DICT calls for inclusive, safer digital spaces for Filipino youth and women
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), represented by Head Executive Assistant Patricia Nicole G. Uy, joined the Interactive Dialogue with Youth Representatives at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA.
The objective of the conference was to address the challenges faced by women and youth in ICT. The DICT has numerous initiatives that will build a safer space for women and children in the digital world.
“The Philippines has a young population with an average age of 25 years, and the youth, in particular, are in a unique position to benefit from these advancements, as we possess a natural curiosity and willingness to embrace change and adopt technology,” Uy said.
READ: PH highlights need for media literacy education to empower women at UN meet
Uy served as a speaker at the 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) Interactive Dialogue on the priority theme, “Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.” She is a member of the Philippine delegation along with Undersecretary and Spokesperson Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo.
“Those exposed to social media at a young age tend to follow trends blindly, due to ‘Fear Of Missing Out’ which usually leads to personal data being collected without their knowledge. Therefore, it is crucial not only to provide access to technology but also to educate users on how to use it safely and responsibly,” she added.
READ: Women’s Day: Still a lot to do and be undone
In line with this, the DICT is continuing its efforts to provide ICT training, programming for children, physical and online learning platforms, and cybersecurity certifications, as well as provisions of laptops, tablets, and other ICT equipment. Further, the DICT has trained nearly 94,000 women in 1,100 capability development activities such as web and software development, blockchain, and cybersecurity in the last year.
The DICT, as the lead agency in government at the forefront of digitalization, is pursuing its initiatives for women and youth development to effectively bridge the digital divide and to ensure that advancements will be inclusive.
READ: Phishing targets kids via fake gaming sites
“As we move forward, we will continue to work to ensure that everyone, regardless of their circumstances, has access to the opportunities that digitalization can offer. With a focus on inclusivity and accountability, we hope to continue to serve the Filipino youth and women by empowering them in this new digital world,” Uy asserted.
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SEMI-REGULAR MUSINGS FROM THE SEMI-REGULAR MIND OF WRITER J.M. DeMATTEIS
Hey JM, my copy of The Life And Times Of Savior 28 was delivered yesterday. I read volume 1 so far. I first thought about comparing it to The Dark Knight then I thought of Watchmen's Comedian character's life, but as the story progresses, I found that "The Savior 28" is more of a tragic hero and his life a vehicle to draw a portrait of the 20th and early 21th centuries. While it is still a super heroes comics, it is far more grounded on realism than the Dark Knight and unlike Watchmen, your portrait is more favorable to the super-heroes, as in your vision, they would have to bear a a great burden but would still have some decency and ethics. The on off narrative is spectacular and carries a ton of political and social criticism that really amazed me. I have read still volume one though. But already liked it a lot. Superb art. Cavallaro is a kickin' a** artist.
Very glad you liked it, Daniel. S-28 is near and dear to my heart. Check back in and let me know what you think about the rest of it!Today's also the day when S-28 and BROOKLYN DREAMS both become available digitally...thanks to IDW Publishing!
This is good news! Could IDW make a deal with DC to release things like your DC comics ?
I doubt it., Daniel Those balls are all in DC's park!
Yeah does not sound likely honestly thinking... :-( Anyways, Amazon started today to sell kindle books in Brazil. This is the good news. Bad news, the kindle price is still kind of prohibitive to guys like me :-)
I think the ebook world will find a balance in the coming years, Daniel, and things with be more affordable.
This preview was really good. I've started pre-ordering Augusta Wind from my retailer.Happy New Year!
Terrific! Hope you enjoy it, William. The story gets bigger and bigger every issue. It's been a great ride so far.

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Preview: Devils vs Americans, 5:00 PM
ALBANY, NY – Goals were hard to come by Friday when the Albany Devils and Rochester Americans skated to a 1-0 decision at Blue Cross Arena. The two teams’ offenses hope a change of scenery will do them good as Albany hosts Rochester at Times Union Center at 5 pm.
The Devils are second in the North Division and third in the Eastern Conference at 27-13-7-0 (.649), while the Americans are fifth in the division and 11th in the conference at 23-22-2-1 (.510).
What To Watch For
• Albany: The Devils 2016 AHL All-Star selections shined during Friday’s contest. Yann Danis registered his sixth shutout of the season, making 22 saves. He extended his shutout streak to 127 minutes and 48 seconds. He will have a chance to pass Scott Wedgewood’s mark of 163 minutes and 29 seconds. Offensively, Mike Sislo extended his point streak to three games. He has four goals and an assist during that span.
• Rochester: The Amerks were without one of their leading scorers Friday as Phil Varone was recalled by the Buffalo Sabres before the game. He is tied with Jason Akeson and Cal O’Reilly for the team lead with 26 points. Akeson and William Carrier lead the Americans against the Devils this season. Both players have two assists.
Devils vs. Americans Series
• All-Time: Saturday’s game will be the 17th all-time between the two clubs and the Devils are 8-7-0-1 with a 4-3-0-1 home mark and a 4-4-0-0 road record.
• Last Meeting: The Devils shut out the Americans for the second time this season, defeating them 1-0 Friday at Blue Cross Arena. Yann Danis made 22 saves and Mike Sislo broke a scoreless tie at 6:15 of the third period. Albany owned a 28-22 shot advantage and Rochester’s Linus Ullmark made 27 stops.


