FULL NAME: Sidney Onoriode Esiri
DATE OF BIRTH: 1 May 1980
MARITAL STATUS: MARRIED
Dr sid is popular Nigerian musician who was a dentist before he started music. He was signed to Mohits records in 2007 and he was launched into limelight after he released his hit single Pop Something, He is currently signed to Mavin records.
EARLY LIFE AND BACKGROUND
Dr sid was born in Ikeja, Lagos state, Nigeria), known commonly as,Dr SIDis a Nigerian singer-songwriter and dentist, who is originally from Delta state, but was raised in Lagos.
His mother a successful fashion designer and his father the legendary actor Justus Esiri who is a Member of the Order of the Niger(MON), and famous for his role as the Village Headmaster a Nigerian sitcom popular in the 1980s.
The second child of 4 children from an early age he had his heart set on becoming an entertainer. However his life took a different course graduating from the Nigerian Air force Secondary school ikeja, SID went on to the University of Ibadan (UI) to study Dental Surgery, During his school years his flair for entertainment could not be hidden as he took part in school plays, dance competitions and concerts winning numerous awards along the way.
CAREER AND LIFE
Dr SID signed on to a fresh new record label Trybe Records(who released the Nigerian hip hop group Trybesmen) as a choreographer. He would spend the next three years touring as a backup dancer for the Trybesmen.
Dr SID got his chance in front of the mic, when he was made a member of Da Trybe, and given a spot on the song that caused a revolution in Nigerian Hip-hop, “OYA” in 2002 alongside Sasha, 2-Shotz, Timi, DEL, and the Trybesmen (Eldee, Kb and Freestyle). Over the next year SID recorded his Debut Single “Don’t Stop” and had the number 1 video on the MBI top ten for 8 weeks, His music career had to be put on hold as he had to take a year out to finish up his university degree.
Dr SID became a qualified Dentist. He moved to the UK working with the likes of JJC & the 419 squad, Felix Duke, KAS, R70 and D’Banj. Returning to Nigeria he spent the Next year working at Lagos University Teaching Hospital, [ 5 ] [ 6 ]and then went on to serve his country at Yolain Adamawastate. He also worked at various dental clinics combining dentistry and music.
He started recording a studio album titledPrognosiswhich featured the single “Raise da roof”. He was nominated in the Best New Act category at the 2005 Amen Awards. He abandoned the album in 2006
Dr SID after 3 years made the tough decision to quit practising as a dentist and concentrate fully on his music career signing on to Don Jazzy’s Mo’ Hits Recordsand records the Mo’ Hits Allstarscollective albumCurriculum Vitae (CV)which was released in December 2007. He featured on 7 of the 15 tracks released on the album, which include “Booty Call” and “Close to you”.
Dr SID spent most of 2008 touring with the Mo Hits Allstars, and performing at some of the major concerts, including the Thisday Music Festivaland Star Mega Jam.
Dr SID started recording his first studio album as a solo artist under Mo’ Hits Recordswith producer Don Jazzy. The first single of the album Turning Pointwas titled ” Something About You” [ 7 ]and was released in September 2009 and is currently moving up the African charts [ 8 ]alongside two other Winchi Winchift Wande Coaland Pop Somethingft D’banj. He also performed at the MTV Africa Music Awards [ 9 ]in Kenya as a member of the Mo’ Hits Allstarsalongside D’banj, Wande Coaland Kenyan artist STL.
Mo’ Hits Records release Dr SID’s debut album Turning Pointon 11 April [ 10 ] [ 11 ]Dr SID New Single offTurning Point, “Over the Moon”, hits number 1 on Nigerian top 10.
Following a fall out of the partners at Mo’ Hits Records, D’banjand Don Jazzy, Dr SID has since signed on to Don Jazzy’s Mavin Records. He also had three songs from his upcoming album featured on a Mavin Recordscompilation album titled: Solar Plexus.
Dr sid finally got married in the year 2014, after knoting the tie with his very much loved longtime girlfriend Simi Osomo.
He got himself a new huge house in 2014 worth over 100million.. Which he later said he built it on mortgage.. Fans loved him more for not telling lies like other celebrities.
In 2015 he released another hit song “Kabiyesi” and s few others keeping himself relevant in the industry.
1.Chocolate West African Remix (featuring Ice Prince, Sarkodie, Elom Adablah, and Lynxxx)
2.Chocolate East African Remix (featuring Musik Maestro)
3.Lady Don Dada
7.Baby Tornado Remix (featuring Alexandra Burke)
8. Surulere(featuring Don Jazzy)
9)Over The Moon
AWARDS AND ENDORSEMENTS
won: 2008 Soundcity Music Video Awards: Fresh Video (Mo Hits allstars)
2009 Nigerian Music Video Awards: Best Afro Hip hop video (Mo’ Hits Allstars
2011 Hiphop World Awards: Hiphop World Revelation of the year
2011 Hiphop World Awards: Best Pop Single
2014 City People Entertainment Awards Best Collaboration
Got a multimillion naira endorsement deal from the telecom giant MTN in 2014.
SCANDALS AND RUMORS
He was said to have been one of the key factors that lead to the defunct Mohits records after an audio recording of him saying things against dbanj got leaked online..


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As part of the celebration for Skull Appreciation Day 2013 and the opening of the FaceOff exhibit at the International Museum of Surgical Science, as well as the impending onset of Skull-A-Day 7.0, I figured this would be a great time to flip your wigs with a HUGE Super Saturday post featuring one of my personally new favorite artists, Dionne Marshall. Dionne creates handmade tattooed, tooled, and stitched leather art & artefacts, under the name ‘Punctured Artefact’. Here's a bit of info that she was obliged to share....
"I live in a tiny, pretty English village, where I have a studio in my garden. Working as a designer/ maker is all quite new after ‘quitting the day job’ within the fashion industry to something I love."
"With a background in textile and accessory design, patterns and flowing lines feature strongly in all my designs. My main inspiration comes from tall things inky… the artistry & imagery of modern tattooing, mixed with a never ending love of death heads, geometry, Japanese motifs, natural & organic forms, anatomy, science, lines & patterns."
"I create using layers of decorative techniques, which are highly detailed and labor intensive. They give my work depth and a textural 3D feel. Premium untreated natural veg tan leather is the base for all pieces. The decorative and detailed line-work is tattooed onto the leather, usually with one needle (with a traditional tattoo machine)."
"To bring out the line-work and beauty of the leather, leather-working techniques are used. These may include; tooling, embossing, engraving, etching & repousse. Book binding techniques such as lacunose, Tudor style, onlay and inlay feature in some of the designs. Each piece is finished by beveling, dying and buffing the edges before being mounted and framed into a 'shadow box' frame made from worn reclaimed wood (created by us!)"
"I use the same processes on all my artworks, jewellery & accessories. I also do custom and bespoke ones offs, including tattoo ideas. So you can wear my designs on your wall or your skin!"
I'm still utterly amazed at the detail and design you achieve, Dionne. I know how meticulous single needle tattooing can be and combining that with all of your other techniques really enhances the character and persona of each piece. Keep up the fantastic work and the job you love won't feel like one. Thanks again!

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Levi's Women's 710 Super Skinny Jeans - Springs Returns
These jeans are designed to flatter, hold and lift. They fit like leggings and are built with stretch and recovery for a fit that lasts, wear after wear.
- Model: 17778
- Color: Springs Returns (0133) - A light blue denim with wash and fade to the front that makes this your favorite pair of faded jeans.
- 62% cotton / 15% polyester / 21% Visoce / 2% Elastane
- Mid-rise waist that is not too high or too low
- Slim/Skinny fit through the hip and thigh
- Super-skinny leg throughout, with a 9.25-inch leg opening


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Will New Yorkers Get Doored by de Blasio’s Taxi of Tomorrow Opposition?
As Mayor de Blasio weighs the potential $100 million cost of converting his opposition to the Taxi of Tomorrow into official city policy, New Yorkers on two wheels should remember one key feature of the Nissan NV200 selected as the city’s next taxi: It will all but eliminate the possibility of getting doored by an exiting taxi passenger.
The vehicle has sliding doors for backseat passengers, reducing the need for Taxi TV public service announcements reminding passengers not to whip open their doors into the path of a passing cyclist — something that’s not just dangerous, but also against the law.
That improvement and others, including built-in GPS for drivers, rear-side lights to indicate when passengers are entering or exiting, a front-end design that reduces the severity of crashes with pedestrians, “lower-annoyance” horns, and rear cameras drivers can use while backing up, would be lost if the mayor decides to scrap the design.
On Tuesday, a state appeals court reversed a lower court ruling against the city’s Taxi of Tomorrow plan. The case could be appealed to the state’s highest court, and de Blasio said on Wednesday that, although the city’s law department continues to defend the project, he is opposed to it:
I think it is not right to have a single vehicle approved instead of a variety of vehicles that meet certain standards. I don’t like that we’ve lost an opportunity to create jobs here in New York City. I don’t like Nissan’s involvement in Iran. I don’t like a lot of things about this. I think it was a broken process on many levels.
Other criticisms of the Nissan vehicle are that it is not a hybrid and it is not wheelchair-accessible by default. London, which has also selected the NV200 as its new taxi, will have a fully-accessible fleet. A modified accessible version will be made available in New York.
Today, Capital New York reported that if the city ends up switching sides and backs out of the Taxi of Tomorrow plan, the city’s contract with Nissan stipulates that it could be on the hook for at least $100 million in costs the carmaker has incurred in designing and producing the vehicle.
De Blasio, who received significant campaign contributions from yellow taxi interests during his campaign, vigorously opposed both the Taxi of Tomorrow and the Boro Taxi program. Under his watch, TLC has continued to roll out the Boro Taxi plan, though on a slightly slower schedule.
“We are looking at what possible changes could be made to the program,” TLC chair Meera Joshi said in a statement about the Taxi of Tomorrow to Capital New York. “But at this stage, it is premature to assess those options until we have final clarity on the legal situation.”


