Ten years from now, going shopping will be a lot like walking through an airport. No, not because it will mean grappling with endless queues, but because retailers will be using facial recognition technology and biometric scanning that travellers are already familiar with.
By then, you could be able to pay for your purchases by taking a selfie, your favourite retailers could recognise you instantly as you enter their store, sending personalised deals to your smartwatch, and robots could be scanning supermarket shelves to keep tabs on stock levels.
Electronic shelf labelling will be standard, complete with cameras that assess stock levels in real time, and so will artificial intelligence (AI) working behind the scenes.
These changes aren't science fiction: Paymark, which processes 75 per cent of the country's electronic card transactions, has already spent six months developing infrastructure for the future of payment. One technology it has been trialling is facial recognition - paying with your face.
"Selfie to pay" systems might be activated by blinking at the camera, which would then take a photo. Once your bank confirms your identity, and that you have money to pay, the payment process is instant. This is already happening in China.
Paymark has built demo apps, and longer term it sees this system being built into the banks' apps. Within the ASB app, for example, you might take a selfie to register and link it to your account.
While Paymark does not know when the technology will be introduced, it says its developments offer a glimpse of the future. "We're hoping to enable a new wave of innovation out in the retail environment," says the company's former manager of innovation and strategy, Michael McFadden.
New Zealand retailing will rely heavily on technology in coming decades, says Massey University's Jonathan Elms, who is the Sir Stephen Tindall chair professor in retail management.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning will be used to improve store experiences, along with augmented reality, similar to the way global retailer Zara is already using the technology by allowing customers with its smartphone app to unlock access to extra shopping options.
There will also be "holographic changing rooms" - like magic mirrors - which will allow customers to check out makeup or clothing without physically trying it on.
"Visual technologies" will also be commonplace to help products stand out, such as shelves that light up to highlight a product consumers may be looking for.
"Technology will offer consumers a personalised environment," says Elms. "If you enter a store, facial recognition technology will recognise you. It will be able to say 'you bought this last time, perhaps it's time for a new one' or 'how about this to complement what you've already bought?' It will know what size you are, what shape you are, what your weight is, it will calculate what is the best thing for you to offer a personalised, elevated service.
"Artificial intelligence and machine learning will be heavily present across the industry. It will be more useful in things like electronic goods, fashion, and grocery to some extent - all shaped around the experience.
"We'll see more usage of those technologies in New Zealand in the next couple of years, never mind 10," forecasts Elms.
As well as changing consumers' shopping experience, new technology will be used behind the scenes to streamline operations.
By next year, customer experience will be more important than price and product in deciding where people shop, according to KPMG's 2018 Customer Experience Report.
"As consumers are becoming more demanding and as the landscape is becoming more competitive both for domestic retailers and internationals, technology will absolutely re-imagine the retail landscape; what stores look like, the size of the store, the role stores play in consumers' shopping repertoires, how and to what extent they are integrated with the digital experience.
"Consumers won't differentiate [physical and online] in the future."
Go into a store in China today, and online and offline retail are already strongly linked. Alibaba - one of the world's biggest internet companies - is leading the way in merging the two forms of shopping.
Other Chinese retailers are also using vending machines which are opened with a smartphone, then automatically detect items removed from a fridge and charge for them through the Alipay mobile payment platform.
Elms believes such advances in China will become the norm in New Zealand, as will drone delivery, which is often viewed as far-fetched or a gimmick.
He says retailers will use drones as a way to deliver to customers in rural areas, so someone in a remote location could have their items delivered within hours of making an order.
"Amazon can deliver multiple products in the UK, Europe, the US and elsewhere in a two-hour time window. I can't think of any retailer who can do that now, but drone will facilitate 20-minute delivery, 30-minute delivery, fulfilling consumers' needs for instant gratification."
For drones, the limits will be in the hands of the regulators, not retailers, he says.
Global retail consumption is flat. Consumers now want entertainment or an experience, and are increasingly wanting a service as opposed to physical items. This is reflected in the shift towards retailers holding regular events and activities in stores to attract people.
The internet means consumers are no longer going to stores to be informed, as they once did. They are now visiting stores with a purpose, having already done their research and compared prices.
AI, augmented reality, the Internet of Things (IoT) and virtual reality are some of the technologies retailers are beginning to experiment with.
Machine learning, a sub-set of AI, is a technology that learns from itself, looking at data, and patterns within data, to understand trends. The more data it receives, the more it learns about what it analyses. From that it can come up with recommendations, predictions and forecasts - all useful for retailers.
Gary Blumgart, head of technology consultancy Theta Analytics, says many of these technologies are advanced and already at work with major retailers in other parts of the world.
Machine learning is being used for pricing analytics, to identify the best price for a product being marketed to certain people, and for inventory management.
"Everybody is hooked to their mobile phones or online and that's going to carry on, therefore what we're going to see is more use of those technologies to drive customers to find what they are looking for, far quicker, far easier," says Blumgart.
There will also be virtual assistants in stores, probably using kiosks, and virtual and augmented reality will allow shoppers to see what the shoes on their wish list would look like on their feet, or how a piece of furniture would look in their home.
"Instead of having somebody that you tap on the shoulder and say 'excuse me, where can I find this?', there will be an app sitting somewhere across the store whereby you will be able to tap on what you are looking for and it will very quickly show you by lighting up or reveal a map how to find the route quickly."
Facial recognition is another technology that could offer personalised shopping, if regulation allows, says Blumgart.
A camera, like the ones already in airports, will be able to identify who you are by scanning your face and measuring the distance between your eyes, lips and ears, he says.
"Being able to identify who you are the minute you walk into a store, that's a technology that is very valuable if it is used reliably and securely," he says. "If it's allowed to be used in a safe environment where your privacy is kept private it can be a powerful tool for retail."
Blumgart says the Big Brother-type technology will be commonplace in 10 years' time in some parts of the world, but how widely it is used will depend on privacy laws and regulation. "With digitalisation and the need for understanding the customer better, there has been a huge investment by retailers into technology. There's a transformation in the retail space which is changing from being product-centric to customer-centric, and that's where things need to be going."
New Zealand's retail industry has an annual turnover of $96 billion - twice that of the country's tourism sector.
Retail NZ predicts that by 2030 annual retail sales in this country will be worth $120b, and 13 per cent of all retail spending will be online, compared to 8 per cent today. It forecasts that half of all online transactions will be with overseas merchants in the next decade.
