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Today, many infertile men are trying holistic methods such as taking vitamins for sperm. The best vitamins for this are presumably Vitamins C, E and B12. These vitamins should be used together with selenium, zinc, selenium, and L-carnitine in a multivitamin form for the best results. Vitamins and antioxidants have shown in some studies to improve sperm motility, sperm count and overall sperm health. This is because they fight free-radicals, increase ascorbic acid, and provide essential sperm nutrition that many men lack.
Various clinical studies performed show great potential in Vitamin C as one of the essential vitamins for sperm health. The research showed improved sperm motility and slight increases in sperm count. Studies also showed that vitamin C may reduce and prevent sperm abnormalities. According to analysis, men who suffered infertility as a result of antibodies against the sperm had almost 100% pregnancy rates with their partners. There is no definite amount of vitamin C that doctors recommend to take, but 1,000 mg a day showed the most results in testing.
Vitamin E displayed the most consistently positive results in clinical tests, making it one of the best vitamins for sperm. It increased sperm motility, and reduced cell oxidation and lipid peroxidation potential in numerous tests conducted. On average, a maximum of 800 IUs of vitamin E a day should be taken. Men who suffer from high blood pressure should take half this amount per day, and those who suffer from liver disease or overactive thyroids should avoid taking vitamin E supplements altogether.
Although a deficiency in vitamin B12 lowers sperm count and sperm motility, this vitamin is still substantially beneficial for men who do not have deficiencies. According to studies, vitamin B12 has the potential to more than quadruple sperm count and increase motility by 50%. The results of vitamin B12 sperm benefits are the least consistent, but the overall health benefits of vitamin B12 still make it one of the top recommended vitamins for sperm. Approximately 1,000 mcg of B12 should be consumed each day.
For men to get the most efficient use of these vitamins for sperm, doctors recommend taking them with other supplements, such as zinc, selenium and L-canitine. This is because the vitamins naturally work well together to reach the same health benefits for both the body and sperm. Zinc is essential to proper male sexual function and is a vital part of hormone and sperm production and motility. Selenium is needed for sperm and hormone production. L-carntine levels in the body are thought to be directly linked to sperm motility, and deficiencies may result in abnormal production and function in sperm.

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HP announces mass layoffs amid market slump
Market conditions prompted HP to significantly cut its global workforce. The organization announced a round of layoffs affecting up to 10 percent of its personnel.
The PC market is in a slump. Various manufacturers posted disappointing quarterly results. HP is feeling the pressure. The organizat... Read more
HP Wolf Security provides endpoint protection with secure access
HP has expanded its Wolf Security endpoint security portfolio Sure Access Enterprise (SAE). The solution helps tightly secure access rights to sensitive data, systems and applications using dedicated VMs.
The new security solution should protect both compromised and uncompromised endpoints from ... Read more
HP launches new Chromebook 13.3″ and 15.6″
The HP Chromebook 15.6 inch and HP Chromebook x360 13.3 inch are now available. The designs are similar to previous Chromebooks from HP, but the components were updated.
Laptop manufacturers have to keep up with the development of CPUs, batteries and memory chips. Every once in a while, HP laun... Read more
HP firmware still contains unpatched vulnerabilities
Researchers from security firm Binarly warned of unpatched vulnerabilities in HP firmware. Some of the vulnerabilities were reported to HP months ago. Affected hardware remains highly vulnerable.
Binarly develops an AI-based security platform. The company's researchers recently warned of severa... Read more
HP’s new 31.5-inch monitor uses contrast-enhancing IPS Black tech
HP revealed a 31.5-inch monitor geared for professionals with high-resolution and image-quality requirements at its Amplify partner conference on Thursday,
The HP Z32k G3 with 4K resolution promises to be the first display to feature IPS Black technology and a Thunderbolt 4 USB-C connector.
D... Read more
HP launches 34″ AIO Desktop PC, world’s most powerful all-in-one
HP announced the 34" All-In-One Desktop PC. The most expensive configuration is the world's most powerful all-in-one model at this time. Two webcams allow for two recording angles. The desktop will be available from September onwards.
Apple is one of the largest suppliers of all-in-one (AIO) des... Read more
HP launches HP Anyware for secure remote working
HP Anyware will be available somewhere in the coming months. The solution's based on technology from Teradici, which HP acquired last year. HP Anyware should eventually replace HP's existing zCentral Remote Boost solution.
Teradici is a cornerstone of the upcoming solution. The company provides ... Read more
HP introduces two powerful Z-series laptops
HP expanded its Z-series ecosystem of business solutions with two high-performance laptops, the HP ZBook Fury G9 and the HP ZBook Studio G9. In addition, HP launched new monitors, a Thunderbolt dock and a software stack for data scientists.
The GPU capacity of both laptops is comparable to deskt... Read more
‘HP is working on a 17-inch foldable OLED PC’
PCs with foldable screens have struggled to catch on. However, with HP poised to enter the market, 'foldable OLED' may become more prevalent in laptop jargon.
According to TheElec, a South Korean electronics website, HP is working on a PC with a 17-inch foldable OLED display. HP hasn't made any ... Read more
Teradici PCoIP vulnerabilities affect 15 million endpoints, says HP
HP has issued a security alert regarding new significant security flaws in the Teradici PCoIP client and agent for Windows, Linux, and macOS, which affect 15 million endpoints.
Teradici is afflicted by the recently exposed OpenSSL certificate parsing problem, which creates an indefinite denial o... Read more

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Tech-giant Meta has rolled out its v47 software update for both the Quest Pro and Quest 2. The updates solidify the Quest Pro’s position as the best VR headset that is sold by Meta.
Logitech has announced a significant update to its Sync device management platform, which was designed to support the modern, hybrid workforce. Sync now supports personal collaboration devices such as webcams, headsets, and docking stations, allowing IT to manage conference rooms and workstations from a single cloud-based interface.
Razer Kraken V3 Pro is yet another great addition by Razer Inc to the growing list of gaming headset options available to gamers. The wireless headset is powered by Razer Chroma RGB.
Sennheiser and Neumann will demonstrate their audio solutions for all types and sizes of productions, with product highlights spanning from recently released mobile kits to classic microphones, headsets, and digital systems.
The global peripherals market is expected to grow to $12.2 billion by 2024, with gaming peripherals representing a disproportionate share of this growth.


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01:05 PM - March 10, 2012 by MMChrisS
The first round of the Greatest Sports Game Ever tournament begins Monday, but to get there, we have to finalize the bracket with our four play-in games!
You can check the brackets here.
You can also check out the rules before voting.
Then make the plunge, voting has begun and will last on these Matchups until Early Monday morning!
#16 Seed Play-In Game - Excitebike vs. 10 Yard Fight
#11 Seed Play-In Game - Blades of Steel vs. Double Dribble
#12 Seed Play-In Game - Top Spin 4 vs. NCAA Football 99
#16 Seed Play-In Game - Pong vs. NFL Fever 2000
Vote now! Campaign for your games on social media and within the respective threads! First round begins Monday!