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Schizophrenia and Error Processing: A Meta Analysis
Rackham, David; Baldwin, Scott; Larson, Michael;
The error-related negativity (ERN) is a response locked Event-Related Potential component that peaks approximately 50 ms after an incorrect response. (Gehring, 1993) In a general sense the ERN seems to play a role in error detection and monitoring that occurs in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). The ERN is modulated by affective variables as well as by psychopathology. It is thought that deficiencies in the internal monitoring systems of individuals with schizophrenia may be related to the expression of symptoms typical to schizophrenia. Studies of the ERN and individuals with schizophrenia have revealed significant results that support these assumptions. No work has been done to determine the overall effect of ERN amplitude and schizophrenia. This study determined the average effect size of ERN amplitude for patients with schizophrenia. It was hypothesized that a large average effect size of ERN amplitude attenuation in participants with schizophrenia would be found.

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Virus Affecting Small Towns More in Maine
SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — Maine’s growing number of COVID-19 cases is disproportionately affecting smaller towns.
The 20 ZIP codes with the highest infection rate in the last month are concentrated in York, Androscoggin, Kennebec and Oxford counties, and only three — Lewiston, Waterville and Sanford — are major urban areas, the Bangor Daily News reported.
Health officials said factors could be growing weariness of masks and social distancing.
The growth in infections comes even as the state’s vaccine effort ramps up. About 36% of Maine residents are fully vaccinated, and the vaccine is now available to everyone 16 and older.
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Nirav Shah said the average age of patients with COVID-19 has also come down to 35. Earlier this year it was 43, he said.
“All of this shows how opportunistic the virus is,” Shah said.
As of Thursday, Maine's seven-day rolling average is over 400 per day, the highest since late January. Aroostook County is reporting nine new cases today and 70 in the past seven days.
So far, over 404,000 Maine residents have received their final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. That amounts to nearly 36% of the population age 16 and older. That's about halfway to herd immunity that experts say is needed to curb the community spread of the virus.


US A-37B Dragonfly Light Ground Attack Aircraft
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To overcome A-37's problems encountered in service, the US Air Force put forward a plan to upgrade the A-37 Super Tweets. The plan made the A-37 a totally different aircraft which is firmer, heavier and more powerful.
The upgraded Dragonfly was called A-37B. The payload and fuel capacity were up to 2.67 tons and 1,920 litres. The biggest difference between type A and B is the position of the pitot tube, relocated on the type B to the leading edge of the vertical tail. A refueling probe was installed at the head of the fuselage. Some export models have the probe shortened or removed altogether.


The upstart NEO Exchange scored its first billion-dollar corporate listing today with U.S. medical cannabis producer Columbia Care.
The New-York based cultivator, manufacturer and dispensary operator made its debut with a market capitalization of more than $2-billion.
The stock exchange said Monday the multi-state operator, with a presence in roughly 15 states, is the first company to list on the NEO with an enterprise value of over $1 billion.
“This is an exciting time to be partnering with a leader in the U.S. cannabis sector as it moves into its next phase and looks to raise capital on the North American public markets,” NEO chief executive Jos Schmitt said in a statement.
Columbia Care trades under the symbol CCHW.
The listing marked a milestone for the NEO Exchange, which launched in mid-2015 and whose owners and investors include BCE Inc. and the OMERS pension plan.
The NEO said it now represents close to 10% of all volume traded in Canadian-listed securities, including a growing number of cannabis-industry companies.
Columbia Care’s vice-chairman and chief executive Nicholas Vita said in a statement that it looks forward to “leveraging the benefits afforded to us by being listed on the NEO exchange as we look to accelerate the growth of our company.”
U.S. cannabis companies have been flocking to Canada to raise public capital because they are restricted from doing so at home, as pot remains illegal federally south of the border. Cannabis for medical or recreational purposes has been legalized in several states, but it is considered to be a Schedule 1 drug.
Canada’s largest exchange operator TMX Group—which operates the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture exchange—warned in 2017 that listed pot companies with assets in the U.S. were not in compliance with their requirements and could face delisting.
That sent many U.S. cannabis companies over to the Canadian Securities Exchange, which allows these firms to list provided they disclose the associated risks to investors. Last year, cannabis and related companies accounted for 60.5% of the trading volume on the CSE, it said.
Meanwhile, the U.S. political climate is becoming more receptive to cannabis, with legislation potentially opening the door to the massive market. Earlier this month, the bipartisan States Act—legislation that would amend the Controlled Substances Act and could effectively make cannabis federally legal in states where recreational consumption is legal—was reintroduced in Congress.
The U.S. market including illicit sales is estimated be worth between US$35 billion to US$50 billion, or roughly 10 times the size of Canada’s market, according to a Piper Jaffray & Co. analyst.


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Shin’ichirô Ueda directs Takayuki Hamatsu, Yuzuki Akiyama and Harumi Shuhama in this one-shot zombie horror that then turns into a behind the scenes farce.
Shifts from bloodletting to heart warming with minimal fuss. This is a funny, affectionate and gory tribute to low budget horror ingenuity. Moments that feel like wobbles and mistakes earlier are explained later with playful abandon. A treat fuelled by the sweet and game lead performances by Harumi Shuhama and Takayuki Hamatsu.
Check out my wife Natalie’s Point Horror blog https://cornsyrup.co.uk
We also do a podcast together called The Worst Movies We Own. It is available on Spotify or here https://letterboxd.com/bobbycarroll/list/the-worst-movies-we-own-podcast-ranking-and/

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Posted: February 23, 2009
Shackleton Ventures completes further investment in NanoSight
(Nanowerk News) Shackleton Ventures Limited, the secondaries venture capital firm, today announces that it has completed a follow-on investment in one of its portfolio companies, NanoSight Limited, with the purchase of a significant shareholding from the National Endowment for Science, Technology & Arts (NESTA) for an undisclosed amount.
NanoSight is the world-leading supplier of a unique family of instruments for the visualisation and sizing of nanoparticles. NanoSight sells to companies and universities developing nano materials including catalysts, viruses, magnetic and pharmaceutical particles, using direct sales in the UK and distributors elsewhere, and has more than 150 users worldwide.
Shackleton first invested in NanoSight a year ago and the company was one of the early investments from its second fund, the Shackleton Secondaries II Limited Partnership (SSIILP). The company has performed strongly since that investment - sales increased by over 70% in 2008 and it recently completed a £1m funding round.
Hugh Stewart, Managing Partner of Shackleton, commented, "Activity in the nanotechnology market continues to accelerate across a variety of applications, particularly in healthcare. Shackleton's purchase of a further interest in NanoSight demonstrates our support for a thriving company that is addressing this growing market. The company has strong technology and a first-class management team, which is reflected in the success of the recent funding round."
John Knowles, Chairman of NanoSight, said, "We are delighted that Shackleton has shown its confidence in NanoSight by increasing its stake, and we look forward to working closely with the Shackleton team to grow the company further. I would also like to thank NESTA for providing seed capital for the company and for their early support and advice."
Shackleton specialises in direct secondary venture capital investments, buying portfolios of existing investments or an individual asset from an investor that is seeking liquidity. Shackleton’s investment strategy includes providing further investment to enable companies to grow faster ahead of a profitable exit, or restructuring the investment to improve incentives for the management of its portfolio companies.
The SSIILP fund can make investments of up to £25m and is backed principally by a leading European-based fund of funds investor with over €1.5bn under management. The fund was formed in November 2007 and now has a portfolio of 17 investments across a broad range of markets.

