Google Launch Night In is over and done with, and we got pretty much everything we expected – from the new mid-range Pixel 5, to the Pixel 4a 5G, the new Chromecast with Google TV and Google Nest Audio. Here’s a recap of all the new goodies and make sure to let us know your fave.
While you’d be forgiven for just calling #LaunchNightIn a Google Pixel event, the most exciting product was arguably outside of the new phones. Nevertheless, the Pixel phones do mark a sea change for Google’s handsets, ditching the ultra-premium flagship market for something more modest – but will it work?
The other devices we are talking about are Google Nest Audio and Chromecast with Google TV. The former is a taller and more audio-focused edition of the Google Nest Mini while the latter finally brings an interface to the Chromecast lineup.
We’ve got all the details regarding the Pixel 5, Pixel 4a 5G and more below but you can also watch the full live event right here, if you’ve got time on your hands:
Read this: Check out our Google Pixel 4a Recombu review
Google Pixel 5
The new Pixel 5 is a complete reimagining of what a Google flagship should be, opting for the mid-range Snapdragon 765G processor rather than a top-of-the-line 800 chip and a more refined yet humble design. Don’t fret, despite a tightening of the belt, you still get that sweet 90Hz OLED panel.
You’ll also be getting a decent 8GB RAM and 128GB storage onboard, coming in a neat recycled aluminium package that includes some hijinkery that allows for regular and reverse wireless charging.
The new Pixel 5 benefits from a new camera setup, ditching the telephoto from Pixel 4. There’s a 16MP main sensor and a 12MP ultra-wide. Google Pixel’s are known for their impressive cameras so it will be interesting to see how this combo stacks up.
Google Pixel 5 is available in Sorta Sage (Green) or Just Black for the modest sum of £599. You can pre-order now and it’s set to be shipped come mid-October.
Google Pixel 4a 5G
You might think Google’s new phone is just a Pixel 4a with 5G crammed in but you’d be extremely wrong. The new Pixel 4a 5G is closer to a 4a XL or 4a S model, if we’re attempting to explain it beyond that “5G” suffix.
What you get is quite surprising. The 4a 5G package includes the same processor and camera setup as the new Pixel 5, meaning the new 5G model will definitely outperform its 4G sibling.
The compromises come in the form of a 60Hz panel, but it’s a sizeable 6.2-inches, and you also get the same plastic back as the 4a. You do get a headphone jack, a feature that’s missing on the Pixel 5.
The price remains pretty attractive at £499, despite being a hefty bump up from the £349 price of the regular Pixel 4a. There’s also just one colour option – Black – despite rumours of a new White option. If you want the Pixel 4a 5G, you’ll have to join the waiting list and it’ll be being shipped come November 19.
Chromecast with Google TV
The product which we hinted at earlier as the most exciting addition is the new Chromecast with Google TV. The new device finally adds an interface to the Chromecast and, much like Apple TV, Google aims to make it easy to manage all your streaming services in one place.
The remote looks like a joy compared to the Apple TV remote, offering capacitive buttons – including dedicated YouTube and Netflix buttons.
Support for Google Stadia is notably absent but Google has said that the feature coming in 2021. What the new streaming device does support is 4K HDR, 60fps, Dolby Atmos, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision.
You can pick up the new Chromecast with Google TV for £59.99, with pre-orders are open right now.
Google Nest Audio
Last but not least (well, maybe, but that’s up to you… vote below!) is the new Google Nest Audio. The new speaker takes the Nest Mini and stretches higher for added audio capabilities.
The new speaker features a 75mm woofer and 19mm tweeter, offering sound that’s 50% stronger and can reach 75% louder volume.
Google Nest Audio will, of course, feature Google Assistant and work with all your Google Home stuff. The new model is available from October 15 from a price of £89.99.
That’s the end of your swift journey through the Recombu preview of Google’s Launch Night In, but don’t go yet. Make sure to cast your vote below on the product you’re most excited for:


The PPMS or Physical Properties Measurement System represents a unique concept in laboratory equipment: an open architecture, variable temperature-field system, designed to perform a variety of automated measurements. The PPMS works like a dedicated system, but its tremendous flexibility lets you perform different types of measurements. Plus, you can easily integrate your own unique experiment with the PPMS. Sample environment controls include fields up to ±16 tesla and temperature range of 1.9 - 400 K.
Its advanced expandable design combines many features in one instrument to make the PPMS the most versatile system of its kind. We are here to help you perform your research more effectively.
- Sealed sample chamber with 2.6 cm diameter sample access.
- Ever Cool-II cryogen-free cooling technology.
- Versatile sample mounts couple easily to the 12 electrical leads built into the cryostat insert.
- Continuous Low-Temperature Control – maintains temperature below 4.2 K and offers smooth temperature transitions when warming and cooling through 4.2 K.
- Temperature Sweep Mode.
- User Experiments – External instruments may be controlled automatically using an integrated Visual Basic interface within our Windows-based MultiVu control software or by controlling external Visual C++, Delphi or Visual Basic programs. In addition, our Grapher utility displays data as it is being collected.
PPMS Magnet Options
- Select from 7, 9, 14 and 16 tesla magnets.
- Or order a system with no magnet and add a magnet when needed.
- A split-coil 7 tesla transverse magnet is also available.
PPMS Heat Capacity
- Temperature Range: 1.9–400 K
- Sample Size: 1–500 mg
- Resolution: 10 nJ/K @ 2 K


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“War music, beautiful drumming noise
War fire, wild fire, you have no choice”
I must say that episode 9 of GOT”s season two is the most thrilling by far. My heart was hammering, my hands were clenched, I felt like I was in the battlefield. Beautiful effect with the war fire, rich with gore. The fear for death and the blood lust is enough to make my nerves rattle. I was breathing heavily after this episode. It was over whelming. Brilliant.
Stannis, the cold soldier, versus Tyrion, the brilliant lion, off to battle at the gates of King’s landing. I’m a bit worried with Clegane… I always thought that he was fearless. Now we know what makes a dog flee… Fire. By the way, I’m getting more amused with Varys, his banters with Tyrion and I really want to know how and why he was cut.
This episode was well plotted. I didn’t even long for a glimpse of the Robb’s war or the Dothraki khaleesi or the cold war at the Wall. It was awesome, in huge proportions. It was beautiful.

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What is Pineapple?
The pineapple is a tropical plant having a raw fruit, also called a pineapple.
Pineapple includes a considerable quantity of vitamin C, also a fat-soluble antioxidant which combats with cell damage, as stated by the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University.
Can Dogs Eat Pineapple?
Yes, pineapple is among those selections of fruits which are safe for dogs. The pineapple is one fruit that should not become a staple in your dog’s diet, nor should it be fed regularly or in excess.
In small quantities, raw pineapple is an optimal fruit snack for dogs.
Dogs aren’t allergic to pineapple, and it is not harmful or poisonous.
As stated by the American Kennel Club pineapple includes a great deal of vitamin C, together with thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, and folate. Additionally, it is packed with minerals, such as manganese, aluminum, magnesium, potassium, iron, and tiny quantities of calcium, phosphorous, and zinc.”
Is Pineapple Safe for Dogs?
Pineapple is fine for the dog prepare it and to consume should you nourish it.Common sense says you have to remove the spiky, tough shell from the pineapple. It’s painful in your pet’s mouth and it will be impossible for them to digest.
Much like vegetables and fruits, start by feeding a small amount of pineapple juice (sugar-free and natural) or a small slice of raw, fresh pineapple flesh.
A pineapple is a safe and tasty dog snack with many health benefits.
The sweet pineapple contains 85% water, high doses of Vitamin C and many other important vitamins and minerals.
These minerals contribute towards a balanced diet, support a strong immune system and contribute to repairing your dog’s skin, ligaments and other tissue.
Is Pineapple bad for dog?
Pineapple can be bad for dogs. Dogs which have it can get constipation Because pineapples have a great deal of fiber.
Fiber material and the all-natural sugar in pineapple may cause digestive upset in case your dogs eats pineapple that is too much.
If your puppy has diarrhea after ingesting pineapple or shows other signs of an upset stomachthen pineapple is probably not the best snack for them.
This may seem counterintuitive since we have all discovered how great fiber is to the digestive tract. Fiber may cause constipation and absorbs a great deal of water.
The high Constitutional sugar and fiber content in pineapple can cause digestive upset if your dog eats too much pineapple.
Can dog eat Pineapple rind?
If your dog should inadvertently get ahold of any of the indigestible parts of pineapple skin, leaves, and center, they could get lodged inside his digestive tract, necessitating surgery to eliminate. Until they are chopped down to be placed in mouth or his dish, don’t let Fido close to the pineapples!
Just how should you function pineapple to your puppy? The AKC recommends allowing a , pieces that are raw that are small. They make a luscious, freezing cure when suspended in the summer.
How Much Pineapple Should I Give My Dog?
- Give him a small slice when you feed your dog raw pineapple.
- Wait one hour and see how his body reacts.
- There’s not any immediate risk in many instances if your puppy eats pineapple. This might be cause of concern if he’s afflicted by diarrhea.
- When feeding your puppy pineapple utilize the advice above; nourish them in-between foods, in your conditions, and as a reward just.
Can Dogs Eat Pineapple Skin?
You should not feed your dog pineapple skin actually includes a laundry list of health dangers, and as it doesn’t have any benefit for these.
Chewing the tough skin of a pineapple can damage a pet’s teethand you won’t have any clue what the pineapple came in contact , or what type of chemical pesticides it might still have on skin. These chemicals could pose a threat to the dog’s health.
Can Dogs Eat Pineapple Seeds?
It’s also advisable to make sure that the seeds have been removed from the fruit. Many fruit seeds contain cyanide, and cyanide is very poisonous to your dog. It might make them very sick although it will not automatically kill them.
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New Website Promotes Electric/Telco Partnerships
As Tennessee legislation encourages electric cooperatives to enter the broadband business, a new website strives to make such partnerships easier: www.partnersinbroadband.com.
The site designed to connect utility providers was developed by NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association, the National Information Solutions Cooperative, NRTC and National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp.
“Too often electric companies and telcos don’t talk to each other,” says Jasper Schneider, vice president of member and industry of the National Information Solutions Cooperative. “But this is a great opportunity for them to do more work together and keep shining some light on making a difference.”
Electrics and broadband
Tennessee’s Broadband Accessibility Act will provide new opportunities for rural telcos, says Levoy Knowles, executive director of Tennessee Telecommunications Association.
“Our members, both the independent companies and the cooperatives, are optimistic about working with the electric co-ops to make broadband available to many more people in our state,” he says.
The legislation encourages electric providers to enter the broadband business, and the TTA encourages partnerships. Telcos, leaders in developing broadband, might manage a network while the electric cooperatives focus on hanging fiber optic cables alongside electric lines.
The Broadband Accessibility Act, called Gov. Bill Haslam’s signature piece of legislation for 2017, allows electric cooperatives to provide broadband and TV services separately from their electric power service.
“TTA, Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association, the governor and many others have expressed their desire to see all Tennesseans have the opportunities a reliable high-speed broadband network can provide,” Knowles says. “Our lawmakers have done a good job finding a workable solution to help connect many of the rural residents who have the hardest time getting connected.

