the underseat area of the car.... the suspenion mounts are just the left in the photo.
Close up shot of the loop around.
The wire coming back into the vehicle
The wire comes back into the vehicle.
I wired up the distribution block leaving enough slack so it could be pulled out for easy access.
another shot of the distribution block.
frst amp gets placed under the seat
both amps under te seats and wired up.
got the wire run between the battery boxes. This is a 100 amp circuit breaker that will go after the auxilary battery on the way to the back seat for the amps.
another shot of the breaker.
Here's the aux. battery box getting wired up.
wiring... Look at that, a PAIR of 0 gage grounds!
ad more wiring
what you see here to the left is a AC to DC power inverter.... IE i could run the stereo with the car plugged into the wall and the car would never die. Also you see the blue wire going to the breaker for the amps, and a red wire coming from the battery isolator
that black thing there is a 200 amp pac battery isolator. It charges the aux battery off the car battery while the vehicle is running.... basically just a giant relay.
So now the aux battery system and amps and chargers are in place.
The vehicle came back from the shop with a full new exhaust system among other things.... it runs allot better now!
Finish up the carpeting around the seat boxes and floorboard.
Build Sub Enclosure for 2 15" Orion P series competition subs
Add Cigarette lighter plugs to the face of the panel under the rear seats (this will be a nice touch).
Install DC to AC power inverter (somewhere) for AC appliances.
Re Pinstripe the outside of the van to match the new interior appholstry.
I think that'll be about it.... And on Sunday July 16th you can expect to see me at waterfest with it to compete in the soundoff!


As a young boy and his family cross the walkway from Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital to the Outpatient Care Center, a staff member approaches with words of friendly concern.
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The hospital’s Chief Patient Safety Officer and Vice President, Medical Affairs, Dr. Brigitta Mueller, pauses to practice what she preaches.
“See something, say something” is a common safety motto heard around the country. Mueller and the staff of the Patient Safety and Quality Division she leads often amend that to “See something, say something, do something.”
Even if it’s just tying up a loose end.
Celebrating a first birthday in the hospital isn’t ideal, but the Johns Hopkins All Children’s staff helps “Sea Bass” and his family have a special day.
As the vaccine comes to the frontline workers, a world of possibilities begins to open up.
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I have a logo which has a triple loop the loop. and what I would like to do is have it covered up and then reveal it. I have used the paint tool to cover over it and then done a reverse to reveal but my problem happens when the loops cross over. It leaves the path of the upcoming loop instead of crossing over the path in the reveal.
Now, unless you have the perfect bezier mask here is where you might run into problems... Where the loops cross, you'll have the opposite problem you have now - you'll see the crossovers of the loops before you want to see them. One way around this is to create another layer that is a garbage mask that covers the little parts you don't want to see and just set the out-point on the frame you want them to appear.
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Credit Suisse will recruit more than 1,000 staff in its India-based tech operations this year, as the country becomes the bank’s global technology innovation centre. When the recruits are on board, 25% of the bank’s global IT workforce will be in India.
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“This is a continuation of Credit Suisse’s India growth strategy that has seen the bank hire 2,000 IT employees in the past three years,” said a statement from the bank.
It plans to base senior global roles within India so local leaders will be developed from within the new intake.
John Burns, head of India IT at Credit Suisse, said the recruitment plan reflects the company’s commitment to India and the state of Maharashtra in particular, where it has bases in the city of Pune. The new recruits are part of the bank’s vision to establish it operations there as a global technological hub.
“To support the growth of our IT presence in India, we believe empowering our employees to lead global delivery and drive innovative solutions enhances value creation and productivity for the bank globally,” he added.
Prashant Bhatnagar, global head of experienced recruiting for technology at the bank, said: “We provide our employees with a dynamic environment that fosters skills development and knowledge sharing, and we provide opportunities for engineers and developers to be at the forefront of technology and innovation.”
The bank’s focus is on hiring entry-level talent who have up to one year of experience.
Demand for skills in the latest digital technologies is high, as the Covid-19 pandemic has forced businesses to change how they operate and serve customers.
