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Even though their high cholesterol levels gave eggs a bad reputation, it is now a well-known fact that they are incredibly healthy, as they are full of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and protein.
If you consume 2 eggs daily, you will experience major improvements in your health, as they offer the following benefits:
Help weight loss- Eggs provide a feeling of satiety which will help you control hunger and lose weight.
Improve the eyesight- The high lutein, zeaxanthin, and vitamin A content in eggs improves vision, prevent radical damage and eyesight issues.
Lower the risk of cardiovascular disease- They contain 40 grams of good cholesterol which protects against heart diseases. Moreover, eggs are loaded with omega-3 fatty acids which lower the levels of triglycerides.
Protect the brain- eggs contain choline which is essential for the function of the brain, being a neurotransmitter which sends stimuli to the brain and nervous system.
Support the health of the skin, hair, and liver- The egg yolk is rich in protein and sulfur that improve skin quality, and revitalize dull and weak hair. Eggs also contain lecithin, which detoxifies the liver and helps digestion.
Lower the risk of birth defects– Eggs have 0.7 mcg. of folic acid, which is essential during pregnancy, as it lowers the risk of birth defects and prevents damage to the nervous system of the embryo.
Strengthen the bones – the calcium and vitamin D in eggs are beneficial for the bones and teeth.
Slow down the process of aging- One German study showed that the regular consumption of eggs prevents skin cancer and slows down aging, due to the organic pigments like carotenoids.
Therefore, eggs are undoubtedly among the healthiest foods you can have, and to reap all their benefits, make sure you eat them boiled the most. Yet, note that you should eat no more than 3 eggs if you suffer from heart issues or diabetes.

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Teacher members of the Music Teachers’ Association of California, Conejo Valley Branch and their students have access to the excellent educational and performance oriented programs offered by the Music Teachers’ Association of California (MTAC) and the Southern California Junior Bach Festival (SCJBF).
The MTAC has developed ten different music education and performance oriented programs. Notable programs include the 83-year-old Certificate of Merit (CM) examination, Composers Today, and VOCE. The Certificate of Merit program is the MTAC’s longest running educational/performance program and currently serves approximately 30,000 participants each year. Sixty-three years old, Composers Today examines and critiques the compositions of students and teachers. Finally, since 1970, VOCE – Voice, Orchestral Instruments, Chamber Ensembles – has given young vocalists and instrumentalists, performing solo and in ensembles, a forum for competitive and non-competitive evaluation.
For further information regarding CM, Composers Today, VOCE, and the Southern California Junior Bach Festival please click Learn More or visit www.mtac.org or www.scjbf.org Also, visit the state MTAC website to learn about other programs offered by the MTAC.


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ESTILL, MARY SEXTON (1901–1982). Mary Sexton Estill, teacher and author, was born on April 28, 1901, in Huntsville, Texas, to Loulie Sharpe (Sexton) and Harry Fishburne Estill. Her great-grandfather, Daniel L. Richardson, fought at San Jacinto. She received a B.A. degree from Columbia University, New York. After researching in London, she wrote a thesis comparing methods of public education in Great Britain and the United States, for which she received an M.A. degree from Columbia. She taught in Marshall, Trinity, Greenville, Huntsville, and other Texas towns, and on the college level at Stephen F. Austin State University, West Texas State University, and Sam Houston State University. In 1970 she wrote a history of Sam Houston State University of which her father was fifth president. She preserved much Texas history with her writings, which included articles for several historical journals. She was active in many historic and educational organizations and was one of the earliest Presbyterian woman elders. She was a leader in integration in her area. She started the first interdenominational and interracial organization for improving housing for low-income citizens in Walker County. For her community service, the town named a street in her honor. She died on June 23, 1982, and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Huntsville.
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Gary Moore was associated with many guitar brands over his career, but the guitar Gary was most associated with was the Gibson Les Paul. Gary Moore’s 1959 Les Paul Standard guitar was famed for its distinctive out-of-phase sound attributed to a possible pickup repair, where by the magnet in the neck pickup had been flipped, causing the out of phase sound when combined with the bridge pickup. The guitar was originally owned by Peter Green. Green sold the guitar to his younger friend Gary Moore in 1974 for the price that Gary got from selling a Gibson SG, his main guitar at that time. Gary used the guitar over the next 30 plus years, on hits such as Parisienne Walkways, which was his best-known song. The guitar is now owned by Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett who purchased the guitar, a number of years after Gary had sold it, for an undisclosed amount.
Also associated with a 1961 Fender Stratocaster, which was purchased by Gary Moore in 1981. The guitar was almost sold to Greg Lake ex of Emerson, Lake and Palmer who was originally viewing the guitar, but Gary Moore had tried it out and liked the sound of the guitar acoustically. Gary had his fingers crossed and thinking ‘please don’t buy it, please don’t buy it!’ Greg passed on the guitar as it was not in pristine condition, and so Gary made a deal and the guitar was his. The Red Strat also known as the Pink Strat was extensively used by Gary on Corridors of Power along with others over the years to come.
The Red Strat was used on many live performances, most notably at the Fender 50th Anniversary show held at Wembley Arena, north London, in 2004, when Gary performed Red House, by Jimi Hendrix. The Neck pickup was rewound by well known pickup maker Seymour Duncan in 1998. Fender Guitars launched a custom shop tribute replica of the Red Strat, in 2016, which was undertaken by Fender master builder John Cruz.


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PTE Pairings at the Palm Room 2015
Monday, February 2, 2015, 7:30 pm
PTE Pairings at the Palm Room Lounge
with special guests Raoul Bhaneja & Divine Brown
A three-course dinner with Raoul and Divine in the glorious Palm Lounge of the Hotel Fort Garry!Kenaston Wine Market will be working their wine-pairing magic to enhance the chef's creations for your delectation.
Raoul and Divine will also perform for you and talk about their experiences of creating and touring Life, Death and The Blues.
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The Henrietta Volunteer Fire Department responded to a report of smoke at the Clay County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday morning.
Sheriff Kenny Lemons said a dryer in the building overheated, causing towels in the machine to begin to burn. No damage was caused to the building and no personnel or inmates were in jeopardy. The HVFD was called out at 7:35 a.m.
Smoke was limited to a mechanical room and the vehicle bay. The towels were removed from the dryer and soaked with water before firefighters arrived.

