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Typical cybersecurity solutions emphasize on achieving defense functionalities. However, execution efficiency and scalability are equally important, especially for real-world deployment. Straightforward mappings of cybersecurity applications onto HPC platforms may significantly underutilize the HPC devices’ capacities. On the other hand, the sophisticated implementations are quite difficult: they require both in-depth understandings of cybersecurity domain-specific characteristics and HPC architecture and system model. In our work, we investigate three sub-areas in cybersecurity, including mobile software security, network security, and system security. They have the following performance issues, respectively: 1) The flow- and context-sensitive static analysis for the large and complex Android APKs are incredibly time-consuming. Existing CPU-only frameworks/tools have to set a timeout threshold to cease the program analysis to trade the precision for performance. 2) Network intrusion detection systems (NIDS) use automata processing as its searching core and requires line-speed processing. However, achieving high-speed automata processing is exceptionally difficult in both algorithm and implementation aspects. 3) It is unclear how the cache configurations impact time-driven cache side-channel attacks’ performance. This question remains open because it is difficult to conduct comparative measurement to study the impacts. In this dissertation, we demonstrate how application-specific characteristics can be leveraged to optimize implementations on various types of HPC for faster and more scalable cybersecurity executions. For example, we present a new GPU-assisted framework and more »
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The next update will feature a new Rifleman weapon HArms CQR. Based on the AR-15 assault rifle and designed in Germany, the highly ergonomic lightweight gun has a Magpul drum mag and increased resistance to automatic fire. The HArms CQR will definitely be a top pick for any collection — it sports a futuristic design that makes it stand out.
The CQR system was developed in Lower Franconia by the German manufacturer Hera Arms is an attachment to the American semiautomatic rifle AR-15. Adopted in the U.S. Army under the widely known name of M16, the automatic version of the AR-15 was deployed as a civil and standard weapon of the US law enforcement units. A lot of modifications and copies based on this rifle have been developed all around the world.
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American rapper and Roc Nation CEO, Jay Z has reportedly bid $40M to acquire the right to buy the unreleased music of late rock icon Prince.
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The next step is to incorporate these colors into your lines. In the jazz world, it’s pretty common knowledge that to add altered tones to a line, you can play phrases drawn from the melodic minor scale whose root is a half-step above the I chord. This means going from an altered A7 to D9—the I-IV change in the key of A—you’d use tones from a B melodic minor scale [B, C, Db, Eb, F, G, A], as shown in Ex. 2. This scale contains the three notes we heard in Ex. 1’s altered voicings—C, B, and F, the #9, 9 and #5—as well as E, the key of A’s 5. The latter is the fourth altered tone available for soloing over dominant chords. And check this out: Bb melodic minor also contains A7’s 1, 3, and 7—crucial chord tones. These notes are A, C# [enharmonically, D], and G.
The trick is to build a ramp from the I to IV using notes from the melodic minor scale, which, as we’ve seen, yields four altered tones and three chord tones when played over the I chord. At first, you’ll probably try playing the melodic minor scale from its root. But, as I found out when I was first exposed to the melodic minor concept, this ordered approach doesn’t sound very musical. To get around the problem, I laid down a little background track with blues changes, and then worked on playing the altered notes until I didn’t have to run them as a scale. I spent time exploring each altered sound, getting to know my choices. Eventually I was able to create melodies using these colors.
Your melodic minor ramp into the IV can be as short as two beats, as in Ex. 3, or fill the measure preceding the IV change, like Ex. 4. In our next installment, we’ll build a ramp from the altered V to the I. See you then!
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I go out for brunch a lot less these days because of the baby’s nap times, and the tight layouts of many brunch spots (ie, backless bar stools and communal benches are not ideal for baby booster seats). Sometimes though, the stars align and I can sip a nice Americano with a mid-morning plate and pretend I have no children. Bahahahah.
Barque Smokehouse is in Roncesvalles, just down the street from Smock, the coolest cafe concept I’ve seen for parents and young kids.
Conscious of the fact its regulars will inevitably include children, Barque offers a kids’ lunch and brunch menu. A brisket wrap for kids? Nice.
Most of the restaurant space is kid-friendly, but our party of three adults and three children ended up at one of the high tables at the front. This oddly worked out with some creative manoeuvring. Barque stacked three wooden high chairs together for my niece. Her baby sister sat in her own Fisher Price booster that can be strapped to any chair, and H was OK to sit up higher on his knees to reach the table. Whew.
Once we sat down, the kids got crayons and colouring books, and milk was served in plastic cups with straws. Some of the TVs were tuned to cartoons.
Interestingly, Barque aims to show that barbecue doesn’t necessarily need to be heavy.
With that in mind, it certainly succeeds with the breakfast tacos ($14). Hunks of savoury pork belly play nicely with tart tomatillo salsa, soft scrambled egg and crunchy hickory sticks. Instead of gut-busting, greasy potatoes, this comes with a fresh arugula salad, sprinkled with toasted pumpkin seeds.
I salivated over the pancakes ($14) my sister ordered topped with smoked duck, blueberry compote, and chèvre. A beautiful and delicious plate. Her husband, Kevin, had the Barque Brisket sandwich ($14) slathered with red cabbage slaw, fried onions, and horseradish mayo. I’m sure he was regretting offering people bites to try as H kept coming back to him.
The kids’ breakfasts ($6) come with fresh fruit (THANK YOU!) or fries. There are four options: pancakes, scrambled eggs, grilled cheese or chicken fingers. A huge huge thumbs up for the fresh cup of strawberries, melon and kiwi. My only gripe is there were only three small pancakes. My three-year-old could have eaten five or six.
The coffee mugs with vintage food labels on them were a cute touch. A vital part of weekend brunch, coffee was fresh and frequently refilled. Service was very lovely.
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Written By: Amy Shevlin, PT, MS, DPT, GCS
November is COPD Awareness month. COPD, or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, includes conditions such as Emphysema, Chronic Bronchitis, and Asthma. COPD is the tenth most prevalent disease in the world, and they estimate that by the year 2050, it will be the fifth leading cause of death worldwide. COPD is a collective term for those diseases that block the passage of air through the lungs leading to difficulty with breathing, especially exhalation. Over time, this difficulty with exhalation can lead to hyperinflated lungs and what is known as a “barrel chest”. As the disease progresses, patients find it increasingly difficult to breathe, leading to limiting activity and increased dependence on functional mobility and ADL tasks. Because of this, patients are often referred to Physical and Occupational Therapy to help manage generalized muscle weakness, respiratory muscle weakness, decreased activity tolerance, and decreased capacity for physical activity.