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Have you heard the news about supplements? According to some recent reports…
â€œDietary supplements and other herbals send 23,000 people to the emergency room every year.â€
Are you concerned? 23,000 trips to the emergency room sure sounds like a lot!
Any adverse reaction or hospitalization caused by a supplement is cause for alarm. It could be easily argued that some supplement companies are just as guilty as some drug companies for pushing products on vulnerable, unsuspecting people.
The truth is, it is seriously wrong for either industry to put profits over people.
But before you rush to flush your multivitamins down the toilet, take a step back and keep things in perspective.
Sometimes, these studies make it seem like the supplement industry is running willy-nilly with no government supervision. That’s simply not true.
You may remember a previous post on our blog – What you Probably Don’t Know About How Supplements are Regulated:
“While there are certainly scam artists working in the black market of the supplement industry, and while itâ€™s true that nutritional supplements donâ€™t undergo the exact same scrutiny as pharmaceutical drugs, the supplement industry actually is regulated by the FDA. The biggest difference is that supplements do not need to be FDA approved.”
As with any study, there are many factors to consider. This one was no exception.
You can draw your own conclusions on the safety of supplement usage, but whether you like the results of a study or not, you should always ask:
1) Who funded the study?
Is there financial gain for a specific outcome for the supplement or drug company?
2) Was all data compiled in the study included in the final results?
You’d be surprised how much negative data is omitted in studies and clinical trials to push a product (supplement or drug) on the market.
3) Who has the most to gain from the results?
Is it the consumer or the manufacturer?
In this new study from the New England Journal of Medicine, the one that has been making headlines, nearly 1/3 of the hospitalizations reported in the study were for weight-loss and energy-boosting products.
Is it fair to lump the entire supplement industry together with energy drinks? Who should be held responsible for young people going to the ER after downing multiple 5-hour Energy Drinks at a party?
Yes! Believe it or not, 5-Hour Energy Drinks are considered supplements. Yet teens will also abuse them to get a buzz.
The NEJM study makes this conclusion about emergency room visits attributed to supplements:
“Such visits commonly involve cardiovascular manifestations from weight-loss or energy products among young adults and swallowing problems, often associated with micronutrients, among older adults.”
So, the biggest problems were essentially heart palpitations (cardiovascular manifestations) from energy drinks and weight loss supplements, as well as senior citizens who had trouble swallowing the supplement and got it lodged in their throat.
Weight loss and energy-boosting products often come under scrutiny for slick marketing or even illegal practices. Many less-than-reputable companies have taken advantage of vulnerable consumers looking for a quick fix. It’s no surprise many of hospitalizations were from these products.
The latter could happen with any sort of pill. Choking on a supplement has absolutely nothing to do with the safety of a dietary supplements ingredients.
That’s just the beginning…
So Many Questions, So Few Answers.
Statistics can be murky and there are many variables in the data. So it’s wise to read any research with a bit of caution.
Of course, we don’t know all of the details of this study. But you do have to wonder…
What other drugs were these patients taking?
We don’t know if the cases referenced involve people who were also taking medications. Certain drugs and supplements can have negative interactions.
That’s why Natural Healthy Concepts constantly reminds its customers to check with a healthcare professional before beginning supplementation, especially if you are on prescription medication.
Did they exceed the recommended dosage of the specific product?
Taking too much of just about anything could be bad for you, including most over-the-counter drugs. But no one is calling for a ban on Tylenol, even though you could kill yourself if you took enough Acetaminophen.
Many people think taking more than the recommended dose will increase their results. That’s not always true and never safe. Those recommendations are made for a reason.
How many of the people in this study were in poor health to begin with?
One doctorÂ referenced in a Vox article concerning the NEJM study is a primary liver transplant surgeon. She started investigating patients with liver damage and found one particular weight loss supplement (OxyElite Pro) to be at fault.
But did her patients consult a physician before they used the product in question?
Again, any good supplement manufacturer or re-seller will advise patients to talk with their doctors before taking something new.
There is no excuse for any supplement company to put dangerous or questionable ingredients in their products, but anything can cause an adverse reaction in someone who’s health may be in question or has an unknown allergy, etc. Even excessive amounts of certain foods may make someone sick.
Let me repeat, 23,000 trips to the ER and 2,000 hospitalizations is indeed alarming and no one wants to see anyone suffer, but even pharmaceutical drugs, which are often perceived to be far safer, can carry significant risks.
Consider the following…
Here is a list of 35 FDA Approved Prescription Drugs Later Pulled from the Market
FDA approval may give some people peace of mind, but it’s no guarantee for safety.Â In fact, Harvard University reports that “new prescription drugs have aÂ 1 in 5 chanceÂ of causing serious reactions after they have been approved.”
That same article goes on to state that:
“Few know that systematic reviews of hospital charts found that even properly prescribed drugs (aside from misprescribing, overdosing, or self-prescribing) cause about 1.9 million hospitalizations a year.”
1.9 million hospitalizations a year for prescriptions drugs – not including overdoses, self-prescribed or mis-prescribed medications.
23,000 emergency room visits for supplements – many of which may have included abuse of the supplement or perhaps simply someone choking on them.
You do the math. What seems to be the bigger problem here?
An article from ProPublica states that, “Data compiled by the US Food and Drug Administration has linked as many as 980 deaths in a year to drugs containing acetaminophen.”
You don’t see the media comparing the 23,000 emergency room visits attributed to dietary supplements with the actual deaths caused by legally prescribed medications. By the way, some estimates indicate prescription drugs cause as many as 100,000 deaths per year.
The Natural Products Association also has some issues with the methodology and findings of this study. In an article in response to the recent reports, the NPA pointed out that the findings were in direct contrast with the FDA’s own tool for documenting adverse reactions. Dan Fabricant, PhD, the NPA’s executive director and CEO explains…
“This so-called study excludes that very data, which is more than puzzling because it was written in part by FDA officials who know this.â€
For instance, adverse events reported to the FDA in 2012 totaled 3,249 cases – far lower than the 23,000 cases per year average the study cites. The NPA adds that when you consider the wide usage of supplements the numbers are still low no matter how you look at them.
“Even if the study estimates are accurate, the number of hospital visits suggested to relate to dietary supplements would represent 0.0001687 percent of the 136.3 million hospital visits each year, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).”
No matter how much you might like or dislike the results of a study, remember you may not be getting all the facts.
Or perhaps the media is portraying the point-of-view that is the most sensational. After all, more eyeballs and more clicks mean more money from advertisers.
Whether you’re pro-supplements or rely on pharmaceuticals for your healthcare, you must be your own advocate for your health. Your life could depend on it!
We must all be industry watchdogs!
If you’re still concerned about the safety of supplements – check out this video from the Alliance for Natural Health – USA:
If this study has impacted your decision about using supplements, we’d like to hear from you. Let us know in the comment section below.

