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Erase Her Puzzle Story Mod Apk – a simple puzzle game from the publisher Gamejam with many different levels of play. Download the popular storyline drawing challenge now to test the IQ and use your detective skills to solve and find the answers!
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Information Erase Her Puzzle Story
In Erase Her Puzzle Story Mod Apk, you will enjoy a movie based on a story that allows you to erase everything to continue. Now enjoy removing various objects with the magic eraser. Let’s go hide for a while and get rid of your problem, delete to solve the brain game and live with the story!
So what’s so fun about a puzzle game that features erase? First of all, this is not just a simple puzzle game because there is a story in this. Developers are aware that today’s puzzle games would be more engaging if there was a story involved. In Erase Her Mod Apk, you’ll be faced with lots of action, drama and fun while solving puzzles!
Play your way through stories of love, quarrels, romance, life-and-death situations and experience why everyone is talking about this amazing drawing puzzle game!
Solve puzzles with erasers
Today, there are many puzzle games you can enjoy and play using your smartphone device. These puzzles have become more fanciful, modern, and more fun to play. One of the coolest puzzle games out there is Erase Her Puzzle Story Mod Apk and it’s an interactive story-based puzzle game that you’ll love.
In the game you will need to clear the objects in each level in order to pass it. But besides that, you will enjoy the story throughout the game. It is full of problems, love, controversy, life-and-death situations and lots of messy situations. Help the main characters get through tough situations right now by using your trusty eraser and claiming rewards. You will love the depth of the stories you will see as well as the animations.
Enjoy the relaxing atmosphere and the game will entertain you when you feel bored. Test your brain and try to come up with intuitive solutions to get out of tough situations!
To play this game all you need to do is delete the correct object or person or object to find the answer. These puzzles require brainpower and creativity to find solutions! Solve all levels, go to the final level of the storyline! It’s like a great drawing game but on the contrary, you clear it to solve the puzzle!
These amazing plot-driven drawing games are like an iq test to train your mind and keep you brainstorming! Discover amazing stories to experience love simulations in this amazing drawing puzzle game!
The eraser will be your tool to solve all the problems! Too hot? Clear the sun! Oh no! That means we will be frozen! Or take some clothes off? Delete a door? Escape! You decide your destiny! Clear to solve puzzles in this awesome drawing game!
Escape in crazy adventures in this brainstorming game. Problem? Survive, don’t be killed by werewolves! Delete these wicked species! In this awesome drawing game we have to clear up the clues to defeat evil, flee or survive, or define your date!
Survive the plane crash! Protect the star from followers! Celebrate your 50th! Become a beautiful queen! Don’t die in jail, you’ll have to complete the IQ test to pass! And so much more in this amazing drawing game! Escape for a while and get smarter, have fun with this brain puzzle puzzle game!
Features in the game
Deep stories have all kinds of emotions and burning passion in prison, ex-lover, jealousy. Have fun and run away for a while!
Beautiful art, painted to perfection and with a hint of love! Enjoy this drawing game!
Attractive animations that will make you laugh, or surprise you!
The gameplay will entertain your brain and train and pass the iq test to beat any drawing challenges!
Relaxing atmosphere! You will be immersed in this brainstorming game, with beautiful and interesting drawings, simple and fun brain stimulating games!
The design is simple, all you need to know is that you have to clear it in order to solve brain-stimulating drawing puzzles!


A cordon has been set up after Nottinghamshire Police received a report of a suspected explosive device.
Officers were called to London Road in Balderton, Newark, just after 9.15am on Thursday October 8 to a report of a suspected Second World War shell found underground at a building site.
The force said it is now taking specialist advice.
Inspector Steve O’Connell, who is overseeing the incident, said: “We always treat these calls with the utmost caution to ensure the safety of everyone in the area.
“A specialist team is on the way to look at the device and decide on the next steps. I would like to thank the local community for their patience while we work to bring this incident to a safe conclusion.”


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Helena Ha-Young Sul
Jury August 21-22 &
Chamber music concert 21 August
The Swedish-born concert pianist Helena Ha-Young Sul has her roots in Korea and Japan. A dedicated and established concert pianist and educator / mentor. Helena Ha-Young Sul is regularly invited as a jury member and teacher in master courses and piano competitions nationally and internationally. Her passion for arranging events and activities for young musicians has been established events such as the Gothenburg Piano Festival in Sweden.
As an arranger, she invites musicians from all over the world.
Her first official performance, at the age of 7, where won the 1st prize at the Steinway International Piano Competition in Hamburg, Germany. She then won a gold medal in Berlingske Tidende in Denmark, and prizes in the Ettlingen International Piano Competition, Germany and Ljunggrenska Music Competition, Kil's piano competitions in Sweden and the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm.
At the age of 14, Helena Ha-Young entered the Royal Danish Conservatory of Music in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her first teacher was her mother, Inga Törnblom and Marianne Jacobs. Other teachers were Tom Ernst, prof. José Ribera (solo piano), Amalie Malling, Anne Öland (chamber music). She graduated in 1998 with the highest grades in solo piano and chamber music. In 1998, she graduated with a master's degree (Postgraduate Performance Course) and studied for 2 years at the ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC LONDON, England.
Her teacher was prof. Christopher Elton.
1999-2000 Piano Teaching Program with Vanessa Latarche.
In 2000 she continued at the CONSERVATOIRE DE MUSIQUE DE GENÈVE, Switzerland in Classe de Virtuosité and studied for 3 years with prof. Dominique Merlet and contemporary music with Jean-Jacques Balet. She graduated with the highest grade Diplome de Soloiste.
Helena has over 30 years of experience as a solo pianist and chamber musician.
Since 2010, she is the founder and artistic director of the Gothenburg Piano Festival in Sweden.
The Stenhammar Quartet
Chamber music concert 21 August
Since its inception in 2002, the Stenhammar Quartet has established itself as one of Scandinavia's foremost string quartets. Wilhelm Stenhammar's works as well as other Swedish music are of course central to the ensemble's repertoire, but great focus is also on Viennese classicism and contemporary music. The quartet continuously orders works by Swedish composers, including Sven-David Sandström and Per Mårtensson, but has also dedicated and premiered works written by composers from the USA, Great Britain, Finland and Norway.
Stenhammar Quartet has made recordings of about 40 works for Swedish Radio P2, and in 2011 participated in a concert series recorded by Swedish Radio with all of Stenhammar's chamber music.
Previous recordings with the quartet have been praised by critics in both the Swedish and international press - on the respected British music site MusicWeb-International, their playing was described as characterized by 'an obvious authority and appealing bravura'.
Stenhammar Quartet has been the subject of a portrait of the French music channel Mezzo, and in 2009 was awarded Carin Malmlöf-Forssling's interpret prize by Kgl. Academy of Music. That same year, the quartet made their London debut, leading to a re-invitation. The Stenhammar Quartet has participated in festivals and toured Germany, England, Poland, Denmark, Finland, India and Algeria.
SQ has also appeared on Swedish TV (Polarpriset, Melodifestivalen).
On CD, the quartet is represented with recordings of Lars-Erik Larsson's string quartets (Daphne), W. Stenhammar's all quartets (Bis), Atterberg / Rangström (cpo) and works by Hillborg, Mårtensson, Larsson-Gohte and Pelo (Phono Suecia)
Masterclass 20 August
& Jury August 20-22
Eliane Reyes, the pianist prodigy, started performing very early.
In 1988 she was the prize winner of the Cziffra Foundation (Senlis, France) and the same year she played at the Tibor Varga Festival (Sion, Switzerland) and also with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam under the direction of Sergiu Comissiona.
She was first educated by her mother and then continued her studies at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, followed by the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden's class. Eliane went on to the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin, to the Mozarteum in Salzburg with Hans Leygraf, the Lemmensinstituut with Alan Weiss and then to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris under the direction of Michel Beroff, Brigitte Engerer, Hans Leygraf and Jacques Rouvier. After graduating, she was appointed professor of complementary piano at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris.
In the spectrum of international competitions, Eliane has won countless prizes, including 1st prize in Ettlingen, Germany and 1st prize at the Cervantes International Piano Competition in Cuba. Finalist at the Montreal International Musical Competition, Clara Schumann International Piano Competition in Düsseldorf, where she was equally awarded for chamber music and at the Maria Canals International Music Competition, just to name a few. Eliane Reyes pursues a career as a recitalist, soloist and chamber musician to the international press and the unanimous praise of the audience.
Through her many performances, she has received absolute support from Rheinold Blüthner, Nany Philippart, Spes, Solti and Vocatio Foundations. Among artists such as Martha Argerich or Vladimir Ashkenazy, Eliane has had the opportunity to invite recitals and to play with Augustin Dumay, Ivry Gitlis, Misha Maisky and José van Dam.
Her discography consists of works by Nicolas Bacri, F. Chopin, C. Debussy, Benjamin Godard, F. Liszt, Michel Lysight, D. Milhaud, M. Ravel, A. Tansman, as a result of which she received many awards such as " Pianiste Maestro ”by the French magazine Pianiste,“ Ring ”by Classic Info,“ Joker ”by Crescendo Magazine and a“ Supersonic ”award from Pizzicat and especially from ResMusica, where she was awarded“ La Clef d’or ”for her solo recording of 24 Intermezzi by A. Tansman. Eliane Reyes was nominated three times for the "International Classical Music Awards".
Eliane Reyes is currently Professor of Piano at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.
Master class August 20
& Jury August 20-22
Patrick Jovell is former chairman of the Swedish Piano Educators' Association and also an Honorary Member. Educated in Sweden, the USA and France, he has given concerts as both soloist and chamber musician in fifteen countries and has participated in Swedish Television, Swedish Radio and Italian RAI.
As an educator, he has worked as a senior lecturer and associate professor at the music academies in Gothenburg and Tilburg, Holland. Jovell's students have received prizes at Swedish and international piano competitions. As a lecturer and masterclass holder, he has recently been invited to festivals and other forums in Sweden, Italy, Iceland, Estonia, Russia and the USA.
As an innovator and pianist, Patrick Jovell collaborated with a number of filmmakers in the project "Swedish Piano Films", which led to a nomination by the Swedish Film Institute to compete at the International Film Festival in Venice. He also holds workshops on various topics, from the Russian composer Alexander Skrjabin's color hearing (synesthesia) to today's digitization of music education. Jovell is a former board member of the Swedish Music Council - the National Committee of the International Music Council.
Jury August 21-22
Katrine Gislinge has played both solo and chamber music concerts throughout Europe and the USA.
For the past three decades, Katrine Gislinge has established herself as one of Scandinavia's leading and most prominent pianists, and with her formidable desire to express herself and exceptional empathy for music, she positions herself as one of the most distinct and interesting artists in Denmark.
Katrine Gislinge's interpretations are characterized by a trembling sensitivity, where every little detail in the music becomes very important but at the same time gathers in a clear and forward-looking stream.
In her hands, in her music, she manages to create the perfect balance between the most delicate and the most direct, and when you listen to her you enter a musical space of "intoxicating sensuality" - as one reviewer described it.
Katrine Gislinge's repertoire extends from Bach to the very latest music, and she manages in a beautiful and fascinating way to add her personal, sensitive playing color and extra dimensions to each of the piano repertoire's style periods.
The pianist Martin Sturfält has established himself as a noted interpreter of both newer and older Swedish music, e.g. through internationally acclaimed recordings of Stenhammar and Wiklund on Hyperion Records. He is a frequent guest as a soloist with both Swedish and foreign symphony orchestras and concert halls and is also a dedicated chamber musician.
Martin was born in Katrineholm in 1979 and started playing the piano at the age of four. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm and at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London. His main teachers were Esther Bodin-Karpe, Stefan Bojsten, Paul Roberts and Ronan O'Hora.
Ever since the age of 11, Martin has been active as a concert pianist, and his performances have taken him around Scandinavia, the rest of Europe, the USA and Asia. As a soloist, he has collaborated with prominent conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Sir Mark Elder, Andrew Manze, Thomas Dausgaard, Vasily Sinaisky and Alexander Vedernikov with orchestras such as NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo, Halléorkestern in Manchester and most other English orchestras and with all Swedish symphony orchestras, including The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has given solo and chamber music concerts at e.g. Nybrokajen 11 and the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Wigmore Hall, Barbican Hall, Royal Festival Hall and Purcell Room in London, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels.
Martin's first competition success was in 1999 when he received first prize in the Swedish Yamaha competition. In the following years he won first prizes in e.g. the English Yamaha competition in 2002, the Nordic "Blüthner competition" in Malmö in 2002, the John Ogdon Prize in London in 2004 and the Terence Judd Award in Manchester in 2005.
After almost a decade in London, Martin moved back to Sweden in 2010, where he now lives in the Sörmland countryside, where in his spare time he, among other things, engaged in beekeeping and apple growing.
Martin Sturfält's recording is the most significant tribute to Stenhammar's absolute understanding of the piano's voice. Subtle, agile and beautifully shaded ”
The Independent on Sunday
“… Real technical brilliance, which Sturfält has in abundance. […] A masterly performance. ”
Manchester Evening News
"Martin Sturfält is a master of complex late romantic piano music and plays with impressive brilliance, power and clarity"
Jury August 21-22
Inger Sandin has previously been active as an opera singer but has now been an artist mediator, agent and concert producer for many years.
On an assignment basis, she has in the last decade presented many of Sweden's greatest musical talents at major events, often in the presence of royalty.
Inger operates the platform / agency Eccoli Agency Sweden.

