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Small hydrophobic or amphiphilic molecules
Extractable by nonpolar solvents (e.g., chloroform:methanol)
Include fats, waxes, sterols, mono/diglycerides, phospholipids, etc.
Originate from ketoacyl and isoprene groups
Simplest form of lipids, found primarily in plasma
-Esterified to glycerol to form triacylglycerol (triglyceride)
solid storage form of lipids, found primarily in adipose tissue (also mono and di forms)
major class of membrane lipids in all cells
(cholesterol) compounds and (glyco)sphingolipids linked with biological membranes
Energy storage, structural elements of cells and organelles, signal transduction.
Triglycerides (fats) degrade to glycerol and free fatty acids in response to hormonal signals
Released into plasma for metabolism primarily in muscle and liver
ex vivo hydrolysis by a strong base (e.g., NaOH)
One of the products, sodium salt of the fatty acid = soap
Structural elements of cells and organelles
Vesicles, liposomes, or membranes (plasma) in aqueous environments
Carboxylic acids with long aliphatic chain. Usually with an even number of carbons, usually unbranched. Saturated or unsaturated. Numbered from carboxyl end.
Common fatty acids
Short, medium, long chain. Essential and non-essential.
2-4 carbon atoms. n = 4, butyric acid
6-10 carbons atoms, n= 8, caprylic acid
between 12 and 26 carbons, n=16 palimitic acid.
Essential and nonessential
Cannot and can be synthed in body. Linoleic and linolenic are two essentials.
Central to carb and fat metabolism.
Single double bond (cis)
Two or more double bonds
Not conjugated, separated by methylene groups
Polyunsaturated FAs are classified into two groups:
ω-3: first double bond appears three carbons from the terminal methyl group
ω-6: first double bond appears six carbons from the terminal methyl group
Physical properties of fatty acids
Physical properties largely determined by the length and degree of unsaturation of the hydrocarbon chain
The longer the fatty acid chain length, the poorer the solubility in water.
Carboxylic acid end is polar, imparting moderate solubility of short-chains (
Fewer double bonds in fatty acid
Lower solubility in water.
Melting point decreases with
number of double bonds - Cis-double bonds place a kink in the linear structure, interfering with close packing, therefore requiring a lower temperature for freezing (i.e., lower melting point; e.g., oils)
Saturated lipids - the most stable arrangement is very close packing of the side chains
Most fatty acid double bonds
Associated with heart disease. Caused by hydrogenation of unsaturated fatty acids. Raises melting point of oils -solid at RT - margarine.
Oils can go bad
oxidations of double bonds can result in cleavage to aldehydes and carboxylic acids
Rancidity of oils
Fatty acids formed in
Liver and adipose tissues, mammary glands during lactation. Unsaturated fatty acids account for 2/3 of all fatty acids in body. Oleate accounts for 1/2 of total
Palmitate (saturated) accounts for about one quarter of total
Fatty acids are rarely found floating free in solution- can be complex.
Carboxylates (salt or ester) no longer bear a negative charge
Very nonpolar - insoluble in water
Advantage - storage fuel instead of polysaccharides. More energy present, more reduced than carbs. nonpolar and not hydrated by water - stored in insoluble fat molecules.
catalyze hydrolysis of ester bonds to glycerol and fatty acids for fuel or other purposes.
Glycerides+sodium hydroxide =
glycerol + fatty acids (soap- salt derivatives)
Forming soap - fatty acids emulsify oils in dirt – allows for removal of oily dirt with water – detergents; micelles, liposomes
Major component of cell membranes. Polar lipids derived from phosphatidic acid. sn-3 position occupied by phosphate esterified to amino compound - choline, serine, etc.
Second largest phospholipid class. Backbone is not glycerol, but sphingosine. Fatty acid is joined to sphingosine via an amide linkage rather than an ester linkage with glycerol
Contain various head groups, including sugars (glycolipids)
Found largely in the outer face of plasma membranes
Involved as cell surface recognition sites (e.g., red blood cells)
Long chain amino alcohol.
Sphingolipids determine this - terminal sugars on sphingolipid determine blood type. Galactose - B, N-acetylgalactosamine = A, N-acetylgalactosamine + galactose = AB, no NAG or GAL = O.
LPS. Bacterial endotoxin, core oligosaccharide - Bacterial internalization,
initiation of immune resistance
Long O-antigen side chains - LPS
Responsible for resistance to human serum, antibiotics, detergents
Lipid A: hydrophobic anchor
Interacts with host TLR4 to initiate inflammatory response
Fever, hypotension, Gram-negative sepsis
One sugar molecule
Galactocerebroside – in neuronal membranes
Glucocerebrosides – elsewhere in the body
Sulfatides or sulfogalactocerebrosides
Sulfuric acid ester of galactocerebroside
Brain lipids, but present in low levels in liver, lung, kidney, spleen, skeletal muscle and heart
Structural lipids that are present in the membranes of most eukaryotic cells. Plants (phytosterols)
Four fused rings
Three = six-membered
One = five-membered
Planar main body
Diffuse freely from the blood through the cell membrane into the cytoplasm of target cells
Only found in animal fat
Primarily synthesized (and only degraded) in the liver
Phytosterols block cholesterol absorption sites in the human intestine
Serves as a component of membranes of cells (increases or moderates membrane fluidity)
Precursor to steroid hormones and bile acids
Storage and transport –cholesterol esters
Oxidized derivatives of sterols
Do not have the alkyl chain found in cholesterol
Increased polarity compared to cholesterol
Move through the blood stream attached to protein carriers
Five groups based on binding receptors:
Vitamin D closely related receptors, but it is technically a sterol
Simple lipids that lack fatty acid component. Formed by the combination of 2 or more molecules of 2-methyl-1,3-butadiene (isoprene)
2 isoprenes c-10
Flavors and odors
Limonene (lemons), citronellal (roses/geraniums), pinene (turpentine), menthol (peppermint)
(C-15) – 3 isoprenes
(C-20) – 4 isoprenes
2 sesquiterpenes C-30
Precursors of cholesterol and other steroids
Not as common as mono, di, and triterpenes
Includes carotenoids (beta-carotene (precursor of vitamin A) and lycopene (tomatoes))
Polyisoprenoids or polyprenols
Consist of numerous isoprene adducts (8 – 22)
Side chains of vitamins K, vitamin E and coenzyme Q
Prostaglandins and Eicosanoids
Key mediators of inflammation
Derivatives of prostanoic acid
Prostaglandins (e.g., PGE1)
Blocks gastric production (gastric protection agents)
Used to treat infants with congenital heart defects
PGF2a – causes constriction of the uterus
Synthesized in neutrophils, monocytes, macrophages, mast cells and keratinocytes
Also found in lung, spleen, brain and heart
Responsible for inflammation in asthma and bronchitis and anaphylaxis
Particles found in plasma that transport lipids including cholesterol
Liver repackages cholesterol (and triglycerides) into lipoproteins
Chylomicrons: take lipids from small intestine through lymph cells
Very low density lipoproteins (VLDL)
Intermediate density lipoproteins (IDL)
Low density lipoproteins (LDL)
High density lipoproteins (HDL)
Different from lipoproteins - proteins with covalently attached lipids - Peripheral membrane proteins. 3 types: Prenylated proteins, Fatty acylated proteins
, Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked proteins (GPI-linked proteins).
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked proteins (GPI-linked proteins)
Occur in all eukaryotes, but are particularly abundant in parasitic protozoa
Fatty acylated proteins
Myristoylated and palmitoylated proteins (C14/C16)
Farnesylated and geranylgeranylated proteins (C15/C20 isoprene units)
Esters of long-chain saturated and unsaturated fatty acids with long-chain alcohols
Typically have fairly high melting points
Skin glands secrete waxes to protect hair and skin to keep it pliable, lubricated, and waterproof
Spermaceti – cetyl palmitate
Wax (from whale oil) –useful for pharmaceuticals (creams, ointments, tableting and granulation)
Brazilian palm tree – a hard wax used on cars and boats
Melting/boiling points are not usually sharp (most fats/oils are mixtures) - liquid. If shaken with water, oils emulsify.
Pure fats and oils are colorless and odorless (color and odor result of contaminants)
Butter - bacteria give flavor, carotene gives color
Calcium and magnesium soaps
Very poorly water soluble (hard water contains calcium and magnesium salts that insolubilize soaps)
mixture of sodium and potassium linseed oil
Sodium soap of olive oil
soft soap- shaving soaps are potassium soaps of coconut and palm oils