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Thursday, October 22, 2009
It means different things to younger people
Sam Walters* hates Hamlet. If he had his way, he would never have wasted time reading the play in high school. “I don’t like reading very much and I don’t like Shakespeare. The only line I like is ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day,’” the 11th grader said during his school lunch break.
Speaking in computer room 227 on the second floor of Edward Reynolds Westside High School on 102nd Street and Amsterdam Avenue, Walters did not hesitate when asked what his literary leanings were. He detested assigned texts like Hamlet, any book that was “full of stuff on government laws” and things like Obama’s Back to Education speech, he said, but was forced to read and write about them.
“I don’t know why we have to read things we don’t like. If I had a choice, I would go for a book like Walter Dean Myers’s Beast, which I can relate to,” the tall and well-built teenager said, looking older than his 18 years despite the schoolbag on his back.
Beast was a love story but not the usual “happy ending” kind, he explained. It was a young-adult novel about a Harlem teenager who was forced to leave behind his girlfriend when his family moved and returned to find that she had begun to do drugs. The book charted the boy’s struggle to rescue his girlfriend but the story ended in tragedy, he said.
“I identify with the book because I am going through a break-up now. So if I have the choice to read such a book, my commitment, my drive to read and write about it will be greater,” he said. “I hope you get what I mean.”
But did he think he knew enough at 18 to pick all the right books and make all the right choices without help? “I guess you’re right. Then it should be half and half. The teacher should pick some texts and we should be allowed to pick some,” he said, before walking toward his English teacher, Ted Nellen, who was working on a Mac in the room.
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Monday, October 19, 2009
Many years ago, in the mid 80's, I used to teach drama. During one of the semesters, I came upon a play called "Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night." It was for high schoolers. It was like Spoon River Anthology. Each character was on stage in bed. Suddenly one of the sleepers would wake and deliver a monologue dealing with the reason for waking up in a cold sweat or troubled. Then s/he would fall back to sleep and another sleeper would rise up. I loved it and the kids loved it. The class would write their own sketches and then we presented them to the school. We would have a week of performances so we could get to the whole school. They became very popular especially with our guidance department.
In that semester a young girl wrote a painful sketch of how she was awoken by her stepfather on many evenings. While she sat in bed she was blaming herself, she couldn't tell her mom, because she believed her mom would blame her, and she just didn't know who to turn to. Eventually she decided she had to speak to someone and decided she would speak to a teacher at school or to her guidance counselor. It was a brilliant piece, in fact in her first performance, two girls sitting in different parts of the auditorium left abruptly and I discovered later had gone to the Guidance offices. I learned of this because the head of the Guidance department came to ask me what was going on in the auditorium. When I explained to her our play, she was thankful. During our week of performances, no fewer than a dozen girls visited their counselors. Drama had served more than a vehicle for entertainment, it had provided a path for too many of our young ladies to find help about a troubling issue.
As it turned out this sketch was drawn from the girl's life. It was happening to her cousin. I discovered this when I spoke with the girl's mother.
I was thinking about this play recently as I am discovering that a play like this with this topic and others may be needed right now in our school. The students seem so much more tough than we were, but they are only playing at it as a protection against the difficulties they face. They think they are alone in their problems and we must let them know they aren't. I'm in a school with more social workers than that other school had Guidance counselors. Life is so much tougher for our young people and we need to find ways to help them discover their paths to recovery. This kind of play I did so many years ago, sadly may still have an audience and a need to be revised.

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I will be watching for your table, Liz. I have not attempted this process yet myself.
This process may require an entire bag of M&M's. Good luck my dear. :)
you're kidding?! i would not even know where to begin. you definitely have that creative talent!
I can't wait to see it, although I'm wondering which process you used to transfer the image - I can't tell in that photo. Whatever it was, I hope it worked well!
Looking forward to the finished table. It's so creative of you. My day was nice, spent most of it reading a a book by Colin Powell.
Talented and HARD WORKING TOO! I"m always excited to see what you're into today :^) Hope you will check out the Harvest tour of homes Monday-hosted by Heather at Stringtownhome..have a great weekend. YAAAAY fall is here!!jh
Sounds complicated. :)
I can't wait to see it finished. I love transferring graphics.Cynthia
you are a brave woman...
Hi, LizIt's been a while, enjoyed looking around the the posted I have missed over the summer. I love what you have been up too lately wish I lived near by there is so amazing treasures where you are at. : ) Can't wait to see this table. Vanessa
Thanks for coming by. I hope you'll say hello and let me know your thoughts. I'd love to hear from you! Unfortunately spammers have been at an all time high, so I will no longer be able to accept anonymous comments.


Most studies about deep learning are built on neural networks, i.e., multiple layers of parameterized differentiable nonlinear modules trained by backpropagation. Recently, deep forest was proposed as a non-NN style deep model, which has much fewer parameters than deep neural networks. It shows robust performance under different hyperparameter settings and across different tasks, and the model complexity can be determined in a data-dependent style. Represented by gcForest, the study of deep forest provides a promising way of building deep models based on non-differentiable modules. However, deep forest is now used offline which inhibits its application in many real tasks, e.g., in the context of learning from data streams. In this work, we explore the possibility of building deep forest under the incremental setting and propose Mondrian deep forest. It has a cascade forest structure to do layer-by-layer processing. And we further enhance its layer-by-layer processing by devising an adaptive mechanism, which is capable of adjusting the attention to the original features versus the transformed features of the previous layer, therefore notably mitigating the deficiency of Mondrian forest in handling irrelevant features. Empirical results show that, while inheriting the incremental learning ability of Mondrian forest, Mondrian deep forest has a significant improvement in performance. And using the same default setting of hyperparameters, Mondrian deep forest is able to achieve satisfying performance across different datasets. In the incremental training setting, Mondrian deep forest achieves highly competitive predictive performance with periodically retrained gcForest while being an order of magnitude faster.