However, progressing patients with COPD through a plan of care can be challenging for therapists. To get a sense of how these patients may feel, I always ask people to try a quick breathing drill. Take an inhale for a count of 2, then exhale, but hold the exhale for as long as you can. What number did you get to? How were you feeling at the end of that exhale? I’m sure it wasn’t comfortable, and you were probably ready to return to normal breathing. It makes me wonder, is this how patients with COPD feel a lot of the time? I can imagine feeling like this can be anxiety-inducing and lead to sedentary behavior. We are challenged with motivating these patients to exercise when they feel like they can’t even breathe. But that’s where the challenge and the reward lie, we can teach them strategies to help them manage their dyspnea so they can perform an activity more comfortably. During my course, Rehab Strategies for Patients with COPD, Diabetes, Heart Failure, and Hypertension, we will discuss different breathing techniques and exercises that will help these patients manage their dyspnea and potentially increase the strength of the respiratory muscles. We will also discuss evidence-based techniques to maximize the benefit of our strength and endurance training programs as well.
I imagine they chose November as COPD Awareness month because we are approaching winter. As we get into the winter months and the cold, dry air, remember this can make breathing even more difficult for our patients with COPD. As our patients are spending more time indoors, we need to continue to help get our patients moving. Work with your patients to find activities they enjoy AND get them moving. It can be very rewarding not only for our patients as they engage in meaningful activities but for us as therapy clinicians as well.
For more information on best techniques, common medications, treatment precautions, and overall comprehensive information on COPD and related chronic diseases, register for my course, Rehab Strategies for Patients with COPD, Diabetes, Heart Failure, and Hypertension. Watch on-demand or find an upcoming live workshop near you!
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Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of COPD, Updated 2016. Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) Web site. http://goldcopd.org/global-strategy-diagnosis-management-prevention-copd-2016/. Published 2016 Accessed July 15, 2017
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The first game of the four contests at the Spokane Arena is in the books and it was a good one.
Twelfth-seeded Harvard pulled off a shocker and downed fifth-seeded Cincinnati by a score of 61-57. Because people love an underdog, the Spokane crowd was behind the Crimson for pretty much the whole game as they maintained a slim lead over the Bearcats throughout the entire contest. In the end, it was Harvard's defense that won the game, holding Cincy to just 37 percent shooting.
The weird thing about this game was that it was an upset for sure, but Harvard looked like the better team for most of the contest. They didn't look small or unathletic. They straight outplayed Cincy.
On the court now, the Michigan State Spartans are showing why so many folks have them winning the whole thing in their brackets, even if Delaware is hanging in there. The Spartans have a 44-33 lead on Delaware at halftime.
And here are some other things that happened today...
THE HARVARD BAND
If you go to Harvard, you're probably a smart person. That's kind of their thing — being smart. And some of those smart people make up the Harvard pep band, which was on hand for this morning's contest.
They played some Top-40 hip hop in their set, with some added flair. They also looked downright awesome doing it. If you didn't know any better, you'd think they just came from pumping up the crowd at a Hogwart's quidditch match (yeah, I know my Harry Potter). Their blazers and ties are the sort of class you'd expect from Harvard, which also brought with them a sizable cheering section.
Whether it was the band or not, the Spokane Arena sided with Harvard today. When time ran out and their win was final, you would have thought it was Gonzaga on the court by the way folks roared.
SPOKANE OR BUST
It's been awesome getting travel stories from all the fans who've descended on Spokane for the tournament. The best I've found so far is from nine guys from Westhope, North Dakota (a tiny town near the Canadian border) who drove all the way to Spokane in one push — all in one rented passenger van.
Anthony Lee is one of the guys who charged some 16 hours straight to cheer on his North Dakota State Bison in a game against Oklahoma later today.
"The second we heard that they were playing in Spokane, we decided we'd make the drive," says Lee.
He and his buddies haven't had a chance to see much of the town. They rolled up to their hotel, checked in and then came to the Arena. Hopefully they'll get some sleep in there sometime.
When we saw that John and David Stockton finished second and third in our Best Athlete category in our readers poll this year, we knew we had to feature them in our annual Zags poster.
So Mike Bookey and I bandied some catchy headlines back and forth: The Family Swishness; Stockton and Son, Inc.; Longer Shorts, Same Hair; Chip Off the Old Stock’; Blue-Chip Stocktons; Generation Zag. Kudos to our art director, Chris Bovey, for a cool design.
Pick up our Best Of issue today to see what we finally chose; in the meantime, share your own best caption idea!
The NCAA tournament is fully underway right now and you should be watching it. Even if you're at work — especially if you're at work. Here's how to do that.
Here at the Spokane Arena, we're getting ready for the tip-off of what's quite likely to be a fascinating matchup between Harvard (12 seed) and Cincinnati (5 seed). Before the doors to the stadium opened, fans were already lined up to head into the game.
Two of those fans were David and Jill Henry, who flew from Cincinnati to Spokane — despite overbooked flights — to be here to cheer on their beloved Bearcats. That's them in the photo.
The husband and wife are both alums of the University of Cincinnati and decided early on that they were going to see the team play in the NCAA tournament.
"We had the week off, so we were just waiting on Sunday to see where we'd be heading," said Jill, who is at her first-ever NCAA tournament.
Then they had to track down tickets — and find a way to get to Spokane, but they made it. They've never been here, but find the town excellent so far. Mostly, though, they're just glad they made it. And, after a long winter in Ohio, they were just thankful that it wasn't snowing here.
As far as I'm concerned, the first two days of the NCAA tournament are a national holiday. And we at the Inlander will be treating it as such, especially considering there are second and third round (ol' timers like me still call these "first and second round") games being played right here in Spokane.
We will be on press row for all the games tomorrow and Saturday and will be giving you coverage of all the happenings on the court and in the stands, where we'll talk to fans who've traveled from far and wide to see some hoops in the Lilac City.
And pick up this week's issue of the paper, which happens to be our Best Of the Inland Northwest issue, for previews on all the games happening at the Arena.
