United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Institute of Seismology and Atmospheric Physics of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan hold a two-week online training on engineering survey of buildings for Turkmen specialists.
The training is held within the framework of a joint project the UNDP and the Institute "Strengthening national capacity for Seismic Risk Assessment, Prevention and Response to Potential Earthquakes", the UNDP said in its press release issued last Thursday.
Modern equipment for recording seismic vibrations produced by the German company “DiGOS Potsdam GmbH” was supplied within the framework of the project to carry out an engineering survey of buildings. This includes post-supply training of local specialists to operate the equipment and processing of measurement results by experienced specialists from Germany and Kyrgyzstan.
“In order to achieve greater efficiency, it was agreed to conduct a two-stage training: first, trainers from Germany and Kyrgyzstan will train four relevantly qualified local specialists, who then will train a second group of 6-8 people supervised by the trainers” said Japar Karayev, the project specialist.
The training program includes theoretical and practical modules. In the course of the training, trainees will independently perform an engineering survey of 3-4 multi-storey buildings with processing of measurement results.


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The most versatile types of Men’s Apparel
While wanting to always look perfect, in the issue of men’s dress is very different from women, we tend not to be bothered with the fashion trend in appearance.
But it can not be denied, whether in casual or business meetings, the appearance becomes one of the most visible things and no doubt capable of forming people’s judgments. This is where many men still struggle with the same question, “Where should I start?”, “What kind of clothes should I wear?”, “Do I have to buy new clothes?”
Men’s Most Versatile Apparel – As a first step, this article will provide ideas and references to you to be a stylish man without the hassle of selecting various models of men’s clothing on the market. Here are the basic models of underwear that are versatile and never outdated and have plenty of room to combine. You should have these clothes in your wardrobe collection.
# 1 The Oxford Cloth Button-Down Shirt (OCBD)
Oxford Cloth Button-Down Shirt (OCBD) is a classic shirt with a rather thick material. This shirt seems to fit anyone. In addition OCBD can be applied for formal or casual look and always give a modern impression. OCBD is more versatile than dress shirts or often called office shirts because dress shirts are too neat and formal. Collection of a few pieces of white and blue OCBD in your closet can be combined with whatever you like, both for casual and formal look. Uniqlo, Gap, ASOS, Reiss, H.E. By Mango and AllSaints are some of the leading brands that release OCBD products. Or you can also choose a more premium brand like Ralph Lauren and J.Crew if you have more funds. But do not worry about collecting OCBD shirts instead of famous brands as long as you are smart to choose good materials.
# 2 Shoes “Desert Boots”
Desert Boots are often regarded as beginner shoes, which gives the impression of a transition between young men who are heading for adulthood. Intelligent but informal-this is the essence of desert boots that suitably be worn with jeans, shorts or suits. A pair of brown or gray or leather shoes will complement every wardrobe you already have. As a reference, the Clark brand would be the best choice as they are the pioneers of desert boots. In Indonesia some brands are also issued a desert boot, among others, Zara and Pull & Bear. But you can also search for desert boot collections from other brands including quality local brands.
# 3 Denim Slim-Fit Indigo Pants
Slim-fit Denim or slim-fit blue dongker jeans (indigo) is something classic and never worn out over time. This is one of the most versatile wardrobes you may ever have. It’s easy to wear it; the smaller the pieces, the more sharp the line of his pants look so that accentuate your body shape. These denim trousers fit almost any clothing, so do not be afraid to spend a little more money to buy the best and last longer.
# 4 Knitwear
Knitwear or knitwear is quite important to you, and will be very useful in the relatively cold wet season. Knitwear round neck (crew neck), the material is not too thick (mid-weight), and the cotton jumper is gray, blue navy, and beige suitable for you to start “reshape” your style. The basic colors just mentioned will help you combine them with other thicker colored outfits that can be customized for formal and casual look. To maintain a casual impression, do not select materials that are too thick and heavy.
# 5 Cardigan
Unfortunately Indonesian men are still less familiar with cardigans. Though this wardrobe can be a great combination for your knitwear because it plays as a second or third layer of your upper garment. With a knitting pattern, wearing cardigans with your basic clothes will shape the aesthetics of your appearance by itself. Try occasionally wearing cardigans and combined with OCBD, jeans, and desert boots shoes simultaneously.
# 6 T-Shirt Polos
A plain T-shirt or T-shirt is one of the simplest wardrobes, but the funny thing is that many men lack T-shirts or have only one / two color T-shirts. Plain T-Shirt can be worn easily without worrying about not matching with other clothes. Buy some plain white T-shirts, navy blue, gray, and black because this is enough for your mix and match.
# 7 Sweatshirts / Sweaters
Sweaters have become very popular in recent years due to the development of sportswear trends. If you already have knitwear, actually this is enough. However, it does not hurt to have a sweater because the sweater is an excellent choice as the outer layer of your outfit. Some stores and brands distinguish sweaters with sweatshirt, but basically these two types of clothing are almost the same. What distinguishes it is the pattern or motive above it. One small tip: wear a sweater outside your OCBD or wear it before your cardigan and jacket.
# 8 Box Shirt
Forget the Jokowi-effect, because the checkered shirt has long been a trend before Jokowi put it on the election campaign of Jakarta Governor several years ago. Just like denim pants, the checkered shirt is also timeless. Only the trend of materials and colors that undergo changes and developments. The plaid shirt is also nice worn as a second layer after the T-Shirt. To maintain a casual look, look for large checkered motifs, while smaller boxes and thinner materials will be more versatile for both formal and casual.
The versatile men’s clothing above is certainly not a requirement for you, but we believe that this list is a versatile collection of basic wardrobe and can be worn by anyone with confidence without fear of missing out on trends as they include the kind of clothes that are never outdated . With the right combination of choice of colors and different styles can give a strong impression in each of your performances in various situations.

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A Kaduna State High court sitting in Kaduna has ordered the continuation of the trial of the leader, Islamic Movement in Nigeria(IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife Zeenat; after dismissing the motion of no-case-submission they had earlier submitted.
The couple is standing trial in court on eight counts of culpable homicide, unlawful assembly and disruption of the public peace, among other allegations.
The IMN leader who was brought to court on Tuesday morning in the presence of tight security had asked the court to dismiss the Kaduna State government’s case against them for lack of evidence.
El-Zakzaky and his wife were arrested and detained since December 2015 following a bloody clash between IMN members and the Nigerian Army in Zaria, Kaduna State.
It would be recalled that during the last sitting on August 7, the presiding Judge, Justice Gideon Kurada fixed September 29, 2020, for ruling on the no-case submission, after counsel to the defendants, Abubakar Marshall who held the briefs for the lead counsel, Femi Falana, had asked the court to dismiss the charges preferred against the IMN leader by the government for not “disclosing an offence known to law contrary to Section 36 (8) and (12) of the 1999 constitution as amended”.
Similarly, the Prosecution Counsel, Dari Bayero also adopted his final arguments in the matter.
With the dismissal of the no-case submission, the court also ordered the continuation of the trial.

