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Beginning of a French Tradition
In rivalry with imported Italian opera productions, a separate French tradition was founded by the Italian Jean-Baptiste Lully at the court of King Louis XIV. Despite his foreign origin, Lully established an Academy of Music and monopolized French opera from 1672. Starting with Cadmus et Hermione, Lully and his librettist Quinault created tragédie en musique, a form in which dance music and choral writing were particularly prominent. Lully’s operas also show a concern for expressive recitative which matched the contours of the French language. In the eighteenth century, Lully’s most important successor was Jean-Philippe Rameau, who composed five tragédies en musique as well as numerous works in other genres such as opéra-ballet, all notable for their rich orchestration and harmonic daring. Despite the popularity of Italian opera seria throughout much of Europe during the baroque period, Italian opera never gained much of a foothold in France, where its own national operatic tradition was more popular instead. After Rameau’s death, the German Gluck was persuaded to produce six operas for the Parisian stage in the 1770s. They show the influence of Rameau, but simplified and with greater focus on the drama.
At the same time, by the middle of the eighteenth century another genre was gaining popularity in France: opéra comique. Opéra comique is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias—much like the German Singspiel. The form arose in the early eighteenth century in the theaters of the two annual Paris fairs, the Foire Saint Germain and the Foire Saint Laurent. There, plays began to include musical numbers called vaudevilles, which were existing popular tunes refitted with new words. The plays were humorous and often contained satirical attacks on the official theaters such as the Comédie Française. In 1715 the two fair theaters were brought under the aegis of an institution called the Théâtre de l’Opéra-Comique. In spite of fierce opposition from rival theaters the venture flourished and leading playwrights of the time, including Alain René Lesage and Alexis Piron, contributed works in the new form.
The Querelle des Bouffons (1752–54), a quarrel between advocates of French and Italian music, was a major turning-point for opéra comique. Members of the pro-Italian faction, such as the philosopher and musician Jean-Jacques Rousseau, attacked serious French opera, represented by the tragédies en musique ofJean-Philippe Rameau, in favour of what they saw as the simplicity and “naturalness” of Italian comic opera (opera buffa), exemplified by Pergolesi’s La serva padrona, which had recently been performed in Paris by a travelling Italian troupe. In 1752, Rousseau produced a short opera influenced by Pergolesi, Le devin du village, in an attempt to introduce his ideals of musical simplicity and naturalness to France. Its success attracted the attention of the Foire theaters. The next year, the head of the Saint Laurent theatre, Jean Monnet, commissioned the composer Antoine Dauvergne to produce a French opera in the style of La serva padrona. The result was Les troqueurs, which Monnet passed off as the work of an Italian composer living in Vienna who was fluent in French, thus fooling the partisans of Italian music into giving it a warm welcome. Dauvergne’s opera, with a simple plot, everyday characters, and Italianate melodies, had a huge influence on subsequent opéra comique, setting a fashion for composing new music, rather than recycling old tunes. Where it differed from later opéras comiques, however, was that it contained no spoken dialogue. In this, Dauvergne was following the example of Pergolesi’s La serva padrona.
The short, catchy melodies which replaced the vaudevilles were known as ariettes and many opéras comiques in the late eighteenth century were styled comédies mêlées d’ariettes. Their librettists were often playwrights, skilled at keeping up with the latest trends in the theatre. Louis Anseaume, Michel-Jean Sedaine andCharles Simon Favart were among the most famous of these dramatists. Notable composers of opéras comiques in the 1750s and 1760s include Egidio Duni, Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny and François-André Danican Philidor. Duni, an Italian working at the francophile court of Parma, set Anseaume’s libretto Le peintre amoureux amoureux de son modèle in 1757. Its success encouraged the composer to move to Paris permanently and he wrote twenty or so more works for the French stage. Monsigny collaborated with Sedaine in works which mixed comedy with a serious social and political element. Le roi et le fermier (1762) contains Enlightenment themes such as the virtues of the common people and the need for liberty and equality. Their biggest success, Le déserteur (1769), concerns the story of a soldier who has been condemned to death for deserting the army. Philidor’s most famous opéra comique was Tom Jones (1765), based on Henry Fielding’s novel of the same name. It is notable for its realistic characters and its many ensembles.
The most important and popular composer of opéra comique in the late eighteenth century was André Ernest Modeste Grétry. Grétry successfully blended Italian tunefulness with a careful setting of the French language. He was a versatile composer who expanded the range of opéra comique to cover a wide variety of subjects from the Oriental fairy tale Zémire et Azor (1772) to the musical satire of Le jugement de Midas (1778) and the domestic farce of L’amant jaloux (also 1778). His most famous work was the historical “rescue opera”, Richard Coeur-de-lion (1784), which achieved international popularity, reaching London in 1786 and Boston in 1797.
Between 1724 and 1762 the Opéra-Comique theatre was located at the Foire Saint Germain. In 1762 the company was merged with the Comédie-Italienne and moved to the Hôtel de Bourgogne. In 1783 a new, larger home was created for it at the Théâtre Italien (later renamed the Salle Favart).
The French Revolution brought many changes to musical life in Paris. In 1793, the name of the Comédie-Italienne was changed to the Opéra-Comique, but it no longer had a monopoly on performing operas with spoken dialogue and faced serious rivalry from the Théâtre Feydeau, which also produced works in the opéra comique style. Opéra comique generally became more dramatic and less comic and began to show the influence of musical romanticism. The chief composers at the Opéra-Comique during the Revolutionary era were Étienne Méhul, Nicolas Dalayrac, Rodolphe Kreutzer and Henri Montan Berton. Those at the Feydeau included Luigi Cherubini, Pierre Gaveaux, Jean-François Le Sueur and François Devienne. The works of Méhul (for example Stratonice, 1792; Ariodant, 1799), Cherubini (Lodoiska, 1791; Médée, 1797; Les deux journées, 1800) and Le Sueur (La caverne, 1793) in particular show the influence of serious French opera, especially Gluck, and a willingness to take on previously taboo subjects (e.g. incest in Méhul’s Mélidore et Phrosine, 1794; infanticide in Cherubini’s famous Médée). Orchestration and harmony are more complex than in the music of the previous generation; attempts are made to reduce the amount of spoken dialogue; and unity is provided by techniques such as the “reminiscence motif” (recurring musical themes representing a character or idea).
In 1801 the Opéra-Comique and the Feydeau merged for financial reasons. The changing political climate – more stable under the rule of Napoleon – was reflected in musical fashion as comedy began to creep back into opéra-comique. The lighter new offerings of Boieldieu (such as Le calife de Bagdad, 1800) andIsouard (Cendrillon, 1810) were a great success. Parisian audiences of the time also loved Italian opera, visiting the Théâtre Italien to see opera buffa and works in the newly fashionable bel canto style, especially those by Rossini, whose fame was sweeping across Europe. Rossini’s influence began to pervade French opéra comique. Its presence is felt in Boieldieu’s greatest success, La dame blanche (1825) as well as later works by Auber (Fra Diavolo, 1830; Le domino noir, 1837), Hérold (Zampa, 1831), and Adolphe Adam (Le postillon de Longjumeau, 1836).
By the 1820s, Gluckian influence in France had given way to a taste for Italian bel canto, especially after the arrival of Rossini in Paris. Rossini’s Guillaume Tell helped found the new genre of Grand Opera, a form whose most famous exponent was another foreigner, Giacomo Meyerbeer. Meyerbeer’s works, such as Les Huguenots emphasised virtuoso singing and extraordinary stage effects. Lighter opéra comique also enjoyed tremendous success in the hands of Boïeldieu, Auber, Hérold and Adolphe Adam. In this climate, the operas of the French-born composer Hector Berlioz struggled to gain a hearing. Berlioz’s epic masterpiece Les Troyens, the culmination of the Gluckian tradition, was not given a full performance for almost a hundred years.
In the second half of the nineteenth century, Jacques Offenbach created operetta with witty and cynical works such as Orphée aux enfers, as well as the opera Les Contes d’Hoffmann; Charles Gounod scored a massive success with Faust; and Bizet composed Carmen, which, once audiences learned to accept its blend of romanticism and realism, became the most popular of all opéra comiques. Jules Massenet, Camille Saint-Saëns and Léo Delibes all composed works which are still part of the standard repertory, examples being Massenet’s Manon, Saint-Saëns’ Samson et Dalila and Delibes’ Lakmé. At the same time, the influence ofRichard Wagner was felt as a challenge to the French tradition. Many French critics angrily rejected Wagner’s music dramas while many French composers closely imitated them with variable success. Perhaps the most interesting response came from Claude Debussy. As in Wagner’s works, the orchestra plays a leading role in Debussy’s unique opera Pelléas et Mélisande (1902) and there are no real arias, only recitative. But the drama is understated, enigmatic and completely unWagnerian.
Other notable 20th century names include Ravel, Dukas, Roussel and Milhaud. Francis Poulenc is one of the very few post-war composers of any nationality whose operas (which include Dialogues des Carmélites) have gained a foothold in the international repertory. Olivier Messiaen’s lengthy sacred drama Saint François d’Assise (1983) has also attracted widespread attention.


