Stingrays living in one of the world's most famous and heavily visited ecotourism sites — Stingray City/Sandbar in the Cayman Islands — have profoundly changed their ways, raising questions about the impact of so-called "interactive ecotourism" on marine wildlife, reports a new study published March 18 in the journal PLOS ONE.
Tourists interact with Southern stingrays at Stingray City/Sandbar at the study site in the Cayman Islands.
Credit: Guy Harvey
Researchers from Nova Southeastern University's Guy Harvey Research Institute in Hollywood, Fla., and the University of Rhode Island studied the southern stingray population of Stingray City — a sandbar in the Cayman Islands that draws nearly a million visitors each year to feed, pet and swim with its stingrays — to assess how the intensive ecotourism has affected the animals' behavior.
"Measuring that impact is important because there's a lot of interest in creating more of these interactive ecotourism operations, but we know little about the life histories of the animals involved or how they might change," said study co-author Guy Harvey, who initiated the project.
The researchers found that Stingray City's stingrays show distinctly different patterns of activity than their wild counterparts, who don't enjoy daily feedings or close human contact.
"We saw some very clear and very prominent behavioral changes, and were surprised by how these large animals had essentially become homebodies in a tiny area," said study co-author Mahmood Shivji, director of the Guy Harvey Research Institute and NSU Oceanographic Center professor, who led the study.
Wild stingrays are active at night and solitary — they forage through the night over large distances to find food, and rarely cross paths with other stingrays. To see if Stingray City's fed stingrays stray from this behavior, Mark Corcoran, lead author of the study who did the research as part of his graduate work at NSU, and the research team tagged and monitored both wild and fed stingrays over the course of two years and compared their patterns of movement.
They found that fed stingrays swapped their normal nighttime foraging for daytime feeding, and in contrast to their wild counterparts, began to rest at night. They also didn't mind rubbing shoulders with their neighbors: At least 164 stingrays abandoned the species' normal solitary behavior, crowding together in less than a quarter square mile of space at Stingray City. They even formed schools and fed together. The fed stingrays mated and became pregnant year-round, instead of during a specific mating season, and also showed signs of unusual aggression, biting each other more frequently than their wild counterparts.
These results suggest that human-provided food can dramatically change how even large, highly mobile ocean animals behave — with potentially serious consequences, the researchers conclude.
"There are likely to be some health costs that come with these behavior changes, and they could be detrimental to the animals' well-being in the long term," Shivji said.
Stingray City means big business in the Cayman Islands, where each stingray generates as much as $500,000 annually in tourism income, Harvey said. The team plans to continue to monitor Stingray City's population to track its health — and the industry's impact — over time.
"Right now, these animals have no protection at all," Harvey said. "Without more studies like these, we won't know what that means for the wildlife or if we need to take action. It's unclear how much of the stingray's daily diet comes from tourism provided food, but the good news is we have seen the animals forage when tourists are absent suggesting that these animal are not completely dependent on these handouts."
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About Guy Harvey: Guy Harvey is a marine wildlife artist and conservationist who earned a Ph.D. in Fisheries Biology. His depictions of marine life, especially of sportfish such as marlin, are very popular with sport fishermen and have been reproduced in prints, posters, t-shirts, jewelry, clothing, and other consumer items. Harvey is also a very vocal and active advocate for marine conservation, having established the Guy Harvey Research Institute at Nova Southeastern University of Fort Lauderdale, Florida as well as the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, an organization that funds marine conservation research and educational initiatives. http://www.guyharvey.com
About Nova Southeastern University's Guy Harvey Research Institute: Established in 1999, the Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) at NSU is a collaboration between the renowned marine artist, scientist and explorer, Dr. Guy Harvey, and Nova Southeastern University's Oceanographic Center. The mission of the GHRI is to provide the scientific information necessary to understand, conserve, and effectively manage the world's marine fishes and their ecosystems. The GHRI is one of only a handful of private organizations dedicated exclusively to the science-based conservation of marine fish populations and biodiversity. The research, education and outreach activities of the GHRI are supported by the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, AFTCO Inc., extramural research grants, philanthropic donations by private businesses and individuals, and NSU. http://www.nova.edu/ocean/ghri/index.html
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I apologize for not writing lately, my life has been so crazy amazing that I haven’t had time to sit down. Last week I started my summer of adventure! This summer was supposed to be filled with planning a wedding, swimming in the lake and spending time with my fiancé. But unfortunately (and fortunately!), my fiancé was transferred to Newfoundland which encouraged me to live an adventure of my own.
Everyone loves the idea of summer fun, flings and adventures, so why not take the plunge and see some new things. And that adventure starts now. Would you like to come along?
Fortunately for me, Glen was getting sick of his adventure in Newfoundland and felt the need to get away. He booked a trip to Tampa, Florida for the two of us. Not only did this adventure include beaches, roller coasters and good food, it also included a visit with our close friends Julie and Michael Fuchs!
So the first of this summer adventure included 5 days in Tampa. I loved every minute of it. For once, Glen and I actually had time to spend together, which was amazing! The sun was so hot, the food was so good and the attractions were thrilling! Tampa is surely a place to visit if you are looking for a great family getaway.
We spent the afternoon at the Lowry Park Zoo.
Tried our first Grouper!
Went to Busch Gardens!
And spent A LOT of time at the Beach!
It was a short and incredible vacation and we can’t wait to go back again soon. Now we are off to our second adventure of the summer, Newfoundland! The climate change was a bit of a shock at first, but I think my next three weeks here will be filled with great stories.
So that gets me thinking…What are your plans for summer 2014?
Hope you all have a wonderful week and I am looking forward to hearing from you!

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Dave and I had big plans for the day. Our friend Thamar, who we had hiked up Lion’s Head with the previous day, recommended that we visit the vineyards at Constantia, a short drive south of Cape Town (she lives in Constantia). So we planned to pop in there and visit just three of them, before continuing south, visiting some of the coastal villages, then down the peninsula to look at penguin colonies and hike around the Cape of Good Hope.
Well, wine tasting in South Africa is not how we are used to it. They sit you down at a table and serve you your wines, one by one. It is not fast – but it is very pleasant! We really enjoyed the relaxed pace – but we only managed to make it to two wineries (we had lunch at the second one) and it was already 5:00! Too late to get to the Cape of Good Hope-so that was our day!
The first winery we went to was Constantia Glen. The landscape was stunning – rolling green vineyards surrounded by grey craggy peaks.
The tasting room was beautifully designed, with windows on three sides, so we could appreciate the views. We spent hours here!
OK, time to leave Constantia Glen and move on!
…and on to Groot Constantia – a winery established here more than three centuries ago, in 1685!
I was charged by an elephant from behind. Just kidding – there was some amazing artwork, especially wildlife paintings, on the walls in the tasting room.
A really pleasant day – low-keyed and relaxed pace. We learned a lot about the different wines and the processes that give them their unique flavours. It was interesting trying different grapes that are not grown much in other regions around the world, such as pinotage.
And the drive was really nice too, along this coast road, below the Twelve Apostles that we had glimpsed from our hike the day before.


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Over the past few weeks, Israel has arrested a number of terrorists released in the Shalit deal. A number of Palestinian news sources are reporting that Israel arrested another terrorist released in the Shalit deal on Wednesday. The arrested terrorist is reportedly Majdi Atiya Suleman Ajuli. Ma’an News Agency says that Ajuli’s wife and daughter were also arrested. Ajuli was born in 1961 and arrested in 1989. He was serving 1 life sentence for murder before his release on October 18, 2011. He had been released to the West Bank under a security arrangement. The IDF has yet to confirm the arrest. The other day a Hamas official said that the rearrest of those released in the Shalit deal was “a declaration of war on the Palestinian people.”See also our earlier blog notes "21-Feb-12: Shalit-for-murderers-and-other-terrorists: Part 2" and "1-Feb-12: One down, 1026 to go".
Thursday 23-Feb-12 UPDATE at 4:30 pm: Challa Hu Akbar says: "I emailed the IDF for comment on the arrest and they told me "we did not arrest him.""

