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LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan is determined to lead the “Haqeeqi Azadi” March despite being injured and severe threats to his life as he does want to leave the country at the mercy of “thieves.”
Spokesperson to Punjab Chief Minister Musarat Jamshed Cheema stated during media talk here on Thursday.
She said that the masses would reach Rawalpindi on Saturday for the real Azadi March, saying the “imported government” was already trembling. “The thieves want to save their power by converting Islamabad into a container city, but the power of the people is stronger than a few containers and the victory is always of the people.”
Musarat Chhema regretted that the biggest thief and fugitive of Pakistan was being consulted on important national issues which was unfair. “Imran Khan is the most popular leader of Pakistan and if necessary, Imran Khan will discuss this matter with the President of Pakistan and inform him about the plan of action,” she asserted. It was being objected that the President cannot consult the PTI chairman on any constitutional appointment, but on the other hand, the Prime Minister can consult the fugitive criminal Nawaz Sharif in violation of the Pakistan Secret Act,” she lamented.
Later, talking to the media on the occasion of participating in the signature campaign to provide justice to the family of slain journalist Arshad Sharif organized by the PFUJ at Lahore Press Club, Musarat Cheema said that after Arshad Sharif, more dead bodies should not be picked up. We should raise our voices against this brutal murder, she stressed. The PFUJ is requested to bring this case to its logical conclusion by involving international journalistic organizations, she stressed.
The spokesperson suggested that the murder of Arshad Sharif was not the first killing in Pakistan, “but we should make it the last murder.” We must fight together to bring justice to our martyred brother, she said and demanded that the postmortem report of Arshad Sharif should be given to his family. The plaintiff in the murder case is Arshad Sharif’s family, which is very important to satisfy, concluded Ms Cheema.

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Drumgoole lead Albany to 87-75 victory over Union
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Gerald Drumgoole Jr.'s 26 points helped Albany defeat NAICU-member Union 87-75 on Monday night.
Drumgoole also added six rebounds, five assists, and four steals for the Great Danes (2-2). Jonathan Beagle added 17 points while shooting 7 of 10 from the field and 3 for 6 from the line, and they also had 13 rebounds. Aaron Reddish recorded 17 points and shot 6 for 10, including 3 for 4 from beyond the arc.
The Dutchmen were led by Mike Manley, who posted 28 points and four assists. Brian Noone added 14 points, seven rebounds and four assists for Union. In addition, Edward Baptiste had 14 points and six rebounds.
Albany visits Saint Joseph's (PA) in its next matchup on Thursday.
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Epithelial cell glycoprotein MUC1 is overexpressed and hypoglycosylated on all human adenocarcinomas and is recognized by the immune system as a tumor antigen. In basic and preclinical studies supported by the long-standing grant that this application aims to renew, we have deciphered numerous interactions of MUC1 and the adaptive immune system and this knowledge has been translated to MUC1 based vaccines for pancreatic, breast, colon and prostate cancer. We also made an unexpected observation that MUC1 interacts directly with the cells of the innate immune system and thus might play an important role in inflammation and cancer. Our hypothesis is that overexpression and aberrant glycosylation of MUC1 promotes first chronic inflammation and later progression to cancer and thus MUC1 should be targeted not only for tumor therapy, as studied so far, but also for therapy of chronic inflammation before tumors develop. We propose two specific aims:
Specific Aim 1. To define MUC1 related cellular and molecular events that regulate (induce, promote) chronic inflammation and cancer. We will use the new mouse model developed in the previous grant period as well as the information we obtained regarding the novel interactions of the MUC1 glycoprotein with the innate and the adaptive immune system.
Specific Aim 2. To test the ability of MUC1-specific or MUC1-related immunotherapy to prevent chronic inflammation and cancer. We will use vaccines based on immunogenic MUC1 glycopeptides defined in the last grant period as well as MUC1 specific TCR transgenic mice developed in the same period. We have preliminary evidence that inducing MUC1 specific adaptive immunity can prevent not only cancer but also chronic inflammation. Nobody has yet considered MUC1 as a target for therapy, and specifically immunotherapy, of chronic inflammatory diseases that carry increased risk of cancer.
This is a long-standing project directed towards immunotherapy of cancer and cancer vaccines based on the tumor antigen MUC1. In this renewal application, work will be done to show that this form of immunotherapy and the same vaccines may be useful not only for cancer but also for treatment and prevention of chronic inflammations that increase risk for cancer.
|Cascio, Sandra; Faylo, Jacque L; Sciurba, Joshua C et al. (2017) Abnormally glycosylated MUC1 establishes a positive feedback circuit of inflammatory cytokines, mediated by NF-?B p65 and EzH2, in colitis-associated cancer. Oncotarget 8:105284-105298|
|Lohmueller, Jason J; Sato, Shuji; Popova, Lana et al. (2016) Antibodies elicited by the first non-viral prophylactic cancer vaccine show tumor-specificity and immunotherapeutic potential. Sci Rep 6:31740|
|Finn, Olivera J; Beatty, Pamela L (2016) Cancer immunoprevention. Curr Opin Immunol 39:52-8|
|Finn, Olivera J; Khleif, Samir N; Herberman, Ronald B (2015) The FDA guidance on therapeutic cancer vaccines: the need for revision to include preventive cancer vaccines or for a new guidance dedicated to them. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 8:1011-6|
|Marvel, Douglas M; Finn, Olivera J (2014) Global Inhibition of DC Priming Capacity in the Spleen of Self-Antigen Vaccinated Mice Requires IL-10. Front Immunol 5:59|
|Finn, Olivera J (2014) Vaccines for cancer prevention: a practical and feasible approach to the cancer epidemic. Cancer Immunol Res 2:708-13|
|Iheagwara, Uzoma K; Beatty, Pamela L; Van, Phu T et al. (2014) Influenza virus infection elicits protective antibodies and T cells specific for host cell antigens also expressed as tumor-associated antigens: a new view of cancer immunosurveillance. Cancer Immunol Res 2:263-73|
|Kimura, Takashi; Finn, Olivera J (2013) MUC1 immunotherapy is here to stay. Expert Opin Biol Ther 13:35-49|
|Zhang, Lixin; Vlad, Anda; Milcarek, Christine et al. (2013) Human mucin MUC1 RNA undergoes different types of alternative splicing resulting in multiple isoforms. Cancer Immunol Immunother 62:423-35|
|Cascio, Sandra; Farkas, Adam M; Hughey, Rebecca P et al. (2013) Altered glycosylation of MUC1 influences its association with CIN85: the role of this novel complex in cancer cell invasion and migration. Oncotarget 4:1686-97|
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday said it halved the lot size for trading derivatives contracts for the blue-chip Nifty 50 index to 25, and reduced the lot sizes for two other indexes as part of its periodic revision.
The move comes at a time Indian benchmark indexes have been hitting fresh record highs and seeing increased investor interest in trading derivatives.
The exchange operator reduced the market lot for the Nifty financial services index to 25 from 40 and Nifty midcap select index to 50 from 75, and kept the lot size for trading Nifty bank index unchanged.
The first monthly expiry contract with the revised lot size will expire on May 30 for the Nifty 50 index, while the first weekly expiry contract with revised lot size will expire on May 2, the NSE said in a circular.
Last week, the exchange operator revised lot sizes for some large-cap and mid-cap stocks in its periodic review.
(Reporting by Sethuraman NR and Nandan Mandayam in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane Venkatraman)

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This is a recent short story written for the Hopeless, Maine setting. By my standards, I haven’t written much fiction this year, but I’m getting back on top of that, I think.
You lie there awake, listening to the sounds on the roof. Something is on the roof, skidding over the slates. Back and forth it goes. They go. There is no sense in this scrabbling about around the chimneys, and yet you cannot be sure that there is nothing intelligent up there.
All you can do is hope that it is a donkey, again. There is no imaginable way that a donkey could be on your roof because there are no means by which it might ascend. You know this. You have checked extensively. But there has been a donkey on the roof before – you saw it with your own eyes in the uncanny half light of an early summer morning. The donkey looked at you and you expected it to speak, giving some pronouncement to justify its position or identity. It said nothing. How it descended remains as mysterious…
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Just Announced: Outside Lands 2014 Lineup
Apr 08, 2014 at 10am
By Sarah Han
Everyone's favorite San Francisco summertime music festival, Outside Lands takes place August 8-10 in Golden Gate Park. Tickets go on sale this Thursday at 10 a.m.
Here's the lineup of who you'll be seeing this year:
Get your picnic blankets ready.