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This tour was incredible and was a highlight of our trip to Paris. Rosemary was a great tour guide - super friendly and extremely informative, she was awesome! If you're debating between doing a half or whole day tour splurge on the whole day, it's worth it. We saw so much of the gorgeous palace and then we were able to wonder through the vast gardens, Grand and Petite Trianon and the hamlet. The only drawback was not being able to see the Queen's apartments because they are currently being restored. Otherwise the pick up at our apartment, the tour, lunch and return ride - getting to see a little bit of the picturesque town of Versailles - was something I couldn't have planned on my own and so glad I decided to do this tour. You won't regret it either!
I had biked through Versailles with my daughter 15 years ago and decided to take my son when we went to Paris this year. I decided to use this tour company and I was so happy I did. The guide loved French history and kept our interest as he fully detailed the history of Versailles and the people of the era. I would highly recommend this tour for anyone wanting to see more than the palace. I also enjoyed going to the market to buy our lunch. It was an added bonus. My 25 year old son really enjoyed this as well.
Doing what: Versailles by Bike Day Tour
This was the best tour of my three weeks in Europe! Our guide was terrific. She was personable, knowledgeable, and prepared. She brought along her own ipad to use during the tour to enhance it for us. On the bus with our small group, she made a point to speak to each of us and was truly interested in where we were from.
The highlight of this tour for me was Marie Antionette's Hamlet. I will never recommend going to Versailles without also seeing the Hamlet. Unfortunately, the Hamlett site is HUGE, and there are dozens and dozens of unmarked trails to explore, but there is next to no signage to guide you. They do give you a map, but without street names it's very hard to navigate. This isn't the guide's or the tour company's fault - it's what I think is a failure on the Versaille site's part. Our guide gave us very clear instructions and guidance before letting us explore, but be aware that you'll still be easily lost of you don't pay close attention. If I go again. I'll use my smart phone and drop a pin before I set out from the entrance.
At the palace, it was VERY crowded, and the line to get in was long. Thanks to being part of this tour. we were able to skip the line with our group, but we still had to wait with the other groups for our turn. It took us about 20 minutes. DON'T try to go without being on a tour OR buying the Paris pass, which also lets you get into the Louvre and ab out 50 other sites wthout a wait.
My one and only complaint about seeing Versailles is that I didn't feel like I had enough time after the palace to really explore the vast gardens. The tour offers a good way to get to the town of Versailes and travel between the palace and the Hamlet, but I would have enjoyed having another hour to explore on my own. That being said, I felt that I easily got my money's worth.
The Palace of Versailles is a must see for everyone visiting Paris. It is a stunning place with a rich history. Our tour guide shared details that you don't learn in textbooks. We left the place with more knowledge that we will keep forever.
A group of 6, a small bus to take us from Paris to Versailles and back. An informative, friendly and charming guide, Lucille, and a total of five hours. Perfect.
Having been to Versailles a few times many years ago, we had never been to Marie-Antoinette's Petit Trianon and the Hamlet. What a delight - and in some ways more interesting than the main Palace itself.
A solo visit to the Trianon and Hamlet would have involved a lot of walking, from what we could see of many people trudging along the road from the Palace. This tour took us by bus as far as was possible, and picked us up at the exit of the Hamlet, avoiding an even longer walk back. We made this visit first, and then went to Versailles Palace itself. It was so good to skip the line and have Lucille show us through the rooms, with her interesting commentary through ear-pieces. After this we had about 45 minutes to explore the gardens. This was not a cheap tour, but it was worth it, and we would recommend it.
scott.courtney007 United States of ...
Teriffic tour and a good use of limited time in Paris if you want to include a visti to Versailles. You avoid the long lines to get into the palace, and the hassel of getting out to Versailles from the city. We went on a Saturday afternoon, so we were also able to enjoy the gardens with the fountains in full operation. Our tour guide was great and including our kids, age 6 and 10, and was able to share lots of history and detail. A great way to get to and from Versailles.
Giverny is one of the most beautiful gardens I have ever seen! This is a must if you love Monet. Versailles was very beautiful but it was also very crowded. We did the audio tour through the palace before going to the gardens. The tour itself was great and our guide was awesome, but the palace was so jammed pack with people. Many were rude tourist who had no problem shoving their elbows in your face to get their picture. Nobody would just hang tight and wait their turn to take a photo. My recommendation is to take the train back to Paris after the audio tour and go explore the gardens. They are huge!! And you can walk to the farm from there which is a whole other tour in itself. You can also grab food inside the gardens. Its a super short train ride back to Paris and is totally worth it.
Doing what: Versailles and Giverny Day Trip
Our tour guide was excellent and had a good balance of giving us the history and main points without overwhelming us. We aren and #39;t museum-type people and a half day was the perfect amount of time to get the full experience of the Versailles Palace. This was one of our favorite attractions around Paris.
This was a terrific tour because our tour guide knew so much about the history of the Versailles palace and the people who lived there. Her love of her work brought the stories alive. Even in the rain this was a great day. Comfortable walking shoes are a must, and remember to hold onto your train ticket even after you use it to get onto the train returning to Paris. You will need it to put into the turnstile in order to leave the train station at Paris.
We thoroughly enjoyed our tour of Versailles and after seeing the throngs of people waiting in line and moving through the palace bumper to bumper, we knew that booking the tour had been a smart decision. After traveling from Paris on a small van, we were treated to a cup of coffee and very good croissants in a small cafe right beside the palace. We took the 8:00 AM tour and our guide was able to quickly take us to the Hall of Mirrors before it became swamped by other visitors. We also had access to a number of rooms that non-guided visitors were unable to visit. The guide was very knowledgeable and did a great job providing insight into life in the palace when Louis XIV lived there. The guided tour lasted about 2 hours I think and then we were free to visit other areas. We chose to go to the gardens and visit Marie-Antoinette's estate, access to which was included with our tour ticket. We walked there which took about 30 minutes and provided a good view of the area, however, we gratefully took the little train back to the palace afterwards for 4 euros each. It would have been nice to have a guided tour of Marie-Antoinette's estate as well but we enjoyed it nonetheless. Pickup at the Paris area was at 8:00 AM and we arrived back at 3:15 PM.
It was very well organized and timing was perfect - taking bus from Paris City Vision office to Giverny, then lunch delicious French cuisine with wine in a beautiful quaint restaurant setting!, to Versailles Palace and back to Paris. Our tour guide was knowledgeable and had a great sense of humor, which is important, as one can feel a bit sleepy, as bus took off early morning. All in all, the 4 of us, buddies in high school and now close to being senior citizens and coming from different states in the U.S. had a memorable time in Paris. This day trip was worth taking as it added more fun while we bond with each other. Giverny and Versailles are definitely must-see places while visiting Paris!
Doing what: Versailles and Giverny Day Trip
This was a GREAT tour! Definitely a must if you're going to Versailles. They escort you on the train, give you a cute bicycle and take you to one of the best markets in France. You buy anything and everything you want for your picnic by the water in front of the palace. The actual palace is magnificent, but for me, pales in comparison to biking around the wonderful grounds.
Doing what: Versailles by Bike Day Tour
Guided transfer from Paris to Versailles and to our tour guide was excellent, thank you Michael Aussie, Aussie, Aussie. The tour was handled exceptionally well by Joshua. He drew us into the history and story of the palace and gardens and timed the walk perfectly for best viewing of the fountains.
This was a wonderful tour- started at the Invalides metro stop in Paris where we met up with a group and took the train RER to Versailles. Once at the palace we met our tour guide, Joshua, and he took us on the palace and gardens tour. We all had headsets and he talked continuously, sharing history and background information and pointed out interesting things along the way. His knowledge and guidance were excellent and made the tour much more interesting and fun. The only unfortunate part of our day was that the weather was rainy/windy so we did not stay to explore the gardens further. We will have to come back!
Our day at Versailles started out cold and drippy, but turned out fantastic. Our tour guide Michelle, was the best! She was so passionate and knowledgeable about everything, including not only Versailles, but also Paris. She made the history come alive with stories about the people who lived in Versailles, the conditions of the country, and the reasons behind the revolution. She gave us a driving tour of Paris on the way out of the city, and then coming back. She showed us many landmarks while explaining the history behind them. She was extremely knowledgeable about the palace of Versailles, the people who lived there, the gardens, and the surrounding town. She really fueled my motivation to learn more about the history of France and she gave recommendations for books to read to increase my knowledge. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone. The tour company was very well organized. When they closed the gardens, Michelle called the company to make sure we got tickets to see them. She also brought us to several areas of the palace that were not open to everyone. She seemed to know the people who worked there and to have special treatment to visit those areas. This tour exceeded my expectations. I really believe that Michelle went out of her way to make it a really special experience.
ChasNave United States of ...
Versailles is a wonderful place...just not on the weekend or during a Paris break when you cannot stuff one more person into the place. The tour guide was wonderful...pickup and drop was well executed.
The fountain show is not worth scheduling on Sunday...see this fabulous palace during the week when you probably can breathe in the various halls.
Wow, this tour was tiring, but worth it if you have an extra day in Paris. I would recommend seeing the inside of Versailles on another day because of how long this trip is, we were too tired to enjoy the palace, way too much for one day. The guide was great, it was all interesting, and I'm glad we went.
Doing what: Versailles by Bike Day Tour
Regular audio tour of Versailles. Drive picked us up at hotel on time. Gave a running commentary about Paris and Versailles on journey to the palace
This was the highlight of our Paris tour. Our tour guide was generous with her knowledge and held us accountable for promptness. Monet's Garden is a must. I went in early September and the weather was perfect and all the flowers were in bloom. Absolutely stunning. We then made our way to Moulin de Fourge for lunch. This was sensational. The place was so picturesque and lunch was extremely pleasant. Palace of Versailles was a little bit of a let down, as many of the artefacts are not located there but in other museums and locations. We didn't see the fountain in action, but the gardens were stunning
Doing what: Versailles and Giverny Day Trip
The only way to see the Palace of Versailles. I couldn't believe the long line of people queued to go in the ordinary entrance. Whilst the group tour entrance was busy, it didn't take long to get through. Faby our guide was fabulous. She was interesting to listen to and made the tour into an interesting experience. The Palace itself, the gardens and park are a must see on any visit to Paris, as it is truly a magnificent piece of French history.
Boris G USA
A wonderful day-trip from Paris. Michelle was a marvel of information, organization, energy, and fun. She managed to get us through crowds with ease, and showed us incredible amount of art, architecture, and history, without ever making us feel rushed. Versailles is a palace not to be missed, but this tour is certainly the way to see it. Michelle shared her delight in these landmarks at every turn. Her enthusiasm was contagious.
After touring the palace proper, we had the opportunity to stroll on our own through the gardens to the Grand Canal.
We reassembled for lunch at a charming restaurant by the Grand Canal. Our meals were very good, and the atmosphere was a delight. The service was very friendly.
From lunch we continued our tour on to the Grand Trianon and the Queen's Hamlet. Since these were less crowded the pace slowed, but the interest and beauty did not flag in the least. Michelle continued to give both overviews and point out fascinating details of architecture, art, and history. These lesser-known areas were a great way to finish a delightful day.
Roseanne was perfectly lovely and extremely knowledgeable. She even pointed out many sites of interest in Paris as we were heading out of the city to Versailles. It was August, so of course the palace was very crowded and the day was hot, but our family of four really enjoyed the excursion.
Enjoyed the time with our guide Ricardo who was very knowledgeable and informative about Versailles and all things Paris. Versailles was an impressive palace and a must see if you have the time while in Paris. Our day was exceptionally crowded, but you were still able to take in the grandeur of the reign of the Sun King. I would definitely book this tour again!
This tour was off the charts. We did this tour after arriving in Paris and not sleeping on the plane. We were exhausted but once we arrived at the Palace it rejuvenated myself and my family. The palace, the gardens, everything about it was magnificent. After the tour, we stayed in Versailles and had dinner. It is quite a lovely town with some wonderful shops and restaurants. This is a must see!
We were a group of 5, including our 19 month grandson. The tour delivered as promised- we met our first guide in front of the designated Metro stop and instead of riding the train, there was a nice motor coach for us. The guide on the journey to Versaiiles was Patrice- he was funny and kept us entertained and informed as we traveled through Paris and then out to the palace. Once we were there, Patrice turned us over to our guides for the walking tour and the bus was split into two groups. Our group had to wait around 25 minutes for some people who were supposed to meet us at Versailles but finally we left without them- our group did not have much time in the gardens as a result. We did not have to wait in the mile long line snaking through the courtyard, thank goodness. I feel we did luck out with our marvelous guide, Clair, however! She was so adept at getting us through the palace- it was Thursday so less crowded, she said and fewer pickpockets. It was still wall to wall people inside the rooms. The palace is a must see when visiting Paris- it creates historical perspective on the French Revolution, for sure- much in the way of excess and opulence!
In conclusion, I am not sure if a train ride would have been as easy as the bus we had but this tour was highly enjoyable for our group and a highlight of our trip.
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Sarah Shaney-Reeves, a student in the master’s degree (MSSW) program in the School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin, has transformed a classroom assignment into a community project designed to promote prevention and rehabilitation among incarcerated youths in the Austin and Round Rock, Texas, communities.
Shaney-Reeves directs Sending Solidarity, a volunteer book project that is aligned with prison administrators’ efforts to provide opportunities of positive change for Texas certified youthful offenders incarcerated at the Clemens and Hilltop Units of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). Sending Solidarity encourages youthful offenders to write letters requesting books and literature of interest to them, then selects and mails a variety of developmentally appropriate books at various reading levels for offenders who range in age from 14 to 18 years. They may use and keep the books in their cells for their personal growth. The project also creates a connection from the offenders to community members.
Shaney-Reeves has partnered with the Inside Books Project (IBP), a Central Texas organization that sends free books and educational materials to people in prison to promote reading, literacy and education. IBP has allowed Shaney-Reeves access to its inventory of thousands of donated books. She has already raised funds to mail 200 books to juvenile male offenders housed in the Clemens Unit in Brazoria. Along with fellow MSSW students Gemma Mears and Jorge Antonio Renaud, Shaney-Reeves has laid the foundation for a program that could have far-reaching effects on local and incarcerated youth.
The idea for Sending Solidarity started as an “Advocacy-Speak Out” assignment in Shaney-Reeves’ Social Work Practice course taught by Clinical Associate Professor Kathy Armenta this spring. Armenta asked her students to choose a social justice issue, assess and identify a need, then make a plan to take action to raise awareness of the need by “speak[ing] out” about the issue. Shaney-Reeves used her classroom plan to create an actual community project.
“Juvenile justice has been a passion of mine since I taught in Title I elementary schools,” said Shaney-Reeves, who received her undergraduate degree in bilingual elementary education from UT Austin and taught for five years in schools in East Austin and Leander before entering the master’s degree program in social work.
“This project is particularly inspiring to me, because I had many students whose lives had been affected by family members who were involved in the criminal justice system or incarcerated,” Shaney-Reeves said. While taking lecturer Dr. Arlene Montgomery’s Neurobiology and Social Work course, Shaney-Reeves learned about the long-lasting effects of trauma and isolation on the still-developing adolescent brain. She decided to combat these effects in adolescents in TDCJ at the most basic level, by providing meaningful access to educational materials. The long-range goal of her project is to create a cycle of hope, connecting at-risk youth in the Austin and Round Rock communities with youthful offenders who are incarcerated. She hopes to have local youth correspond with youthful offenders in TDCJ by responding to their book requests, while also providing support and advice. She would like to expand the project by having local youth take the lead in publishing chapbooks of poetry written by incarcerated young men and women.
“I believe the voices of youthful offenders in TDCJ are powerful and life-changing. They can share their experiences and provide valuable information and insight to at-risk youth in our community. In turn, local youth can provide a lifeline of hope and community that transcends the wires and bars with paper, ink and words, and through this process, they will bring attention to an invisible population of young people, some as young as 14, who are locked up in adult prisons.”
“Ms. Reeves has captured the essence of the Speak Out assignment through her advocacy, initiative and creativity – but more importantly, she has developed an effective intervention to meet a need with an underserved population,” said Armenta. “Her project is a good example of how one person can be a change agent on individual and system levels.”
If you are interested in more information about Sending Solidarity or volunteering at the Inside Books Project, contact Shaney-Reeves: firstname.lastname@example.org

