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Three months after Thailand's latest coup took place, it is finally complete. Yesterday General Prayuth Chan-ocha (pictured) was elected as prime minister by the country's National Legislative Assembly (NLA), a body he stuffed full of military colleagues earlier this month.
The 197 NLA members charged with electing him were all appointed by the junta. There were no other nominations for the top post. Under the interim constitution (the junta tore up the last one, which the military wrote in 2006), politicians from the recent governments are ineligible for NLA seats. As a result, of the body that elected Prayuth, over half were military (70 active, 36 retired).
The appointment of General Prayuth comes a few weeks before his mandatory retirement from the military. Other top brass will also reach mandatory retirement age in September and will likely take up civilian roles.
For all Southeast Asia watchers, the similarities between Thailand's new quasi-civilian government and that in Myanmar are striking.
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.


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The Holistic Health Show, July 18, 2015
The Holistic Health Show with Dr Carl O Helvie and special guests, Marilyn Cramer and Dr. James D. Pilc
Guest, Dr James D Pilc
Dr James Pilc, a Physician of Obstetrics and Gynecology and currently the CEO of James D Pilc LLC. This corporation includes a complimentary practice of Meditative Healing and Fusion Medicine. In this practice, as a Personal Meditative Guide, healer and awakening coach Dr Pilc teach self-awareness and healing techniques for any illness, chronic or acute. Healing through Fusion Medicine includes Western and Eastern Medicine approaches as well as Meditative Self-Healing.
Through the above corporation, Dr Pilc has become an author of Unstuck: The Enlightenment of Medicine and Introduction to Meditation: A Path to Ourselves. He created meditative CDs/digital downloads for adults and children including Guided Meditation: A Path to Peace, Children’s Meditation: A Beautiful and Magical Relaxation and Deep Mindful Exploration. He also created a meditation buddy for children to snuggle with during their relaxation.
After being diagnosed with bone marrow cancer in 2005, Dr Pilc came to meditation as a complementary therapy to help with healing. His hope is to help those in need of physical, emotional and energetic or spiritual healing and to further investigate the connection between Western Medicine, Eastern Medicine and Meditative Self-Healing. He teaches group guided meditation classes and hold individual Meditative Self-Healing sessions to guide people to find the Core causative Agent of their disease and heal themselves. He has offered meditation sailing aboard the Spirit of Buffalo, bringing it to WNY for the first time and lectured to national and international groups and organizations and interviewed on national radio shows in an effort to raise the global consciousness, help people reach complete healing, and create a new and improved connection with spirit.
Dr Pilc graduated from the University of Buffalo with a Bachelor’s in Science and Medical Doctorate and was privileged to practice Obstetrics and Gynecology in Western New York for more than 25 years. He managed and cared for a private practice of greater than 5000 wonderful people and currently live in Buffalo, New York with his husband and 2 sons.
His favorite quote is from Mother Teresa “Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love”. This is where healing begins.
Presently working with a group of highly motivated individuals, he is creating a Sciatu Fusion Center to serve Western New York.
Guest, Marilyn Cramer
Marilyn Cramer, is internationally known for her alternative and complementary healing techniques. She helps adults and children make permanent, healing changes on all levels: physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually and is founder/owner of LightHealer, LLC in Woodstock, Georgia. She has certifications in Reiki Master, Somatic Healer, Thought Field Therapist, Clinical & Alchemical Hypnotherapist, BioGenesis Practitioner and Mental Coach and is a Medical Intuitive, Clairvoyant and Telepathic.
As a natural Medical Intuitive, Marilyn can “see” inside the human body and help her clients find the root cause of their ailments. There have been numerous times when Marilyn would see an enlarged or diseased organ, tumors, ulcers, clogged arteries, bacteria or viruses in the cells, parasites, fungus, etc., and she would strongly advise her clients to see a doctor/specialist. With diagnostic testing, the doctor would discover the same thing – and Marilyn’s client did not know he or she had this illness/disease.
Over the years, Marilyn has worked with clients who had cancer, ulcerative colitis, PNH (a rare form of bone marrow cancer), Lyme Disease, Crohn’s Disease, liver failure, Multiple Sclerosis, Sensory Integrative Dysfunction (children), Tourette Syndrome, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), terminal illnesses, Fibromyalgia, extreme fears and phobias, extreme childhood traumas, and numerous other emotional traumas, diseases and disorders. Marilyn uses a combination of methods with Reiki to facilitate healing. She also works closely with the Chief of Surgery at Northside Cherokee Hospital in Georgia, and with surgeons, Naturopaths (ND’s), MD’s and Chiropractors.
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Beat the Odds. Avoid Chronic Illnesses and Prescribed Medications. The Holistic Health Show teaches you how using Mind, Body, Spirit, Relationship, Environment, and Political Interventions.
This show could save your life by providing you with comprehensive holistic interventions for staying well and overcoming illnesses. Staying healthy and overcoming illnesses involve a combination of body-mind-spirit-environment-relationship-political interventions. I believe these should be the most effective ones available and also the least caustic and invasive.
The host uses and recommends a combination of holistic interventions for maximum effectiveness in maintaining health but many guests will present an in depth discussion on one aspect of the whole. Interventions in the six areas identified above should be used together, however, for maximum effectiveness.