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Re: Girling 60 conversion.
Pat Martin wrote:
> Not sure why you would put those calipers on a 4kq or a coupe. Pete
> Kunzlers 4ktq (featured in EC) has the g-60's on it and has little if any
> better braking than my stock brakes on my 4ktq. This was beared out during
> 2 track days last summer. Fade is as bad or worse and the hacking needed to
> make them work is not worth it IMO.
Something went terribly wrong on his install then. All things being
equal (weight of cars, driving style, same pad compound etc) the G60
conversion should have easily out braked OE 4000 brakes. Just look at
the swept area and the clamping force. Twice the pistons, twice (approx)
the swept braking area. A correct G60 install on that car should suck
your eyeballs out.


Researcher helps develop smaller, longer-lasting LED light.
Coral Gables (June 28, 2011) — Jizhou Song, an assistant professor at the University of Miami’s College of Engineering, has helped designed a light-emitting diode (LED) light that utilizes an array of LEDs 100 times smaller than conventional LEDs.
This new device is more flexible, maintains lower temperatures, and has an increased life-span over existing LEDs. The findings were published online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.
Traditional incandescent bulbs are inefficient because they convert most of their power into heat and only a small fraction into light. LEDs are an alternative to conventional bulbs because they reduce this energy waste.
In the study, scientists focused on improving certain features of LED lights, such as size, flexibility, and temperature. Song was instrumental in analyzing thermal management and establishing an analytical model that reduces the temperature of the device.
“The new model uses a silicon substrate, novel etching strategies, a unique layout, and innovative thermal management method,” says Song, co-author of the study, which is titled Unusual Strategies for Using InGaN Grown on Silicon (111) for Solid State Lighting.“The combination of these manufacturing techniques allows the new design to be much smaller and keep lower temperatures than current LEDs using the same electrical power.”
In the future, researchers are interested in making the device stretchable, so that it may be used on a variety of surfaces, including deformable display monitors and biomedical devices that adapt to the curvilinear surfaces of the human body.
The corresponding authors are John Rogers, the Lee J. Flory Founder Chair in Engineering and professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), and Ralph Nuzzo, G. L. Clark professor of Chemistry at UIUC. Yonggang Huang, Joseph Cummings professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University, also is a senior author on the study.
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The impact and influence Bollywood celebrities have on our lives doesn't need to be explained. However, from our lives, the affect has also taken over our livelihoods now. From clothes named after celebrities to roads named after them, few dishes have also acquired their names from these famous B-town stars.
Shah Rukh Khan naan and Salman Khan paan
A Mumbai restaurant has introduced a Bollywood thaali, featuring the names of all your favourite stars in one platter. The restaurant - Hitchki - has named the thaali - Gogo Tussi Great Ho - and has several dishes named after top Bollywood stars. Paneeriti Butter Masala, Shahrukh Naan, Alia Bhaat, Salman Paan, KatRahiHaiNa Salad, Priyanka Kopra Chutney, Koffee With Garam, Anupam Kheer and Chickna Ranaut Masala are some of the food items of the thaali.
"At the heart of Hitchki, is Bollywood dipped in sweet nostalgia. It's our inspiration and driving force. With Gogo Tussi Great Ho, we raise a toast to the evergreen Gogo, one of cinema's nicest bad guys," said Arjun Raj Kher, the Brand Head of Hitchki, reports India Today.
Sunny Leone and Mia Khalifa chaap
From baby names, themes, parties, natural calamities to even restaurants; Bollywood names have always been in vogue. Just last year, a restaurant, whose speciality probably lied in different types of 'chaaps' had named dishes after two famous porn stars – Sunny Leone (former) and Mia Khalifa. Not just this, the restaurant has also tried to cash in on the popular song number of Sunny Leone – Baby Doll and named one of its chaaps after her. The restaurant has probably seen an increased number of footfalls because of the names of its dishes like - Sunny Leone Malai Chaap, Baby Doll Malai Chaap and Miya Khalifa Malai Chaap. The restaurant named, Veer Ji Malai Chaap Wale, is a diner in Delhi which is famous for its twist on the vegetarian dishes.
Deepika Padukone dosa
As per a report, a Texas restaurant had also named one of their dosas as – Deepika Padukone dosa. And not just that, elaborating further about the dosa, the menu read – topped with fiery hot ghost chilli and stuffed with our potato mix.
While restaurant owners aim at increasing the footfall and gaining more publicity through these gimmicks, what they fail to understand totally is that such acts are somewhat disrespectful towards these celebrities too.

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Cecily Brooke von Ziegesar (born June 27, 1970) is an American author best known for the young adult Gossip Girl series of novels.
Cecily von Ziegesar was born in New York City in a family with origins in the German nobility. Her childhood dream was to grow up to be a ballerina; she began lessons at age 3 and auditioned for the School of American Ballet at age 8, but was rejected. As a teenager, she commuted to Manhattan at 6 a.m. to attend The Nightingale-Bamford School. After graduating from Nightingale, Ziegesar attended Colby College. Then she spent a year in Budapest working for a local radio station. She then returned to the United States to study creative writing at the University of Arizona, only to drop out shortly thereafter.
In New York City, while working at book-packaging firm Alloy Entertainment, she became inspired to create the Gossip Girl series, which presents a view of high-end teenage lifestyles. The series climbed to the top of The New York Times Best-Sellers list in 2002. A spin-off book series, The It Girl, made the list in 2005.

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Massive Disneyland Attraction Database
An ominous view of Romeo's Car Tour Rotate when it's covered in children
Romeo's Car Tour Rotate
January 29, 1984
Avg. queue length:
The Romeo's Car Tour Rotate queue is like an adventure through a real-life Tourtown. The attraction cars are built like Buddie the Cab, and while you drive you can rotate them by turning the tires.
- If you are with a cranky adult, you may want to just give up and bounce.
- Contains imaginary images.
- Be sure to maintain your head and opinions (not necessarily in that order) away from the vehicle at appropriate times.
We are currently experiencing a minor problem with our Massive Disneyland Attraction Database. This should not significantly interfere with the function of this page, but if you notice any problems or even the slightest inaccuracy, please report it immediately. Thank you for your consideration.