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ANOTHER business group has joined the push to head off a move to introduce on-street parking charges to Tavistock.
Tavistock Chamber of Commerce is joining the campaign to stop the suggested charging.
Tim Randell, chamber chairman, said: ‘This such a dreadful idea. I can’t understand who or why anyone would want to come up with such an idea.
‘We need to know how this idea came about and the details and reasoning behind it. It’s hard to understand the logic. We already have one hour’s free parking in the town centre. So, if it’s all about churn (high turn around) of traffic and customers, as I understand is the main reasoning behind the plan, then that already happens. Therefore, how beneficial will bringing in charges be? I can only think it will make things worse because people will just not come into the town centre.’
He said the chamber was working out a joint communique to the county council with Tavistock BID (the Business Improvement District), West Devon Borough Council and Tavistock Town Councils. The chamber was due to have a meeting of members and other guests this week to hear concerns and how they would like the group to approach the issue.
Meanwhile, BID has raised a petition and crowdfunding campaign to fight the plan. The petition had reached nearly 1,500 earlier this week, while donations reached more than £400. The BID’s Stop the Meters campaign can be reached here: https://www.tavistockbid.co.uk/stop-the-meters-campaign
The county council says charging would boost trade, encourage car park and public transport use.


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WIEF FOUNDATION AND IDB TO REINVIGORATE PRIVATE SECTOR
WIEF to collaborate efforts to connect businesses in the Muslim world
Kuala Lumpur, 16 June 2009 –– The World Islamic Economic Forum Foundation will work in partnership with Islamic Development Bank to reinvigorate the private sector to further enhance the business connections in the Muslim world.
Speaking at the Islamic Development Bank Group Annual Meeting in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Tuan Syed Abu Bakar Almohdzar, Managing Director of WIEF Foundation said “IDB’s new policy outlook in bolstering the private sector is in tandem with the ongoing WIEF- IDB partnership to develop vocational training programme for the Sub-Saharan African countries under the IDB’s Vocational Literacy Program for Poverty Alleviation (VOLIP) initiative.”
Tuan Syed, in his speech, further added that the vocational training programme is under the purview of the Education Trust, which has been tasked to oversee the educational aspect of WIEF Foundation’s operations.
The VOLIP is one of the IDB’s initiatives to provide some USD $1bn in financing over the next five years in order to help address some of the most fundamental causes of poverty in member nations of the IDB, namely lack of education and of employment opportunities. The VOLIP programme aims to provide some $500m in funds over a five-year period for vocational literacy.
The Islamic Development Bank Group Annual Meeting was held from 2-3 June 2009 under the patronage of the President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanukuly Bardi Muhammadov, and attended by the ministers of finance, economic affairs and planning of the 56 member countries of the IDB.
The World Islamic Economic Forum Foundation has also established Young Leaders Network, Scholarship and Internship programmes aimed at empowering young leaders in the Muslim world. According to Tuan Syed, applications have been received from various Muslim countries and the applicants are currently being shortlisted.


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The new Basketshop Gallery in Westwood found the perfect icebreaker for its opening: Maker’s Mark with a generous slice of (Home Depot) orange. The bourbon bottle, part of an exhibit titled How to Make Enemies Friends, sits empty now, but gallery founders Eli Walker and Kelly Kroener pledge that they’ll keep the conversation and hospitality flowing in a working-class neighborhood not accustomed to alternative art practices.
The couple moved here in October from Dallas’ rising Cedars neighborhood, where for four years they ran Homeland Security Domestic Gallery in their “shotgun shack” house. Inviting people inside their living room to look at art quickly became a way of life. Now, as they shift to operating in a Harrison Avenue storefront, Walker and Kroener say they want Basketshop (which doesn’t sell baskets) to be as woven into Westwood as the nearby bake shop and Henke Winery.
“There’s nothing really intimidating about art that I know of,” says Walker, a painter and basketmaker. But he and Kroener, who creates art with textiles, understand that other people have preconceived notions about contemporary art and galleries, so they are taking baby steps as they introduce themselves to the West Side and try to fit in in their own way. Recognizing Cincinnati’s traditions of quality craftsmanship, they chose the labor-themed art of Ryder Richards for their first show, which will be up through Sept. 9.
Richards, of Dallas, has combined sophisticated ideas with utilitarian building materials for an exhibit that is contemplative yet doesn’t take itself too, too seriously. His beautifully drawn portraits of orange clamps, vises and buckets rest on sawhorses. The Maker’s Mark bottle sits atop wood-and-foam “cinder blocks.” During a conversation on opening night, Richards explained that as he worked beside builders on various projects, he recognized that he was guilty of making assumptions about their cultural tastes, education and politics, just as they passed judgment about his being an artist. But the common experience of a trip to the hardware store, plus a shot of hard liquor, can help turn foes into friends.
Kroener calls the exhibit a nice lead-in to Basketshop’s programming, which will continue to weave community and craft. “I think art builds up from craft, and not down from style,” she says, adding that she feels at home in Westwood.
She and Walker have exhibits planned into April 2018, when they’ll host Michael Corris, who in the 1970s was a member of New York’s Art & Language collaboration, a conceptual art group that challenged mainstream critics and practices.
“He understands what community means,” Walker says. “He helped us form an idea of how important hospitality is.” Claiming authorship of an individual piece is secondary to everyone being involved in a bigger project.
After Corris’ visit, the couple would like to work with Cincinnati artists. Kroner, who grew up in Lebanon, Ohio, says she had wanted to return to this region and make a difference here. In Walker’s hometown of Dallas, the couple co-founded S.C.A.B. (Socialized Contemporary Artists Bureau) in response to being shut out of white-cube galleries that wouldn’t host so-called “emerging artists.” Members showed one another’s work in living rooms, lofts and even floating in a swimming pool.
The couple, who graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, cite the influence of their instructor Michelle Grabner, who for years exhibited artists from around the world in The Suburban, her 9-by-9-foot garage in Oak Park, Ill. In Cincinnati, they’ve sought out Maya Drozdz, who started Ledge Gallery on a shelf in her apartment before moving it to a windowsill of her shop in East Walnut Hills.
Though Kroener’s studio is in the back of Basketshop, she and Walker say they don’t intend to show their own art in their gallery. To do so would go against their hospitality ethos and the basket-weaving metaphor.
“This is us working as gallerists,” Walker says. “We want to be the gallerists that we would want to work with as artists.”
BASKETSHOP GALLERY is located at 3105 Harrison Ave., Westwood. Hours and more info: facebook.com/eli.walker.director.

