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Because being half magical and being a quarter magical are very large differences. Hagrid received a complete half of a magical creature in his DNA. That blood blocks a lot of magic from working and makes him equal parts human and giant, Fleur is the product of someone who is already half and merged with a full human. It thins the magic down quite a lot, so while she got the good looks of her veela ancestry she is still 3/4ths human and therefore able to do most things as a human would.
of course they actually work.
Unless you’re not magical then of course they will not.
it’s fairly simple, is the child muggleborn? No, how can it be? Both of it’s parents are magical.
is the child pureblood? No of course not, both of it’s parents are muggle-born!
the only thing left is halfblood.
And remember, anyone with a muggle on the family tree is halfblood, because a muggle means they cannot be pure.
The thing about the elder wand is that, because of it’s nature, it will often choose to ally itself with whom it believes to be the better wizard. It is a wand of power and it craves it just as much as those who seek to own it. In wand lore it is not uncommon for wands to lose allegiance to their owners, when you get a wand you’re told it’s flexibility. The flexibility is how well it will work if someone else were to use it and basically it’s loyalty principles. unicorn hair is the most loyal of course where as dragon heart string is the least. The elder wand, however, has a core of thestral hair. A very unstable core for a wand.
Thats why its history is written across all of wizarding history. It belonged to one person until a better person came along, then the wand would choose to stop working for it’s present owner and work for another. When it stopped working for the previous owner it could be ‘won’ and thus transfer into the hand of the other. And that is how Dumbledore ‘won’ it from Grindelwald, the wand could sense that Dumbledore was the better wizard, the one with more power, so it arranged to get into his possession.
Nearly the same thing happened to Harry Potter. Due to the circumstances the wand ended up belonging to Mr. Potter. Even though Voldemort had it in his literal possession, it was allied with Harry and took him to be the better wizard. And so it didn’t work for Voldemort and in the end rebounded his own spell against him.
He isn’t, and thats quite the point. Jo said it wasn’t important so she didn’t tell us. And re-reading the books because now you know doesn’t change his character one bit. It is the readers views and opinions that make it seem like he’s different. I assure you he’s the same wise eccentric old man he was the first time you read it, you’d just be interpreting things differently and on purpose the next read-through.
I know we’ve been away for a long while, but we’re in the process of returning.
Terribly sorry for leaving without notice, we do hope you forgive us.
In the coming weeks we should be getting back to answering things, we’re going to give the blog a new theme and organize the questions we’ve still got in the askbox.
Thank you to those of you who have stayed with us through this hiatus, and welcome to everyone new!
(as always, i must remind the new followers to make sure they read the sidebar to understand what this blog is about <3)
This was answered by Jo in her interview at Carnigie Hall
I have been asked that a lot. Harry was exceptionally fortunate in that he had Fawkes. So before he could be destroyed without repair, which is what is necessary to destroy a horcrux, he was mended. However, I made sure that Fawkes wasn’t around the second time a Horcrux got stabbed by a basilisk fang, so the poison did its work and it was irreparable within a short period of time…. I established early in the book, Hermione says that you destroy a Horcrux by using something so powerful that there’s no remedy. But she does say there is a remedy for basilisk poison but of course it has to be administered immediately and when they stab the cup later - boy I’m really blowing this for anyone who hasn’t finished the book - there’s Fawkes, is my answer. And thank you for giving me a chance to say that because people have argued that quite a lot.
So essentially, it didn’t die because Harry didn’t die.
Who do I personally think?
It’s Ron, its got to be. It’s always been. Ron is the best friend, Hermione was the smart one. When Harry had to choose between them in every book it was always Ron. He didn’t like only having Hermione around during Goblet of Fire because she was ‘boring’, Ron was the thing he’d miss most out of everything and he never asked Ron to compromise in Half Blood Prince when he and Hermione weren’t speaking but asked it of Hermione over and over.
Hermione is his friend, I think it’s safe to say best friend as well as Ron. Because the three of them are the Trio. But if Harry could only give the title to one person theres no doubt in my mind that it would be Ron.
I know Snape is a half blood because one of his parents was a muggle, but what about Harry? If a pureblood wizard and a muggle-born wizard have a child is that child still considered a pure blood?
Bloodlines are tricky. If you’re descendant from even one muggle it makes you a half blood. So if your great great grandmother was a muggle, you’d still be considered a half blood, because you couldn’t be pureblood obviously.
Thats why the purebloods blast squibs and bloodtraitors off their trees, so that that line (which would be half blood) isn’t on there and the family remains pure.
As Jo has said, it’s rather rare to find any actual pureblood because they’ve all lied and things to stay that way.
Anyway, Harry is a Halfblood because his grandparents are both muggles. Therefore on one side he came from a long line of Wizards and on the other he came from a long line of Muggles.
Where as the weasleys came from two long lines of wizards. The Prewetts and the Weasleys.
I hope that cleared it up!
because i think i understand it, but i thought that dumbledore already knew that snape loved lily.
Certainly I can try!
When Dumbledore first got Snape over to their side he used Snape being the reason the girl he loved was in danger against him. So Snape joined back in the 80’s because Dumbledore promised to hide Lily and, after being disgusted with Snape for not caring about them, her family. However we all know that Voldemort got them in the end and after that, Dumbledore used Snapes immense guilt over the entire thing to ensure his service even further.
“If you loved Lily Evans, if you truly loved her, then your way forward is clear. You know how and why she died. Make sure it was not in vain. Help me protect Lily’s son.”
So there you have the beginning. The memory you’re asking about happened sixteen years after that. Dumbledore had believed Snape capable of change, as he so often does see the best in people so when Snape expressed outrage when told that Harry Potter had to die, Dumbledore asked if it was possible he had come to care for the boy after all.
yes, Snape had joined his cause at the beginning because of his love for Lily, but it had been so long we have to assume Dumbledore thought it would fade. So that when he asked if he cared about Harry, and Snape essentially denied it and cast his patronus, Dumbledore knew for certain that his love for Lily Evans had never wavered. It surprised him most likely, so he asked “After all this time?” and Snape confirmed with “Always”
In Harry Potter and Philosopher’s Stone; The First years are called for the sorting in alphabetical order. Padma Patil is called then Parvati Patil, followed by a “Perks, Sally-Anne” then comes Harry Potter’s turn. In Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix; In the OWL practicals and theories the fifth years are seated or called again in alphabetical order. This time Harry’s turn comes right after Parvati, Where did Perks, Sally-Anne go?
There are so many theories surrounding this girl it’s astonishing. The truth is though that she neither died nor failed a year or anything like that— but simply moved.
As a halfblood she had a muggle Father who’s business had been failing for quite some time and he, along with her mother, decided that a fresh start would be good for them. They’d hoped to move before Sally got to far into school but it didn’t pan out the way they hoped and they ended up moving right before her fourth year at Hogwarts (she never got to see the triwizard tournament but she surely heard about it from her friends)
She transfered to a wizarding school in Toronto while her parents went on to work in the stage and theatre business where they do quite well.
Of course not! They were all perfectly safe, there was a great deal of effort put into making the tournament as safe as possible (what with dragons and things it got difficult at times though) Harry is the only one who took the song seriously. Had Fleur not rescued Gabrielle in time the merfolk would have returned her to the surface once the time had run out, safe and sound.
The full question was:
In the books they say that the ministry could not tell the difference between who in the household created the magic, but they had “known” it was harry who did magic in the order of the phoenix when they sent him to court. But in the chamber of secrets when dobby did magic they didn’t send Harry to court, if they didn’t even know dobby was there, so they would have “known” , it was harry, right?
The reason the Ministry was sure without a doubt (both in Chamber and in Order) that Harry had done the magic was because there are no other registered Witches or Wizards anywhere in the area around Harry.
The thing about Trace is that it has many many holes in it’s theory. An underaged wizard from a wizarding family can do magic in the household without repercussion because the ministry cannot track a single person and because there are adult wizards doing magic around their kids most of the time, they just ignore those infringements on the trace.
But because the ministry knew there were no other magic folk around Harry Potter so any magic being done must have been from him.
There is the odd unexplainable exception every now and then in the books though, such as in Order when Mundungus disapparated from Privet Drive. No warning was sent then, it was only later when Harry used the Patronus Charm that the trace activated. Though it’s possible that the trace doesn’t register apparation since the users are supposed to be of age anyway.
So, back to the question, in Chamber of Secrets they didn’t send Harry to court because the magic wasn’t very advanced. They sent him a warning, however, because he wasn’t supposed to be using any out of school. The Ministry is aware that emotions evoke bouts of magic in young wizards and witches though so even if he had gotten a court date they probably would have let him off.
Blowing up his aunt in Prisoner got him quite a warning as well and if Fudge hadn’t been so worried about him that may have resulted in a court hearing but… we all know how that went.
I hope this answered your question, I was a little confused by it.
Head Canon are things you’ve imagined about the series, things that are canon in your head, but arent actually in the original source material.
this blog is just starting, you can submit your own head canon and discuss others etc.
Well we have to take into consideration who we’re talking about here. Sirius Black was James Potter’s best mate. The two of them were bigger troublemakers then the weasley twins. They knew every nook and cranny of that castle and mapped it.
The castle is impenetrable to dark and outside forces, Sirius Black was pretty much neither of these things though everyone thought he was. He knew the secret passage ways, he knew the tricks to getting in and on top of that he could transform into a dog.
Sneaking into the castle late at night when no one was up and about wouldn’t exactly be hard for someone like him, and once in he knew every secret passage to keep hidden, but he didn’t go in often if you’ll remember. He used crookshanks to keep an eye on peter for him and only went into the castle twice. The first time was when the portrait wouldn’t let him in, so he got the cat to steal Neville’s passwords and the 2nd time was when Ron awoke to him over his bed.