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Conclamatus is a religious cult in southern Oregon. Most members hail from California, but the foundations of the group have always been in Oregon to avoid the "California cult" trope. Its founders are a bundle of Muggle Tumblr witches in their early twenties, aspiring to have an all-female commune for their magic to prosper without the interference of the negative male energy. For years, it was just the nine women - some of which were lesbian and would later marry. The group was primarily off-the-grid, but the women frequented the nearest town on weekends for the first few years of its creation. When the women started to reach their late-twenties, the desire to have children began and they voted to allow men onto the commune. Fable was one of the younger women of the group, who joined a couple years later than the rest. Always a very discontent woman and possibly a nymphomaniac, she had been the strongest advocate for men being accepted into the group.
During these times of open doors for Conclamatus, there was lots of activity among the members. Most of the unmarried women would marry within the next couple of years and have children almost immediately. There were twenty-three babies in total and Elliott Joseph Walmsley III is one of them. Fable had been one of the first to find a husband, Elliott Joseph Walmsley II, but their marriage was slower than others. Originally, Fable had wanted to get pregnant and leave Elliott, because she had no desire for marriage. Fertility issues became incredibly apparent among the first couple years of their relationship, but Fable and the rest of the commune's women had deemed him the dream man to be the father of her children. She refused to lose him, so they inevitably married years into her attempts to get pregnant by him. Conclamatus worked tirelessly to cast spells and create potions to bless Fable and Elliott with better fertility.
When Fable inevitably became pregnant with Elliott's child, the commune's efforts were praised as successful. Elliott did not believe in these methods and generally deemed his wife to be foolish in these ventures, but loved her nonetheless. The expectation was that they would be out of Conclamatus by the time their son was born. When the religious commune performed its gender ceremony, Fable and Elliott's baby was revealed to be a boy. The commune was strictly naturopathic and refused modern medicines. Around the time the original members would all become married, it was shut off to the public and they stopped visiting town. Expecting a boy, Fable and Elliott named their son Elliott Joseph Walmsley III after both Elliott and his father.
Then, she was born and outrage struck the commune. Conclamatus had had thirteen babies thus far counting Ellie Jo and no one had been wrong before. For weeks, the witches fought over Ellie. Many expected she would transition to be a boy later in life. They refused that their higher power could ever turn against and fail them. It created a lot of suspicion and doubt among some of the members, who started to look back on certain events and their attempts at magic. Maturity had started to reach the women, who were almost all in their thirties by this time except for Fable and one other, and it became apparent that they had been fooled. Of the original nine, two would leave the commune following Ellie's birth. The remaining members hailed Ellie as a grace to the commune.
Ellie was among one of the more successful members of Conclamatus's second generation - hailed Pauci Electi. She was homeschooled by her mother and the other women, who primarily taught the children about natural healing and government conspiracies. The outside world was painted as scary and punishing. Ellie believed that the United States beyond Conclamatus was trying to poison its citizens and was not to be trusted. The only way that her and the other members of the religious commune would be safe would be to stay there. What real life concepts were taught primarily focused on basic mathematics or chemistry, which were both skewed to paint the witchcraft in a better or more realistic light. Ellie was always the most engaged in her classes and was quite studious. Her reading, handwriting, and spelling were more advanced than her peers during her young childhood and she was generally healthier than the children around her, who were frequently ill. Conclamatus quickly caught on to her ridiculous success and deemed her a messenger from their higher power.
After seeing her daughter's success, Fable decided she would not try for another child, which offended Elliott. Elliott came from a large family that had off of a whim of luck struck riches in his late childhood. In his mind, he had the money to raise multiple successful children and had wanted at least three. This decision created a divide between Fable and Elliott, but caused both of them to endlessly dote on Ellie. Their marriage would never end, because Conclamatus didn't believe in divorce, but in many ways, they would become separated. The family leaved in a two-story yurt where Fable and Ellie shared a room and Elliott lived on the other side on his own. Regardless, Ellie grew closer to her father than her mother. She was aware of her prodigy status around the commune, but preferred not to be pushed and her father never pushed her. She would flourish more in that environment than when around her mother's punishing glare.
When Ellie was ten years old, everything became quite alarming to the commune. She was helping some of her uncles tend to the orchards. Kicking around the spoiled apples, she made a remark about how wasteful it was to let them just sit and rot. There was nothing else to do with them, but it bothered her. Conclamatus ate every ounce of food they had and used every drop of water or bar of soap they had access to. Wastefulness was not accepted especially when there was such an abundance of people living together. When Ellie reached for a visibly rotten apple, wanting to search for little bugs crawling in its insides, a bright light shined from it and it disappeared to reveal a shiny, plump red apple. One of her uncles caught it and was lost by the sudden spark it had revealed. Believing himself to be insane, he told the other men, who had all formed a general disbelief towards magic entirely, and then told the rest of the commune.
If she had not been unnecessarily praised before, she was now. Ellie's studies were turned almost exclusively towards magic and she became resentful. Magic had never interested her especially after her father expressed his concerns for the practice under his breath. It was not long before Ellie began skipping her classes and her father often covered for her. She would read what books her father had from his former life and would try to expose herself to the outer world as much as she could. One day, her father took her out to the town in the cover of night and it was startling. She purchased an old music player with some classic 2000s music on it and a portable charger. Her father would start to visit the town more frequently and would find ways to charge it.
On her eleventh birthday, she received a letter from Ilvermorny inviting her to attend. Conclamatus was confused. They had never been invited to a wizarding institution like that, so were they even witches at all? Some of the women became very resentful towards Ellie. Even her own mother, jealous and frustrated, started to turn on her and tried to take advantage of this new development. When Ellie was taken shopping by a government liaison, Fable insisted she had to follow along with, but the liaison insisted she would be fine without her. While shopping, she ran into another young witch who was from England and was on holiday. Ellie found out there was a more superior school in the United Kingdom (which she knew was in Europe, but she didn't have a mental map of what that looked like) called Hogwarts.
When she returned home, she asked her father if it was possible for her to go to Hogwarts instead of Ilvermorny. Her father had family there - the side of the Walmsley's that had always had money and were a bit more condescending and less modest than her father's family. However, the decision came too close to the day when she was destined to enroll at Ilvermorny and there wasn't enough time to convince her mother and the commune to send her to Hogwarts instead. Heartbroken, she left for Massachussetts - a more foreign land than anything else she had ever experienced - and was officially an Ilvermorny student. After stepping on the Gordian Knot, the Horned Serpent's jewel glittered and she would have insisted that she saw movement from the Thunderbird, but was inevitably sorted into Horned Serpent.
Ellie became a very excellent student although she initially struggled. While her education was standard enough in that she could write with a scholarly grace from a younger age, it failed to give her a real world view that limited the depth of her writing. Her spells and magic were limited during her first year, because she was beginning to confuse the concepts of her childhood with the ones she was being introduced to in her schooling. Wands were difficult to pick up, but she went from being one of the students that was the farthest behind to easily one of the more skilled. Although she has not yet worked with it, she is ecstatic about the idea of mastering nonverbal magic. Everything about magic suddenly thrilled her, or at least until she would come home.
Every winter and summer, she would return to the commune and visit her family. The other Pauci Electi welcomed her with open arms, but there seemed to be one fewer each time she returned to visit. After the discovery of her witchcraft, the entire religion that Conclamatus was founded on was almost destroyed. As the Pauci Electi got older, more started to disassociate and the commune started to fall apart. Her parents' relationship was beginning to lose more and more faith over the years and Ellie knew she could take advantage of it. After she returned home from her fourth year at Ilvermorny, she asked her parents if she could transfer to Hogwarts and move in with her great-grandparents. Fable's jealousy had gotten the best of her and she thought it would be better if Ellie left to be farther away from them. Elliott disagreed that it would be better for their relationship or the commune, but that it would be the best bet for her education - something that had concerned him for her entire childhood. He wanted to give her the opportunity to flourish and grow behind Conclamatus.
Hence, Ellie's life at Hogwarts began. She moved most of her things into the guest house on her great-grandparents' property in Manchester, England with some things remaining with Conclamatus. When she started school, it was more of a culture shock than attending Ilvermorny. Great Britain is wildly different from Massachussetts and so was Hogwarts, but she acclimated well despite struggling to build friendships at first. She was sorted into Ravenclaw with almost no hesitation from the Sorting Hat. She spent her winter holiday with her great-grandparents and her father made a surprising visit without her mother.

