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Superstitious passengers are boycotting a number 13 tram after official figures showed the route suffers the most death crashes in Zagreb, Croatia. The route - where a passenger died in a crash this week - is running empty as passengers switch to other trams and buses.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
If you're ever in Zagreb, don't get on the 13 tram, its dangerous. So dangerous and unlucky, the locals are boycotting it.


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Environmentalists fear GM crops could contaminate food and wildlife
Environmental groups have urged councils to commit to non-genetically modified food in the run-up to the elections on May 1.
Friends of the Earth has asked councils to pledge not to use GM foods in schools and to call on the government to prevent GM crops being grown in their areas.
The group said councils needed to act before the government and European Commission decide later this year whether to allow the widespread growing of GM crops in Europe.
If given the go-ahead, GM crops risk contaminating local food, farmland and
wildlife and threaten the viability of organic food, Friends of the Earth claims.
'Now or never'
A growing number of councils have already voted to become GM-free areas, with those in the south west of England taking the lead.
Among them are Cornwall County Council, South Gloucestershire Council, South Hams District Council and town councils in Norton Radstock, near Bath, and Bridport, Dorset.
Devon and Lancashire Councils have also taken steps towards avoiding GM foods.
Friends of the Earth has launched an interactive website so people can e-mail their councils and ask them to go GM free.
Friends of the Earth GM campaigner Clare Oxborrow said: "It really is now or never if we want to stop the introduction of GM crops in this country.
"And it is now or never for local election candidates.
"They have a chance to show they support the GM free Britain campaign by pledging to push their own council to go GM free."

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"Almost a year to the day after a unanimous committee vote, a long-stalled bill to promote food safety is poised for Senate passage within a week.
The bill by Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) passed the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Nov. 18, 2009, with a 16-0 bipartisan vote. It had already passed the House in July 2009 on a 283-142 vote.
But it was then forced onto the Senate’s back burner while the upper chamber grappled for most of this year with healthcare reform and financial regulation reform. Now, with the midterm elections in the past, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) plans to bring it forward for a procedural vote on Wednesday that leaders expect will pass..."

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text: So who you watching? This Bengals/Patriots game... not a lot of points, but a good game none the less. Them Bengals are a very talented team. Nothing against Dalton, but he's just good enough to make it difficult to replace. Hopefully for the Bengals, he continues to get better.

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Review Date: July 15, 2008
Director: Nicholas Stoller
Writer: Jason Segel
Producers: Judd Apatow, Shauna Robertson
Jason Segel as Peter
Kirsten Bell as Sarah
Mila Kunis as Rachel
Of course, one of my favorite characters in the entire film (and from any movie this year) was British comedian Russell Brand, who cracked my ass up at every turn. Even though I didn’t fully understand everything that he was saying, I laughed at pretty much everything I did understand (“Look at my limo driver... I'm going to have sex with her!!”), and who doesn’t love a guy who’s a real asshole, but real polite about everything? The film doesn’t have as many memorable moments as THE 40-YEAR OLD VIRGIN, KNOCKED UP or SUPERBAD, but Segel’s “Dracula Opera” was pretty fuckin’ funny. Ultimately though, it was the film’s believability in terms of its relationships that won me over, with the scenes between Segel and Kristin Bell ringing true, as well as the new stuff between him and Mila Kunis. By the way, Kunis is hot as shit…just thought I’d mention that. Much like THE BREAK-UP, the film obviously went for the funny bone first, but the human interactions weren’t just written up as a bonus, but rather, an integral part of the screenplay. I think we’ve all been dumped at some point in our lives, so we can smell phoniness a mile away.
I also really liked the fact that all the way until the final scene, I actually had NO IDEA who Segel would end up with. Why? Because unlike many cookie-cutter rom-coms out there, the characters in this film weren’t obvious one-dimensional “good guys” and “bad guys”, but “real people”, who all seemed to have reasons to act the way that they did. Also, how gorgeous was this movie to look at? I mean, it’s one thing to watch a film like FOOL’S GOLD because it “looks pretty”, but how about some entertainment to go along with that, right? FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL delivers in many categories, and is the best romantic comedy that I’ve seen so far this year. I look forward to watching it again one day and not solely because Segel shows us his penis in several scenes. PS: I don’t mind a man showing off his manhood in a film, especially when you’re hung like Segel (mazeltov!), but after the third time, that was the only thing about the movie that I felt was a little overdone. We get it…the man is hung like a moose...think of us “little people”. Other than that, smashing film! “You shall not pass!!!!” Fun stuff.

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German and Other European offenders were tried and sentenced at Nuremberg yet it appears Japan escaped any such punishment
It’s a very convoluted answer to a simple question and there is no easy way to answer it.
A lot had to do with the Japanese psyche and the perception they had of their emperor and to perceive him in a bad light would of sent the populace over the edge. So while many of the Japanese commanders and high command were tried and sentenced it was mostly kept out of the public view of the average Japanese citizen so as to maintain peace and order and not tarnish Emperor Hirohito’s standing as a god.
Another thing that was done was WW2 was and in many cases today still not taught in Japanese schools and many of the Japanese war criminals are still treated as war heroes today although that perception is now slowly changing in Japan. Things like the Death marches of the commonwealth forces at HongKong and the Americans at Bataan are not taught nor are the mistreatment of prisoners and civilians by Japanese soldiers.
Like I said it is a complicated answer to a simple question and is difficult to answer and Emperor Hirohito was just one aspect of it.
Well, at the International Tribunal trials, Tojo, Boihara, Hirota, Itagaki, Kimura, Matsui and Muto were hanged December 23, 1948. 16 others were sentenced to life in prison, but paroled in the mid-to-late 1950s (similar to the sentencing of Germans - three of the 16 died in prison.). In various trials in areas the Japanese occupied, 920 were executed for war crimes (source: U.S. documents solve mystery of Japanese war criminal's remains)
So I would say “escaped any such punishment” is inaccurate…
The Japanese received similar trials as Nuremburg called the Tokyo Trials. They are not quite as well known and often more criticized, but they did happen and as @xfilesfc noted, many of the big boys were sentenced to death
“In Japan, the U.S. played an equally key role in concealing information about the biological warfare experiments and securing immunity from prosecution for the perpetrators. The greater force of appeals to national security and wartime exigency help to explain these different outcomes.” United States Responses to Japanese Wartime Inhuman Experimentation after World War II: National Security and Wartime Exigency - PMC
Unlike the German people who were for the most part tired and weary of war the Japanese were very much hostile to the allies and American high command recognized and understood that fact. It would not take much to set off the Japanese populace into open revolt against the occupiers.
-it is well known that most Japanese war criminals were tried and convicted and executed where it was judged but this was kept out of the Japanese civilian populace for fears of an uprising as many of those that were tried and convicted and executed were widely popular amongst the civilians and were often given a heroes burial after execution.
-the allies were vastly outnumbered by the Japanese(some estimates had it at 30 to 1) and many rules were set forth for the allied occupiers with one of the biggest being allies were not to touch or harm any Japanese civilian as the consequences would be dire for the offending party.
-Allies were NOT to offend Emperor Hirohito in any way shape or form as he was viewed as a god by the Japanese and it could set off open revolt offending their god
-Allied soldiers were openly told to learn the Japanese culture and their customs
All the above was done to keep the populace placated and help them transition from a wartime nation to a peacetime nation which was a huge undertaking
Many things were done that kept the Japanese placated but left the rest world wondering what was going on.
Politics, religion and culture played a major role in shaping post war Japan
Yes, the approach to Japan post WWII was very different compared to post WWI European countries. As an example, I met the mother of a Japanese friend a few years ago and learned that during the war she helped build the paper balloons with bombs that landed on the West Coast. They would sing songs against the American military. After the war under General MacArthur, she and the majority of Japanese were grateful to the General and US military.
There is another way to look at the Unit 731 issue than simple cynicism. Part of the deal given to Ishii and others was they would turn over their documents and research.
If they had not been enticed into doing that, the existence of Unit 731 would be a matter of debate (with the Japanese declaring it never existed, as some do even today.). The Japanese vigorously destroyed records of all sorts of misdeeds when the surrender was announced, entirely to avoid having to own up to crimes. Ishii, to save his own skin, kept his records intact. But if the US had not taken advantage of his self-interest, the term “Unit 731” would have no resonance at all.
Consider the Korean “comfort women” case; where despite overwhelming testimony, the Japanese flatly denied such a thing had ever occurred (or that the women were prostitutes - unique in the history of the profession in that they were not paid). It was not until 1992 that the government admitted such a thing had occurred at all, and spent endless time trying to minimize the numbers. The first Japanese textbook to include it in the history taught in schools was in 1997. Within seven years, it had disappeared again.
The Japanese have, since the war, made a great deal of making themselves blameless victims. In Unit 731, the only way they could be stopped is by taking the history away from them.
On a lighter note, Mort Sahl told a story of a US and Japanese negotiator talking about some trade deal, and the Japanese took umbrage over something.
Japanese negotiator: “You will pardon me, but you have never had a city destroyed.”
US negotiator: “What about Detroit?”
There was the Tokyo Trials and a tribunal in the Philippines, some Japanese Generals and leaders such as Yamashita we’re executed for war crimes. There were also later trials in the 90s. However, I think Japan was seen as the Allies “access to Asia” to counter the post-WW2 communist threat that the USSR posed.
And why didn’t anyone interject? Did the Japanese not show any resistance to making themselves blameless victims?
How exactly did Detroit destroy itself?
No,they actively pursued it. You haven’t noticed? Hiroshima happened, Nanking did not? Massacres of prisoners did not? Murdering local Asians did not? The Japanese were bombed because of racism? No, they used it – especially when dealing with Gaijin – every chance they got (still do, on occasion.). Because Gaijin with no understanding of history buy it.
It didn’t. The joke is that Japan destroyed Detroit by putting much of it out of work by making better cars. Well, I got it, maybe it’s a generational thing.
Japan is a huge contradiction of itself that we can spend years discussing this subject. It’s routed deeply in Tradition and religion yet it since the start of the 20th century billed itself as a modern progressive country but still holds on to time honoured ceremonies that are centuries old and conflict with western ways of thinking and doing things. This was very evident after the occupation of Japan and how to move it forward from a warring state to a peacetime state.