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Gary Numan is undeniably a legend, some have even hailed him as the godfather of electronic music. If you grew up during any part of the 80’s, you probably couldn’t without hearing his chart-topping single ‘Cars’. But ‘Cars’ is only the tip of the iceberg, and this incredible artist has produced over 20 albums, sold over 10 million records and celebrated 2021 with his twenty-first studio album ‘Intruder‘.
A collection of 13 tracks makes up the entirety of the ‘Intruder’ LP, one only available in the Deluxe Edition, and two tracks only on the Vinyl Edition. The album has acheived #1 status on the UK Independent Albums chart and #2 on the UK Albums chart. The new album brings attention to the issue of climate change and in a recent interview with Detroit Metro Times Gary Numan explained that he found motivation for ‘Intruder’ in a poem called ‘Earth’, written by his youngest daughter several years ago, and inspiration for the music from the Turkish inventro and multi-instrumentalist Gorkem Sen. Read the full interview in the Detroit Metro Times here.
Gary Numan’s stop in Chicago’s Park West for the North American portion of the tour was as energetic as it was engaging. Numan’s presence on stage is a testament to “feeling the music”. Every vocal note seems transcend from Gary’s very core in a display that marks the meaning of his performance. It is quite impossible to escape the intensity that is Gary Numan in concert. It’s safe to say that even the youngest in the crowd could not mimic this one man’s stamina. The setlist for this evening began with the title track ‘Intruder’ and took us 16 songs in before a break and an encore that ended with another of Gary Numan’s greatest hits of all time… ‘Are Friends Electric?’
Here’s a gallery of the Chicago show, and to connect with Gary Numan, click below:
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The former basketball star shared an uplifting photo on Instagram Tuesday, in which he is seen lifting a medicine ball. Odom recently completed a 30-day rehab program and sat down with Dr. Travis Stork of The Doctors to discuss his addiction and his plans to move forward with his life.
Physical fitness is a general state of health and well-being and, more specifically, the ability to perform aspects of sports or occupations. Physical fitness is generally achieved through correct nutrition, moderate-vigorous physical activity, exercise and rest. It is a set of attributes or characteristics seen in people and which relate to the ability to perform a given set of physical activities.

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Effect of Aspirin on Abacavir-induced Platelet Reactivity in HIV-infected Patients (ABC-ASA)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.|
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03316534|
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : October 20, 2017
Last Update Posted : October 20, 2017
The specific research questions addressed in the present study are:
- to investigate the impact of treatment with low-dose aspirin in HIV-1-infected patients treated with ABC and test it would result in decreased in vivo platelet activation and platelet hyperreactivity
- to investigate if aspirin has the same effects in HIV-infected as in HIV-uninfected patients.
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|HIV-infected Patients||Drug: Aspirin||Phase 2|
Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) may reduce the deleterious effects of HIV on the cardiovascular system by decreasing viral load and chronic inflammation; however some antiretrovirals enhance cardiovascular risk due to direct adverse effects on platelets or the endothelium.
Abacavir/lamivudine (ABC/3TC) and tenofovir/emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) are the most widely used nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) associations in HAART. ABC has been initially considered as one of the most benign antiretroviral drugs due to a better metabolic profile than other nucleoside analogues, but since the D.A.D. study reported an association between the use of ABC and an increase in cardiovascular risk there has been controversy around this drug.
Clinical evidence suggests that in vivo platelet activation and platelet hyperreactivity contribute to adverse cardiovascular events and hyperreactive platelets may transform a normal reparative response to a mild arterial injury into an unwanted thrombotic event.
Aspirin is the cornerstone in the prevention of atherothrombotic events, as it has been shown to be effective both in the primary and secondary prevention of MI (6), and its beneficial effects likely involve the modulation of inflammatory and immune pathways. But despite heightened awareness regarding elevated CVD risk among HIV-infected patients, aspirin or others antiplatelet therapy were markedly underprescribed among HIV-infected patients at risk for CVD events (7).
Based on this, the proposed study will assess whether low-dose aspirin, in well-characterized HIV-1-infected patients treated with ABC, would result in decreased in vivo platelet activation and platelet hyperreactivity. Moreover will be investigate if aspirin will have the same effects in HIV-infected as in HIV-uninfected patients.
|Study Type :||Interventional (Clinical Trial)|
|Actual Enrollment :||40 participants|
|Intervention Model:||Crossover Assignment|
|Intervention Model Description:||HIV subjects (all on ABC therapy) who fulfilled thee admission criteria will be randomized to either of 2 groups (A or B) with 20 subjects each that received placebo or aspirin (100 mg/daily) for two weeks. At the end of the two week period (T15), patients of group A will be switched to placebo, while group B will be switched to aspirin for another 2 weeks (T30). Adherence will be confirmed by pill count at the end of each study period.|
|Masking:||Double (Participant, Investigator)|
|Official Title:||Effect of Aspirin on Abacavir-induced Platelet Reactivity in HIV-infected Patients|
|Actual Study Start Date :||January 2, 2017|
|Actual Primary Completion Date :||April 30, 2017|
|Actual Study Completion Date :||October 12, 2017|
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Aspirin (100 mg once a day)
Active Comparator: Aspirin
Aspirin (100 mg/daily)
Aspirin (100 mg once a day)
- Platelet reactivity [ Time Frame: Change from baseline at day 15 and at day 30. ]PFA-100® collagen/epinephrine (C/EPI) cartridge closure time; light transmission aggregometry induced by arachidonic acid (1mM), collagen (0.8, 1.2 and 2 microg/ml) and epinephrine (100 microM); PAC-1; soluble P-selectin; sCD40L; platelet microparticles detection and quantification.
- Serum TxB2 levels and urinary 11-dehydro-TxB2 levels [ Time Frame: Change from baseline at day 14 after aspirin intake. ]

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Senate lawmakers will make a push this year to add officially high blood pressure to the list of illnesses presumed to be caused by Agent Orange exposure during the Vietnam War, a move that could open disability payments to more than 160,000 veterans.
In an interview with Military Times this week, Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester, D-Mont., said the issue will be a major early focus for his committee, and he has already begun work on legislative fixes for the issue.
“Look, we’re trying to outlive the Vietnam veterans now,” he said. “The science is there, making sure they get the benefits they deserve is really important to me.
“I think it’s nearly criminal that they don’t already have those benefits.”
On Friday, Tester and committee ranking member Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, sent a letter to Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough asking him to exercise his own authority and fast-track the issue. “For too long government responses to certain cohorts of veterans have proved that the system to care for those affected by toxic exposures needs reform,” the pair wrote.
The moves come just days after McDonough in a press conference pledged to re-examine the connection between chemical defoliant exposure and hypertension.
Officials from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine have indicated there is a likely connection between the two, but past VA leaders have said the evidence isn’t strong enough to warrant presumptive disability benefits status for all Vietnam veterans.
“People often are inclined to focus first on the cost,” McDonough told reporters about his pending review of the issue. “I want to focus first on the facts and on the data.”
At stake is as much as $15 billion in new disability payouts to veterans over the next decade.
Typically, for veterans to receive disability benefits, they must prove that their ailments are directly connected to injuries or illnesses which happened as a direct result of their military service. In toxic exposure cases, that usually means combing through military medical and duty records, some of which have deteriorated or disappeared over the decades.
However, because of the widespread use of the toxic defoliant Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, VA and Congress over the years have given presumptive status to a long list of illnesses connected to that exposure.
The distinction means that veterans only need to show that they contracted one of the illnesses and served somewhere in country during the fighting, without specific proof of contact with the chemicals.
Last year, Congress added three new illnesses to that presumptive list: bladder cancer, hypothyroidism and Parkinson’s-like symptoms. VA officials are still working through the details of how that change will be implemented and when affected veterans will start to see payouts.
The move is expected to affect about 34,000 veterans. Nearly five times as many individuals could be affected if high blood pressure is added to the list.
Tester said he is confident lawmakers can work with McDonough on a fix.
“The toxic exposure issue in general is going to be a high priority issue in the Senate,” he added. “And I think that burn pits, those kinds of things are also going to be pretty high on the list.”
Democrats control the House, Senate and White House for the first time in 10 years. Tester said he doesn’t see any of the veterans issues as partisan ones, but he is hopeful that his party’s control of both Congress and the presidency will lead to quicker action on the issues this session.
Leo covers Congress, Veterans Affairs and the White House for Military Times. He has covered Washington, D.C. since 2004, focusing on military personnel and veterans policies. His work has earned numerous honors, including a 2009 Polk award, a 2010 National Headliner Award, the IAVA Leadership in Journalism award and the VFW News Media award.