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Storm pounds Southland, flooding streets and homes
The second of four rainstorms forecast for Southern California pummeled the coast this afternoon, with gale-force winds and at least one tornado lifting boats in Orange County 30 to 50 feet, causing serious flooding across the region and promoting a new round of evacuations.
But forecasters said the worst is yet to come, in the form of a stronger, colder storm set to hit the L.A. area Wednesday evening. Authorities plan to evacuate 489 homes in the mudslide-prone foothill areas including La Cañada Flintridge on Wednesday morning in advance of the storm. Those evacuations are expected to remain in place until Monday.
“With the first two storms, we got lucky,” said Bill Patzert, a climatologist for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge. “Wednesday could be horrendous. Monday we got the right jab. Tuesday we got the left jab. Wednesday we could get the haymaker to the chin.”
Two fatalities have been blamed on the series of storms so far. An El Cajon woman was fatally crushed this afternoon when the passing storm uprooted a tree, which fell on her. On Monday night, a 100-foot tree crashed to the ground, crushing a Frazier Park man and his home.
Today’s storm was brief and intense, pummeling coastal areas with hail, ice, thunder, lightning and powerful winds for about two hours before giving way to sunshine and rainbows.
The National Weather Service recorded at least one tornado, four waterspouts and gale-force winds of up to 80 mph as the fast-moving storm swept through the basin. Some witnesses thought they spotted tornadoes in Costa Mesa and Goleta.
The force of the storm ripped several roofs off buildings, shattered windows and displaced about 40 people in San Pedro. Chest-high water gushed through the streets so quickly that it stranded drivers on the 710 Freeway in Long Beach and swallowed cars in parts of Belmont Heights.
Rescue crews spent hours in Long Beach and Orange County plucking residents out of flooded cars and homes.
Lightning struck the ConocoPhillips refinery in Wilmington, sparking a small fire in one of the stacks. Wind swept through Costa Mesa, and took chunks of several buildings with it.
“It touched down on the building across from us and ripped off the paper and insulation and flung it into the street, landed into our building and ripped the skylight off,” said Charlie Rose, 29, publisher of an independent music magazine L.A. Record, whose office is at Whittier Avenue and 17th Street.
At Peter’s Landing Marina in Huntington Harbour, manager Scott Seaton watched through the window as a “cyclone” came over the building and touched down in the marina. At one point, Seaton watched it pick up a 40-foot catamaran, twirl it several feet in the air, then drop it on top of another boat.
“It was just amazing watching that thing dance up in the air,” Seaton said. “As quick as it came, it was gone. I can’t even imagine seeing a monster one because this thing seemed so powerful. . . . It was just unbelievable.”
Chad Zarndt said he felt “violent shaking. I’ve never seen anything like this here in O.C.”
Nearby, the tornado lifted a parked SUV and sent it crashing to the ground, its windows shattering.
In Long Beach, the problem was rising water.
Isaac Chavira, 25, who lives in a two-bedroom, ground-floor apartment at 8th Street and Bennett Avenue in Long Beach, said he had just put his 19-month old daughter down for a nap around noon when brown muddy water started seeping through his door. He peered out the window and saw water and debris running down the street “like a river.”
Eventually, the water reached his shins.
“I kind of panicked,” he said. He opened the windows and yelled, “What do I do?” to his neighbors.
Long Beach firefighters arrived shortly, and Chavira handed his daughter through the window. Then he climbed out.
Brendan Kearns, 25, who also lives on 8th Street, said that when the downpour started, he heard a woman screaming for help out the window of her SUV.
The water had risen nearly to the car’s window.
Inspiration struck. He turned his air mattress into a make-shift boat and tossed it outside. But before embarking on his rescue mission, Long Beach firefighters arrived at the scene. After the rain stopped, the air mattress lay on a patch of grass, upside down, brown from the mud.
On 4th Street in San Pedro, water seeped under the door of Sonal and Bobby Prajapat’s convenience store and crept up to their waist in just half an hour.
Paper plates, candy, cracker packages and Oreos floated in the water, until it flowed back out, leaving behind a carpet of mud and puddles.
“This is my whole life savings here right now,” Bobby Prajapat said, seemingly in shock.
Jerry Bazan, 30, swept the water and mud out of his ground-floor apartment on 4th Street. As the water started surging under the door, he had turned off the circuit breakers and headed straight for his flat-screen TV, purchased just last week, and moved it to the higher ground of his son’s bunk bed.
“Its just destruction,” Bazan said. “Everything got ruined -- furniture, books.”
As the storm flooded homes and shattered windows, forcing some people to climb out their windows to escape, the Orange County Fire Authority’s emergency call volume soared by more than four times during the heaviest storm surge this afternoon. Some 75 to 100 callers reported flooding, leaking roofs and damage from the fierce winds between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., said authority spokesman Greg McKeown.
Authorities remain most concerned about communities hit by last year’s Station fire. The blaze left La Cañada Flintridge, La Crescenta, Acton and other communities vulnerable to mudslides during periods of intense rain.
So officials have taken the unusual step of evacuating hundreds of home though Monday, saying residents in these zones should leave by 1 p.m. Wednesday.
“If people go to work in the morning and this place gets hammered by rain, they may not be able to get home,” said U.S. Forest Service spokesman Rich Phelps.
Times staff writers Mike Anton, Tony Barboza, Hector Becerra, Andrew Blankstein, Steve Chawkins, Cathleen Decker, Carla Hall, Amina Khan, Tony Perry, Louis Sahagun, Ruben Vives and Kimi Yoshino contributed

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Casting the Net
Three actresses in L.A. having trouble getting roles take charge of their careers by putting out a fake casting call for an all-female Black Western.
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S01:E01 - Pilot
Tired of struggling with their acting careers, three friends hatch a scheme to cast themselves in a phony movie to get on Hollywood's radar. Unbeknownst to the other girls, Cassie enlists casting director Mabel Singer to help them with their plan.
S01:E02 - The Magnificent Three
Hollywood takes an interest when they hear about the female driven, African-American, western the ladies are "producing" and starring in. To keep up the charade they meet with Archibald - an aging, eccentric writer to discuss the script.
S01:E03 - Rio Harpo
Actor Willard Pugh, known for playing Harpo in The Color Purple, stops at nothing to get a part in the lady's "movie." A powerful Hollywood studio hears about the project and decides they must have it, but on their own terms.
S01:E04 - A Purse Full of Dollars
Sharice gets some good news when one of her regulars at the strip club offers to fund their movie, turning it from a fake movie to a real one. The ladies try to convince a popular director to get on board, but he proves to be a tough sell despite his love for the project.
S01:E05 - The Good, the Bad, and the Sexy
The ladies have a tough decision to make when the studio offers to turn their little indie movie into a major studio film, but only if they agree to step aside as the leads. Hollywood is buzzing about the film, and even actor Eric Roberts vies for a role.
S01:E06 - The Outlaw Derek Abrams
Cassie's ex-husband sets them up with training at a cowboy boot camp, but his generosity is masking his real motives. Mabel gets wind of what's really going on and enlists Archibald, and Willard to help her put a stop to it.


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Rising young British actress Jodie Whittaker has been cast in the title role of Antigone at the National Theatre.
The 30 year old Guildhall graduate has worked continuously since her breakout debut, in Roger Michell’s movie Venus alongside Peter O’Toole. Since then she has played a range of TV and film roles including Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Wired, Marchlands and 2011 British movie hit Attack The Block.
Securing the role of Antigone in Polly Findlay’s new production of Sophocles’s play at the National from 23 May 2012, will be seen as a defining moment in her career. She will be joined in the production by former Doctor Who Christopher Ecclestone who will play Creon.
Jane Lapotaire last performed Antigone at the National Theatre in 1983, directed by John Burgess and Peter Gill.

