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When I was a child things weren’t so bad. I could climb anything and there were no ill effects. For no logical reason, somewhere in my teens, I developed an irrational fear of heights. To combat my fear I decided to start rock climbing. I knew that the feeling of vertigo and the overwhelming urge to lean off a cliff and just free fall was purely psychological and something I could eventually overcome. Face the fear. Overcome the fear. And savor the release of extra endorphins that my body feeds my brain as a result of the adrenaline rush. With the popularity of observation decks and tourist attractions located in some amazingly high places, I feel that I am not alone in the classification of adrenaline junkies that choose to face their fears. If you’re afraid of heights, you may want to avoid these places. Or maybe, you’ll just decide to face your fears and be rewarded with a magnificent, once in a lifetime view that will be permanently etched into your memories.
1. Mont Blanc in The French Alps:
“Step into the Void” is the world’s highest glass floor. At 12,600 feet, Europe hosts these breathtaking views.
2. Burj Khalifa in Dubai:
At 2,700 feet tall, Burj Khalifa is almost twice as tall as the Empire State Building.
3. Grand Canyon Skywalk:
If you’re into viewing a 700 foot drop, the Hualapai Indian tribe can hook you up.
4. Sears Tower in Chicago:
“The Ledge” is the Sear’s Tower’s glass balcony that sits 1,300 feet above the streets below.
5. CN Tower in Toronto, Canada:
The observation deck resides near the top of the 1,800 foot high CN Communications Tower.
6. Langkawi Sky Bridge in Malaysia:
Crossing over the peak of Gunung Mat Chinchang Mountain in Pulau Langkawi, this sky bridge extends out 410 feet at a height of 2,300 feet above sea level.
7. Blackpool Tower in England:
Open to the public in 1894, The Blackpool Tower’s observation deck stands at a height of 518 feet.
8. Walk of Faith in China:
This glass walkway was built on the side of the 4,700 foot Zhangjiajie Tianmen.
9. Sky Tower in New Zealand:
Dominating the Auckland skyline at a whopping 1,000 feet tall, the Sky Tower offers bungee jumping. Um, I think I’ll pass on hurling myself off of any of these tall buildings!
10. Alpspix Viewing Platform in Germany:
Beneath this platform is a 325 foot drop. If you’re brave enough to venture out, I’m sure the breathtaking views will be well worth your time.
11. Spinnaker Tower in England:
Outside of London, this is the tallest tower in the UK, standing at 560 feet tall.
12. Trolltunga Cliff in Norway:
If you’re in the mood for a tough hike, this natural platform sits 2,300 feet above lake Ringedalsvatnet in Norway.
13. Petronas Towers in Malaysia:
The bridge that connects the Petronas Towers sits at 550 feet. That’s only 1/3 of the way to the top of these 1,500 foot tall towers.
14. Dachstein Stairway in Austria:
With a 1,300 foot drop to the base of the mountains, The Dachstein Glacier Resort is home to one of the highest bridges in the world.
15. Shanghai Pearl Tower in China:
This TV tower dominates the Shanghai skyline at 1,500 feet tall.
16. Lion’s Head Mountain in South Africa:
From the 2,200 foot tall summit, you can see most of Cape Town.
17. Tokyo Skytree:
The 2,080 towering feet of The Skytree makes this the tallest tower in the world.
18. Heavenly Stairs in China:
This path, more than 7,000 feet high, will take you to some of the best tea in the world. I’m not much of a stair climber, so I’ll go ahead and let you bring it back down for me.
19. Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore:
This infinity pool, 57 stories above Singapore, offers some fantastic views. What a great place to relax, if you’re not too scared.
20. Cliffwalk in Vancouver, Canada:
Have you ever wanted to walk across a 700 foot bridge that holds you 300 feet above a river? Visit the Cliffwalk at the Capilano River to have your desires fulfilled.
21. Harbor Bridge Climb in Sydney, Australia:
You can climb the Harbor Bridge and walk on top, at 440 feet, and take in the views of Port Jackson in Sydney.
22. Half Dome Mountain in Yosemite National Park, California:
This particular granite dome rises 4,700 feet above the valley below.
23. Insanity at the Stratosphere in Las Vegas:
At 900 feet above Las Vegas Boulevard, Insanity is a ride that spins you 64 feet off the side of the Stratosphere Hotel & Casino.
24. Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado:
The Royal Gorge is 1,000 feet deep. This bridge holds the title of the highest bridge in the United States of America.
To continue battling my own fear of heights, you can bet your bottom dollar that I am going be adding these places to my bucket list. I mean, there’s just something spectacular about viewing places from hundreds or thousands of feet in the air to help put your life in perspective. We are smaller and less significant than we think. But sometimes, the smallest things can make the greatest difference in the world in which we live. Whether you’re an adventure seeking adrenaline junky, or you are deathly afraid of heights, these places are sure to open your eyes.


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Babies usually begin saying their first words between the ages of one and two, but they can start communicating even earlier if they learn sign language, says Laura Berg, founder of My Smart Hands Inc., a company that teaches parents how to sign with their babies.
After graduating from U of G with a sociology degree in 1999, Berg went to teacher’s college where she learned sign language. “I fell in love with it,” she says. “We did a literacy program at our school, and when I was researching different techniques to use in literacy programs, I kept coming across the idea of signing with babies, which made total sense.”
Babies develop gross motor skills earlier than fine motor skills, allowing them to make hand gestures before they can speak, she explains.
When her daughter, Fireese, was born, Berg decided to stay home with her but wanted to continue earning an income. Combining her teaching and sign language background, she began offering baby sign language lessons in her living room.
To help promote her business, she made a YouTube video showing her signing with her then one-year-old daughter. Viewers often asked Berg if they could take lessons with her or become an instructor, so she developed a curriculum for her program. She now has more than 200 instructors across North America, some of whom are also stay-at-home moms, and her YouTube channel has more than 30 million views.
Sign language takes the guesswork out of trying to figure out what your baby wants. “The number one benefit is that it really helps to reduce frustration for both the baby and the parent,” says Berg. “With them being able to tell you what they want, it makes your life a lot easier.” She says babies who know how to sign have fewer temper tantrums because they can express themselves in a way their parents can understand.
As an example, Berg tells the story of her daughter, who was already signing at 10 months. When Berg gave her some Cheerios to eat, her daughter threw them on the floor and signed “more.” Puzzled, Berg asked her what else she wanted, and her daughter replied “more cheese” in sign language. “At 10 months, she put together a two-word sentence, which I never would have imagined a 10-month-old baby could do.”
Berg says that some parents are concerned that teaching their baby to sign will delay their son or daughter’s spoken language skills. “Language and speech are not the same thing,” she says. “Babies will talk when they’re ready to talk, but it gives them a useful language to use until they develop the ability to talk.”
Laura Berg shares her top three tips for teaching your baby how to sign:
Be consistent. Start with a simple, commonly used word such as “milk.” Sign the word every time you say it, much like you would teach your baby how to say and wave “bye-bye.
Begin with a few words, then add new ones as your baby learns them.
Don’t get discouraged or compare your baby’s progress with others. You and your baby are learning a new language, so make it fun!


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Top Dubai, Israeli Banks Seek to Cooperate After Peace Deal
The biggest banks in Dubai and Israel are in talks to collaborate following this month’s landmark peace agreement between the Jewish state and the United Arab Emirates.
Discussions between Bank Leumi and Emirates NBD Bank PJSC are at an early stage and no final decisions have been made, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the talks are private. The person declined to give further details.
While Shmulik Arbel, head of Leumi’s corporate division, said on a conference call on Thursday that the Tel Aviv-based lender is in cooperation negotiations with a “leading bank in Dubai,” he didn’t identify the company. Leumi and Emirates NBD declined to comment.
A deal would be the first commercial cooperation between Israeli and UAE banks since the countries announced on Aug. 13 that they reached a U.S.-brokered agreement to begin normalizing relations. Talks between various parties from startups to airlines have already started as investors prepare for what could be an economic boon for both sides as they end decades of hostility.
Read More: Israeli Peace Deal Coaxes Investors Out of the Shadows
The decision by the UAE may also be seen as a prelude for its far bigger neighbor, Saudi Arabia, to pursue a peace initiative it put forward in 2002. Israel said it expected Bahrain and Sudan to be the next in line to sign accords. Sudan credited the UAE for charting “the correct course for the rest of the Arab countries” by signing the agreement with Israel.