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Mark Nicholas, the new MCC president, suggests reserving One-Day Internationals (ODIs) exclusively for World Cups, citing the dominant influence of T20 cricket. He aims to revamp MCC’s role and community engagement.
Mark Nicholas, the newly appointed president of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), has proposed a radical shift in the world of One-Day International (ODI) cricket. He advocates that 50-over cricket should be exclusively reserved for World Cups to protect it from the overwhelming popularity of Twenty20 (T20) cricket.
Nicholas, who succeeded Stephen Fry as MCC’s president, echoes the sentiments of MCC’s World Cricket Committee, which previously called for a significant reduction in ODI matches outside of World Cup years.
“We believe strongly that ODIs should be World Cups only,” Nicholas stated. He expressed concerns that ODIs struggle to attract audiences in many countries and emphasized the extraordinary rise of T20 cricket, which extends beyond ticket sales. He pointed to the widespread interest in owning franchises, hosting tournaments, and playing in T20 leagues worldwide.
Nicholas believes that the power of T20 cricket in the current market is undeniable, and scheduling 50-over matches alongside it contributes to the decline of ODI cricket. He acknowledges that these comments may not immediately influence the International Cricket Council (ICC) but suggests they could become part of a structured proposal in the future.
In light of these comments, MCC, cricket’s oldest and most prestigious members’ club, is looking to find its place in modern cricket administration and strengthen its role in shaping the sport’s future. Nicholas stated, “The problem at the moment is that the ICC see us a bit of a threat…we need to integrate better with ICC, we need to understand each other better. We need to develop thinking that comes together.”
Mark Nicholas’s tenure as MCC president coincides with a challenging period for the club. A recent Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) report criticized MCC for its elitist tendencies and lack of inclusivity. The report called for more women’s and state-school cricket at Lord’s, criticizing the hosting of traditional Eton-Harrow and Oxford-Cambridge matches.
However, Mark Nicholas, the founder of the “Chance to Shine” charity, which has introduced cricket to millions of state-school children, aims to use his presidency to engage with the community and emphasize MCC’s relevance to grassroots cricket. The MCC Foundation has received an additional £1 million to expand its community hubs from 77 to 150, underlining the club’s commitment to community development.
Despite the challenges, Nicholas is optimistic about change, including the future of the Eton-Harrow fixture at Lord’s. He anticipates that the schools themselves may decide to move the fixture away from the historic venue, acknowledging that tradition has evolved in today’s rapidly changing world. Nicholas’s ultimate goal is to maintain the balance between MCC’s heritage as a private members’ club and its role as a leading international cricket ground.
“We need our membership to be as one, united, believing in this place, and actually believing in a lot of the traditions of the club which is a togetherness and a community in the love of the game,” Nicholas emphasized.

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472317 Dual Drug-Loaded Janus Particles for Co-Delivery of Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Compounds
Curcumin (CUR) and quercetin (QCT) were chosen as the model hydrophobic compounds for this study, while acetaminophen (APAP) and naproxen (NPX) were chosen as the model hydrophilic-hydrophobic drug pair. Curcumin and quercetin are bioflavonoids with anti-inflammatory, anti-proliferative, and immunosuppressive properties used to treat a host of diseases, including multi-drug resistant cancer and arthritis. Acetaminophen and naproxen are often used in combination due to their additive effects in pain management and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
The goal of this work is to obtain dual-loaded Janus particles with a different drug in each compartment, and to determine their encapsulation efficiency and drug content. Hydrophobic drugs are encapsulated by the single O/W emulsion technique. Hydrophilic compounds require special modifications for co-encapsulation with hydrophobic drugs due to their poor oil solubility and tendency to escape to the outer aqueous phase during the emulsification and solvent evaporation steps. Three different strategies for incorporating hydrophilic drugs were employed: 1) O/W emulsion with partially-water miscible solvent, 2) O/W emulsion with co-solvent (i.e., acetone, methanol, ethanol), or 3) W/O/W double emulsion. The encapsulation efficiencies and drug loading percentages are measured using UV/Vis spectroscopy and compared for the different synthesis methods.
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Lively color illustrations, exciting stories, and practical tips and role-playing exercises help give children the tools to avoid being victimized.
This book is also for adults searching for constructive ways to help young people peacefully confront hostile aggression. Illustrated by award-winning artist, Rod Cameron.
Webster-Doyle's insight is that by recognizing, understanding, and accepting our violent tendencies, we can avoid acting them out. These new books are good for teachers and parents of school children who need appropriate language and activites to help children deal with their feelings and the violence-provoking parts of their environment. To this reviewer, they are realistic and practical.
YOUNG CHILDREN, Magazine of the National Association for the Education of Young Children

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Mists of Pandaria release date announced
The latest chapter in the ever-popular MMO introduces a new land - Pandaria - and its inhabitants, the panda-like Pandarens who are the first neutral race to join World of Warcraft, and will be hitting shelves the world over on Tuedsay 25th September.
But the announcements did not stop there. Blizzard also revealed a Collector's Edition will also hit shelves the same day, chock full of goodies like a behind-the-scenes DVD and Blu-Ray disc, soundtrack CD and mouse mat, as well as in-game items including flying mount the Imperial Quilen and StarCraft II Battle.net Portraits.
World of Warcraft currently has over 10 million players worldwide, but this is the first expansion to be fully localised for a number of international locations including French, German, European Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Traditional Chinese and Italian.

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Hello once again!! Here is another Mother’s Day card I made…..this one was snatched up pretty quickly at work when I took it there to show the girls…..it never made it past the first girl!! I REALLY love this die cut from Memory Box called Sefafina Heart …. just check it out!!
Isn’t it just so delicate and lovely?!!! I added some bling to it just for those special mother’s. My card base is some DP I’ve had in my stash for so long and I have no idea where or when I picked it up. I think it makes for a very nice contrast for a background.
My Mother’s Day sentiment is from my Close To My Heart sentiment set called “A Little Everything” which you’ve seen me use before. That love lacey border is the Martha Stewart Elegant Lace punch.
So, there it is…..very pink…..very feminine. I actually did another one but went with a brown and orange sort of combo…..that one was grabbed right away too and I had intended to add bling to it too…..didn’t get a chance!! lol. Here’s what that one looked like……same layout (only reversed), just different color combo and I used my Stampin’ Up! Scallop Trim Border punch:
Now, what card to post next?? Are you getting tired of your emails filling up yet if you’re a subscriber…..lol.
Good day my amazing blog friends!! I thought I’d better post a couple of Mother’s Day cards too so the amazing Mother’s don’t think I’ve left them out!! This is a card we did at my last Stampin’ Up! demo night and I absolutely LOVE it and the layout. It’ll be a very versatile layout for my collection as it would also make a wonderful wedding card. First of all, just check out this amazing flower stamp!!
I just love this set from Stampin’ Up! and it’s called Mixed Bunch. One of the best things about this set is it comes with a matching punch so you get the wonderful little cut out scallop edges to the flowers. We punch the flower out around the stamped image and then again on a piece of the Concord Crush cardstock, rounded up the edges of the flowers, layered them and attached it with some pop dots. The Elegant Lines embossing folder is also one of my favorites from Stampin’ Up! And check out the Ruffled Ribbon!! I just love the look of that ribbon!! The colors we used for this card were Concord Crush and Wysteria Wonder (which is starting to become one of my favorite SU colors!!)
Check out this adorable sentiment for the inside of the card!!! I love it!!! It’s from the ‘Well Scripted’ stamp set and is just sooo perfect for the Mother’s Day card.
So, here it is in full size. I really like the look of the elements of this card and think it would look sooo stunning as a wedding card. Switch up the colors to a beautiful tone on tone or a white and cream mixture. Yup….a definite layout keeper….lol.
Thank you my friend for checking out this little gem…..how about one more Mother’s Day card I made using one of my new Memory Box dies…..
Hello my long lost blogging family!!! Wow….what the heck happened over that last few days?? I think I’ll have to go on a mission and find the person that has stole my life…..I want it back right now!!! Okay, done ranting…..lol. Sooooo, I was able to get together with a wonderful co-worker on Sunday and we created such cute butterfly easel cards!! We decided to make them Mother’s Day themed. Wait till you see this little cutie…..
Look at that cute little flower hat pin! I had these little silver flower beads, so I took some of them and stained them with my alcohol ink in a green tone. I put a couple of coats on…..very subtle but very nice. We had a hard time finding just the right flower to match so I finally just took a couple of my flower punches and we just made them out of the same Designer Paper as the card was made from. I took my Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Vintage Photo and sponged over the flower to give it some depth. We then ‘painted’ on some Close To My Heart Glitz glitter gel in Bronze to the edges of the petals. We inked the edges of the butterfly wings with the Vintage Photo as well and then painted on the Glitz bronze glitter gel to the edges. The green lace bow came from a haul I’d come across at our local second hand store where someone had brought in a whole pile of this old stretch lace seam binding….cha ching!!!
This is a picture of the outside and the inside of the card. I received the template for this card from a super talented friend, Lauren, from over in Aussie land. If you have some time, you really need to go on over and check out her blog….Laurenscraft.
Here’s a pic of the completed card opened…..
There she is…..all ready to give to some wonderful, incredible Mother!!!
Thanks for stepping into my world to take a peek…..I do really appreciate it!