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Join us for our next restaurant night of the year at ShopHouse in Columbia on Thursday, October 29th from 5-9PM. ShopHouse will give the HHS Music Booster program 50% of your purchase as long as you present the flyer, display it on a smartphone, or mention it at the register.
Wednesday Night, October 21 is the big night of the Fall Concert. The kids have been working hard in preparation for the event and really sound great, but we’ve come to expect nothing less from this award winning music program. A couple of things to note:
The concert will begin promptly at 7:00 PM. Come early to get a good seat and enjoy the show
Four winners will be announced Wednesday night at the Fall Concert. If you’re interested in being part of this once a year raffle, you still have time to turn in tickets in the morning. The IMB is distributing new tickets and collecting sold tickets Wednesday morning in the band room. All sold tickets must be handed in prior to the concert. Good luck!
Lion’s Pride Restaurant Night:
Make it a night on the town and support all of Howard High. Enjoy the great food at Centre Park Grill before or after the concert. The event runs all day from 11am until close, so you have time to take in dinner and still see a great show from Howard’s award winning music program. Please mention you are supporting Lion’s Pride to your server. Location: 8808 Centre Park Dr Columbia, MD 21045 United States
Thank you again for your support of Howard High’s Music Programs
HHS Music Families:
The HHS Instrumental Music Boosters is conducting a pie fundraiser to support the music program and music students at HHS. 100% of the funds from this event will be applied to the student accounts that are used to pay for the music department’s Spring Trip.
Through this fundraiser, we are offering traditional Thanksgiving pies, delicious cheesecakes, and yummy cinnamon rolls. All desserts arrive frozen, so you can enjoy them for the holiday or use later.
Please use the attached order sheet to record orders and make payment via check to: “Howard High School Band”. On the order form, clearly print your name, email address, phone number, and the name of the music group you participate in (concert band, wind ensemble, orchestra, chorus). Please submit a single check to cover all orders, if possible.
For questions or information about this fundraiser please email email@example.com. Click here for the brochure and here for the order form.
Thank you for supporting music at HHS!
HHS Instrumental Music Boosters
The first annual Howard County Marching Showcase will be held on Oct 5th at Centennial High School. Howard High will be participating in what looks to be a great new music tradition in Howard County. The show starts at 7:30pm. Students will need to be at Howard High by 5:15pm for rehearsal and bus loading. Warm up sessions begin after the schools arrive at Centennial, around 6:30pm. The following schools are participating:
We hope to see you there


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I found that this machine will punch holes perfectly well BUT no more than 4 sheets of 80gsm anything over this is impossible, never mind the 10 sheets as advertised.When I emptied the confetti tray for the first time I broke a couple of the very flimsy teeth on the comb spreading mechanism.Then Rexel told me that this machine is NON REPAIRABLE, that''s 90 quid down the tube.Do not touch this machine or this company
It does punch holes properly in paper but no more than 4 sheets of 80gsm certainly not the 10 sheets as advertisedplus when emptying the confetti catcher the first time I broke a couple of fragile plastic teeth on the comb spreading mechanism. Rexel then tell me that this is NOT A REPAIRABLE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT so £90 down the drain.what a lousy company and lousy piece of kit
A truely dreadful product that simply doesn't work properly.You put the paper in and it either fails to punch the holes or cuts at an angle so that half of the paper isn't punched at all. A terrible design that has cost me hours of time and countless reprints of ruined documents.


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Does more blacktop equal more heat?
Ah, the fresh smell of asphalt. There's nothing like that intense odor in summer time, NOT! OK, I'm grateful that my local government has paved my street with fresh blacktop. We were overdue for a new coating after 20 years what with cracks and minor potholes.
These days I wonder if there's an alternative to blacktop since the science community says that more blacktop roads add to the summertime" heat island" in the metro. Really, more blacktop equals a more intense "heat island?"
The "more blacktop roads theory" is not exactly preposterous since we all should know that darker colors means more heat. This is why so many school districts put white roofs on school buses to cool off those vehicles and hopefully cool off the kids. Cooler kids means less bus trouble - or so that theory says.
But what exactly is this "heat island?" Apparently meteorologists inform us that metro areas like Atlanta produce this area of more intense heat than the less populated areas. Makes perfect sense, right?
Experts go on to say that more intense daytime heating within the heat islands feeds those afternoon storms which translate into more powerful lightning storms. More lightning fires occur and that is something fire and police departments across the nation must not be enchanted with one bit.
Of course, one may also conclude that more of our activity contributes to the summertime heat island including fewer trees from construction, home and car air-conditioning and of course, vehicle exhaust.
I'm not sure if all of these findings are definitive, but that's quite disturbing if it is all true.
OK, now for the dose of what's more than well-known: heat island or no heat island, it's more than obvious that August is a challenging hot month in metro Atlanta and the rest of the Southeastern U.S.
Is there a way that we can collectively do things to reduce summertime temps? What do you think?

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Standing in a spacious, modern church building, listening to a large youth choir sing a song about Jesus, their voices and guitars amplified by an impressive sound system, it’s difficult to remember that we are visiting the largest Muslim nation in the world.
There is no fear in the faces of the people filling the seats and overflowing into the outer lobby area. They seem genuinely excited to be worshipping in “God’s House.”
When my friends back in Colorado Springs heard I would be traveling to Indonesia, they warned me to be careful. Some even tried to convince me not to go. Besides being on the other side of the planet, the collection of islands has a reputation for being hostile toward Christians.
While that is the case in many parts of Indonesia, in the city of Manado, on the island of Sulawesi, Christians are actually the majority. And they seem strangely at ease living in an Islamic nation.
When Arab traders arrived in the beautiful islands of the South Pacific in the 8th century, they not only came seeking spices (and sadly, sometimes slaves), but bearing a new religion: the teachings of a man named Mohammed and the book he reportedly received from the angel Gabriel – the Qur’an.
Seven centuries later, Islam had spread and put down deep roots. Rulers throughout the islands began to adopt the religion and by the 17th century, the islands comprising what is now known as Indonesia were almost entirely Islamic.
Today, Indonesia is not only the world’s largest island nation, but it boasts the largest Muslim population in the world. More than 200 million Muslims (nearly 90% of the total population) follow Islam.
As evidenced in Manado, the Church is alive and well in this nation. But in some parts of the islands, tolerance is harder to come by. Being a Christian in places like Jakarta or the province of Aceh (ruled by Sharia law) can come with a heavy price. Church buildings have been burned, bombed, and vandalized. Christians have been attacked and faced intense discrimination.
Whether it’s for evangelism and discipleship, or for the opportunity to hear the message of salvation, the minority Christian population and the majority Muslim population of Indonesia need God’s Word. But right now, all they have is an old translation that doesn’t use modern Indonesian.
The Bible was first translated into Indonesian in 1629. The translation most commonly used today is the Terjemahan Baru, which was finished in 1985. In the 31 years since it was completed, the Indonesia language (like all living languages) has changed dramatically. That’s why Biblica is undertaking a new translation.
Launched in 2016, when this translation is completed, Indonesians will have a Bible that subscribes to the same rigorous standards as the English New International Version. It will be accurate to the original Greek and Hebrew texts, but also be readable, using contemporary Indonesian to share God’s truth.
After the youth choir finishes their energetic song, the pastor steps up to the podium and begins to teach from God’s Word. Do the young people understand what’s being taught? Or does the Bible the pastor is reading from have the hollow ring of a version their parents or grandparents might be clinging to? Does it communicate to them in their language?
My prayer is that they will soon have a Bible they can understand.