Burns said the pandemic has accelerated the use of digital technologies for the company: “We have effectively employed collaboration tools to enable seamless external and internal communication to support teamwork and effective delivery.”
Indian cities give large enterprises access to huge talent pools as well as ecosystems to support digital transformations. India was once attractive to large businesses as a low-cost location for IT services, much of which were high volume repetitive roles, but today India is a location for senior global IT roles and higher value work. It is now the country that is home to the largest proportion of Credit Suisse workers.
In 2019, Barclays Bank opened a tech centre in Pune to attract new tech talent in India and to enable existing staff in the country to collaborate better. The Pune operation, covering 1.1 million ft2, became Barclays’ biggest operation bar its London headquarters.
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- Credit Suisse’s Jennifer Hewit shares lessons learned while launching the bank’s first virtual agent, Amelia.
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Rishi Sunak vows to tackle ‘ridiculous’ Channel migrant situation in interview with Piers Morgan on Talk TV – saying asylum claims should be heard in ‘days’ and plan to send people to Rwanda WILL go ahead
- Rishi Sunak has given interview marking 100 days in No10 to Piers Morgan show
- PM vowed to get Channel migrant crisis under control and pursue Rwanda plan
Rishi Sunak vowed to tackle the ‘ridiculous’ Channel migrant situation today as he faced off against Piers Morgan.
In an interview to mark his first 100 days in office, the PM said his blueprint for overhauling the system would see asylum claims heard in ‘days or weeks’.
He told Talk TV the efforts to ‘break the cycle’ included a new deal with Albania – said to be the origin of 30 per cent of illegal migrants – and closer working with France.
And he insisted that the government’s plan for sending arrivals to Rwanda for processing will definitely go ahead.
Ministers have made stopping the flow of small boats crossing the Channel a top priority, with Tory MPs warning that failure to get a grip will be disastrous at the next election.
Rishi Sunak vowed to tackle the ‘ridiculous’ Channel migrant situation today as he faced off against Piers Morgan
Speaking from his home in Downing Street, Mr Sunak said: ‘The system that we need, the system that I want to introduce, is one whereby if you come here illegally, you should be swiftly detained and then in a matter of days or weeks we will hear your claim, not months and years, and then we will safely remove you somewhere else. And if we do that, that’s how we’ll break the cycle.’
Pressed by Morgan on how he would make that happen, Mr Sunak said: ‘So, look, in the first 100 days what have we done, what have I done?
‘I’ve got a new deal with France, which is increasing the amount of patrols that are happening on French beaches, which is making a difference already.
‘Secondly, I’ve got a brand new deal with Albania. Albania accounted for 30 per cent of all illegal migrants.’
When Morgan observed that the figure was ‘ridiculous’, Mr Sunak said: ‘Of course that’s ridiculous.
‘But I’ll work with the Albanians to put in place a new deal which means for people coming from Albania illegally, we’ll be able to remove them safely back to Albania and that is already happening.
‘We’re putting illegal migrants from Albania back on flights and that will ratchet up over the year. And that’s tangible improvement in the situation. That deal is a new deal.’
A group of people benig brought ashore by border officers in Dover last month
Mr Sunak highlighted new legislation he is proposing to bolster the system.
‘Very soon we’ll be introducing new laws into Parliament which deliver the system that I explained, the system which says if you come here illegally, you’re not really going to be able to stay here,’ he said.
‘So, what that new law will say is, if you come here illegally, for an illegal migrant here, then you will not be able to stay here and, in fact, we will be able to detain you and then we will hear your claim in a matter of days or weeks, not months or years and we will have the ability in the vast majority of cases to send you to an alternative safe country, be that where you come from, if it’s safe, like Albania, or, indeed, Rwanda.’
Asked whether the Rwanda idea is ‘ever going to happen’ after court challenges, the PM shot back: ‘Yes.’
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April 20, 2023
Prince of Wales Island Post — The Alaska Department of Natural Resource has approved the 292-acre Whale Pass Timber Sale.