Vaughan Fergusson, founder of retail technology company Vend, says New Zealand retailers are beginning to explore AI, for example through voice assistants and allowing shoppers to use voice-activated systems such as Alexa to add products to a shopping list. But at this stage, he says, most of the adoption is going on behind the scenes to automate business - to manage books automatically, for example, or stock management.
Fergusson believes that in 10 years' New Zealand retail will look like it did 30 years ago - but with gimmicks.
"There will be more smaller independent brands, a return to the high street-style retail away from the mall experience; it's going to be delightful, and some experience," he says. There will be more self checkouts than manned checkouts, predicts Fergusson, particularly in "chore retail" segments of the market.
"We're still very much in the early adoption [phase]; most independent retailers are using technology in their business for doing their accounting online and a little bit of e-commerce but we're really only at the start line of how retailers could take advantage of technology."
He says innovation will be driven by consumers.
"We're all armed these days with incredibly powerful computers on our wrists and in our pockets and I still don't think we're leveraging the power of our smartphones and smartwatches yet - that's going to be the first area where we'll see more innovation in retail.
"It will be an experience where you are recognised by a store without it being too creepy; say you're a frequent customer through a particular retailer you're a big fan of and you get a notification on your smartwatch that says 'Hey, welcome back', acknowledging that you're there and letting you know what your loyalty balance is."
NZX-listed jewellery retail company Michael Hill International considers itself a traditional bricks-and-mortar retailer, but has made "significant and ongoing investment" in technology, says chief executive Daniel Bracken.
In coming years the company will introduce apps that offer personalisation, "click and reserve functionalities" and opportunities to customise the shopping experience.
Bracken says about 80 per cent of Michael Hill customers start their shopping journey online before coming into a store, but it won't overhaul the way it does business in coming years.
"We see the jewellery application of click and collect more about click and reserve, because customers want to see how a product looks on their hand, neck or wrist. It's not as transactionally focused as other retailers would be, but much more experience focused, and that's where we see the evolution of the internet and how it will help our business," says Bracken.
"Someone coming to buy an engagement ring, it could be an eight- to 10-visit process, and they may go to five, six other retailers as part of that process as well, so we need to make sure we're keeping in touch with our customer through that process and we're using technology to maintain that.
"This blurring of the lines between the internet and physical stores is a major trend that's going to continue ... the physical and digital are ever increasingly closer and closer and businesses have to adapt to that."
Bracken doesn't believe Michael Hill stores will be as automated as others in the market. "We're all watching the robotisation, I think it's early days, and with our business because there's a real romancing and experience in the purchasing process, I don't see how we will be able to automate and systematise that as possibly more impulse transactional retailers would."
However, Michael Hill is watching the introduction of these technologies overseas. "We have our eyes wide open on the internet and all of the different applications that it has in people's live ... every year statistics grow, particularly at the millennial end, are living their life there - and we have to be where our customers are."
Auckland liquor retailer Fine Wine Delivery has made a six-figure investment in AI. It recently launched a smart search feature on its website that allows shoppers to search for a wine based on phrases such as "fruity" or "rich".
"AI is actually an amazing tool for us in the beverage business," says managing director Jeff Poole.
"It draws on all of our legacy information from tasting notes in seconds and comes up with a dozen recommendations - it works faster than I can as an expert."
The company has seen increased sales thanks to the technology and is gearing up to expand that into voice command, so wine-buyers will be able to ask for wine using voice-activated systems such as Apple's Siri.
"I absolutely believe this will be a standard way to shop," says Poole. "This is just the start for us. I think AI is probably the next most important step since the inception of the internet; in seconds it can completely change the customer shopping experience."
Jonathan Reynolds, professor of retail marketing at Oxford University, told the annual Retail NZ summit in Auckland last week that physical stores will still be relevant in a decade's time, even though new technology will make it even easier to shop from the comfort of your sofa.
"We're going to see massive advancements in human augmentation; consumers will find out more about stuff faster through different kinds of mechanisms, we'll see investments in robotics and unmanned systems ... the growth of heavy duty drones, and the question is what will shoppers be able to do with enhanced cognitive functions, augmented reality and what will retailers be able to do with big data collection and insight?"


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Housed in the oldest part of the Imperial Palace in Vienna, the Imperial Treasury is one of the most significant treasuries in the world. The collection shows of the decadence of the Austro-Hungarian Empire through its 1,000 years of treasures, as well as a variety of religiously significant relics. The highlight of the Secular Treasury is the behemoth imperial crown, a gemstone-embellished piece dating back to 962. Other items of note include a 2,680-carat Colombian emerald, one of the world’s largest sapphires, a golden rose, a narwhal’s tusk once mistaken for a unicorn horn and an ornate bowl which some believe to be the holy grail.
The Ecclesiastical Treasury, which often elicits a bit of skepticism in visitors, claims among its relics fragments of Jesus’s cross, a thorn from his crown and a swatch of the tablecloth used at the Last Supper.

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‘The lines that blur between love and war are often the only thing keeping you alive‘
My father always said I was born lucky.
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“That the facts about Watergate are now as straight as they are, in spite of all official attempts to conceal them, is a tribute to Lukas's skill as a reporter and more broadly to the journalistic tradition he represents.”
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“Highly recommended for those with an insatiable fascination for the Watergate story. The author … shuns grandiloquent probing for deeper meanings while providing an almost minute-by-minute account of a cast of hundreds, interspersed with concise biographical vignettes.”
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“[A] model of measured judgment and of careful selection and synthesis … it is presented with such masterly narrative skill that one reads the old familiar story as if it were all new and fresh.”
In July 1973, for the first time in its history, the New York Times Magazine devoted a full issue to a single article: Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist J. Anthony Lukas’s account of the Watergate story to date. Six months later, a second installment ran in another full issue. Later the Times asked him to write a third issue, on the impeachment, which never appeared because of Nixon’s intervening resignation. But all of Lukas’s painstaking reporting on Nixon’s last months in office appears here, along with added information on every aspect of Watergate.
Widely acclaimed as a major text of the Watergate saga, J. Anthony Lukas’s Nightmare is a masterwork of investigation, highlighted by in-depth character sketches of the key players. For students of history coming to these events for the first time, this book reveals in depth the particular trauma of a nation in turmoil; for those who remember, the upheaval and what was at stake are once more brought to life.
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“A time when panics seem far removed is the best time to prepare our financial system to withstand a storm. The most crying need this country has is a proper banking and currency system. The existing one is inadequate, and everyone who has studied the question admits it.”—William Howard TaftThe interaction between President William Howard Taft and the Congress provides a window on his leadership.