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Traveling is a great opportunity to rediscover you and explore places in the best possible way.
Traveling pumps a lot of energy into you and offers a great escape from the monotonous routine. Holidays for singles over 60 are certainly a delight, after spending a productive professional life, you will have the chance to follow your passion and visit the destinations of your dreams. Vacation planning for single seniors requires a lot of research, look for places to visit, check out incredible destinations, accommodation options and more. The individual journey of the elderly can be full of excitement and excitement.
If you are single and traveling is your passion, then this article will certainly help you with great travel information for elderly singles.
How to prepare for a solo trip?
One of the most important things you need to do to plan a single senior vacation is to prepare for the trip. Here are some of the factors that you must consider to prepare for a single senior trip.
One of the most important things is basic research. This involves selecting some destinations for your vacation and searching for more information. Decide where you want to stay, for how many days, what accommodation options are available, which places you would like to visit and more.
Find the right time for senior individual travel:
After selecting some vacation destinations to travel, find the best time to visit the destination. Time is a very important factor, if you visit a place at the wrong time, you may end up spending a lot of money. You can save a lot of money by traveling outside the main station, but still in good weather.
Correct a provisional budget for your trip. Based on the budget, you can proceed with reservations and ticket reservations. Do a good search on the web to discover the best deals and discounts on airline tickets and hotel reservations.
Make a detailed plan for each day. If you are planning a single vacation, book a full itinerary for the day. Include all important places to visit, such as monuments, historic sites, beaches, activities, cruises, etc. This will provide you with a clear action plan during your vacation. A single senior journey with a well-planned itinerary will offer great tranquility and help you explore all the vital places during your expedition.
The top destination for elderly single travelers
This place offers great diversity. It is suitable for those looking for nature, urban life and activities as well. Some of the best places to visit in San Antonio include Hemis trade fair park, River Walk, Fiesta Texas, La Villita and more.
Thailand is one of the best destinations for individual travel for the elderly. This place has everything from beaches, national parks, beautiful scenery and some of the stunning views. Thailand is known for its energetic cities and ample opportunities to enjoy some fun and fascinating activities. Plus, check out a single senior cruise to add more fun and make your trip a memorable one. Some of the best places to visit in Thailand include Bangkok, Phuket, Chiang Mai, Krabi and more.
California Pacific Coast Highway:
A trip to the Pacific Coast Highway in California can also be fun and exciting. Wide roads are a delight to drive, especially for singles who like to drive. This place is known for its beautiful scenery and wonderful views.
See the beauty of nature like never before with Canada's amazing and spectacular Rockies. This place has a Yoho national park, Takakkaw Falls and ice covered peaks. The breathtaking landscape is sure to fascinate you with all its beauty and splendor.
South Africa Safari:
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Krell has announced what it is saying is the most revolutionary design change in its 33-year history: iBias™, a patent-pending new technology that uses the Class A circuitry yet consumes far less energy than a traditional Class A amplifier does.
“Because iBias technology eliminates crossover distortion, it allows the low-level details, subtleties and spatiality of music to come through exactly as they do in a traditional Class A amplifier. Yet iBias also allows these new amplifiers to produce the almost limitless dynamics that is the hallmark of Krell’s sound”.
“Class A amplifiers have always been the preferred choice of audiophiles, and they’ve been a hallmark of Krell engineering for decades,” Bill McKiegan, president of Krell Industries, said. “But concerns about energy consumption have reduced some of the enthusiasm for Class A. We are now building in our Connecticut factory a new type of amplifier with musicality that surpasses that of Class A and the energy-efficiency of newer Class G and H designs. Our iBias designs deliver all of this in a surprisingly compact package – and also incorporate internet-based technology that will delight both audiophiles and systems integrators.”
The new line includes seven models, each one built into a 3U-high (5.25 in/134mm) chassis with removable rack-mount ears. The model numbers of the amplifiers indicate their power in watts RMS per channel into an 8-ohm load. The line includes two monoblocks, the Solo 550 and Solo 375; two stereo amps, the Duo 175 and Duo 275; the three-channel Trio 275; the five-channel Chorus 5 and the seven-channel Chorus 7.
Krell Duo 175 stereo power amp (175W RMS per channel) – £7,500
Krell Duo 300 stereo power amp (300W RMS per channel) – £9,500
Krell Trio 300 three-channel power amp (300W RMS per channel) – £11,500
Krell Chorus 5 five-channel power amp (200W RMS per channel) – £7,500
Krell Chorus 7 seven-channel power amp (200W RMS per channel) – £9,500
Krell Solo 375 monoblock (375W RMS) – £8,750
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This column is about the most common mistakes pump end users make daily. It is also about how to avoid these mistakes and how to fix them.
I learned these lessons the hard way.
When I entered the pump industry four decades ago, I wish someone had given me a list of common mistakes to avoid. Hopefully, I can impart some pertinent knowledge, practical tips and rules of thumb that will help the next generation of pump engineers, technicians, mechanics, operators, buyers and salespeople.
This column is not based on scientific, industry or government studies. It will be an ongoing compilation based solely on my personal pump industry experience throughout the last 43 years. My experience is not with all pumps, in all industries or in all applications. However, I believe there is much to learn for anyone who works with pumps.
My goal is simple. If I can prevent one person from destroying expensive equipment and—more important—causing an injury, then my mission will be complete.
Ignoring the IOM
The most common pumping mistake is not reading or following the instructions. For every field problem on which I have been asked to consult, the problem could have easily been avoided if the end user read the instruction and operating manual (IOM). Actually, many of the top 20 mistakes could easily be avoided by simply reading and following the IOM before installing and starting the pump.
Listing this as the top mistake may seem silly. Many professionals in our industry think reading the instructions makes them look uninformed. I still highly recommend reading the IOM, even if other personnel do not.
Operating the Pump Backward
The second most common mistake is operating the pump in reverse rotation—basically, running it backward. This occurs when a pump should operate clockwise (CW) but it operates counterclockwise (CCW) or vice versa. I see this occur at least once per month. For pumps with no way to prevent the impeller from backing off—such as American National Standards Institute (ANSI) pumps with threaded shafts and impellers—this is a major issue.
By design, ANSI pumps have no key, nut or pin to prevent the impeller from unscrewing from the shaft when rotated in the wrong direction. Between a nanosecond and a millisecond after the motor is started, the impeller will begin to unthread. It will back off the shaft threads, consequently making the rotating element longer. Then it will drive itself into the casing. The impeller backs off because of the principles of inertia and momentum.
With apologies to my hero Isaac Newton for oversimplification of his first law of motion, the basic principle is that a mass at rest tends to stay at rest. The shaft turns, but the impeller will offer some initial resistance or inertia, which starts the unthreading process.
In the best case scenario, the driver—usually an electric motor—trips on overload in about one second but not before the impeller is irreparably damaged (see Image 1). When this occurs, the impeller—an expensive and intricate casting that was dynamically balanced to International Organization for Standardization (ISO) G 2.5 standards and specifications—friction welds parts of itself into the casing. The precise curvature and geometry of the vanes that would have yielded hydraulic efficiency are destroyed. The balance will be out of tolerance, and the runout measurements on the vane tips will be totally out of specification. The vane height will also be heavily compromised. At least once because the driver did not trip out, I have seen a pump torn from the foundation, and the schedule 40 steel discharge and suction piping ripped apart.
Image 1. This impeller was damaged after unscrewing from the shaft and turning against the pump casing. (Image courtesy of the author)
Many pump owners deny that the pump was operated backward. They simply corrected the motor phase rotation without taking the pump apart for inspection. They restart the pump and blame other sources for a pump that vibrates and destroys mechanical seals and bearings in the span of one month instead of five to eight years.
No matter who is to blame in these types of cases, the impeller is not replaced or at least repaired and rebalanced. The shaft is not checked for the inevitable dogleg bend that will occur in these situations.
The impeller O-ring is now positioned incorrectly and will leak fluid into the thread area, which creates another problem down the road.
The pump running backward likely also causes damage to the close tolerance and critical areas of the casing that govern pump efficiency and may preclude the proper setting of the impeller clearance for a long time. This is particularly true for ANSI style pumps that set the clearance to the casing instead of the stuffing box, back plate or mechanical seal chamber.
The impact on the bearings and bearing fits must also be evaluated. The reliability and integrity of the mechanical seal are questionable after the pump has operated backward. All these problems occur because no one conducted a rotational check on the driver before the coupling was assembled. This is one reason that many manufacturers do not install couplings at the factory. When end users ask why the coupling was not installed, this allows them to:
- Check directional rotation
- Complete final check of the impeller clearance setting
- Conduct the field alignment from driver to pump
- Set the cartridge mechanical seal
Often, end users assume these processes happen at the manufacturing facility. The fallacy of plug-and-play pumps will be the subject of another column. These checks are covered in the IOM, regardless of the manufacturer.
Many other non-ANSI pump designs include a component to prevent the impeller from unscrewing from the shaft if the pump operates in the wrong direction. These methods can be as simple as a key in a keyway, a retaining nut or specially shaped shafts, such as a tapered polygon design.
Some industry professionals believe a pump operating backward will cause the fluid flow to change direction—that the fluid will enter the discharge and exit by the suction. This is an incorrect assumption. The casing's geometrical design, not the direction of rotation of the impeller, determines the flow's direction. The fluid will move in the correct direction from suction to discharge, but the process will be very inefficient. Usually the inefficiency manifests mostly as noise.
In general, a pump rotating backward will produce about 50 percent of the flow and 50 percent of the head that it would have produced if operating in the correct direction. This is only a rule of thumb. The actual head and flow will also be somewhat directly dependent on the geometry of the impeller or the specific speed for that impeller. A radial impeller of lower specific speed rotating backward may produce more than 50 percent and sometimes as much as 70 percent of the head. An axial flow design of high specific speed will produce less than 50 percent.
A pump running backward will often be much noisier than a similarly designed pump operating in the correct direction. However, I have witnessed many pumps that exhibited little to no signs of distress running in the wrong direction.
In one instance, an end user ran a bank of six transformer oil pumps backward for more than 18 years on a 550-megavolt ampere step-up power transformer. The problem originated with its inexpensive sight flow indicator flags. The company could not discern between 600 gallons per minute (gpm) and 1,200 gpm.
This user did not suspect that the pump was running backward, because he firmly believed this would produce flow in the opposite direction. The company was happy to discover full nameplate electrical capacity and to stop overheating the transformer.
Pumps that are close-coupled present a different set of problems for which some compromises will need to be made. They do, however, offer the advantage of preventing the impeller from unscrewing from the shaft. On belt-driven pumps, the orientation of the motor or engine may require that the driver be installed in the opposite direction than it would usually be installed. In the case of some horizontal split-case pumps, the impeller can be installed on the shaft backward so the shaft is turning in the right direction, but the impeller is not. I have even seen pumps with the directional arrow cast incorrectly in the casings.
Manufacturers do not know the electrical phase rotation at an end user's facility, so users must always conduct a check without the coupling installed. A pump running backward will not always produce a lot of noise and will not pump the fluid backward. Read the IOM and check the rotation to ensure that pumps operate in the designed direction.