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Kitty Kallen is an American popular singer who sang with a number of big bands in the 1940s, coming back in the 1950s to score her biggest hit, “Little Things Mean a Lot” in 1954.
Born in Philadelphia to a Jewish family, she won an amateur contest as a child doing imitations of some singers of the day. When she brought her prize home, her father refused to believe her and thought she had stolen the camera, so he punished her severely. Later, when neighborhood people came to congratulate her father, he realized that her story was true. Subsequently she sang on The Children’s Hour, a radio program sponsored by Horn & Hardart, a firm which had a chain of Automats in New York and Philadelphia. As a pre-teen she had her own program on Philadelphia’s WCAU, and soon she sang as a vocalist with the big bands of Jan Savitt in 1936 and Artie Shaw in 1938, and Jack Teagarden in 1940. While with the Savitt band, she briefly was a roommate of Dinah Shore. She married Clint Garvin, who played clarinet in Teagarden’s band, and when Teagarden fired Garvin, she left as well. The marriage was annulled.
Kallen later married Bud Granoff, a famous publicist, agent, and television producer. They were married over forty-five years, until Granoff’s death. Still only a teenager at that time–after a short stay with Bobby Sherwood–she joined the Jimmy Dorsey band, replacing Helen O’Connell. Eventually, in 1944, she appeared as the vocalist for Dorsey’s US number-one hit, “Besame Mucho”. Most of her singing assignments were in duets with Bob Eberly, and when Eberly left to go into the service toward the end of 1943, she joined Harry James’ band.
Kallen became a popular artist on radio, film, and nightclubs, but lost her voice at the height of her career. She eventually made a comeback, with the 1954 hit “Little Things Mean a Lot” and Kallen was voted most popular female singer in Billboard and Variety polls.


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14 Jan 2016 16:12pm
By Faith Sankwasa
KATIMA MULILO, 14 JAN (NAMPA) A group of marginalised San community members living in the Kyarecan village at the Waya-Waya resettlement in Zambezi Region, have allegedly received rotten fish as drought relief food aid.
On Tuesday, members of about 49 households at the village each received six batches of dried bream and eel fish to supplement the maize meal distributed as food aid. They claimed the fish was rotten.
During a field visit by Nampa to the village on Thursday, Kyarecan village headman Jim Ben said the community is not pleased with the rotten fish distributed to them but they have no choice but to consume it.
The fish has a terrible smell. When it was distributed to us, we complained to the officials that the fish is not fit for human consumption but our pleas were ignored. We are now forced to dust and rinse off worms on the fish before we can cook it, he said.
Ben added that some community members have since started complaining of stomach aches and cramps, as the alleged rotten fish and maize meal are prepared using salty borehole water.
The water we draw from the borehole is very salty. It is hard enough drinking it without getting diarrhoea. So one can imagine how we have to drink bad water and eat rotten fish as our relish.
The headman further complained that the Zambezi Regional Council and the Sibbinda Constituency Councillor, Ignatius Chunga are neglecting them as they have not visited them to assess the level of poverty the community is faced with.
We have complained numerous times but no one from the regional council or our constituency councillor is coming to visit us to see how we are suffering. We do not know on whose doors we should be knocking.
Contacted for comment, Zambezi Regional Governor Lawrence Sampofu said he was still on leave and referred all queries to regional council chairperson Beaven Munali, who said he is not aware of the rotten food distribution.
I am not aware of such a complaint about rotten food being distributed to the said community. I also cannot answer your question as I cannot speak on what is happening at that constituency, so I advise you to contact Chunga to explain, Munali said.
Attempts to get hold of Chunga proved futile as his mobile phone was turned off.
In September 2010, Nampa carried a report on the issues facing the same community.
The community made up of 100 San people relocated from the Macaravan informal settlement at Katima Mulilo in 2011. They complained about rampant poverty, unemployment, lack of clean water, electricity, and health care at their new home.
They further complained that although the water and electricity lines pass through their village, they are not benefiting from it, and that food aid is only distributed every four months.
This reporter observed that the 5 000 litre water tank in which they used to be provided with clean drinking water three times a week, has been broken since March 2014, and is still lying idle in overgrown grass.
A kindergarten project the community started in 2012 is also still closed down, as the villagers wait to be provided with decent infrastructure by Government.