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Hello, it’s Aisling here. This is something I really wanted to write about and I think it’s important for everyone. It’s about following your dreams.
Sometimes it can feel like everyone is in your way, like you’re swimming against the tide and you don’t know if you’re ever going to get to where you want to be. Sometimes it feels like your head is just about bobbing over the surf and you’re feeling like maybe I can do this! Other times you stand up straight and you walk through that water like a boss.
Right now I feel like I’m drowning, struggling under the weight of the water. No idea which way I’m going or how to get back up but still furiously pumping my arms and legs in the hope that I can still keep going in the right direction.
I’ve been told I want to save the world. That would be amazing and of course I do. But it’s said in a condescending tone. Like that’s a bad thing. It’s very easy to save the world. We just have to show a little more kindness everyday. So really, the only way to save the world is if everyone saves the world together, one step at a time.
So yes, I do want to “save the world” and I know that I can, even if it’s just in a little way. So I’m going to follow my dream and my heart. And you should follow yours, because no matter what you do, so are you! Be a teacher and change a child’s life with the gift of education, be a personal assistant and help someone’s day run smoothly, become a singer and inspire others. Be a binman and make your town litter free! Follow your dream! Its your life and you’ve got to take it and show it who’s boss!
No matter who stands in your way or tells you that you can’t do what you want to do, do it anyway. Help me change the world.
P.S. Sorry for the little bit of a rant and please excuse any mistakes I made when writing this!

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CHOLENT RECIPE, JEWISH
Cholent is a Jewish dish. The word Cholent, aka Hamin, refers to a slow-cooked stew of meat, potatoes and beans. Other variation includes pearl-barley, buckwheat, rice, chickpeas, damplings, potatoes, kishke*, fat, meatballs, tongue, sausages, chicken or lamb and even meatless version, cooked slowly all night, hence, its a weekend gathering meal which is easy to prepare.
Immigrants arrived to Israel from all over the globe while each ethnic group brought their version to Cholent. The name derived from the French "chault" (hot & slow) and refer to the long slow cooking.
The smell which circulates throughout the house, heavy, moist and sweet, is irresistible.
My Grandmother was a wondeful cook. I used to sit next to her while she was cooking. I guess, my appetite and desire to the kitchen started there. She used to do home made Kishke, using a clean cow's intestine, as was the old days version. Today, you can buy ready made Kishke in any supermarket.
* Kishke - A sausage shape beef casing filled with flour or matzo meal and onion.
• 1 bag of dry beans
• 1 1/2 Kg. beef
• 4-6 peeled potatoes
• 1 onion
• salt, paper, paprika
• oil or goose/chicken fat
• 1 kishke
• 3-4 full tbls honey
• 5-6 cups water
• 3-5 eggs
A heavy pot with a tight lid is a must.
Soak beans in boiled water overnight . If forgotten put beans in hot water with 1 tablespoon of baking soda for 4-5 hours.
Pre-heat oven to 180°C / 350°F
Drain beans, cut onion to rings and fry in a big pot . When gold-brown remove from heat. Place beans on top of the fried onion and stir. Place meat in the center of the Pot. Circle meat with potatoes.
Mix honey with water, salt, paper and paprika and add to pot. Cook for about an hour and
remove from heat. Cool and then add eggs and kishke.
Cover pot tightly and place in oven for about 30 min. Reduce heat to 90-100°C / 180°F and bake for another 5-6 hours. Reduce heat to 50°C / 95°F until ready to eat.

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Most people in Maine would probably say that canning starts with rhubarb and strawberries. In fact, I was that person back in June as well. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen for me. I was able to freeze a lot of rhubarb, which I plan to make into something…at some point…but the strawberries were missed entirely this year.
Instead, my canning started with pickles and dilly beans. This is my first year making pickles. More specifically, bread and butter pickles. I never actually liked sweet pickles growing up, always preferring dill pickles, or fermented pickles. But a few years ago, we got a couple jars in our winter CSA. I decided to try them, and what do you know, I loved them and ate the entire jar! Having them on hand wasn’t a priority for me until I realized that my kids developed a taste for these pickles. The ones from the store just don’t compare!
I have made dilly beans before. One time. And they were mushy. I was not impressed. I couldn’t figure out what I was doing wrong. I followed the recipe to a T! This year I am trying a different recipe. One that I think will change things dramatically. Why? Because it didn’t call for me to blanch the beans first. I think that one little change will give me the crisp dilly beans that my children love…at least that is the hope.
This year I also had my very first broken jar. I think I had a pretty good record, 5 years of canning with no broken jars! And it wasn’t an exploding jar, so I was thankful about that. When I put the dilly beans into the canner, I heard a little pop. I thought nothing of it until I lifted the lid to see if the water was indeed boiling and instead of 7 pint jars sitting nicely in the canner, there was a jar floating. And of course when I tried to remove the jar…all of the contents ended up in the canner. I scooped out as much as I could though, and I think for the most part the jars sealed ok. We shall see how they do!


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Germania Brew Haus
a coffee house and taproom in one location!
Germania Brew Haus hopes to assist in rejuvenating the historic district in Alton by bringing community, gourmet coffee, and an appreciation for local craft beer to Alton’s Historic Downtown. GBH desires to create a setting in which patrons can learn more about their personal taste in the coffee and beer worlds, but to also grow appreciation for local craft breweries.
Germania Brew Haus will provide a location for patrons of all ages to gather and share in espresso-based drinks, craft beers on tap, and community events.

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This large 54mm version of the High Priestess is sculpted by Gael Goumon and is slightly different than the 32mm version. Perfect for the collector looking for a unique sculpt to add to their collection. All miniatures are unassembled and unpainted. All miniatures are unassembled and unpainted.
The High Priestess in 54mm resin
One copy of the High Priestess in 54mm resin. Unpainted and unassembled.

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Bangor snowboarder Aimee Fuller is relishing her Winter Olympics debut more than ever after sampling the Sochi course for the first time.
Much like Fuller, her snowboard slopestyle discipline is appearing on the programme for the first time ever and she has finally experienced the historic course in Russia.
It's not to everyone's liking though, with some competitors voicing concerns over safety after riding at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park.
Fuller is in the opposite camp and was lavish in her praise after tasting the course herself, so much so that she is predicting a stunning final on Saturday.
She must get there first, though, with qualification taking place tomorrow – and Fuller has vowed to ride smartly to ensure a place in the final.
"I think they have done an awesome job," said Fuller.
"It's probably the biggest and most exciting slopestyle course in history. I wasn't expecting something like this.
"It's mind-blowing – the course is extreme.
"It will be about who can be the most confident.
"It's probably one of the biggest courses we have ever seen," she added.
"I think it's going to go down with a bang. It's big.
"It will go down in history," said Fuller.
"This course is unique in that it has two sizes of jump.
"As this course is so progressive and huge I think it will be about putting together a clean run.
"For qualifying I think I will keep it simple. If I get to the final I will go all out."
Despite Fuller's laidback attitude, calls for changes to the slopestyle course were made and haven't gone unnoticed with the International Olympic Committee acting.
Fuller has only been in Sochi a matter of days but has already seen her fair share of drama and she believes it will be hard for snowboard slopestyle to ever replicate the 2014 Winter Olympics.
"I am blown away by the whole experience," she said.
"I am so impressed with what they have done in the Olympic Village," she added.
"The stadium (at the bottom of the slopestyle course) is insane," she added.
"I don't think I will ever have snowboarded in an event this big," Fuller said.
"In the last year we have seen a lot of progression. We're seeing girls doing lots of the same things as the boys."
Fuller is the first Ulster athlete in action in Sochi, her discipline getting under way at 10am tomorrow morning – that's the day before the opening ceremony.
Figure skater Jenna McCorkell is down to take part in the team event on Saturday ahead of her individual programme.
Skier Flo Bell has the longest wait, not hitting the slopes until February 18 when she competes in the giant slalom.
The British Olympic Association is the National Olympic Committee for GBR and NI. The BOA prepares the ‘Best of British’ athletes for, and leads them at, the summer, winter and youth Olympic Games. The BOA is dependent upon fundraising income to achieve its mission.