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Rush and more: Twitter reacts to Liverpool’s season-best performance
Ian Rush and Terry McDermott revel in Liverpool's performance
Ian Rush has hailed Liverpool’s top-class performance after the Reds drew 1-1 with Chelsea in their League Cup semi-final first-leg clash at Anfield on Tuesday.
Belgium international Eden Hazard temporarily halted a brisk Liverpool start to the cup tie after he dispatched a first-half penalty following Emre Can’s foul.
However, Liverpool hit back courtesy of Raheem Sterling’s brilliant solo goal, although the hosts couldn’t find a winner despite 20 attempts on Thibaut Courtois’ goal.
But former Liverpool legends were still impressed by the Reds performance against the Premier League leaders, prompting a flurry of tweets late Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
Here is a selection of the best Twitter reaction from the professionals, past and present, in chronological order to a thrilling League Cup encounter.
Former Reds midfielder Terry McDermott (@TerryMac777) felt Brendan Rodgers’ side deserved a winner: “Fantastic @Lfc performance last night and unlucky not to win, a special goal from @sterling31 and all to play for next week now #Lfc”
Liverpool legend Ian Rush (@Ian_Rush9) hails the dynamic display: “Top class performance last night @LFC”
Former Reds goalkeeper Ray Clemence (@RayClem1) singles out Sterling for particular praise: “Get in there great goal @LFC from @sterling31 come on you reds #YNWA”
Finally, a non-Red Rodney Marsh (@RodneyMarsh10) declares that it is Liverpool’s best performance of the season: “Best I’ve seen Liverpool all season Brilliant football at pace”
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WOW...what a wonderfully heart-warming and inspiring event. We had the pleasure to participate in Art Is You 2008 retreat in CT over Columbus Day weekend and it was just superb! We met some truly beautiful, sweet souls - we are so pleased to see old friends and meet new. Salli-anne & Ellen went above and beyond as usual! The artwork, workshops & special extras were awesome - we were surrounded by talent.
Sal, my hubby Scott and I
We met Terri Ventura of Dime Store Daze - we had a really great time together. Terri is sweet, honest & awe-inspiringly talented. All photos on this entry are thanks to Terri's camera as I forgot mine. Thank you, thank you, thank you! :)
I am so happy we met such a wonderful, new friend - she had me giggling all weekend.
Terri, Scott and I
Terri made these wicked cool little notebooks - I was lucky enough to get one.
One of the workshops I taught - Can Can Dolls
I had such a lovely time with the ladies in all of my classes...
Terri (she's sooo darn talented!) took my Oh Baby! class and brought it to a new, exciting level incorporating some of her fabulous bits (you MUST check out her stuff - waaay cool!)
Pamela Huntington has a gorgeous display as always - she is SUCH a sweetheart!
Me, Pam & Terri - it was a long day full of activities
We met Laura, who was kind enough to assist w/ Terri's booth. She is very talented & another new friend we had so much fun with...
Laura & Sal
Kecia - she is soooo great. I really enjoyed having her in my Oh Baby! class - she did an amazing piece. I was salivating at her table on vendor night - really fun and simply GORGEOUS work!!
Ellen & Sal
These ladies worked so hard to make sure this event was a success...they are the BEST!
Here's a peek at some of our displays...
I LOVE doing them - it's like one, giant piece of artwork to me. My hubby jokes that I can't stop "fussing" with them, but its a labor of love.

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NAMASTE BHARAT is the Biggest Local to Global online exhibition that aims to create an ecommerce ecosystem for MSME, cottage industries, artisans and rural-urban women entrepreneurs to build a sustainable livelihood by promoting “Made in India” products globally.
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Delicious and Nutritious Meals for Your Littlest Foodie!
My Littlest Foodie is really starting to get interested in feeding himself. It’s wonderful, but makes me a little feel a little melancholy that he’s growing up and becoming this amazing and independent little person.
I’ve found that produce as finger food can be a little tricky. We’ve tried bananas, avocado and mango and he quickly turns them to mush with his ham-fisted baby fingers. Today I tried roasting small pieces of butternut squash and they turned into a perfect finger food – firm enough that a Littlest Foodie’s fingers can grasp, but soft enough for easy chewing and swallowing.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil. Mix chopped butternut squash with olive oil, vanilla and spice.
Spread over baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes. Butternut squash should begin to brown and be tender.
Serve once cooled to a baby appropriate temperature. Refrigerate, reheat and serve leftovers for up to 2 days (or serve as a side dish for adult foodies :). Enjoy (my Littlest Foodie sure did)!

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January 6, 2012
Make Home Improvement Your Resolution for 2012
Every New Year we all make a number of resolutions to improve ourselves. These include the standard “lose weight, get a better job, be a better parent,” character-changing resolutions. Although they often can be life changing, they also very often are left incomplete. This year, why not be a little more pragmatic and make some New Year’s resolutions to better our homes?
Our homes are the places where spend most our time. In the end, making some big changes within the house could actually lead to some personal lifestyle alterations. So, without further ado, here is a list of potential New Year’s home improvement resolutions for you to make:
Make Your Home Eco-Friendly:
It’s not just about jumping on the environmental ‘green-craze’ wagon. Making your home more eco-friendly not only helps the environment but also can save you a bundle. There are a number of ways to retro-fit your home to be green. A small and easy change is switching all your standard light bulbs out for longer lasting compact fluorescent or LED bulbs. These bulbs are environmentally friendly and also can save a homeowner around $50 per bulb throughout their lifetime. Another small change that can make a big difference is installing a few low cost solar panels for outdoor lighting.
For those with homes in cold weather climates, a big eco-friendly change might involve retrofitting your house for better insulation, which will save you a ton in heating bills in the long run. For those in warmer climates that are constantly maintaining and watering their lawn: an artificial lawn can look just as good but save on water and maintenance bills.
Designate an Exercise Room:
We all have a room in our house for relaxation – a couch potato heaven that has the big screen TV, plush arm chair, and table to kick your feet up on. That’s all swell, but what about when you need to get some physical activity? It’s often difficult to build up the motivation to keep up with a gym membership – we’re always making excuses like ‘the gym is too far,’ and ‘I’m too tired before or after work.’
It’s time to throw out those excuses and designate one room in your house as an ‘exercise room.’ It could be making a simple modification to that room by adding just one machine like a treadmill, Stairmaster, or Bowflex. Or maybe it could be the addition of mats for aerobics or yoga as well as a set of weights for strength training. Either way, simply calling a room in your home ‘an exercise room’ can often be enough motivation to get you off the couch and into a physical workout.
Get Rid of Your Junk, Finally:
We also all have rooms in our homes that are filled with useless clutter and junk. For many of us this room is the basement or garage, which serves as the graveyard for old boxes of toys, broken down appliances and torn up pieces of furniture. Not only does this junk take up unnecessary room that could be put to better use, but it also takes up room in your head – leading to elevated stress that could be alleviated.

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The Ministry of Rural and Agribusiness Development (SEDRAE) stated that fig producers in the municipalities of Jesus Maria, Aguascalientes, Rincon de Romos, Pabellon de Arteaga, Cosio, El Llano, and Asientos, in the State of Aguascalientes, will begin harvesting the fig that will be exported to different countries in Europe and the United Arab Emirates.
Currently, this fruit is cultivated on 14 hectares. The yield is 28 tons per hectare but this fruit can yield up to 30 tons per hectare.
Last weekend, the Governor of Aguascalientes, Martin Orozco Sandoval, paid a visit to the Las Higueras ranch, located in the municipality of Cosío, which is estimated will harvest 30 tons of high-quality fig for export this year.
Orozco Sandoval stressed that the entity's strategies for crop diversification were working and that producers were giving added value to their products.