The sale, in the community of Whale Pass, population about 60, requires a 100-foot buffer between the harvest area and residential property.
A request for reconsideration of the commissioner’s decision is due no later than April 26.
Whale Pass considers tourism and recreation as its major economic industries, according to James Greeley and Katie Bode, who are Whale Pass residents and representatives of Friends of Whale Pass. “We know that the planned clearcut will...


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During Thursday’s gaggle with White House press secretary Jay Carney, reporters noted that Florida just happens to be an electoral prize. But if Obama simply wanted to highlight tourism, why couldn’t he have done it from the noted tourist destination of Washington? That wouldn’t have even required a flight.
Even vacation hot spot New York is closer than Florida — why not there?
Carney acknowledged that this great country is simply jam-packed with tourist attractions (even ones in electorally insignificant states, we suppose). But, he countered that “there are few as iconic as Disney World.”
To which a clever reporter, according to the transcript, parried: “The fake Statue of Liberty is more iconic than the real Statue of Liberty?”
We also learned that President Obama has previously visited Disneyland in California, but that this is his first visit to Disney World. Alas, there are “no plans” for him to ride a ride.


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Once upon a time there were three families, the Wetaskners, the Camrosers, and the Leduners. The Leduners lived just north of the Wetaskners while the Camrosers lived to the east. Over the years, the Wetaskner family had missed out on opportunities to make more money and often the money they did bring in wasn’t managed as wisely as it might have been. Instead of acquiring ‘good debt’ by investing in their house and property, they ran the VISA up on things like entertainment and consumables and acquired considerable ‘bad debt’.
The family began to look at their neighbours and compare their homes and yards. It was quite apparent their neighbours had nicer houses, yards and vehicles. They had built garages and bought holiday trailers. The Wetaskner family acknowledged they had let their property deteoriate over the years and wanted better. The family began grumbling. Each year, they looked at their neighbours with increasing envy and wanted to be more like them.
The Wetaskners sat down at the kitchen table and decided if they made a couple of major purchases it would be the start down the road to equalling what their neighbours had. So, they decided they would be the envy of their neighbours and others if they built a swimming pool and paved their driveway.
They were banking on the fact that Mr. Wetaskner might get a raise soon and hopefully have the money to pay for the new purchases and even have some money left over to begin restoration of their run down house and yard. They were confident this would lead to Mrs. Wetaskner and the children acquiring a new level of pride in their surroundings that would instill in others.
Mr. Wetaskner checked the bank account. There wasn’t enough money in the savings account to purchase the pool or the driveway (two major projects at one time) and in fact the family was having difficulty making ends meet for day-to-day operations. But, Mr. Wetaskner went ahead and borrowed the money they needed on the assumption it would re-invent the family’s future.
Yes, there were many maybys and uncertainties but he felt they had to start somewhere and the interest rates were as low as they were ever going to be. Mr. Wetaskner borrowed the money built the projects and then went to the boss’s office and asked for a 14.2% raise. This was the amount he figured he needed to pay for the new purchases and perhaps even start putting a little money aside for the future. His boss didn’t even consider the request. Although disappointed, Mr. Wetaskner thought it over and went back to his boss with a 9.4% request; an amount that would cover his existing and new expenses, but just barely. His boss thought that was pretty outrageous, too, and said ‘no’. He and his boss discussed a 7.4% raise but the boss told him to wait until March 11th, 2013 for a decision.
Wetaskners in a bind.
The 7.4% was going to be the best he would get and it wasn’t even certain the boss was going to approve that. And, it was not enough money to make the driveway and swimming pool payments, pay for an 8.1% increase in utility costs the City was proposing plus pay for existing expenses. On his limited and fixed income he was wondering how he would pay for increased user fees and the new swimming pool was using twice as much water as they had in the past. The family was spending considerably more than they were making and they had no savings to fall back on.