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After living in NYC for 20 years and having a Regional, Off-Broadway, National Tour and Broadway performing career, Kurt re-patriated to Chicago specifically to further his theatrical writing and directing career, develop new work on Chicago stages.
Kurt Johns featured VISIBLE SOUL "People You Should Know"
In this interview format, Kurt talks about his theatre career in NY and Chicago, SoloChicago Theatre, and creating Hello Kitty Must Die with Gail Rastorfer.
Read the interview here
Kurt Johns co-adaptor and director pitches Hello Kitty Must Die to 20 NY producers in a Zoom Speed Date Pitch Session set up by Theatrical Resources Unlimited. on July 19, 2020
Kurt co-authored and is promoting a darkly comedic, solo play called Hello Kitty Must Die, based on the indie novel by Angela S Choi. After successful readings in Chicago, New York, and LA, we're shooting for a world premiere production in the near future.
In April of 2019 Kurt was thrilled to collaborate with American Blues Theater to direct the Chicago Premiere of The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey starring ABT stalwart Joe Foust.
I remember in 2018 doing a phone interview for VoyageChicago eMagazine. I think I ran on a bit but I talked about how I got to where I was at the time. I was living in Evanston, working on getting Hello Kitty produced, talking about a Churchill tour,and about to go into pre-production in for The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey at American Blues Theater. Read the interview here
In 2016 SoloChicago produced it's second show, The Unfortunates by Aoise Stratford. Directed by Kurt Johns and starring Gail Rastorfer. It was given critical acclaim and won Gail Rastorfer a Jeff nomination for Best Solo PErformance.
In 2015 Ronald Keaton and Kurt Johns formed SoloChicago Theatre Company, whose mission was to bring to Chicago and develop solo plays and musicals heretofore unseen
In 2014 Kurt was asked to direct his friend Ronald Keaton's brand new one man show, Churchill . Kurt helped develop it for the stage and directed the production that ran to multiple sold out houses and extensions at the Greenhouse Theater Center. After finally closing at the Greenhouse it was determined to take the show to New York City, where Churchill played theater 5 at New World Stages for a healthy six month run, before coming back to Chicago for a return engagement where it won the Jeff Award for Best Solo Performance.>
In 2012, Kurt secured the rights to the regional premiere of Lysistrata Jones which was cast and performed by CCPA students on the mainstage at CCPA.
In 2010 Ray Frewen invited me to come work with musical theater majors at Roosevelt University's Chicago College of Performing Arts. For the next several years Kurt worked closely with upper classmen musical theatre majors on showcasing the works of contemporary musical theatre composers and their work.
in 2009, Kurt was thrilled to work once again with The Mistrae, those wonderful, talented, muselike women who performed THE MISTRESS CYCLE at the Auditorium Theatre until the premature closing of that production on Saturday August 8th.
He used to spend an inordinate amount of time running his company ARTZTEK LLC, which provides tech and Internet services to the arts world. Artztek provides web services for Victory Gardens Theatre, The Kodak Theatre in LA, Northwestern University's National High School Institute, The Women's Project in New York City as well as many smaller arts related organizations and individuals. Kurt's first return trip to Chicago found him working as a director/producer of children's animated videos for Getting To Know, Inc.
Kurt returned to Apple Tree Theatre where he has served as the Associate Producer, Artistic Associate, and casting director to direct PEN by David Marshal Grant, featuring his pal and erstwhile co-star, Hollis Resnik, Robert Allen Smith, and Austin Campion. It ran September 24 through October 19. It turned out to be a wonderfully strong production of a challenging and fascinating play.
Kurt directed Gilbert & Sullivan's IOLANTHE in the Summer of 2008 with his friend Rudy Hogenmiller choreographing at Light Opera Works in Evanston. It played August 16th-24th, got wonderful reviews and far surpassed ticket sales projections.
In the 2007 Season, Kurt directed the regional premiere of THE MISTRESS CYCLE, which played to rave reviews and was Jeff Award nominated in three categories, Best Production of a Revue, best Director of a Revue, and Best Actress in Revue.
BERLIN TO BROADWAY WITH KURT WEILL, which Kurt directed, performed at Light Opera Works to very positive audience response despite one very cranky review and even surpassed single ticket sale projections.
Kurt enjoyed stepping "onstage" for the first time in 10 years to perform the cameo role of Wib in CRIMINAL HEARTS at the Apple Tree, directed by his pal Ray Frewen. The Windy City Times called his cameo performance "chilling". In 2006, Kurt edited and directed a dramatic reading of excerpts from Goethe's FAUST, sponsored by the Goethe Institute and performed at the Smart Museum.
IRON by Rona Munro, which Kurt directed at "The Tree", was the Chicago Tribune Critic's Pick, was Jeff Award recommended, and Pioneer Press named Kirsten Fitzgerald in IRON best performance by an actress in 2007.
Kurt enjoyed directing
a staged reading of THE SEXUAL NEUROSES OF OUR PARENTS by Lukas Barfuss, which will soon have a New York production,
at the Goethe Institute. Kurt directed THE WATER
COOLERS at the Lakeshore
Theatre for which he was nominated for a 2006 Jeff Award as Director
of a Revue. Summer 2006 found him teaching master classes at Northwestern
University's National High School Drama Institute.
Prior to which, he directed the popular, well received THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST'S WIFEat the Apple Tree Theatre. In 2005 Kurt received a Chicago After Dark Award for direction of a play for the critically acclaimed VINCENT IN BRIXTON at Apple Tree Theatre. VINCENT also received After Dark Awards for Leading Actor and Production of a Play. In 1997, Kurt directed THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK at Apple Tree TYA.
In 1998 Kurt's theatrical performing career came to an abrupt halt when he lost his singing voice in a Julie Andrews-esque manner. Not one to sit on his injured laurels, and with the help of AEA, Kurt went back to school at Baruch College in Manhattan in computer network engineering. Prior to founding Artztek, Kurt was the technology consultant to Manhattan Theatre Club for a number of years, building computer systems, developing websites, and providing the technology guidance for the company's new home, Broadway's Biltmore Theatre. Kurt spent a year as the VP of technology for Broadway Television Network/Theatre.com, whose productions can still be seen on HBO. Kurt received the Local Hero Award from Alliance of Resident Theatres of New York for his service to not for profit theatres in NYC.
Prior to taking on directing, Kurt enjoyed a very successful career as an actor, including the Broadway productions of ASPECTS OF LOVE and CHESS, both directed by Trevor Nunn. He played Freddy in the Scandinavian concert tour of CHESS, was featured as Enjolras in the First National Tour of LES MISERABLES where he worked with John Caird. Off-Broadway Kurt starred in SHARON! directed by Geraldine Fitzgerald. Kurt enjoyed performing at Carnegie Hall in CHESS IN CONCERT and GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY: A SALUTE TO 130 YEARS OF THE MUSICAL.
Here in Chicago, Kurt performed as both the Soldier and George in SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE at the Goodman Theatre, where he also appeared in SHE ALWAYS SAID PABLO. At the Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre, Kurt received national attention as Hildy (Jeff-nominated) in the American Premiere of WINDY CITY, Baron Felix in GRAND HOTEL, and Harold Hill in THE MUSIC MAN. At the Court Theatre, Kurt appeared in PUTTING IT TOGETHER. At Apple Tree Theatre, Kurt was Jeff-nominated for playing John Wilkes Booth in ASSASSINS. Kurt enjoyed playing Che in EVITA for an extended run at the Candlelight Theatre. Kurt was honored with a Joseph Jefferson Award for his work in GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING at the Drury Lane Theatre. Kurt took on writing and producing credits for THE NOT MIKADO. Kurt performed in Virginia, Washington DC, and Detroit in the role of KoKo in that show.