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Podoconiosis causes a painful massive swelling of the lower limbs, bilaterally and asymmetrically. It is caused by exposure to particles common in soils of volcanic origin and is second only to lymphatic filariasis as the leading cause of tropical lymphoedema. An estimated 4 million people live with podoconiosis globally in 32 potentially endemic countries. Podoconiosis is associated with positive family history of podoconiosis, bare foot, gender, poor housing condition, foot hygiene, income and educational status of the affected patients. There are also cultural barriers involved in maintaining a high epidemiology of the disease. Podoconiosis was never been prioritized either in intervention or research programmes. This may be due to the lack of resources for new health initiatives, which is a common problem in the low-income tropical countries in which this disease is present. Only Ethiopia, Cameroon, and Rwanda report podoconiosis within their routine health management information systems.We believe that comprehensive podoconiosis control strategies such as promotion of footwear and personal hygiene are urgently needed in endemic countries in the African Region. Mapping, active surveillance and a systematic approach to the monitoring of disease burden must accompany the implementation of podoconiosis control activities.
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THE ARTS ASSOCIATION OF EAST ALABAMA PRESENTS
The Opelika Center For The Performing Arts
JAMIE BARTON, a 35-year-old native of Rome, Georgia, has taken the opera world by storm with her voluptuous mezzo-soprano sound, and charming down-home personality. Now having won the $50,000 Richard Tucker Award (the Heisman Trophy of opera!) and the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions; and the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, and the Marian Anderson award, and a Grammy nomination – she’s only getting started!
OCTOBER 9, 2016
Between starring roles and concerts in opera houses around the world, Barton lives in Atlanta with her cat, River.
The New Yorker has called Jamie Barton “a once-in-a-generation” talent with her rich, three-octave range. Seeing – and hearing – is definitely believing!
For her performance here, Jamie will be accompanied by British pianist, Jamie Baillieu.
Go behind the music and inside the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons in the Tony Award®-winning true-life musical phenomenon, JERSEY BOYS. From the streets of New Jersey to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, this is the musical that’s just too good to be true.
“Damien Sneed is an ambassador for classical and gospel music who brings positivity, optimism andthoroughness to every occasion. His talent stretches across traditional divisions. In the realest sense, heuses his artistry to make our world a better place.”
“…a sparkling performance. This was a fine show by an excellent orchestra [Czech National Symphony Orchestra] with a conductor who coaxed the very best from his players.”
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"Leonard is a true treasure . . . immensely talented and charismatic . . . already one of the world’s leading artists though still relatively early in her career."
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Tine continues embarking on regular tours with her ten-piece, all-female brass ensemble, tenThing. An idea that started in 2007 as a fun and exciting project to pursue with her closest musical friends, the group have gone on to play to numerous European audiences
Set in 1860’s Bangkok, the musical tells the story of the unconventional and tempestuous relationship that develops between the King of Siam and Anna Leonowens, a British schoolteacher whom the modernist King, in an imperialistic world, brings to Siam to teach his many wives and children. THE KING AND I is “too beautiful to miss” (New York Magazine).


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Credit reports are used widely for several reasons. The primary reasons, considered legitimate purposes for the utilization of credit reports is: to determine whether credit should be extended to an individual, for purposes of employment, if a subpoena is submitting requesting the credit report, for underwriting insurance, for a legitimate business purpose, in response to any writting instructions given by the consumer, and a few other purposes provided by FCRA. The purpose of allowing consumers free copies of their credit report once a year from each agency is to help in the prevention of identity theft which is an ever increasing problem. FACTA also added to FCRA, the ability to prevent fraudulent entries on credit reports from reappearing on a credit report once the information has been deleted.
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If an entity requests an investigative consumer report about you, it is required that you are notified of this before the consumer report can be compiled and given to the requestor. Also, adverse information about you cannot be included in a subsequent the report without being verified for accuracy first. If inaccurate information that is adverse to you shows up on your credit report, the credit reporting agency is in violation of FCRA.