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The ubiquitous late summer weed Queen Anne’s Lace is the center of this ecoprinted wrinkled cotton shirt with long sleeves. We mordanted it with gall oak, hence the bluish gray background. And we used, besides a single Queen Anne’s Lace, some white oak, pepper tree, dry grass, eucalyptus leaves and onion skins. Soft and romantic.
Hand dyed / Size M


Bak Middle School cancels classes after power outage
Bak Middle School of the Arts canceled classes and sent students home this morning after power went out at the West Palm Beach school.
A school district spokeswoman confirmed that a power outage was reported at the school around 7:15 a.m. The school has a backup generator but it does not operate the air-conditioner.
The school canceled classes around 11:30 a.m., officials said.
The shortened day comes as classes resumed this week in the county’s public schools after a 7-day layoff due to Hurricane Irma.
Check back for updates to this developing story.


As mentioned in my previous blog post, I gave a presentation at the 40th Annual Association of National Advertisers/Brand Activation Association Marketing Law Conference titled “The Pursuit of ‘Truth’ in Advertising.” It explored how consumers view the truth in this era of fake news and alternative facts, and how this changing understanding of the truth has affected the advertising ecosystem and the practice of advertising law. Today, I will share the second installment in my series of highlights from my presentation.
There is one bedrock principle that has always defined advertising regulation: advertising and marketing must be truthful, non-misleading and non-deceptive. That’s the common thread tying together all consumer protection principles. But today, it’s much more complicated.
When the meaning of truth changes each day, what does it mean for advertising regulation and for marketers navigating the regulatory maze? In the world of advertising law, is truth still truth? The answer is a resounding “yes!”
Here are some things to consider
Although the current administration has focused on deregulation, the FTC, an independent agency, has not lost sight of its consumer-protection mission. The new commissioners – though steeped in antitrust law – understand the Commission’s role. The new head of the Bureau of Consumer Protection has warned the industry that the FTC is on the prowl and will take action. And when it does, watch out! The days of consent orders without significant and substantial financial consequences are gone.
The FTC is continuing to focus on protection of vulnerable groups like seniors. In May, the agency announced a settlement relating to a sound amplification device called the MSA-thirty-X. One of the challenged claims was “independently tested” to help consumers “hear up to 30 times better.” Another claim was users could hear better when watching TV, in restaurants or movie theatres. The FTC said the claims were bogus and the marketers did not have support to prove these claims. The result: a $47 million judgment serving as a prime example that FTC cases lead to big money.
The FTC also recently and publicly re-affirmed its support for the self-regulatory process of the ASRC and NAD, which continues to focus on quintessential advertising law issues involving claims and substantiation. Of note, the NAD has recently revised its procedures, allowing advertisers to re-open cases upon new substantiation.
State and local regulators are also stepping up their enforcement efforts, particularly in the realm of automatic renewals, trial offers and refunds/guarantees. This can happen even after an investigation by the FTC.
Adore Me, a subscription-based lingerie startup, agreed to pay $1.4 million in restitution to its customers following an FTC action. Shortly after, the New York AG entered into a separate settlement, imposing $300,000 in penalties and mandatory refunds to consumers because the company failed to adequately disclose recurring monthly charges to its members. Consumers also were not able to cancel their monthly subscriptions.
In addition, local regulators are challenging advertising and marketing practices. Last month, the owner of online dating sites JDate and Christian Mingle settled a consumer protection action brought by several California counties alleging that negative option subscriptions had been renewed without expressed informed consent and consumers had been denied refunds. The settlement? $500,000 in penalties and nearly $1 million in restitution to consumers.
Regulators aren’t the only ones paying attention to advertising. Let’s not forget about consumer class actions – a constant threat, particularly in the food industry.
Many products labeled as “preservative free” are facing consumer class actions. Why? Because they contain substances like citric acid that can be used to add flavoring, but also have qualities that act like a preservative.
In addition, we’re seeing no slowdown in claims based on California’s Proposition 65, which requires disclosures for any product containing known carcinogens. It’s not just food companies that need to take note – but any industry like clothing, airlines, furniture and even construction materials.
The Way I See It
You may be thinking – I’m a legitimate and responsible marketer, so what does this mean to me?
The legal principles underlying these cases undoubtedly apply to you. Even though you may view your products and services as responsible and legitimate, they may not be perceived as such by the FTC, state and local regulators.
And, even for businesses that are on the up and up, good-faith marketing practices can still draw the ire of competitors and the class action bar.
So look at the cases, learn the law, and apply the principles they demonstrate.


sales of fish and chips are booming Published: 21 January, 2009
THE economy may be taking a battering – but sales of fish and chips are booming, according to the latest figures from Seafish.
The Seafood industry organisation says that sales of Britain’s favourite meal rose by £12-million to a record £717 million in the eight months to November 2008, the latest period for which statistics are available.
The number of customers visiting fried fish takeaways and restaurants is also rising with some 548 million visits (up by 3.5 per cent) over the same period.
While there has been no survey of the motives of customers, it is clear that the general public is now looking for ‘affordable priced’ meals – and fish and chips fits the bill perfectly. The UK has around 10,000 fried fish shops and many owners are now thinking of acquiring further outlets. The trade was badly hit last year by increased flour and potato prices, but while they have since fallen back gas and electricity costs have not come down yet.
The Seafish figures are borne out by increased activity at coastal fish markets where, weather permitting, supplies of cod and haddock, the two most popular fish shop species, have been good and demand strong. According to seafood supplier M&J Seafoods’ latest market report, prices for Icelandic, Scottish and Faroese cod and haddock continue to rise.
Seafish says fried fish shops are well placed to benefit from the economic changes because they provided value for money, news certain to please both fishermen and fish merchants.