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The second volume of The Collected Works of William Howard Taft is dedicated to the speeches and writings that displayed his thinking in the autumn of 1908 and the following winter.At this time he was campaigning for the presidency against the well-known William Jennings Bryan, and in Taft’s writings is evidence of the contrast in style between Taft and Bryan and between Taft and his predecessor, Teddy Roosevelt. as well.
If George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are the saints in America’s civil religion, then the twenty-ninth president, Warren G. Harding, is our sinner. Prior to the Nixon administration, the Harding scandals were the most infamous of the twentieth century. Harding is consistently judged a failure, ranking dead last among his peers.By examining the public memory of Harding, Phillip G. Payne offers the first significant reinterpretation of his presidency in a generation.
Every four years, Ohio finds itself in the thick of the presidential race. What about the Buckeye State makes it so special? In The Bellwether, Kyle Kondik, managing editor for the nonpartisan political forecasting newsletter Sabato’s Crystal Ball, blends data-driven research and historical documentation to explain Ohio’s remarkable record as a predictor of presidential results and why the state is essential to the 2016 election and beyond.
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Thesis Title: Trace element concentrations in riverine fish: relationships with body size, food web dynamics and trace element concentrations in surface water.
Author: Caitlyn R. Donadt
Freshwater fish are an important resource and form an essential component of freshwater ecosystems. However, stressors such as water pollution are negatively impacting freshwater biodiversity. Trace elements can be environmental pollutants and have the potential to negatively impact the health of fish, humans and wildlife. My research builds upon results from a previous study in the Red Deer River watershed, which found trace elements in surface water at concentrations which pose a risk to humans and wildlife. I examine trace element concentrations in fish from the Red Deer River watershed to determine: 1) the concentrations of trace elements in fish tissue and potential risk of these concentrations to humans and wildlife, 2) whether patterns in fish trace element concentrations reflect those in the surface water and 3) if biological characteristics influence trace element concentrations in fish.
To reach these objectives, I examined trace element concentrations in fish muscle tissue from streams and the river mainstem within the Red Deer River watershed. I compared patterns of trace element concentrations in fish to those in the surface water, which vary across four tributary streams, or upstream to downstream in the river mainstem. In both lotic environments, I included physical characteristics (age, body size) as well as food web tracers (stable isotope signatures d15N and d13C) together with trace element analysis. My results show most trace elements were at low concentrations in fish muscle tissue or not detected. However, mercury in many fish exceeded concentration criteria for human consumers, piscivorous wildlife and fish health. Patterns in fish trace elements did not reflect spatial patterns in surface water trace element concentrations and were often species-specific. Correlations between trace element concentrations and fish biological factors varied depending on the fish species and element considered, but the strongest relationships were with mercury. Mercury was often associated with trophic position and body size, but this relationship was stronger in the mainstem community compared to stream fish. This research indicates that trace element accumulation in fish, particularly mercury, is not limited to areas of high environmental concentrations within this watershed.

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On April 15, Bodytonic will kick off its 2016 release schedule with the In Knots EP by Irish newcomer Manzana Kicks.
Comprised of five tracks—two originals from Manzana, an Optimo dub (a second Optimo mix appears on the digital bundle), and two Mr Fingers mixes—In Knots presents an exciting producer on the rise and backed by two true legends of the scene. It’s house music of the highest order and one to surely cement Manzana Kicks’ name as one to watch.
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There’s no denying that Marvel’s Spider-Man is a great game. It earned itself multiple nominations in our Game of the Year Awards for 2018 and landed on numerous top 10 games of 2018 lists. It’s hard to say the same of its The City That Never Sleeps expansion trilogy, three additional story chapters that pick up on latent threads from the main game’s narrative and side missions. The Heist followed Felicia Hardy, aka Black Cat, as she begins stealing items from Maggia dons. Turf Wars saw Hammerhead taking control of the city, and more importantly, Yuri Watanabe’s spiral of vengeance. Silver Lining concludes the trilogy with the return of Silver Sable.
Just like the last two, Silver Lining comes with a brief main campaign that can be completed in about an hour, three new suits, and a few side activities to complete. Focusing on Spider-Man’s third leading lady, Silver Sable makes a return to take down Hammerhead, who has been stealing shipments of aid meant for a civil war in her home country of Symkaria. Following the main campaign line reveals a basic plot—figure out what Hammerhead is up to and stop him—though there are some great interactions and chemistry between Sable and Spidey throughout. In terms of character to character banter, the back and forth between these two quickly became some of my favorite. That’s saying a lot in a game full of great dialog.
Besides that and a great final boss fight (more on that in a moment), that’s all Silver Lining really has going for it. Once again it’s instanced into its own separate New York, away from the main game or even the other two DLC chapters. This again makes the city feel quite empty, a massive world that can’t quite be filled out with the limited activities available in the DLC. There are more bases to take down by fighting increasingly difficult waves of enemies, and additional Screwball challenges that finally lead into a lackluster finale with the social media obsessed neon villain.
Perhaps the biggest sin of all is relegating the major story turn for Yuri Watanabe into a series of collectibles for this final expansion. Where she and her quest for vengeance were such a major part of Turf Wars, it’s disappointing to see that story just kind of fizzle out. That’s been the theme of The City That Never Sleeps story beats, though. The payoffs in Silver Lining feel unearned. Black Cat makes an appearance again, like it was obvious she would, but it doesn’t really do justice to the fact that she was the central character in the first DLC. Hammerhead becomes the only real unifying thread through the expansion trilogy, but even his story takes a backseat to the chopped up main focus of each chapter on Black Cat, Yuri Watanabe, and Silver Sable respectively. Sable easily gets the most satisfying conclusion, being that her thread is the one that culminates The City That Never Sleeps storyline, but it leaves her initial setup feeling stunted and left short.
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Each of the DLC chapters has attempted to up the ante on fights by adding additional difficult enemies and new configurations of bad guys to kick in the face. While the first two managed to add a challenging layer of difficulty, Silver Lining just gets overwhelming with unfair fights as enemies of all types swarm and attack you all at once. It was all too common to end up stun-locked by enemies with shields, jet packs, rockets, and energy whips, unable to do anything without some thug nearby having a counter to it. Without any new abilities for Spidey to earn and play with, the difficulty of the fights goes from providing new challenges to just being downright frustrating. It’s most obvious in the base assault side missions, where waves of enemies come at you from all angles in fairly enclosed environments.