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Costar approved! Willa Ford, who appears alongside Scott Disick in his new show, Flip It Like Disick, had nothing but kind things to say about the reality star’s longtime girlfriend, Sofia Richie. “She is really sweet,” the interior designer told Life & Style exclusively. “Sofia is lovely.”
Of course, the 20-year-old model isn’t a fixture of the series. However, that doesn’t mean Sofia hasn’t been bonding with the cast behind-the-scenes. “When we were in Vegas, we all went to a super chill dinner as a group,” Willa explained. “I think Kozet and Benny [Luciano] might’ve gone out the latest and gambled a little, but you know, Scott, Sofia and myself, all of us go to bed.”
Now, as much as we love to fawn over Sofia, Willa also had some interesting insights on The Lord himself. “I think the preconceived notion about him is that he doesn’t do anything, but actually, you know, he does … and so this show is a great way for people to see one of the things that he’s really passionate about,” she expressed.
“In fact, I think he’s gained way more passion about this, especially since we’ve been shooting the show. I’ve seen him get more and more excited about different design things I bring to him.” Unsurprisingly, Scott’s passion for this project has found its way on social media. So much so, that the proud father of three and his loved ones are constantly hyping up Flip It Like Disick on Instagram.
“My mans got a billboard on sunset,” Sofia gushed on Sunday, July 30, along with a photo of the promotional poster in L.A. Considering the pair has been pretty low-key since day one, we’re pleased to see Sofia praising Scott like that! Here’s hoping we get to see some of their relationship on the show in the weeks to come.
You can catch the premiere episode of Flip It Like Disick on E! on Sunday, August 4, at 9 p.m. ET.
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Gibson Guitar has partnered with HDtracks to offer free, downloadable, high-definition music – a first of its kind collaboration for an instrument manufacturer. The exclusive offering to fans of Gibson Guitar, titled Gibson Presents: Hot Tones in High-Definition, is a diverse collection of music performed by some of the world’s best guitarists and will be available as a free download at Gibson.com for a limited time.
Hot Tones in High-Definition features exclusive tracks from performers Johnny A, Michael Burks, Billy Burnette, Chris Cain, Nick Colionne, Tinsley Ellis, Eric Johnson, Peter Karp, Big Bill Morganfield, Kenny Neal, Arlen Roth with Sonny Landreth, Neal Schon and Johnny Winter plus a never-before-heard instrumental track featuring father and son team Abraham Laboriel Sr. and Jr performing with Slash. The entire album can be downloaded for free until December 16, 2008 through HDtracks.com.
Hot Tones in High-Definition is a non-DRM, high-definition download available in AIFF, FLAC, and 320kpbs MP3 formats. The download is available for 60 days worldwide. Consumers will have the chance to hear some of the world’s greatest masters of guitar tone on a single disc. The project represents an enormous amount of passion for and dedication to creating the best possible high-definition experience for the Gibson consumer with no financial return to the company.The free distribution of a high-definition guitar album is possible now because of the massive access of today’s Internet users to high-speed DSL and cable services. Gibson Guitar Chairman and CEO, Henry
THE GODFATHERS FEBRUARY 2009 US TOUR:Wednesday 11 Boston, MA-The Middle East
Thursday 12 Washington DC-9.30 Club
Friday 13 Cleveland, OH-The Grog Shop
Saturday 14 Chicago, IL-The Metro
Sunday 15 Minneapolis, MN-Seventh Street Entry
Monday 16 Milwaukee, WI-The Shank House
Wednesday 18 Hoboken, NJ-Maxwells
Thursday 19 Brooklyn, NY-The Bell House


Digital China has built a huge B2B marketing ecosystem network to cover all products and cycles in 1,000+ national cities and gather 30,000 partners from major vertical industries. By continuous improvement of product service system, Digital China provides marketing support, capital chain and risk control, and supply chain services, grows with the majority of partners, and leads the digital transformation of the whole industry chain.
At the end of 2019, Digital China launched the core channel of “Total Polymerization” to create a brand-new partnership and ecological construction landscape, to jointly grasp the development opportunities of digital economy and to cope with uncertainties in the market environment.View details
In November 2020, relying on the concept of “co-construction, sharing and co-governance”, “Digital China Service Alliance” was officially established, whose members concentrated on three key words of “openness”, “technology” and “service” to boost service upgrading, to break organizational boundaries and to continuously build a new digital ecosystem of aggregation and symbiosis for running business, making friends and enjoying future.Alliance solution
Based on Shenzhou information and finance technologies and risk control models developed by Digital China，“Shenzhou Financial Service Cloud” is an innovative supply chain financial product that provides for partners via SaaS. It has the characteristics of more convenient quota acquisition, more favorable financing cost, faster financing efficiency and more flexible use of funds and creates continuous new vitalities to the business development of “Total Polymerization Program” partners.View details
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SINGAPORE, and San Diego, California – Prestige Biopharma, a biopharmaceutical company specializing in innovative antibody therapies, with a strong dedication to tackling pancreatic cancer, and Imagion Biosystems, the pioneer in molecular Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) dedicated to changing the way we see cancer, have announced the establishment of a strategic partnership through signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Together, the companies will jointly pursue the development of the world’s first non-invasive early detection diagnosis and staging platform for pancreatic cancer. This potentially groundbreaking collaboration between the molecular MRI innovator listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX: IBX), and a biopharmaceutical company listed on the Korean Stock Exchange marks a significant leap forward in the fight against one of the most lethal forms of cancer.
Often referred to as the “silent killer,” healthcare systems globally lack a reliable method for early detection or diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, with approximately 80% of patients being diagnosed at stage 4 with terminal disease. Recognizing the need for an early detection solution, Prestige Biopharma aims to leverage its unique target protein PAUF as a biomarker, which is overexpressed in more than 80% of pancreatic cancer patients, along with Imagion Biosystems’ next-generation molecular MRI platform technology to explore possibilities for early pancreatic cancer diagnosis.
Establishing earlier pancreatic cancer diagnosis paves the way for the subsequent focus on treatment strategies. Combining MagSense® molecular MRI and Prestige Biopharma’s PAUF-based antibody drug, PBP1510 aims to accelerate accurate diagnosis and therapeutic intervention.
The MOU covers preclinical feasibility research that should be completed in a matter of months. Should the research produce favorable results, both companies may then agree to expand the collaboration to further advance the technologies. Both companies will bear their own costs during the period of the MOU with expenses during this phase well within the scope of normal preclinical feasibility R&D initiatives.
“We are very pleased to form a strategic partnership with Imagion Biosystems,” stated Lisa Park, CEO of Prestige Biopharma. “Prestige Biopharma Group has made significant progress in building the pancreatic cancer therapeutics system, encompassing diagnosis, treatment, and even prevention. It is an honor for us to take a step closer to achieving our goal in pancreatic cancer diagnosis through the partnership with Imagion Biosystems.”
“This is an important opportunity to deploy our MagSense® molecular MRI platform technology for improved detection and diagnosis of solid tumors and metastatic disease,” said Dr. Isaac J. Bright, CEO of Imagion Biosystems. “Prestige Biopharma is an innovative collaborator with whom we intend to accelerate access to, and improve management options for pancreatic cancer patients and their healthcare providers globally.”
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About Prestige Biopharma:
Established in 2015, Prestige Biopharma is a Singapore-based biopharmaceutical company with a diversified portfolio, including two novel antibody drugs and biosimilars of three blockbuster drugs. PBP1510 (INN: Ulenistamab) anti-PAUF mAb for pancreatic cancer, has been designated as an orphan drug by the FDA, EMA, and MFDS in 2021. It is currently undergoing Phase 1/2a clinical trials in the United States and Europe and has recently been granted FDA Fast Track designation. Prestige Biopharma has also participated in the Biden administration’s Cancer Moonshot Project, to be part of the team dedicated to boost innovation in the fight against cancer.
About Imagion Biosystems
Imagion Biosystems is developing a new non-radioactive and precision diagnostic molecular imaging technology. Combining biotechnology and nanotechnology, the Company aims to detect cancer and other diseases earlier and with higher specificity than is currently possible.
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THE MOTHER'S TWILIGHT SONG
Copyright, 1889, by Spaulding & Kornder.
Words and Music by J. P. Skelly.
There is music in the twilight, when the mother sings to rest
The gentle blue-eyed baby softly nestling on her breast;
All her cares are then forgotten in the love so deep and strong,
There's a tone of joy and heaven in the mother's twilight song.
Lullaby, my baby; lullaby, my baby.
Nature's music, soft and deep, lulls the little one to sleep,
While the twilight softly falls, while the twilight softly falls,
And the music on the zephyr now is softly borne along;
'Tis the singing, 'tis the singing of the mother's twilight song;
'Tis the singing, 'tis the singing of the mother's twilight song.
In the trees the birds are sleeping, 'tis the earth's most peaceful hour,
And the angels watch are keeping o'er each gentle bud and flow'r;
While afar upon the ocean speeds the sailor's bark along,
Of his faithful wife he's dreaming, while she sings her twilight song
Lullaby, my baby; lullaby, my baby.-Refrain.