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The Irish have been protesting water charges for months now – and the international media is taking note.
Yesterday, a homepage story for the New York Times shed light on the continuing struggle between the Irish government and the thousands of Irish citizens who have been staunchly against the planned introduction of water charges.
“Until now, Ireland had been the poster child for German-led austerity policies. Its citizens offered little resistance as their government — grappling with huge debts from the country’s failed banks — introduced new taxes and increased old ones, even while laying off workers and slashing health and welfare benefits,” the paper noted.
“In recent months, however, the Irish have been anything but quiet. The prospect of paying for water, which many see as yet another new tax at a time when the government has assured them that austerity is over, has prompted a series of mass protests across the country, from Dublin to Cork. Many demonstrators say they have no intention of paying the new fees.”
The in-depth expose explained that one third of the households in Ireland have refused to register. It also marked the apparent surprise with which Enda Kenny’s Fine Gael government has met the public’s widespread anger.
The initial plan was to install water meters across the country and charge citizens based on usage. Due to the uproar, the government backtracked on this and pledged to keep rates the same – in most cases no more than $285 each year – through 2018.
But for many people this still isn’t an answer. “We are not paying it. We don’t have it,” said Sarah Murphy, a resident of Ballymun, Dublin whose family of five lives on $73 a week after paying the rent and electricity bills.
Speaking with Paul Murphy, the Socialist TD elected largely due to his opposition of the water charges, the Times suggested that the water charges initiative could be brought to a standstill if the majority of people refuse to pay.
The water protests have also caught the attention of the Detroit Water Brigaide in Detroit, MI which has an ongoing campaign of protests against their city for shutting off the water supply to 27,000 homes which did not pay their bills in the midst of a deep recession.
A group from Detroit joined the massive Dublin protest in December that drew close to 100,000 people.


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I grew up in Southern California, yet I’ve never had the good fortune of eating at Alberto’s Mexican Food. After youth group tonight, I was hungry and wanted some amazing food. We decided to hit up the Alberto’s in Temple City for some greasy goodness.
You only need to utter two words: “mini fries,” and a little over four dollars and five minutes later, out come their famous Carne Asada Fries. Add in a medium horchata, and it’s a midnight snack fit for the kings.
King’s meal at randomtidbitsofthought.wordpress.com.

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Jack Wilshere injury leaves Arsenal facing ‘mission impossible’ in Munich
Franck Ribery injury gives Arsenal Champions League hope
Bayern Munich: We’ve wanted to poach Arsene Wenger for years
Gallery: Arsenal v Bayern Munich – UEFA Cup – 19 February 2013
Following a disastrous exit from the FA Cup against Blackburn Rovers, Arsene Wenger's team play host to Bayern Munich at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium for their UEFA Champions League match.
Arsenal facing Champions League exit after crushing 3-1 defeat to Bayern Munich
Arsenal are on the cusp of elimination from the Champions League after losing the first leg of their last 16 tie with Bayern Munich 3-1.
Wojciech Szczesny: Arsenal not scared of Bayern Munich – they’re no Barcelona
Manuel Neuer: Bayern Munich defence is so good I don’t need post-match shower
Three key areas Arsenal must win if they are to beat Bayern Munich
Arsenal were handed one of the toughest draws in this round of the Champions League when they were paired with last year's beaten finalists Bayern Munich.
Arjen Robben sees ‘no reason’ why he should miss out on Arsenal Champions League tie
Arjen Robben has told Bayern Munich bosses he sees no reason why he shouldn’t be selected for their Champions League tie against Arsenal.
Bayern Munich star Franck Ribery clashes with fan over his dog
French international Franck Ribery has been involved in an angry confrontation with a fan at his club Bayern Munich’s training ground.
Bayern Munich boss blasts timing of Pep Guardiola announcement
Bayern Munich boss Jupp Heynckes has criticised the timing of the announcement Pep Guardiola will succeed him as the club’s manager.
Chelsea’s managerial plans in tatters as Pep Guardiola signs for Bayern Munich
Chelsea's managerial plans lie in tatters after Pep Guardiola snubbed Roman Abramovich’s millions in favour of Bayern Munich.
Bayern Munich fine Bastian Schweinsteiger and Toni Kroos for training with wrong socks
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Document Type : Original Article
Graduate Faculty of Environment, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
A novel multi-generation energy system fueled solar and biomass energy are suggested and investigated, in the viewpoints of thermodynamic and thermoeconomic analyses. Electricity, heating and cooling power are supplied by means of a Rankine cycle, a heater, a double effect absorption chiller, a liquefaction natural gas subsystem, a multi-effect desalination system, a parabolic Trough solar collector and a combustion burner is utilized. Results show that, the system is capable to produce 16.11kW electricity, 28.94 kW heating power, 23.41 kW cooling power, 8.8 kg/h fresh water and 0.02 m3/h liquefied natural gas with the energy and exergy efficiencies of 46.8 %, 11.2%, and product cost rate of 15.16 $/h. Finally, a parametric study is carried out in order to survey the dependency of the thermodynamic and thermoeconomic performance upon the decision variables such as stack gasses temperature, temperature difference of evaporaor1, evaporaor2 temperature and Turbine inlet temperature.


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President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, joined by President Xi Jinping and First Lady Peng Liyuan. Courtesy of the White House
By Tenzin Chomphel
Editor in Chief
The single most important bilateral dynamic of the 21st century will be that between the United States and China. This was widely known long before COVID-19 had put the Chinese government in a position of disfavor amongst the international community for accusations of failure to address the outbreak early and aggressively. Now, with this new and enormous challenge weighing down on the already strained context of the US-China relationship, the bilateral cooperation necessary to tackle serious global issues such as climate change has become that much more difficult to synthesize.
Continue reading “OP-ED: How Will COVID-19 Worsen the Ailing US-China Relationship?”
Environmental inspectors in northern China have found that seventy percent of the businesses they examined failed to meet environmental standards for controlling air pollution. (Photo by Ella Ivanescu)
by Rachel Chiang
This is a familiar story: China is to blame for climate change, with twenty-seven percent of global greenhouse gases emanating from within its borders. Operating under the desire to generate capital, the “authoritarian” Chinese state condones crippling levels of pollution, to the point at which face masks are daily necessities embraced by residents of Beijing. Any efforts to be environmentally conscious in the United States are futile since China will continue the reckless expansion of its carbon footprint.
Continue reading “China’s Paradox: Economic Stimulation vs. Climate Catastrophe Aversion”
by Marshall Wu
When Hong Kong was returned to China by the end the of its lease to the United Kingdom in 1997, among the agreements made between the United Kingdom and China was a fifty-year guarantee of one country, two systems. After over one hundred years under British rule, today Hong Kong is uniquely part-Western and part-Chinese. It is no longer the same city it once was under Chinese emperors. This is apparent in a common viewpoint among Chinese today, who may find Hong Kongers ‘spoiled’. In dramatic difference from the city of Shenzhen, fewer than thirty minutes north, Hong Kong has truly become a dual-language populace. In Hong Kong, cab drivers speak English and street signs retain both Chinese and English spellings.
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The Indian Premier League (IPL) is one of the biggest T20 Leagues in the world and it has been proven time and again. Even the greats of the game find it hard to perform in the tournament. Ajinkya Rahane, who once used to be at the top on the list of orange cup holders has been struggling for the past few seasons. IPL 2022 did not change much for the veteran batter as he failed in the third consecutive game.
After scoring a 34-ball 44 in the opening game for KKR against CSK, Rahane has failed to make it count in the next three games. In KKR's game against RCB, Rahane could only manage 9 runs of 10 balls. In the third game of the season for him, the right-handed batter scored 12 runs off 11 balls. And today, he failed yet again as he departed after scoring 7 runs off 11 balls.
These consistent failures from Rahane did not go well with the Twitter users as they started demanding his sacking from the eleven. Users expressed their disappointment post dismissal of KKR opener.