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On August 11, actress Jun Ji Hyun, the female lead of the mega-hit drama “My Love from the Star”, has been appointed as an honorary ambassador of Korea Tourism Organization (KTO).
Jun Ji Hyun is a famous Korean actress through many hit movies such as “My sassy girl”, “The thieves”, “The Berlin file”,… She is growing as a Hallyu star again as the latest 21-episode drama “My love from the Star” gained a huge popularity in China. It attracted more than 2.5 billion hits on IQIYI, a Chinese video site, according to KeyEast.
Thanks to the drama, Chinese people are inspired to eat chicken and drink beer together, and follow Jun Ji Hyun”s fashion style. They also show their wishes to visit Korea and tour some of the drama’s locations.
Jun Ji Hyun shared her thought, “I’ll do my best to advertise how beautiful Korea is and how kind people are through dramas and movies to promote Korea’s charm to the world”.
Top model Dae Na is set to star in the first Korean American drama series, "The Romance Artist" with New York theatre actress Esther Nam
Plot: Lorraine is a con artist, who conned the wrong group of people this time. On the run from the Italian mafia, she finds sanctuary in a nunnery. There, she meets Devin, and for the first time, gets a taste of true love and happiness. The quiet life not being for her though, she winds up having to steal from Devin (her easiest yet hardest target yet). Having to have one more look at him before she leaves the country, she goes to watch him from a distance one last time. But he catches her and demands his money back....
On July 23, due to various telephone inquiries, Chae Rim“s agency Sidus HQ released an official announcement that Chae Rim and Chinese actor Gao Zi Qi decided to get married on upcoming October 14th.
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Chae Rim and Gao Zi Qi appeared as a married couple in the 30-episode CCTV drama “Li Family” last year and admitted their romance in March 2014. Korean and Chinese fans’ are happy to congratulate them on becoming a beautiful international couple.
The world of East Asian cinema has been rocked by the news that Chinese actress Tang Wei is set to marry Korean director Kim Tae Yong later this year. The couple is expected to settle in Korea, after details emerged that they have purchased land in the city of Bundang, near Seoul.
The two met on the set of the movie “Late Autumn,” directed by Kim Tae Yong and starring Tang Wei. The actress won fame for her role in the 2009 film, “Lust, Caution.” Rumors had circulated ever since regarding the pair’s possible romantic involvement, although both parties had denied the claim. ...
Korean film director, Kim Taeyong and Chinese actress Tang Wei will be getting married this fall.
Director Kim Taeyong and Tang Wei met through the film, “Late Autumn” in 2010, in which throughout the filming of the movie, the two grew to become close friends and remained good friends even after it was released.
In November of 2012, several people became suspicious and asked if the two were currently dating, to which both parties denied, however in October of 2013, Tang Wei visited South Korea to film for an advertisement, in which it was revealed that during this visit, the two met again and their friendship blossomed in to a relationship. ...
Actress Claudia Kim is reportedly in the mix for the role of “new girlfriend” in “Iron Man 4.”
Claudia Kim is said to be preparing for a role in the next “Iron Man” movie, with actress Gwyneth Paltrow on the way out. Due to differences with main character, Tony Stark, Gwyneth Paltrow’s role had diminished greatly in the first Avengers movie and is not expected to appear at all in “Avengers: Age of Ultron.”
Claudia Kim will appear in the second Avengers movie playing the role of a doctor/scientist who is an assistant of Tony Stark. With this role to come for Claudia Kim, it seems it will be a natural shift for Tony Stark to begin dating Claudia Kim’s character. ...
The world”s largest film festival Cannes 2014 premiered yesterday. Four different Korean films were invited for showings, and actress Jeon Do Yeon was invited as the first Korean actress to serve as a jury member at Cannes this year. In this year”s Cannes international film festival, director Jung Joo Ri”s “Do Hee Ya” was selected for showing, in addition to the three other Korean films. Actress Jeon Do Yeon won the best actress award in Cannes 2007 for the movie “Secret Sunshine” directed by Lee Chang Dong. Her other film “The Housemaid” also competed in the Cannes in 2010. ...
On April 28, the Cannes Film Festival announced their panel of judges, which will include celebrated actress Jeon Do Yeon. In 2007, she won the Best Actress Award at Cannes for her captivating performance as a grieving mother in the movie “Secret Sunshine.”
Jeon Do Yeon is the first Korean actress to be a judge at the prestigious film festival. Formerly, “Secret Sunshine” director Lee Chang Dong (“Oasis,” “Peppermint Candy“) served as a Cannes judge in 2009. ...
Actress Jeon Do Yeon will be a judge for this year”s Cannes Festival.
Canne revealed the rest of the judges for the festival and featured Jeon Do Yeon, who also was the first Korean actress to win the “Best Actress” award.
This is the first time a Korean actor has been chosen for the judges panel.
The last time someone from Korea was on the panel was in 2009 with director Lee Chang Dong.
Many of the top movie people in movies usually are chosen for the judges and this year”s list is very diverse....
Added episode 6 for the Korean drama “Greatest Marriage”
Watch on DramaFever
“Greatest Marriage” (2014)
Directed by Oh Jong-rok
Written by Ko Yoon-hee
Network : TV Chosun
With Park Si-yeon, Bae Soo-bin, Noh Min-woo-I, Eom Hyeon-kyeong, Jeong Ae-yeon, Song Yeong-gyoo,…
16 episodes – Sat 23:00
A drama about the relationships between four different couples and a marriage centered around a woman who voluntarily becomes a single mother....