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Aayush Sharma - Warina Hussain’s LOVERATRI wraps up
Salman Khan’s brother-in-law Aayush Sharma is all set to make his debut with LOVERATRI. Now the star cast has wrapped up the shoot. Just a few days back actor Ram Kapoor, who also stars in the film, was given a pleasant surprise with a lovely cake as he wrapped up the film. Now Warina Hussian, who is also set to make her debut, and Aayush have also completed the shoot and are happily looking forward to the film. Warina and Aayush had a great time shooting together.
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So finally this beautiful journey comes to an end. It’s a FILM WRAP for @Warina_Hussain ???? ???????? Congratulations on completing #Loveratri. It’s been a pleasure to work with you. Keep smiling and stay mad... All the best!@abhiraj21288 @SKFilmsOfficial pic.twitter.com/XskEHaZzZY— Aayush Sharma (@aaysharma) June 28, 2018

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Spicy Baby Shrimp "loaf" Sandwich
From Dorothy McNett's Recipe Book at www.dorothymcnett.com.
soft French bread loaf
Cut the French bread loaf in half lengthwise and spread thinly with some soft butter or mayonnaise. In a bowl, toss the shrimp with your choice of seasonings. Tuck into the prepared bread. With a bread knife, slice into sandwiches. Also used as an open faced sandwich.
Recipe created 2004-03-28.

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Control Engineering Lecture #2 15 th March, 2008
Introduction to control systems Reference: Phillips and Habor • The first applications of feedback control appeared in Greece 300 -1 BC ( a float regulator mechanism). • The first feedback system invented in modern Europe was a temperature regulator in Holland. • Before 1868 control systems were developed through intuition and invention. • Mathematical theory started to develop using differential equations to model control systems (J. C. Maxwell). • Prior to WW II: development of telephone system and electronic feedback amplifiers at Bell Lab (Bode, Nyquist, Black).
• During WW II: impetus to theory and practice of automatic control: auto pilots, radar control, military applications. • Extensive development of theory was done in the 1950 s (root locus approach). • In the 1970 s, 1980 s: further advances due to the utilization of digital computers for control components, simulation of control systems, state variable models, optimal control, robust control system design. • In the 1990 s: automation using automatic control systems, reliable and robust systems in manufacturing, automobiles, airplanes, … • First autonomous rover vehicle to explore Mars.
Basic Concepts • This course is concerned with the analysis and design of closed-loop control systems. • Analysis: given a system, determine its characteristics or behavior. • Design: specify the desired system characteristics or behavior, must configure (design) the system so that it exhibits these desired quantities. • Closed-loop system: system inputs are functions of system outputs. • Example: An automatic temperature control system in a house. Sensor => temperature in a room => feedback to input If active the furnace else deactivate the furnace.
• Process (plant) to be controlled: • Open-loop control system: • Closed-loop control system:
• Control systems are divided into two classes: (a) If the aim is to maintain a physical variable at some fixed value when there are disturbances, this is a regulator. Example: speed-control system on the ac generators of power utility companies. (b) The second class is the servomechanism. This is a control system in which a physical variable is required to follow (track) some desired time function. Example: an automatic aircraft landing system, or a robot arm designed to follow a required path in space. • Compensator = controller • Actuator = device to drive the plant (process)
• Multivariate control system: • Example: this example only considers the problem of keeping the aircraft on the centerline of the runway (controlling the lateral position).
• Examples of modern control systems: automobile automatic steering control system.
• Examples of computer control systems: coordinated control system for a boiler generator.
• Automatic assembly and robots; Honda P 3 humanoid robot (predecessor of Asimo)
Control System Design • Disk drive read system. • The variable to control is the Position of the reader head. • A closed control System can be applied for this purpose.
• DC motor speed control system. (Turn table speed control), Applications: CD players, Disk drives, Phonograph Record Players…. ) • Open loop speed control: A battery source provides a voltage which is proprtional to the desired speed, this voltage amplified and applied to the DC motor.
• DC motor speed control system. (Closed Loop Speed Control) • A sensor (tachometer) provides an output voltage proportional to the actual speed, this voltage is compared to the desired voltage to produce the error signal, and error signal is applied to the control device (amplifier), then it is applied to the motor. This control is superior to the open loop control.
• Insulin delivery control system. • • The blood glucose and insulin of a healthy person The variable to control is the blood glucose concentration • This Diagram shows the open loop control design for system • This Diagram Shows the closed loop design, it uses a sensor feedback


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Into Sydney, capital of Britain's infant colony, sails the frigate Tempest. She is one of His Majesty's ships employed in policing the new southern trade routes. Her captain is Richard Bolitho is despatched on a mission to the islands of the Great South Sea, where he must face hazards of fickle winds, pirates and savage islanders.
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Mirror Mirror, the first of two live-action Snow White adaptations, hits theaters on March 30, 2012. Tarsem Singh's comedic take on the fable looks to be an extravaganza of costume and scenic design, as well as a showcase for star Julia Roberts, who plays the evil queen. Her costumes look, in a word, spectacular. Nathan Lane, Lily Collins and Armie Hammer co-star.
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As co-owner of The Meatball Shop, Michael Chernow is the city’s foremost ball joke enthusiast. But it’s not all balls to the wall at his newest spot, Seamore’s (390 Broome St., 212-730-6005). This NoLita eatery is about the seafood.
A fisherman since childhood, Chernow is bringing his love of fish to the masses — and the masses are into it (just check out the line). Once you’ve made it in, there’s a lot to enjoy about Seamore’s. The spot is bright with natural light and the open kitchen in the back makes the space even more bustling. Grab a seat at the bar or head to a table, many of which are communal so get ready to knock a few elbows.
Seamore’s has a wide variety of fish on the menu, and it’s constantly changing. On one night I had blowfish tails — dense white fish the size of a rib that I could pick up and gnaw off the bone. The flesh was fiery hot, leaving my lips tingly until I left.
Another menu winner is the Oh-Boy ($16). I know fried chicken sandwiches are all the rage right now, but this sandwich is a tough competitor. The skate is perfectly fried and seasoned; it’s crispy and just melts into the pickled peppers and house sauce when you take a bite. It’s messy, but that’s part of its allure.
On any given night, you can go with the customizable Reel Deal ($21). Select your fish from three specials and then your sauce, with options including a creamy harissa cashew and miso brown butter. The whole thing is served over three sides, which rotate often.
The staff is extremely knowledgeable about the fish options. Unsure about the texture of tilefish or what the heck porgy is? Just ask.
Even without his beloved balls, Chernow delivers an awesome meal.
Ariel Kanter is an editor at Gilt City.