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AFK Arena Tips & Tricks
These are some quick and easy tips that I wish I’d of known when just starting out in AFK Arena.
Got your own? Comment them down below!
Join a guild
Joining a guild gives you access to guild bosses which reward currency that can then be spent on gear at the guild store. It’s basically free gear with no downside.
It can even stock legendary & mythic items if you have high enough campaign progress. The gear can also have a faction bonus, but it’s semi-rare and random.
Max out your friends list
Not only will you get free heroes from it via the companion points, but you can also use their heroes for team bounty missions and union buffs in the library.
Don’t be afraid to remove inactive people because you will be missing out if the people on the list aren’t active.
Collect AFK Rewards regularly
AFK Rewards can only accumulate for a maximum of 12 hours. After that time period you won’t earn anymore rewards at all. Make sure to collect them regularly or you’ll slow down your progress quite significantly.
Stuck on a level? Keep trying!
Every single attempt at a level is different due to the AI and the random nature of stats such as crit and dodge. Some of them can just take a bit of luck to complete.
Unless your team is severely underpowered, there’s always a chance that you can just randomly get past a level by continually attempting it.
Do all daily and weekly quests
It might go without saying, but this is an important thing to do. Not just for yourself, but also for your guild.
Complete all bounty quests
This is another “obvious” thing to do, but it is worth mentioning. The rewards are a nice bonus, especially for diamonds.
The bounty board can also be upgraded, but you need to complete a certain amount quests to unlock each level. This is basically time-gated, so it’s important that you do it every day because there is currently no other way to add more bounty quests per day to catch up if you miss out.
Buy “Hero’s Essence” for gold from the store every day
You might not need it now, but eventually hero’s essence will become a large barrier to progress as you need A LOT of it to level up all of your heroes past certain thresholds. It starts to get extremely expensive at level 181 when it costs 25k essence PER HERO.
Don’t buy gear with diamonds early on
Heroes are much more valuable and harder to obtain.
IF you do want to buy gear, there is a vendor that shows up in the arcane labyrinth that has gear available to buy at a 40% discount. This can include legendary and mythic gear if you have high enough campaign progress.
Retire Common Heroes (Green)
These heroes are extremely weak and basically useless. Retiring them will reward you with hero’s essense, which is used to level up heroes past certain points and is very important for progression.
If you don’t have a lot of heroes yet, then you can also use commons for bounties instead.
Complete 100% of each peaks of time adventure
Five powerful artifacts that can be found inside treasure chests found within the Peaks of Time mini-adventures. These are unique items that cannot be obtained from anywhere else. If you don’t have them, you’re missing out.
You can’t just go and complete every adventure instantly though. Each one has campaign progress requirements and a certain amount of chests must be obtained from the previous adventure.
Lots of other rewards are available from the treasure chests, so make sure to do 100% of each adventure as soon as you unlock them.
Buy the Epic Hero Soulstones first with Hero Coins
When you retire heroes you’re compensated with Hero Coins, which can be spent at the Barracks store. It’s best to save up enough of these to buy the Epic Soulstones first. The Rare Soulstones are too random and your chances of obtaining enough of the same hero to make one epic is not really worth it.
Use a team that has at least one of each class
There’s 3 different “classes” in AFK Arena, although they aren’t really listed as classes.
They are: Strength, Agility and Intelligence.
Heroes of each class can only wear gear made for that class. So Brutus for example can only use Plate Armor and Heavy Weapons, where as Vurk can use Leather Armor and Light Weapons.
If you have none or too many of a certain class it can hinder your progress as you won’t be splitting the gear you obtain evenly. If you have none of a certain class in your team, any gear you receive of that type is basically sitting in your bag wasted aside from using it as fodder for enhancing.
There isn’t a varied selection of gear with different stats either, all heroes of the same class will use the exact same gear if the rarity is the same.
Don’t use Fast Rewards until you’re stuck for that day
The rewards you gain from Fast Rewards are connected to your campaign progress. The higher you are, the more rewards you get.
It might be tempting to instantly use Fast Rewards when you first login, but it’s better to wait until you’ve done everything else and tried the stage again for the chance of passing it and increasing the gains from Fast Rewards.
This isn’t going to make a huge difference, but it’s good if you want to min-max your EXP/Gold/Essence gain.
Save your Hourglasses until you’re hard stuck at a stage
Same principle as the Fast Rewards. Hourglasses scale with your campaign progress. You want to save them until you’re hard stuck at a stage, so that you maximize your gains.