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WASHINGTON (RNS) The Supreme Court agreed to rule on a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by a Muslim girl who claimed she was not hired as a “model” by Abercrombie & Fitch because of her black headscarf.
Author Archives: Richard Wolf
WASHINGTON (RNS) In its upcoming term, the Supreme Court will consider a religion trifecta: One case focuses on prison inmates. Another deals with outdoor signs. The third affects Americans born in Jerusalem.
(RNS) The ruling Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman marked the first time since the Supreme Court ruled against the federal Defense of Marriage Act in June 2013 that a federal court refused to throw out a state’s ban on gay and lesbian marriages.
(RNS) A federal appeals court panel in Virginia became the second one this summer to strike down a state ban against same-sex marriage Monday (July 28), making it more likely that the Supreme Court will settle the issue as early as next year.
WASHINGTON — The timing of the notice came after the Senate failed Wednesday to pass Democratic legislation that would have reversed the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision on the contraception mandate.
WASHINGTON (RNS) “Those who are bound by our decisions usually believe they can take us at our word. Not so today,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor said after the Supreme Court granted an exemption from the contraception mandate to Wheaton College.
(RNS) Apart from propelling the judicial winning streak, the landmark case has extended Edie Windsor’s 15 minutes of fame to a year and counting.
GUN BARREL CITY, Texas (RNS) Two men at the center of a legal fight over the state’s ban have become minor celebrities in this lakeside community, where they have a weekend home. But they still face plenty of opposition, including from family members.
WASHINGTON (RNS) The race to legalize same-sex marriage in the nation’s state and federal courts has become a self-fulfilling prophecy, fueled by an unbroken string of pro-marriage rulings since the Supreme Court first weighed in on the subject last June. As each decision strikes down state bans, it becomes more difficult for judges to ignore […]

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By JD LONG
CADIZ – In a move that caused a touch of dissention, the Harrison County Commissioners voted Wednesday to approve amending three previous agreements they’ve had with the Harrison County Community Improvement Corporation (HCCIC).
The previous agreements were from April, 2013, March of 2015 and January of this year. The dissention resulted from Commissioner, Dale Norris who cast the lone vote against amending the agreements. When asked later, his reason had more to do with how it went down.
“I don’t agree with how it was handled,” Norris said after the meeting noting that in past agreements everyone was on the same page. “I think in a situation like that there’s a lot of give and take.”
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Review: I waited so long in line as I was there during Jazz Fest but it was worth the wait. I had the vegan shake and the vegan mini black bean burger. It was hands down the best vegan burger I ever had. The shake was beautiful and tasted as good as it looked. I wasn't going to order it until I saw someone else with it. I was so glad I did. The people that worked there were exceptionally nice. Wish I had discovered it before my last day as I would have eaten there every day.


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A&E Television Networks' Biography Channel gains its first foothold in Southeast Asia on Tuesday as part of carriage deals with cable operators in the Philippines and Singapore, the network said Wednesday. The channel is operated by AETN's joint venture with Malaysian pay TV platform Astro, which also runs the History Channel and Crime & Investigation in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Biography's schedule will be a mix of Biography Channel content and local fare.
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Discovery Networks International announced Wednesday the integration of its India and Asia businesses, bringing India under the jurisdiction of the regional operation. Effective July 1, New Delhi-based senior vp advertising sales Rahul Johri will assume management responsibility for India as a senior vp and country manager.
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France's private networks have joined forces to launch a new trade organization, Association des Chaines Prives, to defend their rights and interests, the groups said Wednesday. Bertrand Meuheut, president of the Canal Plus group, will head the ACP for two years. All private TV networks with national coverage have joined the association, which was set up through the initiative of main terrestrial channels TF1, Canal Plus and M6.
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"Today" senior producer Noah Oppenheim will leave the morning show for a vp job at production company Reveille Entertainment. Oppenheim will take his new job in about a month. He will be based in Los Angeles.

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[caption id="attachment_536021" align="aligncenter" width="628"] Shahid Afridi and Javed Miandad were involved in verbal altercation over Afridi asking for his farewell match from PCB due to money Photo Courtesy: Pak Passion Twitter Account[/caption]

Karachi: Former Pakistan skippers Javed Miandad and Shahid Afridi have ended their week-long spat, wherein they both leveled 'money-centric' allegations against each other, by exchanging sweets at a mutual friend's place in Karachi. Confirming the news via a video message, Miandad admitted that his comments came in the heat of the moment and, therefore, he is now taking his words back. Accepting the apology, the former T20 skipper said that as the legendary batsman has taken back his words, he was ready to forget everything. A verbal altercation between the duo started when Miandad had claimed that Afridi was asking for a farewell match from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) only for money. LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: Pakistan vs West Indies, 1st Test at Dubai

 Afridi is like a younger brother. And I have already stated that everything is finished from my side. A lot of things happen in the heat of the moment. And I know that Afridi is still unhappy with a few things I said but I take all my words back, Miandad was quoted as saying by the Express Tribune. I never wanted you to say sorry to me because you are elder to me. You have taken your words back and that is enough for me and all my fans. I am also sorry for all things that I said and that might have hurt you, said the former T20 skipper.

Hitting back over the legendary batsman s claims, Afridi had said that money has always been an issue for the former, which separated him from World Cup winning captain Imran Khan. ALSO READ: Dawood Ibrahim bats for Javed Miandad; serves warning to Shahid Afridi!

Afridi further went on to say that it doesn't suit the legendary cricketer like Miandad to pass such kind of "irresponsible" comments. The 59-year-old, who was the part of the 1992 World Cup winning eleven, then accused Afridi of match-fixing allegations. He alleged that the former T20 skipper sold the country on the cricket pitch and that he had caught him red-handed during his coaching tenure some 15 years ago. Following the controversial remark, Afridi had decided to take legal action against Miandad, but later scrapped his plan after getting assurances that the former coach would withdraw the match-fixing allegations against him.

All Is Well If End Is Well.#ShahidAfridi & #JavedMiandad #Cricket #Afridi #Miandad pic.twitter.com/sJRbzc0kjT

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The video and pictures released show the two sitting together closely and exchanging sweets.


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text: I took pictures during my last build, so I thought I'd post them up in case they'd be a good reference. Here's a compilation of the pinouts for various DJI NAZA peripherals. Hopefully it'll be a useful reference for tweakers and modders out there, and will save you the trouble of shaving injection molded plastic connectors. But it's always a good idea to verify pin-outs with a multimeter! Some of the pictures are from the top of the connector, some are from the bottom. Apologies for the inconsistency, but I've tried to note it in each case. GPS: Puck from left to right: Yellow, orange, red, brown (Low, High, V+, GND). 4-pin NAZA (EXP) connector (from top): Red, orange, yellow brown (V+, High, Low, GND). PMU V2: PMU from left to right: Brown, orange, yellow, red. 4-pin NAZA (EXP) connector (from TOP): Red, orange, yellow, brown. LED V2: LED from left to right: Yellow, orange, brown, red (LED1, LED2, GND, V+). 4-pin NAZA (LED) connector (from top): Red, orange, yellow, brown (V+, LED2, LED1, GND). iOSD mini: iOSD mini from left to right: Yellow, orange, red, brown (CL, CH, V+, GND) 4-pin CANBUS connector: This will ALWAYS be: V+, GND, CH, CL (image from CANBUS thread in Multirotor/Mutirotor Electronics forum) BTU: THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT This cable throws you for a loop. You notice that there is a GREEN cable rather than orange on the BTU side. But on the NAZA side, it's the standard red/brown/yellow/orange cable. You have to strip a little more away to get a better picture: At the BTU side, the GREEN wire is actually YELLOW. And the YELLOW is actually ORANGE. I know, right? Lesson: Always double check cable continuity, either by stripping away the wire sheath or using a multimeter. Anyways, the pinout is as follows: BTU (left to right): Brown, orange, yellow, red (GND, CH, CL, V+) CANBus cable: as before, with clasp facing up, left to right it will always be: Yellow, orange, brown, red (CL, CH, GND, V+). Note picture is from the bottom.