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IT exec: constant connection can crush productivityPUBLISHED: 15 May 2013 00:05:43 | UPDATED: 15 May 2013 12:50:51PUBLISHED: 15 May 2013 PRINT EDITION: 15 May 2013
IT exec Hugh Durrant-Whyte does not own a phone – but rather than holding him back, it has increased productivity.
Meet the Australian technology executive who does not own a mobile phone. Never has.
At first it was about productivity, says Hugh Durrant-Whyte, chief executive of the nation’s largest and most successful information and communications technology research organisation, National ICT Australia, or NICTA.
“I like to be able to manage my time so I very deliberately pick the time that I’m going to talk and communicate with people,” he says. “But increasingly it’s also a management discipline in the sense that I make sure that people who report to me have the authority and the responsibility to get on with what they are supposed to without being on the phone to me all the time.”
NICTA works with businesses to improve their productivity and competitiveness via technological innovation. It also creates spin-off companies, one of which provides the operating system of 1.5 billion mobile phones globally.
With a PhD in systems engineering, Durrant-Whyte runs a 600-strong organisation whose impact on national economic activity is estimated by Deloitte at $3 billion a year.
Refusing to be boxed in
He neither underestimates the value of communications technology nor its power in the corporate world. The point is he refuses to live and work by the beep of an incoming text message or email.
“We’ve all been there in the Qantas lounge with all these guys talking to each other and most of it is just a waste of time because they didn’t plan it right the first time,” Durrant-Whyte says.
“And it does pain me when you go on holiday and there are people by the pool clearly doing their work on their mobile phones.
“NICTA is about very clever people having time to think about how they are going to make something new and different and this incessant communication is not conducive for people actually coming up with new ideas.”
We all know time spent texting, tweeting, posting and emailing has skyrocketed with the advent of mobile devices in particular, and that it’s our health and work-life balance that suffer most from technology’s ubiquity.
A survey by mobile solutions company Good Technology found 88 per cent of Australians work outside of regular hours on their mobile device. Almost half of respondents admitted checking their phone for messages as soon as they wake, even on weekends. Thirty-five per cent check their phone and email in bed, while 32 per cent last check their phone at 10pm or later.
Productivity and creativity are also victims, says Jane Mara, who teaches business leaders how to use “intuitive intelligence” to boost their performance. She says researchers have discovered something called the body’s “ultradian rhythm”, a natural interchange between activity and rest.
Peak performance occurs every 90 minutes, after which the body signals the need for downtime. But workers have become accustomed to “pushing through”.
“If we’re constantly jumping around between all the different technology … then we’re not able to access great ideas and more intuition to make sound decisions,” Mara says.
“Working hard, pushing through, constantly being connected is not the way to be most productive. The body needs to be able to rest and restore. When we don’t do that it’s when we go into stress overload and burnout.”
Awareness of the downfalls of constant connectivity is growing. An article in UK newspaper The Telegraph recently claimed “digital detox holidays are the latest trend for holidaymakers who need to curtail their technology dependency”.
There is also a National Day of Unplugging, which challenges people to switch off all of their devices for a 24-hour period from sunrise to sunset.
For Durrant-Whyte, it’s all or nothing. He says people find it more frustrating when somebody who has a mobile phone switches it off than when he tells them he does not own one.
Durrant-Whyte says that because his staff know they can’t get hold of him 24-7, they tend to plan more effectively and make decisions requisite with their roles.
On the flip side, he is well organised and punctual, eliminating the need for panicked phone calls or texts even when big deadlines are approaching.
And just as he makes time for family and relaxation, staff are expected to do so too.
When he arrived at NICTA a bit over two years ago, Durrant-Whyte handed out a book called Hamlet’s Blackberry, which canvasses the challenges of living well in the digital age. Here was a management style very different to what they had experienced before.
“I have to say I think there was a little bit of a shock,” he says. “But I will also say I think things had previously been done in a last-minute mode, in the sense of everyone panicking and communicating near the time which is obviously what happens in a lot of companies.
“Whereas I’m very much, you know, we have three months to go, let’s plan now and execute so the day it’s due we’re actually on holidays. I have to say the degree of quietness and calmness in the central office is one thing that got commented on a lot.”
You won’t be surprised to find Durrant-Whyte does not have a Facebook or Twitter account. He is available on email but only checks his account twice a day (an upgrade on his last job where it was only once daily).
“Our inboxes fill up very quickly but the reality is if you wait a couple of hours I would guarantee 80 per cent of it is redundant so you can just delete it,” he says.
“You don’t really need to reply because people actually have to think about what they’re doing. It’s an empowering thing.
“And on a different level I spend much more time with them personally, going to their offices and talking to them, than I would if I was on my emails or my phone.”
Amanda Martin, the principal consultant for Mt Eliza Executive Education at the University of Melbourne, advises students and clients to take time out from technology and interaction with colleagues to concentrate on priority tasks and “deep thinking”.
Concentrate on priorities
“The brain can only handle three to four things at a time and even that is a push if you’ve got something new you’re doing,” Martin says.
But breaking the habit of “constantly responding”, whether it is to emails or text messages or impromptu talks with others in the office, can be difficult, she says.
“With execs they are so flat out, so covered all the time in stuff and they get into this habit where they keep responding. “
Martin recalls giving one client, a female executive, the task of simply shutting her office door for an hour a day to prevent distractions.
“It was really a struggle for her. The first week she didn’t do well and I think it took about four weeks to achieve it.”
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Last month, a very senior figure at the Bank of England – Andrew Haldane – made an important speech in New York and put a number of very lively cats amongst the pigeons of banking. He said:
“Small peer-to-peer lenders like Zopa could in time replace High Street banks. These firms could be revolutionary. At present, these companies are tiny. But so, a decade and a half ago, was Google. If eBay can solve the lemons problem [duff products] in the second-hand sales market, it can be done in the market for loans".
Zopa and the wave of peer-to-peer innovation it has kicked off has been singled out before by policymakers like Haldane – as examples of how deep innovation can bring powerful new competitive pressures to bear on the apparently sleeping dinosaurs of the banking sector. Zopa has been mentioned in no less than four White Papers across two Governments now and continues to be a favourite poster child for the Coalition when envisaging the bright new world that UK technological innovation can bring about – even in the City.
Mr Haldane’s comments have clearly served to raise the profile of how Zopa is disrupting finance to give people a better deal on their money. But he is not the first distinguished commentator to draw parallels between Zopa and the impact Google has had on access to information, Amazon on the market for cheap books and eBay on the ability to find, buy and sell “stuff”.
This increasingly bright spotlight helps to make these prophecies come true. Despite the crucial nature of competitive priced loans and inflation-beating returns to the public’s well-being, radically better deals on money tend to be less head-turning than easy, cheap access to your favourite music, books and gadgets, that vintage Fender guitar you always wanted and information you’re after about, well, anything. However, as more and more people have enjoyed some of the cheapest loans available and returns on their savings that have easily beaten inflation when not a single bank account did, public awareness of Zopa’s offering continues to grow.
So three cheers for Mr Haldane, his fellow luminaries, and the press for picking the story up so enthusiastically. Even today’s LEX column in the FT cites the importance of the P2P finance movement. They have all helped make more Britons aware of the better way that there now is to borrow and save money, something as essential as it gets. Let the disruption continue!