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I have purchased a Kalita Wave on which I shall practice my pour-over skills. Going from immersion brewing with the Aeropress to pour-over brewing is a big step but I am excited to learn more about how to brew a cup of coffee. I have been reading about the Wave and other pour-over methods to understand the main characteristics between each brewer.
It is easy to think about pour-overs as all the same. I have learned this is far from true. Let's start by talking about the materials out of which a pour-over device is made. The Kalita Wave comes in ceramic, stainless steel, and glass. These materials all have different thermal conductivities which means that they absorb heat at different rates. This is important because the material determines the temperature your brew is likely to reach and how quickly each device loses heat.
If you use a ceramic brewer, you should have no trouble maintaining a steady temperature from the start of the brew, as long as you preheat the device. Stainless steel is a different story. This material emits a lot of heat back into the air and draws more heat through the brew. Stainless steel is best for small pour-overs.
I ordered the ceramic Kalita Wave because it looked aesthetically pleasing. I was somewhat put off by the steel design and I did not want to brew with a glass brewer out of fear I would break the device. But I now know that the decision to purchase a pour-over should not just be based on looks. The Hario V60 comes in plastic, ceramic, glass, and metal. The plastic brewer—while it may be the cheapest—is a good choice because plastic retains heat well.
I also want to talk about the flat bed versus cone-shaped designs. The Kalita Wave has a flat bed design. This means that the bottom of the brewer is flat. There are three holes in the Wave through which liquid can flow. A big advantage of this design is that your filter is less likely to clog. Whereas the V60 has a pointed end at the bottom of the filter—thus limiting how much water drips through—the Kalita wave has a greater surface area at the bottom.
Flat bed filters like the Kalita use fluted edges. This design prevents the filter from collapsing when water comes in contact with the filter. Whereas V60 and other cone-shaped filters adhere to the sides of the device—and thus are less likely to collapse, if water is applied gently—this does not happen with the Kalita Wave. It is recommended that you pour directly onto the bottom of the filter when prewetting the device to make sure the walls do not collapse.
The fluted edges are necessary to maintain the structural integrity of the filter. Also, they create an insulating layer of air between the filter and the brewer. This is similar to how there is a gap filled with air between the two layers in some flasks used to keep the contents of the flask warmer for longer. This design helps to keep a stable and high temperature throughout the brew as the brewing device will take away less heat from the slurry.
I am glad I purchased a Kalita Wave as my first pour-over device. It has not arrived yet but I am excited to use it. I like how flat bed filters are less difficult to clog, which is of particular concern because I am new to pour-over devices. I also like the aesthetics of the ceramic filter, but I now know that I will need to be extra careful when preheating the device so that the device reaches an ideal temperature before I start brewing.
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Network World - EMC and NetApp pushed new Fibre Channel over Ethernet products at Storage Networking World in Dallas this week, but the technology may not gain mainstream adoption for more than a year.
Companies will begin serious evaluations of FCoE in early 2009, and that process will probably take a full year, says storage analyst Arun Taneja of the Taneja Group. The analyst predicted that deployment of FCoE in production networks won't happen in any great numbers until 2010.
This week's FCoE announcements primarily show that Fibre Channel vendors are making defensive moves against iSCSI competitors like Dell EqualLogic, Taneja said. He explained that Convergence Enhanced Ethernet technology will let Ethernet be equivalent to Fibre Channel transport in that it will not drop packets.
iSCSI, which is typically cheaper than Fibre Channel, will thus ride on top of lossless Ethernet, posing a big problem to Fibre Channel vendors. FCoE was devised to let the Fibre Channel storage protocol take advantage of 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks. (Compare storage products.)
"It's a very strong defensive move on the part of the Fibre Channel community," Taneja says. "If it all goes to iSCSI there is going to be trouble."
Taneja said iSCSI over 10 Gigabit Ethernet will likely progress along the same timeline, with customer evaluation in 2009 and production in 2010. If iSCSI became the dominant protocol, Emulex in particular would feel financial pain because it relies so heavily on revenue from Fibre Channel host bus adapters, he said.
This week, EMC introduced its first FCoE switch at the conference. The EMC Connectrix NEX-5020 switch is generally available, as are converged network adapters from Emulex and QLogic that work in tandem with the switch, EMC says.
"Based on the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches for data centers, the Connectrix NEX-5020 provides line-rate, low-latency, lossless 10Gbps Ethernet switching for network connectivity," EMC states. "It is designed to meet the ever-increasing I/O demands of multicore processors, VMware Infrastructure and other virtualized server and SAN environments.
FCoE can help simplify server and network infrastructure by reducing the number of cables and adapters required for network connectivity, which in turn reduces power consumption and overall data center costs."
Separately, NetApp announced that it will offer support for native FCoE storage through an FCoE Target Expansion Card that will be available in December for various FAS and V-Series storage systems. The list price is $3,000.
The FCoE standard reached a milestone recently when it moved from the development phase to the review phase in the T11 standards body, NetApp said. "FCoE extends Fibre Channel into the Ethernet environment, combining two leading technologies to provide customers with more options for SAN connectivity and networking," NetApp says.
NetApp also announced support for the Cisco Nexus 5020 switch, which will be available in November and is built for FCoE, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and Convergence Enhanced Ethernet.


Socially Distanced Performances Continue at WMPAC
Warren Miller Performing Arts Center
The Warren Miller Performing Arts Center continues its threeshow series of hybrid virtual and in-person performances this Saturday, August 1 with Grammy-winning ensemble The Crossing. Conducted by Donald Nally, The Crossing is a professional chamber choir based in Philadelphia who comes to Big Sky each summer for a two-week artistic residency to develop new work, capped off by a public performance. Given the necessary safety precautions surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, the original plans were untenable. However, both WMPAC and The Crossing were determined to forge ahead with the relationship and meet the challenge of how to create and present art at a time of social distancing.
“It’s just as important to create and share art with our communities. The pandemic has perhaps only increased our appetite for artistic experiences,” said John Zirkle, WMPAC’s Executive Director. “We just have to get creative about how to accomplish it in a new way, but we’re rising to the challenge.”
WMPAC enlisted the help of local videographer Micah Robin to capture high quality images of the Gallatin River. Over the past two weeks, that footage has been projected onto a wall at a studio in Philadelphia, where individual singers from The Crossing, a professional chamber choir based there, are recorded singing in front of it. Composite footage of each individual singer will then be projected on the WMPAC stage, on which four singers from the Montana-based choir Roots in the Sky (formerly Aoide Singers) will perform live, underscoring the hybrid nature of the performance.
The Crossing and WMPAC commissioned the Oscarnominated and Pulitzer Prizewinning composer David Lang to create a new piece specifically for the concept of singing together from a distance. The world premiere of that piece will take place on Saturday at 6 p.m. The hybrid performance will happen on the WMPAC stage and be broadcast to virtual audiences on the Center’s new streaming platform, wmpac.live.
Unlike the first and last shows of the summer season, this time there will be no live audience at the Center. Instead, the entire audience experience will happen online.
The highlight of the performance will undoubtedly be the new piece by composer David Lang. He is one of America’s most performed composers, and won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Music for a piece entitled “The Little Match Girl Passion,” which then went on to win a Grammy Award in 2009 for Best Ensemble Performance.
The last show of the summer season will take place the following Saturday, August 8 at 6 p.m. Longtime WMPAC partners James Sewell Ballet will present their own version of a socially distant dance performance, with a couple live dancers onstage performing alongside projections of dancers behind them. WMPAC will welcome up to forty audience members to the theatre for that performance, and follow the CDC’s social distancing guidelines to ensure the safety of the audience and performers.
Tickets and more information are available at wmpac.live