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$90.99 - $99.99
Searching for the ultimate do-it-all tire to satisfy your mountain bike needs? Meet the WTB Ranger. Exposed outer lugs devour corners and shed muck with ease while the tight, supportive centerline tread pattern delivers a fast yet supple tire that excels in all conditions. Completing the package, multi-directional siping assures the Ranger will grab hold whether tackling technical climbs or roosting into corners. Weight optimized to outperform in all conditions, wet or dry, hardpack or loam. Limitless traction, increased confidence and multiple usages make the Ranger ready for any challenge. Trail ready, bikepacking approved. The Ranger isn’t intimidated. Usage: Cross Country / Trail / All-Mountain / Bikepacking Conditions: Dry to Wet / Hardpack to Loam - 27.5 x 2.25 TCS Light/Fast Rolling: 689g, Dual DNA compound - 27.5 x 2.25 TCS Light/High Grip: 762g, Gravity DNA compound - 27.5 x 2.80 TCS Light/Fast Rolling: 803g, Dual DNA compound - 27.5 x 2.80 TCS Light/High Grip: 860g, Gravity DNA compound - 27.5 x 2.80 TCS Tough/Fast Rolling: 1044g, Dual DNA compound - 27.5 x 3.0 TCS Light/Fast Rolling: 835g, Dual DNA compound - 27.5 x 3.0 TCS Tough/Fast Rolling: 1080g, Dual DNA compound
- Aggressive side and transition knobs for cornering bite - Weight optimized 120tpi casing, max tire pressure 20psi - Tubeless ready bead/casing
The Mission Command is a fast rolling tubeless-ready Fat bike tire designed for racing and trail riding on any terrain. - Continuous Center tread pattern knobs roll fast and diamond shaped shoulder knobs grip hard on the sides for added traction and steering control for a smooth ride on the trail - Tubeless Ready increases puncture resistance, allows for a controlled ride on low air pressure, and reduces rolling resistance - MPC (Multipurpose Compound) is designed for durability on all terrains
- Studded tire for added traction when conditions get icy - Weight optimized 120tpi casing, Silica rubber, max tire pressure 20psi - Tubeless ready bead/casing
Our family of Dirt Wizards is highly-focused – one might even say spellbound – on providing traction and control on the kinds of surfaces where nary traction nor control are to be found. Its tread is comprised of a dual row of aggressive, trail-gobbling, beveled knobs in the center and well-spaced, siped knobs to dig into loose corners. Designed to work on 50mm rims, Dirt Wizards are tall and wide, providing next-level traction and cushioning. The casings have been designed to be flexible and responsive, yet durable and supportive. Minimum rim size for these naughty little wizards is a 35mm outer rim width. - Folding bead
The Knard is a tire that just makes sense. With its tightly-spaced, low-block tread pattern, it provides the perfect ratio of traction and low rolling resistance. It grips well on all sorts of different surfaces and will haul some sausage on hardpack terrain or groomed trails. If you want a tire that has a little less bite and a bit more speed but don’t want to sacrifice traction, look no further. With sizes ranging from a svelte 41mm all the way up to a hefty 4.8”, there’s a Knard to solve all your fast-rolling needs. - Folding bead - Casing: 60 TPI - Max pressure: 35psi
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Schwalbe's Jumbo Jim knows that bigger is better. This is especially true if you want to ride in deep snow or loose sand. In these conditions, only large volume combined with extremely low air pressure can help. Schwalbe‘s Jumbo Jim is an extremely light-bike Fat Tire. In the usual Fat-Bike 4-inch width, it weighs less than 1000 grams. And for those particularly tricky trails, it is available in extra-0wide 4.80 inches.
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An even more aggressive Minion?! The Maxxis Minion DHRII is the Yang to the DHF's Yin, the perfect complement, and now available for the most capable plus bikes on the market. Proven paddle knobs down the center not only provide decreased rolling resistance compared to the DHF but also offer increased braking when the trail gets loose. You may not notice it outside of the steepest terrain but those knobs allow you to brake harder in the rear to maintain your balance as you let the high volume casing absorb any trail irregularities. - Excellent braking and cornering traction - Ramped and siped tread to roll fast and track straight under braking - Folding bead - Tubeless Ready
Minion performance comes to fat bikes. The Maxxis Minion FBF represents a progression in fat-biking by offering a front-specific tire designed for trail riding. Featuring the proven Minion DHF tread blocks, the FBF combines extreme cornering capability, low rolling resistance, and fat-tire volume for unsurpassed grip on uneven and loose surfaces. - Inspired by the Minion DHF - Front-specific tread design - Dual compound - EXO Protection - Tubeless Ready
$189.99 - $192.99
Minion performance comes to fat bikes. The Minion FBR is a rear-specific fat bike tire designed for trail riding. It shares the look of the Minion DHR II, but is optimized for fat biking. The Minion FBR features well-known, proven side knobs for cornering traction and ramped, paddle-like knobs down the middle, minimizing rolling resistance and maximizing traction in all conditions. - Inspired by the Minion DHR II - Rear-specific tread design - EXO Protection - Tubeless Ready
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Riding your fat bike on ice just got even better with the redesigned Dillinger tread pattern and tubeless compatibility. Dial-in your traction by custom installing up to 240 studs that allow you to rail icy off-camber singletrack with confidence and control, while taller side lugs bring improved cornering in snowy conditions. Dillinger's center tread is tightly spaced for speed when you need it so you can power up an icy climb and rip down the other side as the studs claw into the slick surface.
Riding your fat bike on ice just got even better with the redesigned Dillinger tread pattern and tubeless compatibility. 252 carefully positioned studs allow you to rail icy off-camber singletrack with confidence and control, while taller side lugs bring improved cornering in snowy conditions. Dillinger’s center tread is tightly spaced for speed when you need it, so you can power up an icy climb and rip down the other side as the studs claw into the slick surface. - Braced side lugs for improved cornering - Tubeless-ready
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Riding your fatbike on ice just got even better with the redesigned Dillinger tread pattern and tubeless compatibility. 240 carefully positioned studs allow you to rail icy off-camber singletrack with confidence and control, while taller side lugs bring improved cornering in snowy conditions. Dillinger’s center tread is tightly spaced for speed when you need it so you can power up an icy climb and rip down the other side as the studs claw into the slick surface.
Riding your fatbike on ice just got even better with the redesigned Dillinger tread pattern and tubeless compatibility. Creating your own stud pattern allows you to rail icy off-camber singletrack with confidence and control, while taller side lugs bring improved cornering in snowy conditions. Dillinger’s center tread is tightly spaced for speed when you need it so you can power up an icy climb and rip down the other side as the studs claw into the slick surface. - Custom studdable up to 240 studs
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Let Dunderbeist loose on your local groomed single track and feel the aggressive tread claw through the snow with unrivaled propulsion and braking traction. Its 4.6-inch footprint provides enhanced flotation and is compatible with a wide range of frames. Dual compound rubber rolls fast and keeps you in control while shredding the berms. Point uphill and feel the Dunderbeist dig in as you attack climbs covered in loose, unconsolidated snow. Pair Dunderbeist with its sibling front tire, Flowbeist, for the ultimate combination of traction and control.
Flotation meets speed with the 4.8 Husker Du fatbike tire. Built around the perfect balance of low rolling resistance and traction, shorter center treads roll faster and slightly taller shoulder knobs give more bite when cornering. The large casing and reduced lug count combined with the tubeless-ready bead makes the 4.8 Husker Du the perfect tire for deep, fast pursuits.
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From loose snow to icy freeze-thaw and everything in between, Wrathchild craves the best and worst winter conditions. Deep center lugs aggressively claw into unconsolidated snow for extreme acceleration and braking traction. Super-tall side lugs dig into loose snow to provide predictable and confident cornering. It doesn't matter whether there's ice on the road ahead, the Wrathchild is available in both studded and non-studded models. Let Wrathchild bring out your inner-child and go carve up some local trails.
Tight enough tread spacing for high speed, drag-free onslaughts, yet blocky and tall enough to really dig in when it comes time to slam on the brakes. A rounded profile and staggered, supportive side knobs keep clamoring for traction even as the trail loses its camber. Most often used as a rear tire, the Trail Boss also keeps the front in check on hardpack trails. Want to go out and own it? Be the Trail Boss. Usage: XC / Trail / All Mountain Conditions: Dry to Damp / Hardpack to Loam - 27.5 x 2.25 TCS Tough/Fast Rolling: 1040g, Dual DNA compound - 27.5 x 2.25 TCS Light/Fast Rolling: 778g, Dual DNA compound - 27.5 x 2.25 Comp Tube-Type: 913g, DNA compound - 27.5 x 2.40 TCS Tough/Fast Rolling: 1050g, Dual DNA compound - 27.5 x 2.40 TCS Light/Fast Rolling: 844g, Dual DNA compound - 27.5 x 3.0 TCS Light/Fast Rolling: 1125g, Dual DNA compound
The Snowshoe 2XL is an all season Fat Bike tire designed for mountain riding on any terrain including sand, rocks, mud, and snow. - Tightly spaced center knobs for lower rolling resistance and uniformly spaced squared should knobs for added grip on the sides - Silica Compound aids in traction in wet and snowy conditions when temperatures drop - Tubeless Ready for added control on low air pressure and reduced rolling resistance
The cross-country rocket combines speed and cornering control at the highest possible level. An excellent all-rounder for racetracks. Ultralight with 127-EPI-Evo-carcass. Tread design: Balanced proportion between stable studs and sufficient gaps for excellent rolling characteristics and amazing self-cleaning properties. 27.5+ versions with additional stud rows. - Addix Speedgrip: The universal compound. It definitely has the widest range of use. Perfect for XC, AM, and Trail: for the majority of EVO tires there’s a version with ADDIX Speedgrip! It replaces the previous PaceStar compound where a significant, though not the only difference, during extensive use is more mileage and a longer life. - Addix Speed is the compound for XC race specialists. There’s only one thing that ADDIX Speed really loves and that’s speed. So the rolling resistance has been chopped yet again. It’s lower than the previous PaceStar, but at the same time, ADDIX Speed is more durable and more resilient. - SnakeSkin: The monofile SnakeSkin fabric on the sidewall makes the tubeless conversion for the MTB extremely easy and safe. It also provides the best cut protection on the side wall. - LiteSkin: The lightest option. LiteSkin MTB tires forego SnakeSkin but still have high-pressure resistant tire beads. If you don't mind the extra effort, these tires can also be converted to Tubeless by using a liquid sealant.
The Fat B Nimble is the next step in Fat Bike tire evolution. High-quality and reasonably priced, the Fat B Nimble combines an aggressive tread with larger, cut, center blocks for tremendous grip and changes up to the block cut edge lug for fantastic cornering traction. - Black fat tire MTB tread - Max fill 1.4 Bar or 20 PSI - Wire (Steel) bead - 60 TPI - ETRTO: 85-584
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Daphne Rubin-Vega is getting animated…
Prime Video has released the official trailer for adult animated musical comedy Hazbin Hotel, featuring the 54-year-old Panamanian-American actress, singer-songwriter, dancer and Broadway star as part of the voice cast.
“Your last desperate attempt at salvation starts here. Welcome to the Hazbin Hotel,” states the clip for the adult animated musical comedy, which features the new original song “Ready For This” from platinum-certified artist Sam Haft and Emmy-nominated Andrew Underberg.
Prime Video has set January 19 for the premiere of Vivienne Medrano’s Hazbin Hotel. Episodes will drop exclusively on the streamer in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
In addition to Rubin-Vega, the guest cast also includes Broadway vets Darren Criss, Jeremy Jordan, Patina Miller and Jessica Vosk.
The main cast includes Erika Henningsen, Stephanie Beatriz, Alex Brightman, Keith David, Kimiko Glenn, Blake Roman, Amir Talai, Christian Borle and Joel Perez.
Created by Medrano, Hazbin Hotel follows Charlie, the princess of Hell, as she pursues her seemingly impossible goal of rehabilitating demons to peacefully reduce overpopulation in her kingdom. After a yearly extermination imposed by angels, she opens a hotel in the hopes that patrons will be “checking out” into Heaven. While most of Hell mocks her goal, her devoted partner Vaggie, and their first test subject, adult-film star Angel Dust, stick by her side. When a powerful entity known as the “Radio Demon” reaches out to assist Charlie in her endeavors, her crazy dream is given a chance to become a reality.
Medrano serves as executive producer and directed all episodes.