The Old World is a top-down 2D Sandbox RPG (Custom-built Engine and Framework written in C++ interfacing with OpenGL via SDL) focused on a dynamic game-play as well as creating a rare interaction with the environment and AI inside the game.
The World is randomly generated, allowing for a fresh new start of an adventure every time you choose to create a new character. With an ever-changing World where history is made every second of game-time.
You're a part of creating that history, every choice you make will have an impact on the world, Whether it is a good or bad impact is your choice to make.
Villages may arise from only a handful of people and may in time either grow and bloom into a larger settlement or crumble and fall. Perhaps you will be one of the infamous few who have a thirst for destruction of a whole civilization, or you might be one of the few willing to overcome greed, theft and plundering in order to construct and build up your own Empire among the many roaming this world.
Whomever you may be. The thief, stealing for his or her own gain from all sorts of places, innocent people or large Empires. Maybe you'd prefer to wield the immense forces of Magic or a brutal Warrior. You have all of these choices and more, these are made during your history in the world, there is nothing pre-determined.
Everything is yours to change if you so wish.
The World is yours for the taking.
No Limits, Pure Sandbox.
I apologize for the lack of content updates as of lately, the reason being that I've been mostly implementing new base systems to allow for new features and fixing old core system after the new Map system switch.
But development has been trucking along nicely and with the current schedule we'll be starting internal testing of the Alpha to iron out any potential bugs/game crashes and adding in a lot more contents and graphical updates in the upcoming few weeks.
As you can see in the image below the Crafting List has changed quite a bit. The reasoning behind this has been that when you start accumulating more and more Items and gain access to more and more Recipes, it'll become very hard to navigate through a singular list of all possible recipes.
So instead of having everything in one list, I've split Recipes up into separate Catagories.
The icons on the right are the Main Catagories, i.e: Materials, Tools, Construction, Cooking, Weaponry etc. the next list is the Sub Catagories and then finally the Recipe Item which you can craft.
Now something very exciting about this new system besides the structuring is the system I'd like to call Compound Items. Which are essentially Items that are built up from lots of smaller ones. In the image below you can see a Bow being crafted by choosing the Bow Base and a Bow String.
Because of the final Item crafted is built up from smaller ones, it allows for customizability not only cosmetically but also in terms of properties.
A good example is Swords where a larger blade (such as a Claymore) will have a slower swing speed but higher damage and a larger range, compared to a smaller blade (such as a Scimitar) which has a faster swing speed but less damage.
In the image below you can see all of the current Stone Sword combinations that are in the game, Keep in mind the sprite-work isn't complete quite yet and there'll be more added to this list.
But it gives a good example of what can be created. Another thing to keep in mind is that these are only Stone swords, there'll be a lot more materials to craft Swords and other various things from.
Examples being Wood, Copper, Bronze, Iron, Silver, Gold etc.
I feel this addition to the crafting system will add a lot of depth and power yet in an easy to use and navigate menu.
Hope you all enjoyed the video and this article.
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To hardcode or not to hardcode.. that is the question..
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Oh, and your Activity Monitor is fucking garbage, Google Chrome using 140% CPU & Flash using 70%, Did you guys fucking fail maths?
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The solar inverter does a very important work by converting the DC electricity to the AC electricity. The electricity gotten from the solar array is usually DC, which needs to be converted to AC electricity for safe use. You can refer to inverter as the brain of the solar system.
Other Functions of the Solar Inverter
The solar inverter also provides ground fault protection and system stats. Included, is voltage and current on AC and DC circuits, energy production and maximum power point tracking.
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Since beginning, central inverters dominated the industry. Then, one of the biggest technology in the PV industry was introduced, which is the micro-inverters. The major difference between the micro-inverters and the central inverter is: micro optimizes for each single panel while central optimizes for an entire solar system. The implication is that: every solar panel can perform at maximum potential. When using a central inverter, once there is a problem on one solar panel, the entire array performance may be affected. But this is a non-issue when using the micro-inverters.
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Aaron & Partners named as Shropshire County Cricket Cup sponsor
5th April, 2018
Shrewsbury-based legal specialists will sponsor the Junior and Senior Slams
Shrewsbury-based legal specialists Aaron & Partners LLP have been confirmed as the exclusive sponsor of the Shropshire County Cricket League’s Junior and Senior Slam competitions.
The cup competitions, which last year featured 46 clubs from right across the county, will carry the name of the Oxon Business Park firm for an initial one-year period from 2018.
The 2017 competitions, which reached their climax in July, saw Shrewsbury-based Wem CC crowned as Senior Slam champions and Allscott Heath CC winners of the Junior Slam.
“I know first-hand how important the Shropshire County Cricket League, and the two slams, are for promoting participation in grass roots cricket across Shropshire,” he said. “That’s why I am delighted that Aaron & Partners is able to throw its support behind these two fantastic competitions.
“It’s very important for us as a business to play an active role in supporting the local communities in which we work and this deal reaffirms our commitment to the Shropshire region.”
Gordon Smith, Chairman of the Shropshire County Cricket League said: “We’re incredibly excited to have the support of Aaron & Partners for the forthcoming season. It’s a fantastic firm with a great team of people and we’re looking forward to working closely with them.
The success of the league and of the two slams depends on the backing that we get from our partners Henshalls Insurance and now Aarons, and that’s why this deal is so important to us and to the future of the game in Shropshire.”
The Senior and Junior Slam competitions get underway again in May. The 24 top teams in the league system play in the Senior Slam whilst the remainder contest the Junior Slam.
Pictured top: Mike Hall, Chairman of the Shropshire County Cricket League (L), Brian Kitson, Secretary of the Shropshire County Cricket League (C) and Richard Barge, Partner & Head of Family Law at Aaron & Partners (R)
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You may not think that cabinet doors in your kitchen are worth thinking over. However, if you’re remodeling your kitchen, you want to make sure that everything in there is to your liking. You will be using the kitchen and everything in it for a long time.
In order to learn more about different kinds of kitchen doors, we talked to experts at Kitchen Magic. Here’s what they had to tell us.
Slab Cabinet Doors
Slab kitchen doors work best in contemporary and sleek kitchen designs. And it’s no wonder. These doors are made of a single monolithic piece of wood, plywood or something else. You may also hear them called European style cabinet doors.
With no visible frame, these cabinet doors tend to favor the smooth and sleek modern design. So, if that’s your idea of a perfect kitchen, remember to ask your kitchen remodelers for slab cabinet doors. They will also be easier to clean – with fewer places for dust and grease to gather.
Recessed Panel Doors
If you’re not sure what you want from your kitchen design, or if you are not remodeling your whole kitchen, just the cabinets, recessed panel doors might just be your thing. They tend to mesh really well with most kitchen designs, so they tend to be fairly popular.
Not all designs work well with these kitchen doors – for instance, modern minimalist kitchens might clash with these, so consider slab cabinet doors for such designs.
With additional design options and a well-defined frame, these cabinet doors tend to lend themselves really well to various ornamentation options. If you’re a fan of engravings, arches, details and similar ornamentations, these cabinets might be ideal for you. They come with a huge variety of finishes and materials, so you can find the ideal option for you fairly easily.
Open Frame Glass-Front Cabinet Doors
This old-fashioned style of cabinet doors is actually making a comeback in recent years. If you’re not familiar with the appearance of the glass door cabinets, they are fairly simple – instead of a solid panel of wood or plywood as the front panel of the kitchen cabinet, you get a window.
There are different styles of these panels with just a single glass panel to multiple smaller windows with wooden or metallic frames around each individual glass panel. You can also choose between clear and opaque glass, and even colored glass.
Even though these kinds of cabinets are associated with old-fashioned kitchens, they can be adapted to fit a modern kitchen. In fact, depending on your choice of materials, lighting, and finishes, glass-front cabinet doors can work just as well in a minimalist kitchen as they would in a farmhouse style kitchen.
If you are looking for your kitchen to look more formal, perhaps you are looking for raised-panel doors. In households where the kitchen is the central room where people spend a lot of time gathered in this room, raised-panel cabinet doors are always a welcome sight.
The main reason is that these kinds of cabinets are also very good for ornamentation – their thick frames can be made of any material, but full wood is typically preferred. Naturally, these types of designs are more expensive than most other options, but they do give the whole room an air of quality and refinedness.
The name of the style comes from the fact that the central panel tends to be raised higher than other styles, most commonly to the height of the door frame.
Remodeling your kitchen can be quite a task and knowing what you want from each element is important. Hopefully, this article helped you with choosing the ideal kitchen cabinet door style for your new kitchen.
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The HPV vaccine is to be made available free to all women under 25 to reduce cervical cancer rates, Stephen Donnelly, the health minister, has confirmed.
Mr Donnelly told the girls and boys in secondary schools who missed out during the pandemic.he had written to the HSE telling it to outline a vaccination programme for women and a catch-up programme for
This follows new advice received from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (Niac) to “prioritise” women under 25 and current second-level students for the vaccine.
The advice also said “catch-up vaccination” was recommended for unvaccinated people under 25.
“This is an incredibly effective vaccine and I would like to see a catch-up programme rolled out as quickly as possible,” the minister said.
“We have a number of young women who were offered the HPV vaccine and didn’t take it at the time.
Niac is preparing new advice on whether to change from giving three doses of the HPV vaccine to just one, following a similar decision by British health authorities in February.
“We don’t have a date [for expanding the programme] but I am very keen that there is a funded, catch-up programme,” Mr Donnelly said.
A HSE spokeswoman said it received the correspondence from the minister on Friday.
“The HSE is working through the minister's request and will respond with a plan when stakeholders have been consulted,” she said.
She said HSE school vaccination teams had already been working with schools to ensure anyone who missed their shot while in first year gets a second opportunity.
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HPV is a common virus transmitted through sexual activity and affects men and women. It is one of the leading causes of cervical cancer, causing changes in cervical cells which if left untreated could lead to cancer.
Meanwhile, four pharmaceutical companies manufacturing HRT products met the minister on Thursday. They said they now have enough product to address shortages which have affected thousands of women recently.
“The suppliers are increasing their supply into the country, they are increasing the buffer,” Mr Donnelly said, referring to stocks held back to meet rises in demand.
“The manufacturers are saying it is here now, it hasn’t always been. Three of the four suppliers were saying they have significant quantities in the country, and they are confident they are able to bring more in.”