Today at the Spokane Arena, it was clear how big this event is for the city as media from all over the place had assembled to get a look at the eight teams practice. We caught some of the Delaware Blue Hens practice as they warmed up for their date with Michigan State tomorrow afternoon.
If you want to get a look at the teams, practices are open to the public and are totally free. The last practice features New Mexico State and starts at 6:40 pm. Head down there.
If you like what you see, there are still a few tickets available.
Mitch Holmberg’s final season with the Spokane Chiefs has been a good one. We wrote about the 20-year-old back in February:
Defensive play was once a weakness for Holmberg, a right wing who isn't all that big (5-foot-10, 175 pounds) or physical (less than 100 career penalty minutes). He's never been drafted by a National Hockey League team, even after last season, when he totaled 39 goals and 80 points in 66 games.
"I thought I had a good year," Holmberg says. "I think it's hard whenever you don't get drafted ... [but] it's kind of a blessing in disguise that I wasn't. It always pushes you harder if you can prove someone wrong in the long run."
Since then, he’s been named the Chiefs’ Player of the Year and Most Sportsmanlike Player (for the third year in a row), broke the Chiefs’ record for career goals and earned the Bob Clarke trophy for leading the Western Hockey League in regular-season scoring.
Holmberg’s franchise record-breaking goal — his 62nd of the season — came last Friday, as Spokane beat the Tri-City Americans, 4-3, in front of a sold-out crowd at the Spokane Arena. He broke the record of 146 held by Pat Falloon, who was inducted into the Chiefs hall of fame this past fall.
The Chiefs are taking on the Victoria Royals for their first round Western Hockey League playoff series beginning this Saturday, March 22, with home games on March 26, 27 and 31.
Read the previous feature about Holmberg here.
Zag Watch has been on hiatus for a bit, and for that, we extend sincere apologies. But Zag Watch was on Seahawk Watch for a good stretch and has been celebrating the Super Bowl championship ever since. Then we got into reruns of Bay Watch and things really got off the rails. But we're back, just in time for the Zags to head down the stretch of their WCC regular season.
Tonight, Gonzaga heads into the Marriott Center, a cavernous dome in the middle of Provo, Utah, where 21,000 people hopped up on caffeine-free Diet Coke will dress in matching shirts and scream wholeheartedly in the hopes that doing so will force the Zags to lose. Yup, the Zags are heading back to BYU, their first trip to Provo since that slugfest a year ago that ultimately ended with Gonzaga locking up a No. 1 national ranking.
Now, I'm not a betting man, but it was tough not to notice that the shadowy figures who decide the betting line on college basketball games have BYU as a three point favorite tonight. Sure, the Cougars are at home, where they've won all their games except for a squeaker to then 21-ranked Iowa State back in November, but the Zags already soundly defeated BYU last month in the Kennel thanks to some hot shooting from Kevin Pangos (and everyone else that night). And, there's the little detail that BYU has has some oddly bad losses this season, including a shellacking at the hands of Loyola Marymount (the last-place team in the WCC).
I'm not saying that Few's boys are going to run away with this by any means — a squad that shoots like BYU (see more on their guard Tyler Haws below) and is capable of a break-neck pace can get after you in a hurry — it just seems odd to be thinking of them as underdogs going into this. But perhaps the oddsmakers were figuring that BYU will come out on fire, considering that if they don't win this, they will miss out on an NCAA tournament bid for the second consecutive year.
One thing the Zags will have on their side is the game time. It's set for an 8 pm tipoff (ESPN2) which is 9 pm in the Mountain Time Zone. The late start might make for a smaller crowd...and maybe some sleepy Cougars.
SNAGGING THE WCC CROWN
Tonight, Gonzaga has a chance to secure its second straight outright WCC regular season conference championship. They are guaranteed at least a share of the title already, thanks to BYU, St. Mary's and San Francisco (all with five losses) sitting in what's essentially a three-way tie for second place. But the Zags would have to lose all of their remaining games for there to be a sharing scenario.
KEEP AN EYE ON HAWS
No, you're probably not a BYU fan, but if you don't get at least a moderate kick out of watching the Cougars' Tyler Haws play, you need basketball fan lessons. He is as deadly an offense weapon as exists in the college game today, complete with the ability to, like he did in a 3OT loss to Portland, drop in 48 points if you let him. Haws is currently the nation's fourth leading scorer with 24.1 points per game. Look for Gonzaga's defensive ace Gary Bell Jr. to spend a lot of time guarding Haws tonight.
Remember a few months ago when this very blog was worrying that Sam Dower's injury was going to hurt the Zags' season? Yeah, that hasn't happened. Sammy Jr. has come back in a mean way over the last few weeks, including a dominant 25 point, 15 rebound game against LMU last Saturday in front of his folks (and former roommate Kelly Olynyk), who flew into town for Senior Day. It's nice to see the big guy finishing his college career strong.
It's a little bit early to start guessing where the Zags might end up come Selection Sunday, but things would have to be bad in a sort of Roland Emmerich disaster movie sort of way for Gonzaga not to make the dance, so it's OK to speculate a bit. Last year, the Zags got some love from the selection committee with a number one seed (which was hard not to give them considering their top spot in the polls at the time). This year, don't expect anything near that high. Right now, ESPN's Joe Lunardi has them as an eight seed.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and his Egyptian counterpart Mohamed Mursi attend a news conference after talks in Sochi, April 19, 2013 (Photo: Reuters)
Egypt's trade and industry minister Hatem Saleh said on Friday that no agreement has been reached on a Russian loan to Egypt.
Speaking after a meeting between Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Saleh said "today we have reached no conclusion on that loan."
Earlier on Friday, Yuri Ushakov, assistant of Russian leader, revealed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi had requested a large loan during his meeting with President Putin.
"We are not talking about a small amount here," reaffirmed Ushakov, abstaining from revealing further information.
A Moscow-based source said previously that Egypt had planned to discuss a possible $2 billion loan.
Meanwhile, Russian news agency Novosti quoted earlier on Friday Alexander Novak, Russia's energy minister, stating Egypt had suggested collaborating with Moscow for constructing a nuclear power plant.
President Morsi arrived to Russia on Thursday on a two-day trip, which marks 70 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
It was earlier reported that the Egyptian delegation may discuss financing needs and oil and wheat supplies during their visit to Russia.