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Musicology degree offered at University of Sheffield offers you the opportunity to engage with a range of specialist areas including Mozart, music of the classical period, Renaissance music, music and visual culture, eighteenth and nineteenth-century style, the concerto genre and the Broadway musical.
Course themes can include gender, philosophy, culture and aesthetics, and may involve an examination of history, composition, performance and reception.
You will engage with how music is created, disseminated and received, via a range of methodologies and often through interaction with other disciplines.
Teaching is through seminars, reading group, graduate study days and individual tutorials.
Assessment is through essays, short presentations and a dissertation.
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- You'll need a 2:1 in music or a combined degree with a substantial music component.
- Other qualifications may be acceptable depending on your background.
International21100 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the original amount of 21100 GBP per year and a duration of 12 months.
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No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away
With the passing of Sir Terry Pratchett and the publication of The Shepherd’s Crown, I embarked on an epic re-reading of all 41 official Discworld novels, with the goal of finishing by 31 December, 2016.
Famous for its wit and wisdom, the series offers countless quotable quotes on a variety of subjects. The quotes I share should not be considered the whole of Sir Terry’s excellent prose; indeed, they are the tasty appetizers to a succulent, nourishing meal.
About Men at Arms
This is the 15th Discworld novel and the 2nd featuring the City Watch.
Captain Vimes is getting married . . . but not before he solves one final case. On top of that, diversity has come to Ankh-Morpork, and as the City Watch changes, so do the crimes. Add a healthy dose of fate, destiny, and mad royalist romantics determined to restore the monarchy by uncovering the rightful king, and this isn’t going to be an open-and-shut case.
Come along, walk the beat with the Watch, and try to answer this question: what, exactly, makes a person
The Goodreads Blurb:
A Young Dwarf’s Dream Corporal Carrot has been promoted! He’s now in charge of the new recruits guarding Ankh-Morpork, Discworld’s greatest city, from Barbarian Tribes, Miscellaneous Marauders, unlicensed Thieves, and such. It’s a big job, particularly for an adopted dwarf.
But an even bigger job awaits. An ancient document has just revealed that Ankh-Morpork, ruled for decades by Disorganized crime, has a secret sovereign! And his name is Carrott…
And so begins the most awesome epic encounter of all time, or at least all afternoon, in which the fate of a city–indeed of the universe itself!–depends on a young man’s courage, an ancient sword’s magic, and a three-legged poodle’s bladder.
To the Quotes!
The Librarian as he appears in The Discworld Companion, illustrated by Paul Kidby
Individuals aren’t naturally paid-up members of the human race, except biologically. They need to be bounced around by the Brownian motion of society, which is a mechanism by which human beings constantly remind one another that they are . . . well . . . human beings.
The problem with Destiny, of course, is that she is often not careful where she puts her finger.
Where people went wring was thinking that simple meant the same thing as stupid.
I’ve got to get something inside me . . . some coffee or something. And then the world will somehow be better.
Sometimes it’s better to light a flamethrower than to curse the darkness.
Cats . . . amusingly tolerate humans only until someone comes up with a tin opener that can be operated with a paw.
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Management company in Vladivostok was fined for rubbish
Enterprise will have to pay more than 70 thousand
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Properties damaged by bushfires in Batchelor, Tumbling Waters
A number of properties have been damaged by bushfires in Batchelor and Tumbling Waters, about an hour south of Darwin.
Bushfires NT are battling fires along Cox Peninsular Road and in Batchelor, and said it was unclear what the extent of the damage as.
Earlier reports indicated houses had been destroyed, but emergency services said it was possible they were sheds or dongas.
Responding to the blazes are 21 grass fire units, three tankers, three water bombers and four helicopters.
The fire is estimated to be eight square kilometres in size.
Windy condition made it difficult for authorities to control the blaze, but they said they were beginning to regain control over parts of it.
Emergency services have re-opened the road between Tumbling Waters and Darwin River Road and are urging drivers to be wary of poor visibility due to the smoke.
The ABC understands fire crews are preparing to burn off sections near the road to help control the blaze and prevent it spreading.


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On the very first day of 2022, Amarey Lej, also known as Myara, was found shot to death in a Pittsburgh city street. Her death is the first reported murder of a transgender person in the U.S. in 2022.
It is unknown if Lej was killed because she was a Black trans woman, and we may never know the details of this heartbreaking act of violence. What we do know is that, under capitalism, transgender people of color, even compared to trans people generally, are at greatly increased risk of being the victims of fatal violence. According to the Human Rights Campaign’s 2020 report on violence against the transgender community, 78% of the victims of fatal violence against transgender people since 2013 have been trans women of color, with Black trans women making up 66% of the victims.
The Crimes of Capitalism
On top of bigotry and discrimination putting transgender people of color at increased risk of violence, the deficiencies of the capitalist system compound these risks. Trans people generally make lower wages and are more likely to experience homelessness, and poverty puts people at higher risk of violence as well. To make matters worse, victims of violence often feel unsafe going to the police, especially in over-policed communities that have been bombarded by the racist War On Drugs and gentrification.
2021 marked the deadliest year on record for trans people, a record that is unfortunately reset nearly every year. While this year-by-year increase may be at least partially due to better reporting, it is also linked to the emboldening of the far right in recent years.
Our hearts break for Lej and her loved ones, and the question “how can this be prevented?” is forefront in our minds.
The crises of capitalism, racism, and transphobia are all worsening as we speak. In 2021, over 200 Black people were killed by the police, which puts them at 27% of all police killings in 2021 despite being only 13% of the US population. 2021 is being hailed as the worst year in recent memory for trans people, with 17 anti-queer bills being passed nationwide. This onslaught of oppression is compounded by the worsening of conditions for all working people. Working people of all demographics are falling ill with COVID-19 as the pandemic continues to be mishandled internationally. Working-class people nationwide who test positive are being sent back to work before they are better. On top of that, all this is happening while so many workers are homeless, underpaid or outright jobless, and in communities increasingly devastated by climate catastrophe. Working-class people face down all this and more at the hands of the crisis the capitalist system has produced. Our only way out of it is to fight back together.
An End to Oppressive Violence
Regardless of whether Lej’s death was a premeditated hate crime or simply a crime of opportunity, the trans community and Black community need solidarity from the broader working class now more than ever. The fights against racism, transphobia, homophobia, and violence in our communities will never be won if we try to tackle them separately.
In order to take the first steps towards ending the oppressions that plague the working class, the labor movement should boldly take up the demands of queer and Black people as an important part of a broader program for workers’ rights. Trans workers and workers of color are more likely to find themselves working low-wage, generally unorganized retail and service jobs. Unions can play an outsized role in forging unity and solidarity among working people by taking up bold campaigns to organize the unorganized. The recent wave of strikes and unionization campaigns over the last six months clearly show that workers have a deep desire to fight back against the bosses for better wages, hours, and conditions. In order to do this successfully, unions will need to win the buy-in of everyone. The first step down this path would be taking up demands against oppression more broadly, like trans-inclusive healthcare, with rank and file workers leading the way and explaining the importance of these issues to their coworkers when necessary.
A true end to gender oppression, racism, and violence in our communities cannot be fully realized under capitalism, a system that requires inequality to maintain itself. The struggle against gender oppression, racism, and anti-social violence needs to be linked up to other struggles of the working class and oppressed, and channeled toward fighting for a socialist restructuring of society. An end to capitalism will not immediately erase centuries of transphobia and racism, but would undoubtedly lay the basis for a society that could fully eradicate gender-and sexuality-based discrimination, and racism.
The fight against all forms of oppression can only be won united as one international working class. In the words of the Marxist revolutionary, Leon Trotsky: “Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression, and violence, and enjoy it to the full.” Amarey Lej deserved a life free of evil, oppression, and violence, and a chance to enjoy it to the full. Together, the workers of the world can secure that for future generations.