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(KMOV) – Firefighters were on the scene of a natural gas leak in north St. Louis Tuesday morning.
Officials say a gas leak occurred underground in the 4200 block of Natural Bridge in the Greater Ville neighborhood.
Crews forced their way into two commercial buildings in the area to ensure vapors did not enter and create the potential for an explosion.
Officials say they found the source of the leak and were working to uncover and assess it.
One eastbound lane of Natural Bridge was closed during the investigation.
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Providence to Boston and back to Providence
After several days of exploration in Providence and the surrounding area I hopped a commuter rail up to Boston ($7.75) and started exploring a city I'd heard so many great things about. I checked out China Town and ate some tasty treats there but discovered that I like Americanized Chinese more than authentic Chinese. Call me a sinner, but I feel that food should be enjoyed and if you don't enjoy something there's no sense in pretending you do just because it's more authentic than the alternative. You're only cheating yourself. Not that the food was bad, it's just that I'd rather eat General Chicken than Chicken Feet if given a choice.
There's some nice architecture up in Boston and some really beautiful old churches, but the big difference between Boston and Providence is the people. In Providence everyone is open and friendly and willing to strike up a conversation with you, even more so than Montgomery. In Boston, no one talks. People look straight ahead and march. They nod if you greet them, but there's no verbal response. The entire place seemed so much colder as far as people went. They weren't rude, they just didn't care to talk. I found this to be the case all over the Boston area including Wellseley and Cambridge.
I got to see the Harvard campus which is kind of a strange place. It looks like a nice university but the section of town it's in appears rather run down. It's like Harvard thrived and the city around it died. It just seemed out of place.
The roads in Boston are horrible. There's cracks and potholes everywhere. It's the only place I've seen with worse roads than Louisiana. They're terrible and the only thing worse is the drivers. NO ONE IN BOSTON CAN DRIVE! They drift from lane to lane, oblivious of other vehicles on the road. They stay in the left lane when they need to turn right and then they just turn, nearly causing wrecks. They almost run down cyclists every few minutes. They lounge around intersections when the light is green and then gun it through red lights. It's like all the rules of the road are just polite suggestions that Bostonians never heard. It's worse than Houston traffic. It's worse than Austin traffic. It's worse than anything. At least in Houston those 50 billion people have a general idea of how to drive. In Boston, no. It's like half the drivers are children who can't see over the wheel and the other half are blind... and drunk.
I also checked out the MIT Museum. If you get a chance to go there, go. And it's free on Sundays. The place is action-packed with cool stuff like little electronic devices that were wired by viruses using nanotechnology and odd little machines that do strange things. The coolest things were the robots and the AI. The people at MIT are really smart or really stupid because they're going to build the robots that become self-aware and take over the world and I don't think it's going to take them long... if the zombies don't get us first.
There was also this cool chick named Allie who was working with a team of people to develop the next generation of space suit. It looks wicked-awesome. I asked her tons of questions about it because I find that sort of thing cool. The idea behind a lot of it seems like science fiction, but I know that it'll probably be in use before I'm 50. That's just the way that science fiction works, like all the crazy stuff mentioned in that book 'Ender's Game' back in the early 70's. He talked about touch screens, computer tablets, chat rooms, virtual reality simulations, flight simulators and laser tag. And now it's all old news.
I left Boston on Monday afternoon and returned to Providence. I really like this city and I'm going to spend a lot of time here on future trips. It's a really great place. I'm currently staying with two guys named Derek and Nathan who showed me the Lincoln Woods State Park. It's a beautiful patch of the world just north of Providence. There's rocky woods, sassafras trees and maple. Their leaves already turning red and gold. A large pond on the southern end of the park has several small, rocky-shored islands. It's quite scenic. But everywhere I looked, every time I tried to take a photo of the natural splendor, the view was broken by a road or a sign or a building or a line of boulders carefully arranged by the park service. Why do we feel we need to conquer nature? Why do we set aside a patch of land to be preserved and then tear down the trees to build a field so people can play frisbee with their dogs? Why to we have to damage what we claim to enjoy?
I tried to just enjoy the park, but I wanted so badly to pull up all the signs and tear down the buildings and let nature fix what man had ruined. My relaxing walk in the park ended up leaving me in a bitter mood. I was angry.
Maybe a race of robots from MIT bent on human annihilation is just what the earth needs. Perhaps they would be more responsible with regards to their home than we have been. They certainly couldn't be any worse. Is it wrong for me to think like that? If so, I don't really care. And if you saw that park and it's marred beauty, like an abuse child, you'd feel the same way.

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MBAE in the News
MBAE on Boston Network News
Education Week: Despite Lofty Scores, Massachusetts Advised to Set New Ed Goals: Business group calls for state to make ambitious changes
Boston Globe Podium: Massachusetts Schools Must be Transformed to Compete Globally By Sir Michael Barber and Henry Dinger
GOVERNING Magazine: “Impacting the Future” (A report on the Common Core Standards features MBAE on p.2)
MBAE Press Releases/Statements
MBAE Press Statement Regarding Educator Evaluation Regulations – MBAE responds to the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education vote to adopt new educator evaluation regulations.
MBAE Common Core Statement – The Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education (MBAE) voted on July 19th, 2010 to recommend adoption of the proposed “Common Core” educational standards and incorporate, where appropriate, Massachusetts standards not reflected in the Common Core.


Maria Sharapova and Alexander Gilkes
When it comes to celebrities, there are lots of different people who happen to fall under that category. These days, the idea of what makes someone a celebrity is far less rigid and open to interpretation… Just because you might not fit the traditional confines of what it means to be a celebrity doesn’t mean you don’t count as one.
And we’re pretty sure female tennis superstar Maria Sharapova counts as a pretty big celebrity… She and her husband Alexander Gilkes tied the knot in 2020 and welcomed their first baby in July of 2022. We’re not gonna lie, their first-time parent glow was visible through the screen.