The silver lining (see what I did there?) is that the final boss battle with Hammerhead provides some new and interesting mechanics, the likes of which we haven’t seen since the boss encounters in the latter third of the main game. This was actually a very fun and challenging boss fight to engage with, instead of the usual punch and dodge fest that have punctuated the majority of Spider-Man’s battles. More of these unique encounters in future games would be highly welcome.
Like the ground rushing up to meet a spider without his webs though, the end came all too fast. I was legitimately surprised when the final boss battle with Hammerhead turned out to be just that. As mentioned earlier, the expected payoffs from major characters and plot points across the DLC series ended up being less of exclamation points as they softly fizzled out. The major story cliffhangers of Black Cat “dying” and Yuri Watanabe going dark side as she gave into her vengeance ended up being disappointingly “resolved” in throwaway scenes and non-critical side missions. The lurking threat of Hammerhead is finally felled with only the help of Silver Sable randomly popping back up for this final chapter. Even Mary Jane takes a backseat as she randomly disappears to go overseas and chase a story midway through the DLC.
There’s finally a bit of a payoff with Miles Morales, but again, it’s done through non-critical story points that don’t actually weave themselves into what’s going on throughout The City That Never Sleeps. It sets up some definite possibilities for a sequel, but ends up feeling like just that: sequel setup. Had the DLC trilogy released as a single big expansion, it would definitely feel less choppy. There are great and interesting narrative threads lining The City That Never Sleeps, but splitting the chapters means they never get a chance to weave into a great cohesive story that I can care about. It also makes each DLC’s instance of New York seem empty and boring. Spider-Man’s rote open-world “checklist” was already a weak point, and the DLC just accentuates that fact by being separate rather than additive.
Marvels Spider-Man Silver Lining Review - Don't Leave Me Hanging
Silver Lining is another excuse to strap on the web shooters and play more of one of 2018’s best games, but it makes that excuse in a way that feels complacent. Some great banter and a decent boss fight aside, it doesn’t provide satisfying conclusions to the stories that were started in the first two chapters while hastily wrapping up its own narrative threads without giving the nuances any room to breathe. For the players that have long since mastered Spidey’s web of abilities, there’s nothing new to learn here. It’s more Marvel’s Spider-Man, but that’s about it. Now that Silver Lining is out, we can finally start looking forward to the potential innovation and forward-swinging momentum that a proper sequel might take.
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- Oppo may launch F11, F11 Pro and R17 Neo in India soon.
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- The specs of these phones are not known yet.
Oppo may launch the F11 and F11 Pro as well as R17 Neo smartphones in India soon, a media report has said, without confirming a specific release timeframe. Mysmartprice reported that the Oppo F11 and F11 Pro smartphones may feature triple rear cameras with 10x optical zoom technology, which has been a talking point lately. The specifications of these smartphone remain a mystery at this time.


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Around 5,000 tourists have been left stranded in Cusco, the Peruvian gateway city to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, due to protests against the ousting of president Pedro Castillo, a local mayor said Friday.
Cusco international airport, which serves numerous tourist sites in the region, has been closed since Monday when protesters tried to storm the terminal. It is Peru’s third largest airport.
Several major roads in Cusco, the old Inca capital, have also been blocked by protesters.
“There are 5,000 tourists stranded in the city of Cusco, they are in their hotels waiting for flights to restart,” Darwin Baca, mayor of the nearby town of Machu Picchu, told AFP.
The rail service that serves Machu Picchu has been suspended since Tuesday, leaving around 800 tourists stranded in the small town at the foot of the mountain where the Inca citadel stands.
Around 200 mostly American and European tourists have left the town on foot along the train tracks in a bid to reach the town of Ollantaytambo, 30 kilometers (20 miles) away, from where they would be able to take a train to Cusco.
“What they fear is getting to Cusco and then not being able to go to their country because this could get worse,” said Baca.
Trouble broke out in Peru last week after Castillo was impeached and arrested following his attempt to dissolve parliament and rule by decree.
Initially detained for seven days, Castillo was on Thursday ordered to spend 18 months in pre-trial detention.
The leftist former schoolteacher stands accused of rebellion and conspiracy, and could be jailed for up to 10 years if found guilty, according to public prosecutor Alcides Diaz.
Castillo’s successor Dina Boluarte has declared a nationwide state of emergency for 30 days.
Authorities say 18 people have been killed in clashes between protesters and security forces over the last week.
Another six people have died in incidents related to road blocks, such as being prevented from reaching a hospital.
At least 340 people have been injured in the clashes, according to Peru’s rights ombudsman. Police say more than 200 officers are among the injured.

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New Single from Kenichi Asai
Ex-BLANKEY JET CITY frontman Kenichi Asai's opening theme for "No Guns Life" drops on November 13th.
Ex-BLANKEY JET CITY frontman Kenichi Asai will release a new single on November 13th.
MOTOR CITY's title track currently serves as the opening theme for anime TV series "No Guns Life". The single will be released in two editions, both of which will contain the B-sides Addiction and Gussari.
Elsewhere, Asai recently contributed the song HONESTY GOBLIN to NEW GENE, inspired from Phoenix, a compilation released to commemorate what would've been manga artist Osamu Tezuka's 90th birthday.
The music video for MOTOR CITY and trailer for NEW GENE, inspired from Phoenix can be watched below.
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text: Tourette syndrome (TS), a relatively common disorder, has been gaining more attention during the past two decades because of an increased number of reports. Nevertheless, it is still not completely understood. Furthermore, a clinical entity called “pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections” (PANDAS) has been introduced, which describes a tic disorder, accompanied by psychiatric disorders such as obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), after a streptococcal infection in childhood. We present a case report of a 19-year-old adolescent Ukrainian female, with a history of anxiety disorder and OCD, who, despite TS remission during childhood, presented with new-onset motor and phonic tics after 1 month of severe tonsillitis. Blood and cerebrospinal cultures showed Streptococcus pyogenes, with magnetic resonance imaging revealing hypo-intense changes in the caudate nucleus on both sides. Treatment with clonazepam and fluoxetine, along with behavioral therapy, have improved the severity of her condition. This report presents a case of TS reemergence against the background of immunological reaction or PANDAS with a late adolescent onset.

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The Department of Higher Education is receiving applications from residents of Punjab, who are looking for teaching jobs in Punjab. We have received this notification from Daily Dawn with reference to Punjab Ministry of Higher Education CTIs Jobs 2022.
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Capcom has forecast global sales of 1.3 million units for upcoming horror sequels Resident Evil: Revelations and Lost Planet 3.