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Bombay-born author Indra Sinha’s story (Simon & Schuster, $25) about a boy with a twisted spine who walks like a four-footed creature should be on everyone’s summer “must-read” list. The boy, who calls himself Animal, lives in a small town in India that was devastated when poison gas exploded from the local factory owned by an American company. Twenty years later, the ground is still polluted, and adults and children suffer from headaches, bleeding, coughing and cancers. Many have died, but the Americans have not made restitution or even visited the site.
Animal was left on a convent doorstep, so he has no family. At 19, he navigates the slums where he knows everyone. He’s profane, funny, tough, self-reliant, horny and adept at reading others’ thoughts. He lives in the polluted factory and looks after the demented elderly nun who helped raise him.
Animal is in love with Nisha, daughter of a man who was a popular singer until the poison destroyed his lungs. Nisha is fond of Animal, but she’s in love with an idealistic man who is committed to making the American “Kampani” pay for the people’s suffering. The case has been in the courts for almost two decades, but the slum dwellers continue to hope.
And then Elli Barber, an American doctor, opens a clinic, and the people suspect she was sent by the chemical company to do experiments. Animal is drawn into Elli’s life, and in the end, he must decide whether he will live in a wheelchair or remain Animal.
Summarizing the plot doesn’t convey the deep impact of Sinha’s beautifully written novel, which includes a little magical realism. For instance, at the medical clinic, there are jars of fetuses deformed by the poison gas. One of them has two heads, and Animal holds conversations with the pickled creature in his head.
Sinha also gets in some digs at clueless Western journalists who keep coming to the town to write about a culture they don’t understand. One of Animal’s schemes involves giving interviews about the gas tragedy in Hindi. Since the journalists don’t know what he’s saying, he can curse and lie while pocketing their money. When Elli rants about how the villagers don’t care that they live in dirt and don’t want her help, he points out she doesn’t understand one thing about his culture.
You will love Animal and everyone in his village. In the end, this is a story about community and loving one another.
BREATHLESS IN BOMBAY
This collection of 14 wonderful short stories by Murzban E. Shroff is a summer travel companion that will keep you engrossed no matter how long your flight is delayed.
Shroff shows us his native city of Bombay through the lives of characters at all levels of society. Most have come to the big, dirty city to find jobs so they can send money back to their families in villages. But the city is cruel. Technology is eliminating jobs, and land is coveted for new buildings for the rich. Launderers in the story “Dhobi Ghat,” for instance, see their jobs threatened by their customers’ love of in-home washing machines, and they are being urged to sell their land to developers and go to a resettlement camp. In the story “Traffic,” a middle-class woman falls in love with a worthless man, and in the charming “The Queen Guards Her Own,” a hard-working man cares for a child.
Readers who want a snapshot of contemporary Bombay will enjoy these stories (St. Martin’s Griffin, $14.95).
THE PAKISTANI BRIDE
This horrifying story, set in the tribal territories of northern Pakistan, was the first novel written by Bapsi Sidhwa, who later had success with “Cracking India” and “An American Brat.”
First published in 1983, “The Pakistani Bride” (Milkweed Editions, $14) is based on the story of a Punjabi bride Sidhwa heard about on a trip to a remote army camp in the Karakoram mountains.
The story begins when a tribal man brings his daughter to Lahore, where the girl is cared for and loved by neighbor women. But when she is married to a man of her father’s tribe, the bewildered, frightened girl goes to live in a village where the cruel customs have not changed for centuries. She is expected to be obedient and work without complaining. When she tries to run away, her husband’s family’s honor is at stake, and the men pursue her through the mountains so they can kill her. Only her strong will to live keeps her going.
“Pakistani law is so deeply entrenched with tribal and religious mores that Pakistan has one of the highest illiteracy rates for women in the world,” according to material sent by Sidhwa’s Minneapolis-based publisher. “A steady best-seller in India and Pakistan since its initial publication, this important story is often reprinted illegally and sold on the black market — a fact of which (the feminist author) remains deeply proud.”
Book critic Mary Ann Grossmann can be reached at mgrossmann@ pioneerpress.com or 651-228-5574.

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Arizona High School Volleyball - Millennium over Mountain ViewOctober 30, 2018: Goodyear, AZ 85338
In Tuesday's non-league contest, the Millennium Tigers (Goodyear, AZ) volleyball squad were winner over the visiting Mountain View Mountain Lions (Tucson, AZ), by a margin of 3-0.
Next up, the Tigers face the Centennial Coyotes (Peoria, AZ) in a non-league contest, on Thursday, November 1. Millennium will attempt to better on its 42-1 season record. The Coyotes go into the contest with a 20-11 record after their 3-0 non-league win over Cienega (Vail, AZ).
With the loss, Mountain View moves to 19-17 on the year.