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Thursday, September 13, 2012
|Gail Bennett, James Blashaw, Adrianna Lyons, Cynthia Ferrer (seated), |
Eddie Korbich and David Engel. Photos by Isaac James Creative
An effervescent, triple-threat cast headlines 3-D Theatricals' production at Plummer Auditorium. Gail Bennett, James Blashaw, David Engel, Cynthia Ferrer, Eddie Korbich, and Adrianna Rose Lyons create musical theatre magic to Berlin’s swingy tunes, arranged by Michael Berkeley and backed by Daniel Thomas and a top-notch orchestra.
The briskly paced song & dance revue follows the journey of an upright piano from the turn of the 20th century to the late 1950’s, bringing to life snapshots of the many lives its music touched along the way (which could just as easily be a metaphor for Berlin as well). It’s a thread of a story, to be sure, but enough to make this evening more than just a walk down memory lane. Each section – from Tin Pan Alley to The Great Depression to the Stage Door Canteen and Post World War II – is a winner.
|Adrianna Lyons, James Blashaw, David Engel, Eddie Korbach (seated), |
Gail Bennett, and Cynthia Ferrer
David Lamoureux directs charming vignettes within each of these periods. “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” the song that put Irving Berlin on the map, is the highlight of Tin Pan Alley in which the singers comically become their own orchestra. During the Prohibition era the hooch is stashed in the piano, which has now found a new home in a gin joint, and the cast goes wild.
Then it’s off to the theater for a glamorous 1930’s tribute to the movies featuring a medley of favorites that includes “Puttin’ On the Ritz,” “Steppin’ Out With My Baby,” and “Top Hat, White Tie and Tails.” Here Engel and Bennett do their best Fred & Ginger impersonation while Blashaw & Lyons pull out all the stops on a terrific tap number. Korbich & Ferrer polish off the sequence with a delightfully laid back soft shoe.
Vocally, the blend of this 6-member ensemble is a dream, with effortless phrasing on standards like “The Best Things Happen While You Dance,” “When The Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves For Alabam,” and “White Christmas” that shows off Berkeley’s lush harmonies. They are equally proficient at comedy; their flair for a good joke obvious in the dynamite World War II sequence, and later, a junkyard homage to Judy Garland (Lyons) and Fred Astaire (Blashaw) produces a couple of swells who can’t wait to be part of the Easter Parade.
|(Above) Cynthia Ferrar, with James Blashaw and Adrianna Lyons|
The highlight of the second act is a Midwest Summer Stock audition sequence that finds the entire cast involved in a competition of one-upmanship that would do Howard Keel and Ethel Merman proud. Engel and Ferrar are a real treat in this battle as all three women vie to be cast as Engel’s leading lady.
A musical journey such as this requires an expert in the costume department and Aja Bell has exceeded all expectations with her brilliantly colored period creations. Chris Beyries' bandstand inspired set allows for unlimited versatility for Kami Seymour's choreography and Jean-Yves Tessier's lighting design is remarkable. The pictures he paints, both by defining the shapes and shadows of the background orchestra and contrasting them with the vivid movement of the actors in the foreground, is breathtaking. Andrew Nagy's video projections are also an impressive addition to the varying tones of the piece.
Irving Berlin once said that his ambition was to “reach the heart of the average American, not the highbrow nor the lowbrow but that vast intermediate crew which is the real soul of the country.” Watching I Love A Piano, one can't help but realize how fortunate we are that a composer cared that much about a country and a people he loved.
3-D Theatricals’ I Love A Piano, now through September 23 at Plummer Auditorium, 201 E. Chapman Avenue, Fullerton, CA 92832. September 28 - 30 at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, 1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Redondo Beach, CA. Click Here for tickets to either location.
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Which Is The Best Food Processor And Egg Blender Electric
Nowadays, there are so many products of food processor and egg blender electric in the market and you are wondering to choose a best one. You have searched for food processor and egg blender electric in many merchants, compared about products prices & reviews before deciding to buy them.
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Here are some of best sellings food processor and egg blender electric which we would like to recommend with high customer review ratings to guide you on quality & popularity of each items.
Hamilton Beach 70725A 12-Cup Stack & Snap Food Processor and Vegetable Chopper Black
- PREP THE FRESHEST INGREDIENTS. A powerful 450 watt motor and 2 speeds plus pulse control save you time and money.
- SIMPLE TO ASSEMBLE AND USE. Stack & Snap design requires no difficult twisting or locking. A simple function guide is printed on the food processor for ease of use.
- 12 CUP CAPACITY. Sealed bowl helps prevent leaks when mixing liquids.
- STAINLESS STEEL BLADES. S-blade and reversible slice/shred disc chop, slice, shred, mix and puree just about anything.
- LARGE FEED CHUTE. Big Mouth feed chute fits whole foods for quick, easy processing and less prep time.
- Simple function guide shows you which blade to use & which button to press
Designed to be uniquely simple, the Hamilton Beach® Stack & Snap™ 12 Cup Food Processor requires no twisting, turning or locking during assembly. Instead, it’s as easy as stacking the 12-cup bowl onto the base, then snapping on the lid.
OXA Smart Powerful 4-in-1 Versatile Immersion Hand Blender Set 12-Speed(6X2) Control – Includes 500ml Food Chopper, Egg Whisk, and BPA-Free Beaker (600ml) – Black
- 12-SPEED – This hand blender with 12 Speeds (6×2) + turbo function, quickly blends endless culinary delicious.
- EASY TO INSTALL – This sleek immersion blender features an ergonomic handle with simple one-touch operation, simply press & blend.
- 304 STAINLESS STEEL BLADE – The blade is sharp, it can make the delicious food in the shortest time.
- BPA-FREE – Includes 600ml beaker, 500ml food processor, whisk attachment, plus splash guard to prevent food splatter.
- 2-YEAR WARRANTY – This hand blender comes with 2-Year warranty, Dishwasher Safe.
VECELO Premium 4-in-1 Immersion Hand Blender Set with Food Processor Chopper Egg Whisk 500ml Beaker 6 Variable Speeds – Black
- Functions: Use S-Blade to blend, crush, puree, smoothies, milk shakes, cooked veggies, soups, sauces, ice, baby food, frosting, crushed ice. Use whisk to whip, emulsify, aerate, pudding, egg whites, mayonnaise, vinaigrette, mousse, hollandaise, sauce, whipping cream. Use chopper to chopping, graham cracker crumbs, vegetables, Parmesan cheese, peanuts, salsa, hard boiled eggs, bread crumbs herbs, cooked meals, beef gravy, liquidize fruits, minces. Use container to measure
- Powerful: Heavy-duty motor ensures outstanding mixing performance
- Durable: Equipped with 100% copper motor so more durable, power does not decrease and product less noise. (95% of other blenders are equipped with copper-clad aluminum so either provide less power or just break after few months of use )
- Safer: Every part of VECELO hand blender is UL, FDA, ROHS,CE tested and BPA free. Pls be assured to use
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Immersion Hand Blender, Utalent 5-in-1 8-Speed Stick Blender with 500ml Food Grinder, BPA-Free, 600ml Container,Milk Frother,Egg Whisk,Puree Infant Food, Smoothies, Sauces and Soups – Green
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- MILK FROTHER ATTACHMENT: Portable hand-held milk frother makes milk foam for your coffee.
- MORE POWERFUL. 250 Watt powerful hand blender with 8 – speed + turbo for milk shakes, soups or baby food. Low noise and shake.
- HIGH-EFFICIENCY BLENDER. Thick stainless steel mixing wand with 4 – blade system. Make food mixing more efficient, evenly and smoothly.
- 5-in-1 ATTACHMENT & WARRANTY: mixing wand, milk frother, 500ml Food Chopper, 600ml Beaker, Egg Whisk with 2-year warranty.
KitchenAid KHB2351CU 3-Speed Hand Blender – Contour Silver
- The Removable 8″ Blending Arm with Fixed Blade locks into the motor body for easy operation. The stainless steel S-shaped fixed blade quickly blends ingredients for smoothies, milk shakes, soups or baby food.
- The soft grip handle offers a non-slip and comfortable grip when continuously blending ingredients.
- The Whisk Attachment can be used to quickly whip egg whites to fluffy peaks and cream or emulsify vinaigrettes and mayonnaise
- 2 1/2-Cup BPA-Free Chopper Attachment with lid locks is ideal for chopping herbs, nuts, cheese, cooked meat and more right in the convenient chopper bowl.
- The 3-Cup BPA-Free Blending Jar with Lid to serve or store for later, top-rack dishwasher safe, 5 feet Power Cord included
The 3-Speed Hand Blender let’s you blend, crush, chop, puree and whisk. Simply choose the appropriate speed for your ingredients. The chopper attachment is great for processing harder cheeses, nuts and creating graham cracker crusts. The included whisk attachment whips creams and egg whites to fluffy peaks. Refer page 15 in the user manual for troubleshooting steps.
Hamilton Beach 59765 Hami01 Hand Blender 3-Piece White
The convenient Hamilton Beach 2-Speed Hand Blender comes with a whisk and chopping bowl to meet all of your blending, mixing and chopping needs. All attachments are dishwasher safe. Chopping bowl size – 2 cups
PowCube Immersion Hand Blender,4-in-1 Stick Mixer,8-Speed,with 860ml Food Processor Chopper, 600ml Beaker, Egg Whisk, 2019, Black
- [500 watt 8-speed] powerful hand blender with stainless steel mixing wand make food mixing more efficient, evenly and smoothly.
- [Easy clean] the attachments are very detachable and waterproof, so they are very easy to clean, it’s very convenient and time saving.
- [Sturdy] high quality stainless steel Blender bar make it more safe and durable, LED light switch and dual rail lock make it more safe and fashion.
- [Safety] blender and attachment have ETL, FDA certificate, all use safe material and have high quality, you can use it with confidence.
- [Multifunctional] 4 in 1 Band blender have egg whisk, food chopper, and beaker, you can use it to prepare baby food, make juice, chop mead and stir eggs.