The figure is expected to be met by the end of the company’s FY14, which ends on March 31, 2014.
Revelations is an enhanced, high-definition port of the original 3DS title and features extra content, including a new enemy and playable character in the online-based Raid Mode. The game is due out later this month for PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox 360 and Wii U.
Lost Planet 3 meanwhile is a brand new effort currently in development at Spark Unlimited, and takes the series into a more narrative-driven focus, featuring larger environments, side quests and chatty NPCs. It hits shelves on August 27 in the U.S. and August 30 in Europe.
It’s somewhat interesting that Capcom expects a port of a 12+ month old title to perform on par with a brand new title in one of its flagship titles. However, as a brand, Resident Evil certainly has a lot of pulling power.
Resident Evil 6, the company’s last major Resident Evil title, is noted to have failed to meet sales expectations, despite having moved 4.9 million copies worldwide.
Stay tuned for our review of RE: Revelations in the coming weeks.


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@yage - the OP is not wasting his money because the USB transport plays a significant role in the sound quality.
@cpasmoi - I don't know that there is a specific recommendation here. You really don't need CPU direct interface speeds because the card re-clocks all data going out on the USB connection anyways. I have read that Pink Faun recommends the first slot (the slot farthest away from the CPU). That's where I have my Pink Faun card. Do you have a OCXO clock on the Pink Faun card? You might be space limited here, especially if you have a video card. Otherwise, you can use the HDMI output on the motherboard, but only if you have a embedded integrated graphics AMD processor (the model names end with a "G", such as 3600G).
Be aware that there is a special condition on the non-shielded PCI slot: PCI_E4 will be unavailable when an M.2 SSD is installed in the M2_2 slot.
We’ll just have to agree to disagree on that. If there was a real problem with the USB interface, you’d notice it for sure (e.g. dropouts, glitches in playback). Otherwise the data is getting from A to B just fine.
Think about it - if the USB ports on a motherboard were changing the bits, then your mouse and keyboard wouldn’t be working too well. You’d have inadvertent typos and jumping mouse cursors all the time. The PC would probably be unusable.
Money is better spent on improving the rest of the setup, whether it’s speakers, amp, or DAC (probably in that order). You simply don’t need special USB ports for audio.
where did you read that the Pink faun card should not be directly linked to the CPU, I would be curious to find the article
@marcin_gps told me the opposite in relation to the layout of the USB card that it is to privilege on a PCIE in line with the CPU
thank you for your feedback
Sorry, I can't remember. It might have been in some forum thread (maybe in the audiophilestyle.com forum). Take it with a grain of salt. It might be best just to try on your own. That being said, the most important part of implementing these cards is the power supply line. I would recommend Farad Super3 as power supply, but there are others which are great as well.


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|Kunstenaar:||Luis Lopez Gal|
|Titel van kunstwerk:||Mujer delante del espejo|
|Techniek:||Olieverf op paneel|
|Staat:||In goede staat|
|Verkoop met lijst:||Ja|
Beautiful figure of a woman, made by the great painter Lopez Gal. Excellent painting full of light and colour. With certificate of guarantee. Good work classic style and undoubted quality.
Ready to be hung.
Dimensions: 53 x 47 cm (framed), 31 x 25 cm (unframed).
Double frame in embossed gold and black sub-frame. Decorated wooden frame.
Mainly dedicated to scene of realistic figure, highlighting the light and colour of each and every one of his paintings, as well as the transparency in its fabrics.
On this occasion, it shows the figure of a romantic female in front of a mirror, with the lights and colours that make him special in his works.
He has exhibited in various Spanish cities, as well as abroad... His works are present in private collections in Spain and international cities.
He is a colourist painter, his drawings are spontaneous, he is in love with the magic of light. He embodies the pictorial wisdom. A natural-born landscape painter, he grasps the subject with the uncommon easiness of those who dominate the technique and know how to express themselves through painting.
Everything seems to develop smoothly. For him, painting is like breathing. This is the difficulty. Expressing oneself through painting is not within the reach of everyone. He is an agile and harmonic colourist and a great drawing connoisseur. The outcome is an artwork conveying an emotion because it portrays reality.
Customs and popular themes is the main theme of this great author, currently on the rise. Son of the more than prized Luis Pereda, he has certainly learned to develop the technique of his father, both in detail and in the spectacular atmosphere that he gives to his canvases. Little by little he approaches the immeasurable quality of his progenitor, highlighting in his work the elaboration and careful details of every one of his figures made with great skill and chromatic variety.
Lopez Galindo boasts of his great talent for realism, giving his works a light and colour of great spontaneity. The purchaser of any of these works will be betting on a upscale painting and it’s an excellent investment.
Shipping perfectly packed.
With tracking number for its control.
In perfect condition.
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Top. Beautiful painting. Nicely packed. Quick delivery! Grrat service, thank you so much!
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Geology and Mineralization
The Castelo de Sonhos property encompasses a 15km by 12km plateau in the Tapajós region of Pará state. It has an average elevation of 650 meters (a.s.l.) and around 300-350 meters above the surrounding plains.
The Castelo de Sonhos Formation is a package of sandstones and conglomerates which form a roughly circular plateau. The plateau lies within the Amazon Craton, bounded on the east by volcanic, plutonic and sedimentary rocks of the Iriri-Xingu domain of the Central Amazon Province with ages dating back to ~3Ga (Santos et al., 2001; Bizzi et al., 2003), and on the west by the 2,030 – 1,860 Ma Tapajós-Parima Province, consisting of granodiorites, monzogranites and syenogranites that belong to the Creporizao and Parauari Suites. Both are intruded by the slightly younger monzo- and syeno-granite stocks of the Maloquinha Suite. The predominantly granitic Tapajós-Parima Province borders the Castelo de Sonhos Formation on the north and west.
The gold mineralization is intimately associated with the conglomerates. The main alteration types are hematite and silicification.
Two billion years ago, a large continent lay near the South Pole, with a chain of lode gold deposits along its central mountain ridge. Gold accumulated in placer deposits down-slope, in alluvial fans, on beaches and in the near-shore marine environment. In modern times, these now include gold deposits at Tarkwa, Jacobina and Castelo de Sonhos.