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Experiment with color mixing to create shadows and highlights. These are essential to make an object look three dimensional. Once you're finished, you'll have apples that look so tasty, you'll almost be able to taste them!
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Indeed, experts stress that the only way to proceed confidently with selling at a loss is to thoroughly research the housing market in your area.
Ask your agent to provide lots of recent prices on sales of comparable homes. In some states, agents can also provide very recent sales data by getting the prices of homes under contract, says John Huggins, president of Coldwell Banker Legacy Real Estate Group, in Bowling Green, Ky. Home sellers can also ask to tour other properties for sales to get an idea of how their home compares with other properties being offered at various price levels, he says.
Homeowners who owe more in mortgage than they can likely net in a sale have to investigate whether they'll have to add in their own cash to pay off the loan, or whether the mortgage lender will agree to accept a lower amount. In cases where owners have to pay out of pocket to sell, that outlay could alter the advantage of moving, says Neal.
3. If you hold out, could you avoid a loss?Going against the natural inclination to avoid loss means that you've analyzed the cost of holding the property and are reasonably confident prices won't spring back up.
The National Association of Realtors forecasts home prices nationwide will end 2010 up just under 4 percent from the end of this year.
Moody's Economy.com predicts prices will stabilize in mid-2010, but there will be no appreciation. Economy.com's housing economist Celia Chen expects some middle and higher-end housing at risk for further decline next year, and thinks that some homeowners will not see prices return to what they paid for at least several years.
Real estate trends are local, adds Huggins. He advises looking at prices for similar homes in your area and gauging demand against inventories.
When he prepares spreadsheets for homeowners to examine the costs of holding versus moving, Suplee asks: "What rate of appreciation does the house need for a holding strategy to make sense?" Then, he asks for an honest determination of how plausible it would be to see that appreciation.
Create a news alert for "real estate"

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text: September 11th, 2006. I Have a Dream, is a touching, fictional story about a fifth grade girl who was entering an Upper Elementary School. Every year when it was time to return to school, she had to face her biggest fear: September 11th, 2001. She remebered that day so vividly. She had just started kindergarten, then after the attacks on our country, her world shattered. As time went on, her life changed and she matured, however; she just couldn't let go of the horrid memory of that unforgettable day. After her father took her to see Ground Zero, she had a peaceful dream that would ease her fear and sorrow. She dreamt that Ground Zero would be transformed into a memorial park. Every aspect of the park would be dedicated to those who so needlessly had to parish. In her dream, the memorial would feel like heaven. It was filled with beauty and serenity to honor the fallen. The park served as a promise that there is always a brighter tomorrow. This amazing story of one child's vision is essential for every home and classroom library. September 11th, 2001 is a day that we will all remember for the rest of our lives.


Starting at the tip of the outer barrel we can find a cylindrical muzzle device known as a "shotgun muzzle choke", which allows the spread pattern to be varied on a real shotgun shooting buckshot. The device on the CM.102 does not function in the same way as the real steel firearm, but is nonetheless a nice inclusion for added realism, and gives the SGR-12 a completed look. The added perk of this muzzle device is the noise it makes when the shotgun is fired! The choke gives a serious booming muzzle report which is sure to make the enemy team think twice before sticking their head out of cover! Both the muzzle device and outer barrel of the CM.102 are constructed from aluminium, as one would expect for a "full metal" AEG.
Surrounding the barrel we can see the handguard, which is a single piece with the receiver. This piece is constructed from aluminium and is precisely machined and finished with a smooth matt black anodization. This is known as a "monolithic" upper receiver and is a preferable attribute due to the additional structural strength it provides over a separate handguard and upper receiver. With a monolithic upper receiver, you will never experience the pain of having your handguard loosen up and rotate, and it will always sit straight and true!
The handguard features an aggressively styled front end, together with angled vent ports along either side which match the angle of the front of the handguard. This gives the SGR a menacing look, and gives us the feeling that this is the smooth and slick looking AA-12's evil twin! The truth is the SGR-12 is considerably more advanced in ergonomics than the AA-12, the design of which originated in the 1960s. The SGR-12 sports modern handling and features, and is more like a SCAR-H on steroids than the AA-12 when it comes to handling and ergonomics
On the top, bottom and either side of the handguard we are treated to M-LOK negative space attachment slots which allow any M-LOK accessories to be mounted, as well as 20mm Picatinny rail adapters for M-LOK. At the 6 and 12 o'clock position, there is a short length of 20mm Picatinny rail machined into the monolithic upper, with the 6 o'clock rail providing the perfect spot to mount a tactical flashlight, and the 12 o'clock rail providing a suitable mounting point for the included flip-up front iron sight.
The mock ejection port can be found on the right side of the upper receiver and is where we can find the triple HOP-up adjuster system. The adjusters can be accessed by pulling the charging handle back whilst you apply your adjustment. With the charging handle pulled rearwards you will see three adjuster wheels, with recessed markings to indicate the barrel each adjuster coincides with. The adjuster closest to the barrel tip controls the HOP-up for the right side barrel, indicated with an "R", the adjuster in the centre operates the HOP-up of the uppermost barrel (indicated with a "T") and the final adjuster adjusts the left side HOP-up and is indicated with a recessed "L".
The HOP-up system of the CM.102 SGR-12 operates differently than a standard AEG, and not only offers adjustment for various BB weights but the HOP-up of the left and right side barrels are set at an angle to allow you to widen and reduce the spread of the 3 BBs the SGR unleashes with every trigger pull. The top barrel HOP-up can be adjusted as normal to extend the range, but the more adjustment applied to the side barrels the greater the spread of your "shot" will be. This means that rapidly moving targets are easier to hit, and you can get off the first shot at close range safe in the knowledge that you are 3 times as likely to land your shot, even if it was fired in haste without aiming properly!
The charging handle is located at the top left of the upper receiver, similar to a SCAR rifle but does not use a spring to return so following your adjustment you will need to push the charging handle forward to return the mock bolt to its original position and conceal the adjuster wheels. The charging handle also folds flat against the receiver when not in use which reduces the chances of the charging handle snagging on your gear and inhibiting your movement.
Moving down to the lower receiver we can find a familiar pistol grip and fire selector location, taken from the well laid out M4/AR15 platform, meaning if you rock an M4 you will find the SGR-12 very easy to adapt to. The pistol grip is a "Tango Down" style ergonomic grip, which is known for its comfortable design and has found its way onto many customised rifles used by special forces around the world. The fire selector is located just above and includes safe, semi-automatic and fully-automatic fire modes, with an ultra-short 45° throw between the modes of fire. Each selector mode is marked with a recessed pictogram, with a "0" to indicate the safe mode, a small cluster of dots symbolising buckshot to indicate the semi-auto position, and a larger cluster of dots to indicate the fully automatic position.
The magazine release can be found in front of the trigger guard and includes two paddles, one on either side to permit ambidextrous operation. This mag release can either be depressed with the thumb as you remove your mag, AK style, or pushed forwards with the trigger finger as you might with an M4/AR15. The mag release is very well positioned and marks the SGR-12 out as an advanced design with some careful consideration given to ergonomics.
At the rear of the receiver, we can find a SCAR style sling plate with loops on either side allowing for both left and right-handed users to sling the SGR-12 with no additional parts needed. This sling plate can be used either with a single point sling for more convenient CQB carry, or a two-point sling for more easily slinging the SGR on your back using the front sling point found on the left side of the handguard. Both the front sling point and rear sling plate are constructed from aluminium to provide the strength necessary to support the weight of the shotgun whilst minimising excessive weight which results from alloy parts.
Following the receiver, we reach the stock of the SGR-12 which is a fixed stock of a modern design, with a similar silhouette to the M4/AR15 crane stock but with a raised cheek piece for effective sight alignment and comfort, and a thick rubberised butt pad to ensure the SGR-12 stays tightly gripped into your shoulder in any weather condition, and either with or without body armour.
Within the stock is where the battery compartment of the SGR-12 is located, and it can be accessed by pushing the well-concealed release button at the toe of the stock, after which the butt plate can be lifted upwards and then pulled off to the rear. Inside you will find a Deans battery connector to which you connect your battery. For the CM.102 SGR-12, we recommend an 11.1V LiPo battery in stick configuration for a comfortable fit. During testing, we discovered that the SGR-12 does not like 7.4V batteries due to the extra power required to operate its larger and more complex gearbox so we recommend an 11.1V to give it the oomph it needs. Battery space is very limited due to the design of the battery compartment so we recommend a PDW type stick battery of between 600 and 900mAh capacity.
SGR-12 Licensed by EMG
Aluminum upper & handguard & Full metal gear box construction
Electric tri-shot shotgun
Semi/Full automatic fire modes
Not suitable for 7.4V batteries - 11.1V LiPo required
Flip-up aperture iron sights included
Ergonomic Tango Down style pistol grip
Ambidextrous magazine release
Sound enhancing shotgun style muzzle choke
Ambidextrous sling plate at the rear of the receiver
Additional sling point on the handguard
Folding charging handle - Provides access to the HOP-up adjusters
Authentic mock 12GA shotgun shells visible in the magazine
Selector located similarly to an AR15 - Familiar operation for M4 users
Triple wheel adjustable HOP-up system - Adjust each barrel separately
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GREEN IMPULSE is a start-up in biotechnology that develops new innovative solutions for agriculture
It has technical and scientific expertise in the field of plant health and relies on a Patented Technology from the University of Angers
GREEN IMPULSE is committed to the development of innovative agricultural bio-inputs allowing to replace conventional phytosanitary products and thus stop our dependence on pesticides in agriculture.
Chief Executive Officer
Entrepreneur and co-founder, Master of Science in Agriculture and Food industry, ISARA-Lyon, specialized in management of innovative project Thomas
Co-founder, formerly Research Director and Regulatory Officer at Agrauxine Lesaffre Plant Care and ex-manager of plant disease department at Vegepolys;
Becoming European Leader in biocontrol Synergists*.
Fungi are responsible for nearly half of the diseases known to date in cultivated plants. The fight against these fungal diseases is mainly achieved by the use of phytosanitary products (fungicides). Crop protection has to evolve towards new strategies no longer based solely on the use of pesticides..
In this context, GREEN IMPULSE is committed to the development of new strategie to fight against plant pathogenic fungi to enable better performance and rapid deployment of alternatives to fungicides, especially bio-control agents.
An unique and innovative concept
Our Synergists Technology is based on a fundamentally different approach to Pesticides. Indeed, the fungicides that are used in crop treatment, aim to directly attack their targets, pathogenic fungi, to kill them. Our Synergists Technology, on the other hand, weakens the pathogenic fungi in order to make them more sensitive to the means of natural defenses of the plants. Thus, the products of treatments such as SDP (Plant Defenses Stimulators) associated with our Synergists Technology, are much more effective and significantly reduce the development of pathogenic fungi on plants.
* Synergiste : A substance or preparation that enhances the activity of the active substance (s) present in the plant protection product (s).
Plant protection in agriculture represents a market of 50 billion euros worldwide, largely dominated by pesticides;
For more than 20 years, new and more environmental friendly solutions called "bio-control agents" have been trying to evolve in this market. They represent 2.8 billion euros in global sales, or 5% of the plant protection products market, but are growing strongly by + 15% per year and should reach the value of 9 billion euros by 2025. In Europe, bio-control agents generate sales of 600 million euros, including 140 million euros in France alone. It is a fast-growing market that should eventually be positioned as an alternative to conventional plant protection products and capture their value more and more.
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Pathogens have developed mechanisms of adaptation to the natural defenses of plants. Our strategy aims to disrupt these adaptation pathways to make them more sensitive to plant defense mechanisms.
Our technology is based on the action of Synergists molecules that inhibit the adaptive response pathways of the main pathogenic fungi in crops. The molecules resourced by GREEN IMPULSE come from natural plant extracts and are complementary to the SDP bio-control agents of the market.
Our ambition is to meet the expectations of arborists, winegrowers and farmers with the major challenges on downy mildew of grapes, apple scab and wheat septoria.