They were in a bind. Mr. Wetaskner explained the problem to the family. They would have to forego some of the simple, inexpensive, but good things they enjoyed before they built the pool and paved the driveway; the cup of Tim Horton’s hot chocolate following a walk around the lake in the park, local live theatre and stage performances, an occasional meal in one of the great local restaurants, speciality coffees and food, visits to the museums, visits to a well-equipped library or going to a movie. They could no longer afford to donate to local charities and clubs. Most of all, they would have to drastically curb spending on retail and groceries. They were fortunate they had health care and could still access one of the best hospitals and healthcare systems in the province. They were also fortunate to live in a community with top notch police and fire services.
The family began debating what should or could be cut. The debate became more and more heated. Each of them had differing views on items they could, or could not live without. Although Mr. Wetaskner did his darndest to keep the discussions focused on a solution, family members began yelling and even calling each other names. The family became split.
They finally made some choices. Difficult ones. Gone are many of the things they were hoping they could afford, but now they simply realize they cannot afford them. Gone are the aspirations they will be like their neighbours. Through the process they came to the realization they should acknowledge who they really are and embellish what they have rather than trying to be something they can’t be. They came to realize that although rich families play with expensive toys, poor families can have as much fun with inexpensive toys.
The new pool pretty much sits unused as the family cannot afford the maintenance and upkeep. The driveway looks nice in contrast to the old run-down car they own. The house has seen minimal and minor improvements ‘here-and-there’.
They still don’t know if Mr. Wetaskner will be getting a raise on March 11th But the Wetaskner family has refocused on what they want to be as a family. They had learned a very difficult lesson. The decision to borrow money on a ‘build-it-and-they-will-come’ basis was a bad decision that will haunt them for many years to come. But they put that aside and little by little they will realize the great things they have and build their future on them instead of trying to be like their rich neighbours.
Their neighbours the Camroser and Ledner families? Well they continue to enjoy the benefits of good planning, good management and continue to see consistent growth and improvement to their homes, yards, vehicles and other amenities.

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Morrisons enters convenience store war
Jul 10, 2011
July 11 - Wm Morrison Supermarkets opened its first convenience store on Friday, hoping a focus on fresh produce will help it stand out as grocers dash to tap the trend towards more local shopping.
Support for the British farming industry is of particular importance to the company.
Britain's fourth-biggest grocer said on a media trip to its new 3,000 square feet M Local store in Ilkley, northern England, that its neighbourhood outlets would sell fresh meat and fish, delivered every day, as well as fresh bread, cakes, pastries, salads, coffee and juices.
Prices on about 75 percent of goods, including all fresh produce, would be the same as at larger stores, which it said would set it apart from competitors which tend to charge more at their convenience shops.
Morrisons said it could afford to do this because fresh food earns a higher profit margin and because it planned to sell more higher margin own-label products too.
Some 40 percent of space will be allocated to fresh foods and the firm will carry 30 percent more fresh lines than a typical competitor convenience store.
"Convenience is one of the fastest growing sectors of the market and developing our offer in this channel is a key part of our growth strategy," said Chief Executive Dalton Philips.
Britons are shopping locally and more frequently as they try to cut back on waste and soaring petrol costs.
"It's an incredibly difficult environment. The consumer is under intense pressure," said Philips.
Grocery market specialist IGD forecasts sales at British convenience stores will grow at a compound annual rate of 5.5 percent over the next five years to 42.3 billion pounds, outpacing projected growth of 3.7 percent for the wider grocery market.
The country's top food retailers are rushing to build up their positions in a still fragmented part of the market.
J Sainsbury, Britain's third-biggest grocer, is opening one to two convenience stores a week, while upmarket chain Waitrose told Reuters last week it expected to beat its target of 300 convenience stores this decade.
With Morrisons lagging, Philips hopes the focus on fresh produce will be a key differentiating factor, although he declined to put a figure on how big the firm's convenience store business might become.
"Because we're later in we can see what worked with others and what didn't," said Finance Director Richard Pennycook.
"When we're ready to go, we'll go with ambition," he said.
The group will open two more pilot M Local stores this year in Widnes and Wilmslow, and will update on the trial shops' performance when it publishes full-year results in March.