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The Cheapest Return Boston to London Flights.
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Gedalya - The Book of the Devine
Gedalya, does it again with another beautiful symphony on his new EP entitled MAN OF FAITH.
"The Book Of The Devine" again demonstrates Gedalya's incredible ability of storytelling in his music.
You really enter a trance like state and go on a spiritual journey with Gedalya listening to this masterpiece on the EP.
Although "The Book Of The Devine" has a very peaceful instrumental, you truly feel the energy and power that's contained within.
"Man Of Faith" is one of many EPs that the New York artist has released to the public's delight.
His debut album "With Help From Heaven" really sparked Gedalya's music career, following up with "Son Of Israel"
Gedalya has stayed true to himself and has carried his unique and beautiful style with him to this latest EP!
To anyone looking for a fresh, soulful and beautifully orchestrated EP "Man Of Faith" Will not let you down!
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NBA Live 15 Reviews
Don't let the improved looks fool you – NBA Live 15's good ideas are all stifled by poor gameplay fundamentals.
After several years in the wilderness, NBA Live is back and it means business. While it's not yet ready to take on its 2K rival, Live is a fun game of basketball that's easy to pick and play.
Improvements on the court are hindered by the lack of compelling modes
At least it no longer plays or looks like an experiment gone wrong.
NBA Live 15 is a step in the right direction, but that still doesn't make it a good basketball game.
NBA Live 15 makes some key improvements, but this franchise still doesn't feel quite ready for prime time.
This year's installment isn't the most polished basketball title or even the best hoops title in general. But it's absolutely safe to say NBA Live has returned and will be sticking around as a contender, as long as it continues to take these positive dribbles forward.
While it's a big improvement over last year and a clear step in the right direction, NBA Live 15 forgets that basketball is a team sport. Dunks are overpowered, rendering ball movement and teamwork pointless. Hopefully further refinement can produce a great basketball game in the future, but for 2015, NBA Live's advances are still overshadowed by flawed fundamentals.
Still aching to even come close to the technical assuredness of NBA 2K15, NBA Live 15 does fare much better than last year's debacle. However, crucially flawed gameplay, lackluster commentary and a shortage of worthwhile modes leave this player coming up weak on the court.
A marked improvement over NBA Live 14, but still far from perfect.
If you are looking to pick up an NBA game this holiday season the choice is easy but make no bones about it NBA Live is becoming a contender. Let's just see what they do next year.
NBA Live 15 is a nice step in the right direction, but it still falls short of its competition. It is definitely fun to play, but the late game AI and lack of any real additions or modes is sorely disappointing.
NBA Live 15 brings the franchise back onto the court with authority and takes the game successfully into the next generation of gaming. While the game isn't perfect, it is clearly ready to take on all comers and creates a firm foundation for EA to build upon for years to come.
NBA Live 15 is an appreciated step forward from last year's instalment. However, thanks to stiff gameplay and undercooked game modes, you'll want to draft NBA 2K15 instead.
NBA Live has had a tough time escaping the shadow of NBA 2K—and that trend continues with NBA Live 15, which doesn't deliver believable player movement, shooting, or gameplay flow. The "Big Moments" mode shows the potential that the series might be able to execute in the coming years, but right now, it's like a .500 team trying to compete with a playoff juggernaut.
If, for some reason, you're not a "NBA 2K" guy or have an undying love for anything EA Sports, "NBA Live 15" can and will provide hours of fun. It's just so hard to recommend when the competition does everything better. At the same time, with a slew of innovative elements on offense, "NBA Live 15" is the little engine that could. Last year's game was pure D-League, but this year, they've earned their spot on the floor.
I fondly remember playing NBA Live 2005. The addition of the All-Star Weekend Dunk Contest was the hype. The gameplay felt smooth. It was quite intuitive and not overly complicated. What does any of this have to do with NBA Live 15? Let's just say that the reintroduction of NBA Live might have been a mistake on EA's part.
NBA Live 15 is an improvement from the previous year. It contains better graphics, smoother gameplay and feels like a more complete experience when compared to NBA Live 14. That said, there is still some work to be done if it hopes to compete with the NBA 2K series. It isn't quite to the 2K level, but it's now officially on the right path.
This is what we should've gotten last year. A workable title with some enjoyment to be found for sure.
NBA Live 15 does a lot of things well but simultaneously it does a lot of things wrong. Gameplay can be enjoyable but it's really down to the player as the game doesn't do well to explain itself.

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Prep notebook: VMS moves on in playoffs
Middaugh sets 1600-meter run school record at last chance meet
No. 4 Vail Mountain School scored three first-half goals, ultimately edging No. 13 Peak to Peak 3-1 Saturday morning in the second round of the 3A state girls soccer tournament in Vail. The Gore Rangers (15-2) will face No. 5 Lutheran in the quarterfinals on May 17. Lutheran defeated Resurrection Christian 9-0 in its second round matchup.
Sullivan Middaugh has been chasing track records his entire illustrious career, and on Friday night’s St. Vrain HOKA Invitational, he ran 4 minutes, 19.97 seconds in the 1600-meter to break John O’Neill’s 2008 record of 4:24.23.
“We’ve been working on that for a while and it finally worked out,” coach Rob Parish said.
“He’s healthy, the weather cooperated and the competition was great, so it all worked out for him.”
With most of the best 4A and 5A runners in the field, Parish said, “everyone knew it was possibly the most competitive mile ever in Colorado.”
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The leaders didn’t go with eventual winner Zane Bergen, anticipating the Niwot star with 4:02 pedigree would take things out fast. A pack of intelligent veterans helped Middaugh, who stayed mid-pack. Though a 67-second second lap was behind the desired pace, Middaugh didn’t quit.
“He did a great job on the last lap, not settling,” the coach said, noting that Middaugh closed in a 2:07 second half, including a 62-second final lap, to finish 11th. Bergen won the race in 4:08.54.
“He knew what he had to do and just went for it,” Parish stated.
Earlier this year, Sullivan and his younger brother, Porter, both took down O’Neill’s longstanding 3200-meter record at the Arcadia Invitational. Middaugh’s run wasn’t the only Husky highlight, however.
“It was a monster meet,” Parish said of the nearly 90-team field. Will Brunner completed an impressive distance double, running 4:30.58 in the 1600 after winning the 3200-meter in 9:37.94.
“I think that was the best — certainly on the guys side — distance double we’ve ever had,” complimented Parish.
On the girls’ side, Presley Smith ran a personal-best 59.09, the second-fastest time in school history and fastest electronic-timed quarter ever, to place fifth in a deep girls’ 400-meter dash. Parish said he “has a hunch the school record of 58.41 from 1998 was hand-timed.
“She’s split under 60 a bunch of times. We all knew she was ready to run under 60 in an open, but she’s been running them in 30-mph winds,” Parish said.
“We knew she could do it — it just had to be situational.
Milaina Almonte ran a personal-best 5:08.79 in the 1600-meter, the sixth-best in school history. The girls also received second-place finishes from Augustine Hancock in the discus as well as the 800-meter sprint medley relay and a third in the 4×400-meter relay. In that relay, two legs were coming back from the mile 45-minutes earlier and one leg was brand new.
“I think it definitely has the potential to be a 4-flat team,” Parish said, noting that Kiki Hancock split 60.8 in her first one-lap sprint ever.
Eagle Valley was also chasing fast times at weekend last chance meets — the state-qualifying window closed Saturday night — with athletes at both St. Vrain and the Last Chance at Jeffco Stadium meet on Saturday.
Samantha Blair doubled up in the 800 (2:22.52) and and 400 (1:00.94) and Jake Drever raced to a second-place finish in Saturday’s 1600 (4:43.80) after contesting the 800-meter Friday.
Freshman Zakia Shreeve ran a personal-best 47.36 in the 300-hurdles, placing third. Shreeve was also sixth in the long jump and Yanitza Carbajal placed fifth in the triple jump.
Roman Turner won long jump at the Jeffco Last chance with a personal best of 21 feet, 2.25 inches and Ian Pennington took the pole vault title with a clearance of 13 feet, 1 inch.


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Labor costs to go down in poor areas
BERLIN - Anatolia News Agency
Economy Minister Çağlayan says incentives are the antidote to terrorism.Labor costs will decrease in some lesser developed regions in Turkey through the government’s new incentive scheme, while the minimum wage will be kept at the same level, Economy Minister Zafer Çağlayan Feb. 9 in Berlin Germany.
The government will implement varying amounts of social insurance premiums based on the level of regional development, he said.
“We are implementing this policy not only to increase competitiveness, but also to promote economic development in various provinces,” said Çağlayan.
Labor intensive sectors
Çağlayan also said that the package would include investment incentives for sectors that are particularly labor intensive.
“For example, we are not going to support feed and flour, but all the other sectors will be included in the less developed regions,” explained Çağlayan.
Çağlayan labeled the incentive scheme as an “antidote for terrorism,” stressing that the least developed regions in Turkey require government incentives to curb job seeking migration to the West and to lower unemployment in those areas.
Furthermore, he said that these investments would be an antidote both to terrorism in the east and to the Turkish economy’s looming current account deficit.