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The guns, ammo, power, range, everything has been redesigned to be in line with vanilla gameplay. New ammo such as 45s and 556s now cost slightly more than 9mms and 762s respectively and have shorter range, but more power. The guns are all crafted now, and you find their schematics in the wild. Only the tier 1 weapons can be crafted without a schematic by having their appropriate perk learned. The Katana is craftable by learning all the books for bladed weapons, but it’s worth it he promise.
Sights have been realigned, scopes and glitches have been fixed. The guns will no longer appear in the wild in order to not offset regular loot. Instead, they can be bought from traders or crafted. Their mods and attachments can, however, be looted. Lot’s of items are removed in order to streamline the mod, such as the custom ingredients and ore for crafting.
Now all guns use vanilla ammo, or a handful of custom ammo that closely follows suit. All custom blocks are removed. “Gun”, “Ammo”, and “Mod” have been attached to appropriate items for easier searching. Ammo boxes have been redesigned to work as Bundles that you can rebundle the ammo into.
TL;DR: This mod is now more about adding more HQ vanilla-esque guns, and nothing else. Thanks again to IvanDX for his blessing and original work. Without him, this wouldn’t exist.
- LAM (flashlight + lasersight) doesn’t provide light with the Raging Bull
- Gatling sound is low for firing weapon
- Gatling makes an auger reload sound, complete with gas
- modTAPad brightness is too high and proper functionality is unknown to him
- Guns are setup to reset their animation properly when you switch away from them during an animation. The animation will loop until you refresh the gun by entering its mod screen. Recreate by switching guns during animations such as reloading.
- Some mods don’t properly display on a gun until you refresh the gun by entering its mod screen. Reflex sights and such are guilty of this.
- (new) Updated to v9. Lots of changes and fixes.
- Updated to v7. Fixed the Katana unlock recipe. Now unlocks with the third Night book.
- Updated for A19.
- Updated with some changes done to the mod. Made it so the guns accept vanilla ammo as well as ammo when appropriate.
The forum topic of the mod is here.
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Better Homes and Gardens Home Landscaping: Plants, Projects, and Ideas for Your Yard
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Better Homes and Gardens Books, 1996 - Gardening - 288 pages
Brimming with ideas, encouragement, and detailed how-to instructions, this treasury presents more than 40 popular home landscaping projects, provides complete information on planning and planting each landscape, and shows how to create spaces that effectively showcase features such as flower beds, borders, walls, and more.
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We are now accepting letters of intent for the 2024 Strategic Research Grant: REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Research. This is a focused funding opportunity is open to projects that address research gaps in the management of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder that were identified in the 2023 published systematic review titled, Management of REM sleep behavior disorder: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine systematic review, meta-analysis, and GRADE assessment. Only applications that fit into one or more of these research domains and topic areas will be considered.
- Diagnosis of REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
Several factors contribute to diagnosing individuals with REM behavior disorder (RBD), and there is a need to improve diagnosis in clinical practice. Examples of research topics that fall under the improvement of diagnosing REM sleep behavior disorder include, but not limited to:
- Increasing recognition of RBD symptoms among clinicians, patients, and families.
- Models that increase access to sleep specialists that can appropriately diagnose RBD.
- Methods for assessing RBD severity.
- Treatments for REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
There is a need for well-designed studies that enhance the treatment of RBD and consider factors such as balance of benefits and harms, patient values and preferences, and resource use. Examples of research topics that fall under treatments for RBD include, but are not limited to:
- Clinical trials for new and standard treatments, including randomized placebo-controlled trials and comparative effectiveness trials.
- Clinical trials that focus on the following populations: women, racial subgroups, and other demographic subgroups.
- Development of RBD-modifying therapies.
Letters of intent are due October 23, 2023. For full information on eligibility and this funding opportunity, visit: https://foundation.aasm.org/strategic-research-award/

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- Forced labor in the Soviet Union
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Foreign forced labor in the Soviet Unionof 1939-1954 which included labor of the World War II prisoners of warand internees.
Stalin penal laborin the Soviet Union: Corrective labor colony(Исправительно-трудовая колония, ИТК) , Colony-settlement(Колония-поселение), corrective labor without incarceration(Исправительные работы без лишения свободы).
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Page man sentenced for charges in three cases
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Francis L. Brundle Jr., 35, of Page appeared in front of the Honorable Kale Burdick in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill on Feb. 21 to face charges in three cases.
Brundle changed his plea to guilty, per terms of a plea bargain, on a Class 2 misdemeanor count, no proof of financial responsibility, committed May 7, 2021. In return, Holt County attorney Brent Kelly dismissed two counts, driving during revocation/impound and no proof of ownership. Burdick fined Brundle $250 and taxed him $33 costs.
A plea deal was also announced in a case from Dec. 26, 2021. Brundle pleaded guilty to two...

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text: Two mainstream magazines have nude photo shoots in their newest issues this month. In Weight Watchers (at least in the UK), six women bared all to show off their weight loss success as told in the Mirror. An even more positive article tells how five women on England’s Olympic Rugby Team posed nude in Women’s Health Magazine to celebrate their bodies. Both articles come from England and show women comfortable with their bodies. The difference between the articles is that in one, the women felt they needed to change their bodies before they could be seen nude.


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In the world war of economics, the sprawling Southeast Asian nation of Indonesia is shaping up as a key battlefield for the 1990s. The Japanese know it, as do the Germans, the British, the South Koreans and the Taiwanese. But American business people have yet to set up camp. The generals of U.S. industry may be hard pressed to find Indonesia on the map.
The fifth most populous nation on the planet, with more than 180 million people living on a necklace of 13,677 islands, has the largest and cheapest work force in the Pacific. It is teeming with untapped natural resources. And best, it is begging for business.
Three years ago, the government of Indonesia went on a deregulation binge, cutting away the red tape and tariffs that had discouraged foreign investors. Since then, South Korea has launched 126 business ventures in Indonesia, Japan 116, Taiwan 109 and Hong Kong 53. The United States has weighed in with only nine business ventures. In fact, 10 years ago, the U.S. business presence in Indonesia was far greater than it is today.
Even without an enthusiastic response from the United States, Indonesian President Suharto is patting himself on the back for the "miracles" deregulation has fostered: an up-and-coming stock market and a growth rate of 6 percent. Indonesia's public relations machine would like the world to believe that everyone has benefited from Suharto's reforms, but that is not the truth yet.
Our associate Jim Lynch visited Indonesia recently and found the rich and the poor grumbling that the new economics benefits only the wealthy.
The policies have fattened the banking tycoons of Jakarta who go home after a day's work to their marble floors and turquoise-colored swimming pools. But not much has changed for the sidewalk merchant who wheels his goods to work, or the rice farmer on the island of Bali who carries her load on her head. Nor has life changed for the Dani warrior still carrying his tribal spear on the island of Irian Jaya.
The canyon between the rich and the poor is so wide, and the standard of living so varied across Indonesia, that a beggar in Jakarta can do little with a few rupiahs handed to him. But if he had the same money in a village 100 miles away, he could buy a generous lunch.
Foreign investment has done little to increase wages in a country where skilled laborers get only about $3 a day.
Indonesian government insiders confidentially point out that the most visible beneficiaries of Suharto's reforms are Suharto's relatives. His children have received contracts to build highways, hotels and an airport.
There are the usual technical problems that come with doing business in the Third World. A lasting memory of Indonesia is people shouting "Hello? Hello?" into telephones that don't work.
Problems aside, Indonesia is one of the last and largest fertile terrains in the world economy. Indonesian leaders are hooked on the drug of foreign money and would particularly like to see more U.S. dollars. At a recent economics forum hosted by Suharto's government, the featured speaker was former secretary of state Alexander M. Haig Jr.


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Without a thing party meeting date night there can be no anticipation Neglect the false sense of community reaching through digital screens and voices without faces Without potential surprise there are no butterflies fluttering no scenarios played out no choose-your-own-adventure daydreams Negate the surprise closings the surprise news & its associated graphics the surprise details that come each day With nothing to anticipate there is nothing to expect with nothing to expect time almost stands still Almost.
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Yes, I’m experiencing that “With nothing to anticipate / there is nothing to expect / with nothing to expect / time almost stands still / Almost.” Nice poem we can all relate to.
It is so weird to know I am always free–no meetings, no school, no church, no appointments, nothing. I have so much time, but I’m not bored. I’m getting a lot done, and different things that I’m not used to doing, like actually writing poetry in April! I’ve never done that before! Take care.
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Acids vary greatly in their strength—their ability to ionize or produce ions when dissolved in water. What factors determine the strength of an acid? In this experiment, the strength of acids are determined by the equilibrium constants for their ionization reactions in water.