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Start with the basics by checking your owner’s manual to see if you’re on schedule for regular service intervals. Make an appointment to get up to date, and be sure to include:
- Oil and oil filter change to help the engine run more smoothly and efficiently
- Brake inspection for wear and tear
- Battery check so it doesn’t die on you
- Tire inspection and rotation to make sure treads are thick enough and wearing evenly
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- Heater and defrosting systems should be inspected so you don’t have a failure.
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- Stash tire chains in your trunk.
- Create an emergency kit in with gloves, blankets, hats, and boots in case you get caught in the cold. Also, include a small shovel, sand or kitty litter (for slick roads), an extra cell phone charger, and a flashlight with extra batteries.
- Don’t forget about water and a few energy bars!
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The launch of a new book is always so exciting! When you’re writing and editing and discussing and waiting and waiting and waiting you kind of get to a point where you actually forget that one day other people will see it and read it and use it. And then? BAM! It happens. And readers respond. Here are just a few reviews so far of how readers have felt about Look At Us Now. Click their links to read more.
This is a FUN book, as you can see from the samples above, that would be perfect for filling that time in the car with the kids, past the 2 video, license plate, I spy limit of your sanity! Not only does it help pass the time, but it makes your kids think AND practice their writing and spelling- AHA! A fun activity that helps keep thos brains going over the Summer. In fact, it would be fun to fill out a page every day during the Summer too, as a way of making a special mememto and memoir, rolled into one! Or have the kids fill it out and give it to Mom for Mother’s Day, or Dad for Father’s Day! It’s a fun FAMILY activity and we can’t recommend it enough!
I love that this one is so creative and is such a great way to help families get to know each other better! I received a copy and was thrilled to see that there are even pages my tween and I can do together, I love that it is It is not just geared towards parents and very young children. This one would even make a great Mother’s day or Father’s Day gift!
I love this book- the questions aren’t anything super big, but great triggers for remembering the little things about daily life like “what does family dinner look like?” or “our best day ever!” or “list your favorite activities.” It’s a great way to both start fun family conversations and to also make a fun snapshot of what life is like for your family at this point in time. And for the artistic people in the family, there’s plenty of space to add doodles and illustrations of your family’s life!
I think these sound pretty convincing. So why not go ahead and order yours right now? Right here.
And thank you!

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A guide for making the most of the autumn season in the Town of Parker.
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An already-tense relationship between the United States and Turkey got even more contentious after Turkey went through last week with the purchase of a Russian missile defense system known as the S-400, defying U.S. opposition to the deal.
In response, the U.S. booted its NATO ally out of a program that sold F-35 fighter jets to Turkey and trained the country’s pilots. The U.S. maintains that the Russian missile defense system is incompatible with the American jets because they are exactly the sort of stealth aircraft the S-400 is designed to detect.
The dispute has left observers questioning whether Turkey is strengthening its ties with Russia, to the long-term detriment of its NATO partners — a move that could affect U.S. actions in several conflict areas including Syria and Iran.
Steven Cook, a senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, joined the PBS NewsHour to explain why Turkey was so set on obtaining the Russian missile defense system, and how it could affect the U.S. and other Western allies.


Michelangelo Antonioni was an Italian film director, screenwriter, editor, painter, and short story author well-known for his intricately aesthetics and extremely thought-provoking, yet evasive and mostly puzzling films. He was born on September 29, 1912, in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy of well-to-do parents.
As a child Antonioni developed interest in the arts that included music and painting. An exceptionally bright child he played the violin and performed in a concert for the first time at the age of nine. Later his interest in music was overpowered by cinema but his love for painting remained throughout his life. He attended the University of Bologna from 1931 to 1935 and completed his graduation in Economics. While in the university he became associated with student theatre. Thereafter he started working as a bank teller and also contributed as a film journalist writing stories and film reviews in the local Ferrara newspaper ‘Il Corriere Padano’. He also became an amateur tennis champion for northern Italy while in his twenties.
He relocated to Rome sometime in 1940. There he met his first wife, Letizia Balboni, whom he married in 1942. After separating from her, he had several relationships with other women, including one with Monica Vitti, the actress who shared with him the international success of his 1960s films. He married Enrica Fico, in 1986.
Antonioni’s interest in cinema found its early expression in the film reviews he wrote first for the local Ferrara paper, II Corriere Padano, and later, during his early stay in Rome, for the important magazine Cinema. He enrolled for some time at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and collaborated on the script of ‘Roberto Rossellini’s Un pilota ritorna’ (A Pilot Returns).
His first credited film work dates from his 30th year, when he collaborated on the scripts of some major feature films, one of them Roberto Rossellini’s ‘Pilota ritorna’ (1942; A Pilot Returns), and went to France to assist the director Marcel Carné on his wartime production ‘Les Visiteurs du soir’ (1942; The Devil’s Envoys). In 1943 he began to direct his own first film, a short documentary called ‘Gente del Po’ (People of the Po Valley), but its completion was interrupted by the chaos of Italy’s defeat in World War II. For a while Antonioni made his living by translating from the French; he then became film critic of the underground paper ‘Italia libera’ (“Free Italy”) and wrote some unproduced scripts. Gente del Po finally appeared in 1947; it was followed by six more shorts and then, in 1950, by his first feature, ‘Cronaca di un amore’ (Story of a Love Affair), a rather bitter romance that immediately established him as a talent to be watched.
After that time, Antonioni’s life, to the outside world at least, consisted of little more than the production of films. The landmarks are his first great film, ‘Le amiche’ (based on a story by the Italian writer Cesare Pavese), in 1955; his first big international success, ‘L’avventura’, in 1960; his first film in colour, ‘Deserto rosso’ (The Red Desert), in 1964; his first full-length English-language film, ‘Blow-up’, in 1966; and his first American film, ‘Zabriskie Point’, in 1970. He was responsible for shaping the career of the actress Monica Vitti, whose exquisite, mysterious presence provided the warming touch of human interest that assured ‘L’avventura’, despite its puzzling narrative structure and obscurity of motive, its breakthrough to a large international audience. Some mediation of this sort is necessary in Antonioni’s films since without it his approach remains too cold and abstract to reach more than a select, esoteric audience. Human beings for him are depicted as moving parts in a pictorially exquisite pattern of moods and atmospheres; they wander around unable to engage in meaningful action, uncommunicative, lost in their dreams, while the outside world mirrors the feelings they never express, their alienation from one another and from the life around them.
With ‘L’avventura’ (1960)–and the other two films that immediately follow it, ‘La notte’ (196I) and ‘The Eclipse’ (1962), Antonioni established himself as one of the most talented, innovative, and technically accomplished Italian filmmakers.
Antonioni’s interest in technical innovations brought him to experiment with a video camera for ‘The Mystery of Oberwald’, (1980), a film based on a play by Jean Cocteau. With ‘Identification of a Woman’ (1982), Antonioni returned to Italian characters and situations. In 1995, after years of silence due to illness, he co directed with Wim Wenders his comeback film, ‘Ai di fa delle nuvole’ (Beyond the Clouds). In the same year, Antonioni was awarded an honorary Oscar for his lifetime commitment to the cinema. Antonioni’s final film, made when he was in his 90s, was a segment of the anthology film Eros (2004), entitled ‘Il filo pericoloso delle cose’ (The Dangerous Thread of Things).
One of the cinema’s leading aesthetes, Antonioni spearheaded a critical and commercial reaction against the overwhelming acceptance, during post-World War II years, of unvarnished reality as a cinematic ideal. Under his direction the film became a metaphor for human experience, rather than a record of it.
He never structured his films around a traditional plot or a character analysis; it was rather the visual image that became his fundamental vehicle of expression, most noticeably, the modern industrial landscape. After Antonioni, few people saw a water tower or a plastics dump with quite the same unappreciative eyes; in his films a new kind of beauty was revealed in the mechanical jungle of 20th-century urban society.
Antonioni’s place in the history of the cinema and in the development of 20th-century sensibility, however, remains secure. In 1995 he received an Academy Award for lifetime achievement.
Antonioni's plots were experimental, ambiguous, and elusive, often featuring middle-class characters who suffer from ennui, desperation, or joyless sex. Film historian David Bordwell writes that in Antonioni's films, "Vacations, parties and artistic pursuits are vain efforts to conceal the characters' lack of purpose and emotion. Sexuality is reduced to casual seduction, enterprise to the pursuit of wealth at any cost." The New Yorker wrote that "Antonioni captured a new bourgeois society that shifted from physical to intellectual creation, from matter to abstraction, from things to images, and the crisis of personal identity and self-recognition that resulted," calling his 1960s collaborations with Monica Vitti "a crucial moment in the creation of cinematic modernism." Richard Brody stated that his films explore "the way that new methods of communication—mainly the mass media, but also the abstractions of high-tech industry, architecture, music, politics, and even fashion—have a feedback effect on the educated, white-collar thinkers who create them," but noted that "he wasn’t nostalgic about the premodern."
Antonioni died aged 94 on July 30, 2007 in Rome, just a few hours after the death of another renowned film director, Ingmar Bergman. He was buried in his home town of Ferrara on August 2, 2007.