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An Indian delicacy, enjoyed as a sweet dish.
Grate the dry coconut into fine powder, or you can get dry coconut powder from the supermarket.
Pour the milk in a broad pan and bring to boil. Add coconut powder and reduce flame. Let the mixture boil and stir occasionally so that it does not stick to the bottom of the pan. Add sugar and continue stirring, till the milk reduces fully and only the solid coconut mixture can be seen.
Remove from heat and mix in the green cardamom powder. Spread the mixture on a greased tray evenly, flattening with the back of a spoon. Leave to set and cool, preferably in a refrigerator.
Cut into 10 neat squares. You may decorate the squares with finely chopped nuts if desired.
The ‘pots’ for pots de crème au chocolat are not a requirement for making this dark chocolate cream. The dessert may very well be made in ramekins and it will taste every bit as good.
In taste and texture the baked cream resembles a dark chocolate truffle which is why a small ‘pot’ goes a long way. However the special charm of the dessert is in the tubby little lidded ceramic ‘pots’ in which it traditionally is baked.
I chose to use semi-sweet chocolate instead of milk chocolate, so that the chocolate flavor would really punch through. This provided the perfect balance of chocolate to make the whole frosting completely “milk chocolate” in flavor.
Nancy is the Coupon Clipping Cook, which means she not only has an astounding number of recipes to share with us (her TK recipe box is busting at the seams!) but she's also got loads of money-saving tips in her blog (she worked at a grocery store for a number of years, so she knows her stuff). She has some pretty amazing creations, like Roasted Garlic Potato Soup and Nutty Coconut Chicken. Go check them out!
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Addison Pacesetters (Addison, Texas residents 50+ years of age) participated in a tour of Dallas's "hidden gems" in and around the city. On September 13, 2017, a few dozen Pacesetters boarded a tour bus, not knowing where we were headed. Only the tour leader - Jeanine, from Dallas By Chocolate, had the itinerary. Even our Pacesetter coordinator, Deena Hermes, didn't know where we were headed.
After the first stop, where we couldn't do much more than gawk, the second stop afforded us an opportunity to get out and commune with nature and art.
You can see some of the Lakeside Historic District from the street, but the real hidden gems require a short walk. The LHD is "a collection of early 20th Century homesflanking Exall Lake and Turtule Creek between Beverly Drive and Wycliff. Initially planned by Wilbur David Cook Jr. and subsequently completed by George Kessler, Highland Park was promoted as 'the south's finest residence city.' Many of the most prominent architects of the day designed home here. Its residents have played significant roles in the development of both Dallas and Texas."
The bear sculptures were a gift to the town of Highland Park from the Harlan Crow family in 1995. Harlan is the son of Trammel Crow.
To find the bears, locate the waterfall near 4601 Lakeside Drive, then cross the pedestrian footbridge.
We boarded the bus again and headed off to the third hidden gem on the tour.

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Editor’s note: We are joining with other news media to talk about homeless issues this week. We’ve looked at why there are so many people living on the streets and what life is really like for homeless people. In this piece, Jennifer Freidenbach, director of the Coalition on Homelessness, talks about how we start to solve the problem of people forced to live on the streets.
The Homeless Emergency Service Providers Union has put together a budget proposal and plan that would make a huge dent in the problem. The budget proposal asks for $13.5 million in new and baseline funding for next year.
What would that money pay for? Here are the key things
- Develop a sustainable revenue source for housing, housing, housing
It’s less expensive to house homeless people then to keep them homeless; we spend more on health care, social services. and criminal justice while someone is homeless then we do on housing for them once they are housed.
We need to double the current number of homeless people being housed in SF. We can’t do this overnight, but we can’t put it off either. Currently we are spending about $70 million to house about 6,000 people. About half of that housing is master lease, and the other half is permanent supportive housing. We can’t massively expand the master lease, because it relies on the current housing stock (We can probably expand master lease by about 300 units). We have to rely on construction, rehab and acquisition — we can get creative with pre fab buildings etc to bring down the price, but this endeavor is achievable. We just need a sustainable revenue source to do this. We currently spend less than 3 percent of the city budget towards this issue.
Currently, our housing for homeless people has taken a nose dive. Between now and 2022, we are only going to build 632 new units for homeless people. Compare that to 2008-2014 where we did 2,790 units for homeless people. We decreased the numbers and stopped having 100% homeless buildings, which is a mistake.
If we think things are bad now…..
- No new jail – but community mental health
While the number of people in SF county jail has plummeted, the number of people with mental illnesses in jail has stayed the same. With the halting of the construction of a new jail, there is an opportunity to keep jail numbers down by addressing fundamental issue of mental health. There is also capital money available. There are lots of different ideas for this, but pretty much all areas of the mental health system are in trouble and need expanded capacity. This includes community crisis hospital diversion sites like Dore Urgent Care Clinic, which has to turn people away with alarming frequency; residential treatment – which only a select few can access — and outpatient services. Many of us are thinking about a large mixed use facility that addresses multiple needs, and acts as a pre-arrest diversion instead of a jail.
- Shifting the status quo from a police response to smart solutions
The status quo for San Franciscans if they have a homeless neighbor or encampment is to call the city, which most of the time sends police officers (or doesn’t respond at all). The police move the person maybe across the street, or a block away, and another complaint is generated.
Or the person is issued a ticket (27,000 were given out last year 9,000 more than anytime that it was previously recorded). Rarely are any services offered, and even on those rare occasions that the city sends an outreach worker, there is rarely housing or treatment available.
In cities like Cleveland, outreach workers are sent, not police. If we do the first two items on this list, we will have the resources to get people off the streets instead of just shuffling them around as their health and mental health deteriorates.
We have to force city officials to change the frankly lazy way they address this issue. They let an encampment grow until it generates a ton of complaints, then remove it by pushing people a block away. We should have actual planning — a relocation plan — so we solve the issue, and don’t just pretend to for political gain.
We have a robust $7 million homeless outreach team budget, but no housing or treatment to place folks in.
The Obama Administration has issued guidelines for addressing encampments. We have legislation pending that would force the city to be both accountable to campers/neighbors, and more thoughtful about how encampments are addressed with a trajectory towards solutions as opposed to shuffling people around.
- Better use of public housing
Public housing has to be a fundamental part of the solution to homelessness. We have to get creative to move homeless people quickly into these units. Public housing is getting rebuilt, and both units in the affordable housing pipeline for homeless people and public housing units that are vacant are being held for relocation of rehabbed public housing units. Once that process is over, and it should be expedited, we can move homeless people into vacant units.
- Keeping San Franciscans housed — prevention
We have to close that front door into homelessness. By and large, it is San Franciscans that make up our homeless population. We need to halt that by ensuring folks stay in their rent controlled housing. We know how to do this as well. The budget proposal would cover eviction defense for 450 at-risk households, tenant outreach to 89,000 renters, back rent for 60 homeless families and a mediation program for 450 public housing tenants.
We are weak on this front — and about to lose the little that we have. The federal government just cut the little funding we had for job training for homeless people.
- Navigation centers
We need to bring the lessons of the navigation centers city wide.
- Quickly housing San Franciscans
We can use short-term and private-market subsidies to rapidly house homeless people, and have had tremendous success doing that. Our budget proposal would house another 370 households. Using the city budget process to get these funded has worked well in the past – we have housed hundreds of homeless people this way.
Folks working on these issues know what the solutions are; what we are lacking is political will.