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Russia Pens $15B Pipeline Deal with Bulgaria
Russia took a major step forward in its campaign for control of Europe's natural gas supply last week when it signed a deal with Bulgaria to restart construction on a $15 billion pipeline under the Black Sea.
Under the deal signed last week by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Bulgarian counterpart Georgi Parvanov, the South Stream Pipeline will send natural gas under the Black Sea directly to Europe via Bulgaria.
The route bypasses Turkey, seen as an essential transit route for Russia's natural gas exports to western Europe.
Construction on the pipeline began in the 1980s but was halted in 1990. Planning for the project restarted in 2003.
Russia and Bulgaria will each have a 50 percent stake in the Bulgarian portion of the pipeline.


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Have you heard of Mansa Musa? Fact: the Africans knew about the lunar cycle and its shadows long before any European thought about it. If you don't believe it, ask the BBC's Michael Palin.
Crossen, sitting in the centre of the foremost capitalist nation in the world, was not being sarcastic when she followed up her question with this comment: "Neither producer nor inventor, Mansa Musa was an early broker, greasing the wheels of intercultural trade. He created wealth by making it possible for others to buy and sell."
The great British historian on Africa, Dr Basil Davidson, suggested that the rulers of Mali were "rumoured to have been the wealthiest men on the face of the earth".
Mansa Musa I (or King Musa) ascended the throne of the Mali Empire in 1312. He was, perhaps, the most colourful personality in West African history. Of this monarch, Dr DeGraft Johnson wrote that:
"It was in 1324 ... that the world awoke to the splendour and grandeur of Mali. There across the African desert, and making its way to Mecca, was a caravan of a size which had never before been seen, a caravan consisting of 60,000 men. They were Mansa Musa's men, and Mansa Musa was with them. He was not going to war: he was merely going to worship at Mecca.
"The large caravan included a personal retinue of 12,000 slaves, all dressed in brocade and Persian silk. Mansa Musa himself rode on horseback, and directly preceding him were 500 slaves, each carrying a staff of gold dust. This imposing caravan made its way from Niani on the Upper Niger to Walata, then to Tuat, and then to Cairo.
"Mansa Musa's piety and open-handed generosity, the fine clothes and good behaviour of his followers, all quickly made a good impression. One might have thought that a pilgrimage to Mecca undertaken with such pomp and ceremony would have ulterior motives, but no such motives have ever been adduced."
In Egypt, Musa spent so much money in gold that he devastated that nation's economy. "For years after Mansa Musa's visit," wrote Prof DeGraft Johnson, "ordinary people in the streets of Cairo, Mecca, and Baghdad talked about this wonderful pilgrimage--a pilgrimage which led to the devaluation of gold in the Middle East for several years."
Mansa Musa embarked on a large building programme of mosques and universities in Timbuktu and Gao. In Niani, the capital, he built the Hall of Audience, a building communicated by an interior door to the royal palace. It was an "admirable monument" surrounded by a dome, adorned with arabesques of striking colours.
At the height of its power, Mali had at least 400 cities, and the interior of the Niger Delta was very densely populated. One of the cities, Timbuktu rose from obscurity to great commercial and cultural importance. It became a centre of learning, one of the foremost centres of Islamic scholarship in the world.
The mosque of the University of Sankore was highly distinguished for the teaching of Koranic theology and law, besides other subjects such as astronomy and mathematics.
In the 14th century, Timbuktu had an estimated population of 115,000 people. Typically, 25,000 were at university and 20,000 were at school. London, by contrast, had a total 14th century population of 20,000 people.
Similarly, Old Djenne, one of the early cities that date back to 250 BC (the city was part of the old Ghana Empire and passed on to the Mali Empire when Ghana fell), had a population of 20,000 people. London, again, would wait another 700 years to reach this figure.
Also, old astronomical manuscripts from the medieval desert collections in Mali and Mauritania show that the Africans knew about the lunar cycle and its shadows long before any European thought about it.
In 2002, Michael Palin, a BBC programme maker, returned from Timbuktu to report that the Great Mosque of Timbuktu "has a collection of scientific texts that clearly show the planets circling the sun. They date back hundreds of years ... It is convincing evidence that the scholars of Timbuktu knew a lot more than their counterparts in Europe".
Palin added: "In the 15th century in Timbuktu, the mathematicians knew about the details of the eclipse, knew things which we had to wait for 150, almost 200 years to know in Europe when Galileo and Copernicus came up with these same calculations and were given a very hard time for it."
Imam Mohammed Habott, a black Mauritanian, has inherited 1,300 medieval books as family heirlooms. The Mauritanian cities of Chinguetti and Oudane have a total of 3,450 medieval books. There may be another 6,000 books still surviving in the other city of Walata. Some date back to the 8th century AD. There are also 11,000 books in private collections in Niger.
The star of the collections, of course, is in Timbuktu where there are about 700,000 surviving books. And yet, books are said to have come to Africa from Europe. No such thing happened. Africa had its books long before any book ever arrived from Europe.
RELATED ARTICLE: Ta-Seti the oldest
Ancient Egypt is the first major civilisation in Africa for which records are abundant. It was not, however, Africa's first kingdom. On 1 March 1979, The New York Times carried an article on its front page, written by Boyce Rensberger, with the headline: Nubian Monarchy called Oldest. In the article, Rensberger told the world that: "Evidence of the oldest recognisable monarchy in human history, preceding the rise of the earliest Egyptian kings by several generations, has been discovered in artifacts from ancient Nubia ... The discovery is expected to stimulate a new appraisal of the origins of civilisations in Africa, raising the question of 'to what extent later Egyptian culture derived its advanced political structure from the Nubians?'."
This ancient kingdom, generally called Ta-Seti, encompassed the territory of the northern Sudan and the southern portion of Egypt. It has sometimes been referred to as Ancient Ethiopia in some of the literature, and as Cush (or Kush) in other literature. The first kings of Ta-Seti may well have ruled about 5900 BC. During the time of the fifth generation of their rulers, Upper (ie, southern) Egypt may have united and became a greater threat to Ta-Seti.
In Kush (or Ta-Seti), a number of women had the title Kentake, which means Queen Mother, and was recorded in Roman sources as Candace. Some of the women were heads of state. Kentake Qalhata (c. 639 BC) had her own pyramid built at AI Kurru, as other Kushite kings did (above photo). Pseudo-Callisthenes mentions that Alexander the Great visited "Candace, the black Queen of Meroe" in the 4th century. She was apparently a "wondrous beauty".
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'So You Think You Can Dance' recap, first eliminations
Chehon Wespi-Tschopp and Witney Carson perform a Bollywood routine to "Tandav Music." (FOX)
The six dancers with the least support from the voting audience, will be at risk tonight. The judges will save one boy and one girl from the long sad walk home.
Cat Deeley welcomes us and leaves us to the tender mercies of Cyrus in creepy half-skull makeup demanding to be shown beauty in a wicked way. All 20 dancers are on the floor; the girls are in flowy bits of red or black and the boys appear to be wearing black sequins and half a jacket. I
'm calling the dance a steampunk-inspired worship of Zuul. Graveyard setting is implied.
The dancers, suddenly in their performance costumes, rush onto the stage when Cat calls their names and give us a step and a posture. Here are the girls and "your guys" according to Cat; don't we get the girls as well?
Cat comes out with a shimmy and thanks Napoleon and Tabitha for the routine. We'll find out who's in danger at the end of the night, after every one performs.
Love for the judges! Mr. Nigel Lythgoe, the magnificent Mary Murphy, and Mr. Step Up Himself, Mr. Adam Shankman, who says Cat looks like a big sexy tomato in her red halter and skirt and instead of whacking him with her microphone Cat invites him to take a bite.
More about Dance Day: the USPS is offering choreographer stamps, and Nigel will be dedicating the stamps in Grant Park. Cat tells us to put the date in our diaries: July 28. As part of the night's festivities we'll be getting a sneak peek of Shankman's latest film,"Step Up Revolution," which opens Friday and features former dancers.
Lindsey and Cole are up first: Cole is a nerdy kid in need of a checkup and Lindsey is not your average dentist. In rehersal Cole is wearing a t-shirt that says "I do all of my own nude scenes" and there would be nothing wrong with that. Christopher Scott promises this will be the trip to the dentist everyone wants ... or is it?
In performance Cole is dressed as Urkel. They're dancing to "Teeth" by Lady Gaga (I was hoping for something from "Little Shop of Horrors"). Lindsey tears off an abbreviated lab coat and shows us more than her teeth. Possibly under the influence of gas, Cole does a flip off a dentist chair.
Nigel says good characterization from Cole but thinks he plays a character in real life too. Cole says thank you sir in a nerdy chipmunk voice. Judges laugh. Nigel posits Lindsey would be a solution to British dental problems, but thought her performance was a bit immature, played to the audience not her partner.
Mary Murphy gives the choreographer a shoutout and a good-girl pass to Lindsey for being insufficiently vampy. Cole stays nerdy which Mary says is unnerving. Adam Shankman agrees and blames Cole's chest-high pants.
Amelia and Will are next. Sonya says they're two souls carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders: they'll be dancing to "3326" by Olafur Arnalds. Slow motion and angst seems a stretch for these two sunny personalities, but they bring the ballet, beautiful extensions and lovely lifts. From their costumes one might assume they're dancing a dream sequence in the "Adventures of Huck Finn."
Sonya gives them Two Raised Fists of Triumph and Mary screams. They were just in it, Mary says, and have taken another floor up in the elevator. Shankman tells Sonya that was sickness but appears to mean it in a good way. He tells Will he stepped it up and admits that was a movie plug. Nigel gives Sonya more praise and notes Amelia buried her quirkiness for the routine.
Amber and Nick get the season’s first tango -- one body four legs. They're dancing to a very violin-y instrumental version of the tango from "Moulin Rouge." Why does my heart cry? Because this dance is lovely.
I get the feeling Amber is selling it more than Nick but that may because she's wearing the sequins. Shankman says Amber became a firebreathing dragon and compliments Nick on his skills as a partner even if they made him disappear. Nigel says Amber was absolutely perfect and Nick was strong. Mary says they made it look easy and praises Nick's reverse pivots with Amber on his hip.
Audrey and Matthew will be portraying the robotic power struggle between a man and a woman. Their costumers forgot to give them shirts. Music is "Hear Me Now" by Steed Lord. This means war, Cat says at the end.
Two for two on the choreography, Nigel tells Sonja, and imitates the "stank steps" of her darker style. Audrey and Matthew would be one of America's favorite couples, Nigel says he would have thought -- is that foreshadowing of disappointment to come?
Mary says they maximize everything for such a little couple. Shankman says the night belongs to Sonya, but Audrey is freakin' brilliant and with that dancing the competition is Matt's to lose.