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2021 Hyundai Ioniq Electric Test, Price, Review – In spite of the amount of 2021 Hyundai Ioniq Electric automobiles presented within the last dozens several years or more, none of them have actually ended up capable of taking too large of the nibble right out of the product sales results for your poster youngster connected with hybrids, this Toyota Prius. Hyundai appearances to switch all that featuring a personal specialized electric hatchback. The large headlines would be that the type, called Ioniq, feature a good all-electric drivetrain seeing that beyond the additional familiarized electric along with plug-in hybrid configurations you receive along with the Prius. When it comes to title, the firm claims the idea referrals “components of it is formation.” Some sort of ion is really an electronically-incurred atom, backlinking into the car’s “imaginative mix of electrified powertrains,” as the 2nd section of the label suggestions the idea exceptional area in the actual Hyundai collection. Eventually, any “Q” will be represented from the vehicle’s company logo “like a visible advancement, admitting the new fresh technique on this superior, lower-emission unit.”
Approved, the particular Ioniq will come with many pretty words and phrases, although the brand-new nameplate comes with a minumum of one element so that you can boast concerning: it is the initial generation vehicle to supply electric, plug-in hybrid, along with electric drivetrain during the exact same exterior deal. Getting introduced any Ioniq in order to area press with it is Namyang RAndD Core throughout Southern Korea, Hyundai showcased your vehicle with the Geneva Electric motor Reveal in addition to New York Auto Show with 2016. Could it get what must be done to present the most popular Toyota Prius an important jog due to the funds? Determine during the review directly below.
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2021 Hyundai Ioniq Electric Redesign
A 2021 Hyundai Ioniq Electric features a comparable size and shape, small overhangs, any hatchback-like back stop, in addition to taller back fenders. However, it provides a far more common nostril and windscreen as compared to the Prius, which can make that search significantly less bizarre amongst alternative Hyundai products and solutions. In addition, the actual athletic, hatchback-like user profile collections any Ioniq other than additional electric designs. Developed with highest possible sleek performance in your mind, the particular Ioniq purposes exterior individual panels that can flex. This function maximizes aerodynamics additionally, which will, whenever coupled with additional options, makes a class-primary Compact disc-price of just .24.
Additionally, it includes a even more elegant truly feel than the straight competitors as a result of a healthy mixture of dark inserts along with stainless cheaper windows reduce, as well as 2-color rims. Absolutely sure, these characteristics will likely be located on the better costly clip quantities, but it is good so as to sequence these folks as opposed to ought to be satisfied with the unitary start looking around the variety. Just about all explained to, a Ioniq is really a unique eat this portion plus a auto which i want to see remain competitive from the Chevrolet Volt when it comes to appears visit.
If Hyundai launched the primary intro picture of the actual interior, I personally actually considered that the development variation would not be because appealing. Appears I had been improper, when the real interior can be much like the particular renderings, presenting exactly the same dash board, the same centre bunch layout, indistinguishable piece of equipment bunch, level-bottomed controls, as well as the brilliant-light blue inserts. The thing this packages the development type in addition to the making is the heart bunch along with gaming console has a lot more control keys along with changes. Inspite of that will, this design is always appealing as well as the heart bunch is actually in no way chaotic.
The particular several-inches touch screen show in between the centre air vents delivers the driver by using get the particular car’s infotainment method. Built with the two Apple CarPlay in addition to Google android Vehicle, that makes it possible for end users for you to connect their own systems along with management tunes, phone or the navigation features on-screen. Furthermore, it features a wi-fi inductive recharging mat for mobile phone devices. When it comes to computerized, significant-conclusion, TFT musical instrument bunch, it display screens various gauges and gives specifics of this car’s quickness, power supply, in addition to fuel usage. Depending upon the picked out commute function, history tone in addition to gauges are usually tailored to continually offer the most significant along with handy details.
2021 Hyundai Ioniq Electric Engine
As opposed to this Prius, this 2021 Hyundai Ioniq Electric is available along with several drivetrains. There is be considered a hybrid in addition to a plug-in hybrid, equally employing a gas engine, and a 100 percent-electric type. That settings helps make the Ioniq the 1st large-generated auto to offer you these types of 3 powertrain solutions during the exact same body form. Any hybrid models on the Ioniq wed a new 1.6-liter Kappa GDi fuel producing 105 Playstation (104 horse power) together with 147 Nm (108 lb-ft .) with torque, any electric electric motor ranked during 43.5 Playstation (42.8 horses), plus a innovative half a dozen-quickness, double-clutch system transmission. Yup, there is simply no CVT with this just one. Entire yield is located during 141 Playstation (139 horse power) along with 265 Nm (195 lb-foot) around 1st equipment and even 141 Playstation in addition to 235 Nm (173 lb-ft) with secondly in order to 6th equipment.
When it comes to electric engine, that helps the actual hybrid to function throughout genuine electric method during rates of speed all the way to 120 km/h (75 miles per hour) whilst making the most of productivity and cutting down Carbon dioxide pollutants. Any motor unit obtains it is veggie juice with a lithium-ion polymer load rather than the additional typical nickel-metallic-hybrid battery pack intended for enhanced impose and even release efficacy and increased highest possible result.
2021 Hyundai Ioniq Electric Price and Release Date
The actual Ioniq Hybrid will be valued out of $22,000, which usually looks smart ever since the many common Prius sells by $23,475. By natural means, this electric edition is sold with $29,500, which in turn destinations the idea during the very same segment among the most favored EVs around, any Nissan Leaf.


A range of Pingers and Data Telemetry Transmitters used for tracking and monitoring fish and aquatic animals in residency and migrations studies.
Continuous transmitters are useful for experiments where the scientist needs to track individual animals from a boat using Vemco’s tracking receivers (VR100). Continuous transmitters ping continuously from the first ping until power is lost unless deactivated by the user. These transmitters are identified by the operating frequency, and the period if they do not transmit data. Continuous transmitters come in a variety of sizes, and power outputs and several frequencies.
The frequencies available are restricted so as to not interfere with longer term studies using coded transmitters at 69 kHz. Continuous pingers are normally used with high repetition rates and short life spans. Additional frequencies can be made available for closed systems. The table below shows comparisons of the various options available for continuous pingers.


Welcome back to the exciting battle between Nokia Beam Pro vs OPPO Find X2 Pro with 12GB RAM, 7500mAh battery. Let’s find the winner now!
Nokia Beam Pro vs OPPO Find X2 Pro specs
Nokia Beam Pro comes with powerful specs and stunning design. Whereas, OPPO Find X2 Pro arrives with a great display and a brilliant optics department. Firstly, concerning the display, Nokia Beam Pro 2020 specs feature a 6.3-inch IP S LCD with a 4K resolution. Besides, OPPO Find X2 Pro specs flaunt a 6.7-inch AMOLED with a resolution of 1440 x 3168. Therefore, the OPPO monster has the first point of the race with the bigger screen. Let’s move on to the storage next!
As for the hardware, both handsets take power from the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset. What about the operating system? Both devices work on Android 10 as the operating system. In terms of storage, the Nokia flagship sports 8GB/10GB RAM and 256GB/ 512GB of internal storage, expandable up to 512GB via a MicroSD card. On the other side, the Vivo machine offers different variants 128GB/ 8GB RAM, 256GB/ 8GB RAM, 256GB/ 12GB RAM. So the Nokia phone is the winner of this round.
For the camera, the Nokia Beam Pro camera flaunts triple 64MP + 16MP + 12MP lens on the back and a dual 16MP sensors for taking selfies and video calls. On the contrary, the OPPO Find X2 Pro camera features triple 48MP + 48MP + 13MP lenses at the back and a single 32MP front-facing shooter. With a fantastic camera system, both handsets have one point. About the capacity, the Nokia monster boasts a 7000mAh energy box, while the OPPO device houses a 4260mAh juice box. As a result, the Nokia smartphone wins by the larger battery.
Nokia Beam Pro vs OPPO Find X2 Pro release date and price
The Nokia Beam Pro release date can fall in the final quarter of this year. On the other side, the OPPO Find X2 Pro release date took place back on March 6. For the cost, the Nokia Beam Pro price should begin around $350 ~ Rs. 24, 400. Besides, the OPPO Find X2 Pro price starts around $1, 096 ~ Rs. 82, 821. Which one do you like? Let’s share your thoughts in the comment section!