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The love game only gets more difficult as you age. They are the difficulties of dating in your 40s.
If you are dating in your 40s, you may be to locate a first-time forever match, or possibly you are reentering the scene following a divorce or separation or other hiatus. Perhaps you have your personal kids — solo, or with a— that is co-parent perchance you nevertheless want them… or maybe you never. But long lasting specifications of one’s dating life are, you will likely realize that there are specific challenges involved in dating over 40. From hangups and luggage to intercourse and technology, right right here, practitioners, relationship coaches, partners counselors, and more explain why dating is indeed harder that is much your 40s.
The outcomes of online dating sites on culture may become more profound than many people think. a study that is new linking the increase of online dating sites to a rise in interracial marriages and marriages that last for a longer time.
Yes, dating’s a thing at all many years.
Being a mom of two, abruptly finding myself solitary in my own 40s was frightening. It is not like ladies of my age don’t currently have enough to accomplish; balancing a family that is hectic with a busy work life, all while wanting to remain sociable – nevertheless now, to include dating to the mix? Which is a great deal.
I threw myself into dating apps and met someone who I ended up seeing for a year when I split with the father of my children after ten years together. That relationship had been high in supper times, cosy mini breaks and trips to nyc, but then he decided he desired children of his or her own and finished it, making me personally shocked, and vowing not to get near to a person once again.
In addition, i discovered that we’d lost my sexual self-confidence on the years – I happened to be exhausted but still adjusting to my post-baby human anatomy. I would additionally read so horror that is many exactly how ladies can lose their libido inside my age, so getting back again to it absolutely was nerve-wracking.
Fortunately, my buddies and I also can be available about enjoying self-love. We boost our mood by doing yoga and going to the gymnasium; masturbation is simply an expansion of this. Within the words of RuPaul: «If you cannot love yourself, the way the hell have you been gonna love someone else?»
Despite experiencing two break-ups when you look at the area of a years that are few we arrived the other side feeling stronger. Fortunately, my sexual drive additionally came ultimately back having a bang. The greater amount of sexual climaxes you have got, the greater amount of you prefer.
Diving back in dating
We tentatively began happening times once again. Bad dates, but that suitable me personally; there is a feeling of relief whenever neither of you wish to see one another once more. At the very least it designed I didn’t need to feel the upheaval of really someone that is liking danger getting harmed once again.
Then, I began messaging a slightly reserved guy on Tinder. We hadn’t arranged to meet, therefore I did not think he had been interested. I had my best friend on standby to rescue me after an hour when we did eventually meet for a Friday night drink. But once my date strolled in, we noticed he had been dressed very well it appeared to be he’d been ambushed by Queer Eye’s Fab Five – in which he had perfect teeth.
He had been hot and nic – I became happy we’d taken the chance
I became nevertheless careful, but because of the finish associated with night We felt for hours like I could talk to him. When their teenage daughter called halfway through the date, the call was taken by him to be sure she ended up being fine. Pretending never to listen in, we noticed exactly just just how kindly he talked to her. All this, in which he had been hot. I happened to be glad I would taken the danger to meet sugardaddie up him.
We are within the ‘seeing how it goes’ phase, and I also’m enjoying getting to understand an individual who makes me feel pleased every right time i glance at them. Whether i am with my brand new partner or having a evening in by myself, i am excited to obtain returning to feeling like ‘me’ once again.

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History, Mission, & Philosophy
The Occupational Therapy Assistant Program was started in 1977 and since that time has enjoyed a reputation of quality and excellence. A well-equipped and state of the art lab, faculty members with a wide array of professional expertise and a diverse variety of fieldwork experiences contribute to the success of the program
The Occupational Therapy Assistant Program is committed to providing an educational experience that is relevant to the needs and goals of each individual student and acceptable to the facilities and agencies with a potential for hiring occupational therapy assistants.
To this end the program strives to create an atmosphere that is responsive to individual differences. The development of problem-solving skills and self-directed learning strategies is the central goal for student learning.
As occupational therapy educators, the faculty of the SUNY Orange OTA Program have a strong commitment to facilitate the student's interaction with his/her environment as a learning process. The student is provided with varied opportunities for exercising problem solving skills. This promotes the student's ability to identify therapeutic methods and techniques which will enable clients and patients to maximize their potentials in ways that can be both meaningful and productive. Through exposure to and experience with selected purposeful activities the student learns the process of adaptation and its relationship to everyday living.

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Disney's Folly it was not.
Yet some 15 years prior, Walt Disney was broke. He was living in the Kansas City office of his Laugh-O-Gram studio, taking baths just once a week at Union Station. It was 1923, and unable to make a profit, his studio went bankrupt. He sold his movie camera to pay for a one-way ticket to Hollywood.
Walt Disney reminiscing many years later about this point in time:
I met a guy on the train when I was comin' out. It was one of those things that kind of made you mad. I was out on the back platform--I was in my pants and coat that didn't match but I was riding first class. I was making conversation with a guy who asked me, "Goin' to California?"
"Yeah, I'm goin' out there.""What business you in?"I said, "The motion-picture business."Then all of a sudden. "Oh, is that right? Well I know somebody in the picture business. What do you do?"I said, "I make animated cartoons.""Oh."
It was like saying, "I sweep up the latrines."
Some people make you mad, and you want to prove something to them even though they mean nothing to you. I thought of that guy...when we had the premiere of Snow White. And that darn thing went out and grossed eight million dollars around the world.
Excerpt from: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Making of the Classic Film by Richard Holliss and Brian Sibley (page 35)

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Pack up your hooks, rods and bait for a magnificent day out on the the boat, fishing in the superb waters of Flinders Island.
The waters surrounding the islands are home to many species of fish, where you may find Snapper, Yellowtail Kingfish, Albacore, Striped Trumpeter or Yellowfin Tuna at the end of your line!
Flinders Island is noted as Tasmania's best fishing holiday destination, where you can not only enjoy a day reeling in the fish, but you can also explore the beautiful beaches, cruise the waters and watch the seals swim by.
The island is located 60 kilometres off the north east tip of Tasmania and is the largest of the 52 islands that make up the Furneaux Group that sits between Victoria and Tasmania.
Fishing and farming are important industries to the island – which has a population of around 900 – with fisherman gathering abalone, crayfish and scallops and farmers producing quality meats and wool.
November is a prime time to visit the island with the Southern Rock Lobster (crayfish) season beginning on the fifteenth.
Discover the best fishing spots by heading out on the water with Flinders Island Fishing Charters.
Enjoy a day out on a ten metre Powercat to fish in the warm waters of the Continental Shelf with rods, gear and bait supplied or get in on one of the brilliant fishing packages that could have you taking part in some night fishing and relaxing in a comfortable holiday cottage with delicious breakfasts and lunches.

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- Straight4 Studios’ CEO Ian Bell has clarified many details shrouding its next unnamed project; it will use Unreal Engine 5 and a new AI-driven Modular physics engine.
- The team has decided not to use the MADNESS engine that was brewed for over ten years to hit a new level of immersion to keep up with the modern times.
- Multiplayer is planned for the unannounced next-gen racing sim, but no details about it were revealed. It seeks to target and beat the best multiplayer metaverse in sim racing for free.
- Straight4 Studios devs consist of key talent figures from the Slightly Mad Studios that have worked on series, including Project Cars, GTR, and more.
Straight4 Studios’ CEO Ian Bell recently appeared in an interview with SegmentNext and stated new details for its next unannounced game. The former Project Cars devs are working on an upcoming next-gen racing simulator title, but many details are still hazy. However, the CEO revealed that the studio is building a new engine from the ground up that will replace the old game engines they used for Project Cars and other titles in the past.
Hence, the new game will use Unreal Engine 5 alongside a new AI-Driven and modular physics engine. Ian Bell states that the MADNESS engine was developed over the course of ten years and was used in its older projects at Slightly Mad Studios. The team has decided to ditch it in favor of an all-new powerful game engine that can harness the modern next-gen physics required to redefine the simulator racing genre.
Graphically, we settled early on Unreal Engine 5. It was a no-brainer. But when it comes to sim racing, of course, what matters most is the physics engine. […] For our new sim, we’re building an entirely new generation of physics engine, one that is both modular and AI-driven,” says Straight4 Studios’ CEO.
The new game engine is seeking to go beyond what the MADNESS engine was capable of, as Ian believes the tech has not kept up with modern times. The new project is seemingly a hardcore racing simulator title that seeks to surpass the Project Cars and other series crafted by the devs.
Moreover, the multiplayer mode is also planned for the enigmatic game, adding more flair to the already anticipated fans. It seeks to target and beat the best multiplayer metaverse in sim racing for free.
Of course we are planning multiplayer. But not just multiplayer. Our target is to match and beat what we consider the best multiplayer metaverse in sim racing—and to offer that level of service for free to our players.”
PLAION studio also recently signed a publishing deal for the new game. Still, it is not influencing the direction of the unnamed title, granting full control to the former Project Cars devs. The CEO clarifies that PLAION stepped into the deal because of the devs’ immense talent residing in the new studio. It is in the brewer in coalition with Reiza Studios, another renowned bunch who have worked on great racing titles like the Automobilista series.
Straight4 Studios devs compromise of key talent figures from the Slightly Mad Studios that was shut down at the end of last year, with the Project Cars franchise seemingly meeting the same fate earlier. The team is responsible for contributing heavily to the simulator racing genre, including series like GTR and Project Cars, and its next game is shaping up to carry the legacy of the olden series while improving on the successful formula.
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If you’re a swimmer who doesn’t fear the heights, here’s an adventure-filled destination that may be perfect for you! We’re talking about a new 40-story residential building in Honolulu, on Oahu that features a pool suspended 80 feet in the air! Yes, that’s right! The vertigo-inducing swimming pool extends out from the seventh floor of the ‘Anaha’ complex and is ideal for those wanting a dash of adventure while whirling in the waters!
Designed by Chicago-based studio Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB) in collaboration with local firm Benjamin Woo Architects, the pool is cantilevered 75 feet (23 meters) above the ground and features a transparent base that can be viewed from both the sides as well as the bottom. San Francisco-based Surfacedesign has been responsible for the landscape design, including the swimming facilities of the one-of-its-kind pool that’s provides a perfect spin on your regular swim session.
The residential building further features artfully designed public spaces, shops, restaurants, and entertainment venues within it. It also includes green-blue glass cladding, chosen to mimic the colors of the nearby Pacific Ocean along with a stack of volumes with curving walls, offset from one another to look like waves, that tower up to 400 feet in height. Well, if nothing, here’s another reason to visit Hawaii at the soonest!