BELLA 14460 Hand Immersion Blender with Whisk Attachment, 2.65 lb, Red
- HANDHELD BLENDING POWER: This hand immersion blender features 2 speeds & a 250 watt motor paired with a dishwasher safe blending blade & whisk attachments. It’s powerful enough to replace larger blenders and mixers & versatile enough for endless recipes
- ERGONOMIC & ADAPTABLE: This sleek immersion blender features an ergonomic handle with simple one-touch operation: simply press & blend. It’s safe to use in plastic cups, mixing bowls & even large cooking pots. Also features auto shut-off for safe use
- BLENDERS FOR EVERY PURPOSE: Fancy a smoothie? Or how about guacamole? Simplify kitchen prep and make healthy, delicious food & drinks with our full line of durable & versatile blenders, from the personal size Rocket Blender to the Hand Immersion Blender
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With it’s powerful 250 Watts and versatile blending and mixing attachments the BELLA Hand Immersion Blender is the true do-it-all kitchen preparation tool. Replace those larger and clunkier blenders and mixers with this sleek little hand blender. Small enough to store in a drawer while packing enough punch to tackle any prep job you throw at it! Make soups, smoothies, meringues, mayo, chutney, salsa and batters for baking. 2 year warranty
Aicok Immersion Blender, 4 in 1 Hand Blender with 600ml Beaker, Chopper, Egg Whisk, 10 Speeds(5×2) Multifunctional Blender for Smoothies, Soups, Stainless Steel Shaft and Blades, BPA Free
- HIGH POWER FOR BETTER BLENDING: Powerful motor handles more blending tasks quietly and with ease. Two BPA-Free Chopper Attachment with lid locks is ideal for chopping herbs, nuts, cheese, cooked meat and more right in the convenient chopper bowl.
- ERGONOMIC HANDLE: Ergonomic handle with simple push button 5 speed control is the prefect one hand mixer for a variety of kitchen blending task from blending dips to mixing cake batter, crush frozen fruit for smoothies and more!
- CROSS BLADE DESIGN: Specially designed cross blades make perfect pureed dishes such as smoothies, sauces, soups, and dips. When blending frozen ice or chunks of frozen fruit or veggies, make sure they are immersed in liquid for desired results.
- DISHWASHER SAFE PARTS: High-quality stainless steel blender foot with eject mechanism for easy detaching, is dishwasher safe and making cleanup very easy. Stainless Steel exterior is easy to wipe down to clean up an splattered food. Make sure not to immerse the cord in water.
- WARRANTY: Friendly customer service, 30-day unconditional money-back and 2-year quality guarantee. Aicok has complete confidence in its products and guarantees for 24 months.
Aicook hand blender— Perfect Kitchen Companion.
Aicok 4-in-1 Hand Blender is perfectly suited for preparing dips, sauces, soups, mayonnaise, puree smoothies, baby food and milkshakes.
Color: Black & Silver
Material: Stainless steel and BPA free plastic
5 speeds variable control and turbo
4 in 1 hand blender with 600ml beaker and 500ml chopper
Anti-splash design and stainless blender stick
Stick reaches into pots, pitchers, and bowls
Multifunctional immersion blender
Please do not immerse the motor unit in water
Blades are sharp, handle carefully
Please do not put too much ingredients that over the max capacity into the chopper bowl or beaker
Press continuously “Power” or “Turbo” button no longer than 1 minute
This hand blender is not intended for use by children
KING.Chef Powerful 7-in-1 12-speed Turbo Immersion Hand Blender,Stainless Steel Stick Blender, BPA-Free Food Processor, Egg Beater, 3 PCS Titanium Coating Blade, Ergonomic Grip Blender for Sauces Smoothie Puree Infant Food, Black
- [QUALITY] Engineered in Germany and built with quality in mind, Advanced splash control technology prevents splashing and delivers the best blending results to keep you and your kitchen clean.
- [COMPLETE SET] Includes immersion hand blender with 12 Speeds and turbo function, stick blender shaft, stainless egg whisk, food processor with 3 bladers and lid, comes equipped with all of the tools you need and offers the flexibility to use.
- [DESIGN] 400W Powerful Low Noise heavy duty copper core motor handles versatile blending tasks effectively. 12 Speeds and turbo function blends endless culinary delicious. Ergonomic handle with easy one-handed operation.
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Apparently, six championships isn't enough to meet Joey Porter's criteria for a customized golf cart.
The Steelers linebackers coach is getting around in a Los Angeles Lakers-themed custom golf cart, complete with images of all the franchise's greats from Kobe Bryant to Magic Johnson. The Lakers have 16 titles under their belt, so maybe Porter will get a Steelers cart after the team wins 10 more rings.
Then again, the Steelers were already well represented this training camp with Antonio Brown's custom Rolls-Royce.
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Niklas Aman is a Stockholm based guitarist and composer, passionate about doing acoustic instrumentals and drifting ambient music. His song Wings got a great placement in the intro to movie Meet Bill (starring Aaron Eckhart and Jessica Alba) which was the main reason to release a first album back in 2008 named ”Wings”. Since then there has been several album releases as well as many great placements in films and documentaries. Born 1968 in Sodertalje, Sweden, Niklas moved around a lot the first years between cities, before family finally decided to settle down in Vollsjo a small village in the south of Sweden. The place was crowded with farmers and living there on the countryside, well there weren’t too much to do, so.. Trying sports for a while never made things happen, but when he got his first guitar at age 14 things started to bloom. Passionately he practiced as much as he could, resulting in joining various bands and doing the first gigs and after a while the band Acropoliz was formed. The band was highly experimental and a great learning period for him, developing song-writing and playing skills during the next 5 years. During this time he studied to become an engineer, but decided to quit school and jumped on various industrial jobs to pay the bills.. (well music gear most of it) while continuing to write music. He then got a great opportunity as stand-in guitar teacher for a term at Kristianstad University and from there on it’s been all about music and playing the guitar. Shortly after the guitar teaching gig he did his first audition and got the job as a professional guitarist back in 1992 – in a small drama/dance ensemble called Karnteatern, Malmo. He then moved to Stockholm and got the opportunity to write music for (and perform) in various drama-performance-hybrids, projects like “Skrack i sommarnatten” (1993), “Variete Vauduvill” (1994) and “Blue Orange” (1994) an experimental pop/phoetry-project. In 1995 he met his wife Nina and after a while they decided to move to Varberg (small town on the west coast) and there he did music to and also co-produced the exhibition “Salt & Hagringar” together with Nina in 1997, an exhibition about signs and symbols. Later on in 1999 he started his first music production business called “Blue Spot”, doing bespoke music for shorts, corporate vids and radio-jingles. A year later, moving back to Stockholm he got introduced to Match Music – BMG (now Universal) and this resulted in doing production on two cd’s called “Drama Toolbox” and “Stings & Audio Logos”. They both were very well received with numerous placements in tv and films. For example did “BAFTA Awards” (BBC) early on use his sounddesign the whole evening back in 2003 (from “Stings & Audio Logos”). In parallel he worked part time as a music teacher at MFK, Stockholm. Back in 2005 he changed name on his business to “Brusbox” and he continued with doing bespoke music for corporate clients, also writing experimental music in various forms in parallel with the part-time job at MFK. In 2007 he decided to pause the music experiments, reduce teaching hours and work more focused on music adapted for film, published through various music libraries and publishers. This is also the starting year for the earliest songs available in the present music library. A year later in 2008 with help from publisher Crucial Music he got a fantastic placement, a 93s intro to the movie “Meet Bill” (Jessica Alba, Aaron Eckhart). The song “Wings” was placed just months later once again by the same publisher in another movie “Inconceivable” (Meg Tilly, Andy MacDowell). 2010 was an incredible year with music in movie Last Song (Miley Cyrus), award winning documentary “Talhotblond”, Spy Wars, Cold Case Files, Cartoon Network, Top Gear and Ralph Lauren documentary to name a few. In parallel with doing tracks for libraries Niklas also got involved doing music in two short film projects “Biljardkungen” by Dan Carrigan and “Love Like Hers” by Danny Lacey. 2010 was also the start of the Full Access Catalogue feat all songs by Niklas Aman available online for film makers, editors and music supervisors. After an increasing amount of requests he also decided to publish selected songs on iTunes for the first time with the albums “Wings” and “Good To Be Here”. 2011-2012 has been a lot about doing custom music to short films and developing the music catalogue further. Great placements has been made in several documentaries such as Lindsey Vonn:In The Moment, The Shadow of the Condor, People in Motion and shorter sports docu portraits and also a long row of tv/cimema ads & promos. Via other publishers a great number of both tv and film placements has been made. Album “Above the Clouds” was released in 2011 and the albums “Stirred Up”, “Fly Away” and “Dis Order” in 2012. Furthermore there was an increase in supporting non-profit/human aid/for good organizations with music such as Red Cross (Finland), Plan (Vietnam), Global Glimpse (US), the Rumi Foundation and Clinton Foundation (UK/US). Two new instrumental albums RED and The Talks were released in 2013, a year that also been a lot about music in documentaries and bespoke work in various projects. In 2014 even more focus was put on the music catalogue. 4 albums were released (Train, Perfect Day, Summer and Light and Water), along with that projects, clients and placements got larger. He once again joined Soundcloud since former distributor made it easier to release albums there. iTunes/Spotify distribution changed to make it easier for clients to license tracks. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.