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Whenever I hear the term "video game" I immediately think of the Serious Sam games. Pure 100% action packed mother♥♥♥♥ing balls to the ♥♥♥♥ing walls holy ♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ I'm getting my ♥♥♥ kicked fun.
What is Serious Sam The First Encounter? It's an old-school First Person Shooter, you shoot things, pretty simple stuff, right? Well, the thing about Serious Sam is that it does it so well, all you really need in a game like this is shooting. None of that modern military shooter garbage where it pretends to be "realistic" or "tactical" and it takes itself too seriously. Ironically, Serious Sam doesn't take itself seriously at all, it's fairly ridiculous actually. Non of that two weapon limit crap and health regeneration that seems to be the norm nowadays, this game is seriously bat-♥♥♥♥ insane cranked up to eleven.
So why is the game so good? It's fun, for one thing. It's you against a horde of enemies, you shoot everything that moves and it's extremely satisfying to do so. You have a wide arsenal of weapons to help you take on the extreme amounts of enemies flying at you constantly. Each weapon is so finely crafted and balanced to suit each situation in the game, and you'll learn over time to know what weapon to use when, and on what enemies. You can't just stick with the same weapon because you also have to worry about ammo conservation and it might not work as well as other weapons depending on what situation you're in. You'll slowly but surely adapt to the idea of switching weapons constantly and you better, or you'll get your ♥♥♥ kicked.
The insane variety of weapons you get is ludicrous, and you can carry them all at once. You got your shotguns, minigun, rocket and grenade launchers, laser gun, ♥♥♥♥ING CANNON and more. The game also gives you these weapons at a nice pace as you progress through the game. You'll need every single weapon because this game isn't easy, you will always be attacked by tons of enemies and you'll need to use whatever you have. As for the enemies, there's a very large variety of them as well, and some of the enemy designs are fairly amusing, like headless screaming suicide bombers called "Kamikazes", scorpions with chainguns, reptilian creatures that throw homing balls at you and many more.
The level design is nothing more than serviceable, which isn't a bad thing, it does its job, the enemy placement is occasionally very well and the game has nice pacing. You can also look for secrets which are fairly well placed actually, secrets help you out by rewarding your exploration with health and ammo. But what I like about the level design the most is that it isn't the maze-like level design of some other old-school and classic FPSs, THANK GOD (yeah, I'm speaking to you, Doom 2!). All I want in a game like this is to shoot the ever living ♥♥♥♥ out everything that moves and I don't want to spend time figuring out where I'm supposed to go. Occasionally mid-way or at the end of a level you'll be fighting a boss, and these aren't just bosses, they're the size of a building, they're massive and very fun to fight, some of which you will later encounter as regular enemies once you've defeated them.
The game also has a storyline, rather forgettable and it's nothing more than a setting for the game but the intro to the game sums it up very nicely. Humankind uncovers some advanced technology from another race, eventually they are attacked by aliens and at the point of being entirely doomed, they send Sam "Serious" Stone, a hero wounded countless times but never defeated, through an artifact called "The Time Lock", which has the power to send a single person back in time, so Sam is sent thousands of years back in time when humankind had a fighting chance to defeat Mental, the evil bad guy who is responsible for all this mess, and thus Sam fights his way through Mental's horde and whatnot. The Protagonist is likeable and quite awesome though.
The game also has multiplayer. STAY FAR AWAY, besides the fact that the multiplayer is dead, deathmatch is so incredibly unbalanced and pointless. There's also co-op, and it's up to 16 players which is kind of awesome but in my opinion, this game shines the most in singleplayer.
It's also not a bad looker, while the graphical fidelity isn't incredible, it still has some nice textures and shadow effects, modeling is good but the animations are a bit meh. The game is also very colorful, even though it takes place in Egypt which is always great. Also, the soundtrack is fantastic, it fits the game very well.
In conclusion, if you're into the golden age of FPS, then you've probably already played this game, if you haven't though; definitely be sure to give it a try. I'd go as far as to say that this is probably the best game to start with for people new to the FPS genre. And as a remake, this is just as good if not better than the original version.

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text: Estate Planning Do you often wonder what happens to your assets when you pass away? You probably have an idea of what you would like to happen. Without a well thought-out Estate Plan in place, what you imagine and what actually happen may be two very different things.Your family is often one of the things that makes your life truly special, and one of the most important decisions you can make is attempting to set up your estate to transfer quickly, smoothly and without undue hardship. Without the proper planning in place, your estate could be tied up in probate, earning large attorney fees and diminishing any legacy you hope to leave behind.At McCann Wealth Strategies, we understand that these are tough conversations to have and the decisions may be even tougher to make. That is why we coordinate with your attorney to help create a solution that is in line with your unique situation and, at the same time, may offer the best possible outcome based on your wishes. If you choose, we will also have your loved ones involved in any steps of the planning process to ensure that everyone is on the same page when that fateful day arrives.Creating the plan is only the first step. Keeping it up to date with changes to your circumstances is something we strive to do on an ongoing basis. Have a Question About This Topic? Name Email Address Phone Question Thank you! Oops!

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Awesome recipe! I truly love this crust. I made some mishaps even after I read the recipe LOL. For instance, I put the pie in the oven before freezing for 1 hour. I took it out the oven after realizing I was to freeze the pie prior to baking. It was in the oven about 10mins. I took the pie out of the oven, and put the pie in the freezer as directed. The recipe still came out fine. Since trying, I have used the rye crust recipe to make a peach pie...OMG! This recipe is a keeper!
This pie...is worth every minute it takes to make it. Keep the ice cream handy!!
This took a while to prep but the flavor was incredible! I was running tight on time so I only chilled my dough for about 20-30 mins before rolling out and only froze the pie for maybe a half hour before baking. It still turned out well. I thought mine actually needed another 10 mins past the called for hour and 15. The crust looked done at 1:15 but the filling wasn't bubbling yet. This didn't stick around the house long. I'll be making it again. Next time I'll probably prep the dough a day ahead of time.