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It’s the time of year for all of our “best books of…” lists, and this year is particularly fun because we’re coming up on the end of the decade.
If you’re a blogger, or even if you’re not, we want to know your favorite books of the past ten years. Rachel at Never Enough Novels and I are co-hosting a linkup on Tuesday, December 17, so get your lists ready!
Any number of books, any genre, any format–just share your favorites from the last decade.
A lot can happen in a decade, so we’d also love to know how your reading has evolved over the last ten years.
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27th Summer School on Parallel Computing
High Performance Computing (HPC) is widely used in many areas of science, engineering and industry to tackle problems that are very compute or data-intensive. HPC techniques are essential for any scientist who must solve computational problems and for any software developer who wants to take full advantage of modern multicore processors and parallel architectures. The same HPC techniques can be used to program powerful supercomputers with hundreds of thousands of processors or to exploit the full potential of a multi-core laptop.
The Summer School on Parallel Computing is an intense, 10 day, graduate level course in HPC, with the objective of providing the participants with the skills to program and exploit modern parallel computing systems to solve computational problems. The school covers key topics focusing on HPC lexicon, parallel architectures, parallel programming models and methods, software engineering, profilers and debuggers.
We are pleased to inform you that registrations are now open for the “27th Summer School on Parallel Computing” that will be held in Cineca in Casalecchio di Reno (Bologna) on 14th-25th May. This course will be held in English.
For more information and registrations, please go to the course website (below)
Later this year there will be a second Summer School, which be held in Italian, and will take place in the Rome offices of Cineca on 9th-20th July. Please note that registrations are not yet open for the Rome course but will be opened on the 1st March.
More information and registration (when open) for the course in Rome are available from the following webpage
Attendance is free and in some cases a grant to help to cover the expenses of attending the course may be available (please see the website).
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Barkbox is a monthly subscription box just for dogs. Each box has 4-6 dog products and are customized to the size of your pup, plus it has a cute theme. If you have a big dog, check out our Barkbox reviews for a peek at the big dog boxes!
Every dog knows that you take your bestie and your PUPS Weekly to the beach. Duh.
This month’s custom paper and box theme is California Droolin’! This Barkbox is for small dogs like our miniature schnauzer, Lindy.
I took a photo of the whole thing if you want to see everything. It’s so detailed (click on the picture a couple times and you can zoom in!).
This is so witty and cute and a great play on US Weekly. I admit to more than my fair share of US Weekly addiction.
Some social media tips for your favorite pup. I can’t get over the digital butt-sniffs.
And here are this month’s cute dog items! As always, this box is spot on with the theme. I loved it immediately!
Butcher’s Block LLC Beef Knee Cap Chow ($3) Bark Box manages to always send something delightfully disgusting. I appreciated the notice not use on carpets – and am saving this for a doggy delight on a less muggy day so Lindy can take it out to the yard, attack it, and then obsessively bury it for a while before continuing to knaw. It’s like the dog version of the turkey leg – if dogs wouldn’t eat turkey legs (they would).
P.L.A.Y. Tito’s Taco ($14) This little taco is a-mazing! I’m somewhat obsessed with all the plush food Lindy gets in her toy boxes and have them all collected in one spot so she can play kitchen with Baby F.
This little guy is a delight and I cannot get over the spot-on fabric for each part of the taco (meat, lettuce, cheese, and taco sauce). It squeaks of course too. It’s fantastic!
Bark and Co. Chompin Charlie ($9) Surfers watch out, there’s a shark on the loose! This toy has a squeaker (my dog’s favorite) and supposedly holds up a little better for dogs that destroy toys (mine does not – we have to give them away! – except for Hippo. Hippo is Lindy’s baby and I have to re-sew it once a year or so).
Honest Lowe Seaside Snacks ($6) Both snacks in this month’s box were the soft and chewy sort – these grain-free snacks had a lamb & honey flavor.
Lindy was nuts about these and has been inventing all sorts of reasons to go outside to finagle another treat.
House of Pups Fish Taco Treats ($6) Not nearly as stinky as I’d imagined, these are whitefish flavored bolstered by tomato and cheddar (according to the bag).
She thinks this is great fun, and so did we! This month’s box was a hit! Lindy always loves her Barkbox treats and we love enticing her with new toys. The Barkbox themes can’t be beat for dog subscription boxes and the total value was about $38!
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Kind Dub Krew Biography
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The production and emcee duo of Kind Dub consisting of “KD” (Cody Marsden) and “CO” (Cory Clarke) have been producing and writing music together in Colorado since late 2011. Shortly after, they founded Kind Dub Krew, and recorded 2 releases with NY lyricist “Arson” (Nick Arsenault) and featured tracks with Colorado emcee Qbala. Kind Dub has seen recent breakthroughs in the underground hip-hop scene due to their relentless work ethic and undeniable dedication to the culture. Creating quality music and providing top-notch live performances is what Kind Dub is all about.
Kind Dub played their first show together on-stage in late 2013 in Fort Collins, and since have shown no signs of slowing down. Kind Dub’s one-of-a-kind sound and motivating lyrics have shared stages with many great artists including People Under The Stairs, Masta Ace, Chali 2na & The Funk Hunters, Devin the Dude, Zion I, Pharoahe Monch, Da Mafia 6ix, Amp Live, Blueprint, DJ Logic, SOL, Eligh, Nappy Roots, Rhymesayers, IGE and many more. Their same work ethic has taken them on 4 tours including a trip to SXSW in 2015. They have self-managed, produced, and released 6 official projects under the Kind Dub umbrella, with the highly anticipated “Year Of The Dragonfly” album releasing November 11th, 2016. This will be CO’s debut solo-emcee album with the genius Dutchman KD engineering at the helm. Catch Kind Dub & Friends at Hodi’s Half Note 11/12/16 for the album release. $10 advance ticket includes CD.