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“Animation Pioneer” Out Now
A new autobiography called “Animation Pioneer”, which has been written by David Dodd Hand, has been released this week.
Here is the official description for this book:
Like Walt Disney, David Hand started as an animator. Also like Walt Disney, he didn’t stay an animator for long. Hand rose as high in the Disney studio as he could without the last name of Disney. And then he left, his life as an animation pioneer just begun.
In 1930, Walt Disney hired David Hand as an animator, one of a handful of employees at the fledgling Disney studio. Before long, Walt recognized that Hand’s talents were not so much in creating animation, but in directing animated shorts and features. So he promoted him, and then gave him the plummest assignment of all: directing the film that would either make or break the studio: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Working for Walt, as a perennial number-two man, held no appeal for Hand, and so when wealthy Englishman J. Arthur Rank invited him to launch an animation industry in England, he took the offer, likely with the intent to duplicate there what Walt had created in America.
David Hand tells his own story in Animation Pioneer, his candid, entertaining autobiography, with additional biographical material by his son, former Imagineer David Hale Hand. Starting with his wild youth in New Jersey and his exploits in New York during the 1920s, Hand traces his life in animation, from the J.R. Bray Studio and Max Fleischer, to Walt Disney and beyond. It’s a story every animation fan will enjoy.
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"[Lot of 10] Russia in Europe Part I - X", SDUK Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
Subject: Eastern Europe, Russia
Period: 1834-35 (dated)
Color: Hand Color
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The beginning of the nineteenth century saw a period of rapid market growth and innovation in the map publishing world. Increased literacy and public interest in new frontiers and colonies overwhelmed the market because it was oriented toward the small, affluent market of the previous century. With the intent to fill this void, The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK) was founded in 1828 in London, by Lord Brougham and a group of men dedicated to the education of the aspiring working class and the Utilitarian ideal of 'Knowledge is Power.' The society produced an array of education materials, but the series of maps was one of their most successful ventures. A number of engravers and printers were used to produce the maps, which eventually exceed 200 sheets, and continued to be published after the Society as a whole ceased to function.
Complete set of ten maps detailing European Russia. This is perhaps the most comprehensive set of maps of the region published in the early nineteenth century. The first map in the set also includes Sweden and Norway and Map X is a general index map. The detail on each map is remarkable. Set includes 1) The Northern Provinces of Sweden and Norway with Part I of Russia; 2) Russia in Europe Part II; 3) Russia in Europe Part III; 4) Russia in Europe Part IV; 5) Russia in Europe Part V; 6) Russia in Europe Part VI; 7) Russia in Europe Part VII; 8) Russia in Europe Part VIII with Small Index Map shows the extent of Poland before the partition Treaty of 1772; 9) Russia in Europe part IX and Georgia; 10) Russia in Europe Part X.
Each with original outline color and very nice impressions. A little light marginal age toning, map images mostly fine.

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I LOVE food, cooking and most of all eating. I am very passionate about sharing that love with my children. Food education and cooking provide an excellent example of how unschooling can work. I feel strongly that food education is lacking in the public school system. I remember when I was in school, I had home economics by middle school.I enjoyed home economics in school because my mom had us involved in cooking at home, so I found it easy and fun. I was saddened to hear that any type of food education is often delayed until High School. Often this is after bad eating habits have already been formed and many children are already obese.
I remember watching Jamie Oliver on TV going into public school classrooms and the kids weren’t able to identify the most basic of fruit and vegetables. I thought maybe it was staged, sadly I’ve run into some children since then, that proved it was a sad reality. Trying to give children very basic tidbits when they are in a high school classroom on the importance of a good diet and asking them to color a food pyramid isn’t going to cut it. Leading by example is important, if I make healthy choices for myself and my family, hopefully, they will go on to do the same. Walking through the grocery store and asking them as toddlers to find a green vegetable, including them in my daily activities such as my trips to the market, and prepping dinner was giving them an education.
Unschooling is it’s a great way to share your passions and knowledge with your children in a very natural way. So at an early age, my kids were given a knife and taught the safe way to use it, they were taught to be excited at the farmers market when they spotted a new fruit or vegetable they wanted to try. This isn’t because I sat them down and showed them pictures of proper knife handling or did flashcards of vegetables. It’s because it was a natural part of our life. Cooking together started at a very young age. Now with three teenagers, they all are involved in our meal planning and they are active participants in cooking, and they find pleasure in it.
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DTH drives growth in Brazilian pay-TV market
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With figures pointing to the stabilisation of the pay-TV market since the beginning of 2014, there is still room for growth in Brazil, with direct-to-home (DTH) driving the industry to near 20 million subs in October.
According to latest figures published by the country's telecom authority Anatel, Brazil reached 19.65 million accesses in October, meaning almost 30% of homes have pay-TV. The greatest penetration rates are in the country's largest cities, with Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro nearing 50% penetration, only beaten by the Distrito Federal, with 57%.
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Cable is the second most used option, adding 60,000 subs and reaching 7.4 million houses, meaning almost 40% of the country pays for cable. The importance of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH), micro-wave broadcasting (MMDS) and UHF-band TV is residual, showing very low figures.
Regarding operators, Telmex (Claro, Embratel, NET) and Sky/DirecTV are comfortably occupying the first and second position respectively, with Telmex reaching 10.4 million subs and Sky 5.6 million. Nevertheless, there is change coming for operators when Telefónica completes its purchase of Vivendi's GVT. According to current figures, the Spanish telco and GVT will gather a total of over 1.6 million accesses, almost a 10% share, replacing OI as the country's third largest operator.