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Stormzy made his impromptu return to the music scene on Thursday night with the surprise release of his new single Mel Made Me Do It.
The chart-topping rapper’s new track was released alongside its 11-minute music video, which has already got everyone talking – thanks in no small part to its seemingly-never-ending list of celebrity cameos.
To say the Mel Made Me Do It video is star-studded would be a definite understatement, with everyone from Stormzy’s music industry peers to pioneering sports personalities putting in appearances.
The song also makes reference to footballer manager José Mourinho’s iconic “if I speak I am in big trouble” moment.
It’s fitting, then, that the man himself also makes a cameo in one scene in which he shares the screen with the Vossi Bop rapper.
Towards the end of Stormzy’s video, he also pays tribute to pioneers in Black British culture, with a spoken-word section performed by Michaela Coel.
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After releasing his debut Gang Signs & Prayer in 2017, the grime star has headlined Glastonbury, scooped three Brit Awards and topped the UK singles chart three times with Vossi Bop, Own It and the Ed Sheeran collaboration Take Me Back To London.
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(Studio) Opposition to junk food grows further than just warnings to children and adults about consequences of eating it.
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Milk is a protective food that offers almost all nutrients necessary for growth and development. It is for this reason that Mother's milk is universally recommended for the new born babies as long as possible. While the first 6 months period is critical for the baby to survive, Mother's milk guarantees its health if free from in-born diseases. It is during the later part of its growth when baby is weaned away from Mother's milk that it needs supply of essential nutrients for continued growth and milk from cows and buffaloes is most commonly used, especially by vegetarian population for meeting the requirements Calcium, Proteins and a few other nutrients not available adequately from other food sources. In some parts of the world milk from Goat and Camel is popular either because the most common milk yielding animals do not proliferate there or due to local consumption habits. Camels are part of life in Dessert areas like Middle East used commonly as a transportation mode but its potential as a source of milk is now being recognized. UAE is the pioneer in promoting Camel Milk which is being exported in some quantities out side the region, probably for health conscious consumers because of its unique composition.
"Camel is a vital part of Arabian culture and tradition and its milk is an important component of the diet in the UAE and other Arab countries. Today camel milk is very important for human survival in many different countries. There are 18 million camels in the world which support the survival of millions of people in arid and semi-arid areas," the paper noted. Abdul Rahman said camel milk has a sweet and sharp taste normally, but at times it can taste salty and other times it tastes watery. "The quality of milk is affected by the number of calves, the age of the animal, the stage of lactation, the quality and quantity of feed, as well as the amount of water available. Talking about the benefits of camel milk, she said that camel milk is a rich source of proteins with potential anti-microbial and protective activity. "Some proteins are not found in cow milk, or only in minor concentrations. Camel milk need not be boiled as much as that of cow's or goat's. Strong in flavour, it must be drunk slowly to allow the stomach to digest it," said AbdulRahman. She said several studies have been conducted in connection with camel milk composition. "They point out that the fat content per unit in cow milk is 3.8% whereas it is 1.8% - 3.8% in camel milk. Vitamin C and Niacin are very higher in camel milk. Vitamins and proteins are different than in cow milk. "Camel milk also has a longer shelf life compared with other types of milk due to the presence of some special and strong compounds and this finding carries great importance to the people living in desert areas were cooling facilities were not available. The values of Lactoferrin and immunoglobulin were estimated slightly higher in camel milk than those reported in cow milk," she said.
The fact that Camel milk can be consumed without pasteurization because of the presence of some anti-bacterial substances lends itself to use in desert regions with least safety problem. But the digestibility issue is some thing which needs to be investigated as it could be due to presence of either some enzyme inhibitors or the complex nature of proteins present. Whether Camel milk will ever be a commercial proposition is uncertain because its value to the owners as a me is much more than income derived from milk extracted. Also not known is whether popular products like butter or cheese or yogurt can be made from Camel milk with acceptable characteristics.