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Marian - Thanks for the crit. That was the one of the things I worked on a lot tonight. Also worked the coffee mug quite a bit as well. Still a WIP as I'd like to spend more time on this. Taking my time with this one compared to figure drawing where I have limited time.
eekolite - Thanks man! Yes, "draw draw draw" is right
Final of still life
Hey, just scrolled through your whole sketchbook and I really enjoyed it. You should definitely be proud of how much you've learned. Your latest figure drawings are coming out really well and you're adding in the little anatomical curves that really make them flow and come to life. Keep it up! I think my favorite part of your sb was when you started doing the Loomis studies. Hope to see more from you
Marian - Thanks!
Maunty - It seems like I have so much to improve on but looking back at some of the earlier drawings I realize how much I have improved since I started. Actually working on some Loomis studies this week to compliment the figure drawing.
jonmorris - yeah those hexagon dumbells are interesting to draw and make for a good study. I guess my dumbell drawings left an impression on your subconscious
More figure drawing. The original model was a no show and they were able to get a substitute model for the last hour and a half
started a still life study - WIP
starting off with 2 minute gestures, then 5 then longer poses.
Does anyone have any tips on getting better at quick gesture drawings? I am struggling with getting proportions with the short poses. There really is no time to measure much at all. How do you do it?
Hey PG looks like you're still busy working away which is good. I like the beginnings of the still life and some of the figure drawings are looking good as well. With regard to your question about gestures and measuring I would say don't worry about the measuring at the moment. I know I got confused with this and then I started to read and watch some Glen Vilppu stuff. He said it is better to get the feel of the action and the proportions will get better and improve with time. I started trying this the last couple of weeks with mixed results thus far. Personally I feel it is the right way for me, perhaps for you to. I think gesture drawing is highly skilled and takes time and patience to get good at it. I am still measuring in my long poses but I am trying to rely less on this now and use my eye more as a guage of what lines up with what. This I think is helpful to with the gestures. Although there isn't much time you can quickly see if one shoulder is higher than the other. What is the knee in line with, where is the elbow in relation to the chest. I find these sort of questions help me and you can then at least try to quickly mark them. As always it much easier to say than draw! Don't be put off though as it will take time. Hope this makes some sense to you.
Marian - thanks for the insight into gestures. I guess I just want to nail proportions in 2 minutes and when I can't make it happen hardly ever I get frustrated. But I think you are right, that it takes a lot of practice to be able to do that consistently. I've also been told to capture the essence of the pose and not worry about proportions by another instructor which directly conflicts with my current instructor. I suppose that is just a result of differing opinions on how to approach gesture drawing.
I haven't been drawing as much lately because I am in the process of remodeling my kitchen. The house is in a disarray and my schedule is chaotic. But I'm doing what I can to make time for drawing. I am moving my "studio" from my office on the second floor to the basement. The basement is unfinished, cluttered and dirty so I have been cleaning like mad and fixed the toilet down there as well. The basement is ideal for still lifes as there is a lot of room. Also, I'd like to start painting soon and the basement is more suited for that as it has a utility sink and I'm not concerned about making a mess.
Update: Tuesday's figure drawing class sucked. Nothing was coming out right. I started to get frustrated which did not help my drawings. Toward the end I was more mellow and in the groove and the last piece came out decent. I attempted the face and details of the hands and feet. So I feel good I pushed myself a bit.
Wowzerz, ok you've inspired me to give drawing a proper go, I tend to practice in half measures, but you've improved a bunch with all this drawing.
Can I ask where you get your references from? For the early drawings of ears and noses especially ^_^
Pocoyo - The ear and nose references are from Jack Hamm's book "Drawing the Head and Figure". Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook.
Took too long of a break so I got rusty. Been drawing from life and imgination lately trying to get back into it.
Marian - thanks for the feedback. I've gotta take the time to get those ellipses looking nice.
Here is a study for an exercise in the thread here: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...=64711&page=10
Three basic shapes, one light source, rendered shadows.
I had a problem with the shadow on the right side of the cube. I don't think it looks too great and the rendering of that shadow falling on the side of the cylinder was is off as well. Trying to udate my sketch book here as often as possible so I worked on this starting yesterday with the goal of finishng today. So here it is imperfections and all
One thing that this exercise has reminded me of is that it is hard to draw things from imagination. Now I did use a reference to get an idea of where the shadows were falling and for perspective. Even with a reference it was challenging.
Some quick sketches from today.
Skull from an illustration in a drawing book.
Pack of gum from life
Figure drawing from life
Diarum - thanks, trying to hammer away
some more sketches from life
I went through and looked at all of your drawings, from your first, to your last and ...Wow! You've improved so much!
At the rate you're going, you'll be a pro in no time. Keep up the good work.
Dono - Thank you!
Some gestures, number 3 is a single line contour drawing, some 10 -15 minute poses. All from life.
Brahimpag - Thanks!
1- Study from the book Draw From Your Head by Doug Jamieson. Found this book at the library then discovered that it is out of print and costs a pretty penny. Hopefully I can borrow it for a awhile.
2- Contour drawing of shoes (exercise from Keys to Drawing). Purchased this book used for over half off today. Woot!
3- Partly from photo ref and partly from imagination. I used the 8 head method from Jamieson's book, an image of a woman's face and an image of a woman's body to construct the drawing.


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JD Launches New Products in National Pavilion of Sri Lanka
by Mengyang He
In concert with the 70th anniversary of the signing of the “Rubber-Rice Pact” between China and Sri Lanka, JD.com has launched an array of new products in the national pavilion of Sri Lanka, including tea, biscuits, coconut oil, etc.
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“We believe JD.com will be an ideal tool to connect Sri Lankan exporters and industries with its target market in China,” noted Suresh D de Mel, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Export Development Board. “Ceylon tea and Ceylon cinnamon are key national agricultural brands of Sri Lanka in the international market. Black tea is the main export item to China, with a worth of USD 50.6 million exports to China in 2021.”
Ravi Jayawardena, CEO of Maliban Group added, “We recognize the JD National Pavilion of Sri Lanka as a pioneering feat to encourage existing and new businesses to enter the Chinese market.”
For the following year, JD Retail plans to open more than 100 national pavilions, and JD will continue to enrich supply chain, optimize quality control, after-sales service and logistics services, providing consumers with a smooth shopping experience.

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Family of Boy Thrown From Mall of America Balcony Files Suit
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a boy who was thrown off a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America in April 2019 has filed a lawsuit accusing the mall of failing to provide proper security.
The complaint filed Tuesday says the mall and its security detail knew about the previous “violent, aggressive, and erratic” behavior displayed at the shopping center by the boy’s attacker, Emmanuel Aranda. Security should have prevented Aranda from “prowling” at the building without an officer following him closely, the suit said. Aranda was allegedly banned from the mall twice in previous years.
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The suit seeks unspecified damages. Mark Briol, an attorney for the family, said that while the child has made remarkable progress, the family has incurred more than $1.7 million in medical expenses and faces “ongoing medical and health challenges.”
Mall officials did not immediately respond to an email message seeking comment.