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner and National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien will join an Israeli delegation next week on the first commercial flight between the two countries. Once in Abu Dhabi, talks will focus on tourism, trade, energy, health and security, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
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The theme of the fourth annual YAK Fest set for Jan. 24 at Central High School is “All About that Book.”
YAK Fest, the Young Adult Keller Book Festival, is all about turning teens into life long readers.
“Our goal for YAK Fest is to celebrate teenagers and the literature they like to read,” said Janet Adams, Central High librarian and a YAK Fest organizer. “We want to give them a chance to meet authors and show there are people who really care about them and the things they go through.”
Two dozen authors will participate in panel discussions and workshops. Barry Lyga, author of the New York Times bestselling YA thriller I Hunt Killers, will give the keynote address in the morning. New this year, a second general session takes place in the early afternoon and features a YAK Fest recurring favorite, Choctaw storyteller Tim Tingle; Wedding Day Rain, a folk singing couple with the wife also a YA author; and Matt De La Pena, author of Mexican WhiteBoy.
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Panel discussions will include focuses on realistic fiction, thrillers and paranormal fiction. Two writing workshops will be part of the sessions, one on poetry and another on basic story telling. During the day, there will be one session for parents and educators geared towards encouraging reluctant readers.
For a break, participants can go to the “Escape Hatch,” an area for teens to talk one-on-one with some of the authors.
The event at Central High School, 9450 Ray White Road, is free and open to middle and high school students, along with adults who enjoy YA books. The Book Carriage in Roanoke will have books from every author available for purchase and several food vendors will be on hand, including several food trucks at lunch time.
Doors open at 9 a.m., the welcome and general session start at 10 and ends with authors signing books for attendees from 4:15 to 5 p.m.
Like in the previous three years, YAK Fest has been made possible by a grant from the Evelyn and M.R. Hudson Foundation.
For more information, contact Janet Adams: email@example.com.

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As you begin your process improvement initiative and define your purpose of the improvement work. You may feel at a loss as you have too many processes and face a lot of operational problems that you need to solve. you don’t know where to start and what process should you improve first.
To have the situation in hand you should essentially maintain a solid understanding of your organization’s processes. and this starts by identifying your main business processes. And record them in a master process document that works as an inventory for your organizational processes.
Developing a master process document is the first step in your process improvement effort. Therefore, it will help you with your process prioritization and rank them according to the most impactable one towards your goals and it will improve your communications with other team members and shows you what processes brings value to your organization and the ones that don’t.
How to identify the process in your organization?
You can identify business processes by reviewing the work done by a department, by scanning job descriptions, or by talking to colleagues to identify their roles and responsibilities. And then you can translate their responsibilities into processes.
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In the above example, Human Resources processes have three main business processes that can be broken into subprocesses.
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After that, you will need to lay the foundation and add some basic information to each of these processes. and this will help to make proper prioritization and lead the process improvement work into success.
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Berlin Zoo and Aqarium, Germany
Travel tips > Europe > Germany > Berlin > Berlin Zoo and Aqarium
- Family & Fun travel tip
- City center
They have a petting zoo where kids can feed goats and do other thing they will surely love.
The Aquarium is also huge, with three floors. It also has a big crocodile room, it is quite scary. ;) You can also see poisoning frogs, snakes, octopuses, jellyfishes it's just wonderful. Enjoy!
Am Tierpark 125
Adults 12 Euro 18 Euro
Students 9 Euro 14 Euro
Children 6 Euro 9 Euro
1 January - 20 March: 9am - 5pm
21 March - 14 September: 9am - 7pm
15 September - 25 October: 9am - 6pm
26 October - 31 December: 9pm - 5pm
How to get there:
The nearest Underground station is Zoologischer Garten.
The nearest suburban railway station is also Zoologischer Garten.
They are both two minutes away from the entrance of the zoo by walking.
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text: Based on the positive experience of recent years, Prangl is expanding its Scandinavian business. With Prangl Sverige AB in Stockholm an independent sales company is being set up in the far north. The unit there is seen not only for the Swedish market but also as a hub for neighbouring countries such as Finland, Denmark or Norway. The main focus is on the construction of wind turbines. But projects from other areas will also be gladly implemented.


2. Kansas City Chiefs (2-0)
Imagine a game in which all of the scoring takes place in just two quarters, and each team only scores in one quarter apiece. That’s what happened in the game between the Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.