Most convenience stores offer a limited range of fresh produce, and not everyone is a fan.
While expanding its smaller supermarkets, Wal-Mart's Asda, Britain's second-biggest grocer, has so far shunned convenience stores, saying they have to charge higher prices to make the economics work.
Unlike its main rivals, Morrisons produces around half of the fresh food it sells, which it says allows it to be very competitive on price and to get it onto shelves more quickly.
Philips said the group would continue to grow its manufacturing arm and could look at adding a dairy operation.
Morrisons has outperformed sales growth at larger rivals Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury in recent months, helped by its focus on fresh foods, as well as innovative promotions and a lower exposure to discretionary non-food goods.
Morrisons' drive into convenience stores is one of a series of growth avenues being explored by Philips as he looks to follow the diversification of bigger competitors.
These include selling more non-food ranges following the purchase of baby goods website Kiddicare and an investigation into selling groceries online following the purchase of a 10 percent stake in U.S. Internet grocer FreshDirect.
Commercial director Richard Hodgson said the group was still in talks with a number of potential partners for childrenswear, but a deal with designer George Davies, which was the subject of speculation a few months ago, was unlikely.
Shares in Morrisons closed down 0.3 percent at 299.9 pence, valuing the business at about 7.85 billion pounds.
(Editing by James Davey and Greg Mahlich)
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After months of rumours Apple have finally unveiled the Apple iPhone 3GS. Amongst other things it has a video camera 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and a 3mp camera.
The iPhone 3GS will ship for $199 (16GB version) and $299 (32GB version). Available on June 19th.
The iPhone 3G’s price wil drop to $99 from today!
Full features of the iPhone 3GS:
- Voice control dial up
- Video recording (Low light and macro modes)
- Autofocus, Autoexposure and Tap to focus
- Voice over function reads out what you touch on the screen
- Support for Nike+
- Built in digital compass
- Compass app built into maps
- Better battery life
- Hardware encryption
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The Patent-Antitrust Debate Annotated
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These materials, which originally appeared on the Patently-O blog, address the back-and-forth between Makan Delrahim, the Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, and attorneys both objecting to and supporting his views on standard-essential patents (SEPs) and standard-setting organizations (SSOs). For parties who are interested in this controversy but who do not have time to locate, review, and compare the documents, the materials are annotated with Acrobat sticky notes keyed to highlighting of text, in an effort to emphasize the points of disagreement.
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On the theme of 'Books Revisited' I discuss my story of the summer holiday in Brighton that so nearly ended in disaster - but thanks to the Rake, all turned out well.
|Turkey, 1811. Olivia Hartford falls in love with the magical land of Turkey and meets a number of interesting people, like Lady Hester Stanhope, niece of the prime minister of England, and intrepid world traveller. And then there is the handsome Selim, cousin to the Sultan. Is Olivia destined to live a life of solitude and regret? Or will her past stay buried long enough for her to have her happy ending?|

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You may be wondering; where are these hoards of older singles?A report printed in the Harvard Magazine called The Mature Dating Game puts it bluntly; ‘Most of your friends are already married and get together for dinner parties in the suburbs with other couples, and those still at the peak of their careers (ages 45 to 65) tend to be more isolated because they are bosses in a corner office, or work from home.’While it may seem daunting to try online dating if you've never used it before, all it really requires is just motivation and effort.Many reviewers also say that it's hard to tell whether members have paid subscriptions, leading them to try contacting people who have no way of receiving their messages.Here are some of the best dating and relationship sites around.
Charlie Stelle have decided to start their study about online dating in later life due to a shortage of information about older generation and their online dating activities.
At Elite Singles there's a surprisingly strong contingency of members aged 55 years and older; singles from a variety of relationship backgrounds who are actively looking to start a new chapter in their lives and start dating again.
If you are looking to meet someone on your wavelength, then why not register for mature dating today?