There are at least two styles of paleoplacer deposits: Witwatersrand (the largest single gold producing district in the world) and Tarkwa. There are many differences such as age, type of iron in the matrix and size, but two fundamental differences are:
- Wits contains detrital carbon; Tarkwa is carbon-free
- Wits pebbles are gold-free (Frimmel, pers. comm.). Tarkwa pebbles sometimes contain gold
Where We Operate
Brazil is the world’s 5th largest country, and Latin America’s largest country. Brazil includes 26 states plus a Federal District. The mining sector of the country comprises almost 7% of its GDP 1. With rich mineral resources, Brazil is a leading mineral exporter.
Brazil produces 72 different mineral substances due to its diversified geological formations. It exports Niobium, Iron Ore Vermiculite, Graphite Bauxite, Kaolin, Nickel, Tin, Magnesite, Manganese, Chrome, Gold and Ornamental Stones2.
Gold in Brazil has a long history stretching as far back as the 1700s, when a gold rush in the then-Portuguese colony opened the country up to the major gold-producing region of Ouro Preto — Portuguese for “black gold.”
Brazil has recently made changes to its decades-old mining laws, aimed at making the local industry more competitive and sustainable.
Pará state hosts many of the minerals and is the second largest producer of Iron Ore, Brazil’s dominant mineral production.
Geology of Brazil
About two-thirds of Brazil is underlain by Precambrian rocks, including ancient cratonic (long stable) regions and orogenic (“mobile”) belts that were active largely from about two billion years ago through the end of the Precambrian and extending into the earliest Paleozoic. The richest iron, tin, and nickel deposits formed in Archean and Paleoproterozoic rocks, as did much of the gold and platinoid metals found in placer deposits3.
Castelo de Sonhos was one of the most famous and gold rich alluvial garimpos in all the Tapajós region. The main gold rush took place there between 1985 and 1990 and it is estimated that 300,000 ounces of gold has been produced.
By early 1995, Barrick Gold began to pay attention and soon recognised that the source of the alluvial gold was the Castelo de Sonhos plateau. So, in June 1995, after optioning the property, Barrick started an aggressive exploration program and discovered the conglomerate hosted gold mineralization.

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Is it healthy for couples to sleep separately?Experts say that sleeping separately could be hugely beneficial to couples who are struggling with different sleeping patterns or sleep disorders that are keeping each other from having a good night's rest.
Is it OK for couples to sleep in separate rooms?In addition, know that there's nothing wrong with occasionally sleeping in separate rooms. You might be in a stressful period with work, have temporary insomnia, or simply don't want to go to bed angry after a quibble.
Is it better for couples to sleep together or apart?Garrison said that he has met with thousands of couples wanting to improve their relationships and has found that separate sleeping arrangements (“from twin beds in the same room near each other to double master bedrooms”) has helped strengthen the bonds between many of them.
Should couples sleep together every night?Research by scientists like Troxel has shown that sleeping together in bed for at least some portion of the night can have positive benefits for long-term relationship health (and even individual physical health). It's not a golden ticket to a happy relationship, though.
Why do some couples not sleep together?However, while snoring and conflicting sleep/wake schedules were the main reasons couples chose to sleep apart, with 57% and 56% of the overall vote, respectively, the study found that different generations had different reasonings for sleeping separately.
Could a ‘Sleep Divorce’ Save Your Relationship?
How often do normal couples sleep together?The average American couple has sex about once a week. However, sex therapists say that focusing on the quality of your sex life and the connection you have with a partner is more important than how often you have sex.
Why did married couples sleep separately?The proclamation may have proved less than accurate, but for almost a century between the 1850s and 1950s, separate beds were seen as a healthier, more modern option for couples than the double, with Victorian doctors warning that sharing a bed would allow the weaker sleeper to drain the vitality of the stronger.
What happens when couples stop sleeping together?Connection and intimacy are among some of the reasons that marriages end, especially 10-12 years down the line. Not sleeping together can create loneliness and lead to emotional and physical detachment. Bedtime for couples is crucial for cuddling and connecting intimately on an emotional and physical level.
How important is it for couples to go to bed together?Bedtime for couples is crucial for cuddling and connecting intimately on an emotional and physical level. One research study found that most people feel relaxed and nurtured, and it stimulates feelings of comfort, satisfaction, love, bonding, appreciation, and happiness when they go to bed together.
Is it normal to not want to sleep next to your partner?And Dr Junge says that's perfectly fine. “It's important for people to not see it as symbolic of a problem within the relationship,” she says. “Incompatibility with these sorts of things doesn't necessarily mean you're incompatible as life partners.
What percentage of married couples do not sleep together?According to the National Sleep Foundation, 12 percent of married couples sleep in separate beds.
How often do 50 year old married couples make love?31 percent of couples have sex several times a week; 28 percent of couples have sex a couple of times a month; and 8 percent of couples have sex once a month. Sadly — or so we thought — 33 percent of respondents said they rarely or never have sex.
Can you be in a sexless marriage?Yes, sexless marriages can survive
Some couples don't mind a marriage without sex. If it's not a problem for the couple, then a sexless marriage isn't a problem, says AASECT-certified sex therapist Jessa Zimmerman. (Here's our full guide to sexless relationships.)
Is once a month a sexless marriage?Most professionals agree that a sexless marriage is one in which sex occurs less than once a month or less than ten times per year. While once a month would not technically be considered a sexless marriage by this measurement, a more important barometer is whether or not the lack of sex bothers you.
What lack of intimacy does to a woman?Self-Esteem Issues
Where physical intimacy is lacking, this can cause self-esteem problems. If your partner shows no interest in you physically, you might feel like they're not attracted to you anymore, and this can cause you to question yourself.
What is considered a sexless marriage?Technically, a sexless relationship is defined as when a couple has sex less than once a month or less than 10 times a year, says Dr. Epstein.
Is once a week a sexless marriage?Generally speaking, a sexless marriage is defined as one where the married couple has sex 10 or fewer times per year. That said, people have very different definitions of what counts as a sexless relationship and how much sex they personally want.
Do most marriages end up sexless?According to one study, approximately 15 percent of married couples are sexless: Spouses haven't had sex with each other in the past six months to one year.
What is sleep divorce?A sleep divorce is simply sleeping apart, in separate beds or bedrooms so that both partners can get the best sleep, says Shelby Harris, a licensed clinical psychologist and director of sleep health at Sleepopolis.
How many married couples sleep in separate rooms?A 2017 survey from the National Sleep Foundation found that one in four married couples choose to sleep in separate rooms, and a 2012 survey from Better Sleep Council shared similar results.
Why is it important to sleep together?The physical advantages include lowered blood pressure, a stronger immune system, and reduced inflammation. Sleeping next to someone can also help promote deep REM sleep. Emotionally, sleeping next to someone means reduced anxiety, a sense of safety, improved sleep quality, and increased happiness.