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If there’s one thing Metro Detroiters are passionate about (besides cars), it’s sports. And if you’re a soccer fan, you know the meaning of true passion.
The Detroit City Football Club was founded three years ago, and has garnered a diehard legion of fans since it began in 2012. The Detroit City FC, as it is better known, is a member of the National Premier Soccer League, and all home games are played at Detroit’s Cass Tech High School.
Your Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers are the first ever title sponsor of Detroit City FC, and as such, the front of players’ home and away jerseys are emblazoned with the Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers logo for the 2015 season. Additionally, the partnership will introduce new programs this season including online streaming of home games and youth clinics this summer.
“We have been waiting for the right partner: one that would make a splash, that was based in Detroit and that our supporters and community had a connection to,” Alex Wright, one of five owners of Detroit City FC, said. “Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers was just the partner we were looking for. It’s a great fit because the relationship is about more than a logo on a jersey or in a program. For example, we are working together to promote the game, by conducting soccer clinics all across Metro Detroit.”
The club’s motto is “Passion for Our City, Passion for the Game,” and Detroit City FC brings that saying to life on and off the field.
“Detroit and the sport of soccer have always been a good match, at times they have both been counted out or scoffed at, but to the people that give them a chance, they find out it was well worth it,” Wright said. “I think my favorite part about being a part of Detroit City FC is that the club has won over so many fans, and reignited the passion of many others.”
For more on Detroit City FC, and to purchase tickets, visit the official website.
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Multimodal interactions in a carbonated beverage system.
PhD thesis, University of Nottingham.
Predicting flavour perception is complicated by interactions occurring both within and across sensory modalities, but understanding these interactions and the resulting multimodal integration is crucial to the formulation of successful products. Despite the commercial appeal of carbonated soft drinks, few studies have examined the effects of tastant: aroma: carbonation interactions on sensory perception.
To facilitate these investigations, a citrus flavoured model beverage was created containing ingredients common in commercial beverages; water, aroma volatiles, sugar (glucose or fructose; equi-sweet levels), and acid (citric and lactic acid; equi-sour levels). The complexity of the beverage was gradually increased (influence of carbonation and caffeine) until the model beverage contained elements capable of stimulating gustatory, olfactory and trigeminal systems.
Samples, selected according to D-optimal designs, were evaluated instrumentally (APCI-MS measuring volatile release, rheological measures of viscosity), and sensorially (using a trained panel of assessors). Predictive polynomial models were generated from mean panel data to explain variations in the attributes as a function of the design factors.
The model beverages provided evidence that multi-modal interactions occurred within this model beverage system. Increasing both sugars and acids resulted in an increase in perceived citrus flavour which was not related to any alteration in volatile release measured instrumentally. Intriguingly, glucose and fructose showed different flavour perception enhancement profiles despite being used at perceptually equi-sweet levels. This difference between the monosaccharides was also evident in the predictive models generated for mouthfeel attributes. 'Overall fizziness' was dependant only on carbonation level and unaffected by levels of tastants. However, varying levels of glucose impacted on 'tingling', a relationship not mimicked by fructose.
Addition of carbonation increased perceived sourness, in agreement with previous literature, but results also demonstrated a suppressive effect on perceived sweetness. Interestingly, evaluation of non-caffeinated beverages revealed the perception of a bitter aftertaste, which was primarily driven by CO2 level, enhanced by citric acid, and suppressed by increasing sugar concentration.
In caffeinated beverages, however, caffeine concentration was the main influence on 'bitterness' and 'bitter aftertaste' attributes. Despite beverage manufacturers including caffeine as 'flavouring' there was little evidence to suggest caffeine concentration modified perception of citrus flavour in this system.
This project provides a comprehensive assessment of the sensory profile of a model carbonated beverage. Combining instrumental and sensorial analysis provided novel evidence of the influence of multi-modal interactions on sensory perception, and highlights the differential effects of two monosaccharides on several key sensory attributes.
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April 22, 2019 Board Meeting Agenda
Notice of Meeting
Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank
Board of Directors – April 22, 2019
PLACE: 235 Promenade Street, Suite 119
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- *Review and consideration of the minutes from the March 13, 2019 meeting of the Board.
- Board Vice Chair remarks.
- Executive Director’s report.
- * Review and consideration of a resolution authorizing the issuance of up to $40,000,000 Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank Safe Drinking Water Revolving Fund Revenue Bonds, Series 2019 A (Green Bonds) and $12,000,000 Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank Safe Drinking Water Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2019 B
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I received this for my birthday back in July and didn't have a chance to take it out on the trail until September. Of course my trip involved two days of rain, but I was confident that my WATERPROOF Osprey map wrap would protect my topos that I had printed out on regular 8x10 computer paper to save money from buying waterproof maps.
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Protects maps from dirt and keeps them generally clean and protected
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I had the Mapwrap strapped to my pack's shoulder strap for easy access while I was hiking. I did not look at my map the first day because I knew the section of trail, but on day two when I go to look at my maps they are all soaked and destroyed. The map wrap was still all sealed up so I am not quite sure where it leaked from, but man oh man does it leak.
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What is it that draws us to an area, makes us feel like staying and compels us to irritate our friends by asking them to help us move there?
We will all have our opinions, of course, but it’s time to set those aside in favour of the rigour of science. In this formal study, carried out in conjunction with South London University (Darts Team), we considered the Deserter ‘attributes of place’, composed them into an algorithm, ran the whole shebang through an IBM 386 ‘Windows’ computer and left it running while we went for a kickabout.
Below, we reveal the places the computer calculated are currently the best places to live. But first, a run-down of those criteria.
The proximity of alcohol is crucial. Even if you’re not drinking – say, when you’re asleep – it’s a comfort to know it’s there.
A local pub is ideal. Preferably a nice, welcoming one, with good beer and a pretty garden. Failing that, a nasty one will have to do. As well as a pub, a micropub, bottle shop and/or brewery tap room is a boon to any area. An offy is a bare minimum.
In Deserter-land, two types of cafe are required to optimise a locale: One lah-di-dah one in which the coffee is fresh, the pains au chocolat are light and fluffy and you’re free to lounge about all day sucking up free wifi; the other, a greasy spoon, where you can nullify a hangover with fried proteins beneath a blanket of chips, before waddling home to sleep it all off.
Does your house tremble as traffic passes? Do you have to keep your windows closed at all times so you can hear the telly? So you can breathe?
We live in the big city. We know that from our blackened ‘kerchiefs and particulate-filled lungs. So it’s nice to have somewhere nearby in which we can step outside it for a while and take a stroll in a fresh, edifying, green space or beside some water, on the way to that pub, perhaps.
Here, away from the urban cacophony, we can clear our minds, retune our souls and commune with nature – though be sure to you wipe it off your shoes before heading back indoors.
Despite the rise of Domino’s and Deliveroo, not to mention the lure of the sofa, it is a fine thing to have the option of one or two sit-in eateries on your doorstep. Being able to wander down the road for a sourdough pizza or a decent curry is what sets us apart from country-dwellers.
Experts are split on this one. Some say that the further away from transport links, the better, in order to discourage commuting. Others that good transport links allow you to reach distant pubs and stay in touch with those friends that moved across town. The ones you never see any more.
We tried explaining this to the computer but it kept asking for a one or a zero. In the end we told it to do one.
The London rent map makes for sorry viewing and you need to be on £200k a year to buy a two-bedroom flat at the Elephant and Castle that hasn’t even been fucking built yet, but there are pockets of South London that are, if not cheap, then less expensive than others.
We had our unpaid interns key in all the relevant data instead of taking a lunch break – that’s affordability, right there.
It’s difficult to put your finger on this category. Think ‘culture’, think some sort of ‘happening’, think weed shops.
It’s art, it’s live music, it’s interesting people. It’s a weekend street festival with those giant sausage rolls, an 8% elderflower cider and a sing-song.
Games are good for the soul so our attention was drawn to anywhere with a couple of goal posts; a crazy golf course, maybe; a tennis or basketball court, perhaps. Double points for shove ha’penny and bar billiards.
And that’s it.