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Howard C. Harris, Jr., Director of Musical Arts, is an arts pioneer, composer, performing artist and world-revered music educator. He serves as Professor of Music and Founder and Director of Jazz Studies at Texas Southern University. He also founded the People’s Workshop, the first Black-originated and multi-cultural arts organization of Houston to present in the […]
Hubert Laws is one of the very few to specialize on the flute in jazz, using it as his primary axe, and in doing so he has become the premier musician on the instrument. In three decades of playing, he has also mastered pop, rhythm-and-blues, and classical genres.
We brought it back by popular Demand cause you asked for it; the KTSU “FRIDAY OLDIES DANCE”!!!! If you missed it your really missed a party, Friday, June 1, 2012 at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel downtown. KTSU 90.9 FM hosted the “Friday Oldies Dance” at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel. Listeners were […]


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Coming to Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD April 30th – SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK. From Academy Award® nominated writer and director David O. Russell and starring 2013 Academy Award® nominees Bradley Cooper, Jacki Weaver and Robert De Niro and Academy Award® winner Jennifer Lawrence, Newsweek raves SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK features “the best ensemble cast of the year.” The Wall Street Journal calls it “the best picture of the year.”
Living with his parents after eight months in a station institution, Pat’s life gets complicated when he meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own. As Pat and Tiffany’s relationship plays out, an unexpected bond begins to form and silver linings appear in both their lives. From Anchor Bay Entertainment and the Weinstein Company, own SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK on Blu-ray and DVD. Rated R.
Play the SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK Triva Challenge for your chance to win a copy on DVD!
1. SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK takes place in Philadelphia, but only one major cast member is born there. Who is it?
2. Jennifer Lawrence stars as the lead role in what book-series-turned-film?
3. What 1973 baseball movie brought fame to a then 30-year old Robert DeNiro?
4. Bradley Cooper first appeared in what popular cable comedy about single life in the Big Apple?
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Our theme of this episode is making hot pots! We’ll be introducing oki-suki, a dish that was once prepared by fishers on their boats during downtime while fishing. The “oki” means “offshore,” and the “suki” comes from the name of the dish sukiyaki. With seasonal seafood, including buri yellowtail, and a rich soy sauce-based soup, this hot pot features flavors you’ll only find in Japanese cuisine. We’ll also show you how to finish up the leftover soup in the traditionally delicious Japanese way.
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NBA: Harden, Rockets beat Jazz again, 103-94
Published 3:46 pm, Thursday, January 7, 2016
HOUSTON — James Harden scored 33 points to lead the Houston Rockets to a 103-94 victory over the Utah Jazz on Thursday night.
Houston beat Utah for the second time in four days, following a 93-91 win Monday in Salt Lake City. Harden had 30 points in that one and has scored at least 30 in three of his last four games.
Playing without Dwight Howard, who sat out with lower back tightness, the Rockets beat the Jazz for the 10th time in the last 12 meetings.
Gordon Hayward scored 15 points for Utah. Center Rudy Gobert played for the first time since spraining a left knee ligament on Nov. 30. He was limited to just 15 minutes but chipped in six points and three rebounds.


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D&D Photos is a wedding photography business based in Miami, Florida, also serving the Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach areas. Owner David is a professional photographer who's been passionate about photography since he was 15 years old and received his first full frame camera. On your special day, D&D Photos will be with you every step of the way, capturing every second of your wedding love story from beginning to end.
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Businesses in Hawaii can leverage participation platforms (EPs) to facilitate modern co-creation and service innovation. This technology is essential for understanding the level of integration of technological innovation into existing socio-economic structures, the strategic competencies developed among the various business stakeholders, and the anticipatory or reactive capacity of actors (predominantly consumers). Companies can also use adaptive marketing strategies to reliably respond to consumers' purchasing needs, trying to avoid disruptions in supply chains and, if appropriate, implement expansive business strategies to strengthen their market positioning when demand for certain product categories increases suddenly in periods of crisis. Hawaii businesses have a variety of options when it comes to using technology to gain insights into customer behavior and preferences.
For instance, they can use data analytics to track customer interactions with their products and services. This data can be used to identify trends in customer behavior and preferences, such as which products are most popular or which services are most frequently used. Businesses can also use customer surveys and focus groups to gain a better understanding of customer needs and preferences. In addition, businesses can take advantage of social media platforms to engage with customers and gain insights into their behavior and preferences.