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While I was home for the holidays, my mom wanted me to make a specific scarf that she could wear to work. Apparently the church she works at is always cold, and she wanted something simple and warm.
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BEIJING (Reuters) -- China has demanded that the United States return 17 Chinese Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay to China and not send them to the Pacific island nation of Palau, which has agreed to accept the detainees.
Palau's government said it would accept the detainees, known as Uyghurs, both as a humanitarian gesture and to help President Barack Obama fulfill his promise to close the controversial prison for foreign terrorism suspects on the U.S. naval base in Cuba.
Many in the U.S. Congress oppose transferring them to U.S. soil when the prison is closed.
China sees the 17 as terrorist suspects, and has repeatedly called for their return.
"China demands the U.S. side implement relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council as well as live up to international antiterrorism obligations, stop the transfer of these suspects to any third country and repatriate them to China," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told a news conference.
"China opposes any third country accepting these suspects," he added.
"The 17 Chinese terrorist suspects held in Guantanamo are members of the East Turkistan Islamic Movement, which has been listed as a terrorist group by the UN Security Council," Qin said.
The Uyghur detainees come from China's largely Muslim region of Xinjiang in the far west, a vastly different landscape from Palau, whose visitor's bureau describes it as the "world's most beautiful tropical paradise" with pristine beaches and unspoiled reefs and caves.
Despite being cleared of terrorism allegations, the Uyghurs remained stuck at Guantanamo Bay while U.S. officials hunted for a country that would take them in.
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Kevin Hart has shared how he enjoyed being able to “pull one over on the audience” during his new heist film Lift.
The comedian and actor stars as master thief Cyrus Whitaker, who leads an international heist crew in a race to lift $500 million (£395,320,000) in gold from a passenger plane at 40,000 feet.
Directed by F Gary Gray, best known for films including Straight Outta Compton and The Italian Job, it also stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw as his Interpol agent ex-girlfriend.
Discussing what drew them to the project, Mbathu-Raw told the PA news agency: “It’s the con, right? It’s the lovable bad guys.
“That sort of Robin Hood feel, like Cyrus says ‘I never steal anything from anyone that doesn’t deserve to lose it.’ I kind of love that spirit.”
Hart added: “Also the idea of pulling one over on the audience as well.
“In a heist film, I think there’s always a hidden agenda of hitting them with something that they don’t see coming, especially when they assume that they’ve got it right and that it’s all over.
“I think we do a great job of giving a nice reveal at the end of the story and what happened and how, that’s always fun.”
The actor also hailed Gray as an “absolutely legend” filmmaker as he reflected on how he builds a connection between the audience and his characters.
“When it comes to dealing with an ensemble, I don’t think there’s anybody that’s told stories better and that’s kept you invested into the characters more”, he added.
“From Straight Outta Compton to Italian Job to Set It Off. There’s so many things where you look and it’s the story of four to five different characters that you care about, that you want to know what’s happening and how it’s happening and you find yourself at the end going ‘Oh my god I can’t believe this happened but they were all there at the end’.
“He does it very very well, he maintains a nice piece of connected tissue to all.”
Hart also acts as a producer on the film alongside Bryan Smiley, Simon Kinberg, Audrey Chon, Matt Reeves and Adam Kassan.
Men In Black star Vincent D’Onofrio, Money Heist actress Ursula Corbero, Avatar star Sam Worthington, Into The Woods’ Billy Magnussen, Spider-Man actor Jacob Batalon and Leon actor Jean Reno are also among the cast.
Lift is available on Netflix now.


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US hedge fund managers are looking to introduce new investment vehicles as investors scorn low bond yields.» Read More
Follows offer from Shucheng to buy Suntech's China subsidiary. *Rising demand for solar products means injection makes sense for China- economist.
NEW YORK, Oct 30- When Campbell Soup Co was losing market share to private label brands and smaller competitors in recent years, it could have used another pop superstar like Andy Warhol to try to make its brand hip again, especially with 20- somethings. Investors have embraced the initiatives, pushing Campbell stock up more than 30 percent in the last two years.
*Cuts 2013 trading profit forecast to 3.5- 3.8 bln euros. *Weak Latam and loss in Europe offset Chrysler profit. MILAN/ DETROIT, Oct 30- Italian carmaker Fiat cut its 2013 profit and sales forecasts on Wednesday as a third-quarter slump in Latin America offset a strong performance at Chrysler, the No.3 U.S. automaker it controls.
DETROIT/ MILAN, Oct 30- Italian automaker Fiat cut its 2013 financial targets on Wednesday as a third-quarter revenue slump in crucial Latin American markets offset a strong performance at Chrysler, the No.3 U.S. automaker it controls.
Oct 29- Struggling U.S. retailer Sears Holdings Corp, led by hedge fund manager Edward Lampert, sold some Canadian real estate assets for $383 million and said it is considering separating its Lands' End clothing and auto center businesses to raise cash.
NEW YORK, Oct 29- Fitch said Tuesday that it will not consider giving its highest AAA rating to securitized products based on single-family rentals, as the first such deal gets ready to come to market. Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and JP Morgan will be pitching the deal at investor meetings in New York, Boston, and Los Angeles this week.
Oct 29- Sears Holdings Corp is considering splitting off its Lands' End clothing and Sears Auto Center businesses, after another quarter of declining same-store sales. The company's shares rose 7 percent, as investors assessed the latest attempt by the operator of Sears department stores and the Kmart discount chain to turn around its business.
WELLINGTON, Oct 29- Meridian Energy Ltd staged a successful debut on Tuesday after New Zealand's government went to great lengths to win over investors, but even more in the way of sweeteners may be needed for the country's next asset sale.
*Expansion into Asia paying off. SYDNEY, Oct 29- Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd reaped gains from its focus on Asia to book a fourth straight year of record profits and offered a better-than-expected dividend payout, sending its shares to an all-time high.
Oct 28- Apple Inc's profit and margins slid despite selling a solid 33.8 million iPhones in its September quarter, prompting disappointed investors to cash in some of the stock's recent strong gains. Shares in Apple, which have gained 17 percent since, slipped about 2 percent after hours to $519.10 on Monday.
Oct 28- Merck& Co Inc reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings on Monday thanks to cost cutting, but lower sales of its Januvia diabetes treatment added fresh evidence its biggest product was losing ground to newer drugs.
*Home mortgage market key profit centre for Australia's Big Four banks. SYDNEY, Oct 28- Australia's largest investment bank Macquarie Group Ltd is pushing rapidly into home mortgages, threatening to disrupt a highly profitable segment of the banking industry long dominated by the country's top four lenders.
*Home mortgage market key profit centre for Australia's Big Four banks. SYDNEY, Oct 28- Australia's largest investment bank Macquarie Group Ltd is pushing rapidly into home mortgages, threatening to disrupt a highly profitable segment of the banking industry long been dominated by the country's top four lenders.
Shares of Tesla Motors Inc have soared more than 410 percent this year as the electric car maker, run by billionaire Elon Musk, beat Wall Street's earnings estimates and forced hedge fund managers who had shorted the stock to buy it to cover their positions.
Oct 24- Amazon.com Inc posted a narrower quarterly loss and grew sales by a better-than-expected 24 percent on Thursday as it expanded aggressively at home and made inroads overseas, sending its shares up 8 percent. Amazon forecast sales of between $23.5 billion to $26.5 billion, which analysts called conservative.
Oct 24- Two groups with particular reason to be grateful about the Federal Reserve's never-never taper are the people at Blackstone and Pinterest.
Oct 24- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd reported strong bookings for 2014 as more vacationers opted for its Europe cruises, helping the world's second-largest cruise operator take market share from Carnival Corp..
Oct 24- Boston Scientific Corp, which is in the midst of an attempted turnaround, reported weak sales of its heart stents and provided a disappointing fourth-quarter company sales forecast, sending its shares almost 7 percent lower on Thursday.
Last August, China fined six companies, including Mead Johnson, a total of $110 million following an investigation into price-fixing and anti-competitive practices by foreign makers of baby formula. Strong volume growth in China and Hong Kong accounted for most of the company's rise in profit. "I think some of it's China.
Oct 23- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings, fueled by strong sales of cancer and diabetes drugs, but weak demand for its new Eliquis blood clot medicine dampened investor enthusiasm.