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Originally Posted by Styrak
Correct and incorrect. An AEG's FPS is directly related to BB weight. Gas guns are not affected as much and retain higher FPS when shooting with heavier weights.
Sorry, there is nothing incorrect in what I said.
Explain please why my M16A3 PTW will shoot 0.25g BB at 497 fps but will shoot a .20g at 530 fps? 20% decrease in BB mass but only a 6.6% increase in velocity? Don't worry, I already know the answer.
My old Marui G3 shot 265 with 0.25g and 295 with .20g. Same BBs (I haven't changed brands in years). Same 20% decrease in mass, but now an 11% increase in velocity.
Not all guns are consistant, and you can't say across the board that an X change in weight = a set velocity change.


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Screening of yeasts for the production of 2-phenylethanol (rose aroma) in organic waste-based media
Karolina Chreptowicz , Magdalena Sternicka , Patrycja Kowalska , Jolanta Mierzejewska
AbstractIn this study, we isolated 28 yeast strains from samples of plant material and fermented food and evaluated the possibility of efficient production of 2-phenylethanol (2-PE) in the organic waste-based media supplemented with l-phenylalanine (l-Phe). We used whey, a by-product from milk processing, as a base for media, and either glucose or three by-products from sugar beet processing as a fermentable carbon source. Ten newly isolated yeast strains were capable of producing over 2 g l-1 2-PE through the l-Phe biotransformation in a batch mode in standard medium. Among them, we selected eight strains producing 2-PE in a range of 1·17-3·28 g l-1 in 72 h batch cultures in shaking flasks in whey-based media. The strains were assigned to five species of Meyerozyma caribbica, Metschnikowia chrysoperlae, Meyerozyma guilliermondii, Pichia fermentans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. While S. cerevisiae is known to be a promising producer of 2-PE, the four latter species are poorly studied on this application. Results presented here are better than other reported values for batch cultures of unmodified yeast strains. Therefore, it seems that whey and by-products from sugar beet processing might be a good feedstock for 2-PE bioproduction.
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Saturday, April 9, 2022 - 20:00 to 22:00
On Saturday, April 9 at 8:00 p.m. the screening of the film "Man of God", written and directed by Yelena Popovic and the well-known actor Aris Servetalis in the leading role, will take place in the courtyard of the Library.
The film deals with the life and work of Saint Nektarios, (aka Anastasios Kefalas), who was fraudulently expelled from Alexandria and arrived in Greece to continue his sacred mission despite adversity. Saint Nektarios was loved by the flock as few and the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 1961 declared him a Saint.
The film won an award at the Moscow International Film Festival and the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival in 2021 and was shot in places where Saint Nektarios lived and acted, in Attica and of course Aegina, where he founded his famous monastery, a place of worship.
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Yesterday was our annual "Spring Fling" for all members of the Atlanta Sewing Guild. It was a full day with a fashion show, fabric/pattern sale, entertainment, and lunch. Each neighborhood group decorates a table with the general theme, and I'm always amazed at the creativity and enthusiasm of these ladies. I hope I can post pictures from our ASG website, because I forgot to bring my camera. I did come home with some goodies. The cat pincushion was a table favor from the "Cats" table (the theme was "Broadway" and one of my groups' tables was "Hair" and the other "Phantom"). The fabric shown above was $1 per yard and will be the perfect curtains for my guest room. And the patterns...what a haul for .25 each, dance dress material is auditioning for each.
I'm also sewing another pair of Style Arc Wendy pants. My new resolution is to sew to fill gaps in my wardrobe and one thing I need is casual pants. This is a lightweight stretch denim from JoAnn's, a little shiny when I got it home. I'm not willing to invest the work to make them "jeans" so I'll put in an elastic waist, which is what I wear all the time anyway.
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BANNU – As many as seven people including three policemen were injured in an explosion in Khyber Pakhtukhuwa (KPK) when outlawed militants targeted a police vehicle.
According to the details received from PakistanTribe correspondent the attack took place in Mandan Gate area of Bannu on Friday.
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Music & Motion Dance Productions is one of eight youth dance companies selected to participate in this year’s Youth Regional Dance Festival at Haverford’s Centennial Hall, Saturday, April 8 at 11:30 a.m. The second annual show, sponsored by ContempraDance, gathers youth dance ensembles from across the region, performing in a variety of dance styles.
At the 2006 festival, young dancers are provided an opportunity to perform in a professional arena and interact with members of the professional ContempraDance company, while the audience enjoys a professionally staged show of emerging dancers.
Music & Motion Dance will be featuring several new dance pieces from the upcoming premiere of it’s new work “To A Different Beat”. Known for visually arresting creations, this contemporary youth company explores a cultural fusion of expressive rhythm and dance set to modern global music. Blending individual creativity, these dancers entice with their own rhythms of the heart, intense imagery, boldness and pure energy.
Other featured youth dance companies will include American Dance Academy, ContempraDance Youth Ensemble, FloMotion 2, KICKS School of Dance, Nyce Stylez Junior Hip Hop Company, Pottstown Dance Theater and BMD Performing Arts Center.
Luncheon will follow the youth show. At 2:30 pm the day will conclude with a special performance by ContempraDance Theatre. The company’s performance includes the premier of Artistic Director Gail Vartanian’s new original dance work Intersect -- multi-media work integrating dancers, video, photography, and live original music. Vartanian’s choreography accompanies music by Divine Loraine and Autovon, video elements by artist Jen Mazer, and interactive lighting and set designs by Madison Cario. ContempraDance Theatre also plans to perform its colorful signature piece Exotic Birds, the zany Crash Course and the sultry Variation of Blues.
Tickets to the 2006 Youth Regional Dance Festival are $40 and include the youth performances, lunch and ContempraDance Theatre’s company show. Discounts are available for groups of 20 or more. Tickets can be reserved by calling ContempraDance Theatre, 610-225-3007 or order on line at:
http://www.music-and-motion.com/contempradance. Visa and MasterCard are accepted.
Music & Motion Dance Productions is a non-profit corporation, which is both owned and operated by teens with mentoring from outside corporations and individuals. It is a group of pre-professional dancers ages fourteen through eighteen, who have expressed an interest in pursuing dance and the performing arts. Under the artistic direction of Steven Weisz, this group’s mission has been to empower young people through dance and creative collaboration in the performing arts, building self-esteem and inspiring self-expression and community action.
To that end, Music & Motion performs locally and in surrounding communities throughout the year, as well as performances in a fully professional atmosphere presented for corporations, museums, gardens, and live arts related venues. Music & Motion fulfills the need for providing young dancers with performing experience in a nurturing environment, while continually exciting audiences wherever they perform. The collaborative efforts of the entire company create a synergy rich in imagination, celebration and spirit.
2006 Cast Members are: Maddie Breslin, Yardley, PA ; Christina Heupel, Newtown, PA; Kristen Konski, Bristol, PA; Kate Lubenetski, Quakertown, PA ; Lauren Mulholland, Aston, PA; Melissa Martin, Schwenksville, PA; Andrea Piovane, Bensalem, PA; Lindsay Reuter, Bryn Athyn, PA; and Noelle Tolbert, Harleysville, PA.
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CEI EN 61300-2-9
Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components - Basic test and measurement procedures Part 2-9: Tests - Shock
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This part of IEC 61300 defines a test method to reveal mechanical weakness and/or degradation of fibre optic devices when subjected to repetitive or non-repetitive mechanical shocks. It simulates infrequent repetitive or non-repetitive shocks likely to be encountered in normal service or during transportation.