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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), nearly 3000 people on average commit suicide daily. In the Veteran community, suicide rates are at an all-time high. Most would agree that suicide prevention is the best way to alleviate the grief and sorrow that leaves family members and friends often paralyzed and overwhelmed.
New Hope is no stranger to supporting families who have suffered the loss of a loved one by suicide. In the aftermath of a loved one’s suicide, you might feel like you can’t go on or that you’ll never enjoy life again. If you are grieving the loss of a family member who committed suicide, you don’t have to do it alone. New Hope wants to provide you with the support, hope, and healing you will need to move forward in life. We offer 8 week grief support groups, to learn about our groups please click here or call our offices at 562-429-0075 ext.2.
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The inaugural IKC3 Sustainable Art Award, a highlight of K-FEST 2023, has been won by the talented artist Emily Thompson. This award is a joint venture with the Ireland’s Knowledge Centre for Carbon, Climate and Community Action (IKC3) and is designed to acknowledge artists who integrate sustainability and climate consciousness into their creative work.
Emily’s remarkable transformation of wool—a natural ‘bio-based’ material often discarded in Ireland—into stunning woven pieces that reflect Irish landscapes, captivated the judges. Her innovative reuse of this local resource, coupled with a low energy, low environmental impact technique for processing this raw material, and experimentation with natural pigments and dyes, earned her the prestigious award.
IKC3, an educational institution focused on transitioning to a low carbon economy, is funded by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) and Human Capital Initiative (HCI) in partnership with Munster Technological University, Trinity College Dublin, and University College Dublin.
The IKC3 research project, which underpins this award, investigates the necessary skills society needs for transitioning towards a sustainable future, and recognizes the pivotal role of artists in inspiring and supporting citizens to adapt to these changes. The recipient of the award, selected by a panel of sustainability experts from the IKC3 Project and CircBio Research Group at MTU, receives a €500 grant.
For more about Emily Thompson’s work, visit: https://www.instagram.com/emilyathompson_artist/?hl=en
To learn more about the commendable work IKC3 is doing, visit: https://ikc3.ie/


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Alopecia, or alopecia areata, is an autoimmune disorder characterized by loss of hair from the scalp, usually in clumps. After the disease takes hold, experts at WebMD say symptoms appear primarily in the form of patchy hair loss. Hair falls out in clumps or clusters, leaving shiny bald spots on the scalps.
Although alopecia produces unsightly bald patches, hair loss usually comes and goes. Hair lost during one flare-up might ultimately regrow. Researchers at WebMD say this growth-loss pattern generally takes place during several months. Afflicted individuals might lose hair from one spot on their heads for a month or more, but those hairs may eventually grow back in one month or several months. Sometimes, hair grows back in strands identical to those lost, but other times in comes back thinner or in different colors.
In extreme cases, this disease may produce chronic loss of scalp hair, along with loss of body hair. Some risk factors increases peoples' likelihood of developing chronic alopecia. Having a family history of alopecia, developing the condition before puberty, having an additional autoimmune disease and multiple previous episodes of substantial hair loss increase the risk of permanent hair loss. In addition to targeting the hair, alopecia sometimes affects the fingernails and toenails. Nails may develop pits or have uneven surfaces and altered appearances.


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Front Breathable Mesh Dog Carrier Sling
Anyone can carry a puppy around with them, but not everyone can do so in style.
That becomes the least of your worries with this carrier, though.
A unique design mimics the body of your puppy, providing ample space for them to rest in while being lugged around.
Headspace would not be a dealbreaker either, seeing the adjustable, allowable section for your canine to show its tongue to the world.
Follow that up with a breathable mesh material to keep the dog ventilated inside that pouch, and we have a winner.
If you used to worry about how strong these bags can be, trust that it can carry two of your dog’s weight at once.
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Way back in Week Three, the Jaguars traveled to the West Coast and dismantled the Chargers 38-10 at SoFi Stadium.
That made the Jaguars 2-1 and they looked like a team on the rise.
Then they lost five games in a row to fall to 2-6 and that victory over L.A. looked like a fluke.
But now the two teams will meet again in the postseason on Saturday night, this time in Jacksonville. The Jags finished the season 9-8 with the Chargers going 10-7. Both teams played well down the stretch, with the exception of Los Angeles’ 31-28 loss to Denver in Week 18.
Jacksonville head coach Doug Pederson acknowledged on Monday that the previous matchup was “a long time ago.”
“There’s some new faces on their side,” Pederson said in his press conference. “There’s some new faces on our side. Schematically, probably both the same with us and with them. Again, we’ve talked about it a lot, you’re not going to trick anybody. It just comes down to execution, both sides, them and us.
“I’m looking forward to it, watching our guys on this type of stage. We haven’t been there, this team, and obviously, it’ll be a great atmosphere, home game for us and really looking forward to watching our guys perform.”
Pederson said he’ll study the tape of that first game to recognize how both teams went after one another in all three phases.
“Then you kind of look at the whole body of work since, and if there’s anything that’s changed and why it’s changed, and then you put your game plan together that way and according to that,” Pederson said. “It’s a good football team. They’ve got a great young quarterback as well, and I know they’ll be ready to go. They’re looking forward to this opportunity just like we are.”
Doug Pederson: Week 3 victory over Chargers was a long time ago originally appeared on Pro Football Talk

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Last year I wrote (here) about how much I enjoyed the dinner Oakview Nursing gave for those who volunteer (we get to give concerts there a few times every year). When we received an invitation to their volunteer dinner this year we didn't want to miss it for anything.
The dinner was held at the same venue as last year, the spacious Beaman Memorial Building. We signed in for a drawing for flower vases and took our seats at a table. The tables were decorated with umbrellas and flower arrangements to give the room a very spring-like look.
After greeting our wonderful hostess Jane and the Oakview staff, we admired the quilts on the walls while we waited for the first course. The butterfly quilt above is one of my mother's favorites.
Soon salads were served, and we enjoyed the crispy lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese. I'm not very much of a salad fan, but they definitely know how to make a simple salad taste good.
I came to dinner starving, and quickly ate all my salad. The dangerous part of eating salad first is that it takes up so much room not enough is left to finish the main course.
...And that can be disappointing when the main course consists of a generous helping of potatoes, pork, and green beans. The potatoes were wonderful.
Next came the most important part of the meal! Guess what?!
Raspberry Cheesecake and French Silk Pie!
My youngest sister and I split a piece of each so we could taste both. The French Silk was very sweet and light and the raspberry cheesecake was splendid (I love the taste of raspberries!).
After dessert the 3 tables of people were assigned to write a story about 3 elderly people, George (a 92 year old veteran), Ethel (an 80-something lady with an attitude), and Bill (A charming 82 year old gentleman). Table 1 was to write about their morning. Table 2 would write about lunch and the afternoon, and Table 3 would write about the evening. We were also given several words that we had to implement in our stories. It was fun to do, and very interesting to hear the completed story.
Then everyone who wanted to participate was invited to sit in a wide circle, and while music played we passed around a few packaged presents. When the music stopped, whoever had them in hand had to unwrap one layer, and then the music would start again. The people who unwrapped the last layer of packaging received the present. Some people got Gatorade, others M&Ms, chocolate, and packaged cakes, and I received chewing gum (above). My mother won a vase of flowers in the drawing.
It was a very pleasant evening, and I would like to thank Jane, Lynn, and all the staff at Oakview for the wonderful dinner. They know how to make a dinner both fun and delicious, and Oakview once again retains its title as a wonderful place to volunteer.