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End your day with a refreshing Red Wine Slushie, it’s the perfect way to unwind on a beautiful sunny day.
Throw a cocktail party to celebrate the up and coming warmer weather. Whether it’s a tray full of frozen peach margarita an adult Shirley temple or the best lemon drop martini you’ll ever make, it’s time to “cheers” the sunny days ahead.
Red Wine Slushie Recipe
One of the easiest cocktails you’ll ever make, these red wine slushies are going to put a smile on anyone’s face who receives one.
As a winemaker by trade, I’m not above adulterating a bottle of wine with some Grand Marnier and frozen fruit.
The key is not to make this wine slushie with an expensive bottle of red. You really want the “cheap” sweet stuff for a a drink like this, trust me!
Ingredients for Red Wine Slushies
Full recipe and instructions can be found at the bottom of the page.
- Red Moscato wine – do not use expensive wine, this is time to grab a bottle of the sweet, cheap stuff. This Red Moscato is my recommendation, you can find it any grocery store aisle
- simple syrup – you can purchase simple syrup in a squeeze bottle where drink mixers are sold or you can make your own. I will include a recipe below
- Grand Marnier – an orange flavored liqueur, you can also use Cointreau
- frozen strawberries
- frozen blackberries
- frozen raspberries
How to Make Red Wine Slushies
Step one: Add the wine, Grand Marnier, frozen strawberries, frozen blackberries, frozen raspberries and simple syrup to a blender.
Step two: Blend until smooth.
Step three: Strain the mixture through a fine-meshed sieve into a freezer-safe container. *If you don’t mind the seeds from the berries being in your slushie feel free to skip this step.
Step four: Freeze for at least 3 hours or overnight.
Step five: Remove the mixture from the freezer and use an ice cream scoop to scoop the slushie into individual glasses. Alternatively, you can use a fork to scrape and breakup the slushie before serving.
Step six: Top with frozen berries if desired.
YOU CAN FIND the FULL RECIPE AT the BOTTOM of the POST
If you can boil water, you can make simple syrup.
How to Make Simple Syrup
Step three: Let the mixture cool completely, then pour into a glass jar and seal tightly with a lid.
Step four: Simple syrup will keep, refrigerated, for about one month.
What grape is Red Moscato Wine Made From?
Red Moscato is made using a rare grape variety called Black Muscat. Black Muscat grapes are a cross between Schiava, an Italian red grape, and Muscat of Alexandria.
I’ve had the pleasure of tasting both of these grape varieties right off the vine and I can I tell you, they are very sweet and delicious, unlike other wine grapes, especially the Muscat of Alexandria.
Party Tip for Wine Slushies
Red wine slushies are the perfect cocktail for parties, book clubs, girl’s night in…you can easily double, triple or quadruple the batch.
Other Cocktails You Might Enjoy
- Agave Margarita
- Icy Hibiscus Margarita
- Grapefruit Cranberry Martini
- World’s Best Cosmopolitan Cocktail
- The Best Mojito
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Red Wine Slushie
Red Wine Slushie:
- 1 (750 ml) bottle of red wine, such as Red Moscato
- 1/3 cup (125 ml) Grand Marnier
- 1 cup (134 g) frozen strawberries
- 1 cup (116 g) frozen blackberries
- 1 cup (118 g) frozen raspberries
- 1 tbsp simple syrup
- extra frozen berries for garnish
Red Wine Slushie:
- Add the wine, Grand Marnier, frozen strawberries, frozen blackberries, frozen raspberries and simple syrup to a blender.1 (750 ml) bottle of red wine, such as Red Moscato, 1/3 cup (125 ml) Grand Marnier, 1 cup (134 g) frozen strawberries, 1 cup (116 g) frozen blackberries, 1 cup (118 g) frozen raspberries, 1 tbsp simple syrup
- Blend until smooth.
- Strain the mixture through a fine-meshed sieve into a freezer-safe container. *If you don’t mind the seeds from the berries being in your slushie feel free to skip this step.
- Freeze for at least 3 hours or overnight.
- Remove the mixture from the freezer and use an ice cream scoop to scoop the slushie into individual glasses. Alternatively, you can use a fork to scrape and breakup the slushie before serving.
- Top with frozen berries if desired.extra frozen berries for garnish
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You might be an avid sauerkraut fan if you slather it on your hot dog or pile it onto your Reuben sandwich. On the other hand, sauerkraut might be a food that you’ve never tried — or have any intention of trying. You might change your mind, however, once you learn how this “sour cabbage” can help improve your health.
Origins of sauerkraut
The word “sauerkraut” might lead you to believe that this food originated in Germany. It’s true that sauerkraut has been a staple in the German diet since the 1600s. But according to the website germanfoods.org, sauerkraut is a Chinese invention, dating back to more than 2,000 years ago, when the Chinese fermented cabbage in rice wine. It’s thought that this fermented cabbage fed the builders of the Great Wall of China during the winter months. A thousand years later, Ghenghis Khan brought this fermented cabbage to Europe. The Europeans then began to ferment cabbage using salt instead of rice wine. Salting the cabbage extracted water and allowed this mixture to ferment, “turning the sugars in the cabbage into lactic acid which served as a preservative,” says the website thespruceeats.com.
While we tend to think of sauerkraut as being German food, this cabbage delicacy is enjoyed by many countries in Europe, including Poland, France, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Russia. Sauerkraut made its way across the pond to North America when the English and German settlers arrived, and it’s long been associated with German communities, such as the Amish, in the U.S.
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Health benefits of sauerkraut
You might find it hard to believe that sauerkraut has much to offer in the way of nutrition and health. Surprisingly, it does! Here’s the lowdown:
It promotes gut health.
Sauerkraut is a wealth of good bacteria called probiotics. Probiotics keep your digestive tract happy and healthy, but their benefits extend beyond that: They are thought to reduce inflammation, prevent and treat vaginal and urinary tract infections (UTIs), lower cholesterol levels, and maybe even lessen anxiety and depression.
It supports a healthy immune system.
It can help you reach and stay at a healthy weight.
While eating sauerkraut won’t magically burn off unwanted pounds, it can be a part of a weight-loss plan. That’s because this cabbage dish is low in calories and high in fiber — a winning combination to keep you feeling full, longer. There’s also some research to indicate that sauerkraut’s probiotics could help lessen weight gain and promote weight loss (although more research is needed in this arena).
It might give your mood a boost.
Sure, you might feel happy munching on a hot dog with sauerkraut, but sauerkraut itself may help ease symptoms of anxiety and depression, thanks to — again — probiotics, but also promoting the uptake of magnesium and zinc in the gut.
It might lower your risk of cancer.
Cabbage contains a compound called sulforaphane, which is also found in broccoli and kale. Sulforaphane may prevent the growth of cancer cells. And studies show that a higher intake of cruciferous veggies, including cabbage, is linked with a reduced risk of cancer.
Can eating sauerkraut help with diabetes?
In addition to the above benefits, sauerkraut, along with other fermented foods, may play a role in helping to manage blood sugars by improving insulin secretion from the pancreas and decreasing insulin resistance. While more research is needed, that fact that sauerkraut is low in calories and high in fiber makes it a good choice if you have diabetes.
One cup of canned sauerkraut contains:
- 45 calories
- 0.3 grams of fat
- 10 grams of carbohydrate
- 6 grams of fiber
- 2 grams of protein
- 1,560 milligrams of sodium
- 401 milligrams of potassium
One of the drawbacks of commercially prepared sauerkraut is its high sodium content. Fortunately, you can purchase lower-sodium varieties that may have closer to 400 milligrams of sodium.
Raw vs. canned sauerkraut
Some proponents of sauerkraut recommend eating raw sauerkraut rather than canned. With canned sauerkraut, the cabbage is sterilized with heat and then put into glass jars. The heating process may cause the sauerkraut to lose some of its health benefits (including loss of probiotics); plus, it may look yellow in color and taste different. Raw or fresh sauerkraut will be crunchy, have a tangier taste, and have a fresh color.
Tips for purchasing and using sauerkraut
- Buy sauerkraut from the refrigerated section of the grocery store. Sauerkraut from the shelf may have undergone pasteurization, which can kill good bacteria.
- Read the label and choose brands that don’t contain preservatives.
- Choose sauerkraut that contains just cabbage and salt, and no sugar.
- Treat sauerkraut like a condiment to help limit your sodium intake.
- Try it on eggs, mashed into avocado, in a burrito, or blended into a salad dressing, suggests the website Fermented Food Lab.
You can even try your hand at making your own sauerkraut, but if you do, be sure to use sterile equipment and follow the recipe and directions very carefully.

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Budgets reflect priorities. Last week, House Budget Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the House Republican budget. If adopted, it would take health insurance away from millions of Americans, turn Medicaid into a block grant, and put seniors’ access to comprehensive Medicare coverage in jeopardy.
The quality of maternity care in our country needs improvement. While transforming the maternity care system will take time, there is progress to report.
The ACA has already begun improving the lives of women and families across the country, but we still have work to do.
Access to contraception long seemed settled and remote from the culture wars.
Por décadas, el costo ha sido el mayor obstáculo que ha impedido que millones de personas en los Estados Unidos obtengan acceso al seguro médico.
For decades, cost has been a major barrier that prevented tens of millions of Americans from accessing health insurance.
With demand on the rise for measures that will make our country more healthy, fair and family friendly, the National Partnership convened a special congressional briefing to discuss the policies women and families want this year.
Shopping for insurance through your state marketplace? These four questions will help you pick a plan.
While the ACA is, indeed, a health policy, it’s also a policy that offers badly needed support to working families.
President Obama's State of the Union address was a compelling call for a more fair and family friendly nation.
While every family has unique health care needs, all women need a basic foundation of knowledge to help them pick the plan that’s best for them.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes key provisions of paramount importance to women...
Requiring all marketplace plans to include maternity coverage not only guarantees that women are treated equally in the insurance market, it also protects women and families from exorbitant pregnancy-related medical bills. We should all be embracing these benefits, not disparaging them.
Get the details on health care coverage and the new Affordable Care Act marketplaces.
On August 28, 1963, hundreds of thousands of men and women came together in Washington, D.C., for the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Fifty years later, the march continues.
Here's a fact that may surprise you: Women who work for the Peace Corps at its headquarters in Washington, D.C. and women who volunteer for the Peace Corps and serve overseas receive different health care coverage from the federal government.
Delay access to health information you need now? Pause efforts to ensure that an emergency room can get your medical data from your doctor immediately, if the need arises? Patients and consumers say no.
Big changes are taking place in our health care system — and it’s about time. While some innovations have been occurring in limited areas around the country, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is making bigger, bolder transformation of the health care system more of a reality.
Today, I had the honor of testifying before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on a topic of critical importance to our nation’s workers: employer wellness programs.
Those of us who work in the health IT world spend our days analyzing policies, creating advocacy strategies, and talking about meaningful use criteria, quality improvement, and care coordination till we're blue in the face. But how does that play out when we leave the office? More often than not, we bring our work home.
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SLDP280 - 13 Cracked Sea Life Ornaments Painting Pattern
These little ornaments are loads of fun for your summertime decorating. As for myself, I find that I am pretty ‘lazy’ in summer - not always taking the time I do in the autumn and winter seasons to decorate and make the house look inviting. I am not sure why. Maybe it is because there are so many things to do that are out of the house during the warm days of summer. I am not quite sure. But these cute ornaments are fast to make and ‘fuss-free’ so you can create a bunch of them on a single afternoon. What better way to spend a rainy summer day?
(This pattern uses DecoArt Americana paints and mediums.)
You can see the wood kit for this pattern, a discounted "pattern & wood kit COMBO", as well as some lovely charms that you can use for accents in the Related Products below.