America is ready to build out its electric vehicle (EV) charging station network — and yet, traders aren’t quite ready to buy Blink Charging (NASDAQ:BLNK) stock. The U.S. government supports the EV charging port buildout, and this should benefit Blink. Besides, the company is working with a variety of businesses across the nation to make EV charging quicker and more convenient.
Of all the tradable EV-related businesses out there, Blink Charging is among the least appreciated on Wall Street. This isn’t a problem, though. Really, it’s just an opportunity for contrarian traders.
As we’ll see, Blink has been very busy lately, bringing its fast-charging experience to America’s towns and districts. Meanwhile, the government is ambitiously working toward a nationwide EV charging network — and this should make BLNK stock investors more optimistic than ever.
BLNK Stock Is Out of Favor Now
Suffice it to say that Blink Charging’s shareholders have been on a bumpy ride in 2022 so far. They’re underwater this year and can’t seem to catch a break.
Now, I’m not recommending buying BLNK stock just because it’s down. You need reasons to own a stake in a company, after all. One reason to invest in Blink Charging is a big one: The U.S. government clearly supports its EV charging infrastructure buildout.
Believe it or not, the number of EVs sold in the U.S. has tripled since President Joe Biden took office. Yet, this might only be the beginning of a much bigger trend. That’s because Biden just allocated $900 million to build EV chargers in the U.S.
The objective is to create a vast network of EV charging stations across 35 states, spanning 53,000 miles of highway. Ultimately, the government’s bigger infrastructure spending package supports the buildout of 500,000 EV charging stations in the U.S. by the year 2030.
Blink Charging Is Charging Ahead
Even with such massive government backing, Blink Charging isn’t just sitting around, waiting for a handout. Rather, Blink is quite busy forming partnerships to make EV charging more accessible in America.
Here are three recent examples of this. First, Blink is partnering with real-estate company Veris Residential to deploy 24 charging ports in New Jersey. These will be established at Veris Residential’s “newly-built, sustainability-focused, luxury apartment high-rise Haus25.”
Next, Blink Charging is working with the City of Newton, Iowa, to install two Blink IQ 200 fast Level 2 charging stations. Granted, that’s not a lot of charging ports, but it’s a start.
Additionally, Blink is collaborating with with Brown Investment Properties to install four charging stations in North Carolina. These are to be established at the Battleground Office Building in the city of Greensboro.
What You Can Do Now
Blink Charging will have governmental support in the coming months and years. That’s fine, but the company is also forging its own path toward profitability.
A few stations here, a few there — it’s all about baby steps with America’s EV charging network buildout. Likewise, you can take baby steps toward a future-ready green portfolio by owning some BLNK stock shares before they eventually become much more expensive.
On the date of publication, David Moadel did not have (either directly or indirectly) any positions in the securities mentioned in this article. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the writer, subject to the InvestorPlace.com Publishing Guidelines.


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The leaders of the opposing sides in the Battle of Jersey on 6th January 1781 both died as a result of wounds received in the battle.
Major Francis Peirson, the senior officer commanding British and Jersey Militia forces was killed on the point of victory as his troops stormed the French troops who had been surrounded in the centre of St Helier.
As hero of the day and the man who saved the Island from the French, Peirson’s grave is in the nave of the Town Church of St Helier. Peirson also has a large memorial close to the side chapel altar.
Baron de Rullecourt , the leader of the French forces, who today might be called a soldier of fortune having taken French financial support but without official French military resources unless the expedition to capture Jersey was successful, was severely wounded in the fighting and he died shortly afterwards.
His grave was outside of the church in the churchyard, marked with a simple stone with his name and date of death.
For the real history buffs! – whilst the above was correct in 1781, in the Victorian era, an entrance vestibule was added to the western end of the church and De Rullecourt’s grave was built over. The plain flat grave stone was moved several yards further west into the churchyard to its present position. So the irony is that at the end of the day, De Rullecourt did in fact get an “inside grave”!
Join us on one of our military tours around Jersey. The Battle of Jersey Tour lasts half a day and visits key sites leading up to the battle and the battlefield itself, in the bustling streets of St Helier, whose layout hasn’t changed in 240 years!

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I really love the feel of this cute bag--I used tons of interfacing to cushion and give shape to this bag. Plus, I personalized it--I hand embroidered my initial on the front. At first, I did an inventory of the most popular girl's names in the last 10 years so I could get an idea of the initial I should put on the front of this first bag. And then I thought, who am I kidding, the first bag is mine!
To the left of the bag is a clip on 'rat tail'--I just designed it, it's a 'tail' made from really soft brown yarn and I sewed tons of embellishments on it. It looks cute with this bag.
I'll be posting this purse to my Faux Fur Frenzy Shop in the next few days. One question though--do you ever look for personalized items at Christmas?