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Glucotrust Review 2020
The health and wellness market is growing, with several firms creating their very own supplements. There are several products for blood sugar support that boost your blood sugar level levels. Today, we will speak about one such item called GlucoTrust, which is coming to be Glucotrust Review 2020 an increasing number of preferred.
GlucoTrust is a blood glucose assistance supplement that has tons of dietary advantages. It promotes & sustains healthy blood sugar level levels that give proper blood circulation, deep rest, and decrease food yearnings.
GlucoTrust has natural ingredients, which will certainly be briefly spoken about later on in this article. In addition to that, you will certainly likewise recognize just how GlucoTrust works, its benefits, and also where you can buy one for yourself. The company likewise offers discounts which you might also be thrilled around.
Just How Does Glucotrust Work?
GlucoTrust is a natural supplement that boosts your health and wellness by advertising healthy and balanced sugar in your blood. Since blood sugar level is the main resource of power, having a shortage in blood sugar level can create disease and also various other wellness problems. Likewise, too much blood sugar can additionally trigger troubles like diabetic issues. Glucotrust Review 2020 Consequently, we require to learn the equilibrium in our blood sugar level degree to ensure that we can function our day-to-day regimen without any issues.
Now let us have a look at just how GlucoTrust works. GlucoTrust uses numerous natural substances as its ingredients. These active ingredients are Gymnema, biotin, manganese, chromium, cinnamon oil, zinc, as well as glycyrrhizic acid. These active ingredients can help you preserve your blood sugar degree in your body. It is essential to understand the working of GlucoTrust so that you can analyze your own health with the help of such items.
The very first method GlucoTrust functions is by enhancing the manufacturing of insulin in your body. By reducing the insulin resistance, your blood sugar level will certainly break down and also be changed into energy much more efficiently. Blood cells will soak up extra blood sugar, as well as it will certainly not go directly right into your blood stream. Similarly, the second method the GlucoTrust ingredients job is by stopping the malfunction of carbs.
Carbohydrates breakdown happens in the small intestines with the help of enzymes. These enzymes are called pancreatic amylase, and also they break down sugar as well as carbs. Therefore, the formation of sugar happens. Afterwards, glucose can be soaked up back right into the bloodstream. Nonetheless, GlucoTrust, with its components, stops that from happening.
GlucoTrust enables what insulin does to blood sugar in blood sugar support supplements. Having a healthy and balanced blood glucose level is essential to maintaining a healthy way of living. In addition, it influences almost all facets of our life, and also not looking after what we eat can result in undesirable degrees of blood sugar and diabetic issues. This is why makers of GlucoTrust make use of all-natural ingredients to offer the most boosted results when taking in GlucoTrust.
Biotin is likewise called vitamin B7, as well as it aids in converting blood sugar level right into energy with the help of metabolic reactions in the cell. Additionally, biotin additionally metabolizes fats, healthy proteins, as well as carbs extra efficiently. Not only exists a proper functionality of metabolization with biotin, but there are likewise various other advantages such as healthy and balanced skins, nails, and also hair. Most importantly, it handles signs and symptoms of diabetic issues which is its neurological signs and symptom. Some studies likewise reveal that lack of biotin in expectant ladies can bring about wellness issues in their developing infants.
Manganese existing in GlucoTrust improves the manufacturing of insulin hormones to promote more energy. Simply put, manganese boosts insulin manufacturing so that it can convert blood sugar level right into power. With manganese, there will not be any type of launch of fats, which can lead to ketoacidosis. After that, study also shows that manganese is likewise responsible for advertising healthy cognitive and also nervous system feature.
Gymnema Sylvestre is a conventional Indian ayurvedic medication that is a natural extract of a leafed vine. This all-natural active ingredient has remained in use for over a century for ayurvedic medical objectives. Glucotrust Review 2020 Gymnema Sylvestre has the impact of advertising healthy blood sugar level and decreasing the cravings for fast food. Advertising healthy blood glucose is the primary cure for having an imbalance in blood sugar levels. Because of this, lots of diabetic person people take pillsor blood sugar level assistance supplements that contain Gymnema Sylvestre.
Diabetic people have chromium shortage which removes their ability to maintain their blood sugar level. With reduced chromium, you can have low blood glucose levels, which can cause many health-related problems. You can have troubles with your metabolism and also the capacity to refute fat. This is why GlucoTrust contains chromium to increase your blood sugar degree to optimum degree and boost your metabolic rate.
Licorice is one of the most essential active ingredients in all blood sugar level assistance supplements. You will see this active ingredient in all supplements for treating blood sugar degrees. This component is effective as well as has actually been shown often times with clinical research studies. Its core values stem from promoting healthy and balanced blood sugar in diabetic person individuals.
Licorice is not a modern medicinal material. As a matter of fact, it has offered a standard clinical objective for hundreds of years. It was promoted as a herbal remedy and utilized for centuries in Chinese, center eastern nations, as well as in Greek medicine. Today, it is used in many supplements, consisting of GlucoTrust. It subdues your cravings, promotes lean muscles, burns fatty acids, keeps blood sugar and also total well-being.
Juniper Berries are ancient berries that were found in the tomb of Pharaoh. It is one more great ingredient that promotes healthy and balanced blood glucose. Professional athletes first used juniper berries to improve their endurance, toughness, as well as total efficiency. With improvements in medicine, specialists have actually discovered that juniper berries are anti-oxidants that help with inflammation and resistance. As a result, all of it boils down to having a healthy and balanced blood sugar level.
According to the GlucoTrust supplier, each capsule inside the bottle of GlucoTrust has a mixture of these active ingredients plus 8 various other natural substances. Additionally, the ideal blend of these natural mixtures assists in managing the natural hormonal agents in your body and promotes the biochemicals that enhance your general health.
Zinc improves your general health and wellness by enhancing your body immune system. You will certainly have the ability to handle allergic reactions, common cold, runny nose, etc. In addition, it also aids in the production of hormonal agents. GlucoTrust likewise has zinc with all its benefits, and also individuals who eat this supplement will certainly obtain even more insulin hormones that appropriate for blood sugar.
Who Should Make use of GlucoTrust?
It is perfect to have a healthy blood sugar degree to preserve power, emphasis, better skin, preserve weight, as well as various other health advantages. Nonetheless, not everyone can accomplish this, which is why supplements like GlucoTrust have arised. There are many types of individuals who need to make use of GlucoTrust, and also it will drastically boost their quality of life.
Insulin assists the motion of sugar to your blood cells, as well as it is vital for your body due to the fact that receiving glucose in the blood cells provides power. People that have a higher level of blood glucose in their bodies have issues with their insulin hormonal agents. This can likewise lead to diabetes, and also it typically becomes a serious medical condition otherwise dealt with on schedule.
If you do not have enough insulin and also face high blood sugar level levels, you require GlucoTrust. GlucoTrust aids keep blood sugar level degrees by providing the correct quantity of insulin.
Like high blood sugar level is a concern, low blood sugar level is also not good. You require to have a minimum of 70 mg/dL of sugar degree to carry out at an optimal rate. Having anything lower than 70 mg/dL of glucose degree is a condition called hypoglycemia. In a similar way, a sugar level of 200mg/dL 2 hrs after having a meal is also hypoglycemia Glucotrust Review 2020. In any case, there is something wrong with your insulin, and you must start taking GlucoTrust to boost your wellness.
Hypoglycemia can create numerous health issue, including unfamiliarity. Not having a correct diet plan, consuming less, as well as avoiding clinical pills if you have diabetics issues can likewise cause hypoglycemia.
So if you are somebody who fails to remember to take their diabetic pills or is eating less than normal, you must take into consideration making use of GlucoTrust. Consuming GlucoTrust will advertise healthy and balanced blood flow, lower cravings for sugar, and also offer quality rest.
Where to Get GlucoTrust?
GlucoTrust is specifically offered only on their main site. Until now, there is no other industry online or offline where GlucoTrust is available. On the web site, there are 3 bundles that offer GlucoTrust. There is one container, 3 container, and also six-bottle packages which consumers can directly purchase from the website.
The rates of GlucoTrust will drop if you buy a six-bottle package. It is a fantastic bundle for people that have a favorable experience with GlucoTrust, and currently they want to utilize it for the long term. In addition, GlucoTrust provides totally free delivery with the exception of one bottle bundle, and you can obtain the item delivered throughout the United States.
Each bottle of GlucoTrust includes 30 capsules which are enough for a 30-day supply. Taking one pill a day is the suggested dose that must be complied with by customers.
GlucoTrust has a 180-day money-back guarantee policy which has to do with 6 months. Because period, if you do not see outcomes, then GlucoTrust will happily refund your money. You can ask for a reimbursement by getting in touch with the consumer assistance staff of the firm. Afterwards, the firm will certainly refine your refund request within a day Glucotrust Review 2020.
GlucoTrust is valued at $69 per container, although the price goes down substantially when getting 3 or six bottles simultaneously.
You can exclusively purchase GlucoTrust via GetGlucoTrust.com, where it’s valued at the following prices:
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- 3 Bottles: $177 + Free US Delivery
- 6 Containers: $294 + Free US Shipping
Each container contains a 30 day supply of GlucoTrust (30 capsules). The supplier advises taking one capsule before bed every evening to support blood sugar over night.
GlucoTrust is a blood sugar level support supplement that contains a mix of 15 ingredients connected to blood sugar and cardio wellness.
By taking one capsule of GlucoTrust before bed every evening, you can supposedly delight in powerful blood sugar assistance advantages. Trick active ingredients include chromium, gymnema sylvestre, zinc, as well as biotin, to name a few.
To get more information concerning GlucoTrust or to purchase the supplement online today, go to GetGlucoTrust.com, where it’s valued at $69 per bottle and backed by a 180 day moneyback warranty.


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Cardano has been trading secretly for many years, and all of a sudden, sneaked at the 3rd highest rank in the crypto-verse. The third-generation blockchain has been nicked as the Ethereum Killer and rapidly closing in on ETH and BTC. The ongoing African venture of Cardano and parent company IOHK is expected to create an investment flow of $5 trillion in the future. The DeFi protocol and digital wallet of Cardano are providing the users with facilities that only existed in theory before.
ADA experienced a big spike in prices when it was introduced on Coinbase Pro (GDAX) earlier this month. Under 24 hours, ADA soared 30% and achieved a new ATH of $1.88. This upsurge is many folds higher than the impact of the ADA trade operations on Binance. Today, a tweet from the official account of Coinbase has confirmed that ADA is now available on both iOS and Android mobile applications under the management of Coinbase.
Charles Hoskinson Optimistic about the New Milestone of Cardano
Charles Hoskinson has been in the news lately to campaign actively for his humanitarian and commercial proceedings in Africa. He is the founder of IOHK and Cardano protocols initiatives for Atala PRISM countries. Hoskinson plans to use the power of decentralized digital assets to empower the natives of Africa in different nations. He expressed a long-term stay and development plan in major African economies like Ethiopia, Kenya, and Nigeria for a long duration.
The former co-founder of Ethereum blockchain has expressed his optimism about the acquisition of a huge trading platform like Coinbase for ADA. It should be noted that Coinbase hosts a user strength of 43 million in total. Hoskinson believes that this milestone is a major step forward for ADA. The vast trading reach of Coinbase would help to drive the Cardano token to whole new heights of success.
Major Cardano Updates Lined up One after Another
Thus far, not a lot of noteworthy institutions have expressed interest or commented about the presence of Cardano. However, as the 3rd biggest crypto asset in the world, it is impossible to ignore this new contender for a very long time. ADA has now officially entered a Battle Royale against major fiat currencies like USD, GBP, and EUR.
On the other hand, news of major stakeholders converting to Cardano from Ethereum has also taken the crypto market by storm. At the moment, Cardano has a market cap of $34 billion. The addition of major updates like Mary and Daedalus could cause more traders and miners to take note of the cryptocurrency.