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A look at the history of portraiture, the process of doing a portrait commission, and the challenges you might face.
Making Faces: The Ups and Downs of Portraiture
By Daniel Grant
What characterizes a great portraitist? It starts with the ability to catch a likeness, a keen sense of anatomy, and accuracy in flesh tones (for painters) or setting of the eyes (sculptors). These are art-school competencies, but there is an additional skill that differentiates the great from the good.
This is the gift for conversation. It means knowing what to say when introduced to prospective clients, then telling them what the portrait will cost without losing their commission. Later there’s the dialogue to pursue if sitters feel uncomfortable being stared at, start to sag, or prove to be unlikeable. And finally, there’s how to respond if they want changes made to the completed work.
On occasion you meet a portraitist out in the world — Andy Warhol often attended parties full of wealthy people and returned home with commissions — but most folks learn about portraitists through word-of-mouth. Another key method is contacting a specialist agency such as Portraits, Inc. or Portraits South. These firms present prospective clients with work samples from the artists they represent, then draw up a contract to formalize the commission.
Alternatively, galleries that handle figurative art are often asked if one of their artists might be commissioned to make a portrait; these dealers then serve as intermediaries, fixing (and splitting) the price and scheduling payments, sittings, and the unveiling.
A COMPLICATED TRADITION
Portraiture has a long history and was advanced enough by Aristotle’s time for him to identify three categories — the idealized image, the exact likeness, and the caricature. Through the centuries, a patron’s likeness might appear somewhere in a historical or religious scene, but from the Renaissance onward, portraiture became its own genre thanks to humanism’s new recognition of men (and a few women) as individuals rather than merely God’s creations. As artists became noted in their own right, self-portraits (and portraits of other artists) grew worthy of attention, too.
From Masaccio to Alex Katz, the roster of artists who have created portraits is long and impressive. Yet for many of these talents, there was and still is a stigma attached. John Singer Sargent, who remains best known for portraits, called them “putrids,” and today some artists bristle if introduced as portraitists.
For others the term smacks of commercialism, of pleasing the patron and not oneself. Brandon Brame Fortune, chief curator at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, notes that Alice Neel “didn’t think of her paintings of people as portraits, which they clearly were, because she saw portraits as something that were paid for and meant to flatter.” (In fact, Neel’s likenesses were seldom flattering.)
Technically, Neel was correct: portraits are paid for, and they tend to present the sitter in a positive light. That lurking perception of portraitists as second-class artists may be why Kehinde Wiley, who painted President Barack Obama to huge acclaim in 2018, “almost always says ‘no’” when asked to do a portrait, according to Janine Cirincione, director of New York City’s Sean Kelly Gallery, which periodically fields such requests for him. “He sees himself as a conceptual artist who happens to focus on people,” she explains.
Nothing says luxury and extravagance like commissioning portraits, especially because they almost never have a resale value. Who — one might ask — wants a no-longer-needed image of someone else’s ancestor or boss?
There are exceptions, of course. Portraits by Sargent and Warhol trade for high prices, and what is perhaps the world’s most famous artwork, Leonardo’s “Mona Lisa,” is actually a portrait of the wife of a wealthy Florentine merchant (long-forgotten himself ). Clearly, then, a portrait can stand on its own as art, and its subject’s reputation is not necessarily essential to appreciating it.
THE PROCESS BEGINS
Today, the cost of commissioning ranges widely, from several thousand dollars (pet portraits are in this tier) to several hundred thousand dollars (for large, full-figure likenesses with background imagery). Payments are usually scheduled on the basis of one-third when the contract is signed, one-third when the client approves the image halfway through the process, and the last third within 15–30 days of final delivery. (Some contracts skip the middle stage in favor of half-and-half.) Artists without representation must discuss pricing directly with prospective clients, while those who were introduced by an agency or dealer are largely spared that negotiation.
But not always. Robert A. Anderson, a 74-year-old painter in Massachusetts, gets most of his commissions through Portraits, Inc. But if someone at a party asks how much he charges, his prices (averaging $60,000 for a three-quarter-length measuring 40 x 30 inches) may make the questioner balk. “I tell them, ‘If I’m not in your price range, I know a lot of portrait painters who will give you good value for what you want to spend.’ That’s my soft sell. It makes people feel that I am honest and not just after their money.”
Once the contract is signed, the real talking begins. The Connecticut-based sculptor Marc Mellon (68) starts by discussing his process of modeling clay. He prefers a “looser” style (rougher edges) to a “tighter” one (smoother), but can accommodate the wishes of his client. Before the clay model gets cast in bronze, there is a conversation about patina, the protective coating that may be green or brown. “I send samples of different patinas to see what they prefer,” Mellon notes. “Some people have opinions such as ‘I want it to look like the patinas Rodin used,’ but most don’t really know what the differences are, so I explain the choices and how they affect the way the bust will look. They generally are appreciative of being brought into the decision-making.”
A portrait isn’t just a likeness, though it should look quite like the subject. It is a work of art, created by an artist and reflecting her or his sensibility and understanding of the sitter. That understanding takes time to develop and often starts before the first meeting, such as with a Google search or trip to the library. If the sitter is particularly well-known (for instance, a politician or corporate CEO), portraitists may read up in advance. Such research informs the artist’s vision and gives the pair something to talk about if nothing else arises during their hours together.
The purpose of that conversation is to distract sitters from what’s actually going on, from the fact that they are being stared at. This might make anyone self-conscious, especially a VIP more accustomed to being listened to than examined for skin blotches and protruding ears. In 2005, the singer Tony Bennett came for a sitting in Mellon’s studio. For this occasion, the artist “upgraded my sound system, and I played the American song book, sung by people he knew.” Hearing that music kept Bennett cheerful for the whole two-hour sitting. “He told me stories about this buddy, that old friend.”
Edgier portraits generally reflect a stronger sense of interpretation on the artist’s part. The Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh’s most famous image is a 1941 portrait of British prime minister Winston Churchill grimacing at the camera and, really, at Karsh himself. The artist later claimed that, just before he snapped, he grabbed a cigar out of Churchill’s mouth, angering him but giving him the look of determination for which he was renowned. Going further was Diane Arbus, who snapped photo after photo until her sitters lost their composure and presented an appearance far more authentic.
From a safe distance, we appreciate the bold innovations of such artists, but sometimes they are not applauded. Paul Emsley, whose likenesses of the author V.S. Naipaul and anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela hang in London’s National Portrait Gallery, painted a 2012 portrait of Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, whose smile more resembles a smirk.
It drew withering scorn on both sides of the Atlantic, with one writer disdaining its “sepulchral gloom” and another calling it a “mawkish book illustration.” It scarcely matters that the sitter’s husband, Prince William, called the portrait “absolutely beautiful,” an assessment with which his wife agreed. Perhaps they were just being polite?
Most portraitists prefer not to ruffle feathers. Often they are called in when a leader retires from a corporation, institution, or political post, fully aware that the new portrait will appear alongside those of his or her predecessors. It will probably be the same size, to avoid suggesting one person is more significant, and will probably look a bit like the others, too.
Decades of experience may well be poured into a likeness that few viewers ever look at seriously. The late Daniel E. Greene (1934–2020), who lived just north of New York City, noted that most of his commissions “are relatively traditional, and I know exactly what to expect.”
Keeping the conversation going is vital to ensuring that the result, if not an artistic breakthrough, is not a disaster. Many sitters are older people who may become sleepy when inactive for extended periods. Gilbert Stuart, renowned for his portraits of our country’s first president, wrote that “a vacuity spread over [Washington’s] countenance” as soon as he began to pose, so the artist sustained a steady patter to keep him alert.
In 1982, while sculpting a bust of Vice President George H. W. Bush (now at the National Portrait Gallery), Marc Mellon found that the longer his subject sat still, the more his face sagged. “Sitting for a portrait may seem like downtime to busy people,” he notes. “Whatever needs to get done tends to filter up, and so you see a certain worry in the face. You see the weight the person feels he’s carrying. You as a portraitist must be aware of this, because you’re no longer seeing the public face, but the private one, the one Mrs. Bush may see when the vice president brushes his teeth in the morning. You have to find ways to get back to the person who is going to be portrayed.” Put another way, “You want to paint not the wizened old guy in front of you, but the guy who built the company,” says Jacob Collins, who charges $100,000 per portrait.
Many portraitists get their clients at the end of a tenure, when they are less energetic (and perhaps less hopeful); it is the artist’s job to recapture some of the dynamism. In his first year as president, Jimmy Carter was told by the White House curator that he should have his portrait painted right away “while you are still good-looking.” But like most of his predecessors, Carter waited until after he had left office, presenting a more weathered version of himself to the painter Herbert Abrams.
Parents can be difficult clients when commissioning portraits of their children. When Sargent was asked why he reworked the face of a young woman 15 times, he replied, “She had a mother.” This is especially true if the portrait (of a person of any age) is posthumous. In that case, the artist works from photographs, and different survivors may have competing images they want represented in the final work. The portraitist needs to know at what age the subject will be depicted, and also what aspects are to be brought out (e.g., business suit or golf shirt?). Mellon stresses the need to determine, “from the get-go, who is approving the commission: a committee? The head of the company? The widow?”