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For whatever reason, audiences in the 1970s just loved good ol’ boy car chase movies featuring criminals – sorry, ‘outlaws’ – outdriving rednecked cops and sticking it to the man. From the sublime (Vanishing Point) to the ridiculous (Smokey and the Bandit), these films were cranked out en masse and all seemed to make money. Few of them really stand up too well to viewing now, and Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry is no exception.
Certainly, in 1974, the film was a smash hit, and I can remember it turning up on re-release in cinemas for years afterwards before becoming what felt like a TV staple towards the end of the decade. The film always seemed to promise something it couldn’t deliver – I mean, with legendary sexpot Susan George starring as ‘Dirty Mary’, it had to be pretty raunchy, right? Yet I never managed to catch it on television, and it has had a surprisingly brief life on home video, this new edition the first to appear since 1987. So until now, I hadn’t had the chance to catch up with the film. Of course, I didn’t come to this expecting some sort of sex romp – I was well aware of what sort of film it was before sitting down to it – so I can’t blame that for my sense of… well, disappointment might be the wrong word, because that implies high expectations, and I certainly didn’t have those. But while I was expecting no masterpiece, I did think that the film would be more involving than it turned out to be. After all, there is some talent here – director John Hough had delivered one of the best 1970s Hammer films (Twins of Evil) and the impressive haunted house film Legend of Hell House, and aside from George, the cast includes Peter Fonda – then still Hollywood’s idea of the counter culture rebel – Vic Morrow, Adam Roarke and an uncredited Roddy McDowall. Yet the film is oddly unexciting for a movie packed with spills, thrills and car chases.
Fonda and Roarke are NASCAR wannabes Larry Rayder and Deke Sommers, who carry out a heist to finance their plans – Deke holding a wife and daughter hostage while Larry collects the cash from their supermarket boss husband / father (McDowell). Right away, it puts you in a difficult place with these two characters. This is no mere robbery, after all – it’s the kidnap and terrorisation of a woman and a child. I assume we are supposed to forget about the nastiness of this later on, but frankly, my sympathies were very much out of the window at this point. It’s not as though the pair have winning personalities to counter this initial image – Roarke does his best to soften his character later on, but Fonda sleepwalks his way through the film, showing the same level of enthusiasm and commitment as a bored child in a math class. Okay, he was never exactly first rate as an actor, but his performance here is amazingly disinterested.
The pair are joined in their getaway by Mary Coombs (George), a one-night stand of Larry’s who takes exception to him sneaking out of her place to carry out the robbery and is waiting in his car when her returns with the money. Why exactly she chooses to join them is never made clear – I assume for kicks. Despite his best efforts, Larry can’t get rid of her, and so she becomes a part of the team, leading to a fairly undeveloped love triangle that doesn’t convince for a moment. George and Fonda have zero chemistry, and she’s pretty bad in the role – with a dreadful orange tan, terrible American accent and no personality whatsover (despite her best efforts to compensate for a lack of character by mugging wildly and being very loud), this might be George’s worst ever performance (admittedly, I haven’t watched Tintorera in a while, so might well be wrong on that point) and even her natural sexiness doesn’t come across here.
Hot in pursuit is Vic Morrow as hard-bitten Captain Franklin, chasing the trio down in a helicopter and sending loads of police cars after them, as they zip through the various highways, dirt roads and side streets. The cops, of course, are no match for the souped up muscle cars that the gang drive, leading to several dramatic chases that inevitably end with the police crashing into signs, rivers or other vehicles. In the grand tradition of The A Team, no one seems to get killed or injured in these wrecks, presumably to secure a PG rating (laughably, the film was originally rated X in the UK).
Now, this should be entertaining road rage eye candy, but somehow it feels a little flat. Perhaps I’ve just seem too many high octane road race movies to be impressed by what happens here; perhaps Hough just wasn’t the man to shoot this sort of thing (Britain just doesn’t have a car chase film culture); or, more likely, it was simply that the characters are so lame that we can’t get gripped by the chase. We basically don’t care what happens.
That carries through to the end, which is, at least, suitably nihilistic and unexpected. It’s a very 1970s conclusion to the story, and feels apt – but it doesn’t shock in the way it might if we’d been more invested in what happens to the outlaw trio.
The thing is this – Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry isn’t dreadful. It’s entirely watchable. But you won’t be drawn into the story – it remains little more than eye-candy. Of course, if you are a huge fan of car crash cinema, this might well appeal more to you than it did to me. But it’s a long way from either Vanishing Point or Mad Max in terms of anti-establishment adventure or visceral auto excitement.


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All over this great land of ours public transportation services are being drastically curtailed. The "Great Recession" is cutting state & local revenue streams, which means cuts in public transit. It's hard to step back and see the true extent of the damage because these are local problems, which are reported on locally. But doing a Google search "public+transportation+cuts" reveals just how widespread this disaster is. You'll find one story after another detailing cuts in bus service in cities and townships all over the country.
There's a quote I like from a local resident in Pittsburgh, where I live—
Evelyn Nickel of Swissvale rides buses to work, shopping, doctor appointments and social engagements. She and her husband, John, are legally blind...
One after another, residents on Thursday warned of personal hardships and damage to the region that would occur if the Port Authority goes ahead with a plan to eliminate 35 percent of public transit service in January.
"In a struggling economy it would be suicidal for the city not to find a way to fund public transit," said Sydelle Pearle of Squirrel Hill, a rider who spoke at an all-day public hearing on the cuts at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. More than 200 people signed up to speak, and hundreds of others have submitted written comments.
"I want you to come with me and walk a mile in my shoes, because with the bus cuts, that will happen," Ms. Nickel told authority board members and staff.
Yes, try walking a mile in Evelyn's shoes. The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) carried out a survey of local public transit agencies back in April. These graphics tell you what they found—
The Guardian—a British newspaper—recently contemplated the peculiar attitudes of Americans about public transportation. This quote is from Bus cuts drive Americans back to cars—
In most countries, one might expect fiscal collapse to lead to more people taking public transport. After all, while buses, trams, light rail, and underground systems are less convenient than private vehicle usage, and while using such systems oftentimes involves sharing one's environs with too many people and too many competing body odors, at least it's cheaper than filling up one's car with gas and driving miles each day. Utilizing public transport is a sensible, relatively painless way to penny pinch.
But, in America, at least in part because public transport has not, in recent years, won the hearts and minds of the politically influential classes in many regions of the country, these systems are peculiarly vulnerable to cuts during the down-times.
In fact, a poll released in early April by the Economist indicated that, faced with declining government revenues, more than twice as many Americans would want federal public transit subsidies cut versus reductions to highways expenditures. At a local level, too, many Americans' relationship to public transit systems is tendentious at best. And hence the tragic irony: as local governments continue to hemorrhage revenues, and thus have to look for evermore ways to tighten their belts, so public transit systems suffer.
Ass Backwards America! One might expect fiscal collapse to lead to more people taking public transport. That's the reasonable European perspective, where gasoline is expensive and the bus & train system is extensive. But, No!!! — that's not the way we do it in the Home of the Free. In cowboy America transit agencies are raising fares and cutting service. And those who can are forced to drive instead of being able to take the bus. But some passengers, like Evelyn Nickle quoted above, are not quite so Free as they used to be.
These public transit cuts will likely be permanent in almost all cases. The ongoing recession presented a unique opportunity to rebuild America's public transportation system. We tore down the one we used to have in the 1950s to build roads & highways. And we never stopped building roads & highways. And when it came time to "stimulate" the economy, we poured money into building roads & highways. We built roads & highways as though the oil would never run out, as though gasoline was just another Free Lunch. After all, we are Americans. We are entitled. We deserve that Free Lunch.
And what of the taxes we put on all that gasoline we burn? All the revenue goes toward building or repairing roads & highways. In fact, we've built so many roads & highways since the 1950s that the revenue from the gasoline tax is no longer sufficient to keep them in good repair.
Who said this isn't a Great Country?