Egypt's wheat stocks are likely to plunge below 1 million tonnes by 30 June as its economic crisis cripples purchases from the international market.
President Morsi was accompanied by a ministerial delegation, including Minister of Investment Osama Saleh, Minister of Petroleum Osama Kamal, Minister of Agriculture Salah Abdel Moemen, and Minister of Electricity and Energy Ahmed Imam.
During his meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, the Egyptian President affirmed that post-revolution Egypt and Egyptians appreciate the history of strong ties between the two countries, and the contribution Russia has made to Egypt’s agriculture, industry, and military.
"The issue isn't only about an increase in trade exchange or number of tourists... I am speaking of a true alliance in economic fields that shall establish a true industrial renaissance to realise enormous developments in Egypt," said President Morsi.
A strong alliance was formed between Egypt and the USSR during the ruling of late president Gamal Abdel-Nasser. The alliance has aided Egypt in several fields; the highlight of it was the help of the Russians in building and funding the High Dam in South Egypt.
According to state-owned news agency MENA, Voice of Russia Radio has also quoted President Putin stating, during his meeting with President Morsi, that the number of Russian tourists in Egypt had increased by 30 percent in spite of unrest in Egypt since the 2011 revolution.
The number of Russian tourists visiting Egypt in 2010 alone was estimated to be 2,855,723, accounting for 25,037,045 tourist nights, making it the number one country in providing Egypt with tourists.

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I understand that many asexuals can’t stand the thought of sex. That’s pretty much why we’re here but I don’t actually feel like sex is gross. My friends find it funny that I’m an asexual who is actually fascinated by sex. If there was a major based on the study of sex I would be studying it. I probably sound so weird to some people. Like I knew for a long time that I was asexual. It’s just for awhile I thought I was something else because I never had a problem with having sex. I just don’t want it nor do I find people attractive. Sometimes it feels like I don’t fit in with my bisexual friends and on here. Is there anyone else like me?
This helps me out because I don’t know where I belong under this umbrella. I can have sexual fantasies but I have no desire to act on them. I can stimulate myself sometimes but when I’m with someone I feel numb. I’m not repulsed, I just don’t get anything from it. I have no idea where that puts me.
I think that’s what threw me off for so long with understanding that I was an asexual individual. I don’t have a problem with discussing sex or if other people have sex. I also don’t have an issue with occasional self stimulation, but I’ve never had the urge or desire to engage with another person in sexual acts. I still find people attractive, but I’d never want to do more with them than kiss and a good cuddle.
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As previously mentioned, the geography of Penang State comprises Penang Island and Seberang Perai (also called Province Wellesley) on the mainland. The central part of Penang Island is hilly. Like a concrete carpet, the urban sprawl of George Town rolls out from the northeast tip of Penang Island and spreads across the lowlying areas. Much of the northern side of Penang Island is hilly, so only a ribbon of development skirts around the north, characterized by the tourist belt of Batu Ferringhi and Tanjung Bungah.
The central hills halt the city, forcing much of the development south through Gelugor and reaching Batu Maung to the south. Most of the people live on the east coast of the island, as the central hills make access to the western part difficult. Nevertheless, the pressure for housing has resulted in new development reaching Teluk Kumbar, Gertak Sanggul as well as Balik Pulau.
Balik Pulau, a town whose name translates roughly as "hindside of the island", was pretty much a sleepy hollow until recently. With increasing demand for housing on the island, Balik Pulau finally sees some development. Nevertheless, the town is still popular among Penangites for its orchards, particularly of durians and nutmeg.
Seberang Perai is relatively flat, save for Bukit Mertajam, the name of a hillock as well as the town at its foot. The snooty urban folks of Penang Island seldom venture into Seberang Perai - regarding it as a far-away countryside - until the pressing need for cheap housing forced some of them to live there. Now towns in Seberang Perai such as Juru, Jawi, Sungai Bakap and Nibong Tebal, once regarded as the agricultural hinterland as late as a decade ago, have experience rapid development, in terms of industrialization and the sprouting of new housing estates. These towns are expected to benefit from the construction of the second Penang Bridge.
A network of highways and expressways link these two halves, as seen on the map below:
The Penang Bridge carries a dual-lane carriageway, the E36, across the channel connecting Penang Island and the mainland. Linked to the Penang Bridge is Route 1331, comprising Jelutong Expressway and Bayan Lepas Expressway. This is the main motorway on the east side of Penang Island, connecting Batu Maung in the south to Weld Quay in George Town.
On the mainland side, the Penang Bridge connects to the North-South Expressway, E1, the main motorway running along the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The E1 connects to the Butterworth-Kulim Expressway, E15, and the Butterworth Outer Ring Road, E17. With the exception of the Jelutong and Bayan Lepas Expressways, all the motorways mentioned are tolled.
George Town, the capital, is located on the northeast tip of Penang Island. It is where most of the sights of historical significance and tourist attractions are located. It is also where most visitors to Penang will be staying.
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Here's the map of Penang Island in more detail. I label all the towns and villages as well as the major roads. George Town is shaded a lighter green. Route 6 is the main road that goes around the island. - you can take the bus to go round the island, changing buses in Balik Pulau. The Penang International Airport is located in Bayan Lepas, about 12 miles from George Town.
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Seberang Perai (Province Wellesley)
Here's the map of Seberang Perai showing the major towns. The North-South Expressway, E1, runs through Seberang Perai from north to south. In addition, the Butterworth-Kulim Expressway, E15, runs east-west into Kedah while the Butterworth Outer Ring Road, E17, makes a loop around Butterworth.
Now, please select a topic within the Table of Contents above or go to the next chapter, and let me tell you about the Weather of Penang, or when it's the best time to visit.
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Taxi and auto hailing service Ola has extended its complimentary "Auto-Connect WiFi" service to auto rickshaws across 73 cities in the country.
With just one click, TapRoute allows people not only to book their ride to the nearest Metro station but also provides the last-mile connectivity.
Jugnoo's B2B logistics delivery service Dodo is in talks with leading e-commerce companies such as Flipkart, Amazon and Paytm for a strategic partnership
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Scores of taxi-rickshaw owners and drivers protested over the transport charge of Rs 6 per km being offered by the aggregators to ferry commuters.
This enables users to plan journeys using a combination of options such as cab services, bike-taxis, auto-rickshaws, local buses and trains, all from within the app.