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Welcome to Day Six of the 12 Days of Christmas!
On each of the 12 days, the team and guests are sharing inspiration to get you ready for the holidays. Kendra Sand is sharing a way to dress up a variety of gifts today, so get ready to get crafting!
Remember, we are giving away a $25.00 YNS gift certificate! Want a chance to win? Leave a comment on each of the 12 Days of Christmas posts. The more posts you comment on, the greater your odds of winning. We will select 1 random comment, among all the comments left on the posts, as the winner. Comments must be left by Sunday, December 16th at 11:59 pm est and the winner will be announced on December 18th.
I’m excited to share two tags with you that I created!
For today’s project I grabbed the awesome Drink Tag Die Set! I love using this tag set to create not only tags for wine bottles, but they are perfect for hand soaps too. I give a lot of hand soaps out during the holidays and love having this tag set to create tags to jazz them up a bit!!
Aren’t they fun?!
I love how they turned out!
The tag set doesn’t come with any layers, so I like to create my own!!
I run the die through my Big Shot, cutting the pattern paper on what would be the front side of the tag only, not the top portion with the hole.
After die cutting it, I may trim a little off the top side if needed to get the look I want. Just depends on how big I want each layer to be.
For the darker purple tag, I die cut a few layers!
Here is a look at just one:
The smallest snowflake was created by die cutting one specific snowflake I wanted from the Snowflake Panel Die!
It’s always fun to get the most out of your products! This panel die is one of my favorites!! But it’s sometimes fun to just use the beautiful snowflakes from it!!
Perfect addition to my gifts!!
They would be perfect on Wine Bottles too!!


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What do you want from your next VR headset? That’s right – the next generation headset. Even those who have been following the latest trends of VR from the very beginning, perhaps even buying dev-kit’s before commercial versions appeared in 2016 probably have a thirst for something new. 2019 is certainly a year to upgrade your kit, but which path will you choose? Valve knows that even the most loyal VR enthusiasts want more: improved picture, audio quality, comfort, and improved interaction. And with the Valve Index, you get all this, however, laying out with a round sum.
Valve, of course, is not going to take half measures with its new device. The company is not trying to indulge the mass consumer market with a low-cost entry-level VR headset. She wants to demonstrate what virtual reality is and what it is capable of without going into the corporate segment. Index from Valve immediately looks and feels like the hardware of the premium class – and this is even before you go to the basic analysis of the entire system.
The cable is still there, but this shouldn’t really worry about resistant VR supporters who are well versed in using any of the main headsets. It is easy to put on, adjust and go straight to the update, but there are several factors to get used to.
First of all, Valve is committed to visual accuracy, and not to keep the built-in display (HMD) cheap. Thus, the system boasts a customizable LCD with full RGB, which, according to Valve, has 50% more subpixels than OLED.
Before you see the excellent quality of the screen, you need to wear and adjust the headset. Valve has made sure that its new device has as many adjustments as possible, allowing not only to perfectly fit it, but also to give the opportunity to join as many people as possible to the new device.
On the back belt is a system with a pivot element, which is beginning to become more and more common, providing a quick and easy adjustment. There is still a velcro strap on top, and under the headset is a manual IPD adjustment, which, apparently, has a fairly significant range. Much more unique was the adjustable “eye relief”, in the words of the company itself, thanks to which the controller on the side panel of the device moves the lenses back and forth. This feature is that Valve does not forget about FOV, as those who wear glasses will want to move the lenses further (reducing the FOV), while those who do not have or wear contact lenses can position the helmet lenses as much as possible. closer, making the field of view maximum. When the lenses are located as close as possible to the eyes, the FOV definitely seemed wider than the HTC Vive or Oculus Rift.
Valve also took a bold step by doing something rather unusual when it comes to sound transmission. The design made it possible to create a much more natural stream of clear sound that is pleasant to listen. Since the headphones do not touch the ears, there is no problem with comfort. On the other hand, the presence of this gap means that external sounds can also be heard. The fact is that in fact it is not so bad. In a noisy VR room, this may be a problem, but at home it probably won’t matter.
Until now, Valve’s Index was a dark horse, if not for one small leak. Knuckles controllers, which are now called Valve Index Controllers, have been published for several years, and Valve regularly releases prototype updates. In fact, the first acquaintance with these controllers is not as exciting as one can imagine.
Comfortable to hold with a fabric strap tightened around the back of your hand, they are equipped with sensors to track all your fingers. Each of them was accurately tracked, although the system begins to fail, if we move everything at once in a random order.
Controllers may look big and bulky, but they are not heavy or difficult to use. What initially causes difficulties is to let go of something. Grabbing the ball or any virtual object, and then throwing it. It just seems weird when we naturally grab, and then hold the controllers to release the item, but it works and works well. Another new small function is pressure, you can actually use force (shake hands with a robot, for example), which may have some interesting variations in the future.
And thanks to traditional joysticks, A / B buttons, trigger and trackpad, they are fully compatible with the SteamVR interface and backward compatible with base stations 1.0.
Naturally, in order to showcase their new headset, Valve wanted to get the best when it came to video games. And the best way to show how good new base stations 2.0 is is a crazy rhythm action. Not only is it nice to look at, it is also a great demonstration of tracking. Four base stations were set up to cover the three headsets of the Valve Index, which is very good for multifunctional spaces – tracking on the Beat Saber did not miss a single blow.
The new headset has to boast new titles, and Valve did not disappoint again. Stress Level Zero showed its game based on Boneworks physical interaction, which skillfully demonstrated the capabilities of the controllers, and also looked as if it were the best game of the studio.
In the number of games for the new headset, Hello Games’ No Man’s Sky also lit up and the first impressions are very good. For five minutes, the demo version allowed you to dig, wander around the planet for a while and take off into space. Teleportation was the only available movement option, but the studio stated that more options would be available, including smooth movement.
Valve keeps pace with the times, and to help new players get used to the controllers, the company has created Aperture Hand Labs. From a handshake to playing “rock, paper, scissors,” a demonstration quickly and simply helps to understand how diverse these controllers are.
For owners of HTC Vive who want to upgrade – the system is also fully compatible with SteamVR, so it will work with any VR games on the platform.
Honestly, the first acquaintance makes an impression. Valve managed to find a middle ground between promoting virtual reality and integrating worthy useful features. Although parameters such as eye tracking and rendering were omitted, no one forgot about them. Valve’s full-featured Index costs $ 999, which is a lot compared to peers, but as an upgrade option for current HTC Vive users, the new helmet will be available for $ 499 and this is a seductive choice for those who started thinking about switching to something better.
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This is the first of four Lighthouse structures that have existed on the Eddystone Rocks off the south coast of England.
Built in 1698 by Henry Winstanley it is the very first ever recorded offshore lighthouse.
Winstanley had great faith in his construction and is recorded to have said
he wished he might be inside it during the greatest storm that there ever was.
He got his wish as the tower was completely destroyed in 1703 whilst Winstanley was visiting the lighthouse to make repairs.
He and all five workers lost their lives that night.