RESIDENTS of the garden apartments of Jackson Heights are hoping that the Landmarks Preservation Commission will soon vote for the designation of the core of the community as a 36-block historic district, protecting their homes from demolition.
But there are problems with the unusual buildings that may baffle even the most energetic preservation strategies.
In 1919, a new type of housing -- garden apartments -- was developed in Queens in the newly named section of Jackson Heights. The Queensboro Corporation, a real estate firm, began buying up farmland in the area in 1909, eventually acquiring 325 acres roughly bounded by Roosevelt Avenue and Northern Boulevard, 76th and 88th Streets.
In 1917, when the present No. 7 subway line opened there, Queensboro built the Garden-Apartments facing one another across 80th Street, between 35th and 37th Avenues. Designed by George H. Wells, these 14 five-story, Tudor-style buildings had only little strip gardens in front. It was Wells's colleague, Andrew J. Thomas, who perfected the concept in 1919, with the four-story, Italian-style Linden Court, from 84th to 85th Streets, from Roosevelt to 37th Avenues.
Linden Court has low lot coverage, 40 percent, as opposed to 70 percent for Park Avenue-type apartments in Manhattan. It has a long, wide landscaped garden in the middle of its block, a place for quiet recreation, not just garbage or storage.Continue reading the main story
The 10 buildings have modest but sophisticated architectural detailing -- tiled eaves, shuttered porches, Spanish-style ironwork -- and are separated by wide, green pathways that give views of the courtyard to the street. Moreover, the rear elevations are treated like those on the street -- not just left plain, as they are in most apartment houses.
This was the first appearance of such a development at this scale in New York City and perhaps the country, a supremely civilized solution to moderate-cost housing.
From 1920 to 1925, Queensboro built eight full-block garden complexes in Jackson Heights, including the famous Chateau and Towers, also designed by Thomas. Seven of these were co-ops, as was Linden Court, and some of the buildings rival Park Avenue apartments in the quality of finishes and planning.
By 1929, perhaps one-sixth of the blocks were built up with apartments and the Depression panicked owners, as values fell by two-thirds.
According to "Jackson Heights: A Garden in the City" by Daniel Karatzas, three garden apartment co-ops went into foreclosure: the Towers, Cambridge Court and Laburnum Court.
By 1960, Jackson Heights was almost completely built out. The later apartment houses are plainer and taller, but they still generally follow the garden apartment concept. The 1980's saw a wave of co-op conversions.
IN 1988, the Jackson Heights Beautification Group was established and now has community cleanups, architectural and garden awards and related activities.
The committee sponsored Mr. Karatzas's book and, with endorsements from Robert A. M. Stern, the architect and historian, and others, got the Landmarks Commission to hold a public hearing on the area in December 1990. The commission staff is now working on a draft designation report, usually a sign that designation will soon follow.
As a historic district, Jackson Heights presents certain problems. First, the area indeed has some exceptional buildings, but a large part of it -- the plain, post-Depression buildings -- is simply exceptionally civilized and pleasant. Will the commission be protecting the carefully tended flower gardens and mature trees, or the plain brick boxes?
Second, Jackson Heights is middle-income, and many of the buildings already or soon will require extensive masonry, slate and tile repairs, which can be noticeably more expensive when you treat the building as a landmark. How many of the several hundred building owners are really ready for that?
Third, and most problematic, are the several dozen buildings that have fallen on hard times. At Cambridge Court, for example, the buildings were split up after foreclosure and the garden was subdivided into a warren of barbed-wire fences, dusty parking lots, garbage heaps and weed trees. Who can persuade the various owners even to remove the fences, let alone restore some semblance of the central garden? And how much of a public stake is there, anyway, in what is really a private amenity.
Jackson Heights, when built, presented new ideas in urban housing; it will require new solutions in historicpreservation as well.Continue reading the main story


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White House expects North Korea summit to happen after all
The White House believes that next month's summit between President Trump and North Korean Kim Jong-un in Singapore is still happening. A statement from Press Secretary Sarah Sanders confirmed that the administration "continues to actively prepare" for the meeting after North Korean officials "have been engaging" after Trump's letter last week effectively cancelling it.
What's happening: The statement also confirms that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with Kim Yong-chol, the vice chairman of North Korea's Central Committee, in New York this week. Additionally, in the days before his Singapore meeting with Kim, Trump will host Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House on June 7.