The service has started in Chandigarh and will be expanded to other cities, beginning with Gurgaon in the next one month, Jugnoo’s founder Samar Singla said.
Jugnoo had recently launched a campaign in support of the government’s odd-even scheme under which it added 1000 more autos to its existing fleet.
Ola is targetting to serve at least two million daily rides by end of 2017 through its app by getting on-board hundreds of thousands of autorickshaw drivers on its platform
AutoRaja, Chennai's earliest metered auto-rickshaw aggregator, has wound up services and its top talent and the remainder of its fleet have joined Ola
Jugnoo had raised $3mn in the first tranche of this round, adding $2.5mn in the second tranche, making it a total of $5.5 million for the Series-B round.
Startup Jugnoo is an auto-rickshaw aggregator and is proving why autos are the real thing when it comes to commuting.
UberAUTO was one of the first India-specific solution by the Silicon Valley taxi giant and was also the first time it started accepting cash as a payment mode from passengers
Ola is now looking at expanding the auto service to 25 Indian cities by the end of the fiscal.
The startup, which is developing a mobile application for the purpose, is in talks with three-four private equity players to raise $1-2 million in its first round of fundraising.


Most website owners get scared or confused by when I mention
Google Search Console is a free tool given to us by Google in order to help us check on issues related to indexing (e.g. how easily Google can find your content), penalties in regards to web search (e.g. if you use black hat methods), and peeking at our keywords.
Setting up Google Search Console
If you haven’t yet set up your Google Search Console, you’ll want to click this link to set yours up. Be sure to ensure that you set up
After this, you can start peeking into your data. (This is easier with websites that have been around for a while as you’ll have more data.)
It’s important to note that your Google Search Console data may not perfectly match up with your Google Analytics, but it’s not worth obsessing about this. We are more interested in where we rank and if people want to click our SEO snippets. You should see an upturn in your traffic if you improve your website based on
Performance Tab 101
This is the most important tab if you want to improve your traffic to your website, but let’s first go through some important definitions that will be key to understanding your data in Google Search Console.
- Date: The time period you’re interested in. 1 month is good for larger websites while 3 months is better for smaller websites. Depending on recent algorithm changes, you might want to limit your results to one month back.
- Position: When you search for something on Google, this is the number of slots down from the top you’re located at (after ads). If you’re first, you’re in position #1, etc.
- Impressions: How many people searching have seen your SEO snippet.
- Average position: Your position across all queries. Not important.
- CTR: CTR stands click-through rate. Let’s say you’re in position one, this is the percentage of people who see your SEO snippet and click it. We’ll get into good CTR soon!
- Queries: the keywords/things that people are searching for.
- Clicks: This is simple: How many people click to your website for this query. I don’t recommend focusing on this beyond sorting by the most popular queries.
For some reason, you don’t see CTR and average position by default, so I recommend clicking the boxes to make them colorful. From here, you’ll want to scroll down past the chart.
Yours may differ a bit (I’m using a few websites’ anonymized data here.) I will be selecting some examples to help you understand what is good (and which pages can be the most easily improved.)
Improving your website to get more clicks
I’ve sorted by clicks, however you can sort by position. I recommend sorting by impressions or clicks as these queries have the most potential for improvement as these queries will be more well searched.
This is simple: the closer you are to the top, the more likely that people will click your website. The top 3 results get 50% of the clicks in general. As you might imagine, you should see more clicks. Below, I’ll include the
CTR per position
- Rank #1 – 29%
- Rank #2 – 14%
- Rank #3 – 10%
- Rank #4 – 6%
- Rank #5 – 4%
- Rank #6 – 3%
- Rank #7 – 3%
- Rank #8 – 2-3%
- Rank #9 – 2-3%
- Rank #10 – 2-3%…
A quick analysis of CTRs/positions
Let’s go through Example 1 (green). This query has 47 clicks, 277 impressions, a CTR of 17% and a position of 1.5. This is pretty okay, however, this query can be improved a bit. Ideally, with a click-through rate closer to 21% or more.
Example 2 (blue) has 23 clicks, 62 impressions, a CTR of 37%, and a position of 3.6 This click-through rate is really good. This query is doing so well and people are clicking through. In this case, give yourself a pat on the back. You’re killing it!
Example 3 (red) is the one that needs to be improved the most. It has 18 clicks, 1000+ impressions, 1.8% CTR, and a position of 6.7. This can be improved quite a bit as the CTR should be at least 3%.
How to improve your click through rate
I usually recommend searching for your query on an anonymized tab. This will allow you to see what the search results are, what it looks like, and how your snippet appears. From here, you might find that Google is pulling through text rather than your SEO snippet, which can negatively impact your click-through rate in some cases.
Before you change anything, I’d look to see what kind of titles and SEO snippets other results have. Think about what will describe your article and make your result more clickable. It might be that you might realize that your article or webpage is not a good answer to the query and you might want to read this article in this case.
I usually just write down the current SEO snippet/title as well as the position/click-through rate for the query in a Notepad or Excel. Then, I go to edit my title/SEO snippet/article (if the text is showing instead of the snippet) to try to make my title, text (if showing), and SEO snippet more clickable.
Just like good sourdough bread, you need to give your result some breathing room to rise. Wait 1-3 weeks depending on your website traffic. I usually check to see if the click-through rate has improved. If not, I edit it again until it improves.
It’s good to note that I don’t change my titles/keywords that much. Maybe once a quarter. I focus on high-traffic keywords that I already rank on page one for, rather than long-tail ones that I’m not ranking yet for.
As you check your Google Search Console more often, you’ll find new keywords that you’re ranking for! This is the beauty of SEO: you can sit back and relax while your posts rise! It might take a few days for Google to index your website and reflect the changes you’ve done, so don’t panic if you don’t see the change immediately.