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This is a dangerous cake. I know. It doesn't look dangerous. It's looks like an innocent bundt cake -- retro, simple, and a little boring, but it was really, really good.
I needed to whip up a quick cake last weekend for a birthday brunch and wasn't up to anything which would require whipping egg whites, frosting or decoration. I had never made a bundt cake, but as soon as I stumbled across this recipe for Chocolate Whiskey Bundt Cake on Epicurious, I dashed out to our local kitchen-wares shop and bought one of these cake pans. I had planned to drizzle the top with melted white chocolate, but didn't even have time to do that. So I dumped some powdered sugar into a sieve, gave the top a dusting and that was good enough.
The only change I made to the recipe was substituting cognac for whiskey. The aroma while this thing was in the oven drove us all a bit insane. Buttery, chocolate, caramelized, boozy, oh my.
I love Epicurious. Apparently 111 people have left reviews for this recipe, and 94% would make it again. I would make it again, too.


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A newly-observed lake in Nepal is possible to set a brand new file of being the sector’s highest lake replacing Tilicho, that is located at an altitude of 4,919 meters inside the Himalayan kingdom and presently conserving the name.
The Kajin Sara lake in Manang district turned into determined about some months in the past by using a group of mountaineers, the Himalayan times suggested. it is located at Singarkharka place of Chame rural municipality.
“As consistent with the measurement of the lake taken with the aid of the team, it’s miles placed at an altitude of five,2 hundred metres, that’s yet to be formally proven. it’s miles estimated to be 1,500-metre-long and six hundred-metre-extensive,” Chame rural municipality Chair Lokendra Ghale turned into quoted as announcing via the report.
“The lake will be the world’s maximum lake if its altitude of 5000-plus metres is officially verified,” he said. The Tilicho lake, situated at an altitude of 4,919 metres, is four km lengthy, 1.2 km extensive and round 2 hundred metres deep.


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text: Daniel is a tall and handsome young man with a warm smile. He is often withdrawn and quiet but is loving, kind and funny when he wants to be. Daniel likes basketball but prefers to shoot around on his own, playing video games and listening to music. Music has been something that calms Daniel down and is a place where he finds peace and solace. Sadly, he was unable to function in the group homes in San Diego and had to be moved out of state and away from his siblings but he is doing pretty well. He recently found a new love of musical theater as well and can't wait until he is able to actually attend a musical.


Shields are great – particularly when your opponent doesn’t have one. There’s a few ways to better model this in d20-based systems (like DnD, OGL, SRD, etc).
1. Instead of the shield’s AC bonus you can use the shield to “soak” damage. Convert the shield’s AC bonus to Damage Reduction. You become easier to hit but harder to damage. This is the willingness to take a hit on the shield.
2. Forfeit the AC bonus of the shield. Instead make a roll to “soak” the damage with the shield if you are struck. In v3.x roll vs. a DC of 10 + Opponent’s BAB + weapon specialization (and the like). The shield-wielder adds their BAB + shield specializations (and the like). Each point of success reduces the damage by an extra point.
Eg. DC is 19. Roll a total of 21. Reduce damage by 3 (19, 20, 21).
2a. Shields can be given a maximum damage they soak before they “splinter”.
Eg. a buckler might be able to soak 15 damage before it splinters (is made useless).
3. When one has a shield and the opponent does not double the AC mod.
The point here is that with a little bit of thought shield function can be better reflected in any system.
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Last year, Deviantart artist Manusogi created a series of covers for "Playwatch," a fictional men's magazine that was equal parts Playboy and Overwatch. The covers teased articles like "Classified File: Doomfist," "Playwatch Interviews Bastion," "Talking to Support Heroes," and "75 Ways to Die." And of course, there was plenty of cartoon skin, too: Nothing outright pornographic, but probably not safe for most workplaces, either. (Which is why all the images are down below.)
Naturally, it didn't take fans of the game long to take the idea and run with it. Overpog.com put together an actual Playwatch Magazine—online, of course—with, as Dorkly put it, "articles, interviews with real-life cosplayers, and yeah, loads of horny fan art." And it was actually pretty good: A lot of it was silly—the multi-page interview with Bastion is nothing but beeps and boops—but it also included coverage of the November Symmetra buff, top Hero picks and player rankings for the month, an interview with Jannetincosplay, and even a Spanish-language article about Sombra.
Unfortunately for readers (because we read it for the articles), the site has now been forced offline. "We have received a notification from a digital copyright protection agency that claims Playwatch Magazine infringes Blizzard’s intellectual property rights. For that reason, we have contacted Blizzard directly and decided to close the website until we have an answer from them," a message at playwatchmagazine.com says.
"We started several months ago with the goal of bringing Overwatch fans a new way of enjoying the game and creating a place where artists and writers could share their work with the rest of the community. The entire Playwatch Team is extremely grateful for your support. It has been a privilege getting to know you all, and we will keep you updated with any news we have."
It's possible, as COG Connected speculated, that it was the decision to launch a Playwatch Patreon that incurred the wrath of Blizzard. Google cache indicates that it had racked up a measly $63 per issue (the actual Patreon has also been deleted), but it's the principle of the thing that's the issue: Earning money off of someone else's property, even if it's just to help keep the lights on while the work gets done, is generally a big no-no when it comes to fan-made projects like this.
But it may also simply be a matter of Blizzard not being comfortable with this adult take on its characters. Blizzard took similar action last summer against a person who was using Source Filmmaker to create animated Overwatch porn.
I've reached out to Blizzard and Overpog to hopefully find out a bit more, and I'll update if I receive a reply. In the meantime, while it's sad the articles are gone (because, to repeat, that's why we read it), you can enjoy or be enraged by a couple of Playwatch covers below.
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The Airbus A350 is intended to compete with the successful Boeing 777- and upcoming 787-series of passenger airliners.
Detailing the development and operational history of the Airbus A350 Twin-Engine Wide-Body Long-Range Airliner. Entry last updated on 7/6/2018. Authored by Staff Writer. Content ©www.MilitaryFactory.com
The A350 was born from the Boeing 787 Dreamliner program announcement. Airbus was initially slow to react until customers required a competing type promising the savings of the advanced 787. With that, a modified version of the A330 emerged until enough changes were instituted that the aircraft was given its own company designation of "A350". However, its most important customers were not impressed with the Airbus reaction to the Boeing offering and pushed Airbus to produce an all-new design incorporating the latest in available technologies. This resulted in a completed reworked and refined A350 concept which was eventually approved while delaying the A350 program considerably.
Currently, the A350 will be marketed in five distinct production forms. The base airliner model will be the A350-800 with seating for up to 440 passengers in a 2- or 3-class seating arrangement (270 passengers feasible). The longer A350-900 and proposed A350-900R will feature seating for up to 475 persons across a similar 2- or 3-class arrangement (314 passengers feasible). The proposed A350-900F will be a dedicated freight hauler (90 tons of cargo) while the A350-1000 will be an expanded, lengthened passenger airliner with seating for up to 550 persons across a 2- or 3-class seating structure (350 passengers feasible). The A350-800 will sport a running length of 198.6 feet while the A350-900, -900R and -900F will see a length reaching 219.5 feet. The A350-1000 will be the longest of the family line with a length of 242.4 feet.
Internally, the A350 will sport a conventional airliner configuration. The flight deck is situated at the extreme front end of the vehicle and identified by the range of framed windows over the short, sloping nose assembly. Immediately aft of the flight deck is the passenger area which is spanned along either fuselage side by windows. Under the passenger area is the cargo hold. The freighter version of the A350 will naturally do away with the passenger seating elements to promote increased internal volume for additional hold space. Externally, the arrangement will be conventional, featuring two swept-back main wings at amidships and a traditional tail unit sporting a single vertical tail fin and dihedral horizontal planes. The undercarriage will be of the tricycle arrangement incorporating two main legs and a nose leg as standard.
All A350 forms will showcase a wingspan of 213 feet and carbon fiber-reinforced polymer construction throughout the wing assemblies and main fuselage. Power will be served through 2 x Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines which will be developed in two distinct forms either outputting between 74,000 to 83,000lbs of thrust or 97,000lbs of thrust. Maximum speed is listed at 587 miles per hour with a cruise speed in the vicinity of 560 miles per hour. Range under load will reach from 5,000 nautical miles (A350-900F) to 10,300 nautical miles (A350-900R) depending on the variant in question. All will feature a service ceiling of approximately 43,000 feet.
As with other modern Airbus airliner products, the A350 will field an all-glass digital cockpit with fly-by-wire controls. The instrument panel will be dominated by six LCD screens for both pilot and co-pilot. The data system will be fully updatable with changing technologies which should make for a cost-effective investment in the long-run.
The newly introduced A350-1000 (2018), currently Airbus's largest "twin" airliner, has been developed to minimize the crew workload and increase reaction times during emergency descents. It has a wingspan of 212.4 feet, an overall length of 242.1 feet, and a height of 56 feet. The cabin width measures 18.4 feet. Seating in a typical arrangement is 366 with a maximum of 440 possible. Maximum Take-Off Weight (MTOW) is 676,700lb. Maximum operating speed if Mach 0.89 with a maximum cruising speed nearing Mach 0.85. Maximum range is 8,400 nautical miles.
Any available statistics for the Airbus A350 Twin-Engine Wide-Body Long-Range Airliner are showcased in the areas immediately below. Categories include basic specifications covering country-of-origin, operational status, manufacture(s) and total quantitative production. Other qualities showcased are related to structural values (namely dimensions), installed power and standard day performance figures, installed or proposed armament and mission equipment (if any), global users (from A-to-Z) and series model variants (if any).
November 2016 - The stretched A350-1000 recorded its first-flight on November 24th, 2016. The product is set to enter service before the end of 2017.
April 2017 - The A350-1000 is scheduled to be delivered to customer Qatar Airways in late-2017.
February 2018 - Airbus has debuted its A350-1000, billed the largest "twin", at Singapore Airshow 2018.
April 2018 - Qatar Airways has become the first carrier to receive the A350-1000 passenger airliner from Airbus.
June 2018 - Cathay Pacific became the second carrier to receive the A350-1000 product.
July 2018 - Two A350-1000 airframes have been delivered to customers Qatar Airways and Cathay Pacific Airways.
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This entry's maximum listed speed (587mph).
Graph average of 562.5 miles-per-hour.
Graph showcases the Airbus A350's operational range (on internal fuel) when compared to distances between major cities.