Long service celebrated
Victoria State Emergency Service’s (SES) State staff applauded some of their longest-serving members today.
Staff at State Headquarters gathered to recognise and congratulate the recipients of Long Service Medals and Awards at a morning tea in their honour.
Presenting the awards, Victoria SES CEO Mary Barry extended congratulations on behalf of the board, executive, staff and volunteers.
"It is this dedication and commitment over many years that has made this organisation what it is today," she said.
Please join us in congratulating all those recognised today:
Five years of service: Clinical Officer Joy Etwell, Training Administration Officer Jon Saunders, Field ICT Officer Gerry Sheridan, Chief Officer of Operations Trevor White
Ten years of service: Manager Radio Communications Damian Flack, Communications Officer Jed Street, Clinical Director Peter Kueffer, State Training Officer Paul Oates
Fifteen years of service: Registry Officer Dale Grant, Graphics and Multimedia Officer Daniel Verkys, Deputy Chief Officer Operations Tim Wiebusch
Twenty years of service: State Operations Officer Darren Morgan


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Adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) promote metastasis of breast cancer cells that can differentiate into carcinoma-associated cells in tumor microenvironments. However, the precise mechanism is poorly understood. This study shows that interaction of ADSCs with breast cancer MCF-7 cells changes the level of metastasis-related functional proteins in MCF-7 cells, as well as that of oncogenes in ADSCs. ADSCs were isolated from adipose tissues of patients. The interaction of ADSCs with MCF-7 cells was performed by coculturing ADSCs (or MCF-7 cells) with exosomes derived from MCF-7 cells (or ADSCs). Exosomes were labeled by DiI. In cocultures, migration-related regulators in MCF-7 cells were significantly enhanced in both protein (Smad, Slug, Snail1/2, Twist1, N-cadherin, vimentin) and mRNA (SMAD, SLUG, SNAIL1/2, TWIST1, N-cadherin, and vimentin) levels. The expression levels of oncogenes (RAS and HER-2) and an antioncogene gene (P53) in ADSCs were upregulated and downregulated, respectively. Interestingly, variation tendencies of the molecules were more conspicuous in inflammatory circumstances than without. In conclusion, interaction of MCF-7 cells with ADSCs increases the levels of a series of metastasis-related functional proteins in MCF-7 cells and enhances the expression of oncogenes in ADSCs.
Key words: Adipose-derived stem cells, metastasis, functional proteins, oncogene
WU, QIONG; JIN, CHANG-XIN; CHEN, HUI; LI, XUE-YONG; and LI, YUEJIN
"Interaction of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells with MCF-7 cells in vitro:a study emphasizing signaling molecule expression and transcriptional changes,"
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Webber: Operation C.U.P.C.A.K.E. Underway Now
By Mike Scott
Kahoka Mayor Jerry Webber has had enough of unkept, run down properties in Kahoka.
“Get your property cleaned up, or I’m coming after you,” Webber said at last Monday’s Kahoka Board of Aldermen meeting.
“Tonight I am announcing operation C.U.P.C.A.K.E. It stands for Clean Up Properties, Continue Attractive Kahoka Eternally,” Webber said.
“I want to make this town attractive to people who come here, who might want to move here, or open a business here, or locate a factory here,” he said.
The council gave first reading to a new cemetery ordinance, that would restrict burial to one human remain, or one human remain plus one cremation, or two cremations per grave site. Remains would be required to be buried in a concrete vault, and cremations would need to be in a metal box.
“What we’re doing is not unusual. Most places have had this for a long time,” said Alderman Larry Young.
A second reading of the ordinance will be held at the September council meeting.
The board also held a second and third reading, by title only, of a Conflict of Interest ordinance, which must be renewed periodically. The board adopted the ordinance, which requires council members to disclose certain conflicts of interest in city business.
The council approved a request by employee Chris Plant to pay for him to complete his journeyman lineman training, at a cost of $2500.
“We need to do this,” said Alderman Greg Sutterfield, a lineman himself.
Plant agreed to stay with the city for at least a period of time after completion, and stated his intention to continue working for his home town of Kahoka.
In other business, the board:
-Announced the Farmer’s Market shelter plans were ready to go out for bids.
-The downtown sidewalk project has reached the phase where MoDOT requests the funding for the project.
-Mayor Webber reported gas and electric service have been removed from the condemned Davidson building on the west side of the square.
-Accepted the low bid of $3228 for a new Savin copier from The Business Center in Quincy.
-Approved three building permits.
-Pool Manager Hillary Plenge presented a list of repairs needed at the pool, including drain leaks, lights, and painting.
She also reported on good attendance this season.
-Police Chief Bill Conger reported 69 calls for service in July.
-Approved the hiring of Will Perez and Luis Perez as part-time police officers.
-Fire Chief Lary Fountain presented information on a foaming apparatus for the fire department. The council approved the purchase of the device and foam, at a cost of approximately $737, which will be split with the Clark County Rural Fire Corporation.
-Approved the installation of GFI electrical outlets in the dugouts for the south field.
-Approved a stump removal bid in the amount of $2350
-Alderman Young discussed issues at the cemetery.
“We have flowers stuck in the ground. Everything is supposed to be on the stone or on a shepherd hook,” he said, noting that the mowers cannot trim around graves with flowers.
“We need to give people a chance to get them out of there before we dispose of them,” he said.
These restrictions do not apply to families that maintain the graves.
-John Williams discussed several issues with the light plant, including repairs and upgrades needed.
Here is the video of the meeting


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The applicable taxes are calculated on the vehicle’s price before the government rebate is applied.
Regardless of the date on which you purchase your vehicle, it is the date on which the vehicle is registered in your name that is considered to confirm the amount of the rebate granted and the vehicle’s eligibility.
Payment of the financial assistance
Your dealer can directly apply the government rebate on your purchase contract. Accordingly, you do not have to wait to obtain the amount that the government is offering.
If you wish to directly request the financial assistance, you can do so through the program’s online services. You will receive the rebate several weeks after your application is approved.
Dealer administration fees
Your dealer should not invoice administration fees to apply the government rebate. Be aware that you can refuse the dealer’s application of the rebate and apply online using our online services.
The Québec government can modify the conditions of the Roulez vert program and the amounts of the rebates.


Eleven more coronavirus hospital deaths in the Black Country, Staffordshire and Birmingham
A further 11 coronavirus patients have died in hospitals across the Black Country, Birmingham and Staffordshire.
The NHS figures announced on Thursday mean the Covid-19 death toll in the region's hospitals is now at 2,241.
The number of deaths in hospitals in England increased by 187 to 25,266, in the latest figures.
The UK-wide death toll released by Government, which includes deaths in and out of hospitals, increased by 338 to 36,042 but statistics suggest the true figure is far higher.
Among the new hospital deaths announced on Thursday were four at the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, which runs Stafford's County Hospital and Royal Stoke University Hospital, taking the death toll to 282.
Two more patients were announced to have died at the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Russells Hall Hospital, taking the total to 243.
No new deaths were announced at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, which runs New Cross and Cannock Chase hospitals, where the total remains 260, or at the Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, in charge of the Manor Hospital, where the total is 192.
There were also no new deaths reported at the Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, which runs Sandwell General and City hospitals, where the total remains 332.
A further four people have died at the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, taking the total to 875. The trust runs Queen Elizabeth, Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull hospitals.
A further death was confirmed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, where the total is 13.
Four new deaths were reported in Worcestershire on Thursday, where the total death toll in the county's hospital is now 269.
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As well as including patients who tested positive for the disease, the hospital statistics now also include patients who died in hospital and had not tested positive but for whom Covid-19 is documented as a direct or underlying cause of death on their death certificate.
This included nine deaths in the Midlands – but it is not known where in the Midlands the deaths took place.
A spokesman for NHS England said: "A further 187 people, who tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 25,266.
"Patients were aged between 14 and 98 years old. Six of the 187 patients – aged between 46 and 94 years old – had no known underlying health condition.
"Their families have been informed."
The daily figures include Covid-19 patients whose deaths were confirmed in the previous 24 hours, not who died in that period.
Some deaths are not included in the statistics for several days due to testing or family members being informed. Thursday's figures included patients who died between March 29 and May 20.
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Ouachita Christian lays out welcome for Sacred Heart
by Zach Parker - posted Thursday, November 8th, 2012 @ 12:00 pm
The Ouachita Christian Eagles face off against the visiting Sacred Heart Trojans from Ville Platte for the first round of Class 1A playoffs on Friday night.
The Eagles enter the bi-district playoffs round after defeating Grambling Lab last week, 57-6.
The victory marked the 25th win in a row for Ouachita Christian who was the top-seeded team in Class 1A.