Today, however, Tube bosses will throw a party in honour of the "misery line".
Passengers at Balham station this morning were to be treated to the sight of LU staff cutting a cake to mark the 75th anniversary of the line's southern extension from Clapham Common to Morden.
Local MPs were invited to attend the party, but none found the time to be associated with what is probably the most unpopular feature of their constituencies.
A spokesman for Transport 2000 said: "Surely this has to be a joke. Even if the Northern line is not as bad as its reputation, it is still very much the case that passengers suffer severe overcrowding and a dilapidated infrastructure."
Cynthia Hay, of Capital Transport Campaign, added: "Many passengers will be surprised at this party."
Government research shows that during the rush hour the Northern line vies with the Jubilee for the title of most overcrowded. Between 8.45am and 9am, it carries 7,321 passengers - 112 per cent of its capacity - on its busiest section between Clapham North and Stockwell. It also has the worst pollution.
LU insists it has good reason to celebrate the Northern line.
An LU spokeswoman said: "Today it is the top performing line on the network for many key criteria. Negative perceptions are out-of-date." She admitted there is an overcrowding problem but said the line is a "victim of its own success because so many people want to use it".
LU points to the new fleet of trains, introduced under a Private Finance Initiative. A 20-year £1 billion modernisation programme is also ongoing.Reuse content


text: Smart, well-written and well-acted "political" thriller starring the always great Jon Voight. Some of the weighty material -- the Holocaust, hunting ex-Nazis, etc.-- threatens to bog it down, but taut direction and great acting by all concerned keep the fairly complex plot moving. Basic idea here is that a group of nasty ex-Nazis who have somehow escaped imprisonment for their heinous WWI crimes have formed a network called Odessa, and are plotting to 1) destroy Israel; and 2) take over the world. Successfully, this time. Sound like a great work of fiction? it is, and it is not. The story is based on a novel by Frederick Forsyth, but the historical basis for the story is apparently accurate. One of the highlights here is Voight speaking dialogue with a fairly good (I think) German accent, and even speaking German, and seeming to know what he is saying. Odessa is billed as co-starting Maximillien Schell, but if you are coming for the legendary European actor, you will be disappointed. Schell only appears in scant scenes, including the extraordinary B&W histrionic footage. Still and all, a solid, and very scary entry in the "if we aren't careful the Nazis will come back, and take over the world" genre of films, which includes Marathon Man, The Boys from Brazil and many others.

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Honestly, I was just trying to impress my friends. The other boys at the neighborhood pool were seeing who could hold their breath the longest, so I joined in. At first it was nothing too unusual. A minute here, three minutes there. By high school, I was up to fifteen minutes.
A month after I won the gold in the 2012 Summer Olympics, I rescued a girl from drowning in the Pacific. Sure, I was banned from future swim competitions on the basis of an “unfair advantage,” but on the plus side, now I get to make a real difference.
Author’s Note: He always wanted to make a big splash.

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Saturday, July 12, 2008
LCD Soundsystem: What True Music Masters Sound Like
One of the beauties of travel is the ability to spend more time with the iPod and iTrip. Well that and actively trying to convert my person to keep the same album on repeat for, uhm, days. But I digress.
While I knew I already liked LCD Soundsystem quite a bit I am glad to report that that degree of liking is much higher now. As a mater of fact, it's the only band I've been listening to for weeks. And if that doesn't say much about the caliber of their art, I don't know what else to say.
LCD Soundsystem is my current favorite band. Music like this can only come from people who are acutely aware of life on a micro level. Their experience can be viewed in slow
motion. And clearly so.
Their last album made most lists as best album of '07 and rightly so.
Those who enjoy the genuinely existential sound of The Strokes and
everything alternative from Franz Ferdinand to Death Cab for Cutie will
find these guys not only superbly informed bur aesthetically solid as
well. A great, great addition to your music library. Tracks like Someone Great, New York I Love You, But You're Bringing Me Down, and Get Innocuous aren't just good, they're incomparably good.
Here they are live:
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Yes! She's back!! Don't make me read objectionable stuff, chica! Glad you're baaaack.
I need to be converted too, you know?
Sound of Silver is one of the best albums out there! I HEART these guys, too. Come convert me, too :-)
Where did you get that picture, btw. I like, very much.
Ah yes, have you seen them live?
For real. Franz Ferdinand who? :) These guys rock.
LCD Soundsystem are a good example of the need to have high hopes for music still. These guys rule!
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‘Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.’ – Groucho Marx
Aminah Mae Safi
Aminah Mae Safi is a writer who explores art, fiction, feminism, and film. She loves Sofia Coppola movies, Bollywood endings, and has seen all of the Fast and Furious franchise. She lives in Los Angeles, CA with her partner and a cat bent on world domination (and another cat that is just here for the snacks).

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The 4D printing market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 41.17% during the forecast period 2020-2025. 4D printing is an extension of 3D printing technology which allows the customers and end-users enhanced efficiency, quality, and performance capabilities over existing manufacturing techniques. For instance, 3D printing technology is primarily used for making static structures from digital data in 3D coordinates while 4D printing technology involves changing the configuration of the printed design when exposed to different environmental conditions. The primary aspect of the effective implementation of 4D printing technology is the material that is used in the additive manufacturing process of a particular commodity. These materials should have the ability to change their functionality and property in response to different stimuli.
The ability to provide product design freedom is expected to be the primary driver for its growing popularity.
The popularity of 4D printing is expected to grow on account of its ability to improve the overall speed of the manufacturing cycle. The technology will allow companies to print commodities that can reshape, self-assemble, and react to the changing condition. Its primary property that is mainly expected to benefit the manufacturing industries is its self-assembling ability. For instance, a commodity that is considered too big to be printed through the 3D printing technique can now be done through the 4D printing technology. There has been a significant increase in the interest and funding for the development of 4D printing. For instance, researchers from Veer Surendra Sai University, Odisha, India have developed two 4D printed prototypes of biocompatible and biodegradable materials that tend to actuate when put in hot water. Similarly, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University were recently awarded a Manufacturing Futures Initiative (MFI) award on their collaborative project “SimuLearn: Combining Machine Learning, Mechanical and Geometrical Simulation for the Inverse Design and Manufacture of Self-assembling Fiber-reinforced Composites”.
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The interest in 4D printing technology in the healthcare sector is growing rapidly
The ability to program material as desired is expected to create an exhaustive list of applications. The healthcare sector, in particular, has been playing great attention to the development of 4D printing technology. 4D printing technique can enable the development of intelligent devices and implants. For instance, there is a growing requirement for the development of implants that grow as per the patient’s growth. The 4D printing technology can meet the demand of making such products by using intelligent materials because the implants manufactured can change their size and shape with time in response to changing body environment and significantly aid in effective patient treatment. Moreover, the growing investment in regenerative medicine is also expected to boost the growth of the 4D printing market in the healthcare industry.
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Americas is projected to hold a significant share in the market
The Americas region is expected to hold a significant market share and is further anticipated to show rapid growth over the projected period owing to the state-of-the-art infrastructure present in the region which is favorable for evolving technologies like 4D printing to gain traction. Huge investments are being funneled into the research and development of the 4D printing technology which has fueled the research activities in this sector. Recently, the American Heart Association has granted US$300,000 to the School of Engineering and Applied Science to develop 4D print technology that can print tissue to repair parts of the heart damaged by disease and heart attack. Researchers are developing and testing prototypes to test the potential applications, limitations, and risks associated with the use of this technology. Developed infrastructure in this region is expected to push the adoption of 4D printing technology into various industries like healthcare, automotive, aerospace and defense, textile, and others.
|Growth Rate||CAGR of 41.17% during the forecast period|
|Forecast Unit (Value)||USD Billion|
|Segments covered||Material, Industry Vertical, And Geography|
|Regions covered||North America, South America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific|
|Companies covered||Stratasys, HP Development Company, L.P, Organovo Holdings, Inc., Poietis, List is not Exhaustive*|
|Customization scope||Free report customization with purchase|
1.1. Market Overview
1.2. Market Definition
1.3. Scope of the Study
1.6. Base, And Forecast Years Timeline
2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
2.1. Research Design
2.2. Secondary Sources
3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
4. MARKET DYNAMICS
4.1. Market Segmentation
4.2. Market Drivers
4.3. Market Restraints
4.4. Market Opportunities
4.5. Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
4.5.1. Bargaining Power of Suppliers
4.5.2. Bargaining Power of Buyers
4.5.3. Threat of New Entrants
4.5.4. Threat of Substitutes
4.5.5. Competitive Rivalry in the Industry
4.6. Life Cycle Analysis - Regional Snapshot
4.7. Market Attractiveness
5. 4D PRINTING MARKET BY MATERIAL
6. 4D PRINTING MARKET BY INDUSTRY VERTICAL
6.1. Aerospace and Defense
7. AMERICAS 4D PRINTING MARKET
7.1. Market Size and Forecast, By Material, 2020 to 2025
7.2. Market Size and Forecast, By Industry Vertical, 2020 to 2025
8. EUROPE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA 4D PRINTING MARKET
8.1. Market Size and Forecast, By Material, 2020 to 2025
8.2. Market Size and Forecast, By Industry Vertical, 2020 to 2025
9. ASIA PACIFIC 4D PRINTING MARKET
9.1. Market Size and Forecast, By Material, 2020 to 2025
9.2. Market Size and Forecast, By Industry Vertical, 2020 to 2025
10. COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE
10.1. Competitive Benchmarking and Analysis
10.2. Strategies of Key Players
10.3. Recent Investments and Deals
11. COMPANY PROFILES
11.2. HP Development Company, L.P
11.5. List is not Exhaustive*
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES
HP Development Company, L.P
Organovo Holdings, Inc.
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Whether you are preparing for the arrival of a brand new baby or cleaning for your existing child, you want to create the safest environment in which to raise your child. It can be just to keep a clean home and car but even more so to protect your children from germs and bacteria. Small children in particular love to put things in their mouth. It is natural for your baby or toddler to constantly put things in their mouth; it is their way of learning about things. But, between your child crawling around on the floor and shoving anything they can find in their mouth, their tiny bodies are exposed to a lot of germs. You have three options – don’t clean and your house will become a germ-filled mess, clean with chemical-filled cleaning products that will likely then be ingested by your child, or opt for steam cleaning which uses no chemicals and is a green cleaning option.
Before you think, “I’ll take the risk of a little chemicals getting into my child if it means the germs have been disinfected”, let us tell you the problems with this logic. First, a “little bit” of those chemicals over the span of your child’s upbringing will add up to a lot of exposure. And, those chemicals aren’t exactly harmless – they have been linked to asthma, allergies, and even cancer. Second, it isn’t a choice between superior disinfection but increased health risk and simply adequate cleaning with steam. Steam cleaning is a highly effective way to clean but make no mistake, it is no slouch when it come sot disinfection – it disinfects 99% of bacteria as well! That’s right, steam cleaning is just as effective and often far more effective than chemical cleaning products.
Yes, Vapamore steam cleaners are an exceptionally powerful disinfecting tool and their versatility is unmatched. When you invest in one Vapamore steam cleaner, you can use it in a variety of ways both inside and outside the home to easily and effectively clean and disinfect. Clean your kitchen, flooring, grout, bathroom, carpet, upholstery, drapes, furniture, toys, sporting goods, and patio. And then head to your car and clean the interior of your car and even your child’s car seat! Steam cleaner don’t just clean surface dirt like chemical cleaning products, they lift and remove dirt for a more effective and precise clean. Your home will be sparkling and disinfected and you will save money because you will not need to constantly purchase cleaning products, all you will need is your Vapamore steam cleaner and some water to achieve the ultimate clean.