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4-star CB decommits from Michigan State, re-opens recruitment
Florida football got some good news along with a dose of schadenfreude on Saturday when four-star cornerback recruit Jamari Howard decommitted from the Michigan State Spartans. The news comes just weeks ahead of the 6-foot-2-inch, 175-pound defensive back’s scheduled official visit with the Gators — a program that has long coveted the in-state target — on the weekend of June 2.
A rising senior at Hialeah (Florida) Westland, Howard verbally committed to MSU last September, but that courtship came to an end on Saturday morning when he tweeted his commitment announcement on his personal Twitter account.
The talented corner’s recruitment has been covered by secondary coach Corey Raymond as well as defensive line coach Sean Spencer, who splits recruiting duties in the Miami-Dade area. Waller has made a pair of visits to Gainesville prior, with the most recent one in March, coming away with a positive impression of the state’s flagship institution.
“It’s a big school. There are great opportunities for me to go to the next level,” he told Gators Online earlier this year. “I like how they produce all their players and help them get to the league. Also, I like how they run everything and run their defense.”
Gators Online’s Corey Bender also gives reason for optimism.
“The Corey Raymond effect is real here. His presence in Gainesville is a major reason why Florida is a realistic destination for the South Florida native. When you are a highly-regarded defensive back who is high on Raymond’s wish list, you likely boast some elite traits. Jamari Howard has aspirations to play in the NFL and believes Raymond has the keys to get him there. That is relationship is strong and strengthening every week.”
Waller is ranked No. 104 overall and No. 12 at his position nationally according to the 247Sports composite while the On3 industry ranking has him at Nos. 79 and 10, respectively.
Gators football extends offer to Daytona Beach ATH/DB
Florida included among this blue-chip EDGE recruit's top 10 schools
Gators flip this in-state offensive lineman transfer portal target
Gators get visit from USF transfer portal commit this weekend
Massive offensive line target sets official date with Florida football
Follow us @GatorsWire on Twitter and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Florida Gators news, notes and opinions.


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This white paper presents an overview of the A10 Networks AX Series family and their capabilities as they pertain to the Diameter protocol. This white paper covers how the AX Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs), which are new generation server load balancers, can support different types of Diameter applications; and outlines the benefits of deploying the AX device in an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) infrastructure. This white paper also describes how integrating an AX device into an IMS infrastructure can improve reliability, scalability, security, and availability, in order to support the growing demands of all IP-based interface Long Term Evolution (LTE), High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) and Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) networks. This white paper can be used as a reference for deploying the AX Series device in new, existing, or proprietary Diameter applications...


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Legendary US jazz guitarist Pat Metheny will receive this year’s PRS for Music’s Gold Award at the 2018 Jazz FM Awards.
The prize recognises his life-long contribution to jazz composition, performance and education. Previous recipients include pianist Ramsey Lewis and Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts.
Metheny is revered by critics and fans alike for his versatility and improvisational insight, which has seen him reinvent the traditional sound of jazz guitar. His work ranges from modern jazz, rock and classical across solo and large orchestral settings, and he has received a staggering 20 Grammy Awards. He remains the only person to win Grammys in 12 different categories.
The guitarist said, “it is an incredible honour to be recognised by Jazz FM as the recipient of this year’s Gold Award”. Metheny will fly into the UK to attend the star studded Jazz FM Awards, which this year take place on 30 April at Shoreditch Town Hall.
Performing on the night are jazz singer Cecile McLorin Salvant, Grammy-winning bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding, who famously beat Justin Bieber and Drake to win ‘Best New Artist’ at the 2011 Grammys, and one of the UK’s hottest emerging jazz artists, saxophonist Nubya Garcia for what will be a powerhouse all-female line-up. Spalding and Garcia have been nominated for the Digital Initiative of the Year and Breakthrough Act of the Year respectively.
Paul Clements, Executive Director of Membership, International & Licensing at PRS for Music, said, “It is a genuine delight to be presenting Pat Metheny with the PRS for Music Gold Award at the Jazz FM Awards this year. He has worked with everyone from the iconic David Bowie to Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock and Anna Maria Jopek, on top of his prolific output with the Pat Metheny Group and more experimental solo works like Orchestrion. Needless to say, his influence on progressive and contemporary jazz cannot be understated, and all of us at PRS for Music would like to extend our warmest congratulations to Pat on receiving this prestigious award.”