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Kevin Lüdi is approaching the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals in Sarno with two titles: Rotax MAX Eurochallenge and the BNL Karting Series. The Swiss driver wants to conclude perfectly a great season in the shifter class.
A season started with a fourth in the Winter Cup in Valencia and then two titles: winner of Eurochallenge and BNL Karting Series. Tell us your impressions about this season...
I started really good in this year with winning all three heats at the Winter Cup and the final day started to get really complicate and I finished just on P4. From then on I had a great run trough the whole year. I was able to fight in each race for the podium or the victory and that was a big step to get the titles this year. I wanna thanks here again my team without them we would never have a season like that.
You will attend the RMCGF with two titles, in your opinion who are the most tough rivals you will meet in Sarno?
Yes the RMCGF its defently a big race again for me. I really like a lot the big and high races to drive. For sure the both titles will help me to bring a lot of confident and motivation for this race.. For sure the men to beat will be Kancsar for me a specially also because he is the titleholder.. I also expect that Backmann as a vice world champion and Schoell as a vice European champion will be in the mix like some others as well.
You defeated Ferenc, 2015 RMCGF winner. Is this a sign?
Yeah Ferenc had an amazing and unreal last year with winning every think he could.. So for me was a big honor to beat the current World champion and last year European champion.. I would defently say it is a sign!
How are you getting ready for this event?
I was testing in July at the track in Sarno with a Birelart kart and drove many laps so that was quite my preparation for this race.. For me a big point will be the mental strong to see who is able to adapt as quick as possible to the conditions.
Which are your plans for the next season?
I am still not sure yet, but i think i gonna try to defend my titles..


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Brazilian scientists performed a photo-oxidation reaction and converted methane into methanol at a very low energy cost. It is a real revolution, and according to the researchers, the best methanol conversion reaction has been achieved to date under ambient conditions (at a temperature of 25 degrees and a pressure of 1 bar). How did they do it?
Sao Paulo researchers published in chemical communication Describe the photooxidation of methane to methanol. This is a huge step forward in the fight against global warming, where methane is one of the most dangerous gases. Converting it to liquid methanol will not only reduce gas emissions into the atmosphere, but also provide us with a valuable resource for biodiesel production or in the chemical industry.
How was the reaction?What did the researchers do? First, they produced a photocatalyst for the reaction by synthesizing carbon nitride with basic transition metals (mainly copper). Thus, active visible light stimuli were created.
Then, photocatalysts were used in The reaction of methane with hydrogen peroxide. Methane is oxidized. The copper catalyst produces a large amount of liquid products, including methanol. According to the researchers, the reaction does not need to use a large amount of hydrogen peroxide, but rather a large amount of water.
Methanol without much energy? It is now possible
The researchers add that the method uses little energy It produces large amounts of methanol with relative ease. Evo TeixeiraOne of the study’s co-authors commented on future research:
Our next steps include trying to better understand the active sites between them and their role in interaction. We also plan to use oxygen directly to produce hydrogen peroxide. If we succeed, the whole process will be safer and more economical.
Scientists have now used pure methane in the photo-oxidation reaction, but they will try to collect it from renewable sources such as with Biomass.
Echo Richards embodies a personality that is a delightful contradiction: a humble musicaholic who never brags about her expansive knowledge of both classic and contemporary tunes. Infuriatingly modest, one would never know from a mere conversation how deeply entrenched she is in the world of music. This passion seamlessly translates into her problem-solving skills, with Echo often drawing inspiration from melodies and rhythms. A voracious reader, she dives deep into literature, using stories to influence her own hardcore writing. Her spirited advocacy for alcohol isn’t about mere indulgence, but about celebrating life’s poignant moments.


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Cascading carved gilt-wood swags as an apron to the side and front. Altona circa 1780. This area is now know as Hamburg, Germany.


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These 9 books tell the story of Laura Ingalls’ childhood and coming of age on the American frontier. Follow the Ingalls family as they move from the Big Woods of Wisconsin to the Kansas prairie, from a creekside dugout in Minnesota to the shores of Silver Lake, South Dakota. Destined to be read over
"THE LITTLE HOUSE COOKBOOK" by Barbara M. Walker (1979.) This volume contains lots of quotes and illustrations (by Garth Williams) from the Laura Ingalls Wilder books. It places the recipes in historic context, explaining how vegetables were grown and stored and how to churn butter, among other fascinating details.
Carolyn Jessop was 18 years old when she was forced to marry Merrill Jessop, a man nearly 40 years her senior. She lived a life of horrific domestic violence at the hands of her husband and her "sister wives" for 17 years before escaping with her 8 children. She was one of the first women to escape from the FLDS cult to win full custody of her children and was instrumental in putting Warren Jeffs away for life with her testimony in a Senate hearing. Her book blows open the shocking FLDS…
One Thousand White Women is the story of May Dodd and a colorful assembly of pioneer women who, under the auspices of the U.S. government, travel to the western prairies in 1875 to intermarry among the Cheyenne Indians. The covert and controversial "Brides for Indians" program, launched by the administration of Ulysses S. Grant, is intended to help assimilate the Indians into the white man's world. Toward that end May and her friends embark upon the adventure of their lifetime.

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text: Declustering aims to divide earthquake catalogs into independent events (mainshocks), and dependent (clustered) events, and is an integral component of many seismicity studies, including seismic hazard assessment. We assess the effect of declustering on the frequency–magnitude distribution of mainshocks. In particular, we examine the dependence of the ‐value of declustered catalogs on the choice of declustering approach and algorithm‐specific parameters. Using the catalog of earthquakes in California since 1980, we show that the ‐value decreases by up to 30% due to declustering with respect to the undeclustered catalog. The extent of the reduction is highly dependent on the declustering method and parameters applied. We then reproduce a similar effect by declustering synthetic earthquake catalogs with known ‐value, which have been generated using an epidemic‐type aftershock sequence model. Our analysis suggests that the observed decrease in ‐value must, at least partially, arise from the application of the declustering algorithm on the catalog, rather than from differences in the nature of mainshocks versus fore‐ or aftershocks. We conclude that declustering should be considered as a potential source of bias in seismicity and hazard studies.

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The Lehi, Utah–based company’s device uses pulse oximetry technology. Physicians could prescribe it to assist with in-home monitoring of babies who are patients. Parents receive alerts from the Owlet device when their child’s heart rate or oxygen saturation level (SpO2) does not fall within prescribed ranges.
“As noted in our recent earnings release, this is a major milestone for Owlet as we work toward our mission, representing several years of work, including clinical and safety studies,” CEO and co-founder Kurt Workman said in a news release.
“This device will help the most vulnerable of babies, and we are optimistic about and excited for the opportunity ahead as we develop and expand our core technologies to include medical devices.”
Responding to FDA warning letter
A team of parents founded Owlet in 2012 with the idea that better baby monitoring products could provide parents with more peace of mind. The company has created an ecosystem of baby monitoring products.
However, the company reported in 2021 that it was halting sales of its Smart Sock in the U.S. after receiving an FDA warning letter over its regulatory status.
Owlet said at the time that the warning letter did list safety concerns. Rather, FDA said the Smart Sock needed classification as a medical device in the U.S. because of its heart rate and oxygen notifications. Owlet responded to the warning letter with plans to pursue FDA marketing authorization for the features.
In the company’s Q2 earnings release in August, Workman said Owlet was pivoting to significantly reduce planned operating expenses and seek a short-term goal of breaking even.