Here, in reverse order, are the Deserter Best Places to Live, 2017. For the avoidance of doubt these are definitely the best places and all other places are not as good. At least until next year.
Brockley’s wide, quiet side streets may be a little too suburban for some but hold on, it’s got restaurants, it’s got green (Hilly Fields, Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries) and it’s got boozes aplenty.
Some say that Brockley’s Rock fries the finest chips in all of London, while Jerk Garden, The Gantry and The Orchard are all very highly regarded, not to mention Babur and the exquisite La Querce, down the Brockley Road towards Forest Hill.
Despite the arrival of the Ginger Line, Brockley remains more affordable than a lot of its rivals. Though with grub like that, probably not for long.
With its Sunday market and pretty no-through road ‘piazza’, featuring bars, delis and cafes huddled around the station, Herne Hill is a town planner’s wet dream, especially on market day. Less frenetic than its more famous neighbour, Brixton, it nevertheless offers plenty, just on a more manageable scale.
Yes, you can get cocktails and cake, if that’s what gets you going, but there’s also excellent beer to be had, most notably in the area’s two tap rooms, at breweries Canopy and Bullfinch.
On the doorstep is Brockwell Park, one of the finest parks in London. As well as providing elevation and a sense of getting away from it all, the park also offers such Desertery delights as bowling, free cricket nets, tennis, a lido and a lovely walled garden for a well-deserved sit down and a bit of puff.
Furthermore, Herne Hill’s erstwhile jewel, The Half Moon, recently reopened and its refurbishment includes new outside spaces, just in time for summer. Sadly the live music is gone, but the commendably kooky Off The Cuff, by the station, has stepped into the breach admirably in this regard. Other HH highlights include Manu’s kitchen at the Prince Regent and the velodrome with its rebuilt clubhouse, where you get to feel good by watching other people exercise.
Now as pricey as any other riverside spot, Borough muscled its way into the Top 8 by virtue of its location, its foodiness and, of course, its legendary boozers.
In Borough, you rarely visit just one pub. You’ll just be finishing a pint when someone will say, ‘Fancy the Porter?’ Or Rake. Sheaf. Head. Clyde. Oak, etc. And soon we will be able to add The Glad to that impressive list, as it reopens at the end of the month.
Borough Market has changed a lot since its wholesale era, but despite its transformation into a specialist food retail emporium it still offers the bustle of a working market and exudes the easy camaraderie of stall owners and workers; it still feels local, a place where people work together and drink together.
In addition, according to Half-life, Southwark Cathedral has the best toilets for doing sniff in South London.
Less self-conscious, less arch perhaps, than Peckham and Brixton, between which it sits, the rugged charms of Camberwell are kept under wraps by knowing locals who want to keep it for themselves. Yes, it remains the only place I’ve been stabbed – twice – but the computer probably considered that a plus, the two-bit tin tit.
Camberwell’s epicentre is a busy, polluted crossroads but it scores highly on ‘action’, with a lively arts scene and a disproportionately large selection of pubs, bars and eateries. New builds going up all around suggest a lot of noobs are going to be wandering around soon, so get it while you can.
Greenwich is still lovely on a weekday in January, but if you live there you have to be there on weekends and over the summer too, when it’s filled with tourists standing around gawping at old shit. But head east and the crowds dissipate to reveal decent boozers, The Pelton Arms, The Vanbrugh and windowless sports pub par excellence, Hardy’s. The Crown has a fine beer garden (more wiff waff) and puts on a regular vinyl night.
And, of course, you’re still within striking distance of the epic park (and the Plume) and right on the river, offering peace, space, walks and The Cutty Sark.
Eastward, towards Charlton, a new micropub, The River Ale House, has been granted a premises licence which may see Greenwich’s centre of Deserter gravity lurch even further along the A206.
With its high levels of deprivation and social exclusion, you may be surprised to learn that Deptford is also filled with art galleries, studios, dancers, luvvies and musicians, making the best of a place many of us simply pass on the bus.
The riverside, while lovely and watery in nature, is in another important respect, dry as a frickin’ bone. ‘Shouldn’t the entire river and creekside be lined with pleasure palaces of fine ale, cocktails, hog roasts and bad dancing?’ wailed Dirty South on the subject, not long ago. I can only concur, but you can bet the people in the new flats would moan about the sound of people enjoying themselves.
Deptford Market offers food, clothes and bric-a-brac, complemented by newer independent traders in Market Yard. Fuel up for the experience with a coffee at London Velo or The Waiting Room, finish off with beer and cocktails at the legendary Little Nan’s and then start making plans to pack up and move here.
This hilltop settlement would appear to have the lot.
With less expensive rents than more central areas (you can still pick up a one-bed flat for around a grand a month) Crystal Palace attracts both young professionals and, our preference, young layabouts, who in turn imbue the area with a vibrant social scene.
It has a food market, it has an antiques market and vintage shops, it has cafes, it has restaurants, it has breathtaking views and a world class park and, of course, pubs galore. Highlights on the triangle include the White Hart andWestow House. Down the hill towards Gipsy Hill stands the original Beer Rebellion, which alone is reason enough to consider relocating in our book.
For years overlooked as an adjunct to Peckham or a shortcut to New Cross, Nunhead emerged as our No.1 as the butterfly emerges from the caterpillar, or whatever it is they emerge from.
The smartened up Nunhead Green hosts three pubs, the Man of Kent, The Pyrotechnists Arms and the Old Nun’s Head, which between them offer ale, sport, music, comedy, fine roasts, an eccentric tea room and a distinct Irish flavour. I’d say which does what but that might spoil the fun. Just drop into them all.
Bambuni, the booze and grocery shop, was one of the first places I remember featuring a wall of craft ale, a portend for a beery future, and the arrival of brilliant micropub, the Beer Shop, made that future the present (and meant, finally, there was a bar on each corner of the Green).
Restaurants have popped up to complement the Crossway caff and there are takeaways, a bakery and a wet fish shop, giving Nunhead the feel of a small town, but one that sits in the big city. The grand space of Peckham Rye is nearby along with the sensational Nunhead Cemetery. What more could you want?
As if to confirm the accolade of Deserter Best Place to Live, 2017, Nunhead also has the lowest life expectancy in all of London. About the same as Guatemala. You may go sooner in Nunhead, but by God you go happy.
But our story doesn’t finish there, for so effective was our calculation, so precise the result that, incredibly, we were able to ascertain not only the best area, but an actual address. Yes, the best place to live in all of South London turns out to be… 19, Kimberley Avenue, Nunhead.
We stopped by to pass on our congratulations and a couple of bottles of something nice to Louis and Josie, who have lived at the address for five years.
‘To be honest, we’ve been expecting something like this,’ remarked Louis. ‘It’s obviously the perfect spot. Peckham’s on the doorstep when you want it, but we sit out on the green with a beer and give thanks for Nunhead. If our landlord puts up the rent because of this, we’ll sue you. Thanks for the Champagne, though. Oh, it’s Cava.’
And with that we all headed up to the Beer Shop for a drink-up.
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ID:ACE2_MOUSE DESCRIPTION: RecName: Full=Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2; EC=22.214.171.124; AltName: Full=ACE-related carboxypeptidase; Contains: RecName: Full=Processed angiotensin-converting enzyme 2; Flags: Precursor; FUNCTION: Carboxypeptidase which converts angiotensin I to angiotensin 1-9, a peptide of unknown function, and angiotensin II to angiotensin 1-7, a vasodilator. Also able to hydrolyze apelin- 13 and dynorphin-13 with high efficiency. May be an important regulator of heart function. May have a protective role in acute lung injury. CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: Angiotensin II + H(2)O = angiotensin-(1-7) + L-phenylalanine. COFACTOR: Binds 1 zinc ion per subunit (By similarity). COFACTOR: Binds 1 chloride ion per subunit (By similarity). SUBUNIT: Weakly interacts with SARS-CoV S protein. SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Processed angiotensin-converting enzyme 2: Secreted (By similarity). SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein (By similarity). TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in heart, kidney and forebrain (at protein level). Ubiquitously expressed, with highest levels in ileum, kidney and lung. In lung, expressed on vascular endothelial and airway epithelial cells. INDUCTION: Down-regulated in lung after acute injury. PTM: Proteolytic cleavage by ADAM17 generates a secreted form (By similarity). DISRUPTION PHENOTYPE: Mice are viable and fertile, exhibit normal kidney and lung function, but show a severe reduction in cardiac contractility, and are highly sensitive to severe acute lung failure. Transgenic mice overexpressing ACE2 in the heart appear healthy but show conduction disturbances and ventricular arrhythmias which can lead to sudden death. SEQUENCE CAUTION: Sequence=BAB40431.1; Type=Frameshift; Positions=784;
The RNAfold program from the Vienna RNA Package is used to perform the secondary structure predictions and folding calculations. The estimated folding energy is in kcal/mol. The more negative the energy, the more secondary structure the RNA is likely to have.
ModBase Predicted Comparative 3D Structure on Q8R0I0
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Orthologous Genes in Other Species
Orthologies between human, mouse, and rat are computed by taking the best BLASTP hit, and filtering out non-syntenic hits. For more distant species reciprocal-best BLASTP hits are used. Note that the absence of an ortholog in the table below may reflect incomplete annotations in the other species rather than a true absence of the orthologous gene.