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Cantina Valpantena lies in the heart of Valpantena, halfway between the city of Verona and the Lessini Mountains, where vineyards form an integral part of the landscape.
The production area features unique geological and environmental characteristics which infuse the quality of the wine and oil produced there.
The valley, whose name derives from the Greek pan-theos, ‘valley of all the gods’, holds an ancient winemaking tradition that dates back to the end of the first century BC.
The wines were much appreciated by the Emperor Augustus, and even Virgil cites them in his work as ‘virtuous in goodness’.
In the 1500s, the valley was described as golden ‘for its copious and excellent wine’, and it has always been a place focused on the modernization of vine cultivation and winemaking techniques, of which Cantina Valpantena Verona is the full expression.

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Suspect in 1974 murder of Alice police officer identified
More than 40 years after police officer Matthew Murphy was shot and killed during a traffic stop in Alice, investigators believe they have found the person responsible.
According to an Oct. 24 affidavit filed by Sgt. Aniceto Perez Jr., Alice police identified 70-year-old Roberto Lopez — an inmate who was being held at the St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville, Alabama — as a suspect Murphy's death. Lopez is accused of fatally shooting Murphy in December 1974 after an early morning traffic stop near the intersection of U.S. Highway 281 and West Main Street.
Jail officials in Alabama said Lopez was a prisoner serving a life sentence without parole, but did not provide additional details. An arrest warrant was later issued for Lopez's arrest, but he was not in the Jim Wells County Jail as of Thursday afternoon, Sheriff Danny Bueno said.
According to the affidavit, Lopez reportedly bragged while in prison about shooting and killing a "narc" named "Murphy" with a .22-caliber pistol. Murphy was an undercover narcotics agent who had been put back on patrol at the time of his death. He was shot several times and later died at a nearby hospital.
An arrest had not been made in connection with Murphy's death until Wednesday. Alice Police Chief Rex Ramon did not return repeated calls to his office or cell phone requesting additional information on the development.
The Texas Department of Public Safety earlier this year offered a $20,000 reward in an effort to solve Murphy's murder. The money was offered through the Fallen Hero Reward — Texas Remembers program, which is offered through the Office of Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Crime Stoppers.


Dettifoss is one of Iceland’s most famous waterfalls, it is also the most powerful one, not only in Iceland but the whole of Europe. Being the location of the breathtaking opening scene of the movie Prometheus has not made it any less attractive to tourists.
Meadow Pipits have now gathered in groups and roam the countrysides in search of food. They are eagerly preparing for the long journey to their winter grounds in South Europe and Africa. Most of them will leave in the coming week when flying conditions over the Atlantic are favourable. The groups are exceptionally big now which indicates that breeding was very successful this summer.
In the South Interior last week Meadow Pipits were by the thousands, bigger groups than we have seen before. They were eating berries, larva and spiders, all of which seemed in abundance. This Meadow Pipit was in Veiðivötn, South Iceland.
The summer has been exceptionally good in Iceland and its effects can be seen in both fauna and flora in the interior. Golden Plovers, Ringed Plovers and Purple Sandpipers are common breeding birds in the highlands and for them life has been good. Breeding was very successful and when summer is coming to an end bigger groups than in recent years can be seen all over the Icelandic highlands.
The photos are from Veiðivötn (Fishing Lakes) in the southern interior.
Aldeyjarfoss is a waterfall in the river Skjálfandafljót which comes from Iceland’s, and Europe’s, biggest glacier, Vatnajökull. It is situated deep in the valley Bárðardalur where the highland road Sprengisandur starts.
The waterfall, although not much higher than 20 metres, is spectacular and no photo can give it enough credit. Beautiful black basalt columns are contrasted by the force of glacial water and the drive to the waterfall and short walk down from the parking space are so much worth it.
The surrounding landscape consists of lava fields and rich green pastureland, full of birdlife and sheep. There are also a few sheep farms in the area, because although remote and on the edge of the highlands, the area is one of Iceland’s best suited for sheep farming.
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Last week we saw a Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer) sneak up on a Red-breasted Merganser with its chicks several meters from the shore. The Diver behaved like a sheepdog and prevented the group from going on the lake. It dived towards them and forced them up to the shore repeatedly.
The Merganser was on constant look out both on and under the water surface. Although the Diver’s mate and chick were in about 1 km distance the diver thought the Merganser and its chicks were a threat which should be kept at bay.
The Great Northern Diver is known for its fierce treatment of intruders that venture into its territory. It is known to dive under other birds wounding them with its spear-shaped bill. People have witnessed them killing both duck and geese chicks this way and even adult birds, such as the Long-tailed Duck.