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Small Religon Rant
Why is religion such a big deal? People should believe whatever they want. I'm personally Cristian, but i don't force my beliefs on anyone. You could believe in the Giant Spaghetti Monster, and I'd be cool. I don't understand why everyone gets so butthurt and offended because someone says that they don't believe in God, or that God doesn't exist. Let people live their own lives, as religious, gay, atheist, religonless, or trans. As long as they're happy, then it shouldn't be anyone else's business what they do, think, or say.

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One of the many challenges faced by hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic has been a shortage of ventilators. Health care facilities in low- and middle-income countries have struggled especially hard to procure the life-saving machines, which can cost tens of thousands of dollars each.
Last year, an interdisciplinary team led by UBC Nursing professor and Canada Research Chair in Senior Care Dr. Lillian Hung set out to help make ventilators more accessible. What they created is an effective, affordable ventilation device that costs only $100 to produce and weighs in at just six kilograms — ideal for use in remote care settings and patient transports like ambulances.
The patent-pending technology can be made using a 3D printer, cutting production costs dramatically. It may also last longer than traditional ventilators do, thanks to an innovative origami pattern-inspired airbag design that minimizes wear-and-tear from repeated compressions.
To read the full story, please visit the UBC Applied Science announcement.
To connect with the Applied Science Research Team, contact us today.


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As a game, though, it's pretty thin, despite the addition of a few new gameplay features and the usual abundance of out-to-lunch style. Watching the green Jell-O aliens and guys in lion costumes jam with the band is fun, but as always, you're more or less just tapping buttons, and in this particular case the button-tapping has very little leavening to make it interesting.
The test of a good music game, I suppose, would be whether you'd rather buy the game than a soundtrack album. In the case of Gitaroo-Man or Dance Dance Revolution, I know I'd rather have the game. In the case of Mad Maestro, the question is a little less clear, especially at full price. It's possible to complete the game the first time through in two hours or so. Getting better grades is another matter, of course, and leads to more unlockable fun stuff, but you need the cake before the icing comes into play, and there's better cake out there. Hm. Cake. Where's a bakery when you need it?
|Who's your favorite composer?|
Ahem. Mad Maestro, being a rhythm game, requires you to accurately press buttons in order to direct a virtua orchestra correctly, keeping to the tempo and playing their notes at the appropriate volume. Its principal tool for this purpose is the Dual Shock 2's analog buttons, which can register varying levels of pressure -- that corresponds to piano, forte, and whatever is in the middle. I quit taking piano lessons more than 10 years ago, so the lingo is a little rusty at present.
Mad Maestro's indicator bounces around three, four, or five dots, which represent the beats in the piece of music being played. Usually there are four of them, 4/4 time being the most common musical structure, but some pieces vary the number of beats to a measure and thus demand greater attention. In any event, those signal when you have to press a baton button, and their color dictates the amount of pressure required. The distance between dots varies throughout the song according to the tempo of a particular passage. The dots are close together during quick sections, distant during slower ones, and the circle expands and contracts from measure to measure. This is the main wrinkle thrown into the mix, since harder songs go from fast to slow and back very suddenly. Some beats require that a direction be held while the baton button is pressed, but that's not very hard to deal with.
What is a little hard to deal with is the interference from the background graphics. Some stages with slower songs -- "Swan Lake" is a good example -- don't distract from the game interface, since the scenery is relatively peaceful. When the realtime backgrounds get too busy, though, it can sometimes be hard to follow the indicator as it bounces around, especially when the tempo is bouncing up and down very quickly. Crazy background hijinks are a staple of the rhythm action genre, and Mad Maestro features some great ones (the alien landing is a treat), but there's still a balance to be struck between visual entertainment and potential frustration.
There is also the question of longevity. Mad Maestro has 10 bonus games to unlock, and 35 songs total, but not as many levels -- certain levels cover as many as four songs in total. They stretch awfully long at times, and the repetitive inputs tend to drag after a little while, while some of the digital arrangements of these songs don't do very much to hold your interest. Essentially, the game doesn't do enough to add to the music.
The visuals make a go of it, and those succeed to a greater degree, with ridiculous designs doing a fair bit to make up for the occasionally crude execution. Dancing aliens and circus lions performing motorcycle stunts as the orchestra plays make for one of the more unusual theatrical experiences on PlayStation 2. Even the character designs that aren't meant to fly over the top have a pleasant degree of personality. Takt, the conductor, conveys a neat air of artistic temperamentality. The interface design is pretty sharp as well -- the gameplay overlays are effective most of the time (the font used to describe your progress is a kick), and the menu between levels features a 3D representation of a conductor's study that grows more and more crowded as the number of orchestra supporters swells.
This is still not what you'd call a showcase of the PS2's capabilities, however. The framerate is solid, but that's on account of the blocky models (or flat in the case of most audiences) and extremely basic textures. The cartoonish style that the designers were presumably going for comes off effectively, but the same could be said for Herdy Gerdy or Jet Set Radio, and those look a good deal better. By the same token, the animation is amusing, but very, very simple. It feels a little silly picking graphical nits in a music game, but this could definitely have looked better while staying true to the intended visual style.
Some of you may find the idea of synthesizing classical music to be an iniquitous aesthetic choice. In this case, it probably wasn't so much of a choice, more like a requirement for the dynamic mixing to work right and provide the necessary failure cues to the player, but the point may stand in some quarters. For my part, the only problem is that it often doesn't have the weight and volume of a real orchestra. If you've heard one live, you know -- they're very, very loud when they want to be (not quite live-punk-next-to-the-amps loud, but plenty loud). In contrast, hammering as hard as possible on the forte sections can still produce a thin sound from Mad Maestro, even during heavy Wagner pieces.
Beyond that, there's a good selection of music, both in terms of its breadth and quality. It's mostly classical and romantic, but there are a few steps outside that mold, and for digital renditions these don't sound so bad sometimes. As mentioned before, the game also does a good job of reflecting the player's inputs, altering tempo and volume accordingly. There are cute effects for when you screw up, naturally, matched by disastrous animations on screen (the lion crashes his motorcycle, say). Voice acting is confined to the cutscenes between each level, and as such you can probably live through it. Much of it is not so good, but not to an offensive degree -- the game is so silly that there's very little to spoil.
Both of the debut Fresh Games titles are aimed squarely at a very small niche, but of the two, Mad Maestro probably misses by a greater distance. 50 dollars can buy you an amazing amount of classical music if you shop around, so do you really need a rhythm game to go with it? For that price, considering what it offers in terms of window-dressing around the game, Mad Maestro doesn't feel like that great a deal.
If it ever gets marked down, though, this is goofy enough to be worth a look, and it's not a bad rental at all -- you could probably finish the main story mode before it came time to return the game. And it might inspire you to spend that extra money on a little great music, which is something most of you could probably stand some exposure to.