AOL has partnered with several movie studios including Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group to offer movie downloads on its new online video portal AOL Video. Additionally, Fox Entertainment Group and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment are launching on-demand channels of TV content on AOL's video site.
The movies, recent releases and library content, will be available to download to PCs and portable devices for $9.99 to $19.99, prices comparable to those of others offering online movie download sites, such as Guba. Sony's movies are available today (Aug. 24), while the others' will join in the coming weeks.
Separately, Fox and Sony are creating video-on-demand channels on AOL Video. Sony's content - library series including Charlie's Angels, Starsky & Hutch and SWAT are available now on a free, ad-supported basis. In the coming months, Fox will offer paid downloads of current Fox series including 24, Prison Break and Bones, as well as current series from its cable networks and old series from Fox, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
AOL launched its AOL Video portal last month as the most evolved video offering from an Internet portal. The main page centers on an on-demand viewing section with content from more than 50 partners. The site also lets users search video sources across the Internet with a new AOL Video Search function and upload their own video.


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Constantine Manos is an American photographer known for his images of Boston and Greece.
His work has been published in Esquire, Life, and Look and he is a member of Magnum Photos.
first began taking photographs while in high school when he
school's camera club.
Within a few years he was working professionally as a photographer.
At 19, Manos was hired as the official photographer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood.
photographs of the orchestra culminated in 1961 with his
first published work, Portrait of a Symphony.
Manos graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1955, majoring in English Literature.
served in the military and then moved to New York City, working for magazines.
From 1961-1964, Manos
lived in Greece, photographing the people and landscape.
This work resulted in A Greek Portfolio, published in 1972 and which won awards at Arles and the Leipzig book fair.
In 1963, Manos joined Magnum Photos and became a full member in 1965.
time in Greece, Manos
lived in Boston.
In 1974, Manos
was hired by the city to create the photographs for the Where's Boston? exhibition, a large production in honour of Boston's 200th anniversary.
The photos from that exhibit were published in the book Bostonians: Photographs from Where's Boston?
In 1995, American Color was published, containing Manos' recent photographs of American people.
A Greek Portfolio was reissued in 1999, followed by a major exhibition of his
work at the Benaki Museum of Athens
In 2003, Manos
was awarded the Leica Medal of Excellence for his
American Color photographs.


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Moscow. October 27. Automaker General Motors Co. announced a recall of 1.4 million vehicles in North America, where there is a risk of fire because of oil leaks, reports CBS News.
Subject to review, the car models of Pontiac Grand Prix and Buick Regal 1997-2004 model years, Chevrolet Impala 2000-2004 model years, Chevrolet Lumina and Oldsmobile Intrigue 1998-1999, as well as Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1998-2004. All cars are equipped with six-cylinder engine volume of 3.8 liters.
It is noted that the review may have an impact on GM profits for the current quarter.
In 2008 and 2009, the company had already recalled about 1.5 million cars for a similar reason, but the repair doesn’t fix the problem: since it was recorded about 1,3 thousand cases of fire.
GM shares in the previous auction on Tuesday fell 1.1%.


Oriental Carpet Recovery
Because of the unusual beauty and
high cost of Oriental carpets it is almost always prudent to make a concerted
effort to recover them from urine contamination. This can present unique
problems for several reasons.
The most prominent of theses
problems is that Oriental and Middle Eastern manufactured carpets have not been
treated with any type of stain resistant material. This leaves the carpet and
backing vulnerable to both urine stains and odors. This condition also promotes
the storage of urine and urine residue in the carpet nap and backing.
The second problem is that Oriental carpets
are almost never laid over any kind of padding. With no where else for the
urine to go, the carpet backing material ends up with the bulk of
the urine residue instead of the padding (which is the case with normal carpet).
This results in a very high level of urea salt deposited in the carpet backing.
Bonded vs. Crystallized
As we have mentioned elsewhere, when urea salt begins to precipitate
out of decomposing urine, the first layer of salt chemically
bonds to the material it precipitates on. This layer or substrate will not
wash off and is no longer water-soluble. Subsequent layers of precipitating urea
salt form salt crystals on this substrate. The crystals are water-soluble and
will wash out or contaminate adjacent areas if given the chance. The trick
is to not give the salt the chance to contaminate other areas of the carpet
during the salt removal and OdorXit application process.
Small Carpet Light Contamination
If you are working with a small carpet and the
contamination seems to be minor (determined by the lack
of staining on the back of the carpet and floor) cleaning the contaminated
area with 1 part OdorXit, 1-2 parts carpet cleaner containing
surfactant and 30 parts water
in a home carpet cleaning machine and spraying or cleaning the back of
the carpet can be effective though it is not always.
If the contamination is more sever,
evidenced by stains on the back of the carpet and floor and the contaminated
area is near the edge or corner more aggressive action needs to be taken. If
the carpet is too large for you to handle safely or the contamination is not
near the edge, do not attempt the following procedure.
Larger carpet Heaver contamination
Assuming that the carpet is small
enough (one that can be hung over a porch railing, fence or other straight and rigid
support) and you have the facilities, carefully hang the carpet over a rigid
support so that the contaminated area you are treating is the lower most part
and there are no wrinkles or folds in the carpet. Saturate the contaminated
area (front and back) with a mixture of 1 part OdorXit, 1-2 parts carpet
cleaner with surfactants, and 20 to 30 parts of water. Stronger solutions have
not been shown to work better. Wait for 10 to 20 minutes and thoroughly rinse
the contaminated area with cold water using a hose with a nozzle. Let the area
dry naturally and out of the sun. Force
drying can cause shrinkage that is not repairable and will cause the carpet to
not lie flat on the floor.
If your carpet is too large for you to
safely handle or you do not have the appropriate setup to hang and
rinse the carpet, find a local carpet cleaning professional who
has a carpet cleaning machine designed for cleaning Oriental area
carpets. (These machines were last made in the 1930s and are fairly
rare though some custom built machines are starting to appear). Have them call us on our toll free help line 1877-ODORXIT
(1-877-636-7948) for assistance. They will probably resist calling
us because they are the carpet cleaning experts and know more than
anyone else about carpet cleaning. And though this may be true,
they are not odor removal experts. Just ask them for a guarantee
on the odor removal.
In all cases,
it is very important that some OdorXit solution come in direct contact
with all of the odor causing agents. If the OdorXit solution dries before
it soaks into all the contaminated area, the odor will not be completely