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As an illustrator, understanding the nuances of floral illustration is integral to creating authentic, visually appealing art. Amongst the vast array of flowers, the cherry blossom is one that holds a significant place. Its delicate petals and vibrant shades unequivocally symbolize beauty. This comprehensive guide serves as a roadmap for mastering the art of cherry blossom illustration.
Table of Contents
- History of Cherry Blossom Illustration
- Understanding the Anatomy of a Cherry Blossom
- Basic Materials Needed for Cherry Blossom Illustration
- Step-by-step Guide to Drawing a Single Cherry Blossom Flower
- Tips for Creating a Full Cherry Blossom Tree Illustration
- Enhancing Your Cherry Blossom Illustrations Through Color Techniques
- Digital Cherry Blossom Illustration
- Final Thoughts
History of Cherry Blossom Illustration
The imagery of the cherry blossom is entrenched in various cultures, prominently in Japan, where it bears symbolic significance and is a subject of countless art forms. Uncovering the history of cherry blossom illustrations will not only enhance appreciation but also aid in creating authentic artwork.
Understanding the Anatomy of a Cherry Blossom
Before proceeding with the actual illustration of a cherry blossom, gaining a deep understanding of its anatomy is crucial. This section will cover the key elements of the flower in detail, providing an illustrative guide.
Basic Materials Needed for Cherry Blossom Illustration
It is essential to ensure that you have the correct materials for your cherry blossom illustration. This section will detail the primary tools and materials required, with recommendations for different budgets and expertise levels.
Step-by-step Guide to Drawing a Single Cherry Blossom Flower
A comprehensive step-by-step guide detailing the process of drawing a single cherry blossom flower will be provided here. This will lay a solid foundation to further venture into full cherry blossom tree illustrations.
Tips for Creating a Full Cherry Blossom Tree Illustration
After mastering the single flower, the natural progression is to construct a full cherry blossom tree illustration. This section will discuss techniques for depicting branches, handling the perspective, and adding texture to create a natural effect.
Enhancing Your Cherry Blossom Illustrations Through Colour Techniques
Colour plays a crucial role in enhancing the beauty of cherry blossom illustrations. This section will discuss color schemes, shading, blending, and other techniques to bring your illustrations to life.
Digital Cherry Blossom Illustration
Embracing digital tools can elevate your cherry blossom illustration. In this section, we will share a guide on creating cherry blossom art digitally, covering various software, tools, and shortcuts that will enhance efficiency and effect.
Through this comprehensive guide, we aim to equip you with all the necessary knowledge and skills to create stunning cherry blossom illustrations. The process of mastering this art form may be challenging and time-consuming, but the results will certainly be worth it.
Cherry blossoms possess a unique allure that captivates many. By honing your skills through practice and patience, your cherry blossom illustrations will not only capture the physical features of this beautiful flower but also echo its inherent meaning and symbolism.
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Julie Dowling is currently working on a project on how various racial groups feel about the government. The project draws on interviews in Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as original survey data from Illinois and California.
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Prof. Inda is currently working on a book tentatively titled Confined to Death: Uncaring Medicine and the Necropolitics of Detention. The book focuses on the deadly consequences of care in immigration detention. It argues that the states’ responsibility to care for those in its custody clashes with the governmental and popular construction of immigrants as undeserving criminals, producing what he calls “uncaring medicine.” This is a type of medicine that cares little for migrant bodies, providing only enough care to minimally sustain life. The goal of detention care appears to be nurturing the lives of detainees only modestly—to give them just enough care so that they are in good enough health to be released or deported. This just enough approach to medical care in detention has disastrous consequences for detainees. Many migrants need more than just enough health care. Since 2003, there have been about 188 deaths in immigration detention. Substandard care contributed to many of these deaths. Ultimately, the book suggests that spaces of detention function as technologies of elimination where migrants are uncaringly treated to death.
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- Criminalization and punishment
- Race, science, and medicine
- Culture and globalization
- Latina/o populations in the United States
Natalie Lira's research uncovers the largely neglected racial aspects of California’s eugenic sterilization program by providing evidence of the disproportionate institutionalization and sterilization of Mexican-origin women and men in state hospitals for the disabled during the first half of the twentieth century. Mobilizing an interdisciplinary mix of feminist, critical racial, and historical lenses, Dr. Lira's research illustrates how stereotypes of Mexican-origin women and men as mentally inferior, hypersexual, criminal and unfit for citizenship came together with emerging medical and scientific concepts of deviance, delinquency, and disability to justify institutionalization and reproductive constraint. Through statistical and discursive analyses of thousands of sterilization requests, consent forms, institutional publications, and social science theses her work shows how eugenic ideas about national and racial health, disability, and immigration determined the reproductive future of institutionalized populations. In addition to documenting Mexican-origin women and men's experiences of institutionalization and sterilization, Dr. Lira's research unearths the various ways Mexican-origin patients and their families challenged institutional authorities and sought to prevent sterilization. In doing so, her work figures Mexican-origin women and men's experiences of reproductive constraint, institutionalization, and their anti- sterilization efforts as central to twentieth century histories of racial and reproductive struggles.
Latina/o and Ethnic Studies
The politics of reproduction
Histories of racial and reproductive justice
Histories of medicine and public health
Isabel Molina-Guzmán's research examines the relationship between ethnoracial, gender, sexual identity and media discourses in the reproduction of inequality. She is author of Dangerous Curves: Latina Bodies in the Media (NYU Press, 2010) and Latinas and Latinos on Television: Colorblind Comedy in the Postracial Network Era (University of Arizona Press, 2018). Her works have appeared in numerous edited collected and academic journals such as Latino Studies, Journalism, Popular Communication, Critical Studies in Media and Communication.
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During a 16-fight career, Jim Miller has fought for organizations of all sizes and against opponents of all skill levels.
But now fighting for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the home to the world’s top competitors, Miller said one thing drives him: fear of losing.
“I know that every time I step into the octagon, I could end up losing because the division is stacked,” Miller said during a recent edition of MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). “If you don’t have a great fight – if you don’t fight up to your potential – basically anyone in there can beat you.”
Miller, who signed with the UFC in 2008 after a one-fight stint in the IFL, earned a unanimous-decision win over “The Ultimate Fighter 6” winner Mac Danzig on the UFC 100 preliminary card. The July 11 victory, which pushed Miller’s UFC record to 3-1, was his ninth in 10 fights and followed a disappointing decision loss to Gray Maynard in March.
“If I didn’t perform at 100 percent, there was a good chance I was going to lose to [Danzig],” Miller said.
Miller and Danzig both faced their fair share of adversity in the fight. Although the bout wasn’t televised as part of the night’s pay-per-view broadcast, remnants of the fight could be seen all night long. It came in the form of blood pools that soaked the canvas mat after Miller cut Danzig with a first-round blow to the head.
“It was covering us both,” Miller said of the steady stream of blood. “It definitely changed, I think, the way the fight was going to go. It got real slippery when we were covered with blood.”
Miller was forced to slow his attack for fear of “slipping off Danzig” and losing dominant top position. However, he never thought the cut would lead to the end of the fight – nor did he want it to conclude the bout.
“You know you scored some points with it, but I was never really looking to work it open to get the cut stoppage,” Miller said. “It’s not a way I want to win. I’ve won by cut stoppage before, and it’s not very exciting.”
Instead, Miller unleashed a steady stream of ground and pound. Only late in the second round, when Danzig slapped on what appeared to be a deep guillotine choke, did Miller seem in any real trouble. Miller, though, said he was never close to tapping out from the choke before time in the round finally expired.
“It was around my neck, but honestly, it wasn’t really choking me,” Miller said. “And I’d be the first to admit if I was in trouble. … I was pretty confident I was going to slip out if there were more time on the clock. I really wasn’t in as much trouble as people are making it out to be.
“With the guillotine, you really want your hips close to your opponent’s body. When we hit the mat, I was able to post up on his hips and keep him away. So he couldn’t really get that good clamp down on my hips and start cranking up on my neck.”
With the Danzig victory and additional previous UFC wins over Matt Wiman and David Baron, Miller is inching ever closer to the lightweight title picture. Although medically suspended and needing doctor’s clearance for a possible shoulder and collar-bone injury, he’s confident he’ll back in the cage sooner rather than later.
“I’d love to fight again in three or four months,” Miller said. “I banged up my collar bone or shoulder. I’ve got to get that taken care of, but I don’t think it’s anything serious. Hopefully, I can be back in a couple months and keep the wins coming.”
To hear the entire interview with Miller, download this past Tuesday’s edition of MMAjunkie.com Radio.
And for complete post-event coverage of UFC 100, check out the UFC Events section of MMAjunkie.com.
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Gap Inc. plans to close two facilities in Northern Kentucky as part of a move to streamline the distribution system for the San Francisco-based retailer, according to the Cincinnati Business Courier.
The move will impact about 350 workers.
In a statement, the company said it will shutter the two distribution centers on June 30. Employees will be let go in a phased approach, starting April 15.
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After starring on screen (and showing off her pipes) in Supergirl and Glee, Melissa Benoist will make her Broadway debut as Carole King in Beautiful. Prior to taking center stage June 7 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, she met the press and offered a taste of her take on the music legend. Watch her performance of King's “So Far Away” in the video above.
Benoist succeeds longtime Beautiful headliner Chillina Kennedy, playing a limited engagement through August 4.
Her additional screen credits include Whiplash and crossover episodes of Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash (including the musical episode “Duet”), and Arrow.