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There are two types of bakers in this world: those who dread scrubbing candy-coated pots and pans, and those who've attained a state of enlightenment that transcends worrying about that kind of physical struggle.
It's a struggle that can be all too real for the uninitiated, as any sort of candy or sauce cooked above 212°F will cool into an impossibly sticky mess, one that intensifies as the thermometer climbs. Simple sauces like caramel and butterscotch can be as ooey-gooey as a fly-trap, gunking up kitchen scrubbers in an instant, and candies that reach the hard-crack stage will leave behind a residue as glossy and hard as glass.
Trying to scrub away that mess with brute force is an exercise in futility.
Boil Water in the Pot
Mercifully, candy cleaning enlightenment is this simple: Don't scrub.
After making a batch of caramel sauce, caramel apples, fudge, toffee, peanut brittle, butterscotch, or any other stovetop candy, simply fill the dirty dish with water and bring it to a boil.
By the time the water starts to bubble, it will have removed most of the hardened candy from around the sides of the pot. If there's anything else left around the edges, it will be half melted, soft and pliable enough to scrape off with the back of a spoon or spatula.
Pour off the hot water and you're done.
Sure, you'll still want to hit things with a bit of soapy water to remove any trace of sugar or fat, but there won't be anything left to scrub.
Dissolve Candy Into a Stovetop Custard
For those ready to advance to some truly advanced technique, buckle up—that hardened coating of caramel (or whatever!) can be just as easily removed with cream.
Or milk! Or coffee! Or whatever liquids you may intend to use in another recipe. This trick works especially well in stovetop custards like ice cream, panna cotta, or pudding. It isn't just that these types of desserts require a cooking vessel in the first place; they also tend to be more forgiving about the subtle addition of sugar from dissolved candies like caramel, fudge, or simple syrup.
It's a trick I relied on to speed up my work-flow back in my restaurant days, where I could make efficient use of a so-called "dirty" dish while layering hard-won flavors into a second dessert (say, "caramel-washed panna cotta" or "peanut brittle-scented ice cream").
If you don't need another dessert, don't force it! Water will absolutely do the trick. But if you have any inclination to jump on another stovetop project, go ahead and "deglaze" that candy-coated pan!
Simply weigh the liquid ingredients from a recipe into the pot, then bring them to a gentle simmer. Use a flexible spatula to slosh the hot liquid onto the sides of the pan, and scrape the sides of the pot with the spatula to peel up the candy layer.
When the pot is clean, pour the flavored liquid into a heat-safe cup, then top it off as needed to account for evaporation. From there, handle the liquid as indicated in the recipe; this includes cooling it back down to fridge-temp for recipes that may need such liquids cold.
This method generally takes a touch longer, as there will likely be less liquid than needed to fill the pot to the brim, and (for obvious reasons) the pot won't be quite as clean. But what's left on there isn't anything a soapy sponge can't handle.
The real payoff is that sense of satisfaction and thrift, along with an extra layer of flavor in some dessert, benefits that make this second technique my go-to whenever the occasion presents itself. Which, given my line of work, is quite often.
These same tricks can be applied to sticky bowls of nougat or marshmallow as well. So long as the bowls are heat safe, they can be placed in a sink and then filled to the brim with boiling hot water from a kettle. Within twenty minutes, the sugary residue will dissolve to near nothingness.
So the next time you whip up a batch of sauce or candy, don't sweat the clean-up! With a bit of boiling water (or a batch of custard), the problem those dirty dishes present will simply melt away.


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Truly, the River of Kings – as King Rama I named it – is the lifeblood of Bangkok. And that’s not just because of this rich history. Around 50,000 people still use the ferries here to get around each day. Slow barges bearing cargo coast upstream. Kids still frolic in the russet-brown water. Wooden shacks, mottled by the elements, still lurch over the riverbanks. Soaring hotels and condominiums hem in solemn temples, churches and civic buildings that look 19th-century European. Experience the beautiful night sceneries with a romantic atmosphere on our dinner cruises in the heart of Bangkok
Half Day 5 Hours
Pick up time depends on hotel area
Check in at River Star Princess Counter at Yodpiman Riverwalk Pier1. (Pakklong Talard)
Depart from Yodpiman Pier 1. Welcome drink to be served while cruising along Chaophraya River pass Wat Arun, The Royal Grand Palace & Wat Pra Kaew, Rama Vill Bridge, Asia Tique The River Front and return.
Time for your dinner under the candle light with “Live music” in a romantic atmosphere a taste of our international Buffet elegantly arrange from appetizer to main course and ending deserts to your dining satisfaction. Enjoy the Thai Classical Dancing Performance and disco on the cruise.
Arrive at Yodpiman Pier 1. (Pakklong Talard)

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A HIKO nose lift is a non-surgical threadlift that provides an alternative to surgical procedures such as a rhinoplasty. Offering exceptional results, no downtime and no discomfort, HIKO Nose lifts are growing in popularity.
How Does a HIKO Nose Lift Work?
Polydioxanone (PDO) threads are used under the skin to skilfully sculpt, contour and shape the bridge and tip of the nose. The threads act as a scaffolding for the collagen that they stimulate the production of. PDO is safely dissolved and absorbed by the body over time. The PDO threads typically dissolve over 6-12 months. However, people usually see longer sustained results because when the threads dissolve, the collagen remains. This means the effects from a nose threadlift usually last 1-2 years. The new collagen supports and maintains the new desired shape. A nose threadlift is largely used for straightening and defining the nose, increasing the height of your nose at the bridge and lifting the tip.
How is a HIKO Nose Lift Carried out?
The skin is first cleaned and an antiseptic solution is used to ensure the site is as clean as possible. Topical anaesthetic cream is first applied to the nose, followed by tiny local anaesthetic injections to make it numb and ready for the insertion of the threads. The nose threadlift involves bringing the thread through the soft tissue along the bridge of the nose, or for tip adjustment, it is inserted at the tip and thread down the nasal columella. The procedure takes roughly 20 minutes. There is minimal bruising and swelling. Makeup can be used the next day.
What are the benefits of a HIKO nose lift?
There are numerous benefits to a HIKO Nose lift Singapore, the main one being that it is non-surgical, eliminating the need for a general anaesthetic and an overnight stay in the hospital. Some other benefits to consider are:
- Safety: PDO threads are a researched and well-known form of thread that the body can safely absorb.
- Speed: A nose threadlift can be carried out over a lunch break. Taking approximately 20 minutes with no recovery time needed, it is incredibly convenient. Importantly the results are immediate.
- Secure: Nose threads are very stable and secure with no risk of migration or displacement even if pressure is applied to the nose.
- Long lasting: Although the thread itself usually last 6-12 months, the collagen that is stimulated last longer. Therefore, one treatment has the potential to last 1-2 years. Although this is not as permanent as traditional rhinoplasty, it is more lasting than dermal nose fillers.
What Types of Enhancements are Achieved with a HIKO Nose Lift?
A combination of desired results can be achieved in one nose threadlift session. Listed below are just a few:
- Higher nose bridge
- Straighter or more defined nose bridge
- Sharper and slimmer nose bridge
- Higher nose bridge
- Sharper or slimmer nose tip
Why use Lux Aesthetic Clinic to have a HIKO nose lift Singapore?
We have three stand out points that make us successful in aesthetics and non-surgical procedures in Singapore.
- Efficacy and Results: Providing the most up to date treatments and equipment, we pride ourselves in our state of the art technology. Our highly trained and experienced staff provide result driven treatments that are effective, safe and long lasting.
- Quality and safety: Meeting and exceeding the benchmarks set by the governing bodies for aesthetics we use equipment/products approved by the FDA and/or HSA. Importantly, everything we do is rigorously tested to ensure not only effectiveness and safety but also quality and high standards
- Personalised treatment: We are all different. Knowing and understanding these differences is why we stand out. We do not use a one size fits all approach, because people aren’t one size fits all. We individualise and tailor treatments to your needs and budget so you get the results you want to achieve. This saves you money as you only pay for what you need as an individual.
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TreeHouse Foods, Inc., Oak Brook, Ill., announced plans to close its St. Louis, Mo., office on June 28, as part of the company's previously announced TreeHouse 2020 multi-year restructuring program to reduce cost structure and administrative footprint and to align with the current and future needs of the business.
"We appreciate the contributions that the employees at the St. Louis location have made over time. Our decision to close St. Louis was not taken lightly, and we are committed to providing employee assistance through this challenging transition," says Steve Oakland, president and CEO. "As we streamline our organization into four divisions (from five) and build our commercial excellence capabilities, it is both prudent and strategic that we also consolidate our administrative locations."
The St. Louis office closure will affect approximately 170 employees, and the related work content will be consolidated into the company's existing facilities in Oak Brook.