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Two of my official email accounts are not working due to SMTP problem.
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ICT R&D and Innovation will increase scale and impact in upcoming years in Europe
Another good day for Kosovo: Australia, Estonia, Latvia, Senegal and Costa Rica recognises Kosovo Independence
Albania recognises Kosovo Independence
Denmark, Belgium, Turkey recognises Kosovo Independence
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Still the worst duo by far
I’ve listened to my last podcast from these two clowns. This is nothing but reactivity and useless opinion. No breakdown, no discussion on flashes or technique. These guys are nothing but fans who complain about everything. Dunleavy especially. If you’re not producing HOF numbers in every quarter of every game, you’re a worthless player, coached by a worthless coach, picked by a worthless GM, on a worthless team. Hey NJmedia, can we get some football guys in here, please? No more clueless “journalists”. Absolute garbage. That’s my opinion of this podcast. Sound just like these two clods.
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Tucked away near downtown Minneapolis is Minnehaha Park, the city’s oldest park that features along the limestone bluffs and river overlooks a gorgeous and misty waterfall that drops 53 feet. Which is a pretty decent size for a waterfall located about 15 minutes away from downtown, if you ask me.
Big bodies of water, whether they be oceans, lakes, or rivers, tend to make my heart swoon, so I thought that maybe the roaring sounds of the waterfall would somehow magically prompt Baby B’s heart to do that same. A little mother-daughter bonding exercise, you might say. Sure, she was probably asleep during the entire experience, but I’m pretending the little kick she gave me as I neared closer to the water was something along the lines of her offering me a little baby fist bump.
Right on, Baby B.
As if visiting the falls wasn’t enough, Minnehaha Park also offers visitors some seriously beautiful gardens to walk and trails to bike. There’s even a charming seafood spot (the Sea Salt Eatery) overlooking the falls that has an awesome selection of fish tacos and baskets. Darrin and I walked through the Pergola Garden while a local band blasted dance music from the bandstand, and we vowed to return to try our hand at disc golf on one of the local courses.
A waterfall, disc golf, music, and seafood. All in one place?
Bravo Minneapolis. You can bet we’ll be back once Baby B arrives. Some things just need to be seen in person.
**P.S. Darrin and I are currently up in Northern Minnesota for the week! Be sure to follow our adventures over on Instagram HERE!**

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Where were safe spaces when black and brown people were addicted to crack? | Solomon Jones
Coddling mostly white addicts amplifies the racism that criminalized black and brown crack users in the '80s and '90s.
In the early 2000s, when I first wrote about the influx of young white heroin users into our city, the purveyors of political correctness had not yet coined the term "opioid crisis." Nor had America realized that the drug war had created collateral damage beyond black and brown communities.
Now, nearly 20 years later, the trickle of addicts who once came to our city for the purest heroin on the East Coast has swelled into a full-blown flood. The Medical Examiner’s Office estimates that 1,200 people died of overdoses in Philadelphia in 2017. Most were young and white. And rather than treat the new wave of heroin addicts to the jail cells that welcomed black crack users a generation ago, Philadelphia has proposed what the Kenney administration is calling Comprehensive User Engagement Sites (CUES).
These are places where intravenous drug users would be allowed to inject illegal drugs in private facilities with the city's blessing. I am adamantly opposed to that strategy. Not only because coddling mostly white addicts amplifies the racism that criminalized black and brown crack users in the '80s and '90s, but also because I have personally experienced addiction. And after 21 years clean, I'm certain that if someone had enabled me to use drugs without fear of consequence, I would still be trapped in a blinding cloud of crack smoke.
Proponents of safe injection facilities point to reams of research that say such facilities save lives by preventing overdoses in Europe and Canada. But I have been trapped in the throes of addiction, and while I wholeheartedly support the prevention of overdoses, I know in my core that an existence as a slave to a drug is no life at all.
Mayor Kenney, in a statement, said he believes just the opposite. "I am supportive of CUES because I believe that creating an environment where people are safe and can get the help that they need can help them get their lives on track," said the statement. "It's difficult to do that when you're kneeling next to somebody on a mattress under a bridge.
"This is the most humane way to do it and a way that we will hopefully save lives. Most drug users eventually get treatment and recover. But recovery can take many years, and most who suffer from addiction have to try many times before they ultimately succeed. CUES is designed to engage drug users and encourage them to go into treatment, and also to help them stay alive until they do recover. We know that CUES will not end this crisis, they are just one part of our long term strategy to fight this epidemic."
Of course, not every public official agrees.
"It presents significant public safety concerns," Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro told me in an interview on Praise 107.9 FM. "And you would need changes to state and federal law in order for these sites to operate legally. Furthermore, there is absolutely no safe way for a drug addict to inject him or herself with heroin. … People are dying from this every day.
"These are dangerous drugs with devastating consequences," Shapiro told me. "Not just on the individual users, but also on the community. And I also fear that the negative impact of a site like this will likely be held by communities that are already suffering, communities that already face serious economic and educational challenges and hardships. So I guess while some studies show that the sites may offer some benefit to those facing addiction, I don't think there's clear evidence. And I'm focused less on creating pathways to safe injection sites, and more on creating pathways to effective treatment for those who are in need."
City Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sánchez, who represents Philadelphia's Seventh District, where the hard-hit Kensington neighborhood is located, also has questions about the implementation of the Kenney administration's plan.
"I never say no to anything that has the potential to save lives," Sánchez told me. "What I'm saying is, don't do a top-down decision without a discussion about the impact … What happens to the person selling the drugs? Does he get a pass if he doesn't have any other job? What happens to the public safety strategy? We don't have a public safety strategy. We've allowed the occupation of — we have four [heroin] encampments going on right now in the neighborhood."
And therein lies the problem. Safe injection sites are most often placed in communities like the one Sánchez represents. Black and brown communities that are trapped beneath the weight of poverty and have never experienced the compassion suddenly heaped upon young, white addicts who come here from other places.
"This is about race, and this is about economics," Sánchez told me. "We have a system that is racist in its approach, in its treatment, in its practices, and we've got to own that."
Then we have to come up with a comprehensive strategy to fix it.
Solomon Jones is the author of 10 books. Listen to him weekdays from 10 a.m. to noon on Praise 107.9 FM.


Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic launched his defense last week against war crimes charges at the U.N. tribunal in The Hague. His trial represents the first time a head of state has been brought before the international tribunal on "charges of genocide and war crimes." In today's Dateline, Judith Latham explores the impact of the case on international law.
The impact of the war crimes trial of Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic is a subject of debate among Washington policy specialists. They are exploring how the trial will affect developments in international law and U.S. policy, and whether the U.N. tribunal can "deter the future commission of such atrocities." For his part, Mr. Milosevic regards the court and its indictment as illegal and false. He has refused to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty and he has rejected his trial as being "politically motivated". He also has not hired an attorney and instead is acting as his down counsel.
Speaking at a U.S. Institute of Peace conference in Washington on the topic, Professor Michael Matheson of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies describes the Milosevic trial as the "culmination of a long and arduous process" since the U.N. Security Council first created the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in 1993.
"The Council was trying to contribute in some way to ending or deterring the commission of atrocities, which by that point had reached alarming proportions. Was the creation and operation of the Tribunal effective in helping to end such atrocities in the former Yugoslavia? I think the record is not entirely clear," says the professor. "The second objective relating to the former Yugoslavia was to discourage the use of violence as the means of revenge and justice by the victims of atrocities and to promote reconciliation and peaceful resolution of the conflict in the long run. The third specific objective relating to Yugoslavia was to de-legitimize those individuals who were primarily responsible for the atrocities that is, to remove them from public positions. And, in this regard, I think the existence of the Tribunal and its operation was quite successful. The Milosevic trial will be in some ways an acid test of the effectiveness of the Tribunal as a means of achieving these objectives."
International law professor Michael Matheson was a legal adviser to the State Department for nearly 30 years. Professor Ruth Wedgwood of Yale Law School says the Milosevic trial raises some important legal issues that may serve as a precedent for international criminal tribunals in the future.
"The question of the trial I think is to what extent the prosecution will be able to show that Milosevic directly ordered events to happen," she says. " Or will we have to rely on the theory of 'command responsibility,' which is that the acts were so widespread and so notorious that he must have known that they were happening? And that he had a duty to inquire if they were happening, and he failed to take any action to control them. The second big issue in the trial is that of 'head-of-state immunity.' When Milosevic was indicted, he was actually still in office."
Professor Wedgwood says that it is "incumbent on the Tribunal" to make the proceedings of the Milosevic trial "intelligible" to people in the region as well as to the international community and to the community of legal scholars.
"I do think that the confidence of the Serb community in the Tribunal will be increased to the extent that the Tribunal can also look critically at acts that may have been carried out by Croatian leadership and by Muslim leadership," she says. " I think the other effect of the Milosevic trial will probably be a long and difficult self-examination by Serbian intellectuals as to what their role was in the last 20 years. The famous Serbian Academy of Sciences document of 1986 on the threats to Serb nationalism was something that Milosevic was able to make use of."
Professor Ruth Wedgwood, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, has also served as an independent expert with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Balkan analyst Obrad Kesic says he has had serious doubts about the Tribunal since its inception nearly a decade ago. And he questions whether trying Milosevic in The Hague rather than in Belgrade can yield a judgment that people in the region will perceive as just.
"Ideally, Milosevic's trial and all of the trials in The Hague should punish some of those responsible for war crimes and in this way bring closure to victims and their families. Ideally, this process should contribute to the overall peace process by establishing truth, by providing justice to the victims, and by laying the foundation for reconciliation," she notes. " My fear is that it does very little of this, and it may in fact be destabilizing to the overall peace process and to the region as a whole. Carla del Ponte went out of her way to say that this would solve the issue of collective guilt and collective responsibility that by holding individuals accountable for their actions that it would basically remove collective guilt from the Serbian nation. She also went out of her way to mention that the Serbs were also victims of Milosevic's crimes. She went out of her way to make a statement geared to the Serbian people namely, that this trial should in no way be interpreted as their being put on trial. This is more about us than it is about them. And we care more about the success of this tribunal because it sets an important precedent for the international community. We believe that the fate of this precedent hinges on whether or not Milosevic is convicted, whether or not The Hague is perceived to be successful."
Obrad Kesic says that, contrary to the objectives of the trial, people in the region have merely learned that "might makes right."
"And I believe the Tribunal re-enforces that lesson. Secondly, local people need to have ownership of this process. There has to be a place for local courts and local institutions," he says. "The third reason I'm skeptical and feel this trial will not succeed in contributing to the overall peace process, is that it simply serves to deepen the feelings of victim-hood among peoples in the region. Serbs and Croats feel that the West is buying favor with the Islamic world at their expense and that they are victims of this process. And what happened to them and their people during the war is not being given the same weight, the same validity. For the Bosnian Muslims and the Albanian Muslims, it is a certification that they were righteous victims that is, their cause was just. Because people in the region are mostly preoccupied with the crimes committed against their own people and because there are suspicions and an outright rejection of the Tribunal itself, most people reject whatever is decided by the Tribunal. Except for the versions that are being written by their own historians and their own politicians. And, finally, within Serbia itself, you have another layer of this problem. The reason that Milosevic is in The Hague is not because of international pressure or because of U.S. pressure. The reason he is in The Hague is because it fit in with the way the struggle was going in Serbia. The Serbian government in particular the Prime Minister wanted to prove who has power and who doesn't have power in the country and who has the power to arrest and extradite and who can only sit by passively and watch it happen [i.e. Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica]. One of the things I want to remind people is that history does not begin in 1991 or in 1989. There are many Serbs who would say: 'How can you judge the actions of the Serbian nation in the '90's period when there has never been an accounting of what happened to the Serbs in World War II?' I think the test for the significance of this tribunal is will we ever see this repeated again? "
Obrad Kesic, director of government affairs at ICN Pharmaceuticals in Washington. But nothing in the war crimes trials in The Hague "precludes a thoughtful re-examination" of Yugoslav history 60 years ago says Professor Ruth Wedgwood of Yale Law School.
"In no way does this kind of war crimes trial preclude re-examination of the problems of the Jasenovac concentration camp [in Croatia], which was a notorious event during World War II. Nothing in this trial precludes that re-examination," she says. " And frankly, I think it will strengthen it and give each community the courage to look into its own past. In the immediate aftermath of the war, action by local authorities would not be credible, either to the victims or to the communities from which the defendants have come, and therefore the international forum can be seen as more neutral than having trials by one's former adversaries."
Regional experts at this point are divided as to whether The Hague tribunal can render impartial justice and whether its proceedings will deter future atrocities and war crimes.


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Overview On May 24, 2022, Cisco became aware of a potential breach in their corporate network after an employee’s personal Google account was compromised – an act a ransomware gang named Yanluowang has now claimed as its work. Cisco disclosed the months-old compromise after a list of files accessed during the incident appeared on the […]
Overview South Staffordshire PLC – A UK water company with around 1.6 million customershave been the target of a cyber attack. The ransomware group, known as Cl0p, have claimed responsibility for the attack,however, rather embarrassingly, the group mistakenly announced it had successfullyattacked Thames Water – the UK’s largest water supplier instead. Thames Water has officially […]
Hackers attacked an unnamed university using the school’s IoT devices, including the vending machines and smart light bulbs. The issue was only discovered following increasing complaints from students and facility about slow network connections. A review by a Verizon research team revealed over 5000 hacked IoT devices were slowing the network by making seafood-related DNS […]
Hackers accessed data at a North American casino by targeting their high-tech fish tank. While the tank’s internet connection was intended to facilitate automatic adjustment of temperature and salinity, hackers used the connection to steal over 10 gigabytes of data. Read the full story here.