Social media platforms provide businesses with an opportunity to interact directly with customers, allowing them to ask questions, receive feedback, and gain insights into customer behavior. Businesses can also use social media platforms to promote their products and services, as well as build relationships with customers. Finally, businesses can employ artificial intelligence (AI) technologies such as natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning (ML) to gain insights into customer behavior and preferences. AI technologies can be used to analyze large amounts of data quickly and accurately, allowing businesses to identify patterns in customer behavior that may not be apparent from traditional methods.
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HEALTH authorities in the Netherlands have recalled over half a million face masks imported from China to help combat the spread of the dreaded coronavirus in the country after discovering that they are sub-standard.
One of the most badly affected countries by the pandemic, the Netherlands has 11,750 cases of coronavirus, which has led to 864 deaths. At the heart of the crisis in Europe, the Netherlands is number 11 on the list of nations with the highest number of infected people and number eight in terms of fatalities.
In a bid to beat the spread, the Netherlands ordered a huge consignment of facemasks from China, which were delivered on March 21. However, the Dutch health ministry has rejected them saying that the masks did not close over all of the face properly or had defective filters, making them unacceptable.
This recall affected early half of the shipment of the 1.3m FFP2 medical face masks imported from China. Apparently, about 600,000 of the masks already sent to hospitals were found defective and are being returned to China.
One Dutch health ministry spokesman said it received a signal that, upon inspection, the quality of this shipment did not meet the required standards. He added: “A second test also proved that the face masks did not meet the required quality standards. It has now been decided to stop the use of this entire shipment.”
Face masks are among most sought-after personal protective equipment against Covid-19. They were initially designed to protect the patient from coughed or exhaled secretions by health workers during sterile procedures but recently, they have become an essential protective for care givers.
Health authorities in Nigeria where 97 people have been infected have advised that face masks are not for everybody. Minister of state for health, Senator Olorunimbe Mamora, said: “The face mask is really meant for a person who is sneezing, coughing and wanting to protect others around him/her and for people who are in care-giving centres.”

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the town of El Acotope is located in the Municipality of Jesús Carranza (in the State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave). El Acotope is 40 meters above sea level.
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The second announcement of Fujifilm this year is the top-class Fuji X100V compact camera after the launch of the Fujifilm X-T200 mirrorless camera last month.
The basis of the camera is an X-Trans CMOS IV image sensor of APS-C format (23.5 x 15.6 mm) with a resolution of 26.1MP and an improved FUJINON lens with a focal length of 23 mm (35 mm EGF) and a maximum f/2.0 aperture. The optical design of this lens with the “II” index consists of 8 elements in 6 groups, including 2 aspherical elements. A built-in neutral density filter will reduce light output by 4 EV. A nine-blade aperture can take values up to f/16. It is possible to install optional lenses, one of which reduces the focal length, and the second increases. In addition, the digital zoom is available up to 50 mm and 70 mm EGF.
The Fuji X100V uses an intelligent hybrid autofocus system that combines contrast and phase focusing. The photographer will have access to the ISO 160-12800 light sensitivity range, expandable to values equivalent to ISO 100 and 51200. The minimum shutter speed using a mechanical shutter will be 1/4000 s, using an electronic shutter – 1/32000 s.
The back panel has a 3-inch touchscreen with a resolution of 1.62 million pixels. The advanced 0.5-inch hybrid viewfinder has a resolution of 3.69 million pixels. For instant switching between the optical and electronic viewfinder, there is a switch on the front of the camera body.
The camera will allow you to shoot in RAW format with a 14-bit representation. The burst speed reaches 11fps with a mechanical shutter and 20fps with an electronic shutter, and in video shooting mode resolutions up to 4K are available, although in the case of 4K the frame rate will be only 30fps, in Full HD it reaches 120fps.