Related Article on Portraiture: How to Create a Vibrant Posthumous Portrait
This wisdom came to Mellon the hard way after he was asked to create an eight-foot-tall statue of Dr. Alton Oxner, commissioned posthumously by the Oxner Medical Center in New Orleans. A committee of the center’s directors provided photographs of Oxner, most taken later in his life. They had approved the small- and full-size models, and Mellon was ready to cast when Mrs. Oxner unexpectedly visited his studio.
Dissatisfied with the work, she asked how he had picked that pose and expression, at which point the artist showed her the photographs. “Oh, I’ll give you better photographs,” she replied, and soon supplied Mellon with pictures taken 20 years earlier. The changes required were extensive, not only to the head, “but also to the whole carriage,” Mellon recalls. “A man in his 60s holds himself very differently than one in his 80s.” Fortunately, “adjustments were also made in the budget” to cover the necessary time and labor.
Chit-chat, and perhaps more substantive conversation, are in the portraitist’s toolkit, but sometimes the artist must do more. “Years on the job put these people through a lot of stress,” says the 84-year-old Maryland painter Simmie Knox, “so I might give the person a little chin tuck or soften lines around the eyes. Clients never ask me to take pounds off, but I want to show them at their best.”
The clergyman and anti-war activist William Sloane Coffin, Jr., did ask Robert A. Anderson to trim 25 pounds off him, “but he told me that, if I did so, he wouldn’t embarrass me at the unveiling. True to his word, he had dropped 25 pounds by the time the portrait was unveiled.” The lost-youth question comes up early in conversations Mellon has with his sitters. “I’ll ask them, ‘Do you want me to see you as you are now, or roll back the clock some?’” Many of his clients bring along earlier photographs and tell him they want to look like that.
Most artists are willing to make adjustments. “The client has to be happy,” says Julia Baughman, executive partner of Portraits, Inc. Sometimes, though, it just doesn’t work out. Andrew Wyeth’s brother-in-law, Peter Hurd, painted a portrait of President Lyndon Baines Johnson, who called it “the ugliest thing I ever saw,” while Graham Sutherland’s vision of Churchill was never seen by the public because it was destroyed by Mrs. Churchill, who was even more incensed about it than her husband was.
For all the good that conversation brings, it can be tricky. Daniel Greene placed a large mirror behind himself so the sitter could see what was being painted. “Watching the image develop keeps their attention and has a magical quality for them,” Greene explained. However, he also learned — while painting the novelist Ayn Rand — to “limit involvement with the sitter. Explaining the process is one thing, but I don’t want to debate every brushstroke,” which actually took place with her on more than one occasion. Greene concluded, “I advise younger portrait artists to avoid soliciting the subject’s approval during the process.”
What the sitter says (about politics, for example) may not sit well with the portraitist, so the latter must respond in a way that straddles integrity and complicity. While sitting for Mellon, Bush “said he wanted to watch Meet the Press, and afterward we talked about environmental policy.” Fortunately, the conservative vice president “responded well” to what Mellon, a liberal Democrat, had to say.
People who may seem overzealous on television may be perfectly agreeable away from the camera. Greene discovered this while painting a right-wing pundit: during their time together “we did all we could to avoid controversial subjects.” Greene did not regret the commission, a full-length portrait that was “expensive” for the sitter. But he worried about being associated with the sitter, and so removed the name and image from his website.
For his part, Knox notes that, “I am an African-American, so some commissions I will never get, not because of my skill but because of my complexion. I understand that. If a person thinks enough of you to want you to do their portrait, you do their portrait. You are expected to rise to the occasion, even if you do not agree on many things.”
The art of American portraiture has returned to prominence recently thanks to an unexpected success. In 2018, Kehinde Wiley painted a large oil of former President Barack Obama, while Amy Sherald made one of First Lady Michelle Obama. These have drawn record crowds to the National Portrait Gallery, and in 2021 began a five-city U.S. tour. Gallery director Kim Sajet says, “You can use these portraits as a portal to all sorts of conversations,” which is exactly what the five participating museums plan to do. Princeton University Press has published a handsome, 140-page book about the project, complete with a reversible dust jacket that allows readers to choose which of the two portraits will appear on its cover.
Imaginative efforts like this — not to mention people’s ageless desire to see what other people look like — suggest that portraiture is here to stay.
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1. Separate the p-trap and the horizontal expansion pipe.
Large channel-lock pliers or a pipe wrench work well to loosen up the nuts holding the pipelines with each other. When both links are totally free, eliminate the components. You may intend to clean the straight drain pipe to get rid of any type of possible blockage. (This is not required in new building.).
2. Separate the down drain.
Making use of huge channel-lock pliers, separate the down drainpipe originating from the sink and the link that affixes it to the p-trap. When both connections are totally free, get rid of the components.
3. Unscrew the large nut.
Loosen the large nut that holds the filter in position beneath the sink. Remove the strainer body.
4. Pry off the breeze ring and also wipe the old plumber’s putty.
Utilizing a flathead screwdriver, loosen the 3 screws on the mounting setting up and also tear off the breeze ring. Clean off the old plumber’s putty that borders the edge of the drain opening.
5. Mount the brand-new sink flange.
Place a 1/2″ rope of plumbing professional’s putty around the drainpipe opening in the sink. Drop the brand-new sink flange right into the drain opening and also press it right into location. Placing a weight, such as your garbage disposal, in addition to the sink flange will assist hold the sink flange in place while installing it to the sink. To avoid scraping your sink or the flange, place a towel between the sink surface and the weight.
6. Set up gasket as well as flanges.
From under the sink, slide the fiber gasket, back-up flange as well as mounting flange over the sink flange. Hold these pieces in position.
7. Slip on the installing and break rings.
Next, slip on the mounting ring and also break ring. Tighten the 3 installing screws, at the same time tightening up each screw a couple of turns at once up until the installing setting up is evenly and securely seated versus all-time low of the sink.
8. Eliminate the dishwasher ko plug.
If using a dish washer, you will require to tap out the dishwashing machine ko plug. Lay the garbage disposal on its side and utilize a screwdriver and hammer to touch it out. Next off, get rid of the loose ko plug from inside the garbage disposal.
9. Connect the electric.
Turn the garbage disposal over and also get rid of electrical cover plate. Pull out cables. Insert cord adapter (not included) as well as run electric wire with gain access to hole on bottom of garbage disposal. Tighten cable television connector. Push wires right into garbage disposal (do not displace cardboard guard) and also replace electric cover plate.
If you have a hardwired system as well as you’re looking to attach a cable, you will certainly require a power cable kit.
For a garbage disposal with a factory-installed cord, merely plug in to the electrical outlet under your sink after finishing the remainder of the actions.
10. Hang the garbage disposal.
Hang the garbage disposal by aligning the three placing tabs with the slide-up ramps on the mounting ring. Holding the garbage disposal in place, turn the lower installing ring up until all three tabs are locked right into the mounting setting up.
11. Put the discharge tube.
Put the discharge tube into the discharge coupler, then move the clamp over the discharge tube as well as setting it in the groove on the rubber tailpipe coupler.
12. Align the discharge tube with the drain pipe.
Turn the garbage disposal so that the discharge tube is aligned with the drain catch. If the discharge tube is as well long, cut off as a lot of the tube as essential. If it is too brief, you can acquire an expansion. If you are linking the garbage disposal to a dish washer, it might be linked via an air void. Make use of a pipe clamp to attach the drainpipe hose pipe to the dishwasher inlet.
13. Lock the garbage disposal in place.
Now that whatever is set up as well as in position, lock the garbage disposal to the sink placing setting up making use of the wrench that featured the device. Insert the Quiet Collar Sink Baffle into the sink opening by pressing it into the sink till it breaks into location.
14. Check the garbage disposal.
Test for leakages at the sink flange, dishwashing machine, tail-pipe as well as installing assembly links. Lastly, switch on the electrical breaker to check its procedure. Enjoy your brand-new garbage disposal!
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Advocate Prashant Bhushan on February 25, 2019, sought the recall of contempt notices issued against him by a Supreme Court Bench of Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Navin Sinha on petitions filed by Attorney General K.K. Venugopal and the Central government.
The Supreme Court on February 6, 2019, agreed to consider the larger issue of advocates making comments on a sub-judice matter and issued notice to Mr. Bhushan on contempt petitions filed for his tweets stating that the government, through Attorney General, had misled the court by submitting that the appointment of M. Nageshwar Rao as interim CBI Director had the approval of High Powered Selection Committee.
In his application, filed through Advocate Kamini Jaiswal, Mr. Bhushan stated that the Bench led by Justice Arun Mishra had no jurisdiction to entertain the contempt petitions. The petitions were mentioned before the Bench by completely “bypassing” the Chief Justice of India, who is the master of the roster. It was also stated that the consent of CJI was also not taken.
The application referred to a Constitution Bench decision in the Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms v. Union of India, which had upheld the CJI’s undisputed role as the ‘master of roster’ with exclusive powers to take up cases and allocate them to Benches in the apex court. The Constitution Bench of which Justice Arun Mishra was also a member had ruled that no judge in the Supreme Court could allocate cases to themselves.
Further, it was also argued that as per the roaster arrangement only the benches headed by CJI, Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice U.U. Lalit have the jurisdiction for criminal contempt.
Besides that, Mr. Bhushan also mentioned in his application that the criminal contempt petitions are stand-alone matters and could not have been tagged with the Nageshwar Rao PIL.