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Southern Metropolis Daily said Zhang Shuhong, CEO of Lee Der Industrial Co. Ltd., hanged himself in a company warehouse.
Earlier in August, U.S. toy distributor Mattel Inc. recalled 967,000 pre-school toys being sold under the Fisher-Price brand, saying the Chinese producer had used a non-approved pigment containing lead. Following the recall, China's state department for inspections and quality control banned all exports by Lee Der Industrial.
The paper quoted a company manager as saying the paint had been supplied by the CEO's best friend. The scandal has cost the Chinese toy producer, which employs around 5,000 people, around $30 million, bringing it close to bankruptcy.
Mattel Inc. produces many globally-known toy brands including Hot Wheels, Matchbox cars, and their main product, Barbie dolls. The toys produced by the Chinese manufacturer included Muppets Big Bird and Elmo, and toys from the Dora the Explorer series.


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Job hunting with a DUI can be challenging. While it’s not impossible to find DUI friendly jobs, some career paths can be difficult to break into if you have an OUI/DUI on your record, especially if you’ve faced multiple DUI convictions in the past.
If you’ve been charged with a DUI in Massachusetts, then it will appear on your criminal record. And since these convictions will appear on your record, some employers (but not all) will be able to see it on your CORI, or “Criminal Offender Record Information.” Massachusetts employers are permitted to run a criminal background check on anyone who applies for a job with their organization.
Even if your prior case ended with a Continuance Without a Finding (CWOF), the state would still treat it as an admission that you were operating a vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. This means if you’re charged again, the original case will count toward the total number of DUIs on your record.
As you can imagine, this can make the job search especially challenging, as having even one DUI on your record can prevent you from being hired. So what should you do when job hunting with multiple DUI convictions in your history? The first step is to make sure you have the right expectations.
The Challenges of Job Hunting with a DUI
When looking through applications for prospective employees, most employers—approximately 90% of them, according to Nolo—will check out the applicant’s criminal record. However, Massachusetts has some of the strongest protections in the country for job applicants. For example, employers are usually not allowed to ask about criminal record information on written applications, and they have to get permission from you to perform a criminal background check.
However, if you’re a licensed professional—working in the hospital, commercial driving, insurance, or real estate industries—then a DUI conviction may inhibit your ability to renew your license. And if you have multiple DUI convictions on your record, then some of these career paths may not be available to you.
Still, job hunting with a DUI—especially with multiple DUI convictions—is not without its trials and tribulations. Whether you’re still dealing with a lengthy license suspension, or are in the process of trying to get your record sealed, it can feel like an uphill battle.
What Actions Can You Take?
Multiple DUI convictions are no small matter. If you’re facing or have been convicted of a third DUI, you probably have a felony on your record. Being convicted of a third DUI will entail:
- 180 days to 2.5 years spent in a house of correction if indicted and prosecuted in District Court
- 2.5 to 5 years in state prison if indicted and prosecuted in Superior Court
- $1,000 to $15,000 in fines
- 8-year driver’s license suspension
- Other court fees and fines
Those are some heavy penalties and could make the job search much more complicated. However, there are actions you can take to make things a bit easier. If it’s been 3 years since your misdemeanor conviction, or 7 years since your felony conviction, then you can request that your record be sealed. This will mean those records are not available to the public, including employers.
And if you’re facing another DUI charge, don’t hesitate to get in touch with a professional DUI attorney. It may be possible to fight the charges and get a verdict of “Not Guilty” in court, which would mean you might not have to job hunt with multiple DUI convictions.

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Ignoring the convenience of the poor people, private builders come ahead for redevelopment plans for their building only to gain additional FSI and gain extra bucks. Builders do not even bother to get in the hassles getting permission from TMC. They simply register these houses earn lakhs of rupees leaving behind the poor to face the future problems. The state had introduced various re-development schemes for the poor but these schemes have today become a way of corruption for builders. Similar case can be seen at Louiswadi in Thane where a 7-storyed building has been constructed illegally. 40 years back instead of this building there were 13 chawls, but with the passage of time local residents were lured into re-development schemes. But who does not want a redeveloped home with and hence these chawls were redeveloped into a building by Bhanushali Shamal and Thomas Louis builders. As per the rules, before applying for any redevelopment scheme, builders must seek permission from the Town Planning department. Many believe that builders do not take permit from TMC so that they can illegally get additional FSI. It’s a depressing situation for these residents now as the builder has not bothered to take permission from the Town Planning Department or TMC. Take a look at what the builder has to say on this. When asked that the building was illegal, the builder gave the ruse of poor people. TMC had even sent numerous notices to the builder which the builder has conveniently ignored. When we tried to speak to the assistant commissioner of TMC Encroachment dept. Ranganath Wagh refused to comment and started informing us about the actions taken by them in the early days. It is believed that it is the nexus of builders, political leaders and TMC officials themselves because of which such illegal buildings are flourishing in Thane. With cameraperson Ravi Nikam, Monica Bhosale for NMTV news.
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Carta, D. and Qiu, D. and Guerry, P. and Ahmed, I. and Abou Neel, E.A. and Knowles, J.C. and Smith, M.E. and Newport, R.J. (2008) The effect of composition on the structure of sodium borophosphate glasses. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 354 (31). pp. 3671-3677. ISSN 0022-3093.
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Glasses in the system 40(P2O5)-x(B2O3)-(60-x)(Na2O) (10 <= x <= 30 mol%) have been prepared by the melt-quenching technique. Thermal properties were studied using differential thermal analysis and the relationship between composition and thermal stability was obtained. Structural characterization was achieved by a combination of experimental data (infrared and Raman spectroscopy, B-11 and P-31 solid state NMR). In particular, variations in the phosphate network structure upon addition of B2O3 and Na2O were investigated. Analysis of the data indicates that with increasing B2O3 content and decreasing Na2O, the glass network shows increasing levels of cross-linking between phosphate and borate units. Evidence of direct B-O-P bonds was observed. In the compositional range investigated, borate groups contain boron almost exclusively in four-fold coordination.
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Efforts by the major broadcasters to protect their business models against technological innovations hit legal roadblocks in two New York courtrooms on Wednesday. In one, a federal judge granted the DISH satellite service a temporary restraining order that in effect blocks Fox from pursuing a copyright infringement lawsuit against it over its ad-skipping Hopper DVR until a July 2 hearing, at which the court will decide whether to enjoin all of the networks from pursuing further legal action over the DVR. In a separate case, lawyers representing the television networks reportedly responded awkwardly to questions about how the new Aereo system backed by media entrepreneur Barry Diller was any more threatening to them than the DVR. And when CBS exec Martin Franks was asked how much his company would lose if Aereo continued to exist, he replied, "I don't know enough about Aereo now to calculate that harm."
'Wilson', starring both Dern and Harrelson, is released in U.S. cinemas on March 24th.
At just 13, Robert Irwin is continuing his father’s legacy and he’s just as enthusiastic about animals as his dad.
Madonna adopted twins Esther and Stella from Malawi earlier this month.