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Individual trauma. Collective trauma. Emotional trauma. Physical trauma. Sexual trauma. We exist in a deeply traumatic moment in our world’s history. Perhaps in response to the traumatic state of affairs, various artists have tried to address and dissect trauma in their works this year. Filmmaker Ari Aster’s masterful horror film debut Hereditary examined how mental illness and familial trauma are fatalistically handed down from generation to generation. Noise musician Lingua Ignota conjures the demons she faces in response to her longtime experience with domestic abuse into a violently intense and bleak catharsis in her performances. Filmmaker Luca Guadagnino’s divisive (though, in my opinion, utterly gorgeous) remake of Dario Argento’s horror masterpiece Suspiria could be read as an ode to the power of personal rebellion for overcoming historical trauma. New York-based visual artist KS Brewer has also centered her recent work around the concept of trauma. Her recent installation curated by Gabrielle Aruta at her space Filo Sofi Arts, Doubled Up In Your Image, uses sculpture, video, painting, sound and scent to manifest internalized traumas that are both personal to her but also vague enough to tap into the collective unconscious of her viewers. “I want this to be a space where people bring their personal associations and be something that can apply to people in their own lives,” says Brewer.
In the lower level of the gallery, Brewer constructed what could best be described as, perhaps, a inverse reality dreamscape iteration of a fairly standard bedroom: bed, mirror and vanity, closet, etc.. And despite that familiarity, a pervasive sense of unease permeates the space. This balancing act between the mundane and the macabre places Brewer’s piece firmly within the canon of the uncanny. In the essay that accompanied the exhibition that he curated at London The Uncanny, the late artist Mike Kelley defines the uncanny as “a somewhat muted sense of horror” that is connected to the déjà vu. Brewer’s Doubled Up In Your Image uses vague a collective familiarity to trigger viewers’ personal experiences and traumas. “There’s something very dramatic about trauma,” says Brewer. “I’m very interested in how people experience inside of themselves and I think trauma has a lot to do with that.”
A theoretical inhabitant occupies Brewer’s constructed living space. No one in particular, just a manifestation of your troubled memories, perhaps, or possibly an even more opaque, indefinable anxiety that all lives beneath the surface of our day to day experiences. Brewer likens that negative forces as “narcissistic energy.” This could be the perpetrator of a traumatic act, or the residual echos of that trauma that force an individual to withdraw into themselves and their pain. This notion is enforced in the installation in a mirror that reflects your image distorted and buried. The objects suggests the trauma’s ability to render yourself unrecognizable to your self. “By not seeing your face it could have something to do with depersonalization,” says Brewer. “Also derealization, where you don’t have a sense of reality anymore.”
A flickering light permeates the installation that almost feels like a headache inducing, repellant force. The light is actually translated from a female (Brewer’s) screaming voice, “Get out of my room!” We don’t hear the voice, we just see and feel the light, but nevertheless that idea still resonates. This effect is a technical trick in which the volume of the audio forces the flickering of the light. “So the flickering of the light is actually the fluctuation of volume in the voice as it speaks,” says Brewer. “The female character that inhabits the room is like a ghost - unseen and unheard but still fighting to make her presence known.”
The installation’s use of sound scapes works cinematically. The sounds, designed by Keyhan Kamelian, build tension and force the viewer to grasp at hope for some imminent catharsis. The melancholy effect is largely achieved through the cello, its lovely hum provided by Brewer’s grandmother in another attempt to tap into a collective trauma by examining a personal and familial trauma: “The cello is a single lone voice that, in the soundscape, acts like a solitary person, perhaps a trauma survivor, someone struggling, who is uplifted over the course of the music by this choir - a collective, supporting voice ensuring the solitary one is not alone,” says Brewer. In fact, much of the installation’s narrative elements are inspired by Brewer’s mother’s childhood trauma, and the installation charts three generations of shared familial trauma: Brewer’s, her mother’s, her grandmother’s.
Overlooking the bed is a floral painting that resembles poppies. Poppies, opium, and opiates all work as a fairly coherent metaphor. In The Odyssey, Odysseus arrives at the Island of the Lotus Eaters where he is faced with a decision: he can continue his journey home (and effectively face the trauma that he endured and the trauma that he is still yet to endure) or luxuriate in the deep warmth and glow of the apathy produced by the consumption of the lotus flowers. Opiates are currently America’s lotus flowers of choice. Through this rather simply rendered floral painting, Brewer presents her audience with a choice: face the trauma and try to reconcile the pain, or self-medicate and dull the pain. Keep it at bay, but never really overcome it.
The final aspect of the exhibition asks the viewer to enter into a hole carved out of the bed top. Inside the bed cave, Brewer presents a video projection and peaceful audio accompaniment in which her own body is lied on its front and faced away from the camera as smoke gently exfoliates from its flesh. A reconciliation here is offered. Of course there is no way for any exhibition to yield any real kind of emotional catharsis. Instead, this reconciliation offers hopeful analysis. Trauma is omnipresent and unavoidable, but it also can be confronted and healed from. Though darker than much of Brewer’s previous work, Doubled Up In Your Image still suggests the artist holds something of an optimistic world view.
Doubled Up In Your Image’s interweaving of sounds and symbols could form something close to a story structure. In all honesty, I am generally not interested in visual art with clear narrative arcs; I’ve always felt like visual art should be oblique and elicit a feeling and that stories should be left for literature and narrative cinema. And yet I did very much respond to Brewer’s work, perhaps that is because the story that is elicited from the installation is developed almost entirely within the viewer’s imagination. Sure, there are elements that can not be altered: a room, a protagonist, an antagonist, a climax, and a reconciliation. But beyond that, the viewer is left entirely to fill in the blanks and the resultant story can be totally different depending upon whom experiences the installation. Much like Mike Kelley’s brilliant Fortress of Solitude installation, Brewer’s work generally does sit somewhere between narrative and suggestive, and that proposition feels fresh and alive.