Rebirth of the Kansas City spirit
Rebirth of the Kansas City spirit
The Kansas City Spirit. 1951 painting by Norman Rockwell & John Atherton
Rockwell's "Gift to the City"
An open letter,
From the Kansas City community,
Written from a wellness perspective,
And kindly addressed to:
- KCMO Mayor Quinton Lucas; and
- KCMO Health Department Director Rex Archer, M.D.; and
- all policy leaders in the greater KC metro area
Thank you. You are all working so hard to slow the spread of CV, and to that goal you have done that as much as you possibly could- lockdown modes, requiring extra safety precautions, putting in policies to try and physically slow the virus. You took it very seriously, no one will ever doubt that, and did so because we know you care so much to want to do the right thing. We can only imagine how hard it is to make those decisions knowing how many lives they are going to affect.
We are working hard too, and we have also done as much as we can to slow the spread in our lives. We have also done as much as we can to make a living so we and our families can go farther towards surviving the environment we continue to choose to operate in. We all work hard to keep up with all the new regulations and Orders/Mandates while living our lives and providing for our needs. We have observed, we have adapted, stayed creative, made hard decisions, and put faith towards brighter days being just around the corner. So please do not feel like you have to bear the full burden- we want to help you. We have requests that we are asking you to consider, with the same expectation of thoroughness that you are asking of us in our way of life. We believe you would benefit by engaging with us through assured confidence that future policy decisions are inclusively aligned with your community.
We cordially request a response by March 31st.
- We request an advisory committee be formed by April 15th, with representatives from various industries as well as the Kansas City citizen community, to gather together 3-5 times with the goals of community collaboration of information, perspectives, and suggestions that can be used to provide well-rounded knowledge to our community, provide guiding principles for the near and long term path ahead, and ideally provide you a more measured impact assessment when considering future policy decisions. These meetings would consist of moderated dialogues rooted in civility and empathetic listening, seeking common ground and simplified and defined short and long term milestones/goals, which are so critically important right now to both financially plan our lives and emotionally inspire us from a mental health perspective for the days, weeks, and months ahead. The output out of those meetings would then be publicly presented by Memorial Day.
- We request future policy focuses more on improving one's health and the collective health of our entire community, by publicly acknowledging and addressing all the unintentional negative consequences of your positive intentioned policies towards protecting us against a single particular health issue. Certain policies have potential to cause more collective community harm than they do collective community safety. We request that there are other metrics added to your consideration when forming policies in order to provide a more holistic set of “risks to the community”.
- We request more information on why this is being positioned as a rare 100 year event, as just the last 20 years there have been many new viruses circulating our planet? How can we enhance our local economies to become more sustainable and risk adverse to future catastrophic events? We are concerned about future occurrences of new viruses in our community, and long-term impact on all levels: health, economic, social, psychological, etc.
We are almost a year into this and have all learned a lot, therefore we can constructively analyze the impact it has had on us. Our slogans and hashtags are telling us to stay home, our daily dialogue is telling us to be more sedentary, and our choices are having downstream consequences of closed businesses and lost jobs or reduced hours, elimination or reduction in paychecks, financial hardship, and all types of insecurities. (A UN report said 10,000 children A MONTH are dying due to starvation and malnutrition caused by the downstream economic impact of our global collective CV choices.) All of this has increased depression, anxiety, addiction, missed medical care appointments, opioid overdoses, suicides, and psychological mental health issues- especially in children. Pushing a sedentary lifestyle makes it no surprise that weight gain is up- which we all know is a comorbidity for CV deaths. Along with sedentary lifestyles, amplified voices telling people to stay home leads to greater rates of child & domestic abuse in those cases where someone’s home is actually not the safest place they can be. All of these impacts are “cases” and “deaths” too, and need to be brought to the forefront and heavily weighted in policy decisions. This is a health crisis, so through all our efforts over the past year, are we healthier than we were a year ago? Are our immune systems stronger? Beyond what can we do to prevent ourselves from getting infected…we should be caring just as much about strengthening our body and boosting our immune system so that in the likely event in our lifetimes that we eventually get the virus (either naturally or via vaccine), that we minimize the negative impact it will have on us.
We know from history that new viruses usually level out after 2 winter seasons, and the airwaves say that the vaccine is being considered our big changing point. With vaccines arriving in our area, this turning point is in sight, so we should also have in sight how and when we can successfully open our city back up? We know our community better than anyone, what we've been through, and what we're capable of. Working together towards achieving city wide milestones will healthily improve our mental outlook on the situation, help us budget our finances more strategically, and strengthen the bond that is the great gathering of Kansas City. Establishing clearly defined goals would trigger a collective burst of energy as we would all know what we need to do to reach those goals, and of course we all want to reach goals that get us out to the other side of this. Each of our collective choices determine the world that emerges around us. We are all active participants in the future that emerges- no one is a passive witness. Working together will allow us to come out of this stronger, and if done right, Kansas City can become a leader into a bright and sustainable future, and position ourselves strategically & globally at the forefront of the right side of history.
In 2015, KC’s Chief Innovation Officer said KC wanted to be the “smartest city on planet earth within five years”. Well, we can't become the smartest city if we do not work together to become informed and practice discernment to innovate and create at the highest level of mindfulness. Collaboration will make us more energized. Just like we were after 9/11- by immediately showing our determination to not let the terrorists beat us. Or after the atomic era was introduced- we stayed determined to set course and live life without always thinking about the worst case scenario. Or most notably and proudly, here in Kansas City, when we came together on a similar monumental task of rebuilding after the bad flood of 1951. Norman Rockwell was commissioned to paint a picture to inspire the people, and produced his masterpiece titled the Kansas City Spirit - symbolizing Kansas City’s way of tackling challenges with humbled courage and optimistic energy.
Do all those historical moments sound familiar? Where is that spirit today?
That spirit is still here, and call on anyone with that same spirit to simply add their name to this petition in support of that mission. (there is also a Business Owner version HERE). Our moment is now. We are asking our local policy leaders to work with us to be the best, the smartest, the most courageous. Let’s come at it from a wellness mindset, something we can generally all agree on, and that is easy to understand. Every good conversation starts with good listening. Please listen to us, as we have listened to you.
Please accept this letter in pure good faith and positive collaborative tone that it was written, and do not seek any repercussions on us citizens who sign in support. We know that government is a necessary foundation to a civilized society, we want you serving as our government, and we recognize and are grateful that you acted swiftly to protect our community. However we are at a different point now than we were a year ago. We have learned a lot and know much about the landscape that is ahead of us, so let us work together in close partnership to plan for the year ahead, and best provide you with the consent of the governed in order to generate momentum.
This outbreak is turning corners. Let's unite. Let us breathe again into life a new Kansas City spirit. :)
With respect and partnership, and ultimate care towards the holistic health of all of us in our community....


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Design 34.0 was referenced to in Mind's Shadow. It is the design
that Lily and Nyah could create in an hour. It was designed by Jill, Nyah, and Lily.
The suit is lightweight and flexible, as well as breathable. Each suit matches the favorite color of it's owner, and can withstand most blows. It all fits together like a puzzle, conplete with a bulletproof vest, chain shirt, shoulder guards, and boots.

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What is the Best Match for a Libra
Libra are diplomatic, peace-loving and charming individuals. They are easy-going and less demanding by nature. Their decent mannerisms and kind-hearted is well appreciated every where. But they are naive in the affairs of heart and sensitive people too. This article tries to seek answer to the question what is the best match for a Libra.
Libras in Nutshell:
- They have the innate ability to separate logic from emotions and remain objective.
- They love to enjoy the beautiful things life has to offer and avoid conflicts.
- They need love and expose their vulnerability to the extent that they are used up.
- These men are known to make strong come-backs.
What Type of Partner Libras Prefer:
- They suffer from fluctuating self-esteem and need a partner who can help them to stand by their convictions.
- They are can allow their partner to dominate them willingly, provided their share of love, attention and security is in tact.
- A strong individual but with a caring and fun-loving nature is preferred by a Libra for long term relationships.
- Else, they try to avoid commitment and marriage as much as possible.
What is the Best Match for a Libra:
They are better understood and well matched by Leos. Strong individuality, personal aura and extrovert nature of Leos aptly complement the easy-going, charming and people centric Libras and their disposition. Leos enjoy the right to dominate their Libra partner without any opposition and return this gesture by being completely protective about their Libra partner. It is a win-win situation. So, the answer to the query what is the best match for a Libra is a LEO.

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Posted on 23 Apr 2008
Today Liberty Mutual Group announced that it would buy property and casualty insurer Safeco for $6.2 billion in a deal that would make Liberty Mutual the fifth-largest U.S. property and casualty insurer.
Each share of Safeco will be exchanged for $68.25 cash, nearly a 51 percent premium over Safeco's closing stock price of $45.23 on Tuesday. Currently, Liberty Mutual is the sixth-largest property and casualty insurer in the United States, based its 2007 direct written premium of $20.2 billion.
Safeco had 2007 direct written premium of $5.9 billion.
"Safeco's operations and product mix complement our existing Agency Markets operations," Liberty Mutual Chairman Edmund Kelly said in a statement.
Safeco would become part of Liberty Mutual's Agency Markets business unit. Combined, the organization would have about 15,000 independent agencies.