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The Looks of Liberty
Revolutionary leaders during the French Revolution realized that symbols, flags, colors, and cartoons had huge impact on politics and the beliefs of the French people. The symbols, flags, colors, and cartoons provided the revolutionaries and the French people an opportunity to define themselves and their revolution while showing loyalty to the nation. The symbols, clothes, flags, and art stood for not just what their role in the French revolution was, but the symbols, flags, and colors demonstrated what the individual’s beliefs were at this time of the Revolution. This is important because the symbols obviously meant a great deal to the French Revolution and who represented the Republic. Symbols of the French Revolution exist still today the flying of our nation’s flag, wearing the colors of our nation, and symbols that represent our nation. Revolutionaries showed these symbols for reasons I want to take a deeper look as to why these symbols, flags, colors, and cartoons meant to the revolutionaries’ lives during the French Revolution. I want to know why the Liberty Cap was symbolic and where did it come from. Why did the French citizens hang flags outside their doors to show nationalism? And what if the French citizens not show or demonstrate the Republic through symbols? Overall I want to look at why these symbols represented the French Revolution like it did and what these symbols represented to the Revolutionaries. Symbols
Symbols were important to the revolutionaries in many ways. Symbols stood for liberty, nationalism, and freedom from the monarchical government that France had. The revolutionaries showed a need to eliminate the symbols of monarchy from the French citizen’s imagination. In this process of the revolutionaries getting rid of the symbols of monarchy they had to find their own symbolic image that represented the revolutionaries during the revolution. In order for the revolutionaries to find their symbols it was thought...
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The isolation-by-distance model predicts that genetic similarity between populations will decrease exponentially as the geographic distance between them increases, because of the limiting effect of geographic distance on rates of gene flow. Many studies of human populations have applied the isolation-by-distance model to genetic variation between local populations in a limited geographic area, but few have done so on a global level, and these few used different models and analytical methods. I assess genetic variation between human populations across the world using data on red blood cell polymorphisms, microsatellite DNA markers, and craniometric traits. The isolation-by-distance model provides an excellent fit to average levels of genetic similarity within geographic distance classes for all three data sets, and the rate of distance decay is the same in all three. These results suggest that a common pattern of global gene flow mediated by geographic distance is detectable in diverse genetic and morphological data. An alterna- tive explanation is that the correspondence between genetic similarity and geographic distance reflects the history of dispersal of the human species out of Africa.
Relethford, John H.
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Leather lady: Fergie rocks studded motorcycle jacket and gold talons at 'upscale' Walgreens megastore opening in Hollywood
She recently released a new fragrance and Wet 'n Wild nail polish line.
And to celebrate Fergie went to the very place customers will find her new products - the launch of a new 'upscale' Walgreens megastore in Hollywood Friday.
With her blonde hair middle-parted and down, the 37-year-old pop star rocked an edgy leather jacket, leggings, and gold pumps for the flagship store's opening party.
Meet you at Sunset & Vine: Fergie rocked a leather jacket at the launch of a new 'upscale' Walgreens megastore in Hollywood Friday
The Black Eyed Peas frontwoman just released her third fragrance with Avon called Viva, and her 21 hand-picked nail varnishes will officially debut in January.
Not seen Friday night was her actor husband of five years Josh Duhamel.
Instead, the Big Girls Don't Cry
singer posed on the red carpet with Project Runway host Tim Gunn, who
looked tastefully flamboyant in his pin-stripe navy suit.
Where's Josh? The 37-year-old pop star rocked an edgy leather jacket, leggings, and gold pumps alongside Project Runway's Tim Gunn for the flagship store's opening party
The 59-year-old presenter, who will
be seen on the show's eleventh season premiering in January, finished
his look with a candy red necktie and pale blue dress shirt.
Also at the event was Sugar Ray
frontman Mark McGrath, 44, who looked handsome in his cranberry
trousers, black dress shirt and grey blazer which he paired with brown
Golden Globe-nominated actor Kurt
Russell was spotted sported a grizzly grey beard, which was most likely
leftover from his role in western-horror film Bone Tomahawk.
Gentlemen: Sugar Ray frontman Mark McGrath looked handsome in cranberry trousers, while Kurt Russell posed with his son Wyatt in matching black sports coats
Dexter star Jennifer Carpenter, Peter Sarsgaard and Richard Jenkins also star in the film about cannibalistic cave dwellers.
The 61-year-old star's son Wyatt
joined him on the red carpet, also showed off his 'Movember' hair growth
with a thin blond mustache.
The 26-year-old actor, whose mother is Goldie Hawn, stuck to a simple black suit and white dress shirt.
Care for salmon sashimi? The new Walgreens boasts a much more 'high-end' experience than the average drug store, adding amenities like a sushi bar, barista cafe, smoothie bar, and self-serve frozen yogurt
Megastore: The shop, taking over the vacant Borders bookstore at Sunset & Vine, will open Saturday and stock 700 fine wines, artisan cheeses and meats, and even a brow-shaping bar
According to LAist, the new flagship
store boasts a much more 'high-end' experience than the average drug
store, adding amenities like a sushi bar, barista cafe, smoothie bar,
and self-serve frozen yogurt.
The shop, taking over the vacant Borders bookstore at Sunset & Vine, will open Saturday and stock 700 fine wines, artisan cheeses and meats, and even a brow-shaping bar.
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I once ranted and raved on a blog called Seaspook's Rants. Since coming ashore I've observed how things work and I've come to the conclusion that we all eventually become Democrats. The honorable, only after death.
In the future, the Egyptian Islamists will not only be conducting systematic violence, but cannibalism against Christians and moderates.
In a recent video interview, one Egyptian scholar exposed the high school curriculum coming from Al-Azhar university, the most reputable of all Islamic schools, showing that it condoned cannibalizing non-Muslims:
We allowed the eating of the flesh of dead humans… under necessary conditions. It [dead human flesh] must not be cooked or grilled to avoid Haram (wrongdoing) …and he can kill a murtadd (apostate) and eat him
The interviewer commented:
The book that is being taught to general high-school students mentions that those who don’t pray can be grilled & then eaten


T-MOTOR F7 PRO is the the updated version of the T-MOTOR F7 flight controller. T-MOTOR F7 PRO now can drive up to 8 motors (octacopters), supports 3-8S Lipo input, has 6 UARTS, BMP280 barometer, BlackBox, VTX power (PIT) control and wireless configuration feature.
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Input Voltage: 3-8S Lipo
BEC Output: 10V/2A 5V/3A
Built-in 16Mb Flash for data logging
ESC signal: M1 – M8
Installing Hole: 30.5X30.5mm/M3
8. 1g 8.5g
Built-in SpeedyBee Bluetooth & WiFi
1.BetaFlight tuning wirelessly
2.Flash firmware wirelessly
3.Analyze Black-box data wirelessly
4.Set motor directions on BLHeli_ 32/S wirelessly
Target: TMOTORF7 V2
(Beta Flight /INAV)
UARTS: 6 sets
UART4: ESC telemetry/RX
T-MOTOR F7 PRO flight controller comes with rubber grommets for vibration dampening, two sets of ESC cable with variable size SH1.0 connector, DJI Air unit compatible connector cable.