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Monday, May 19, 2014
The 2014 Detroit Metro Comic Con
Friday kicked off with the doors opening at noon. Man, a lot of people took the day off from work and school to attend. The line outside moved pretty quickly though. They did have someone controlling an R2D2 unit out front to keep everyone in good spirits while they waited to get inside.
The floor was a good mix of vendors (selling comics, toys, memorabilia, T-shirts and so much more), a large Artists Alley (with many comic creators including some folks from the 70's and 80's that I knew) and the celebrity booths. We walked the floor and got our shopping in early. I picked up a number of Marvel Essential volumes I needed to fill in my collection, while my son picked up some art cards RAK Graphics.
The one panel we attended Friday was "Sweep the Leg!", a look back at the 1984 classic The Karate Kid. Actors Billy Zabka and Martin Kove were there to reminisce on the film's thirtieth anniversary. Zabka also talked about his appearances on How I Met Your Mother, and Kove recalled his starting days of acting with Sly Stallone (Kove appeared in the Rocky films). The two have an amazing chemistry together which is attributed to their many years of friendship that started with the film.
Saturday, the doors were to open at 10am. We arrived an hour early and still did not beat the crowds. Hundreds of us were queued up in speaker room 2; those in speaker room 1 ahead of us had arrived as early as 7am to get in line.
Tons of people turned out for the day, with many amazing costumes. I saw countless guys and gals dressed as Doctors Who (mostly Tennants and Smiths). Villains from the Batman comics are also a popular costume choice, as were Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. While my son played some video games at the Rolling Video Games truck, I hit up the celebrity booths to make some small talk with the media guests.
The first person I chatted with was Brittany Daniel. Most would know her from Sweet Valley High and The Game. I decided to chat with her about her role as the hilarious Sophia on the short lived That 80's Show. I had told her about my recent re-watching of the show on YouTube a few months back; she was glad to be able to tell others where they might find it. You can follow her on Twitter at @iambdaniel
Right next to her was Matthew Laurence, who appeared in St. Elmo's Fire and Eddie And the Cruisers. I toldhim about how much of a fan I was of Duet, one of the first shows ever to appear on the FOX network back when it launched in the late 80's (back when they just has a couple nights of new shows). He too was a fan of others and got a few pictures with folks that were seated in his area.
Next, I stopped over to chat with Billy Zabka, to tell him how much we enjoyed his panel. I told him I watched the No More Kings video which he directed for their song "Sweep The Leg" (you can catch it here); the song is a tribute to the Karate Kid film and the video really shows Billy's comedic side. Turns out, Billy and I are both class of '83 (he is in amazing shape for someone our age) so we talked a bit about music too. He is really a fun person to just hang out with and chat. He is on Twitter @WilliamZabka
I next said hello to Robert Hays, best known for his lead in the comedy Airplane! films. Of course, the 70's child I am talked to him about his time on the sitcom Angie.
Herb Jefferson Jr., who played Boomer on the first Battlestar Galactica was at the show as well. For me, I will always be partial to the original show.
I chatted with J. August Richards about his time on Angel and now on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The show has really picked up nicely, and I am looking forward to him being back for season two. He said he really enjoyed being back working with the Whedon crew again. His Twitter handle is @jaugustrichards
Lee Majors and Lindsay Wagner from the iconic 70's shows Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman were there. Lee's line was very long, so you had to actually get a number for him. I did manage to talk with Lindsay about her show as well as her working with John Houseman on the original Paper Chase movie from 1973, from which the TV show later spun off. She looks amazing and was very friendly. Her official Twitter is at @opentheheart
I was able to easily talk to the lovely Katie Cassidy, one of the stars of the CW's Arrow. My wife and I are huge fans of the show, and she teased that she knew where things were going for her character Laurel next season. Did Sarah's handing of her jacket to Laurel signify a passing of the Canary torch? We will have to wait and see. I also told her of my being a huge fan of her father David's music (with the Partridge Family and solo) in the early 70's. That made her smile. She Tweets from @MzKatieCassidy
I shared a good moment with Terry Kiser. He too was in the Karate Kid films as well as Rambo II. I remembered him more fondly from his reoccurring appearances on Three's Company and of course as the title character of Weekend At Bernie's. That film has a special significance with my wife and I. It was on cable on our wedding night when we returned to the hotel after our wedding reception; the film always reminds us of that special day. Terry was happy to hear he was a part of our lives and memories, and told me to make sure I told my wife "hello".
Last up was Nicholas Brendon, the everyman Xander on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Long time fans of my blog will recall my recaps of the show as I experienced it for the first time a number of years back via DVD binge watching. He was a delight to chat with and very gracious with all the fans who came to see him. He is on the Tweets @NicholasBrendon
The lines for meeting John Barrowman (of Doctor Who, Torchwood and Arrow), Ernie Hudson (who had the ECTO-1 from Ghostbusters) and the legendary William Shatner were very long every day. As such, I skipped over trying to see them and just took in these fan favorites from afar.
We ended the show by attending the Cosplay Competition, which was MCed by a guy playing as Steve Rogers/Captain America (he had a fantastic style and kept the show fun and flowing). With over 170 participants in three categories (teens, adults, groups), there were plenty of amazing costumes. Below is a sampling of a few favorites.
All in all, we had a fun time at the show and look forward to doing it again next year.


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Black America Has Questions About Vaccines. National Urban League Has Answers.
“We affirm that Black Lives Matter. And as Black health professionals, we have a higher calling to stand for racial justice and to fight for health equity. In the spirit of unconditional love for every single Black American, we have locked arms in an initiative to place the health and safety of our community at the heart of the national conversation about COVID-19. Respect for our Black bodies and our Black lives must be a core value for those who are working to find the vaccine for this virus that has already taken so many of our loved ones.” – A Love Letter to Black America from America’s Black Doctors and Nurses
Is the coronavirus vaccine safe? How many of the trial participants are Black? How much will it cost?
Based on a history of racism within the nation’s health care system, Black Americans are far more skeptical than whites about a COVID-19 vaccine, even as the FDA’s vaccine advisory panel this week recommended authorization of Pfizer’s version.
That’s why the National Urban League, the Black Coalition Against COVID and the leading black health professional organizations convened a special Town Hall on Understanding the Vaccine on Thursday to answer those questions and address those concerns.
More than 10,000 concerned Americans joined the event, held on the National Urban League’s web page, NUL.org, and social media channels, taking advantage of a rare opportunity to hear first-hand from Black medical experts who have monitored the development and testing of the vaccine and advised the government officials responsible for its approval.
Yes, the vaccine is safe. About 10% of trial participants are Black. And the vaccine will be free.
“Let me be perfectly clear. I have absolutely no concerns about where we are in terms of vaccine development,” said panelist Dr. David M. Carlisle, President and CEO of Charles R. Drew University of Medicine. “We are facing a clear and present national emergency. People are dying every day. We need to turn around and stop it from happening in order to save lives. This is why the term emergency use authorization is so relevant. We are facing an emergency. I have total trust in my scientific colleagues that they are developing these technologies appropriately.”
One attendee asked, “How do we get folk to trust when there has been a history of medical experimentation exploitation and ongoing health care disparities?”
Dr. Reed Tuckson, founder of the Black Coalition Against COVID, responded: That’s why all of our Black health organizations are working together to be in all the places where decisions are being made. In the past, we were not in positions of influence to monitor but that is definitely not the case today. We have our eyes on every stage in this process, including being on the committee today that made the recommendations to FDA.”
Black mistrust of America’s medical institutions is sometimes called the “Tuskegee Effect,” named for a 40-year government study of 600 Black Alabama with syphilis in which the patients were not told of their diagnosis and were denied treatment.
Times have changed. As Dr. Anthony Fauci said during a similar Town Hall National Urban League presented on Tuesday, “So, the first thing you might want to say to my African-American brothers and sisters is that the vaccine that you’re going to be taking was developed by an African-American woman. And, that is just a fact.”
Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett is the lead scientist for coronavirus vaccine research at Fauci’s National Institute of Health. She was also part of the team that worked with Moderna to develop its vaccine that’s expected to receive emergency use authorization from the FDA .