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Pitchfork; December 3, 2013
Our year-end coverage kicks off with some of our favorite shots of 2013, including images of Björk (above), Daft Punk, Vampire Weekend, Savages, Lana Del Rey, Arctic Monkeys, Solange, Grimes ...
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Confessional Montreal singer/songwriter Devon Welsh talks to Jenn Pelly about his point-blank performance style, the genius of Arthur Russell and Radiohead, falling for boy bands and nu metal in ...
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Video portraits by Erik Sanchez. Above: M.I.A.
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It has taken forever and a day to get through this issue of Lapham’s Quarterly. This is not because it was a bad issue but rather these factors:
Reading has just taken a back seat as all the great times for reading are usually taken by requests to play for the kids. I will surely miss their younger selves when they’re older but I will appreciate the time to actually read.
God is temperate. He is the lawyer of the humble. The poor are creatures of God. And money is a metal created and valued by man. – Carolina Maria de Jesus
I just finished Montaillou by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie. This took me over half a year to finish not because it wasn’t great, but because I have two young boys and thus free time is non-existent.
I learned of this book in a Reddit post and quickly bought it as it is right up my alley. Montaillou is simply a study of medieval life in a small mountain town (Montaillou) in southern France around the year 1300. The records are drawn from the Inquisition which was very active in the region trying to put a stamp on the Cathar beliefs which were spreading. The Inquisitor, Jacques Fournier kept excellent records and thus have given us a peek into the normal, everyday life of the residents of this small village.
I don’t believe ‘enjoyed’ is the right adjective to describe how I felt reading Lapham’s Quarterly – Fear. What is the right word if you continually want to do something yet it causes anxiety and fear while you do it?
It is not that reading this edition made me afraid; it is that it called attention to the abundant anxiety in my own life which was exacerbated in reading about the anxiety and fear of others in this edition.
Finished the Dhammapada today.
Here are my highlights:
For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule.
If a traveller does not meet with one who is his better, or his equal, let him firmly keep to his solitary journey; there is no companionship wtih a fool.
It is good to tame the mind, which is difficult to hold in and flighty, rushing wherever it listeth; a tamed mind brings happiness
I recently finished ‘Leaves of Grass’ by Walt Whitman. Below are some of the quotes I like:
You shall no longer take things at second or third hand…nor look through the eyes of the dead….nor feed on the spectres in books,
You shall not look through my eyes either, nor take things from me,
You shall listen to all sides and filter them for yourself.
A Child said, What is grass? fetching it to me with full hands;
How could I answer the child?….I do not know what it is any more than he.

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I’m going to skip right over Hue, seeing as I only spent about 14 hours in that city – half of which were spent trying to sleep while the dude in the next bunk over was snoring insanely loud through a sleep apnea machine while simultaneously trying to ignore the guy on the other bunk near me who not only sleep talked but sleep striped and had removed all his clothing in the middle of the night…
Sooo onto Da Nang it is. After a rainy few days, it was quite refreshing to pull into Da Nang and see not only a clear blue sky, but to be within walking distance of the beach. My first day was spent relaxing on the beach. This was your typical beach, besides the palm trees and the mountains off in the horizon, it looked like a beach I would see at home. I was longing for those crystal clear blue waters and white sands… I still had a nice beach day though- reading, journaling and a little yoga.
After watching the sunset, I set out for a little solo date night. I stumbled upon a place near my hostel that looked nice. I was getting some weird looks though when I told them it was just me. They seemed very concerned. Just assuming they didn’t understand what it’s like to be an independent lady, I dismissed the looks of concern. As everyone hovered around me confused, I ordered the fried rice and tried to just enjoy myself. So it turns out this was a family-style restaurant. That became apparent when they brought out the huge platter of fried rice, accompanied by 3 serving spoons. So that explained the looks…
Feeling a little dumb I was determined to eat the whole thing. I came pretty damn close. After feeling sufficiently stuffed and a tad sick, I left with my head held high. I guess that’s what I get for not consulting Trip Advisor before I blindly walk into a place. Traveling solo is 50% ‘Hell yeah, this is empowering and awesome’, 50% ‘WTF am I doing?!’
The next morning I spent wandering around and exploring the city. Later in the day, Eric and Martin arrived. We spent the day exploring, enjoying the beach and later checking out the nightlife of Da Nang. Da Nang is a cool city at nighttime – very lit up. There is this awesome bridge across town that is shaped like a dragon which is also lit up. On Saturdays and Sundays it breathes out fire, unfortunately we were not there to see that but it was still pretty sweet. We also hit up the highest rooftop bar in Da Nang (36 stories high) that overlooked the city. Not really my scene, but what a great view.
The next day we rented motorbikes and were headed for the Hai Van Pass. This road has become quite the bucket list spot after being dubbed “a deserted ribbon of perfection—one of the best coast roads in the world” on the show Top Gear. While our bikes were in questionable condition, the views did not disappoint. It was a perfect day weather wise – clear blue skies as we rode up the lush mountains with spectacular views of the coast. It was truly stunning. The sky and water blended so seamlessly into each other it looked like a watercolor painting.
Later we rode up to see the famous Lady Buddha statue on the Son Tra peninsula. Standing tall and proud at 220 feet, she completely dominated the landscape. She looked so fierce and powerful looking out over the sea. She is said to serve as a protector for the sailors. Favorite Buddha statue so far.