Several roads in and around Johannesburg have been blocked off due to a cycle race.
Thousands of cyclists are taking part in the annual event that started on Sunday morning.
The Cycle challenge started and will finish at Riversands Commercial Park in Fourways north of Johannesburg.
The M1 south will be blocked off from Buccleuch interchange up until Carr street in Newtown, Jan Smuts Avenue, Witkoppen road and parts and Malibongwe avenue and Riversands boulevard will be blocked off.
Motorists can use the N1, William Nicol, Rivonia road and Oxford road to access Sandton or Rosebank.
Officers will be on duty to divert traffic along the route.


Hooray Hooray Hooray!
For the past four years, we thought, dreamed, and believed in blue. This week, after we voted for blue, it finally came through.
Congratulations to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris for prevailing in a historic election.
What a relief (maybe we’ll be able to sleep at night again?)!
And now, chocolate chip ice cream for everyone!
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We haven’t learned lessons of the Holocaust’
A HOST of events has again been arranged this month to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. People will gather to remember those who were lost and to pay their respects to those who survived the atrocities
A HOST of events has again been arranged this month to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
People will gather to remember those who were lost and to pay their respects to those who survived the atrocities.
In Camden, the council will host a service on January 29, two days after the annual event.
Speakers at the gathering at the Town Hall at 5.30pm include Jack Kagan, a survivor who fought with the Bielski brothers against the Nazis in Belarus. The story is the subject of Defiance, a forthcoming Daniel Craig film.
Others talking part include Linda Melvern, an expert on genocide in Rwanda, Rabbi Janet Burden, who will lead the prayer of mourning (or Kaddish) at the end of the event, and Mayor of Camden Dawn Somper.
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In Swiss Cottage there will be an exhibition in association with the Jewish Museum that is open now and runs until February 1.
In Barnet the council has also arranged an exhibition exploring the Holocaust. The work, 6 million +, is made up of six million buttons and will be at Brent Cross shopping centre for two weeks.
Barnet Mayor Maureen Braun said: "The exhibition is an extremely moving and visual way of appreciating the full horror of what happened during the Holocaust. I encourage as many residents as possible to visit Brent Cross, see the installation and talk to survivors.
"It is nearly 63 years since the end of World War II but events elsewhere in the world today show that, sadly, we have not learnt the lessons of
The exhibition runs from January 21 to February 1 and for more information call the council's civic events officer on 020-8359 2493.
In Hampstead, a debate will be held on January 28 about how survivors and their families, and the families of the perpetrators, cope with the horrors. It has been arranged by the Jewish Community Centre for London and takes place at Hampstead Town Hall from 8pm.
Tickets cost £8 and participants include survivor Mala Tribich and Marcus J Carney, who recently made a documentary about his family's Nazi past. More details are at www.jewishcommunitycentre.org.uk or on 020-7431 9866.
In Wood Green an exhibition on the Kindertransport is on display until February 24 at the central library on the High Road. It is also organised by the Jewish Museum and opens from 10am to 7pm.
In Haringey, councillors will unveil a statue in memory of those who died.
The piece, designed by Claudia Holder, will go on display at Bruce Castle Museum on Lordship Lane from 2pm on January 27. There will also be a remembrance service.
Ms Holder, a student of Artscope, which is a project for residents with learning difficulties, won a competition to have her work made by professional sculptor Paul Margetts last year.
Other entries will be exhibited at the museum. The memorial flag will be raised at Bruce Castle on January 25 and other events takes place throughout the week.
A performance evening with Children's Laureate Michael Rosen will be held from 5.30pm to 7.30pm at the West Green Learning Centre on Langham Road.
On January 31 two films exploring the Holocaust will be shown at the centre from 7pm, with tickets costing £3 and £2.
And Westminster Council is hosting a multimedia presentation on the Holocaust at the ICA in The Mall on January 28 from 6pm.