What are the four signs of divorce?The Four Horsemen are four communication habits that increase the likelihood of divorce, according to research by psychologist and renowned marriage researcher John Gottman, Ph. D. Those four behaviors are criticism, defensiveness, stonewalling, and contempt.
How do you fix a sexless marriage?
12 Ways to Repair a Sexless Marriage, According to Marriage Counselors
- Be open about the topic. ...
- Don't point fingers. ...
- Hit the gym together. ...
- Don't jump straight into sex. ...
- Address any physical pain. ...
- Consider couples therapy. ...
- Practice body appreciation.
What a sexless marriage does to a man?Anxiety, stress, and depression are also common sexless marriage effects on the husband. When a husband is denied sex at home for a long time, his mental health is likely to deteriorate from stress, overthinking, and inability to release the feel-good hormone from sex.
How many times a month should a married couple make love?So while there may be no one right answer to the question of how often couples should have sex, lately I've somewhat been less equivocal and advise couples to try to do it at least once a week.” According to David Schnarch, PhD, through a study conducted with more than 20,000 couples, he found that only 26% of couples ...
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The Tupperware will be real, all real, when the participatory tour-de-force Dixie's Tupperware Party returns to the Garner Galleria Theatre tonight for another hi-larious repeat run, just in time for the holidays. And like the contents kept in Tupperware, Dixie Longate, the larger-than-life, big-haired, trailer-trash star who struts out on stage to hawk her plasticware, also keeps very well.
Today Dixie returns to the Galleria, giving away stories and prizes at breakneck speed, and she's so happy to be back that she made this video:
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The property comprises a modern car dealership investment situated on Battlefield Enterprise Park in Shrewsbury. The property extends to 16,770 sq.ft on a site of 1.01 acres. Let to TJ Vickers & Sons Ltd until 30 September 2030 (tenant break 30 September 2025). Low passing rent of £120,000 per annum. Rent reviews 5 yearly to the higher of open market value or compounded RPI, collared at 2% and capped at 4% per annum. Offers sought in excess of £1,675,000 which reflects a net initial yield of 6.75%.
Franck Steier Price has recently completed the sale of a modern car dealership investment in Shrewsbury.
Acting on behalf of a private investor, FSP sold the investment to Custodian REIT for £1,675,000.
The property is let to TJ Vickers and Sons Ltd for a term of 15 years with effect from 1st October 2015 and is subject to 5 yearly rent reviews based on the higher of open market or RPI with a collar of 1% and cap of 4%. The current passing rent is £120,000 per annum.
The sale price of £1,675,000 reflects a net initial yield of 6.75% assuming costs of purchase of 6.19%.
CBRE acted for Custodian REIT.

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A 1.83 x 1014 Hz electromagnetic wave propagates in carbon tetrachloride with a speed of 2.05 x 108 m/s. The wavelength of the wave in air is closest to:
A) 1390 nm
B) 1490 nm
C) 1240 nm
D) 1640 nm
E) 1120 nm
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The Schenectady County Department of Social Services [SCDSS] is
seeking qualifications from qualified individuals/entities to employ/sub-contract
two (2) FTE qualified Certified Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselors, one FTE
position will serve in a supervisory capacity and both FTE’s will perform drug
and alcohol assessments as referred by SCDSS staff, as well as review level of
care submissions from community substance abuse treatment agencies to determine
if the level of care is appropriate.
Prospective Respondents must offer a response
that will meet the scope of services, qualifications, and general description
of work activities identified in this Request for Proposals (“RFP”).
Request for Proposals (RFP)
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Schenectady County Department of Social Services
Welcome to the SCDSS Webpage
The Department, staffed by dedicated employees carry out a myriad of services highlighted on this site. Over time you will see information added to the site and new initiatives will be previewed on these pages.
We invite you to browse through the Schenectady County Department of Social Services webpage and learn more about the programs and services administered by DSS.
“The mission of the Schenectady County Department of Social Services is to promote the health and safety of our community by empowering individuals and families to achieve self-sufficiency and maintain independence.”
The links to the left point to information regarding the many services provided by the Social Services Department.

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Conceptualizing Organizational Policy in Principle and Practice
Recent large-scale changes prompted by the U.S. Affordable Care Act (ACA) have required many healthcare organizations to implement new information technology (IT) platforms as a means to effectively manage and adhere to the compliance mandates. In this paper I posit that policy implementation requires two types of artifacts: policy text documents dictating the federal mandates and technology tools through which people can actually perform a policy. To this point, I conceptualize policy implementation in organizations as a process of translation that constitutes both policy text and technology that are constitutively entangled. In the study, I observe how management translates a federally initiated policy into organizational policies and subsequently designs a new technology to support compliance with those policies. Taken together, the findings illustrate how technology and policy artifacts are shaped through communication.


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For me, yoga started as a supplement to strengthen other activities - swimming in high school, rowing in college, and distance running as an adult. Yoga became my primary practice when I became pregnant and couldn't run as much as I had anticipated. After the birth of my son, Dario, yoga was there for me during my transition into motherhood. This is where I began to appreciate all that I could accomplish and enjoy through yoga.
Yoga was, and continues to be, my oasis away from the constant needs of being a mother, a wife, other people's something. And because of yoga, and my dedication to my (almost) daily practice, I am a better mom, wife, other people's something. When I am my best self, I am better to others. Often people forget to take care of themselves and then just out of blue, on a random day where maybe nothing out of the ordinary happened, they look around and ask themselves, "Where did I go?"
When not doing yoga or teaching yoga you'll find me running around with my boys, drinking coffee, listening to a good thriller, eating tacos, going for a walk on the beach, swimming in the ocean on hot sunny days, looking up on dark, starry nights.
Spend time with you again, come back to your breath; your body and soul welcome you back with love and compassion.
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Breakfast, lunch, and dinner is included in the retreat. There will be an opportunity to eat out if you want to, but once you taste our delectable creations you won’t want to.
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Most Cook County homeowners whose property was recently reassessed opened their tax bills with fear in their hearts and a bottle of aspirin in their hands. But a fortunate few knew their bills would be the same as last year`s even before they slit open the envelopes.
These homeowners are participants in the Property Tax Assessment Freeze Program, a little-known but highly effective state program to provide tax incentives to owner-occupants of certified historic residences who spend at least 25 percent of the property`s market value on an approved rehab.