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Vamos amigos, this weekend is Cinco de Mayo which means 48-hours of tacos, tequila and celebratory antics. More traditionally, this date is for commemorating the Mexican Army’s victory over the French Empire, but over the years Cinco de Mayo is a day for getting into all things Mexican. You know, like going hard on buckets of guac, wearing sombreros and maxing out on burritos.
As such, there’s a sling of epic venues getting into the Mexican fiesta so here’s where to celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Sydney.
El Camino Cantina
The Rocks & Manly
One of our favourite Mexican establishments, El Camino Cantina is hosting a major fiesta. With live DJ entertainment while you snack on bottomless baskets of chips and salsa, prepare yourselves for the chilli eating competition that’s happening at 7pm. You can also take a swing at their piñata for the chance to win drink tokens and restaurant merch. To top it all off, they’ve got a special margarita being rolled out, the Bloody May Rita, mixed with Jose de Cuervo, triple sec, lemon, tomato juice, Worchester sauce, tabasco sauce and agave syrup.
When: Sunday 5 May, 6pm
Bar Patrón is hosting a long lunch for you to nurse that hangover Saturday night hangover. Grab a jalapeno margaritas upon arrival and sit down to a share-style lunch filled with traditional Mexican dishes. Hit up the fried fish tacos with hand-pounded guacamole or grilled skirt steak with red rice, refried beans and cheese. But you’ll need to leave room for their delectable dessert of Mexican-spiced chocolate mousse. Head here to book for $99 per person.
When: Sunday 5 May, 12pm-2pm
Head into The Glenmore’s rooftop bar to celebrate Cinco de Mayo this weekend. Round up your amigos because for only $25 you can get a margarita jug to share and get crazy. With live music, giveaways and $16 for four tacos, you can bet we’re going to cosy up to this bar.
When: Sunday 5 May, 11am
Although the Nighthawk Diner is closed on Sundays, they’re doing us an absolute solid by offering up a taco/cocktail special to make it up to us. For only $15, order up a Baja mahi mahi fish taco with coriander slaw, guajillo tequila salsa and fresh jalapenos with a grapefruit Paloma cocktail to celebrate this holiday.
When: Tuesday 30 April through to Saturday 4 May
Manly Wharf Hotel
For a sea-side Cinco de Mayo party like no other, hit up the Manly Wharf Hotel. Down some mini patron margaritas for $12 a pop while you dance to DJs Brad Mullens and Dollar Cub. But that’s not the best part. The legends at Manly Wharf Hotel are bringing us a feast for only $20. Think crispy skin chicken tacos, tempura fish and nachos served with beef, guacamole, sour cream and of course corn chips.
When: Saturday 4 May, 12pm
We love the sound of all-you-can-eat tacos, but mix that with bottomless margaritas and we’ll go nuts. The Norfolk has not one, but two all-you-can-eat sessions this Sunday and while you munch your tacos (vego and vegan options available) and down your margaritas, kick on to the vibe of the live Mariachi band. At 1:30pm, a taco eating competition is also being held so to sign up, you’ll have to head here.
When: Sunday 5 May, 12pm & 2pm
The Governor Hotel
Head straight up to the rooftop of The Governor Hotel for bottomless tacos and margaritas. Choose your day for a three-hour session at $75 per person. On the menu, you’ve got beef brisket, Cajun chicken, spicy fish and vegetarian and don’t forget those classic no-frills margaritas.
When: Friday 3 May, 4pm-7pm, Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 May, 1pm-4pm
Coogee Bay Hotel
Check into the Coogee Bay Hotel for a weekend-long Mexican celebration. Head into The Garden to view the latest transformation into a fiesta filled with dancers, a photo-booth and even a live Mariachi band. The food ain’t too shabby either, with all the fixings for a feast, order up your nachos and tacos and down with a Lexington Hill Margarita (or three).
When: Saturday 4 to Sunday 5 May, 12pm-7pm
Barrio Cellar is bringing us an all-night party with $15 cocktails and $3 tacos from Friday to Saturday. Creating a Latin Caribbean themed Melao Party these folks are staying up until dawn in true fiesta style.
When: Friday 3 to Saturday 4 May, 6pm-3am
Sydney’s first Cinco de Mayo food festival is hitting The Rocks this weekend and live street art, taco eating competitions, Latin American bands and Lucha Libra wrestling are all on the docket. In case you’re getting peckish, Sydney’s best South American hot spots, SoCal, Panama House and Chula will be selling off some delicious Mexican favourites all night. Register for your tickets here.
When: Friday 3 May through to Sunday 5 May
Don’t want the party to stop? Here’s where to head for Taco Tuesdays in Sydney.
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If you know how to make iced coffee, you won’t need to spend money looking for cafes with ready-made coffee cups. Drinking coffee in the morning is very beneficial for health, not only has anti-oxidant, anti-aging effects, but also helps the body to be more alert and focused when working.
With this ice-making coffee, you need ingredients:
– Grinded powdered coffee
– Filter for coffee
– Sweetened condensed milk
- If you want to make good coffee, first wash the filter thoroughly and then rinse it with boiling water and let it dry. Using the filter in stainless steel will give you the feeling no bitter instead of aluminum filter.
- Pour condensed milk into a cup like this. If you want to have a sweet drink, give it a little milk, but if not, just give it a moderate amount!
- Add 2-3 tablespoons of flour to the filter, you should give it a little to ensure the consistency for the brown milk coffee cup. After putting in the filter, you shake gently to spread the coffee, making the coffee flat, it will be easier to compress.
- Close the lid of the coffee lid. If this section has a compression latch, tighten it to compress the coffee down (a spatula or spatula). Before making iced coffee, put a spoonful of hot water first to moisten and help the coffee to expand.
THIS TIP WILL HELP THE COFFEE TO HATCH, WHEN THE BOILING WATER IS ADDED, IT WILL SLOW DOWN, THE COFFEE DRIPS MORE DENSE.
- Boil the water and pour it slowly into the coffee container for coffee to gradually absorb. You pour a sufficient amount of water, a little over coffee surface is okay.
- During the process of waiting for the coffee to drip, if you see a quick flow, you tighten the compression latch even further
If coffee flows quickly, you should adjust the compression latch
- Finally, wait for the coffee to drip down and you have the delicious and delicious coffee milk. When drinking just a few small ice cubes will be much better.
When waiting for coffee, you can take advantage of reading, surfing facebook, making breakfast … A strong cup of iced coffee will help you stay awake and have an effective day. What are you waiting for, but don’t learn right away how to make iced coffee!
Coffee is very beneficial for health, but you also need to pay attention to 4 times of gold to drink coffee so it can work best. With this way of making brown coffee, just drinking a glass every day is awake and anti-aging. But do not drink too much, will make “addicted” there
WHEN THE COFFEE RUNS OUT, YOU PUT ASIDE THE FILTER AND USE A STIRRING SPOON TO MAKE DELICIOUS COFFEE CUPS.
NOT ONLY ICE-CREAM COFFEE, YOU CAN LEARN HOW TO MAKE EGG COFFEE AT HOME, THIS IS ALSO A FAVORITE COFFEE. ESPECIALLY WITH CONNOISSEURS OF COFFEE, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE THIS “SPECIALTY”.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif., April 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sientra, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIEN), a medical aesthetics company (“Sientra” or the “Company”), announced today that the Company will release its first quarter 2019 financial results on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 after market close.
Sientra will hold a conference call on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. ET to discuss the results. A press release disclosing the Company's financial results will be distributed at approximately 4:00 p.m. ET that same day.
The dial-in numbers are 844-464-3933 for domestic callers and 765-507-2612 for international callers. The conference ID is 4982524. A live webcast of the conference call will be available on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at www.sientra.com.
A replay of the call will be available starting on May 8, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. ET through May 15, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. ET. To access the replay, dial 855-859-2056 for domestic callers and 404-537-3406 for international callers and use the replay conference ID 4982524. The webcast will be available on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website for 30 days following the completion of the call.
Headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, Sientra is a diversified global medical aesthetics company and a leading partner to aesthetic physicians. The Company offers a suite of products designed to make a difference in patients' lives by enhancing their body image, growing their self-esteem, and restoring their confidence. Sientra has developed a broad portfolio of products with technologically differentiated characteristics, supported by independent laboratory testing and strong clinical trial outcomes. The Company’s Breast Products Segment includes its OPUS™ breast implants, the first fifth generation breast implants approved by the FDA for sale in the United States, its ground-breaking Allox2® breast tissue expander with patented dual-port and integral drain technology, and BIOCORNEUM® the #1 performing, preferred and recommended scar gel of plastic surgeons(*). The Company’s miraDry Segment comprises its miraDry® system, which is approved for sale in over 40 international markets, and is the only non-invasive FDA-cleared device for the permanent reduction of underarm sweat, odor and hair of all colors.
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Atlas of Canada 1,000,000 National Frameworks Data, Hydrology - Dams
The National Frameworks Hydrology data consists of area, linear and point geospatial and attribute data for Canada's hydrology at a national scale. The product set for the hydrology theme consists of six groupings: Drainage Network Skeleton, Waterbodies, Islands, Drainage Areas, Supplemental Drainage Features Hydrometric Gauging Stations and Dams) and Cartographic. This metadata applies to the Supplemental Drainage Feature - Dams, of the hydrology theme. The Dams dataset is based on the Canadian Dam Association (CDA) Register of Dams in Canada. The register for 2003 lists 933 dams, including all those existing or under construction and meeting the criteria listed in the Supplemental Information. The tailings dams and the dams under construction listed in the register are not included in this dataset. Other reference data was used to obtain positional data. This dataset has been integrated with other National Scale Frameworks hydrology datasets and is considered a component of the Hydrology Theme.
- Publisher - Current Organization Name: Natural Resources Canada
- Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada
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I usually use the cover photos of the books as featured images but Jennifer Kendel Kapoor was so much part of Shashi Kapoor that I could not help but put in one of their pictures.
India’s first biography of Shashi Kapoor sheds light on one of the country’s most enigmatic personalities—an actor who straddles the worlds of commercial Hindi cinema, theatre and small-budget art movies; who is, at once, an earnest householder and a committed star.
In this rare book, we are offered glimpses of Shashi Kapoor, the family man—son of Prithviraj Kapoor, husband of Jennifer Kendal, and father to Kunal, Karan and Sanjna. We are led through Shashi Kapoor’s film career—his debut as a bright-eyed child-actor in Awara; his emergence, in the hectic 1970s, as India’s busiest performer—with a slew of hits including Deewaar and Trishul; and his rise to international prominence with Merchant–Ivory’s The Householder and a ‘trilogy’ of films on older men with fading pasts. Equally, we are provided with an astute analysis of Shashi Kapoor, the businessman—the proprietor of Film-Valas; the producer of Shyam Benegal films; and the distributor of Bobby.
With luminous and thus-far undisclosed stories by the actor’s family (Neetu Singh, Rishi, Sanjna and Kunal Kapoor), co-stars (Shabana Azmi, Simi Garewal, Sharmila Tagore), colleagues (Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani, James Ivory, Hanif Kureishi, Aparna Sen), and friends; a compelling foreword by Karan Johar; and stunning photographs from Merchant–Ivory’s archives, Shashi Kapoor, the biography—by one of India’s best-known film journalists—is as captivating as Shashi Kapoor, the star.
Goodreads Rating: 3.61 / 5
My Rating: 3.75 / 5
One day as I was waiting for a friend, I headed to a bookstore knowing well that my pocket did not allow me to buy any more books. But wander into the magical world, I did. He took his sweet time to come and me in a bookstore is never a good thing. At least for my poor pocket. But these are the times when plastic money comes to your aid.
This book languished in my cupboards for some time before I took it out and finally read it. I was in for a ride.
This man, I have been in love with since my very early days. I remember watching his movies with my grandparents’ and enjoying him thoroughly. For me, he is the ultimate romantic hero and none have yet been able to leave him behind.
I loved this book because it helped me unfold the mystery of Shashi Kapoor. I got to see the character and personality of the man I have been swooning over. Not just a narrative, it showcased Shashi Kapoor like he was in different scenarios.
After reading this book one can easily understand who the actor was but in my opinion, it lacked the personal touch of Shashi Kapoor because what he said on some interview or another is not what he might have said if maybe interviewed for this book. It is his biography, after all!
I understand that he may not have been available for an interview due to health reasons but I can wish for it.
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CNN is about to air a fantastic documentary called "The Last Heart Attack," featuring Drs. Ornish and Esselstyn talking about successfully preventing, stopping and even reversing our number one killer -- heart disease -- with a plant-based diet.
Though billed as the latest cutting-edge treatment, Dean Ornish M.D. and Caldwell Esselstyn Jr. M.D. have both been publishing on reversing the heart disease epidemic through diet and lifestyle changes for more than 20 years. The food-disease correlation is only recently becoming more widely understood because multibillion dollar industries have made it their business to keep the emphasis on the latest cholesterol-lowering drugs and surgeries, leaving the average lay person to find out for themselves about the latest advances in nutrition. I meet so many people these days who want to get healthy, but just don't know where to find easy-to-understand information that will help them make decisions on how or what to eat.
This was the impetus behind NutritionFacts.org, the brainchild of Dr. Michael Greger, M.D. When he's not out trying to save the world from bird flu or foodborne illness, he scours the world's scholarly literature on nutrition for the most interesting, groundbreaking and practical new research.
Check out some of this fascinating information:
• Adding vinegar to meals can help you lose weight.
• Drinking kombucha tea may be harmful.
• There's a way to get goji berries cheaper than raisins.
• Peanut butter may significantly decrease heart disease risk in women.
• Vegans have been found to be "significantly less polluted" than omnivores.
• Even distilled fish oil is contaminated with pollutants.
• Second only to fish, eggs are the most contaminated source of industrial pollutants in the food supply.
• A quarter of fast-food burgers are contaminated with parasites.
• The estrogen in cow's milk may be contributing to premature sexual maturation in girls.
• The meat most likely to be contaminated with fecal matter is ground turkey.
• There's a 1 to 7 scale used by doctors to classify bowel movements.
• Even people who don't experience pain or weakness on cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may be suffering muscle damage.
• There's a poultry virus that may be contributing to our obesity epidemic.
• Cold-steeped green tea is healthier than hot-brewed.
• Breast cancer survivors may reduce their risk of recurrence by eating soy foods.
• Researchers have raised concerns about "mad fish disease" in farmed fish.
• The U.S. Inspector General finds the USDA is failing to safeguard the meat supply from drug residues.
• Women may be getting urinary tract infections from eating chicken.
• Cooking vegetables can boost the absorption of certain nutrients.
• Raw alfalfa sprouts present a significant food safety risk.
• In meat-eating households more fecal bacteria can be found in the kitchen sink than the toilet.
• Diet can affect body odor.
• The best superfood bargain (most antioxidants per dollar) is red cabbage.
• White tea is healthier than green tea, but only if you add lemon.
• Sharing your home with a cat or dog may decrease one's risk of cancer.
• Coconut oil may be as harmful as butter.
• There are two classes of vegetables particularly adept at stopping cancer cell growth.
• There's a toxin in certain fish that can be sexually transmitted.
• Eating tuna is the equivalent mercury exposure to living with dozens of amalgam tooth fillings.
• Mushrooms should be eaten cooked -- not raw.
• The #1 source of arsenic in the diet is chicken.
• The #1 source of aluminum in the diet is chicken.
• There are more hormones in skim milk than in whole milk.
NutritionFacts.org features hundreds of short captivating clips on the latest nutrition research and Greger is promising to upload a new video every day, seven days a week, for the first year. The first of his 365 new videos was posted today with the official launch of the site.
Non-commercial (not funded by interested parties who have products to sell) science-based sources of good nutrition information are hard to find. Check out NutritionFacts.org today and every day for the next year. I think you'll find it hugely interesting and educational.