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‘‘To Da-duh, in Memoriam’’ is an autobiographical story told from the point of view of an adult looking back on a childhood memory. The story opens as the nine-year-old narrator, along with her mother and sister, disembarks from a boat that has brought them to Bridgetown, Barbados. It is 1937, and the family has come to visit from their home in Brooklyn, leaving behind the father, who believed it was a waste of money to take the trip. The narrator’s mother first left Barbados fifteen years ago, and the narrator has never met her grandmother, Da-duh.
Although an old woman, the narrator’s grandmother is lively and sharp. When she meets her grandchildren, Da-duh examines them. She calls the narrator’s older sister ‘‘lucky,’’ but she silently looks at the narrator, calling the child ‘‘fierce.’’ She takes the narrator by the hand and leads the family outside where the rest of the relatives are waiting. The family gets in the truck that takes them through Bridgetown and back to Da-duh’s home in St. Thomas.
The next day, Da-duh takes the narrator out to show her the land covered with fruit orchards and sugar cane. Da-duh asks the narrator if there is anything as nice in Brooklyn, and the narrator says no. Da-duh says that she has heard that there are no trees in New York, but then asks the narrator to describe snow
To Da-duh in Memoriam | Author Biography Marshall was born on April 9, 1929, in Brooklyn, New York, the child of Barbadian immigrants who were among the first wave of Caribbean islanders to relocate to the United States. Her early life was suffused with Caribbean culture; she spoke its language and followed many of its traditions. Marshall made her first visit to the Caribbean when she was nine years old, which inspired her to write poetry.
After graduating from high school in 1949, she attended Brooklyn College (now part of the City University of New York). She graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in English…
To Da-duh in Memoriam | Characters
Da-duh is the narrator’s eighty-year-old grandmother. She has lived her whole life on Barbados and is confident and proud of her lifestyle, surroundings, and ways of looking at the world. She dislikes the trappings of the modern world, such as any form of machinery, and is uncomfortable in the city of Bridgetown. When Da-duh first meets the narrator, the narrator imagines that she saw ‘‘something in me which for some reason she found disturbing.’’ However, Da-duh also feels connected to her granddaughter, as evidenced when she clasps her hand
“Nothing endures but change” (Heraclitus 540-480 BC). People are born, only to die again. In a never-ending cycle of life and death, new ideas replace older ones and an evolution of perspectives takes place. Paule Marshall aptly portrays this cyclical nature through her last line “she died and I lived” referring to her grandmother. The death is not physical alone. It is the death of old ideologies, dated traditions and disparate acceptance of modernization. In a vivid recollection of her grandmother Da-Duh’s reluctance to accept change during Paule’s childhood visit, she narrates how the old lady loathes urbanity and finds delectation in her little island of natural beauty. The interactions that the narrator has with her grandmother remind us of the passage of time between generations. The demise of Da-Duh signifies the change that is inevitable, the transition from the old to the new.
Paule Marshall’s work is replete with a richness of literary devices like symbolism, imagery and metaphors. Describing the foreboding character of death, the narrator feels that the planes that bring death to the little village are “swooping and screaming…monstrous birds”. The sugarcanes that grow in the village are Da-Duh’s delight and also the reason for the exploitation in the village. The pride of Da-Duh, the sugarcanes appear threatening to the narrator she feels that the canes are “clashing like swords above my cowering head”. This is a description of the duality of life. Where there is joy, there is pain and when there is life, death is bound to follow.
The life-death antithesis is depicted in the closing lines of the book where the narrator paints “seas of sugar-cane and huge swirling Van Gogh suns and palm trees [in] a tropical landscape . . .while the thunderous tread of the machines downstairs jarred the floor beneath my easel.’’ Light is identified by the surrounding darkness and life, by death that eventually follows. The transient nature of life is evidenced by the changes that happen over a period of time.
Death’s morbidity invades the colorful mind. The narrator imbues the reader’s mind with images that allude to this dark reality. “All these trees….Well, they’d be bare. No leaves, no fruit, nothing. They’d be covered in snow. You see your canes. They’d be buried under tons of snow.”
With a judicious use of metaphors, the narrator has drawn us to the reality of inevitable changes that our lives are subject to. Again, the sugarcanes are metaphorically perceived as the ominous danger that “…would close in on us and run us through with their stiletto blades.” Later, the planes that cause the death of her grandmother are visualized by the narrator as “the hardback beetles which hurled themselves with suicidal force against the walls of the house at night.” She points at our dogmatism in accepting the fact that the world is constantly changing. Those who fail to see this at first, experience it the hard way later.
However prejudiced we might be, towards change, the hard-hitting reality of a life-death cycle is inevitable. Time stands testimony to this fact. Paule Marshall has illustrated this through the depiction of conflicting ideas between her and Da-Duh and she conveys this message at the start when she writes, “both knew, at a level beyond words, that I had come into the world not only to love her and to continue her line but to take her very life in order that I might live.”
To Dah-Duh in Memoriam – Literature Notes
This short story is about a young girl’s visit, from New York, to the island of Barbados. The protagonist, along with her sister and mother, visit Dah-Duh. The visit is an interesting one in which Dah-Duh and the protagonist develop a caring, yet competitive, relationship. Dah-Duh introduces her to the riches of Barbados (nature), while the protagonist introduces her grandmother to the steel and concrete world of New York (industrialism). There is a competitive edge to their conversations because they each try to outdo each other on the merits of their separate homes. Dah-Duh, however, is dealt a blow when she learns of the existence of the Empire State building, which was many stories taller than the highest thing she had ever laid her eyes on – Bissex Hill. She lost a little bit of her spark that day and was not given a chance to rebound because the protagonist left for New York shortly after. The story progresses with the death of Dah-Duh during the famous ’37 strike. She had refused to leave her home and was later found dead, on a Berbice chair, by her window. The protagonist spent a brief period in penance, living as an artist and painting landscapes that were reminiscent of Barbados.
The story is set in Barbados, in the 1930’s.
A small and purposeful old woman.
Had a painfully erect figure.
Over eighty (80) years old.
She moved quickly at all times.
She had a very unattractive face, which was ‘stark and fleshless as a death mask’ (Marshall, p.178).
Her eyes were alive with life.
Had a special relationship with the protagonist.
A thin little girl.
Nine (9) years old.
A strong personality.
Competitive in nature.
Had a special relationship with Dah-Duh.
This theme is apparent when Dah-Duh and the protagonist discuss the fact that she ‘beat up a white girl’ in her class. Dah-Duh is quiet shocked at this and exclaims that the world has changed so much that she cannot recognize it. This highlights their contrasting experiences of race. Dah-Duh’s experience of race relations is viewing the white ‘massa’ as superior, as well as viewing all things white as best. This is corroborated at the beginning of the story when it was revealed that Dah-Duh liked her grandchildren to be white, and in fact had grandchildren from the illegitimate children of white estate managers. Therefore, a white person was some-one to be respected, while for the protagonist, white people were an integral part of her world, and she viewed herself as their equal.
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This story highlights the strong familial ties that exists among people of the Caribbean, both in the islands and abroad (diaspora). The fact that the persona and her family left New York to visit the matriarch of the family, in Barbados, highlights this tie. The respect accorded to Dah-Duh by the mother also shows her place, or status, in the family. The protagonist states that in the presence of Dah-Duh, her formidable mother became a child again.
This is a minor theme in this short story. It is highlighted when it is mentioned that Dah-Duh liked her grandchildren to be boys. This is ironic because the qualities that are stereotypically found in boys – assertive, strong willed, competitive – are found in her grand daughter. An example of this is the manner in which the protagonist / narrator was able to win the staring match when she first met Dah-Duh, this proved her dominance and strength.
Empire State Building
This building represents power and progress. It is in the midst of the cold glass and steel of New York city and, therefore, deforms Dah-Duh’s symbol of power; Bissex Hill. It is not by accident that the knowledge of this building shakes Dah-Duh’s confidence. Steel and iron, the symbol of progress, is what shakes the nature loving Dah-Duh. It can, therefore, be said that her response to the knowledge of the existence of the Empire State Building – defeat – is a foreshadowing of her death. This is the case because it is metal, in the form of the planes, that ‘rattled her trees and flatten[ed] the young canes in her field.’ (Marshall. p.186). This is a physical echo of her emotional response to the knowledge of the existence of the Empire State building. The fact that she is found dead after this incident is not a surprise to the reader.


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It seems that I like cycle touring. I’ve done 3 so far. In 1999, I cycled the C & O Canal from Cumberland, Maryland to Washington DC. In 2012, Nate Badenoch and I cycled from Kyoto, Japan to Seoul, South Korea. In 2013, I cycled with two friends from Kota Baharu to Kuantan, Malaysia. There are more trips planned! Stay tuned.
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