Circuit Breakers 2 - Instant Video
This 57-minute video explains the basic principles of circuit breaker maintenance. It describes how to inspect a circuit breaker, how to check a circuit breaker for proper operation, and how to perform an overhaul including disassembly, inspection, and reassembly.
General Circuit Breaker Maintenance – 9 minutes
Describes routine circuit breaker status checks. Describes the purpose of isolating a breaker from its operating mechanism. Shows how to service circuit breaker components.
Operating Mechanism Maintenance, Part 1 – 9 minutes
Describes general maintenance checks for circuit breaker operating mechanisms. Describes maintenance checks for solenoid and motor/spring operating mechanisms.
Operating Mechanism Maintenance, Part 2 – 12 minutes
Describes maintenance checks for pneumatic and hydraulic operating mechanisms.
Air-Magnetic and Vacuum Breaker Maintenance – 10 minutes
Describes maintenance tasks that apply specifically to air-magnetic breakers. Describes maintenance tasks that apply to vacuum breakers.
Oil Circuit Breaker Maintenance – 7 minutes
Describes maintenance tasks specific to oil circuit breakers.
Gas-Blast and Air-Blast Breaker Maintenance – 10 minutes
Describes maintenance tasks that apply specifically to gas-blast breakers. Describes maintenance tasks that apply to air-blast breakers.


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Russia reported 820 COVID deaths in a single day on Thursday, matching a record set on Aug. 26, Reuters reported separately. Moscow recorded 3,445 new infections in the past 24 hours, the most reported in a single day since July 31 following a case surge over the summer, authorities said. There were 21,438 cases recorded nationwide, they said.
U.S. Olympians planning to take part in the Winter Games in Beijing next February will need to be vaccinated, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee announced Thursday, as the Guardian reported. Athletes who want to use the USOPC’s training centers and facilities must be vaccinated by Nov. 1.
The global tally for the coronavirus-borne illness climbed above 230.3 million on Thursday, while the death toll rose to 4.72 million, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University .
The U.S. continues to lead the world with a total of 42.5 million cases and 681,882 deaths.
India is second by cases after the U.S. at 33.6 million and has suffered 446,050 deaths. Brazil has the second highest death toll at 592,316 and 21.3 million cases.
In Europe, Russia has most fatalities at 197,834, followed by the U.K. at 136,143.
China, where the virus was first discovered late in 2019, has had 108,126 confirmed cases and 4,809 deaths, according to its official numbers, which are widely held to be massively underreported.


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“Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
– Harper Lee
A while back I wrote two essays:
Now, this comes across my screen (HT to Surak’s latest); The Empire of Lies Breaks Down: Ugly Truths the Deep State Wants to Keep Hidden:
America is breaking down.
This breakdown—triggered by polarizing circus politics, media-fed mass hysteria, racism, classism, fascism, fear-mongering, political correctness, cultural sanitation, virtue signaling, a sense of hopelessness and powerlessness in the face of growing government corruption and brutality, a growing economic divide that has much of the population struggling to get by, and militarization and militainment (the selling of war and violence as entertainment)—is manifesting itself in madness, mayhem and an utter disregard for the very principles and liberties that have kept us out of the clutches of totalitarianism for so long.
Read the whole thing. But here’s the conclusion:
Such evil prevails when good men and women do nothing.
By doing nothing, by remaining silent, by being bystanders to injustice, hate and wrongdoing, good people become as guilty as the perpetrator.
There’s a term for this phenomenon where people stand by, watch and do nothing—even when there is no risk to their safety—while some horrific act takes place (someone is mugged or raped or bullied or left to die): it’s called the bystander effect.
It works the same whether you’re talking about kids watching bullies torment a fellow student on a playground, bystanders watching someone dying on a sidewalk, passengers on a train filming a fellow traveler be raped without intervening to help, or citizens remaining silent in the face of government atrocities.
We need to stop being silent bystanders.
It’s time to stand up for truth—for justice—for freedom—not just for ourselves but for all humanity. Tomorrow may be too late.
Take heart and fight. Fight for the hard-fought, hard-won legacy of liberty. Fight the degenerate Left’s culture, take back the school boards, the town councils, the press.
Fight to restore the Constitution as the Law of the Land, not what petty black-robed tyrants deem it to be to suit the whims of their globalist masters. And should – alas – all efforts at peaceful protest fail and the avalanche starts for real, show them no mercy for they surely shall show you none.
Yes, we may not win… but we will certainly not win if we do not fight. Our children, our posterity, demand no less.