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In order to power the city, monsters have to scare children so that they scream. However, the children are toxic to the monsters, and after a child gets through, 2 monsters realize things may not be what they think.... (Full plot summary below)
In order to power the city, monsters have to scare children so that they scream. However, the children are toxic to the monsters, and after a child gets through, 2 monsters realize things may not be what they think.
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NewsBlaze - 10/10 by Kam WilliamsA charming cartoon classic coming courtesy of a successful collaboration by the good folks at Disney and Pixar.
CNN.com - 10/10 by Paul Clinton (CNN.com)If you have young kids, Monsters, Inc. should be a holiday stop.
Eclipse Magazine - 10/10 by Sean O'ConnellMore a Disney flick than a Pixar production.
New York Daily News - 10/10 by Elizabeth WeitzmanIf history is any guide, you and your family - whether young or old - will probably want to see "Monsters University" over and over.
Urban Cinefile - 10/10 by Urban Cinefile CriticsWith its imaginative concepts delightfully executed, Monsters Inc is a colourful splash of monstrous wit and charm that will send you happily into nonsense land for 92 enjoyable minutes.
TIME Magazine - 10/10 by Richard CorlissThe good guys are those who realize that laughter is stronger than fear. That's a message worth taking to heart these jittery days.
Spirituality and Practice - 10/10 by Frederic and Mary Ann BrussatA funny and frolicsome computer-animated feature that proves once and for all that laughter is a better renewable energy source than scares.
New York Observer - 10/10 by Andrew SarrisThe plot premises of Monsters, Inc. strike me as downright peculiar for a supposed children's entertainment.
eye WEEKLY - 10/10 by Jason AndersonWitty and imaginative, Monsters, Inc. could be Pixar's best yet.
eFilmCritic.com - 10/10 by Erik ChildressMonsters, Inc. is hilarious, exciting, miraculous to look at and is easily one of the best films of the year.
Cinema Sight - 10/10 by Wesley LovellAnother humorous entry in the Pixar collection, though their overall quality seems to be slipping.
Cincinnati Enquirer - 10/10 by Margaret A. McGurkI have no idea what the creative minds at Pixar Animation Studios do to keep themselves in touch with their inner kids, but if they could bottle it, the world would be a better place.


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Battle Evil in the Museum on your Digital Device
An Introduction to Elder Sign: Omens
Something terrible has begun to awaken within our museum... something unsatisfied with mere exhibition or human study, writhing with ancient evil and terrible purpose. This entity must, at all costs, be prevented access to our world. From my studies, I am convinced that such dangers are not new to the human experience. The very fact that humanity survives to this day, I attribute to our forebears’ success in resisting the tormented realities beyond our own. I have been fortunate enough to uncover one particular emblem that seems significant. A symbol of considerable power... they called it the Elder Sign.
A few weeks ago, we explored Elder Sign, a board game of luck and deduction in which a few brave investigators battle against the emergence of an Ancient One at Miskatonic University Museum. Today, on Halloween itself, we’ll continue our highlights of some of Fantasy Flight’s games set in H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos with the digital version of Elder Sign – Elder Sign: Omens.
In earlier overviews, we explored the perils of the museum in Elder Sign and the dangers that can lurk within the Mansions of Madness, as well as the mind-bending horror of Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game. You’ll enter the world of paranormal horror again in Elder Sign: Omens, but this time, you’ll do it digitally. Elder Sign: Omens is an application for your iOS, Mac OS X, or Android digital device, that delivers the tense excitement of Richard Launius and Kevin Wilson’s popular dice game in an all-new digital medium. Whether you play by yourself, or pass and play with up to four players, every game will bring you face-to-face with some of the most terrifying tasks and monsters imaginable.
Battle Insanity on Your Digital Device
In Elder Sign: Omens, you take on the role of a bold investigator, bent on penetrating the depths of the mysteries in the museum and forestalling the destruction of the world. In order to keep the Ancient One from bursting into our dimension, you must collect a number of Elder Signs before the Ancient One’s doom track can be filled with doom tokens. If you can claim enough Elder Signs before time runs out, the world is saved. If not, you and your friends are devoured and suffer a most awful death.
In order to claim Elder Signs at exhibits around the museum, you must go to these locations and successfully complete a number of tasks. In Elder Sign, players completed tasks by rolling dice, but in Elder Sign: Omens, you’ll conjure glyphs in your attempt to confront the horrifying tasks before you. The results on the glyphs you conjure must match the results you need to complete a task. If you cannot complete a task, you must discard a glyph and conjure again, attempting to obtain the results you need. If you can complete every task at a location, you receive rewards, including items, spells, and possibly, mighty Elder Signs. If you fail, on the other hand, you must suffer the penalties, whether through losing stamina or sanity, or even adding doom tokens to the doom track.
Although the rules of Elder Sign: Omens are similar to those of Elder Sign, some changes were made to make battling evil digitally even more difficult than in the real world. Monsters are both more horrifying and harder to defeat than before, requiring more effort from the investigators. Furthermore, the Mythos cards drawn at midnight have become even more punishing, ensuring that your time in this world is limited unless you can stop the Ancient One. If you want to seal the approaching Ancient One in its own dimension and ensure the survival of Earth, your investigations will need to be top-notch.
Want to see the results in action? Click the link below to view the first installment of Elder Sign: Omens’ in-game instructional guide. As the first of four videos accessible within the application, this short overview presents the basics of Elder Sign: Omens.
Expand on the Terror
In addition to new Ancient Ones, investigators, and locations that have been introduced with updates, Elder Sign: Omens also features a variety of expansions available via in-app purchase. Now you and your friends can leave the museum behind and travel the world to face supernatural evil in strange lands. Embark on a voyage of terror and dread on-board the Ultima Thule, as you seek to uncover the location of R’lyeh and stop Cthulhu himself from awakening and devouring the world.
Other adventures wait for you in the icy wastes of Alaska, where you will seek to both rescue a colleague and defeat the machinations of Ithaqua. The most recent expansion for Elder Sign: Omens takes you to Egypt for a three-part campaign. When you first arrive, you must find allies in Cairo to aid you once you leave the city. After two days have passed, you depart for the Necropolis of Dahshur, in search of the pharaoh Nephren-Ka. If you manage to find the tomb you search for, you will enter a maze of tunnels through the darkness, culminating in a final showdown with the Dark Pharaoh himself! Although each of these campaigns are unlocked via in-app purchase, each update to the game has also introduced new free content, including new investigators, Ancient Ones, and gameplay enhancements.
Play an Arkham Game this October
You can celebrate Halloween with games set in H.P. Lovecraft’s eerie universe. Whether you hope to stay safe in the Miskatonic University Museum or travel to exotic regions of the world in Elder Sign: Omens, you’ll never know what challenges you might face along the way. Keep checking back for highlights of other games set in the Cthulhu mythos, and remember to pre-register for Arkham Nights 2013!

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The chief executive who “transformed” Orkney’s health board is leaving to take on a new challenge.
Cathie Cowan, who has been at the helm of NHS Orkney for almost eight years, is taking up a new post with NHS Forth Valley.
She is expected to move south before the end of the year.
Ian Kinniburgh, chairman of NHS Orkney said: “Cathie has been our chief executive for almost eight years in which time she has transformed NHS Orkney into a reputable and high performing organisation.
“Her contribution to NHS Orkney has been significant and her role in securing the new hospital and healthcare facility cannot be underestimated.
“NHS Orkney staff and the people of the islands can feel confident that she is leaving the organisation in excellent shape to meet the challenges ahead.
“Cathie will be a very hard act for anyone to follow.”
Ms Cowan originally trained as a nurse at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow and worked in a variety of nursing roles before moving to Perth in 1990, initially to take up post as a clinical nurse manager at Perth Royal Infirmary.
She later became clinical services and business manager for the former Perth and Kinross NHS Trust. In 1995, she was appointed director of nursing, patient services and planning for Kirkcaldy NHS Trust and then director of service development and capacity planning for Fife’s NHS Board.
Ms Cowan moved to Orkney in 2010 as the chief executive of the health board. She also worked during this time as executive director at Orkney Islands Council and led the integration of health and social care services before the appointment of Orkney’s chief officer.


State-chartered credit unions in Volunteer State can now pay volunteers.
Rhode Island's Reed, New York's Schumer seen eyeing top post on Senate Banking Committee as South Dakota's Johnson retires.
Agency says loan totals make Sandy third-largest natural disaster behind 2005 hurricanes and 1994 earthquake.
Connecticut, Massachusetts leagues shut offices, credit unions reported doing the same.
A group of Democratic senators introduced a bill Jan. 23 that would allow privately issued student loans to be discharged along with other bankruptcy debt.
Former Arizona, Massachusetts, Rhode Island credit union executives hit with prohibitions.
Edward Danek Jr. nominated to three-year term by Credit Union League of Connecticut President/CEO Tony Emerson.
Gesa Credit Union in Washington state and Central Star Credit Union in Kansas deploy online tools.
Although some of the names are still unofficial, party choices for Senate committees that affect credit unions are starting to emerge.