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Pakistani legislators have elected Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s prime minister for the second time following a controversial election last month.
The South Asian country voted on February 8 in an election marred by allegations of large-scale rigging and delayed results. On Sunday, the National Assembly, as the lower house of parliament is called, met to elect the premier.
Shehbaz secured 201 votes, prevailing over rival Omar Ayub Khan, who won 92 votes, and is backed by the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), the political group legislators belonging to former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party joined after the PTI was barred from contesting for allegedly violating election laws.
Shehbaz, currently the PMLN president, had the backing of nearly 200 legislators in the 336-member house. The winner needed at least 169 votes.
Sharif, 72, served as prime minister until August last year when the National Assembly was dissolved to make way for a caretaker government, tasked with holding the national elections. He is the younger brother of three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who founded the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) party, which is in alliance with the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) to form the government.
The assembly session started with a delay of more than an hour, as the legislators belonging to PTI-backed SIC raised slogans in the hall in favour of their incarcerated leader, former prime minister Imran Khan.
The newly-elected National Assembly members took oath on Thursday, three weeks after the vote.
The PTI, which was forced to field its candidates as independents after losing its election symbol, emerged as the largest group with 93 seats.
The party alleges its mandate was “stolen” and has kicked off street protests against the alleged rigging.
PTI leader Khan, who was removed through a parliamentary vote of no confidence in 2022, has been in jail since August last year following multiple convictions, including for revealing state secrets, corruption, and an “unlawful” wedding.
Pakistan, a country of 241 million people, is faced with political instability as it battles a declining economy and a rapidly deteriorating security situation.
Source Al Jazeera
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Around the country, attitudes about retirement are shifting.
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Hi! I am finally going to my first ED group therapy. I am 46 years old and have struggled with my weight my entire life. It festered for several years and in this last year I am REALLY struggling...none of my friends, family or BF know how much I am fighting it everyday. I saw my addiction therapist on Monday and she made my appt. I am excited yet nervous. This is going to be yet another growing and learning experience!!! Growth is never pain-free.
My partner, the love of my life is struggling again. She has in the past been so sick due to eating disorder behaviours she was within inches of losing her life-both to physical complications and to suicide attempts. There is very little support for those of us who love someone with an eating disorder. I have done boatloads of research and reading both to understand and to prevent risk. I am afraid that the power of the eating disorder will become too strong again and I get frustrated that it's voice is loud enough to drown out all of the good, the progress of recovery, and the peace we've worked so hard to find. I wish there was a way to help....
Parents and caregivers of an individual diagnosed with an eating disorder are invited to participate in an online survey exploring carers wellbeing and distress. The survey will take about 15 mins to complete, and is completely anonymous and confidential. The results will assist in our understanding of the impact on carers and how to better support them. Please click on this link to complete the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/eatingdisordercarers THANK YOU! :)
I just discovered this sub and I'm so thankful that there is a place to anonymously share our struggles. I apologize for the formatting, I'm using my smart phone.
A little bit about my past; my father died when I was two years old and my sister and I were placed in to foster care because our mother was addicted to drugs and alcohol. When I was seven years old our mother went in to treatment and regained custody of us. I wish I could say she stayed sober, but unfortunately substances have always held a special place in her heart. Due to her addictions food was always scarce.
As a teen (growing up in a wealthy california town) I was always ashamed of being poor so I refused to accept the free school lunches and instead learned to control my hunger pains with coffee, water and cigarettes. It was never my intention to become anorexic, but I did enjoy the feeling of being in control of something for once in my life.
When I moved out on my own I started eating more regularly and I maintained a healthy lifestyle/relationship with food for about 3 years. I entered in to a long term relationship with a close friend and we moved to Seattle in 2009. We started to grow apart after the move. He couldn't hold down a job, he smoked weed all day, and played WoW...he was a real winner. I felt like I had been swindled. I started biking to and from work and eating less to save money. Over the course of 4 months I went from 5'8 and 155 to 135. Suddenly everyone seemed to notice me, I felt beautiful and in control again, I felt good about myself and broke up with the loser I was dating and I started dating my current husband. We drank and ate lots of fatty, delicious foods together and in the first year and a half I gained 70 lbs. He sat down with me one afternoon and explained that he loved me but was not sexually attracted to me and that I needed to get control over my eating or our relationship wasn't going to work.
I downloaded MFP and started exercising regularly and in 6 months I was down 30lbs. I knew I still had a long way to go, but instead of quitting alcohol and eating sensibly I decided to switch to hard alcohol and skipping meals so that I could get drunk in the evenings and still lose weight. My drinking spiraled out of control and I began lying about how much I was actually consuming. I was eating only one substantial meal a day and the rest of my calories came from whiskey. I did get back down to 140, but I also gained a serious addiction. I've been trying to kick alcohol since April and I've made huge strides, but now I'm eating again and worse, I'm binge eating and purging when I'm home alone. I feel like my eating disorder fed my alcoholism and vice-versa. I feel like I am failing myself. I feel like I will never be satisfied with myself, almost like I am in competition with the person I was when my husband met me. I can't share this with him, he really doesn't understand ED and just thinks that people who have them are vain and weak-willed. I feel isolated and like I'm disassociated with myself, almost like I'm observing my life from 3rd person.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, it really means so much to me. Today is my day one of not binging and I'm honestly terrified of being home alone this evening. All advice would be very much appreciated.
This is my first post on reddit ever. I have been struggling with an ED for many years but it has gotten especially bad through the stress of engineering school, recently graduating, and with my parents divorce. I'm an elite athlete and I know I need to eat to perform. Sometimes when I just feel like I can't cope, I take it out on food. whenever I am emotional or feel like I messed up( had a bad workout, bad talk with my parents, or disappointing race) I take it out on food and severely limit what I eat or don't eat at all. I also keep getting caught in the middle of this divorce and being guilt tripped every time I do something with one parent over the other. Im currently 5'10"" and 125 lbs. I'm a professional triathlete and I know that I'll be happier and healthier with a few more pounds but it's just a daily struggle. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Cooking with Cash-Wa Episode 12: Roasted Butternut Squash
FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Oven roasted squash is surprisingly simple and delicious! This is a dish you can easily prep a day before you plan to serve. Use leftovers for a breakfast hash or cold on salad greens with fresh apple slices and maple vinaigrette.
NOTE: Hard squash like buttercup, butternut, pumpkin, turban, and Hubbard can be intimidating and dangerous to cut. Peel the squash using a vegetable peeler, then carefully cut in half so you can have a flat surface to steady the squash on the cutting board. Also, use a large, sharp chef’s knife and keep your hands and fingers on top of the knife to apply pressure.
· 2 large butternut squash
· 2-3 cloves fresh garlic, minced
· 1-2 springs fresh rosemary, rough chopped
· 1 teaspoon kosher salt
· ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
· ½ cup olive oil
Preheat oven to 375° F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Cut squash into 2″ cubes and transfer to a mixing bowl. Add the remaining ingredients, toss to coat. Knock out squash onto the baking sheet and make sure to evenly distribute on one layer. You may need to use 2 baking sheets depending on the size. The squash will brown more evenly if it is not crowded onto one pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the squash is browned and tender. Be careful to not overcook the squash.
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‘Udta Punjab’, which was locked in a bitter battle with the Censor Board, has reportedly been leaked online just two days before its release. Approximately 40 minutes of the movie footage is available online with for censor written on the top left corner, according to websites. There are reports that the entire movie, which has a running time of 2 hours 20 minutes, is doing the rounds on movie downloading sites.
The makers have lodged a complaint with cyber police alleging that the film was leaked online. In their compliant, they have stated that the film was uploaded before its release by some unidentified persons. Police are tracing the IP address through which the movie was allegedly uploaded, an official said.
When DC contacted a source from the film's team, they said that they have managed to remove the leaked links. With major chunks of the film now available online, it is suspected if it is an attempt to sabotage it. But this is not the first time that Anurag Kashyap's movie has been leaked. Earlier, clips of his short film featuring Radhika Apte was also leaked.
The film's co-producer Anurag Kashyap was at the forefront of the fight against the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), which had asked for multiple cuts in the drug-themed drama, directed by Abhishek Chaubey.
The producers had moved the Bombay High Court against the board's decision. The court cleared the film for release with just one cut and a revised disclaimer. Though the decision by the court has come as a big relief for the makers as they can now release the film with only one cut and a revised disclaimer but it seems like the trouble isn't over yet. Just two days before of the release, an NGO has appealed Supreme Court questioning the Bombay High Court verdict. ‘Udta Punjab’ stars Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and Diljit Dosanjh that releases this on June 17th, 2016.
Meanewhile, Shahid Kapoor shares the copy of the censor certificate on Twitter that was issued to the makers on June 15.


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|St. Michael & All Angels, Gidea Park, viewed from Main Road, probably sometime in the 1960s.1|
The church originated in 1929 as a mission of All Saints, Squirrels Heath. An ecclesiastical district, taken out of All Saints, was assigned in 1933. A separate parish was formed in 1938, when the permanent church was completed.2
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Summary: A solid coming of age movie with a good soundtrack good performances and an interesting take. It isn't ground breaking but is paced well, shot well, and ends well. Recommended for those that want a good drama rental.
Summary: Perks of Being a Wallflower earns its three stars purely from its transcendent screenplay, which I suspect borrows a lot from the poetry of the book. This is a film of moments and emotions and plays at themes of growing up and coping with some dark tragedies in a realistic and weighty way. At times, though, this philosophizing hinders the film, as it grinds to a spectator-like snail's pace and relies a bit too much (at times) on spacey exposition via voice over.
Excerpt: Generally I’m not an advocate of reading a book before seeing the movie — I find that if I enjoy the book, the movie rarely lives up to what I imagined in my head. There is, however, something to be said about being PREPARED for what you are going to see, and in this case, about halfway through this little number, I was wishing I had been given a little bit more information. Don’t let the trailers fool you — this is a little darker than advertised.
Excerpt: Charlie is a 15-year old taking on his first year in High School. He struggles on making friends, until he meets Sam and Patrick who let him in their circle of friends. *** Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, and Ezra Miller came in BIG on this movie, to begin with. These set of two actors and an actress deserve spot on most talented stars of the generation.
Conclusion: I viewed this movie through no choice of my own. I started watching it and thought why is it called The Perks of Being a Wallflower? By the end of the movie I got that, this film is a completely heartwarming and feel good romance, it is very sweet and emotional in places but in others I found it quite slow and boring.


The pressure relief valve is the valve most used to regulate the maximum pressure in a hydraulic circuit. It is used to protect the pump and the other system components from excessive pressure, and therefore keeping it constant in the circuit.
They are normally closed valves able to open when a predetermined pressure is reached and discharge the flow rate necessary to keep the circuit pressurized. Also referred to as a pressure relief valve.
Available with cartridge in the 30 and 45 liter pressure relief valve version and in the 80 liter pressure relief valve version. This version makes them suitable for mounting in special cavities. If cavities are not already available, they are also supplied with manifold.
A version called the “small” series relief valve is also produced, which allows it to be mounted in smaller spaces.
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