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American adults received an average of 206 channels during the month of May, but watched less than 10% of those for roughly 20 channels viewed.
Gallup’s tracker showed that only 45% of the American public said that they approved of the job Donald Trump was doing, with an equal number disapproving.
58% of US business executives were already using AI—particularly in conjunction with big data technologies.
Just 54% of business and IT executives said they were aware of AI, compared with 78% who were aware of 3-D printing.
A/B testing is the most common form of conversion optimization used among the client-side marketers surveyed worldwide.
Creativity remains one of the most important skills among successful senior marketers in the US and Western Europe.
Millennials may be just as annoyed by ads that block content as other people are, and many are turning to ad blockers to help combat that.
More than a third of consumers said they wanted to be able to easily share a mobile ad.
These days, 65 percent of Americans associate Super Bowl commercials with alcoholic beverages.
Legacy TV doesn’t only need to contend with the rapid ascent of subscription video-on-demand services, it also needs to face a new challenger: live video online.


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The decision by Maine Republican Olympia Snowe not to seek a fourth term foretells a change in the tone and functioning of the Senate – and not for the better.
It means that the Senate’s already tiny political center will diminish, with similar decisions by Sens. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and Ben Nelson, D-Neb.
Snowe said she had “no doubt that I would have won re-election,” and neither did anyone else. She won her last race with 74 percent of the vote, and had staff and a large war chest in place for this campaign.
The decision came abruptly, blindsiding the Republican leadership, an indication that there might still be more to come on this story. It also came late enough in the cycle – Maine’s filing date is March15 – that the GOP will find it hard to field a credible candidate in her place.
Her parting words were instructive, and one hopes, almost surely in vain, that they will be heeded by the hot-blooded ideologues vying to win seats in Congress.
“I do find it frustrating … that an atmosphere of polarization and `my way or the highway’ ideologies has become pervasive in campaigns and our governing institutions,” she said. And, indeed, Maine Tea Party-
movement zealots launched a short-lived attempt to
oust her as a Republican In Name Only.
In fact, Snowe was heir to the GOP’s great tradition of generally moderate to liberal Northeastern senators – a breed that, aside from Snowe, includes just her fellow Maine senator, Susan Collins, Sen. Kelly Ayotte, N.H., and Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, who faces a serious re-election challenge.
Scripps Howard News Service


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Subject: I have found a CD that I think you would enjoy
Tribute to the Lady
Genres: Pop, R&B
Digitally remastered edition of this 1959 album from the Soul legend. The sudden death of Billie Holiday would prompt a considerable number of tributes and accolades, none more heartfelt as that delivered by Sam Cooke. The... more »
Digitally remastered edition of this 1959 album from the Soul legend. The sudden death of Billie Holiday would prompt a considerable number of tributes and accolades, none more heartfelt as that delivered by Sam Cooke. The former Gospel singer turned Soul singer, who appealed right across the board, produced an album that was both a tribute to a lost artist and a statement of intent to a rising one. Whilst the album received little or no promotion at the time of release, it has since become acknowledged as one of Sam's finest recordings here it is once again in all its glory. Hallmark. 2010.
Very poor sound quality
Driftin'blues | 09/10/2010
(1 out of 5 stars)
"I'm a huge Sam Cooke fan and hoped this would be a great cd. This version by Hallmark Music was, however, very disappointing. Both shrink wrapped copies I received had a skip on the fourth track. Sound quality was uniformly poor with plenty of hiss and popping.
Sam's voice, on high notes, often gets lost in the distortion. It sounds as if the recording was transferred from a vinyl record to cd with no remastering. I have no complaints about the seller (Rarewaves) who ultimately refunded my money, but I can not recommend this cd.
I hope the copyright holder (Pickwick group ltd.) will one day locate the source tapes for this recording so that it may be properly remastered."


UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center is one of the U.S.’s most innovative projects. Over the past decade, WBRC has been called upon to shepherd its multi-phase expansion, most recently its Offshore Wind Laboratory. This 37,000 SF facility includes “super-sized” lab space designed for testing wind turbine blades and their components.
The design for this R&D project epitomizes “form follows function.” The challenge was to design a facility around the structural testing of immense wind turbine blades, up to 230 feet long, which would be tested within the space. Design options were limited by a tight campus footprint and the addition could not extend beyond the height of the original steel structure. The building also needed to be an example of sustainable design, given the facility’s mission of advancing alternative energy.
The architecture of the facility had to accommodate both static and fatigue structural testing, measuring a blade’s capacity to withstand wind and wave pressure both vertically and horizontally.
Sustainable design features include a 3,400 SF wall of transpired solar collectors along the long, east-west axis of the building, delivering preheated air to the heating system. Sixty high-bay skylights provide natural diffused daylight to reduce glare and shadow lines in lab areas, and seven light tunnels bring light to interior core spaces. The facility was awarded Gold LEED Certification.
Sustainability highlights include:
- Energy savings of 31% achieved through the incorporation of an improved thermal envelope, high efficiency glazing, reduced interior and exterior lighting power densities, demand control ventilation, variable air volume supply fans, process load heat recovery via a hydraulic oil to glycol heat exchanger, solar air heating, and high efficiency condensing units.
- Potable water use reduced by 47%.
- The project diverted 1,120 tons (95%) of on-site generated construction waste from landfill.
- 40% of the total building materials content, by value, have been manufactured using recycled materials.
- 26% of construction materials manufactured within 500 miles.
- 80% of the total wood based building materials are harvested from FSC certified forests.
- Refrigerants and HVAC equipment utilize compounds that minimize or eliminate their ozone depletion and global warming contribution.
- All indoor adhesive, sealant, paint, and coating products comply with the VOC limits of the referenced LEED standards.
- Lighting controls are installed for 100% of individual workstations and 100% of shared multi-occupant space.
- The project has achieved a minimum 2% glazing factor in 80% of all regularly occupied spaces.


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As a San Francisco-based makeup artist, Taylor Pham constantly found herself cutting and re-shaping makeup brushes for herself and her Asian-American clientele. She feels strongly that for the distinctive almond shape of Asian eyes, wide, flat brushes just don't work. Her goal was to create a tail at the end of the eye, and most brushes really don't allow for that.
Hence her line, Thi Cosmetics, was born. It's full of beautiful creamy and shimmery colors meant to compliment women with yellowy skin tones. Her tools are also pretty amazing, including a line of customized, tight-bristled brushes and curvier, shapelier applicators.
To read about her best-selling product,
Her best sellers to date are her her falsies (by this, I mean, fake eye lashes). They are meant to make your lashes thick, full, and natural-looking and also have a first of its kind invisible adhesive band. They're also packaged in tiny bunches, so that you never have to cut them to fit your eye. Buy them here for $15.