There are two ESC cables provided, one with 14 wires for setups with 6-8 motors and other, most popular, with 8 wires for up to 4 motors.
Other side of the cable can be customized to fit almost any of the ESC. You just need to push the pins inside the required size connector and in the correct order.
And here is the final result of customized ESC cable to HGLRC Forward 55A ESC.
On the top side of the board you can find the Espressif ESP32 chip that enables the Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity.
On the “front” side of the FC you can find Camera Control (C.C), 5V and BAT, GND and Video In (VI) pads for analog FPV camera. You can select +5V or battery power source for your FPV camera. Next to them there are GND, +10V, TX1 and Video Out (VO) pads.
Video transmitter +10V power source can be controlled by radio transmitters switch. For this to work you need to short the two solder pads marked PIT.
T-MOTOR F7 PRO view with cables connected.
The weight of the F7 PRO flight controller is 8.5 grams.
T-MOTOR F7 PRO flight controller connection diagram.
T-MOTOR F7 PRO Flight Controller default CLI dump can be found here:
One of the most interesting features of this Flight Controller is Wireless connectivity. There is an app called SpeedyBee you can use with your phone/tablet to access almost all the Betaflight/INAV/Emuflight settings.
You can get the Android app here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.runcam.android.runcambf
iOS App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/speedybee-app/id1150315028
Once you have installed and run the app, select the Bluetooth option on the start screen. SpeedyBee app will find the available board, connect to it by selecting the [Connect] button.
With SpeedyBee app you can configure or upgrade the Betaflight/INAV/Emuflight firmware, configure the BLHeli ESC settings and analyze BlackBox data.
SpeedyBee app sometimes refused to connect to the F7 PRO FC after it was left connected for a longer time on the bench. Looks like the board gets too hot with active Bluetooth or WiFi connectivity. You have to keep the FC board cooled actively if you want to maintain the stable connectivity. My observations say that F7 PRO FC heats up the most with WiFi connectivity on.
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iPhone XS Max, iPhone X and iPhone XR – Talk about
Apple has announced three phones, iPhone Xs max, iPhone Xs and iPhone XR. The price, features and specifications are in descending order as listed respectively. Talking about the naming, it seems apple couldn’t do away with “X”. Making a phone that looks like iPhone X doesn’t mean you should stick with “X” in the naming. This could cause conflicts for consumers when unprecedented names are given to future phones. Its noteworthy to say that, the upcoming addition to the iPhone family deserves an accolade.
According to Apple,
“iPhone Xs is packed with next-generation technologies and is a huge step forward for the future of the smartphone. Everything is state of the art including the industry-first 7-nanometer A12 Bionic chip with 8-core Neural Engine, faster Face ID and an advanced dual camera system that shoots Portrait mode photos with Smart HDR and dynamic depth of field,” “iPhone Xs is not one, but two new iPhone models, and iPhone Xs Max offers the biggest display ever in an iPhone with the biggest battery ever in an iPhone, delivering up to an hour and a half more battery life in your day.” Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing.
I’m on the same page with Philip on the unique features of the new iPhones he highlighted.
7-nM A12 Bionic Chip
The latest batch of iPhone device come out of the box with 7-nanometer A12 Bionic chipset. For the record, iPhone X comes with A11 Bionic chipset. Apple’s new Bionic chipset is designed to be power efficient and deliver faster processing. Apple says the chipset is the smartphone’s first 7-nanometer chip housing 6.9 billion transistors.
Inside the A12 Bionic is a six-core fusion architecture CPU, with two performance cores. The two performance cores are said to be 15 percent faster and 40 percent more power efficient than their counterparts in the A11 Bionic. The other four cores which are power efficiency cores, consume 50 percent less power when compared with Apple’s previous chip.
Predecessing chipsets such as A11 has two-core Neural Engine that handles 600 billion AI operations in a second, but the new A12 comes with a eight-cores that can take on 5 trillion operations per second.
Neural Engine core is a part of A12 and A11 chip developed by Apple to specially handle Artificial Intelligence processing task. With circuits designed to power AI software called neural networks that are faster in carrying out task for Speech processing, Augmented Reality and Imaging.
iPhone Xs Max and iPhone Xs
Apple showed off some sense of craftsmanship with the body design of iphone Xs and iphone Xs Max – a golden stainless steel body finish. iPhone Xs Max and iPhone Xs comes with features slightly topping that of iPhone X. Talk of screen size, iPhone Xs Max comes with a huge 6.5 inches display size while the iPhone X and iPhone Xs has 5.8 inches display size. The 12Mp rear dual-camera resolution is the same with old Iphone X, but iPhone Xs and Xs max harnesses the power of the A12 chip to advance portrait mode photography. Don’t judge apple for keeping the 7Mp camera the same too, they added a little bit of juice. Faster Face-ID technology scrapped Touch-ID for good. You can keep this iPhone newbies in a water of 2 meters for about 30 minutes.
The new batch of iPhones will come running iOS 12, Apple’s close source operating system. iPhone XS Max and iPhone XS have varying storage capacity of 64GB, 256GB and 512GB, both have 4GB of RAM.
With almost the same features with its launch-mates, Iphone XR is the cheapest of them all. The all glass screen iPhone XR has single camera setup which still harnesses A12 chip. The screen resolution is a sequel to iPhone 8, but screen size differs by hairs breath. Available storage sizes are 64GB, 128GB and 256GB, all coupled by 3GB of RAM. Shockingly, this phones comes with an LCD display screen. Maybe to give user something to fantasize about, Apple gave off several color variants, Blue, Yellow, Coral, Black and Red.
iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max will be available in 64GB, 256GB and 512GB storage capacity variants, starting at $999 (US) and $1,099 respectively. Pre-orders will begin on 14th of this month and availability will be on 21st September starting with the following countries.
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, the UAE, UK, US and US Virgin Islands.
iPhone XR will be available in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB storage capacity variants. Available colors are white, black, blue, yellow, coral and red with pricing starting at $749. Pre-order commences on October 19th and will be available in stores from October 26th.