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A local veteran from Southampton is taking his fundraising to new heights after Covid-19 put a stop to his efforts for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.
Ian Haberfield, 41, from Southampton, has plans to trek the three highest peaks in the Balkans this summer, as well as the London Marathon and the Landmarks Half Marathon in 2021 to raise much needed funds for the Armed Forces charity.
Ian, a former Helicopter Communications Specialist, attempted a new challenge he made up titled The Triple Three Peaks challenge in October 2020, climbing 7 out of the 9 highest peaks across England, Scotland and Wales, in aid of SSAFA.
Ian said: “The Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown meant that many of my planned fundraising activities had to be cancelled, such as the London Marathon 2020. I completed the Triple Three Peaks challenge with a friend to keep fundraising for SSAFA and train for the big events I have planned in 2021”
“In addition, SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity has been massively hit by the pandemic and they need support now more than ever before to help them continue their vital work for the Armed Forces community.”
Ian has now raised over £12,000 for the charity and is aiming to reach £20,000 ahead of his challenges in 2021.
If you would like to support Ian, please visit https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ian-haberfield


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When former Al Jazeera head office in Washington, Hafez al-Mirazi, left in 2007, he said of his former channel in an interview with Al Hayat: "I can no longer do Al Jazeera in America
He added: "This decision comes to me, especially since Wadhah Khanfar took over the channel. Since then, the island has changed, although Khanfar is a polite person, but he does not have the press experience needed to manage it. Station, for example, is not enough to be an active reporter to become a director of a channel that is the size of the island. "
Al-Mirazi explained that the change in the station has been evident since the first day of the Khanfair era, especially in the case of selecting assistants who are mostly members of the radical Islamic trend." My discussions on the policy of such a change, especially since the island has crossed the red line. The channel to Hamas TV, but there is a difference between a Hamas-based television station and Al-Jazeera, wanting the tone of the street, as it will undermine all professional standards. "
Yes, but it is no surprise to anyone who analyzes the channel of pure professional content, except motives The right channel for the resignation of Mirazi and the validity of his justifications, but what he said about the channel she reflects policy already, the Qatari channel started with a remarkable power, but it did not continue the same momentum.In the media tradition there are two main elements: "Opinion and news" on the island is confused In every minute of his programs
From a point of view – I admit it is not neutral – Arabism is better than the island and to see it objectively, we must forget the bias of the two channels of their two countries This is normal, and we must take into account the position of the two countries in the world and their weight in all respects, which is undoubtedly established in Saudi Arabia, by the way, when Al-Jazeera covers more events in Saudi Arabia than do it in other Arab countries, tired Don't be angry or upset. The position of the state is to force or request any channel in its political, economic and social environment, especially the country's thirst for openness. But it is looking for any negative in Saudi Arabia, the dominance of opinion (which is always negative) on the news, but there are many opportunities and events of positive and great in many respects, political, economic, sports, cultural and artistic, ignoring or jumping around or looking for mistakes. Some may say: What about Arabia, don't you? The answer is absolutely no, and it is also good for the simple reason that events and events that can take place in Qatar, not an event that can affect the Arab world or even the world. It is not Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria or Iraq. On the other hand, Al-Jazeera's fixed agenda, which must attract militants or even terrorists. In the past, the bloody events in Iraq have been portrayed as legitimate resistance to occupation, while the resistance is one of the parties.
Arabic is another thing, it is looking for the Arab nation, and it is not the same. Professionally with that bumpy and difficult way observe in Street's cooking hatred of America and the Zionist entity and the service of the Arabian or Americanization or call it in Hebrew Ksteimh, the misunderstanding of the media results from what we did not accustom is not a line. Yes, there is no completely free channel without restrictions, but Arabic in this area has become a vocational school, while the island is still in the old school of Mohammed Said Al-Sahaf.


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With a new album dropping on March 10th, the time is ripe for a quick review of just how amazing Enslaved is. Haugesund, Norway’s finest have been plying their trade since 1991, and have been described as many, many different types of metal over the years. If you had to sum it up—and please do not do so by labeling them “viking metal”—they’re probably best described as “progressive-extreme-blackened-death-metal.” Or something like that.
Regardless, in their 24 years, they’ve released a whopping 12 LPs, three EPs, two splits (with Emperor and Satyricon, no less!) and two DVDs. That’s a monumental amount of work for a band of any genre, but even more significant is how they’ve evolved from an experimental band to a truly progressive and influential one. So without further ado, here’s a list of my personal Top 10 Enslaved songs:
“Ormgard” (from Mardraum – Beyond the Within, 2000)
On “Ormgard,” you’ll find many classic metal elements: a driving pace, pick dives galore, crunching power chords and a severe lack of clean vocals. Despite that, this album is not immature. It’s quite the opposite: a real masterpiece that was way ahead of its time. With it’s tinny production, blistering cymbals and gut-wrenching vocals, this thing’s definitely worth a listen.
“The Crossing” (from Below the Lights, 2003)
Below the Lights is by far the band’s proggiest album. Not that the band wasn’t experimental before, but this album really marked their first full, headlong dive into the arts of progressive metal. The album’s third track, “The Crossing,” is possibly the clearest example of how far they took the idea. The song combines a range of exceptionally different elements, and at one point simply fades from one part into a completely different, separately-recorded one. The contrasting acoustic guitars are lowered as a much heavier half comes gliding up from the depths with vocals. It’s a stellar experiment that works out very well.
“Isa” (from Isa, 2004)
If you get the wonderful opportunity to see Enslaved live, you’ll probably end up hearing this song toward the end of their set. With a new lineup (including skilled then-new drummer Cato Bekkevold) in tow, Enslaved experimented with pace changes that were previously unavailable, or just unheard of, to them. “Isa” opens with fury and powers through the chorus with Grutle Kjellson menacingly grimacing the song’s title while Ivar Bjørnson sings melodies over the top of the chorus. This song is a must recognize for any Enslaved fan.
“Path to Vanir” (from Ruun, 2006)
Released in 2006, Ruun was a very logical extension of Isa. The band took key steps forward in both production and songwriting, seamlessly blending their extreme and progressive writing styles. Much like “Isa,” “Path to Vanir” is another marching song, but rather than blending the different vocal styles, we see Enslaved attempting to seamlessly combine multiple contrasting portions of the song, which they ultimately do with ease and brilliance. It’s a very powerful song that will keep your fist pumping throughout—whether to Kjellson’s tortured screams or Bjørnson’s simple and direct melodies.
“Ruun” (from Ruun, 2006)
Ruun‘s title track starts off with an ominous, slithering guitar line that contrasts perfectly with a separate, muted rhythm line. The song reminds me of a retelling of a horrifying nightmare—and at one point, the lyrics even channel that kind of vibe. (“Visions from an altered state/they conceal and revelate”) Progressive bands don’t often make my skin crawl but this song does so with ease.
“Ground” (from Vertebrae, 2008)
Enslaved went independent in 2008, and although the album was later picked up by Nuclear Blast, the band had near-total creative control over Vertebrae. On the album’s third track, “Ground,” the slower, elevator-like pace of their metal blended perfectly with Arve Isdal’s melodic and masterful solos. (And make no mistake, this track certainly let him unleash a long one.) While the track takes on an almost stoner feel down the stretch, it is still unmistakably Enslaved, and undeniably awesome.
“Reflection” (from Vertebrae, 2008)
Vertebrae‘s sixth track sees the band take on a completely different, almost classic rock-like rhythmic feel. Extra fuzzy guitars give help give the opening a throwback feel before Kjellson unleashes his diaphragmatic assault. With a run-time of nearly eight-minutes, you’d think the track would go through the typical rhythm and feeling changes that most Enslaved songs tend to, but it doesn’t; it drones on mesmerizingly. Despite its relative non-traditionalism, “Reflection” is commonly picked as a top track off this album. A terrific listen, but perhaps more for experienced listeners.
“Waruun” (from Axioma Ethica Odini, 2010)
2010’s Axioma Ethica Odini saw Enslaved still more cohesively blend progressive elements into their songwriting. The album’s production is top notch, with richer, thicker, more reverb-driven vocal work than we’d ever seen from the band. The third track, “Waruun,” is a great example of all this. The song opens ominously with croaked vocals, crunching guitars and a very dissonant, dark feel, but as the darkness builds, the song leapfrogs itself until all that is left is starkness, a few whispers, and some clean, yet dissonant guitars. It’s then that you can see the beauty of what great production can do for a band like this, with two distinctly talented vocalists. Like most Enslaved songs, it’s hardly “short,” but all the same: it’s 6:42 minutes worth absorbing.
“Roots of the Mountain” (from RIITIIR, 2012)
After opening with an absolute whirlwind—with poisonous, rattlesnake-like vocal work and blast beats abound—“Roots of the Mountain” quickly drops its ferocity and highlights the beauty of Ivar Bjørnson’s vocals. A symphonic keyboard clearly drives the classically inspired focal point of this song, but don’t fear: we quickly spiral into typical, yet more balanced Enslaved fury again.
“Death in the Eyes of Dawn” (from RIITIIR, 2012)
If I were to ask my buddies which Enslaved song they like the best, this thing would be on most of their shortlists. “Death in the Eyes of Dawn” showcases the band’s ability to blend styles seamlessly. Both vocalists are featured prominently again, as the song drives from a headbanging verse into a melodic, almost triumphant chorus. In my opinion, RIITIIR is Enslaved’s finest album to date, and this song is a shining example of why.
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That’ll do it for now. Listen to Enslaved, and in doing so, improve your life exponentially.