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Right. This is important. I want you stop what you’re doing and read this. It won’t take long.
I’ve just witnessed another act of homophobic bullying amongst school children.
Sadly this time, they weren’t in uniform, so tracking down the school responsible is going to be somewhat harder. What I can tell you is that there were 4 boys, three black, one white, and all very troubling.
The thing that troubles me most, as gay man living in london, is that if these kids are to be believed, then we are all under threat.
As the kids boarded the bus, three of the kids goaded the other one with chants like “dirty queer” and “fuckin battyboy”. This alone troubles me.
I thought that now that Section 28 has been repealed, that schools are supposed to encourage a level of tolerance and acceptance. This is evidently not true of these kids.
I think we need to do something about this. Together. Not as a group of gay people trying to right the wrongs of the school curriculum, but as members of society.
I genuinely feel bad for the kid they were harassing, that kid being merely an echo of my former self.
One of the problems I experience when I see these types of incident is that I don’t always feel comfortable to intervene. Last time was a different case, the kids were all in Holland Park School uniforms, so if any of them tried anything funny, I’d have at least some idea where they were from.
These kids today looked and acted a lot tougher. I tried my best to listen in to their further goading and haranguing over their tinny R&B sodcasting, but didn’t really get very far.
The general high-level overview of it is “You’re different, we don’t like that. You’d better die before we kill you”. I don’t know about you, but I’d say that kind of talk is pretty bad for teenagers who by that age, really should know better.
So. Here’s an interesting idea. I’d like to know what the actual problem is.
Are schools not handling homophobia, when it comes up, do they brush it casually under the rug, like my old school did?
Do they have any out gay members of staff who are prepared to act as a positive role model for students? I know as sure as hell that this would have helped when I was having similar problems.
What exactly are kids taught these days with regard to homosexuality? I mean, when I was at school it was very glossed over. Something along the lines of “There are these people called homosexuals. What they do is bad.”
I would like all of you to write a letter to the Headteacher of your local school. If it’s one that your children go to, then that’s all the better. I want you to ask them the following questions.
- What does the school do to combat homophobic bullying?
- What level of teaching is there with regard to homosexuality?
- Do you have any out gay members of staff who act as outreach to gay kids growing up?
- If not, why not?
Usually, I’m pretty proud of London. It’s a great city.
Sadly today, I feel let down by the city and its future generations. It’s deeply concerning, and up to us to do something about it.

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As students interested in pursuing a career in the medical field, we have volunteered and shadowed countless doctors in different hospitals and clinics. Everyday, we see medical waste improperly thrown away, and the entire process is inefficient. This has motivated us to work on improving how medical waste is treated, so that it works like a well-oiled machine. We plan to implement robots to sort medical waste and create chambers to convert carbon dioxide into natural gas.
What it does
Our project efficiently reduces the toxins that the medical waste disposal removal processes produce and reduces the overall harmfulness of medical waste that has been processed during incineration.
How we built it
One of the main problems we thought about was the toxins released during the incineration process of the medical waste. After further research, we found an EPA diagram and research into clean air incinerators that "only" release carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is one of the leading causes of global warming, so we looked into how we can reduce the carbon dioxide released. This led us to wonder how that carbon dioxide could be used. After conducting further research into this topic, we discovered that we could convert carbon dioxide into usable energy with the use of zinc and copper oxide and carbonated water. Our other idea involving robots sorting medical waste was inspired by an idea we had using RFID chips. Some medical centers around the world use RFID chips in certain medical products to identify them. This led us to conduct research into the use of robotics and RFID chips to sort the medical waste into appropriate containers to reduce the need to incinerate the materials.
Challenges we ran into
Because we have insufficient knowledge on robotics and sensors we didn't have a physical prototype of a robot that sorts out medical waste based on their identifiers.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
This is our first hackathon so we are proud of the ideas we have come up with as well as the effort we put into this project.
What we learned
As a team, we gained insight into the different inefficiencies of the medical waste disposal process and we learned valuable team work skills.
What's next for idk yet
Our next step is to develop a prototype of the robot and present it to different medical facilities.


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Gold Metallic Eucalyptus Leaf Stem ( Pack of 3 Stems)
- Material: Plastic & Gold Foil
- 39 inches long stem.
- Each stem features five branches that are wired from top to bottom. This will allow you to bend and shape the branches in any direction to create a 3D look.
- The Large Jar in the photo contains 12 stems.


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Geelani, Hurriyat, rift widens
M I Jehangir in Srinagar | June 29, 2003 16:51 IST
The rift between the All-Parties Hurriyat Conference and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani appears to have widened with the latter even considering floating an alternative to the 25-party separatist amalgam.
On Saturday, Geelani held a two-hour long meeting at his Hyderpora residence, near Srinagar, with several second rung separatist leaders on the possibility of floating an alternative to the Hurriyat Conference.
Participants at the meeting criticised the Hurriyat Conference's functioning and said it should not adopt double standards on erring constituents, Geelani said.
"The Hurriyat had asked me to join the proceedings of last week's executive meeting but I wrote back to them that as long as they do not take action against the People's Conference for participating in (the 2002 assembly) elections, I would stay away," the Jamaat leader said.
"The day they (Hurriyat) act against the People's Conference, I will be one amongst them," Geelani said.
The action should be similar to that taken against Democratic Freedom Party leader Shabir Ahmad Shah, who was expelled from the amalgam for disobeying its diktat, he said.
Geelani, however, denied any plans to float an alternative to the Hurriyat, but said he would be organising a series of public meetings in July for which the party had got permission from the state government. The first would be held in Sopore on July 4.
In a bid to end the differences, the Hurriyat had even appointed a committee to persuade Geelani from deserting the amalgam.
However, things seem to be taking a turn for the worse with the Hurriyat on Sunday saying it would not tolerate discussion of its internal affairs outside the forum of the conglomerate.
"We have asked Geelani to come and discuss his grievances with the Hurriyat," senior Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq told PTI in Srinagar.
Mirwaiz is a member of the committee formed to persuade Geelani to remain a part of the Hurriyat.
He said the Hurriyat executive would meet in a day or two to discuss the situation arising out of Saturday's meeting at Geelani's residence.
Mirwaiz said efforts would continue to persuade Geelani to give up his demand for action against the People's Conference for allegedly putting up proxy candidates in the 2002 assembly elections.
The issue, Mirwaiz said, was closed after the Hurriyat constituents took action against erring party members by ousting them. Geelani, he said, was welcome to discuss the issue, but within the Hurriyat.
Mirwaiz said the need of the hour was to stand united.
"It is for Geelani to decide whether he wants to float a new party," he said adding he hoped Geelani would not take a decision that could prove 'counterproductive'.
Asked about the impact of Geelani's likely exit from the conglomerate, he said, "It will be very unfortunate. He is a senior leader and a former chairman of the Hurriyat."
The Lone brothers, Sajad Gani who heads the People's Conference, and Bilal Gani, who represents the party in the Hurriyat executive, were not available for comment.
A party spokesman declined to comment on the issue saying only senior party leaders were authorised to make statements on this issue.
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Dhanush's Vaazhkaiya Thedi Naanum Ponen Release Plans
By Vivek Raj [ May 18, 2018 ]
As known already, Dhanush’s Hollywood debut titled The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir directed by Ken Scott will be releasing simultaneously in English, Tamil and Hindi languages.
Based on the novel, The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe, the film will first have its international release in France on May 30.
Meanwhile, reports are now stating the Tamil version of the film titled Vaazhkaiya Thedi Naanum Ponen under the Little Red Car Films banner is apparently setting its sights for a release in July.
Dhanush plays Ajatashatru, a street magician and trickster, hailing from Mumbai before setting out to travel across the world on an adventure.