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Jason Lescalleet, Omatic, James Smith/Johnathan Watts/Patrick Farmer
Monday 16th October, 8:30pm start, The Rose Of England, Nottingham. £4. In association with Harbinger sound
Jason Lescalleet's sound world occupies a space between noise, contemporary composition, and minimal electronics. Using decidedly primitive tactics, his work focuses on extreme frequencies and microscopic audio detail. He has previously recorded with John Hudak and Greg Kelley.
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Future Funding for Neighborhood Organizations
Funding for Minneapolis neighborhood organizations like ours expires at the end of this year. The City is considering a plan that changes the funding structure and work of neighborhoods and would drastically reduce the annual funding for Armatage and many other neighborhoods.
We believe there can be a better balance in this funding plan that will increase equity funding while allowing small neighborhoods like ours to keep operating. We hope you take the time to weigh in.
Submit a Public Comment:
Check out the Draft Framework at minneapolismn.gov/ncr/2020 and submit a comment by July 15, 2020.
Please copy and paste the Neighborhoods 2020 and all City Council member/staff email addresses into the “recipient” address line:
Ward4GeneralInbox@minneapolismn.gov (Phillippe Cunningham)
Danielle.email@example.com (Jeremiah Ellison)
firstname.lastname@example.org (Jeremiah Ellison)
Ryan.SanCartier@minneapolismn.gov (Abdi Warsame)
Yusra.Arab@minneapolismn.gov (Abdi Warsame)
email@example.com (Alondra Cano)
firstname.lastname@example.org (Alondra Cano)
Copy and paste the following subject line and message into your email, edit this letter, or write your own, personal letter:
Neighborhoods 2020 Public Comment
Dear Minneapolis City Council Members,
As an Armatage resident, I support the racial equity goals outlined in the draft Neighborhoods 2020 plan and the emphasis placed on engaging historically underrepresented residents. Directing more funding to areas of the city that need it most is overdue.
However, the proposed program changes will reduce the base funding for Armatage and other small neighborhoods to such a degree that many core services and the ability to work on equity will be in jeopardy. Base funding is what is used by neighborhood organizations to operate – e.g., a small amount of staff time, accounting services, rent (in some cases), and communications such as mailings and digital tools that enable neighborhoods to do critical work.
Though some neighborhoods have reserves to help delay the impact of the proposed program changes, many will need to immediately begin drastically reducing programs and services should this plan pass as drafted. Therefore, I urge the Minneapolis City Council to increase the neighborhood base funding from $10,000/year to $15,000/year.
Neighborhood organizations work hard to listen to all residents’ needs and make our communities great places to live through advocacy, housing support, annual community-building events, environmental programs, and communications that help keep the neighborhood informed and engaged. With a slightly higher funding level, multiple neighborhoods could work together in order to keep their doors open while still protecting a large level of equity funding for the City’s neighborhood organizations.
COVID-19 has reinforced how critical strong, local communities are. We believe there can be a better balance in this funding plan that will increase equity while allowing small neighborhoods like ours to keep operating.
Thank you for considering this request.
Your Neighborhood or Address

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Gigs/Eat: LexJam Acoustic Cafe, Natasha’s
July 11, 2015 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Natasha’s hosts LexJam Acoustic Cafe on July 11 at 11 am. Includes open jam sessions with brunch. Styles include rock, blues, pop, country, jazz ambient. Bring your own amps, drum kits, etc, with prior notice. Congas, keyboard, sound system provided. Acoustic set from 11 am – 3 pm. New Saturday menu served 11 – 2.


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James Brady, the celebrity columnist who created the New York Post’s gossipy Page Six, died Monday. He was 80.
His death was announced by Parade magazine, where he wrote the celebrity profile column “In Step With” for nearly 25 years.
Brady worked until his death on Monday. The cause of his death hasn’t been announced.
His last column will appear Feb. 15. It will feature actor Kevin Bacon.
He was hired by media mogul Rupert Murdoch in 1974 to edit the then-new weekly Star magazine. He later was an associate publisher at the New York Post.


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Ernie Ball 2008 Acoustic Guitar Strings Earthwood 10-52
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23″ reborn doll with full limbs
not included belly plate
eyes are open. ,Brown Lauscha glass
weight 3470 grams, the doll’s heart beats!
goes with original COA 734/999
All pictures have been taken in natural daylight over a few days
I have not used a flash with my photos.
Great care and attention to detail have been used in the making of baby
I have used genesis paints to achieve the look of translucency and created the skintone of a baby approximately 1 month old
has rooted upper eyelashes
, as well as delicately painted 3d eyebrows.eyes are open. 棕色 , Lauscha glass
his limbs are filled with tiny glass beads topped off with fibre and sealed, her body is a soft brushed cotton neutral colour
he has not been overfilled so she can be posed easier.
polly pelets and heavy virgin fibre fill have been used for that luxurious cuddly baby feel.
His head has been filled with fibre and a poly bag filled for weight, this is also sealed.
he has an amazing flop factor, he is so sweet and cuddly.
Baby has been a pleasure to create, she has such realistic features, I have tried to bring these out in my paintwork.
and only use quality materials on my Babies.
NO Sand is ever used in the making of my babies.
Baby has been painted using genesis heat set paints, and sealed with matte varnish which will not fade or chip over time,
I have given His a soft but newborn colour, she has tiny blemishes, veining, and shading.
His lips have a natural colour with a tiny bit of shine and sealed.
I have Given His a head of lovely Slumberland mohair in brown has been used for her hairline.
I have directionally rooted his hair with a swirling crown.
It has been sealed on the inside so can be gently brushed and has been sealed on the inside with waterproof glue.
Baby has a Magnet .
All the clothes that you see on the photo will come with the baby.
please feel free to bid if Baby has captured your heart, all I ask is to be considerate when bidding
if you have no intentions of paying… this is unfair for the serious bidders/ collectors.
Please understand that Baby is NOT a play doll.. so is not recommended for children under the age of 14 years
Due to small parts, She is a collectors doll and should be handled with great care.
Regardless of the matte varnish top sealer used on doll kits the
please enjoy the pictures of Her, most of them are extreme close ups so you can see all of her little details closely,
the baby you see is the baby you will receive.
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