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Florence: Palazzo Vecchio Entrance Ticket & Audioguide
- Skip the line
- Valid: 1 day
- Optional audio guide
Want to discover all there is to do in Salone dei Cinquecento? Click here for a full list.
Very good tour taking you along the main highlights (statues/palaces/Dante area) of Florence in 2 hours, ending at the Academia to marvel at the original David statue. Interesting background into the different eras (middle ages/renaissance/baroque) and stories about the Medici family and Florence’s famous artists. Audio system worked very well, allowing to hear the guide while on the move and to get the best view of the highlights. English proficiency was excellent. Very much enjoyed the tour!
Amazing walking tour through the city. We learned so much about the city and history of Florence that isn't covered by the museums and attractions. Our guide Erica was amazing, filled with passion and knowledga about all things Florence. This is a must do tour upon arriving in Florence to give you a great backdrop of the city and its sights. We left with a new perspective on one of our favorite cities in the world!
The city tour lead by Ilaria was pleasant and extremely useful to have a guided overview of such a rich and opulent historical city as Florence. I strongly recommend the tour for first time visitors.
Accesul a fost facil. Un obiectiv turistic foarte interesant . Nu trebuie ratat in cazul unei vizite in Florenta
Awesome Tourguide. Many really interesting historical informations!! Would do it again.


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Jennifer Larson, NurseZone feature writer
For the second year
in a row, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas has introduced in Congress a bill to expand one of the temporary visas available to foreign nurses
coming to the United States.
The Rural and Urban
Health Care Act of 2003 would significantly expand the H-1C
temporary visa currently available to nurses willing to work in underserved areas of the
nation. It is also similar to a piece of legislation introduced in the
Senate in 2001.
Jackson Lee’s spokeswoman, noted that Rep. Jackson Lee believes the bill could help
satisfy some of the demand for more nurses to provide quality health care during the current
But the American
Nurses Association, the largest organization of registered nurses in the United States,
strongly disapproves of the bill.
“We have not yet
gone on the record with the bill in this Congress,” said Erin McKeon, associate director
for government affairs for the ANA. “However, we do still oppose it for all of the same
reasons that we opposed it last year.”
The H-1C visa was
created by the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act of 1999 to allow foreign-born
registered nurses to work for up to three years in government-designated Health Professional Shortage Areas. Only certain hospitals that serve HPSAs, which include size, Medicaid and Medicare requirements, may sponsor nurses on this
type of visa.
Only a handful of
H-1C visas is issued each year. According to Carl Shusterman, an immigration attorney in
Los Angeles, California, the upper limit is 500. Other foreign nurses must obtain a
different type of visa if they wish to work in the United States.
the ANA is apprehensive that H-1C visa changes could result in the possible exploitation of foreign nurses. In the past, some foreign nurses have been forced to work unreasonable hours or work as nurse’s aides, she said, and the ANA does not want more cases in the future.
attorney Gregory Siskind speculated the ANA is concerned with protecting the interests of its members.
competition is certainly consistent with this mission,” said Siskind, founding partner
of Siskind Susser Haas & Devine in Memphis, Tennessee.
“As for any influx
of foreign nurses, we can only hope this would be the case,” he added. “With a
desperate shortage of nurses in this country, I’d consider a rapid migration of nurses
here to be like the coming of the calvary.”
The United States
has at least 126,000 unfilled hospital nursing positions, according to American Hospital
But McKeon maintains the ANA is invested in the fair treatment of all nurses, American and foreign. "We're equally concerned about how the immigrant nurses who are brought into this country are treated," she said.
The legislation does contain a provision that specifies the foreign nurse with an H-1C visa must be paid the same wage rate as other registered nurses employed by the facility.
The ANA also
asserts that the United States should not rely on foreign nurses to solve its problems.
“We believe that
the causes for and the answers to the domestic nursing shortage should be addressed here,
not by looking outside,” McKeon said. “Also, we believe that there are ethical
implications…with brining in nurses from around the world and looking outside of this
country to meet our shortage when there is a worldwide shortage.”
The legislation does
provide protections to prevent health care employers from bringing in more foreign nurses
than the health care system can support, according to Siskind.
The bill is now
before the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Healthcare, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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Benefits of Education and Teaching in the Modern International World
The digital technology has impacted positively on the teaching and education sector. By utilizing the present education approaches there are enhanced opportunities in the sector. The digital world has created computer structures to reinforce teaching and education. They have links that make it possible for students and teachers to connect from every corner of the world. But the learning structures have to be well amalgamated with the right learning materials that are vital for the students.
It is a beneficial decision to adopt global education and to teach in all institutions. It is a technique that makes it very possible for the students to advance their networks around the world as well as locally. Also, the digital teaching and education system enhance and support the connections that have already been in existence among the students. Also, help the beneficiaries of the system have a touch of the world, distinctiveness, understand their role and contribution in the world. Teaching global education creates an understanding of globalization, interdependence, peace and conflict resolution among others essential elements.
Unfortunately our children today’s are exposed in an environment where the surroundings have to coach them more than their teachers, and we do. They start becoming tech-savvies at a tender age. The availability and ease accessibility of the global connections, they get to study several things online. However, with an added advantage of incorporating the appropriate learning materials into these systems, we will not only built hi-tech gurus but expose their abilities globally.
The truth is that children at some time in their life will tour and connect with the globe. More families keep relocating from place to place due to the nature of their work such as Harvey Shapiro family. Children who grow up in these families get to experience more in life as they develop from one stage of life to the other. They are always keen to see the world and grow with the urge to tour the globe and reach out to more opportunities besides their career.
Such young children will frequently remember a friend from another state or a relative in a specific country. It is up to us as the teacher to the kids, to take a step forward and implement these connections that will assist them in learning and getting to know the benefits of globalization as they grow. Note, the practice of building them with what is beneficial gives an output of committed and learned grow ups. Digital teaching and education offer individuals with unending chances. Those who embrace it understand that they have a role in the world. It helps learners to understand that their today’s choices can impact some difference in the world and people as a whole.

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