The X100V also includes a built-in flash, an SD slot, a hot shoe, an optical viewfinder, an electronic viewfinder, Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.2, USB 3.1 Gen1 (USB Type-C connector) and HDMI (micro-HDMI connector). In addition, 17 proprietary film emulation modes, HDR support and the presence of a large number of graphic filters are available.
On one charge of the battery, it will be possible to take 350 shots when using the electronic viewfinder or up to 420 shots if you use the optical viewfinder. With dimensions of 74.8 x 128.0 x 53.3 mm, the camera with battery and memory card will weigh 478 grams.
Price and Availability
The Fujifilm X100V has been priced at $1,399 and is now available to pre-order through the Bhphotovideo.com online store. It will come in Black and Silver colors or you can also buy the LC-X100V Leather Case for the X100V would cost $79 only. Both will be available in late February 2020.


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IL-12 is a potent inducer of IFN-gamma production and Th1 responses. Co-stimulation mediated by B7 has been shown to synergize with IL-12 for optimal IFN-gamma production and proliferation in vitro. In this study, we examined the requirement of CD28/B7 interactions for optimal induction of IL-12 receptor(R) beta1 and beta2 expression and IFN-gamma. IL-12-induced IFN-gamma production and STAT4 nuclear translocation were markedly reduced in CD28(-/-) splenocytes compared to that of wild-type (WT) splenocytes. Analysis of IL-12R expression revealed that IL-12 induced similar levels of IL-12R beta2 mRNA expression in WT and CD28(-/-) cells. In contrast, IL-12R beta1 expression was impaired in CD28(-/-) cells, indicating that expression of IL-12R beta1 and beta2 is differentially regulated by CD28. CD28(-/-) CD4(+) but not CD8(+) cells exhibited a defect in IL-12Rbeta1 expression that was associated with a marked decrease in IL-12 binding as well as IL-12-induced IFN-gamma production. IL-2 could restore IL-12R expression to CD28(-/-) CD4(+) cells, however, this occurred independently of IL-2-induced proliferation. Thus, these findings identify distinct requirements for CD28 in the capacity of CD4(+) and CD8(+) cells to respond maximally to IL-12.


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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Shah Farman said that the terror attacks in Karachi and Orakzai tribal district are part of the same conspiracy and that foreign elements are involved because they want to destabilise the China-Pak Economic Corridor (CPEC) project”.
The governor along with Corps Commander Lt Gen Shaheen Mazhar and Inspector General Frontier Corps Maj Gen Rahat Naseem Ahmed visited the site of the blast in lower Orakzai district which claimed 34 lives.
The explosion, which according to officials was a suicide bombing, took place near an imambargah on Friday morning.
While talking to reporters, Governor Farman said stern action would be taken against the culprits behind the attack.
Lt Gen Mazhar confirmed that the blast was a suicide attack and that 12 kilogrammes of explosives had been used.
The lower Orakzai area, formerly an agency, is situated near the Hangu district, and the explosion took place in main Kalaya bazaar of the district.
Prime Minister Imran Khan had “strongly condemned” the terrorist attack in Orakzai as well as the one foiled on the Chinese Consulate in Karachi.
He labelled the twin attacks “a planned campaign to create unrest in the country by those who do not want Pakistan to prosper”.
“Let there be no doubt in anyone’s mind that we will crush the terrorists, whatever it takes,” he had affirmed on Twitter soon after the attacks.


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Coronavirus – Job Retention Bonus
The government has announced a grant of £1,000 per employee is available to employers, in respect of employees who satisfy the following conditions:
- earn at least £520 per month (above the Lower Earnings Limit) on average for November, December and January
- have been furloughed at any point and legitimately claimed for under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
- have been continuously employed up until at least 31 January 2021.


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Join Rachel and Kirsty for the biggest adventure of all - following your dreams!
Rachel and Kirsty are so excited to meet the Discovery Fairies, who look after some of the most exciting jobs in the world. But when Jack Frost steals Elsie the Engineer Fairy's magical item, engineers everywhere lose their very special skills! Can the girls help Elsie defeat him and save the magic of engineering from being destroyed?

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