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On Monday, Rush Limbaugh discussed Mitt Romney‘s already much-discussed “47 percent” remark. Noting that Romney’s gotten rather close to apologizing for it, he offered the GOP hopeful some advice: don’t.
“Romney has, at least to me, gotten close a couple of times on the stump to apologizing for the 47 percent comment,” Limbaugh said. “Now, what if he does that tomorrow night? What if he apologizes for it?”
Answering his own question, he added, “That would be bad. Don’t go there.” It “opens too many doors,” he added.
Then, Limbaugh let us in on the “dirty little secret” that, well, “there are a lot of people who agreed with him when he made the comments about the 47 percent.” Apologizing won’t take the issue off the table, he added, noting what the chatter would sound like:
Romney admits he was wrong, Romney admits, Romney admits, Romney admits, what else is Romney wrong about? What else does Romney need to apologize for? Does Romney need to apologize for letting the guy’s wife die? Does Romney need to apologize for sheltering his income? They can revive every ad that Obama’s run.
The Obama campaign is done, Limbaugh said. And the “47 percent” comment is their lifeline: “It really indicates how little the regime has in their campaign arsenal if that represents so much.”
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Texans can expect to see “widespread distribution” of COVID-19 vaccines by March to recipients beyond the front-line health care workers who are currently receiving them, including teachers and senior citizens, Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday.
“There will be multiple vaccines available to us by the time we get to March, and we’ll be providing far more doses of vaccines than what we currently have,” he said in remarks from the UPS Distribution Center in Austin. Abbott added that he had not gotten the vaccine but will “at the appropriate time.”
The governor and the state’s leading health authority both stopped short of saying that the vaccine would be available to anyone who wants it in that short time frame.
“It’ll still be weeks, perhaps months, before it is absolutely available to anyone who chooses to have it, and also in the meantime we need to continue the kinds of things that have gotten us this successful so far,” said Texas Department of State Health Services Commissioner John Hellerstedt. “I can guarantee you that there’s still an emphasis on increasing our capacity to have these vaccines as soon as possible and at as great a quantity as possible.”
Hellerstedt called the vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna, the latter of which is expected to win federal emergency-use approval this seek, “absolute gold” and “a platinum standard” for their safety and effectiveness rates above 94%.
Abbott called the vaccine a “transformational medicine that will help Texas get back to normal as quickly as possible.”
Patience, continued social-distancing and masking practices would need to continue as more producers of the vaccine make hundreds of millions more doses available in the coming months, he said.
“We are very, very blessed to have that level of protection right around the corner,” Hellerdstedt said, “but we’re going to have to be patient.”
Nearly a quarter-million doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine have been arriving at hospitals and health care facilities around Texas this week.
A million more doses from Pfizer and Moderna are expected to land in the state in the coming days, Abbott said.
“That will allow us to be well over a million people who will be vaccinated just in the state of Texas alone, just this month,” he said. “Those numbers will continue to increase as the production continues to increase.”
He also pointed to vaccines in development from Johnson and Johnson and AstraZeneca that he said will ramp up the distribution even faster in the new year.
Some 110 sites from the Rio Grande Valley to the Panhandle were expecting the vials of vaccine to arrive by Friday, including hard-hit border communities and the state’s largest cities with some of Texas’ highest death tolls.
Texas is on deck to receive 1.4 million doses before the end of the year as part of the first phase of the largest national immunization program in American history.
Front-line health care workers, after nine months of battling the deadly disease that has claimed more than 300,000 lives nationally and nearly 25,000 in Texas, are first in line for the injections, which began in Texas on Monday.
As of Thursday, there were at least 9,528 hospitalized patients in Texas with confirmed coronavirus infections. This data does not account for people who are hospitalized but have not gotten a positive test, and the Texas Department of State Health Services says some hospitals may be missing from the daily counts.
Texas is participating in the Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program, a federal program to vaccinate residents and staff of long-term care facilities. Vaccines will be distributed free from partnering Walgreens and CVS locations to facilities, which are set to receive them starting on Monday, Dec. 21, Abbott’s office said last week.
More than 1,200 skilled nursing facilities and more than 2,000 other long-term care facilities — with a total of more than 225,000 beds —had registered for the program as of last week, Abbott’s office said. The program will begin on Dec. 28.
“Texas officials expect it to take months for coronavirus vaccine to be available to anyone who wants it” was first published at https://www.texastribune.org/2020/12/17/texas-greg-abbott-covid-19-vaccine-press-conference/ by The Texas Tribune. The Texas Tribune is proud to celebrate 10 years of exceptional journalism for an exceptional state.
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Garage door springs can be very strong generally under a considerable amount of pressure, specially the sort of single, large spring that is fixed down the top for the door. They are actually quite dangerous as a result of pressure they under. Such springs are built to be extremely strong so as to lift decrease the weight of the doorway. Anyone who seeks to restore or replace a spring of this particular type is actually facing a little bit of danger, specially when they concept what they certainly.
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Close the door to extend the springs to their maximum position, and measure the length. Double it and add two feet. For example, a spring, when extended measures 4.5 toes and fingers. Doubled is 9 feet, and add 2 feet to have a total of 11 base. You will need 11 feet of cable for each spring. Add one cable clamp per spring back to your shopping retail store.
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Joint Spectrum Selection and Radio Resource Management for Distributed Antenna Systems with Cognitive Radio and Space Division Multiplexing
Conference: WSA 2013 - 17th International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas
03/13/2013 - 03/14/2013 at Stuttgart, Deutschland
Proceedings: WSA 2013
Pages: 8Language: englishTyp: PDFPersonal VDE Members are entitled to a 10% discount on this title
Samano-Robles, Ramiro; Gameiro, Atilio (Instituto de Telecomunicaç˜ões, Campus Universitário, Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal)
Distributed antenna systems (DASs) and cognitive radio (CR) technology are expected to boost the performance of future wireless networks. However, opportunistic access to distributed spectrum resources with different network and economic characteristics requires new approaches for an appropriate spectrum and radio resource management (RRM). To partially fill this gap, this paper proposes a joint spectrum selection and RRM algorithm for the down-link of a DAS system assisted by CR. In this paper, each radio and spectrum resource is considered as a financial asset whose allocation has to be optimized based on economic metrics such as return and risk (variation of the return). The core of the RRM is based on an iterative weighted least squares (WLS) optimization where power levels and beamforming vectors are jointly calculated so as to comply with a different SINR (signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio) for each scheduled user. This SINR level ensures the transmission of the selected modulation and coding scheme (MCS) with a given value of BLER (block error rate). The WLS scheme allows a smooth integration of scheduling and adaptive modulation and coding schemes with the underlying space division multiplexing layer. Each WLS iteration is solved by the method of gradient steepest descent, whose convergence speed is improved by reusing the outcome of previous WLS iterations. The weights of the WLS optimization contain network (queue length and fairness), as well as economic metrics (return and risk). This process is complemented by a multi-objective portfolio optimization for joint spectrum selection and radio resource allocation that aims to maximize return and reduce risk, where risk is found to be closely related to the interference created by secondary transmissions. It is shown that network and economic performance metrics can be both optimized given an appropriate trade-off between return and risk functions.