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“Hank Williams & Patsy Cline Tribute Show” at the Garde Arts Theatre in New London, CT
(15 minutes from Mohegan Sun & Foxwoods)
The Travel Group is proud to bring you this Exclusive Matinee Show live from Branson to see the two biggest legends of country music on the same stage at the same time . . . Hank Williams and Patsy Cline!vHank Williams Award winner Jason Petty re-creates the role he has become famous for, while Grammy nominated singing sensation, Carolyn Martin, gives a jaw-dropping performance as Patsy Cline. In a show like no other, Petty and Martin pay tribute to the 2 most influential singers in country music history. Over 20 of their chart-topping hits are performed with a live band. These are the legends that audiences all over the world want to see. Hank Williams and Patsy Cline . . . as performed by two of the best performers in the country. Give your audiences the thrill of a lifetime!
The Show will begin at 3:30pm at the Garde Art Theatre in New London, CT.
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
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An ode to the father of the electric age.
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At just 22 years old, Italian artist Diego Fazo has developed the skill to create using a simple charcoal pencil. His latest creation, pictured below, has drawn hundreds of positive comments on his Deviant Art profile.
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01 October 2013
Manchester Veg People (MVP) is part of a new wave of UK food co-op businesses in Britain using crowdfunding to raise the capital it needs as this article in The Guardian outlines. The multi-stakeholder structure of co-operatives has been essential to this food revolution, helping to overcome the usual conflict between producers and consumers.
One of the founders of MVP and the Kindling Trust, Chris Walsh, will be in Australia in November to talk about the UK food co-op revolution. BCCM will be co-hosting some events. If you are interested in coming to hear Chris at one of the planned talks please email BCCM to be on the alert list. Chris Walsh is in Australia as a guest of The Open Food Foundation.


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Garden Igloo offers the perfect solution for people who love the outdoors but sometimes need a little respite from the elements! This 2.2 meter high geodesic dome is made from rust and rot-free recyclable materials and can be used in a myriad of ways-as a greenhouse, playground or even a Jacuzzi cover.
Among all the great green designs discovered at the 2009 Milan Furniture Fair, this beautiful biodegradable moss planter at the Tokyo Fiber Sensware exhibition definitely stood out. Japan-based flower artist Makoto Azuma collaborated with Unitika Ltd. to create an indoor glade, populating the planter with an assortment of mosses. The result is an exquisite organic carpet
The Evolution Door designed by Austrian artist Klemens Torggler looks like a modern barn door but Torggler thought way outside the box when creating this fixture. With a single touch the Evolution Door splits apart into panels, glides across the wall and reassembles itself over the open doorway like a piece of origami.
UK-based company Pro-Teq has developed a glow-in-the-dark product called “STARPATH“ that can be applied to virtually any pavement surface to provide energy-free lighting once night falls. The material absorbs light during the day to create a luminous glow at night, and it is also non-slip Read more: Dazzling STARPATH Pavement Lights Up at Night to Provide Energy-Free Illumination | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building


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As Congress weighs out the president’s border funding request, Sen. Jeff Sessions reminded his colleagues of the cautionary tale that is Eric Cantor:
“The results of recent primary elections show the American people are being roused to action, and once activated, their power will be felt — they will not be mocked,” Session said on the Senate floor on Monday. “They have begged, and pleaded for our nation’s immigration laws to be enforced for 30 or 40 years, and the politicians have refused.”
Sessions is, of course, referring to the stunning loss by Cantor to Tea-Party backed economics professor Dave Brat, who toppled him in a surprise victory.
Most observers believe that Cantor’s refusal to reject any immigration reform that included some form of amnesty contributed greatly to his loss.
In light of the likelihood that President Obama, through executive order, will grant legal status to 5 million illegal immigrants, Sessions implored his colleagues “to not support any supplemental funding requests without including provisions that would limit his ability to take such actions.”
“No member in either party — Republican or Democrat — should support any border legislation that moves through this Senate that does not expressly prohibit these planned executive actions by the president,” he said. “All this is grim talk, but the situation is stark: Congressional action this week to bar unilateral, imperial action by the president is surely the best course to head off what could be a constitutional crisis.”


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Farah Khan is shooting for a song in Punjab & Chandigarh/ ANI
Actor Niddhi Agerwal will be seen sharing screen space with actor Sonu Sood in an upcoming song that has been choreographed by Farah Khan.
Taking to Twitter, Sonu posted a picture of him posing with Farah and Niddhi from the sets of the song.
"Creating some magic together @TheFarahKhan @AgerwalNidhhi," he captioned the post.
The team has shot the song in Punjab.
Farah, too, took to Instagram and expressed her happiness on collaborating with Sonu after a long time.
"All things Punjabi...Chandigarh, tractors and Sonu Sood. Shooting with you is always fun," she posted.
Bollywood star Salman Khan was recently seen gracing the trailer launch event of Punjabi star Gippy Grewal's upcoming f...
A day after India tour of Punjabi-Canadian singer Shubhneet Singh’s was cancelled, the singer, popularly known as Shubh,...