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Route :- Following the new Peak District Boundary path all the way.
Whaley Bridge to Todd Brooke reservoir, S to Taxal church E then S following river Goyt. South east bank of Fernilee then Errwood Reservoirs E then S along disused railway line. At Bishops lane left E then S through Cavendish Golf course, into Pavilion Gardens The Kings Head and nearby café for drinks and food. Then bus 199 back to Whaley Bridge. A mostly warm dry day but with one Heavy down pour on the moor above Buxton. 16 members + 1 non/ prospective + Chester the dog.
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Dr. Rajasekhara Reddy practices Orthopaedic Surgery near Midland, TX.
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New releases from BOSS as they update two of their most popular pedals.
This acoustic preamp features notch filter, acoustic resonance and ambience knobs to get that natural acoustic sound that every acoustic player wants.
Works with acoustic guitars as well, the CP-1X preserves tones and limits without the muddiness.
The AD-2 is an interesting pedal indeed.
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Former nurse aide pleads guilty to sex crimes in Butler Co., was already convicted in Warren Co.
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A Middletown man already convicted in Warren County of having sexual contact with assisted living patients has pleaded guilty to more charges in Butler County.
Godbless Uwadiegwu, 59, of Bonita Drive, who was a nurse aide, was indicted in November by a Butler County grand jury for rape and sexual battery, for crimes allegedly committed between Sept. 1 and Sept. 5, 2018, and two counts of gross sexual imposition and unlawful restraint for crimes allegedly committed on Dec. 26, 2013, according to court records.
Uwadiegwu appeared in Butler County Common Pleas Court on Thursday where he pleaded guilty to one count of sexual battery and one count of gross sexual imposition. The remainder of the charges were dismissed.
Judge Michael Oster Jr. set Uwadegwu’s sentencing for May 23. As part of the plea deal, the prosecution agreed the sentences would run concurrently, meaning the maximum sentence Uwadiegwu can receive is 5 years in prison. He will also be classified as a Tier III Sex Offender requiring him to register every 90 days for life. Uwadegwu’s trial was scheduled to begin Tuesday.
Butler County Prosecutor Michael Gmoser said there are two alleged victims in the indictment, one from Middletown and the other from Hamilton.
Uwadiegwu is accused of providing nursing care in a person’s home where he sexually assaulted her, Gmoser said. He added the victim is paraplegic.
The second case stemmed from a “date” situation in which Uwadiegwu is accused of sexually assaulting the woman, Gmoser said.
In the Butler County cases, Uwadiegwu was not employed in health care facilities or nursing homes at the time of the alleged crime, the prosecutor said.
In August, Uwadiegwu was indicted by a Warren County grand jury on multiple counts of rape and gross sexual imposition. The indictment accused Uwadiegwu of having sexual contact with victims while working at a facility in Deerfield Twp. and Maineville. The crimes allegedly occurred in January 2021 and September 2020. Uwadiegwu pleaded guilty on Nov. 10 in Warren County Common Pleas Court to two counts of gross sexual imposition. The other charges were dismissed.
Warren County Common Pleas Judge Donald Oda II sentenced Uwadiegwu to the maximum sentence of three years in jail — 18 months on each count.


Lifting beam for handling standard 20-ft and 40-ft containers. Delivered complete with wire rope slings or chain slings and Type CH or MK5 container hooks for attachment to container bottom fixings.
Design: Type A is a transverse beam with a low lifting height designed for lifting by the bottom fixings (as shown). Type B picture is a transverse beam in the form of a spreader. This requires a greater lifting height but offers superior balance and lighter weight.
Proof: 1.5 x WLL.
Type A Transverse beam
Type B Transverse beam - spreader picture.
- Material: Hollow-beam and plate of high-strength structural steel.
- Marking: Maximum load and CE mark.
- Finish: Yellow painted.
- Note: Manufactured in accordance with the Swedish and international standard SS-ISO 3874, which states that a lifting beam is required when handling loaded standard containers larger than 10 ft in


Called Spartan, it is an html5 mobile version of the site that would run through Apple’s Safari browser on devices like the iPad and iPhone, rather than being a true app. It explains why Facebook have held back from making an iPad app and also gives us a little glimpse of the future where the big tech giants – Apple, Facebook, Google clash over all areas of technology.
The new html5 mobile site would also act as a platform for apps of its own – like the new photo-sharing application Facebook has in the works.
Spartan would wrest control of apps from Apple’s hands and allow Facebook to do things that Apple’s tightly controlled app store won’t allow.
Sounds revolutionary? It would be. And if Facebook starts doing this then we can only imagine that other content-makers will start to try it too.
Too early to say the impact yet, but it might wrest the smart developers away from apps and back into html. Apps have certainly been the success story of the past five years, but this could be the beginning of a shift away from them.