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Virginia judge rejects GOP primary ballot appeal
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has refused to add Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Senator Rick Santorum and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman to Virginia's Republican presidential primary ballot.
U.S. District Judge John Gibney ruled Friday that the candidates should have challenged Virginia's primary qualifying rules earlier. Gibney said they knew the rules months ago.
Perry sued last month after failing to submit enough signatures to get on the ballot. Gingrich, Santorum and Huntsman also failed to qualify and later joined Perry's lawsuit. They asked Gibney to declare Virginia's law unconstitutional and add their names to the March 6 ballot.
Only former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Texas Rep. Ron Paul qualified for the primary ballot.
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by Kevin Baker
Dural, NSW: Rosenberg / Portland, Or.: International Specialized Book Se, 2011. Pp. 264.
Illus., maps, append., notes, biblio., index. $35.00 paper. ISBN: 1921719125
Generations of War in a Warlike Land
Opening with a caution that he’s only going to cover the most notable events, Baker (Australian Defence Force Academy), gives us an overview of eighty international, tribal, factional, sectarian, and border wars, conflicts, and feuds, mostly involving some degree of foreign intervention, in Afghanistan and what is now northwestern Pakistan from the outbreak of the “First Anglo-Afghan War” in 1839 through the current internationalized struggle that began in 2001. In what is one of the most unstable regions in the world, a complex mix of tribes, sub-tribes, and clans, overlaid by rival brands of Islam, presents an almost impossible obstacle to any efforts to develop long-term institutions.
Baker points out that the most stable period in the region’s history, one characterized by slow reform and modernization, were the six decades that followed the “Third Anglo-Afghan War”, under kings Amanullah and Zahir Shah (1919-1973). But in 1973 a republican coup overthrew the monarchy, in an effort to rush modernization, which produced considerable resistance. A Communist coup followed, which sparked even greater resistance, leading to Soviet intervention (1979-1989), followed by the collapse of a post-Soviet regime at the hands of the Taliban, which in turn abetted the 2001 attacks on the United States, leading to American intervention and an ongoing war. A country of almost continuous war.
War in Afghanistan
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The Water Environment Federation announces the establishment of the WEF Stormwater Institute, a new initiative created within WEF to address urban runoff and wet weather issues.
Stormwater is a growing challenge for local and regional entities as infrastructure ages and extreme weather events increase. As an adaptable organization that responds to the needs of our members and the water sector at large, WEF made stormwater a priority and significantly increased its stormwater-related programming, publications, and communications over the past five years.
A 120-member Stormwater Committee; the popular Stormwater Congress—a rapidly growing component of the WEFTEC program and exhibition; multiple books; a bi-monthly global stormwater magazine; and theStormwater Report—an e-newsletter that is distributed to more than 30,000 stormwater professionals each month, are just a few notable examples. As the logical next step, the WEF Stormwater Institute will serve as a center for excellence and innovation to help stormwater professionals apply best-in-class solutions; leverage these existing programs; and provide a home for collaboration among WEF MAs, association partners, foundations, and other parties.
The institute will focus on developing technical tools, professional training, certification programs, and networking opportunities for WEF members and stormwater practitioners worldwide. Existing stormwater initiatives — such as the Stormwater Testing and Evaluation for Products and Practices (STEPP) and the National Municipal Stormwater and Green Infrastructure Awards — will operate under the umbrella of the institute. Most importantly, new products and services will be developed in such key areas as green infrastructure, stormwater utility management and finance, recognition programs, and policy advocacy.
As one of WEF’s leaders, you are a driving force in water sector innovation and we hope, in the development of the institute. Through this collaborative effort, WEF will leverage your strengths along with our existing partnerships to advance stormwater technology, management, and advocacy with greater impact and scale.
We are excited about this new opportunity and encourage you to participate in a special webcast on June 30th from 2:00–3:00 pm EDT to learn how you can help establish and grow this important effort. Register here. Leading up to WEFTEC 2015 in Chicago, WEF will announce institute developments, action items, and next steps. We encourage you to check out the new website— www.wefstormwaterinstitute.org — and sign up to receive the latest news and information. The press release at this link provides more information and can be shared with your members and colleagues. For questions or more information, contact Linda Kelly (LKelly@wef.org) or Matt Ries (MRies@wef.org).


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