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After more than a decade in a leadership role at 23andMe—a company that endured controversy while making a name for itself in direct-to-consumer genomics—Emily Drabant Conley, PhD, acquired the skills (and thick skin) to become CEO of Federation Bio. Like 23andMe in its early days, FederationBio is in a new and highly competitive space. Specifically, Federation Bio is establishing itself in microbiome therapeutics.
Conley tells GEN that although genomics and microbiomics are distinct disciplines, she sees “a lot of parallels.” One parallel is their potential to fundamentally change drug development. Another parallel is that both fields are acquainted with skepticism.
When Conley joined 23andMe, there was still doubt, she recalls, about the role of genetics in drug development. She adds, however, that when she left the company one year ago, genetics had already become “a cornerstone for target discovery and target validation.” Today, she predicts that a similar trajectory, from discovery to clinical benefit, will be achieved by microbiome therapeutics.
Given the doubts that have surrounded the microbiome field from the beginning, particularly with respect to therapeutic development, many people would hesitate to jump in with both feet. Not Conley. She says that she is used to working in a field characterized by skepticism, disruption, and controversy. In fact, she is not only OK with it. She enjoys it.
Different roads lead to the same cure
A drug developer at heart, Duncan Peyton, CEO of 4D pharma, says that his company’s class of medicines, live biotherapeutics, are still drugs. The beauty of making a drug from bacteria, he explains, is that they have evolved to benefit their hosts. The goal at 4D pharma, he adds, is to find those bacteria that have a beneficial impact on disease pathways.
The approaches that microbiome companies take to build their drugs reflect the diversity of the microbiome itself. Some companies engineer a naturally occurring bacterial strain to express genes of their choice. Others focus on metabolites, casting the bacterial cells aside. Consortia, or groups of bacteria, are the choice of other developers. Federation Bio takes the group approach to the extreme, designing drugs with up to 100 bacteria. By contrast, 4D pharma, a relative veteran in the microbiome space, makes drugs that include only one bacterial strain.
Which approach—one bacterial strain versus a consortium—is more likely to work? Sarkis Mazmanian, PhD, professor and microbiome researcher at the California Institute of Technology, says that the lack of data for either approach, or more broadly, for microbiome-based treatments, makes any evaluation of these competing technologies speculative.
Mouse studies, Mazmanian notes, shed little light on the differences between the two approaches, as most research has been done with single strains, coupled with the inherent limited translatability of mice. Another question that remains unresolved, and is likely context dependent, is whether or not strains need to engraft to provide beneficial effects.
Mazmanian doesn’t see enough distinguishing features, at least for now, to favor one approach over the other.
The more, the merrier
Federation Bio takes a “go big or go home” approach to microbiome drug development by building extraordinarily large and diverse communities of bacteria. Why does Federation Bio plan to pack many bacterial strains into its drugs, while other companies use a small group of bacteria or even just one?
It’s a “philosophical difference,” Conley declares. Bacteria live in a dense ecosystem with other bacteria. Based on that, Federation Bio believes that using bacteria to establish the ecosystem, in addition to the drug of action, will allow the bacteria to durably engraft and perform their functions more efficiently. This, Conley says, would be more challenging with a single strain. In her view, it is possible to find a single, magic strain, but putting such a strain into an imbalanced microbiome—an environment that is in a state of dysbiosis—would be “like putting a fish into a tree and expecting it to thrive.”
Federation Bio’s lead program is a drug to treat secondary hyperoxaluria, a serious renal disease where patients absorb an excess of dietary oxalate. When filtered into the bloodstream, the oxalate can create recurrent kidney stones, which can lead to chronic kidney disease or end-stage renal disease. A small subset of the bacteria in the drug, FBI-001, degrade oxalate. The majority of bacteria in the drug—Conley estimates around 90%—act as supportive strains that help reduce inflammation and improve tight barrier function to aid the process.
One challenge to Federation Bio’s approach, says Conley, is manufacturing a drug that contains so many bacterial strains—something that has never been done before. Mazmanian agrees that manufacturing and delivering dozens of bacteria is “a very different prospect” from that presented by single-strain approaches.
Another differentiator for Federation Bio is its focus on engraftment. Although some microbiome companies do not place the same importance on long-term colonization of the bacteria, and do not mind asking people to add a daily pill to their regimen, Federation Bio wants to move away from chronic administration. The company favors a single course of treatment with the potential for boosters (in the event of a course of antibiotics, for example). Although the data on long-term engraftment of microbiome drugs is sparse, Conley points to fecal microbial transplantation (FMT) studies that show 60% of bacteria are still present five years after treatment.
Conley sees the focus on engraftment as part of the opportunity to be found in the microbiome. It’s a living organ, she explains—a “self-replicating therapeutic.” Drawing a parallel to gene therapy, Conley says that it is ideal to give people strains of bacteria that will replicate inside their body without further intervention. Conley adds that it is this aspect of microbiome drug development that she finds really exciting—to alter the microbiome in lasting ways that benefit patients over time.
One and done
Peyton had worked together with Alex Stevenson, PhD, CSO of 4D pharma, for years before they started thinking about starting a microbiome company. Before joining 4D pharma, they developed Fintepla, a drug for the treatment of seizures for people who have Dravet syndrome and who are older than two years of age. (Fintepla received FDA approval a year ago and is now sold by Zogenix.)
Fintepla consists of fenfluramine, which is, Peyton remarks, “quite a dirty drug.” Due to deaths associated with its use, it was black labeled and ultimately taken off the market. But Peyton and Stevenson found that in small doses, Fintepla is effective for people with Dravet syndrome. Peyton told GEN that while Fintepla was going through clinical trials, he always had the toxicity of the drug in mind. Because of this, Peyton has always emphasized safety. He says that he’s not worried about the microbiome drugs. He relates that among the 500 patients dosed by 4D pharma, not a single serious adverse event has been observed.
In 2011, a year before the FDA defined a “live biotherapeutic,” Peyton came across the work being done in the microbiome by Imke Mulder, PhD, research director at 4D pharma. At the time, Mulder was working on bacteria to add to animal feed that would interact with the immune system of pigs to make them less prone to diseases of the gut. Upon learning about Mulder’s work, Peyton and Stevenson said, “hold on a second—we think there is a drug in there.”
They started investing in the research, which led to the formation of 4D pharma in 2014. Since then, they have been working on turning bacteria into drugs.
Peyton and Stevenson come from the business side of drug development, having previously run a healthcare investment management company. Peyton says that they had a lot of success (and a lighter workload). But they saw the opportunity that the microbiome held and wanted to build something.
Based in Aberdeen, Scotland, the company is making progress with 1,163 patents, 85 employees, and its own manufacturing facility. The company is currently enrolling and/or dosing patients in trials for cancer, irritable bowel syndrome, and asthma. A Parkinson’s trial will be starting in 2022.
The 4D approach, not surprisingly, is a traditional drug discovery approach with a focus on functionality. The drugs consist of single bacterial strains sourced from the human gut. Unlike other microbiome companies that genetically modify their drugs, 4D pharma “doesn’t mess around with them.” The drug is a single strain of bacteria in a capsule, twice a day. That’s it.
Peyton says that this is what some people are missing about the microbiome. Everyone thinks about it at the species level, he says, when actually “they need to be thinking about the functionality level.” This approach makes sense to Peyton, despite other companies focusing on consortia-based drugs. He asks, “How many drugs do you take that have more than one active ingredient in it?”
Whether they rely on one bacterial strain or assemble many strains, whether they set up long-term engraftment or arrange for daily doses, or whether they treat cancer or Parkinson’s, microbiome companies are busy trying to figure out which keys will open up the next treasure trove of therapeutics.

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Like nearly every driver who tests an NTT INDYCAR SERIES car for the first time, Tatiana Calderón noticed the difference in steering right away.
Yes, she felt the extra weight in the wheel due to the lack of power steering. But there was something else that made an even bigger impression on Colombian driver Calderón during her first test, with AJ Foyt Racing on July 6 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
“I’ve been running power steering for the last two years,” Calderón said. “But also like the steering wheel, you have a few buttons, but nothing like compared to Formula E or Formula One. That was really nice – the throttle, the brakes, the steering, go flat out and push every lap. It was really enjoyable to go out there and just push.”
Calderón, 28, tested with the Foyt team through mutual sponsorship from ROKiT, which backs the No. 14 Chevrolet driven by Sebastien Bourdais. Calderón also has been sponsored by ROKiT as she has driven a wide range of high-powered single-seaters all over the world, including FIA Formula 2, Super Formula in Japan and in Formula One, in her capacity as Alfa Romeo Racing test and development driver. She also races in the World Endurance Championship sports car series.
Testing an INDYCAR SERIES car in America completed a bit of a career circle for Calderón, who began her single-seater auto racing career in 2010 and 2011 in Indy Pro 2000, the middle rung of the Road to Indy ladder series.
Still, Calderón never had turned a lap on the undulating, 13-turn, 2.258-mile Mid-Ohio circuit. So, she relied heavily on coaching from INDYCAR SERIES veteran JR Hildebrand, who spent the day with her at the track, studying her line from various spots on the track and poring over data with her in the pits.
“It was quite important,” Calderón said of Hildebrand’s tutelage. “I come from driving totally different cars with totally different tires. This track, he’s been here for so many years. He has been in the championship recently.
“So, it helped a lot to have someone to share with what I’m feeling and how to relate. It was really nice to work with him.
That cerebral approach – always a hallmark of Hildebrand – helped Calderón learn the track and some of the unique characteristics of the car quickly. She ended up turning 87 laps, usually in stints of around 10 laps before she would return to the pits to interpret data and review setup changes with the team.
Calderón said the team trusted her feedback on changes it lacked time to make to the car during The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by the HPD Ridgeline race weekend July 2-4.
“It went pretty well,” Calderón said. “I’m actually quite happy with the way the approach was from the team and myself, taking it step by step. At the end of the day, my last lap was my best lap. That shows the progression.
“Of course, there was no one there to compare, but we had some good comparisons from the weekend before, and the lap times were quite competitive. So, I’m really happy.”
Like anyone who tests an INDYCAR SERIES car for the first time, Calderón knew all about the brutish, physical nature of the machines. No power steering. Aggressive engine mapping featuring between 550 and 700 horsepower.
But the braking capabilities of the car, mated with their Firestone tires, surprised Calderón. She said her biggest adjustment and most work with Hildebrand and Foyt team engineers came when learning where to brake for corners.
“The brakes of these cars, they seem like comparable with Formula One cars,” she said. “It has more braking power than the Super Formula that I’ve been running.
“Really brake much, much deeper into the corners. That was the biggest thing we did during the day, was finding the limit under braking. The braking is really, really good. Even F2, I think, this car is better everywhere than F2. I think it’s unique.”
Calderón also knew many eyes would be on her at this test since she’s one of the female drivers competing in global open-wheel racing. There was risk, especially if she didn’t mesh with the car.
But the reward was well worth the risk.
“Before the test, you think: ‘Will I do well? Will this suit me?’" Calderón said. “I think I did really well, and I hope it’s a chance. You have to take those chances. I took this chance, and I hope in the future it gives me a chance to join (the NTT INDYCAR SERIES).
“Even before the test, who wouldn’t want to do INDYCAR? It’s something I’ve always followed because I started my career here in the U.S. in single-seaters. It’s always been a dream to drive one of these cars.”


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