Under this program the assessed valuation of the property is frozen for eight years at its level when the rehab began. The valuation is then gradually brought back to market level over a period of four years.
``It`s not a giveaway. To benefit from the program the owner has to put a great deal back into the house,`` said Ted Hild, state historic preservation officer for the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, which administers the program.
``The owner must adhere to a stringent set of design standards set by the state that calls for the entire building to be substantially rehabbed, including the exterior of the residence.
``For example, if a person buys a derelict house for $100,000, he or she can`t just put $25,000 into a new kitchen. They have to do something on the outside, such as removing asbestos shingles, so the entire community benefits from the rehab.``
The real estate assessment freeze, which became law in 1983, applies only to first-time buyers who must occupy the building.
``This prevents the program from becoming a bonanza for speculators who would buy several houses, rehab and then rent them while enjoying a huge tax savings,`` said Hild.
Another criterion for participation in the program is that the building has to be designated a landmark by either a federal, state or local government.
According to Bill Dring, a partner in Bauhs and Dring, a Chicago architectural firm specializing in rehabs, this is not as difficult as it might seem.
``Buildings that qualify for this program can include those important enough to be listed individually on the National Register of Historic Places as well as those located within either a national historic district, such as the Frank Lloyd Wright Historic District in Oak Park, or a locally designated historic district, such as Chicago`s Sheffield Historic District,`` he said.
Bauhs and Dring is responsible for the rehab of numerous older buildings in the metropolitan area. They include such diverse properties as the former St. Michael High School at 1650 N. Hudson in Chicago, which was converted into a 41-unit condominium building; the former Headley school at 2100 N. Magnolia, a Chicago public school built in 1875 that also was converted into condominiums; and the former Emmaeus Bible School at 156 N. Oak Park Ave. in Oak Park, which was transformed into a luxury condominium building. In each of these adaptive re-uses of an existing building, the facades were preserved as required by the law.
As costs continue to rise, officials in some communities contend that they can`t afford to have taxes frozen for such an extended period of time. But, according to Dring, they can`t afford not to.
``They don`t realize that these homes represent only a minuscule fraction of their total tax base,`` he explained. ``At the end of eight years or when they`re sold, whichever comes first, their new tax rate based on the reassessed market value of the property will quickly make up for anything they lost in the first eight years.``
Opponents of the tax freeze also argue that eight years is too long. However, the program is limited to only first-time buyers and Dring contends that, in our highly mobile society, most people will live in the house for just a few years before taking their profit and moving on.
He points to another obvious benefit. ``Many of the buildings we rehab were bought from churches, schools and other tax-exempt groups and have never been on the tax roll,`` he said. ``In these cases, a tax-base line is established prior to construction and maintained for the first eight years. At the end of that time, the taxes are increased to reflect the current assessed value of the property.
``It`s a no-lose situation. Property that has always been tax exempt is now paying its fair share. How can you argue with that?``
Apparently some people can. The program is not mandated by the state and has an ``opt out`` provision by which any taxing body can notify the county assessor that they don`t wish to participate in the program.
And some cash-strapped municipalities and school districts are doing just that. ``But this is a form of municipal self-immolation that can only hurt the community,`` said Daniel Levin, president of The Habitat Co., a firm of Chicago developers that has financed several of these projects.


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An Instagram account is using AI to turn anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans into drag queens, with new stars on the scene including Mother Pence (former vice-president Mike Pence), Rudy Garland (Donald Trump fan-boy Rudy Giuliani) and Cruzella Deville (Texas senator Ted Cruz).
The account, calling itself RuPublicans, has already attracted more than 125,000 followers, and sees right-wing politicians who have railed against the LGBTQ+ community turned into gag-worthy queens.
“Drag isn’t just lip-syncing for our lives, it’s heart, it’s art and, oh honey, it’s protest,” the account’s creator said in a statement.
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Since the account’s creation on 31 March, 12 anti-LGBTQ+ politicians have been given a drag makeover – with Mitch McConnell, the leader of the party in the senate, being portrayed as Anita Filibust-Her McConnell.
The account has now been overrun with requests for commenters’ local politicians to be given the AI drag treatment, with demand spilling beyond merely Republican politicians to include right-wing commentators such as Fox News’ Tucker Carlson – probably best not to ask what name he’d be given!
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As well as artwork that truly slays, the Instagram account gives each Republican a caption, revealing their anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric.
Ron DeSantis’ alter-ego, Rhonda Santy, is given the category “Book-Banning Princess Eleganza”, referring to the effort in Florida to ban LGBTQ+-themed books from school libraries.
Senator Cruz’s drag persona calls out the politician’s “pro-life” stance, claiming Cruzella “serves homophobic realness… defending every foetus and every gun”.
The account comes at a time of growing hostility towards the LGBTQ+ community in the United States, with growing legislation limiting trans lives, and a proposed drag ban hitting Tennessee.
The legislation, which was set to come into force on 1 April, has been suspended until 26 May by district judge Thomas Parker for being too vague, and has been widely denounced by politicians, drag queens and celebrities.
Drag Race star Eureka O’Hara condemned the legislation, which is advancing in her home state, and said it has “broken her heart”.
The queen said: “Politicians… are so busy demonising and sexualising our existence that they also instil fear in people [who] are actually trying to figure themselves out. It’s a scare tactic meant to erase us, not keep us safe.”
If the account’s creator ever gets bored with dragging-up American politicians, there are probably a few “worthy” targets in the UK too.
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We love when something our learners do triggers a curiosity in us. Instead of showing our students the many infographics we’ve collected about Valentine’s Day that tabulate the amount of money spent by men and women on items such as flowers, chocolate, and jewelry, we chose to show these beautiful heart-shaped maps that so wholly connected to their designs. As expected, our students delighted in seeing the connection to their creations, especially since they had no idea of their connections to history.
We uncovered other examples of cordiform map projections that obviously take their influence from Oronce Fine's beautiful cartographic design. The maps below, illustrated by Giovanni Cimerlino and Pierre Moulart Sanson, were done more than a century apart.
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These maps clearly illustrate the change in design from one era to another. The map of Seattle represents a more typical illustration at the turn of the twentieth century, whereas the subway map, completed more than a century later, closely follows the style of a modern visual illustration or infographic.
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Sometimes it's the innocence of children that triggers inquiry in adults. We attribute our curiosity to them. Finding other models based on their creativity led to the discovery of historical references. Connecting history through primary sources reinforced their global view of the world.
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Wearing of PPE and clinic cleaning procedures before during and after clients remains the same, along with appointment procedures
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