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Melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer, develops in the cells (melanocytes) that produce melanin — the pigment that gives your skin its color. Melanoma can also form in your eyes and, rarely, in internal organs, such as your intestines. Melanomas can develop anywhere on your body. They most often develop in areas that have had exposure to the sun, such as your back, legs, arms and face.
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Cover for The Rose Sea, painted by Clyde Caldwell
The women pictured on this cover are Karah, one of the main characters, and Eowlie, a secondary character who gained some importance as the book went on. The scene pictured is one of my favorites from the book, and Clyde’s depiction of Eowlie, shown kneeling, is marvelous. I sent him sketches I’d done of her species’ skull configuration and a few notes on her specifically — I think his adaptation made her look sexy enough to justify the male interest she engenders and dangerous enough to warrant the fear she deserves.
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After almost two decades of supplying Dubai’s leading hotels and other establishments with meats from prominent international markets, Merchant Meats’ new restaurant is opening its doors at Jumeirah Golf Estates on October 16.
Merchant Meats Tap & Grill restaurant will offer a wide selection of breakfast and main menu items, including a variety of meats and seven hot dogs varieties on its menu. Other specialties include the traditional burger, Boerewors, Chorizo Pasta and the classic Bangers and Mash, along with a variety of salads and vegetarian options. The restaurant will also offer select meats for purchase through the Viya app.
The restaurant is housed in the midst of lush greenery of the country-style estate, with contemporary interiors and outdoor seating. Visitors have the options enjoy lunch in the spacious palm tree garden and grassed lawns.
The outlet is located at Jumeirah Golf Estates, at the Clubhouse’s adjacent Tennis and Paddle Tennis court facility, with convenient access to the parking straight out front.
Merchant Meats’s UAE operations began in 2004 and has since become one of the leading food manufacturers in the country supplying more than 280 hotels and restaurants with their range of meats.
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Fallout Amazon Series Ready For Production With Westworld Creators
Though there’s tons of potential for video games to become incredible tv shows or movies, it’s rare for these adaptations to be well-received by the public. Netflix’s The Witcher is a case of a well-done rework of the book and video game franchise, although it doesn’t necessarily follow the mold set by previous iterations of the series. If anything, this success in a linear medium is owed to a large wealth of lore, which lends itself to a TV series where tales can be told over time rather than a concise 2-hour movie. The Fallout franchise fits this bill quite nicely, and it seems that an Amazon Prime series is on the way to bringing fans a new look at the wastelands of Fallout.
As per Deadline, creators of HBO’s Westworld Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s Kilter Films is set to take on the challenge of bringing the Fallout series together for Amazon Prime Video, with filming set to begin sometime in 2022. Geneva Robertson-Dworet of Captain Marvel and Graham Wagner of Silicon Valley are set to be showrunners on the project and the show will be created in association with both Bethesda Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks, with the help of Todd Howard himself as well as James Altman.
With the help of the creators behind the video game series, the possibilities are endless as to what could happen in the future. With any luck, the creators will be able to bring a solid rendition of the Fallout universe. A Fallout Amazon series had been in the works for over a year at this point and this latest development finally puts the video game adaptation on track into production. Back in 2020, Nolan and Joy released a statement expressing their excitement to bring the Fallout franchise to life in a whole new medium.
“Fallout is one of the greatest game series of all time. Each chapter of this insanely imaginative story has cost us countless hours we could have spent with family and friends. So we’re incredibly excited to partner with Todd Howard and the rest of the brilliant lunatics at Bethesda to bring this massive, subversive, and darkly funny universe to life with Amazon Studios.”
Fallout is a series based around an alternate history, where the world fell to global nuclear warfare and became perpetually stuck in a 1940’s aesthetic. The franchise has seen numerous changes to its lore over the years, but overall, the sheer amount of rich history from the games is quite staggering and the creators of this new Prime Video series will definitely have plenty to work with. Jonathan Nolan worked on a variety of projects that featured rich history and intrigue such as Person of Interest and the mind-boggling Westworld. Lisa Joy also had a hand in Westworld while Dworet acted as a co-writer for Tomb Raider and Captain Marvel while Wagner served as the executive producer on Portlandia and co-executive producer on both Silicon Valley and Baskets.
— Amazon Studios (@AmazonStudios) July 2, 2020
The creators have a decent amount of history working on some darker and more gritty projects, and Fallout certainly fits that category. Whether they’ll be able to combine that serious tone with the silly moments of the franchise remains to be seen. Let us know your thoughts on the upcoming Fallout tv series and more in the comments section below. As always, don’t forget to follow Don’t Feed the Gamers on Twitter for 24/7 coverage of all things gaming and entertainment.
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Debate over President's Comments and Role of Government in Job Creation Rises
Recent comments by President Barack Obama, while speaking to supporters in Roanoke, Virginia, have fueled the debate over government’s role in job creation. The President’s critics, including presumptive GOP candidate Mitt Romney, say his statements represent the President’s anti-business views and are an attack on entrepreneurs. The President claims, in television ads and in subsequent campaign appearances, that his words have been taken out of context. (Scroll to the end of this article to read the comments in question.)
Ohio Governor John Kasich was at a ground-breaking ceremony on Monday for the new White Castle food processing Center in Vandalia. Kasich said he’s working hard to bring jobs to Ohio, so I asked him about the President’s comments, and what he thought was the appropriate role of Government in creating jobs.
"I mean these are people that are risk takers. Some of them will bet their very homes on the fact that they can be successful. So, it’s not like government gets the credit for an entrepreneur creating jobs. Government’s job is to do things that can’t be done without the government. And, so building roads; sometimes, educating kids, these are important functions. But don’t take the shine away from the risk takers. They’re the ones that do it, and move the needle."
Kasich added that businesses like White Castle were coming to Ohio because the right environment was being created, though tax incentives and other measures.
Mayor Arlene Setzer confirmed that White Castle was in fact offered tax breaks for locating the new plant in Vandalia, but when another reporter asked her for specifics on those incentives, she would not give details, nor would she say what other companies the city was trying to bring into the Stonequarry Development area. She said that was out of respect for the companies that were looking at Vandalia as a possible place to locate.
Excerpt from President Barack Obama's speech (Source ABC News Online)
“-look, if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. You didn’t get there on your own. I’m always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are a lot of smart people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something – there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there.
If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business. you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet.”


While living in Manhattan, I was heavily involved in transit issues, part of that time as a member of Community Board 8. I've stayed involved, mostly in Long Island Rail Road issues since then. I've used LIRR for commuting and personal visits since 1992.
- That the Penn Station LIRR concourses are getting better, and hope that when finished, will have what commuters need, including quick and easy food choices and newsstands.
- The new exit to Seventh Avenue.


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|And so, if you have already been thinking to have a first time visit to this amazing Greek capital, it's essential to understand the destination ahead of planning out your destination:
Before you visit to any destination, you must always fully grasp the transport system of one's respective place and regardless whether the hub is from Asia, European union, Americas or any other portion of the world, transport have its limitations also , you should respect the gravity of these frequency and availability. Athens is known for its wonderful and also smooth transport system offering trams, buses, subways, cabs and more that are not exclusively frequent in nature, but quite affordable work with them smartly.
Using bus-pass for multiple days is a better option as you are planning on using buses when your mode of commuter. Unless you are interested in go and explore the particular outskirts, try and avoid cabs and rental cars because the traffic of the city will consume a massive amount your time sitting for a duck in the airport taxi.
Athens is quite a new diverse city and whether you burn up 600, most of the landmarks within the city are named following those legendary stories and historical sites which have been standing here for decades. Places like Acropolis of Athens, Tower on the Winds, Hadrian's Library, Forehead of Athena Nike, Propylaea, Agios Eleftherios Chapel, Jewish Museum of Portugal,
National Museum of Fashionable Art, Tzistarakis Mosque, Kaisariani Monastery, Aged Parliament House, Athens Conflict Museum, Herakleidon Art Museum, Omonoia Square, Arch connected with Hadrian, Theatre of Dionysus, Countrywide Garden, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Temple of Hephaestus and many more sites is also the most glorious places where you can find the true spirits associated with Athens.


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If you’re confused by conflicting arguments on the well being benefits of mineral water, needless to say they don’t seem to be all the same. The Centers for Disease Control estimates there are approximately 19 million new instances of STDs every year within the United States, virtually half of them among young people ages 15 to 24.” These sexually transmitted diseases can create lengthy-term well being diseases, and ultimately lead to demise. Recently, some universities start requiring medical health insurance as a part of the obligatory college fees. For me the mix of working, biking, weight coaching and stretching has resulted in simply an general better fitness level. Of those that had medical insurance in 2016, almost half (48.1 percent) had private insurance.
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There are differing opinions on just what are the 5 most necessary dietary supplements for good well being. Thanks bogey, I will ask my Dr. for these x-ray & mri films I will show them to the SS your right I don’t assume they may perform any x-rays or mri’s, I suppose all they are going to do is examine my arm and neck however with my x-ray & mri’s they have a greater view at the prognosis,ought to I send copies to the analyst handling my case aswell or ought to I just give copies to the SS Dr.?Thanks again Bogey!!
The ONC Health IT Certification Program: Enhanced Oversight and Accountability” rule will give the ONC more authority to regulate the design and functionality of licensed tools, which form the backbone of most organizations’ well being IT infrastructure. And when you’ve got ever considered working with a health coach, … Read More
Sign up for our every day round up of the news you possibly can’t afford to overlook – plus exercises, recipes, health challenges and more! D-xxx at all times means pure whereas dl-xxx all the time means artificial vitamin E. The following will clarify all about the 5 most vital supplements for good health. The findings are based mostly on a survey in Spring 2016 that requested people if price had induced them to defer well being care or medication within the previous 12 months. Governor Kasich and his group have made huge health care change a actuality by collaborating with the key stakeholders in Ohio. I am on the frontline of healthcare, and I see firsthand what is occurring with health in Canada. The Mental Health Act (1983) and its subsequent Amendments provide the template for psychiatric providers. They seem to present a pretty strong case and include quotes … Read More
In one of the vital iconic superhero movies of all time, Batman Begins, Bruce Wayne’s father says, Why will we fall? This program is financed by payroll tax of three%, to which, the employers contribute 2%, and the staff contribute 1%. The second program is the health care funds for the poor. LI Federally-Qualified Health Centers (LIFQHC) is a non-revenue, client-pushed organization created to help handle the well being needs of the area’s most susceptible populations. You can nonetheless be capable of obtain, health coverage, a verify and a card for food.
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The same story, the same place, the same rivalry between men and cultures. The same names and the same promise of a love that can find its accurate story in music. West Side Story, in the version now directed by Steven Spielberg, has not undergone major upheavals in the re-adaptation process. Not apparently, at least. In the trailer, the second released by Disney, Maria, the Maria of Rachel Zegler, and Tony, the face of Ansel Elgort, seem to be what they once were: the Romeo and Juliet of a New York now forgotten, the poles of a relationship that is the family, never the heart, to hinder.
The one Puerto Rican, the other Yankee, seem to have preserved the spirit of the original musical, the same elegance of the gestures and dances, of the songs – again great protagonists of the film. In the trailer, only one is heard. But the formation of the opposing factions, the Puerto Ricans and the Americans, are enough to evoke the music of the past, which Disney will bring back to theaters on December 16th.