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Kavousi IIB: The Late Minoan IIIC Settlement at Vronda: The Buildings on the Periphery
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Kavousi IIB: The Late Minoan IIIC Settlement at Vronda: The Buildings on the Periphery
By Leslie Preston Day and Kevin T. Glowacki (Prehistory Monographs 39). Pp. xxxii + 195, figs. 136, b&w pls. 30, charts 70, tables 28. INSTAP Academic Press, Philadelphia 2012. $80. ISBN 978-1-931534-69-7 (cloth).
Between 1983 and 1992, cleaning and excavations were conducted by Geraldine Gesell, Day, and William Coulson at Vronda, Kavousi, Crete, a site first investigated by Harriet Boyd in 1901. After a first volume of final publication by Day, Klein, and Turner (Kavousi IIA: The Late Minoan IIIC Settlement at Vronda. The Buildings on the Summit [Philadelphia 2009]), Kavousi IIB describes the Late Minoan (LM) IIIC buildings located on the slopes of the ridge, namely Building Complex E, I-O-N, and L-M, a pottery kiln, and areas excavated on the periphery not belonging to these buildings. Building F, a Venetian house on the southern side, is also presented. For each, a report on the history of excavations and a very detailed description of the stratigraphy, architectural remains, and assemblage (pottery, objects, and faunal remains) are provided. The text is followed by an appendix on archaeomagnetic results, a bibliography, an index, 28 tables summarizing the faunal remains by area, and 70 charts quantifying the pottery in the different deposits according to ware groups and recognizable coarse fabrics. In addition, the volume is well illustrated, with 136 figures and plates, including state plans of the site and different buildings, phase plans for each building, numerous drawings of sections and of the most relevant pottery and objects recovered, and black-and-white photographs of notable contexts and artifacts. In the case of Building Complex I-O-N, distribution plans of collapsed roofing clay and pottery and stone tool types are also given.
This volume amends some conclusions proposed in preliminary reports. It is now clear that the entire Building Complex E was constructed and used for habitation within LM IIIC, and thus not during the Protogeometric period (2–3). An error in dating the pottery from Room E1 was caused by the intrusion of some Geometric material from Grave 37, built above. Likewise, on the basis of joins between sherds found in Rooms E1 and E2, it was originally suggested that Building E was a single unit with a second story. Further study has now shown that the vessels likely fell in after the roof terrace and walls collapsed into the two rooms (21). In general at Vronda, apart from Building B, there is no convincing evidence for second stories. Although originally thought to be a street because of the cobble paving, Room E2 is now interpreted as an open courtyard.
The kiln is located on the outer southwestern edge of the settlement and constitutes thus far the earliest circular updraft type excavated on the island, preserving the stocking channel, combustion chamber, and part of its grate (perforated floor). The type of fuel used in the firing process remains unknown. Surprisingly little pottery was found in association with it, but included in the assemblage were fragments of jugs, pithoid jars, and, especially, cooking dishes. According to the authors, this might account for the popularity of the cooking-dish shape at Vronda; it is also suggested that the fragments recovered were used as kiln supports to separate pots during the firing process, or they may indicate use of the kiln for food preparation in addition to the firing of pottery (53). The coarse fabrics belong almost exclusively to LM IIIC, and the burned pieces chiefly represent two types well attested at the site and maybe locally made. No evidence for a potter’s workshop, however, was noted in the immediate vicinity of the kiln.
In general, efforts to reconstruct the LM IIIC settlement were made difficult because of the reuse of the area for burial during the Late Geometric–Early Orientalizing periods, modern domestic and agricultural activity, and severe erosion that affected the slopes. The houses were progressively constructed throughout LM IIIC and abandoned at the end of the period. The normal stratigraphy is quite consistent across the site: the buildings rested on a massive fill of cobbles that was brought in to level the irregular bedrock and contained large quantities of broken pottery from earlier periods, including Early Minoan, Middle Minoan IB–II, and Middle Minoan–LM IA, but no undisturbed Prepalatial or Neopalatial strata or occupation surfaces were recognized during the excavation. Above this fill, a hard-packed soil yielded deposits of material interpreted as domestic. In many cases (e.g., Rooms E1 and E2), hearths consist of a localized patch of harder reddish clay projecting slightly above the floor level.
A close examination of wall bonding and abutment allowed the excavators to recognize successive architectural phases during which the houses were expanded, generally following the site’s topography and conforming to the terrain. The observable stages of construction and architectural modifications probably reflect the change in composition of the co-residential group and the negotiation over time of use and meaning of the buildings or rooms. Repetition of artifact assemblages (pottery and stone tool kits) combined with immovable, built features (bins, benches, stands, platforms, and most notably ovens and hearths) shows an expansion by progressive agglutination of residential units of two to three rooms, each of which would represent a nuclear family. By way of contrast, no clear evidence was found, in the abandonment phase, for shared cooking installations or storage facilities in these co-residential building complexes, including, in the case of Complex Building I-O-N, up to 14 rooms and seven residential units that Glowacki calls “households.” Although each residential unit seems to be self-sufficient, the entire complex of contiguous rooms should then be understood as a “multi-household cluster” of a closely related social group, most likely an extended family. In this case it would be interesting to consider the possibility for the occasional gathering of this group in a communal room that could for instance be the most easily accessible and/or largest hearth room of the complex building. These hearth rooms, covering a maximum area of 30.23 m² (Room N3), were generally multifunctional (lighting, heating, cooking) and yielded stone tools, a variety of cooking and storage vessels, and much fine pottery for drinking and eating.
The architectural study proposed in Kavousi IIB is both tidy and smart. Yet some remarks can be made regarding room communication. In Building Complex E, no communication is indicated between Room E3 and the rooms to the south and north, although these three rooms share the same orientation and floor level. Large bedrock boulders, visible on the state plan (fig. 4), are, however, incorporated at the eastern end of the north and south walls of Room E3. Thus, one can wonder if original off-center doorways were not intentionally blocked at some point in the history of the building, as happened in Building N between Rooms N2 and N3. In Building O, no doorway is preserved between Rooms O2 and O1, and an opening above the extant level of their shared wall, as attested in Building C (see Day et al. 2009), is assumed. In this case, for reasons of clarity, such a possibility should perhaps have been indicated on the restored block plan (fig. 111).
Concerning the pottery, similarities are noted with the material from the nearby site of Chalasmenos (e.g., cooking jar with knobbed decoration [E3 P5]; a fine monochrome or blob-decorated cup [L1 P5]) that invite consideration of Vronda in a regional context of production and exchange. Interestingly, a coarse kalathos with horned projections on the rim (L1 P2, wrongly labelled L1 P5 on pl. 27), similar to examples from the Shrine and Rooms B3 (see Day et al. 2009), E2 (P18), and N3 (P7)—from where a hut urn was also recovered—came from Room L1 in Building L and could indicate that some religious activity may have been practiced in the houses. More broadly, the relationship between Tholos Tomb VIII—located immediately west of Room L2 and yielding material dated to the Subminoan–Protogeometric B periods—and Buildings L and M needs to be clarified.
In general, this publication will be extremely useful for specialists of Late Bronze Age material culture and scholars interested in the formation of social groups. They will find in Kavousi IIB a large range of material nicely presented and stimulating discussions on the archaeology of household activities for this formative period in the Aegean, at the threshold of the Iron Age.
Department of History and Geography
University of Picardie–Jules Verne
Book Review of Kavousi IIB: The Late Minoan IIIC Settlement at Vronda: The Buildings on the Periphery, by Leslie Preston Day and Kevin T. Glowacki
Reviewed by Florence Gaignerot-Driessen
American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 119, No. 3 (July 2015)
Published online at www.ajaonline.org/book-review/2171
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Where Beauty and Rose Daughter were retellings of Beauty and the Beast, Spindle's End is a retelling of Sleeping Beauty. It is set in a country where magic is in the air, literally, and fairies to help control the dust problem are common. When the queen finally has a child, fairy godmothers are invited, and everyone hopes that the dire Pernicia who stood against the country's queen so long ago, is truly dead and no longer a problem. Naturally, this is not the case, and a young fairy from a distant town takes the child away to hide her, as ordinary folk are probably the best method to hide the child from Pernicia's search.
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Plants are good at doing what scientists and engineers have been struggling to do for decades: converting sunlight into stored energy, and doing so reliably day after day, year after year. Now some MIT scientists have succeeded in mimicking a key aspect of that process.
One of the problems with harvesting sunlight is that the sun's rays can be highly destructive to many materials. Sunlight leads to a gradual degradation of many systems developed to harness it. But plants have adopted an interesting strategy to address this issue: They constantly break down their light-capturing molecules and reassemble them from scratch, so the basic structures that capture the sun's energy are, in effect, always brand new.
That process has now been imitated by Michael Strano, the Charles and Hilda Roddey Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, and his team of graduate students and researchers. They have created a novel set of self-assembling molecules that can turn sunlight into electricity; the molecules can be repeatedly broken down and then reassembled quickly, just by adding or removing an additional solution. Their paper on the work was published on Sept. 5 in Nature Chemistry.
Strano says the idea first occurred to him when he was reading about plant biology. "I was really impressed by how plant cells have this extremely efficient repair mechanism," he says. In full summer sunlight, "a leaf on a tree is recycling its proteins about every 45 minutes, even though you might think of it as a static photocell."
One of Strano's long-term research goals has been to find ways to imitate principles found in nature using nanocomponents. In the case of the molecules used for photosynthesis in plants, the reactive form of oxygen produced by sunlight causes the proteins to fail in a very precise way. As Strano describes it, the oxygen "unsnaps a tether that keeps the protein together," but the same proteins are quickly reassembled to restart the process.
This action all takes place inside tiny capsules called chloroplasts that reside inside every plant cell — and which is where photosynthesis happens. The chloroplast is "an amazing machine," Strano says. "They are remarkable engines that consume carbon dioxide and use light to produce glucose," a chemical that provides energy for metabolism.
To imitate that process, Strano and his team, supported by grants from the MIT Energy Initiative and the Department of Energy, produced synthetic molecules called phospholipids that form discs; these discs provide structural support for other molecules that actually respond to light, in structures called reaction centers, which release electrons when struck by particles of light. The discs, carrying the reaction centers, are in a solution where they attach themselves spontaneously to carbon nanotubes — wire-like hollow tubes of carbon atoms that are a few billionths of a meter thick yet stronger than steel and capable of conducting electricity a thousand times better than copper. The nanotubes hold the phospholipid discs in a uniform alignment so that the reaction centers can all be exposed to sunlight at once, and they also act as wires to collect and channel the flow of electrons knocked loose by the reactive molecules.
The system Strano's team produced is made up of seven different compounds, including the carbon nanotubes, the phospholipids, and the proteins that make up the reaction centers, which under the right conditions spontaneously assemble themselves into a light-harvesting structure that produces an electric current. Strano says he believes this sets a record for the complexity of a self-assembling system. When a surfactant — similar in principle to the chemicals that BP has sprayed into the Gulf of Mexico to break apart oil — is added to the mix, the seven components all come apart and form a soupy solution. Then, when the researchers removed the surfactant by pushing the solution through a membrane, the compounds spontaneously assembled once again into a perfectly formed, rejuvenated photocell.
"We're basically imitating tricks that nature has discovered over millions of years" — in particular, "reversibility, the ability to break apart and reassemble," Strano says. The team, which included postdoctoral researcher Moon-Ho Ham and graduate student Ardemis Boghossian, came up with the system based on a theoretical analysis, but then decided to build a prototype cell to test it out. They ran the cell through repeated cycles of assembly and disassembly over a 14-hour period, with no loss of efficiency.
Strano says that in devising novel systems for generating electricity from light, researchers don't often study how the systems change over time. For conventional silicon-based photovoltaic cells, there is little degradation, but with many new systems being developed — either for lower cost, higher efficiency, flexibility or other improved characteristics — the degradation can be very significant. "Often people see, over 60 hours, the efficiency falling to 10 percent of what you initially saw," he says.
The individual reactions of these new molecular structures in converting sunlight are about 40 percent efficient, or about double the efficiency of today's best commercial solar cells. Theoretically, the efficiency of the structures could be close to 100 percent, he says. But in the initial work, the concentration of the structures in the solution was low, so the overall efficiency of the device — the amount of electricity produced for a given surface area — was very low. They are working now to find ways to greatly increase the concentration.
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Die-hard Bruce Springsteen fan and New Jersey's Republican Governor Chris Christiehas made a plea for "The Boss" to perform on Memorial Day in Atlantic City at the Revel Resort -- the city's first non-union casino. Christie said a Springsteen performance "would be an incredible show of support by Bruce for his home state. . . for those working men and women who have been put back to work." Springsteen's reps declined to comment.
Backstreets.com reported that Christie and his wife Mary Pat will attend tonight's (March 29th) Springsteen show at Philly's Wells Fargo Center -- marking the governor's 127th Springsteen concert.
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