- CBG starts authorizing temporarily different packaging
- Update Guidance document describing the food categories in the Regulation on Food Additives
- Mdeon, the Belgian ethical health platform, announces several novelties effective from January 1st, 2023.
- Update on the pharmacovigilance system for Luxembourg
- EMA recommends withdrawal of pholcodine medicines from EU market


A new Fortnite game mode has been leaked and should be released in the coming weeks.
This Fortnite LTM concept is a fresh new take on the game that we all love.
Several LTMs received updates during a recent patch. We have already seen two of them, which leaves four upcoming Fortnite LTMs that should be here soon.
A brand new limited-time mode has been added to Fortnite Chapter 2 – and it’s time for duos players to rejoice.
Are you having trouble beating the Storm King? Take a look at these six tips on how to beat the Storm King in Fortnite.
Fans of Fortnite Chapter 2 Zone Wars LTM are getting a few new updates to the arenas with Vortex now live while...
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you and your teammate had to share an inventory? This LTM concept will show you.
Epic introduced the ability to carry teammates and enemies with Fortnite Chapter 2. This new LTM concept puts the mechanic to good use.
Fortnite players have been noticing that there’s an exploitable glitch in the Desert map of Zone Wars, and some are thinking it's...
New Fortnite players will be getting some help with Season 11 according to this new leaked LTM.


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Debutant director Asif Kuraishi, the brain behind ‘Utharavu Maharaja’, had said in his one of his recent interviews that he was a fan of Alfred Hitchcock and his first film was a ‘psycho thriller devoid of the conventions of the genre’.
In the same interview, he had also made it clear that ‘Utharavu Maharaja has no message as such in it and the protagonist (Udhaya) has four different dimensions to his character.
While all his claims are true, we can’t avoid the feel after watching ‘Utharavu Maharaja’ that the filmmaker with such an innovative and interesting script could have delivered it as a punchy product. For, the end-product is only half good.
Ravi (Udhaya) is the son of a dhobi and a traumatic mishap in his childhood makes him suffer from dissociative identity disorder, a rare mental ailment.
He gets inebriated one night and when he wakes up, he hears a strange voice from inside his head. The voice belongs to a ‘king’ and it commands Ravi to do various things.
In the meantime, an entrepreneur alleges that Ravi, posing as Vasu, stole away a whopping Rs 400 crore from him. Enters Dr Arun Bose (Prabhu) to set things right.
What is really happening to Ravi? What is/Who is behind the voice of the king? Is it really Ravi who robbed the businessman off the huge money? Utharavu Maharaja has the answers.
Udhaya has performed well, but he should fully focus on choosing the right scripts. Kovai Sarala and Prabhu, both veterans, have offered solid support to the movie with their performance.
Music composer Naren Balakumar’s background score is loud, while two songs are okay. There are enough moments in the movie to keep us engaged and ‘Utharavu Maharaja’ is for those who enjoy scripts with difference.
Rating: 2.5 out of 5


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Animal physiotherapy, also known as veterinary physiotherapy, is the application of physical therapy principles and techniques to animals.
It is a growing profession within the veterinary healthcare industry and is an important part of the rehabilitation process for many injured and sick animals.
The Main Areas Where Physiotherapy Can Help Your Dogs
Dog physiotherapy in Singapore typically involves the use of massage, stretching, and exercises.
These strategies are done in order to help dogs recover from particular injuries or even just to improve their mobility.
It can also be used to help dogs with chronic conditions such as arthritis.
Animal physio is a relatively new field in Singapore, but it is growing in popularity.
Here are the Main Areas or Conditions That Physio Can Help with:
1. Osteoarthritis (Arthritis)
There are many areas in which physiotherapy can help your dogs with osteoarthritis (arthritis).
The main areas are pain relief, improved joint function, and increased mobility.
Physiotherapy can also help to improve your dog’s quality of life by reducing the amount of pain they are in and improving their mobility.
2. Post-Surgery Rehabilitation
Post-surgical rehabilitation, there are a few main areas in that physiotherapy can help your dogs.
The incision site care is very vital.
It’s important to keep the area clean and dry to prevent infection and allow for proper healing.
Physiotherapy can help with this by providing gentle exercises that don’t put too much strain on the area.
3. Neurological Conditions
If your dog has a neurological condition, physiotherapy can help to improve its quality of life.
Neurological conditions can cause problems with movement, sensation, and balance.
Physiotherapy can help to improve your dog’s movement, sensation, and balance.
Physiotherapy can help your dogs in many ways, but one of the main ways is by improving their coordination.
If your dog has been having trouble walking, climbing stairs, or even playing fetch, physiotherapy can help.
There are many different exercises that physiotherapists can use to help improve your dog’s coordination, and they will tailor the exercises to your dog’s specific needs.
One of the most common exercises is called “the sit to stand.”
This exercise helps your dog learn how to control their back legs and use their front legs to stand up.
If your dog is having trouble with its coordination, physiotherapy can help.
If you think physiotherapy may be right for your dog, talk to your veterinarian.
Physiotherapy is a growing field of medicine that is increasingly being used to treat a variety of conditions in dogs.
One of the main areas that physiotherapy can help your dog is through electrotherapy.
Electrotherapy is a type of physical therapy that uses electrical stimulation to repair damaged tissues and relieve pain.
It is a safe and effective way to treat a variety of conditions in dogs and can be used in conjunction with other forms of physiotherapy.
In conclusion, there is no doubt that the main areas of physiotherapy have a positive impact on our health and well-being, and the same is true for dogs.
A dog’s body, like all living creatures, works differently from our own, and that is why physiotherapy treatments are so important.

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SLIDESHOW: [A] Wes Ferguson, author of the recent book, “The Blanco River.” [B] Cypress Creek, a tributary of the Blanco River, near Wimberley. PHOTO by DAVID HENSLEY
FROM STAFF REPORTS
WIMBERLEY — The San Marcos-based Meadows Center for Water and the Environment will co-sponsor a forum on the Blanco River and Onion Creek at the Wimberley Community Center, 14068 Ranch Road 12.
The forum, which will be held 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. July 13, covers the portion of the Blanco River in Blanco and Hays counties and the adjacent Onion Creek basin in the Blanco, Wimberley, Woodcreek and Dripping Springs areas. The forum is intended for a varied audience that includes property owners, elected officials and staff, ranchers, business owners, water and sewer utilities, groundwater conservation districts, master naturalists and conservancies.
Wes Ferguson’s recent book, “The Blanco River,” weaves neighbors stories along the river into a picture of a shared Blanco River-Onion Creek “neighborhood.”
People in these basins — an areas of a little over 1,000 square miles — face similar issues related to the area’s delicate karst geology, drought and floods. The area overlies the Trinity Aquifer, which feeds the picturesque Jacobs Well and Pleasant Valley springs.
9 a.m.: Meet and greet
10 a.m.: Presentations by hydrogeologist John Askworth, Texas Water Foundation chairman Carlos Rubinstein; and former Texas Water Development Board member Weir Labatt.
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Lunch available for $10.
12:30 p.m.: Presenters will join a panel of representative Blanco River-Onion Creek basin neighbors to answer water-related questions from the audience. The forum will conclude at 2:30 p.m.Email | Print


Laneway Festival coming to Detroit w/ Movement & Ghostly collaboration, The National, Sigur Ros, CHVRCHES, Alunageorge & much more
St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival organizers are excited to announce an inspired collaboration with Movement Electronic Music Festival and Ghostly International to host a stage at the daylong North American debut of the boutique indie music festival, headlined by Sigur Ros and The National on Sept. 14 at Meadowbrook.
The Movement Stage presented by Ghostly International – featuring one of the world’s most progressive electronic music festivals and a fiercely independent record label with an irreverent roster – will showcase five new acts added to the Laneway Festival Detroit line-up: MATTHEW DEAR, ADULT., SHIGETO, HEATHERED PEARLS and BEACON.
That announcement, made back in June, is in addition to what already looks like an amazing festival happening in Detroit in September. Tickets are available. Check out the full lineup and the Movement flyer below….
LANEWAY FEST DETROIT 2013 LINEUP
SIGUR ROS and THE NATIONAL
ADULT. – ALUNAGEORGE – BEACON – CHARLI XCX – CHET FAKER – CHVRCHES – DEERHUNTER – THE DISMEMBERMENT PLAN – FLUME – FRIGHTENED RABBIT – HAERTS – HEATHERED PEARLS – ICONA POP – MATTHEW DEAR – MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND – PHOSPHORESCENT – RUN THE JEWELS (EL-P + KILLER MIKE) – SAVAGES – SHIGETO – SOLANGE – WARPAINT – WASHED OUT – YOUTH LAGOON


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