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'Game Of Thrones' Khaleesi Emilia Clarke Sizzles In GQ Outtakes
March 6th, 2013 9:07pm EST
Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke may play a blonde on the series, but we think she's much better looking in her natural state as a brunette.
The actress is featured in the March issue of GQ, and the magazine recently released some sexy outtakes from her photoshoot.
Clarke plays Daenerys Targaryen, the 'mother of dragons' on the hit HBO series (does that make her a MILF?), and she talks about how once she removes the platinum-blonde wig she wears for her role it becomes difficult for people to recognize her in her natural state.
"...I'm so immediately unrecognizable. It takes a die-hard fan to actually spot me," she says. "These HBO events, where I'll be talking to someone for a fair amount of time, and then suddenly they're like, Oh sh*t! That's what you do!—they think I'm some crazy Brit who snuck her way into a Hollywood party."
Last summer Emilia spent six weeks filming the third season of the show in Morocco,where she had hoped to keep her hairpiece on after filming, but the production team wouldn't let her.
"I keep asking to go out with the wig at night, but they insist there's no way," she explains. "They won't let me go partying with it on! I would be killed on the spot.
"It's silly to say, but when I take the wig off at the end of the day, I'm rather disappointed when I look in the mirror."
While the world awaits the debut of season three of "Game of Thrones" on March 31, Emilia has two other shows she'd recommend: AMC's "Breaking Bad" and HBO's "Girls."
"I'd give my right arm to be, like, a random extra on Girls, just to walk past one of the scenarios. I'd love that more than anything. Or, like, a meth head on Breaking Bad. It'd be like Where's Wally?!"
The March issue of GQ, featuring "Game of Thrones" star Emilia Clarke, is still available on newsstands for a limited time before April's issue is released. Check out her full photoshoot at GQ.com.
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TDSB to stagger start and end times at more than 100 elementary schools next fall
Codi Wilson, CP24.com
Published Thursday, February 27, 2020 6:18AM EST
Last Updated Friday, February 28, 2020 1:56PM EST
The Toronto District School Board says it will be staggering start and end times at more than 100 elementary schools across the city in an effort to save money.
The TDSB has confirmed that starting in September, start and end times at 131 of the board’s 473 elementary schools will be staggered to reduce the number of buses needed for transporting students.
The school board said the move is expected to save approximately $2.5 million by allowing officials to plan bus routes more efficiently.
The TDSB says it currently spends more on student transportation than what it receives from the government.
“This decision was made in June 2019 as part of last year’s budget process,” the board said in a notice on its website.
“TDSB Trustees approved an operating budget plan for the 2019-20 school year that required $67.8 million in staff reductions and changes to programs/services to address provincial government funding reductions and the TDSB’s annual structural deficit.”
Some of the operating budget cuts include slashing funding from learning centres, outdoor education, Parenting and Family Literacy Centres, International Baccalaureate (IB) programs and other programs.
The TDSB also said the budget cuts would mean fewer student support service staff and psychologists would be hired.
In a letter sent to parents and guardians at Cornell Junior Public School, where classes will start at 9:15 a.m. starting next fall, the TDSB acknowledge that the move could disrupt routines.
“While we understand that these changes may impact some families more than others, we are hopeful that everyone will understand that changing school start and end times will help prevent further cuts to programs and supports for students,” the school board said.
“If we did not reduce transportation costs by staggering school start and end times, we would have to reduce other services and supports to students that would have more direct and negative impact on classroom teaching."
The changes, the TDSB continued, will also reduce the board’s carbon footprint and help address the “ongoing school bus driver shortage."
TDSB spokesperson Ryan Bird said that by staggering schedules, the board will be able to take 55 buses off of the road.
"With 55 less buses, you need less bus drivers," he said.
Bird could not confirm if any bus drivers will lose their jobs.
"That would really have to come from our third-party operators, the bus carriers themselves, but I don’t anticipate that that should be an issue just given the fact that there is an ongoing bus driver shortage," he noted.
Information meetings about the changes will be held both in-person and online next month.

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Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale's boys each have names inspired by a special location, with 3-year-old Zuma being named for the California beach "really close to where we live," Stefani said in a 2009 interview. As for Kingston, the couple knew they would be naming their nearly 6-year-old after the Jamaican capital ever since No Doubt visited the country to record Rock Steady. "We ended up buying this little Rasta hat when we were there, like a little baby one," she said in 2007. "[When] it ended up being a boy, we named him Kingston, and he wore the Rasta hat home from the hospital."
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Certain books come along at exactly the right moment. This is one of those books. It’s been sitting on my e-reader shelf for ages, patiently waiting. After a three week road trip through Europe, it seemed like the perfect book for the flight home. It was.
Hesse is probably my favourite writer. Definitely top three. I love both his fiction and his nonfiction. But I’d never read this, his first novel. It follows Hesse’s usual bildungsroman structure - male youth struggling to find his way in the world, torn between two worlds, falls into dark times, and eventually makes a choice. In Hesse’s epic Glass Bead Game, the choice is between the cloistered, intellectual, pure world of academia and the dirty, messy “real” world.
In Camenzind, the choice is between urban life and remote mountain life in the early 20th Century. What better way to end a road trip through the Alps than with a book about a man who must decide if he wants to leave the Alps behind?
Hesse spends more time with nature in this book than in most of them, which is why it’s special. The struggle is the struggle between nature/ instinct and intellect/ social construct. The first is pure, but lonely. The second is impure, but fulfils a human desire for achievement, progress. It’s basically the apple/ Garden of Eden story, but with more mountains, no snakes, and a sneaking suspicion that “knowledge" is a distraction rather than a gift.
Here's how the theme develops, (leaving out the plot parts where the protagonist realizes he's a pretentious git who needs to grow up):
I would lie for hours by the window gazing down upon the black lake and up at the mountains silhouetted against the wan sky, with stars suspended above. Then a fearfully sweet, overpowering emotion would take hold of me - as though all the nighttime beauty looked at me accusingly, stars and mountain and lake longing for someone who understood the beauty and agony of their mute existence, who could express it for them, as though I were the one meant to do this and as though my true calling was to give expression to inarticulate nature in poems.
“You are a poet,” said the girl after a moment.
I made a face.
“I don’t mean it that way,” she went on. “Not because you write stories, but because you love and understand nature. It doesn’t matter to most people that the wind sings in the trees or that a mountain shimmers in the sunlight. But you find life in all this."
And what if my love of nature should enable me to speak the language of woods and streams - for whom should I be doing this? Not solely for those I was fondest of, but really for the sake of a mankind I wanted to lead toward love, even teach to love.
I wanted to teach people to listen to the pulse of nature, to partake of the wholeness of life and not forget, under the pressure of their petty destinies, that we are not gods and have not created ourselves but are children of the earth, part of the cosmos.
And finally one of my new favourite quotes of all-time
I wanted you to feel ashamed of knowing more about foreign wars, fashions, gossip, literature, and art than of springs bursting forth outside your towns, than of the rivers flowing under your bridges, than of the forests and marvellous meadows through which your railroads speed.
I read this entire book on the flight back to North America. There’s another book waiting for me at home, one that’s been sitting on my shelf for a year - this time, it’s set in the future.