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We (us ladies at Girl About Town) get asked ALL the time when is the best time to visit Scottsdale. Typically our answer is, that it is ALWAYS a great time of year to visit us!
I mean we all know that the summer is going to be hot….but it is a “dry heat” meaning there is no humidity and everywhere you go there is AC. I was pretty surprised how busy my team and I were over the summer but who wouldn’t want to visit our beautiful town and sit by the pool all day with a drink in your hand?
Here is a little breakdown by each month on what’s happening in Scottsdale and why you should visit during that time of year!
January- The holidays are over and everyone is ready to do something with their friends. I mean we love our family but if your bride to be needs her Bach to be in Jan. we are a great option. Temps are mid 60’s and every patio with a heater is packed with locals and out of town guests.
*Plus if you have been living under a rock the last 20 years the best event on the grass is happening…WASTE MANAGEMENT PHOENIX OPEN. (if you have not booked a house or hotel room…do it NOW or you will not have a good spot to stay)
February- Weather is still amazing and there are a plethora of actual events happening in the city
March- SPRING TRAINING BABY!! One of the most popular times to visit our state is for sure this month. The weather is starting to heat up meaning shorts and tank tops are making an appearance again. Plus our city is crawling with professional baseball players. Whether you enjoy baseball or not, you must go to at least one game a season. Every local has to have at least one hot dog and beer on the grass and play hooky from work. PLUS its a great destination spot for any true baseball fans
April- Weather is gorgeous and for sure the best month to visit
May- Weather is getting warmer and everyone is beginning to enjoy the pool on a weekly basis to prepare themselves for the summer.
June, July, August- It is hot…we KNOW but we have a ton of pool float rentals and great day clubs for you to enjoy
September-October: weather is beginning to cool down but the majority of the houses we work with have heated pools if you wanted to enjoy a dip still.
November: it has been a tad warmer than “normal” but the evenings are nice and for sure a nice break from the snow that’s happening all over the country
December: another great time of year if you can find time to escape before the holidays….
There you go!! Of course we can give you more inside knowledge and help you find a perfect weekend but hopefully the breakdown helps. Our city is prepared for the heat and knows how to make you forget that it is over 100 degrees out if you come during the summer.
Check out our Stay form if you are visiting NOT on a bach/bachelorette trip and lets plan your trip to the desert!

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Transportation is changing. For the past 100 years or so we’ve been building our cities to accommodate cars as they have opened up new areas for development and allowed people to travel farther and more comfortably than ever before. But once we designed our stores, houses, parks, schools, libraries and other public places for cars we realized we lost something: the human scale that facilitates social interaction and gives a community its character.
Good governance requires active participation by citizens. You know what active participation looks like: people show up for public meetings, they let their elected officials know what they think, and they express themselves at the voting booth on election day.
It’s important to recruit new businesses to add to our tax base and give our residents employment opportunities. And I recognize that city governments have become players in the economic development game. Public-private partnerships are the way things get done these days. My problem is with the way we are managing these partnerships. I don’t think we’re getting the best bang for our buck.
Here’s what I mean…
Noblesville recently partnered with Fishers and the county on a plan to take out the Nickel Plate Railroad tracks and turn the right of way into a trail. I love trails. In fact I have advocated for them in my past two elections, even to the extent that I included an image of a bike on my campaign signs in the last election. We need more trails going to more places in Noblesville for a number of reasons. It would help relieve traffic congestion, improve the health of our citizens, improve the look of the city and add to our quality of life. Yes, trails are great, but it is a HUGE mistake to tear out the Nickel Plate tracks to create a trail. Here’s why.
It seems like a great opportunity. 70 acres of undeveloped land in the middle of Noblesville. The problem, of course, is that its polluted. For years, Firestone and its predecessors dumped dangerous chemicals on the land, and its going to be very difficult to clean up.
But we have to do it. The land is right between a residential area and our major retail center. It’s not acceptable to have it fenced off with barbed wire forever. Federal grants are available to help clean up these sites, yet for the past nine years it has sat there, abandoned and ignored by our city officials. It is truly a blighted area and needs attention.
A few ideas have been proposed for the land over the years: a bus barn or storage facility come to mind. The mayor once proposed a dog park but nothing has happened. Most recently the police chief has been promoting the idea of building a new police station on the slab that used to hold the building. I like that idea. The slab wasn’t polluted like the ground around it and apparently is buildable. A new police station could spur new development around the site.
There are restrictions. Firestone has said they would never allow residences to be built on the land because of past pollution. Some of the land is more polluted than the rest. There is apparently a dump that still hold buried barrels full of poison. For more on this saga, go here.
I know this is a tough situation. Clean up will be expensive and dangerous. It may seem like the best alternative is just to leave it all in the ground and try to ignore it. But it’s right in the middle of town and I don’t think we can ignore it forever. The best solution is to bite the bullet: clean it up the right way, haul away the poisons, scrub the land clean and put it back into productive use.
It’s been nine years of neglect. Its time to act. The proposed police station is a good start but that’s the easy part. It’s time to tackle the hard part.
The city is spending millions of dollars to upgrade Pleasant St. as a way to bypass downtown and move traffic more quickly for cars and trucks that want to avoid the cross traffic and congestion. I understand the rationale but I don’t understand why the city insists on taking a route that involves cross traffic and congestion rather than a more rural route that would emphasize speed.
I go into detail on my objections to the city’s current proposal on my Better Noblesville website. In a nutshell, the city wants to take an urban route that involves bulldozing some two dozen homes on both sides of the river while doing little to improve the urban landscape along Pleasant St.
My biggest concern is the integrity of the Southwest Quad neighborhood, which would be bisected in the interests of gaining a minute or two to cross town. You can imagine how you would feel if the city proposed building a bypass through your neighborhood. The homes in the southwest quad are some of the most affordable in town, and the people who live there won’t be able to find replacements at the same price they will get from the city for those houses. That’s a problem for a community that struggles to maintain affordable housing stock.
I could understand the city’s unwillingness to consider other options if there were none, but there are a number of alternative routes that wouldn’t involve destroying any houses, could have higher speed limits, and would open new land for development as a bonus. But the city won’t consider them.
I’m especially dismayed about this project because I see so much potential for the southwest quad neighborhood to compliment the city’s new cultural arts district. We have one of only seven designated districts in the state, and the district is meant to highlight our commitment to nurturing the arts. A cultural arts district needs artists and the starving artist is more than just an amusing stereotype. It’s a fact of life in most arts communities, which is why affordable housing is so important. These modest homes in the southwest quad are great raw material for an artist’s touch, and the neighborhood would make a terrific artist’s housing district. That we want to destroy it for the sake of a road is a darn shame.
I will do something about that.


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The Sims 3: Pets for 3DS, PS3, Xbox 360, and PC
For the first time in franchise history, players will be able to take full control of their pet and play out their life story. They’ll also be able to determine their pets’ personality traits to create their perfect pet for their Sims. The Sims 3 Pets allows players to add a new member to their household to control and find new ways to play with life! The Sims 3 Pets Expansion Pack gives players the opportunity to adopt cats, dogs and even horses! Players will not only determine how their pets look, but they'll also be able to give them unique personalities traits as well!
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Parrott-Wood Memorial Library, 3133 W. Old Andrew Johnson Highway, Strawberry Plains, will host speaker Joe Swann of Maryville who will discuss “Exploring Our Jefferson County Heritage” on Monday, March 13
Tennessee’s DAR Lineage Research Committee Chairwoman Merry Anne Pierson will share some of the best resources to find the nation’s earliest patriots in your family history. Attendees will learn how family research strategies to document the connections to early American history.
Carol Roberts, conservation manager at the Tennessee State Library and Archives, will speak on “Caring for and Using Photographs in Family Research” this coming Saturday at the Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society meeting at the Brentwood Library. Roberts is in charge of the care and preservation of the state’s historic government documents, maps, books, photographs an
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If you hadn't already fallen head over heels in love with George Clooney at the 2015 Golden Globes when he gave that beautiful speech to his new wife, Amal Alamuddin, after winning the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award, you're about to. Speaking to reporters after the awards show ended, Clooney revealed that he was wearing his wedding tuxedo to the Golden Globes. I don't know why I find that so endearing, but it just elevated my love for the 53-year-old actor to levels I didn't know existed.
Maybe it's because just before discussing the origin of his suit, Clooney lamented how much harder awards shows are for women than men, and I was still swooning over that observation. Maybe it's because I think it's really sweet that he chose to wear a suit that had served him so well on an extremely important day to yet another significant event in his life. Maybe it's just because that suit looks really good on him. Whatever the reason, hearing that Clooney was got dressed on Sunday morning and decided to put on that same Armani tuxedo that he did the day he married the woman he praised on stage just hours earlier simply warmed my heart.
Oh and while we're on the subject of repeating outfits, I'd be thrilled to see Amal wear her stunning black gown and white gloves again, because that look is too gorgeous to retire after one event.
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