RNLI warning to Respect the Water during ‘deadliest’ month at the south west coast
Queen Of British Soul To Switch On Lights
Barnstaple is set to take centre stage with a Christmas Light Switch on that will rival any of its competitors across the southwest.
The headline act is none other than the Queen of British Soul, Beverley Knight! Noted for her staggering live performances which have gained her a legion of fans from David Bowie to Prince, Take That to Jamiroquai, she recently wowed a 1 billion viewing audience with an outstanding rendition of the song, 'I Am What I Am' at the London 2012 Paralympics Opening Ceremony.
Craig Bulley, Barnstaple Town Centre Manager and one of the organisers of the light switch on said: "Beverley has been one of the UK's most consistent artists of the past 15 years and has scored several top 10 albums.
"She has also sold over a million albums in the UK along the way, including four gold albums - her latest being the critically acclaimed 'Soul UK'.
"We are really excited that she is coming to Barnstaple as we know people are going to love her and really enjoy the show we have organised for them."
This year's Christmas Light Switch on will take place on Thursday evening, 22nd November and is organised by Barnstaple Town Centre Management in partnership with BID Barnstaple.
The date has been changed from a Sunday to a Thursday in response to retailers' wishes to stage the event on what will be the first of the late night shopping nights.
The wonderfully soulful Beverley Knight is a top class act that is guaranteed to put Barnstaple well and truly on the map as the place to be for music, entertainment and a shopping experience this Christmas!
Further details of the Switch On day and other Christmas events will be announced shortly.
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WinLpt is a handy 12 LPT port pins manager.The program allows to control the output LPT port manually or automatically in strict accordance with the commands script. It's useful, for example, to automatic (background) managing of LEDs or relays, directly connected to LPT pins.
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MuVis is a new music visualization and browsing application, that uses meta-data and content-based features of audio tracks to aid in music library exploration. The main technique used in this project is semantic ordered treemaps.
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Madrigal is a network-controlled real time music visualization program (i.e. VJing software). The project consists of a server that runs on the computer recording the audio, rendering and displaying the visualization, and a GTK2 client (with a hildonized version available for the Nokia 770) that...
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G-Force is the most dynamic and sophisticated, yet entirely artistic, music visualization available - and it keeps getting better. G-Force features fast anti-aliased effects, thousands of possible effect combinations, savable and scriptable effects, QuickTime services, and unparalleled...
Platforms: Windows, Mac
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An animated, 3D Music Visualization with thousands of unique scenes.
Comes with four fun effects, easy navigation controls and on-screen menus. Play your music and watch Morphyre respond to the sounds received by your computer's microphone (or line in)...
"F" = enter...
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The eXo music visualization engine is fully hardware accelerated build with OpenGl. It features a 2D procedural texture generation unit and a 3D scene description. The eXo visualizer is a plug-in for iTunes running on Mac OS X. Here a few interesting facts about the eXo visualizer: - Uses XML to...
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Rhythm Rider is a 3D music visualization plug-in for MS Windows Media Player. You Ride The Music Wave by playing MP3 and WAV files, or a music CD immersed in a 3D environment, adding to music experience. Gives a roller coaster feel.You can ride multiple vantage points on the wave. Has a fire...
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WndLpt is a handy 12 LPT port pins manager. The program allows to control the output LPT port manually or automatically in strict accordance with the commands script. It's useful, for example, to automatic (background) managing of LEDs or relays, directly connected to LPT pins. Supported methods:...
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WhiteCap is a real-time music visualization plug-in for media players and can also visualize auxiliary or "line-in" audio. WhiteCap features thousands os visual combinations, a morphing wireframe slideshow, control over specific effects, and expandability. WhiteCap is designed to be visually...
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Seeksy is the fastest Music Downloads software on the planet. At least 10 times faster free music downloads than any other music download program. Seeksy allows you to download mp3s at lightning fast speeds. Forget Limewire, Napster, Kazaa, Bearshare, and Shareaza, Seeksy is faster, Guaranteed!...
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eXo music visualizer... The eXo music visualization engine is fully hardware accelerated and features a 2D procedural texture generation unit and a 3D scene description. It allow to mix both approach in the same environment. Currently itNs running on Mac OS X and uses OpenGL for the acceleration....
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SoftSkies is a music
visualizer and screensaver that produces mood-enhancing animated cloudscapes, rich with color and realistic motion. SoftSkies features professional color design, patent-pending cloud animation, dynamic image scenery and fine-grained visual control. SoftSkies is ideal for...
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Scan your drives for duplicates files and remove them to free up hard disk space. The powerful search engine enables you to find duplicates with a combination of the following criteria: file name, file extension, file content, file dates, file attributes! Flexible scan settings allow you to...
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SoundFrost is a unique application on the entertainment software market that is capable of solving the problem with free access to music. SoundFrost performs search, online playback and download of music on PC in 9 audio formats: MP3, WAV, FLAC, OGG, WMA, AAC, AIFF, AU, AC3. Availability of these...
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Winter Wonders visualizer has arrived - just in time for the holidays! Winter Wonders is a real-time music visualizer for iTunes. Winter Wonders is designed to be visually engaging and extremely reactive while allowing you to customize and control it.
We've created Winter Wonders as a delightful...
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Anubis P2P (peer-to-peer) is a new file sharing program that includes all the recent p2p optimizations, helping users to search and download over some several networks around the internet. All in one features like file manager, download statistics, chat and IP filters make this p2p a complete...
Platforms: Windows, Windows 7
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This is wpTorrent for WP8.1, NO download speed limitation now! wpTorrent is a native bit torrent client for Windows Phone 8/8.1. It supports downloading torrents directly to your Windows Phone. This free version is ads-driven. wpTorrent Pro removes the ads, and supports torrent video streaming...
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TuneGet is a break-through tool that finds and downloads any music and music video from the web in two clicks for free. No hidden subscription fees. Get easy and quick downloads of any song from a huge database only at the cost of the program.
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Manolito is a file-sharing network that uses a peer-to-peer network similar to Gnutella, with a new private protocol that works without a central server. Search and download MP3 files from the entire network of users. Manolito offers an easy-to-use interface enabling fast searches, free music...
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This is a tutorial illustrating how I paint my mechs.
The first step is cleaning flash and moldlines off the miniature and basing it. I use bases made from airdrying modelling clay (Faber Efaplast Classic). An alternative that needs baking in the oven is Fimo.
Applying primer is the second step. I use diluted white Gesso applied with a brush. Gesso is cheap and sticks to everything. White Gesso ensures that all colors cover very well and works great with washes. Use only a thin layer of Gesso – it’s Ok if the gray metal color still shines through.
With the primer applied and dry it’s time for the basecoat. Since this mech will feature my “Hinterhalt” camo I used GW Desert Yellow – a color that doesn’t cover very well, which is not an issue over white Gesso. It’s better to apply the basecoat in two thin layers rather than one thick layer.
The next step is applying camouflage – skip this if you go for a scheme with even colors only. I apply the camo with an airbrush since it gives nice feathered edges, but a brush may work just as well.
The basic paint scheme is completed. Now it’s time for painting details in contrasting colors. I usually use grey for vents and joints, metallic colors for weapons and jump jets. The cockpit window is filled in with black. Painting the details breaks up the basic paint job and makes the miniature look more detailed. I also apply the main color to the base at this time – in this case GW Graveyard Earth.
The miniature still looks very flat, which we will adress with shading and highlights. One way to get shading (darker color for recessed areas) is drybrushing the base color over a black basecoat – I prefer working with washes. The GW washes work very well. I apply them undiluted with a not too large brush so I can control them. Gryphonne Sepia, Devlan Mud, and Badab Black were used. Once again, it’s better to apply a little twice than too much once (although it’s possible to correct the latter by immediately flowing it away with clean water).
With the washes dried, highlights are drybrushed on to bring out the edges. Dip a larger brush into your highlighting color (which should be a similar color, but much lighter, than your basecoat – I used GW Bleached Bone for this one), wipe on a piece of cloth or paper until it’s almost dry, then brush it over the edges of the miniature. Make sure there’s just a tiny bit of paint left on the brush, and only the edges will be accented.
The miniature is now basically finished. I go a step further by jewelling the cockpit, making it look like it is reflecting the ambient light. Progressively use lighter shades of the same color on smaller areas. Colors complementary to the basecoat (red for green, orange/yellow for blue…) often work very well. I use shades of blue. Jewelling can also be applied to the lenses of lasers.
I also apply a decal and then a coat of matte varnish from a spray can or using the airbrush. The varnish removes the shine and protects the miniature. Gloss varnish brushed onto the cockpit brings back the shine to what’s supposed to be glass. The base is finished with flock.