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Ketogenic Diet Onions - Onions peppers keto diet | healthy eating | sf gate, Onions and peppers can't be eaten on a keto diet if they're included in recipes or combined with other foods that are high in carbs. for example, you wouldn't be able to top cooked pasta with onions and peppers because the pasta is too high in carbs to be included in the keto diet.. Keto tip - onions! • /keto - reddit, Whether frying, pickling, or tossing into a fresh salad, razor thin onion slices will maximize onion flavor. edit: 4. for a lot of cooked onion recipes, like soups and sautees, i reserve some of the onions and add just before serving, to get an extra pop of onion flavor.. The carb vegetables keto | ruled , The best low carb vegetables for keto. 5.1k . 17.6k . tweet. share this page. remember that on the ketogenic diet, onions, and squash. you can. What vegetables eat keto diet, Ever wonder what the best vegetables are to eat on a keto diet? today's article will explore which veggies to eat in abundance and which to limit or onions (8.71g. Onions ketosis diets, Generally onions can be placed into three groups, for yellow, white and red. the red onion has a mild flavour and can be eaten raw as an addition to salads. the white and yellow onions are the more common onions that we use in every day cooking. other onion uses are onion powder this can be used as a spice, very useful in meat rubs.. Ketogenic diet meal plan: week breakfast, lunch, , A nutritious ketogenic diet lies within your choices. here's what a week of keto looks like. use it as a guide to find a plan that works for you..
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(SALT LAKE CITY)--Investigators at the University of Utah School of Medicine's Data Coordinating Center have been awarded a seven-year, million grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) of the National Institutes of Health, to form one of three Trial Innovation Centers (TIC) to improve clinical research. , (Nasdaq: NH), a leading next-generation, evidence-based, personalized healthcare company,today announced that it has partnered withtheUniversity of Utahin analyzing the entire genomic profiles of at least 1,000 individuals who have a history of rare and life-threatening diseases and conditions in their respective families. Difference in size between circulating tumor and healthy DNA could be turned to an advantage SALT LAKE CITY The liquid biopsy, a new type of blood test for detecting and monitoring cancer, is a welcome reprieve from typical biopsies. On July 9, the Natural History Museum of Utah will host a DNA Fest presented in part by Utah Genome Project and USTAR Center for Genetic Discovery investigators. (SALT LAKE CITY)Medical specialists, not surprisingly, are inclined to recommend treatments and therapies that involve their area of expertise, and patients who learn about such specialty biases would be expected to investigate other options for addressing serious health issues. With displays of traditional Native American dress and artifacts as reminders of their proud heritage, a group of bright, young students radiated optimism and excitement at the welcome dinner for the Native American Research Internship (NARI), held at the Natural History Museum of Utah. Other studies: Transgender voices, anger and fast-talking women May 25, 2016 Older Americans with some hearing loss shouldnt feel alone if they have trouble understanding British TV sagas like Downton Abbey. “Why, some asked, would an organization parade its imperfections online? Won’t online reviews distract from the important, hard work of saving lives?” Lee remembered. Lee outlines how the transparency of reviews lead to better, safer, more cost-effective care, provide the health care system with meaningful information, build trust, and drive continuous improvement. “Everybody needs to have a chance to express their views, which is why it’s very important to have very diverse perspectives around the table,” Lee told Adam Bryant of The New York Times. ” In an interview for The Times’ Corner Office, which features conversations about leadership and management, Lee discusses how her parents influenced her leadership style, how her leadership style has evolved, and how she hires. New research shows strong evidence that those global tendinopathies in the shoulders, knees, hips and other areas appear to cluster among blood relatives and spouses of people with torn rotator cuffs, suggesting that both genetic and environmental factors are involved. In a study leveraging de-identified records from the Utah Population Database (UPDB), a storehouse of health and genealogical data on more than 2 million people, and University of Utah Health Care, researchers found that first-degree relatives parents, siblings, daughters and sons are almost twice as likely to get global tendon problems or compression neuropathy, a medical condition caused by direct pressure on a single nerve, than people without rotator cuff tears. Second-degree relatives grandparents, aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews and half-siblings also face a significantly higher relative risk for developing tendinopathies and compression neuropathies. While the risk for tendinopathies and compression neuropathy among relatives indicates a genetic connection to rotator cuff tears, the risk for spouses of people with rotator cuff tears is even stronger, signaling that environmental factors also play a role.
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Is Peanut Butter Good for Diabetes? – Overview
Diabetes mellitus, more commonly referred to as just diabetes, is a group of metabolic disorders that affect insulin production and use.
It is one of the most common diseases worldwide: according to WHO, in 2014, 8.5% of adults aged 18 years and older had diabetes.
The cornerstone of its management is adequate blood sugar control.
This helps us to slow down or avoid undesired medical complications. Medications and diet are equally important in this process.
Peanut butter is a popular snack worldwide. Some studies have revealed its positive effects on diabetics, particularly for type 2 diabetes.
Is the above statement true? Is it a safe product for diabetics? And can this product help to maintain a healthier diet? Let’s find out.
Peanut butter and blood sugar
When we discuss products in the scope of a diabetic diet the first things that come to our mind are Glycemic Index (GI) and Glycemic Load. The Glycemic Index (GL) represents a 100-point scale.
It ranks foods according to how blood sugar changes two hours after consumption. Generally, products fall into 3 categories: high GI (>70), medium GI (56-69), and low GI (<55).
High Glycemic Index products digest quickly and release sugar into the bloodstream really fast. This causes a rapid increase in blood sugar.
Surges in sugar and insulin levels are harmful to our bodies and may even contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes.
White bread, oatmeal, doughnuts, and honey are examples of food with high GI. In contrast, peanuts have a very low GI score of just 14, lower than broccoli and cucumber.
The glycemic load (GL) in turn represents the number of carbohydrates (in grams) in a serving of food. Since peanut butter is low in carbohydrates, glycemic GL is low as well.
It seems we found perfect food for diabetics. Or did we?
Things to consider:
Calories: As we already mentioned, peanut butter is low in carbohydrates, but it is an extremely caloric product (about 600 calories per 100 g).
Consuming peanut butter in large amounts could result in weight gain. Obesity can both contribute to the onset of diabetes and worsen the management of the already existing condition.
Apart from that, manufacturers often add sugar to peanut butter. This makes the product more caloric and rises GI and GL. So always make sure to check the label to choose the right product for you.
Omega-6 fatty acids: You might have heard about omega-3 fatty acids and their benefits in terms of inflammation reduction. Omega-6 fatty acids do quite an opposite of that. Peanut butter is relatively rich in omega-6 fatty acids.
Furthermore, they may alter the balance of fatty acids and according to studies: “An Increase in the Omega-6/Omega-3 Fatty Acid Ratio Increases the Risk for Obesity”.
Allergies: Various studies estimate that about 2% of children may have a peanut allergy. However, the true prevalence of food allergies is hard to determine.
People with a family history of asthma, allergy, or eczema, may be at increased risk.
Dietitians suggest that almond and almond oil, as well as sunflower seeds and sunflower oil, may be good alternatives to peanuts and peanut butter.
Research around peanut butter
Keep in mind, that most of the studies listed here were conducted on small groups of humans and were not focused on diabetics. So much is yet to be determined.
Peanuts vs Candy
In 2009 a randomized study was conducted on 11 men da 14 women. The goal was to study the effects of snacking based on fast-acting carbohydrates and protein (peanuts).
Result: “Two weeks of snacking based on peanuts does not cause the same negative metabolic effects as an isocaloric diet in which the snacking is based on short-acting carbohydrates in the form of candy in non-obese healthy subjects.”
Effect of Peanut Butter on the Glycemic Response
A pilot study involving 16 healthy adults indicated that supplementation with 2 tablespoons of peanut butter attenuates glucose spikes and overall glycemic response to high GI meal and may be a beneficial strategy to prevent undesirable blood glucose elevations.
Peanuts are a rich source of magnesium and fiber. The studies suggest that high magnesium content present in fiber can improve insulin sensitivity and offer protection from type 2 diabetes.
Peanut butter is a nutritious product with plenty of health benefits. There is no doubt, that in low quantities it is not harmful to diabetics.
The greatest concern is its high-calorie content, so make sure to eat in moderate amounts and combine peanut butter with low-caloric food.
The lack of extensive studies concentrated on people with diabetes indicates that the advantages of a diabetic diet are yet to be determined.
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To celebrate International Open Access (OA) Week, UTS Library will be running a series of excellent OA-related workshops.
Open Access promotes the global dissemination of information and knowledge via the internet, free of any financial, legal or technical restraints. It is a movement that has been gaining great momentum over recent years.
UTS ePRESS proudly announces a new item that will soon be joining their collection: Voice, Presence, Absence, forming part of the Media Object collection.
As part of this year's International Open Access Week celebrations, UTS Library will be proudly marking the 10th Anniversary of UTS ePRESS.
Building a Better Library Experience
UTS Library will be hosting daily tours for UTS staff and students to view the new Library Retrieval System (LRS)
UTS Library's research skills workshop program continues in Spring Semester, with our most popular sessions returning, and some new ones appearing for the first time.
There will be possible interruptions to the Library Retrieval System (LRS) deliveries from:
- Tuesday, 7 October to Friday, 10 October from 6am to 2pm daily, due to Crane servicing.
Please allow extra time on these days for your requests to reach the Library.
For PhD students and early career researchers
Shut Up and Write is a writing bootcamp run by UTS Library, and over the course of eight weeks we’ll provide you with an environment to focus exclusively on your writing.
This process is simple:
1. Search the Library Catalogue.
2. Select the item you want. If it's held in the LRS, you will see 'Library Retrieval System' under Location.
Fascinating Science Research
On display from 3 September to 17 October, 2014
Official Opening - (All welcome)
Plans are well underway to construct a range of new study areas across levels 2-5 which include both collaborative and quiet spaces for individual study and research.
UTS Library are running a series of Research Workshops throughout Semester 2.
They comprise of:
You are invited to Soup Launchpad
A mix of innovative ideas, diverse thinkers, and co-creation on the topic of Housing Affordability for Young People.

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