It looked like we were in the Twilight Zone during the first quarter. The Raiders were moving the ball down the field and scoring points, gaining a 10-0 lead over the Chiefs early.
Then, reality set in and the Chiefs exploded in the second quarter. Patrick Mahomes tossed four touchdown passes in the frame, and the Chiefs jumped out to a 28-10 lead with their four unanswered scores.
And then, that was it. Neither team would score for the rest of the game, and the Chiefs cruised comfortably in the second half with the Raiders unable to answer the rest of the way.
After two wins to start the season, KC will play its home opener in Week 3 against a tough Baltimore Ravens defense that has some talented young pieces on their offense in Lamar Jackson and Marquise Brown.


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Litter was born 16.12.2017! 10 puppies in total, 3 boys (1 ridgeless) and 7 girls (2 ridgeless). So far no DS or kink tails found.
The dame of the litter is our foundation bitch Aries Khan Margaret Tatcher of Lumottu “Hilda”, and the sire Exgate’s Unique Utah by Nelvis “Utah”. Both parents are perfectly healthy. Utah has A/A hips and 0/0 elbows, Hilda B/B hips, 0/0 elbows and her spine is clear; LTV0, SP0, VA0. The COI of the litter is 0% in 5 generations and 0,01% in 10 generations.
Utah is a strongly built and balanced male with excellent movements. He has a nice steady temperament and he is very open and playful. Utah has passed both Norwegian and Swedish temperament test and he has sired 2 litters in Norway.
Hilda is balanced and beautifully built and has also excellent movements. She has a sweet and very playful temperament, and she’s always ready for action. In the show ring Hilda has done so far very well and among champion titles from Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Russia she was the #1 show ridgeback in Finland in 2015 and #2 in 2016. As a junior she gained several junior winner and champion titles. Hilda is also Tallinn Winner -16 and Baltic Winner -16. She is actively trained in obedience, agility and blood tracking. During the season 2016 Hilda gained 2 CACL in lure coursing and 2nd prize in field tracking.
Puppy from us? The puppy will be registered to the Finnish Kennel Club (FCI), microchipped and checked by a vet. You will get care and feeding instructions, a puppy package including food for the first days and Nutrolin® oil to support puppy’s development and lifelong support from the breeder.
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CPP Group UK, an MGA and ancillary insurance products and services provider, has partnered with travel insurance provider Just Travel Cover to launch ‘Smart Luggage’, reportedly the UK’s first parametric lost luggage product.
The product uses parametric technology to offer real-time support to airline passengers whose checked luggage cannot be located following an airport arrival. Customers upload an image of their delayed luggage receipt, and the platform will begin searching for the missing checked luggage.
Customers will then receive an automatic £50 pay-out, directly to their PayPal or bank account after 30 minutes of their luggage being unlocatable at the destination airport, and a further £500 if it is still not located after 48 hours.
The parametric technology automates the entire process from the moment the traveller registers their luggage as missing at the customer services desk at the destination airport.
In addition, the repatriation service of Smart Luggage keeps the customer informed via text message and email to help locate and return the luggage.
It is available as an annual multi-trip and singular policy and distributed as a standalone product, add-on or embedded insurance product.
It comes as research from SITA revealed that 24.8 million items of luggage were mishandled in 2018 costing the industry approximately £1.8bn.
Carl Carter, CEO of CPP UK, said: “Proactive and innovative service and insurance solutions for the traveller are of paramount importance as international air travel begins to gain momentum again.
“No insurance sector has faced the same scale of disruption and frequency of challenges throughout the pandemic as travel insurance. But the past year and a half has also given the travel insurance industry the opportunity to reinvent itself, improve customer and traveller experience and start to rebuild customer trust.”
He added: “We’re proud to be partnering on a parametric solution that supports the traveller and travel insurance industry alike, especially after both have endured months of rapidly changing restrictions and complex claims processes.
“Even as restrictions elsewhere lift and familiarity creeps back, travel is one aspect of our lives that Covid-19 continues to play havoc with. By partnering with Just Travel Cover, we’re stepping up together to support the travel insurance industry in what will be a testing, but worthwhile road back to recovery.”


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PORTABLE UNITS WITH SHOULDER BAG
Portable device with bag allowing the patient to move as freely as possible
The portable device with bag includes a smaller cylinder with capacity of 2 l. This is a very light cylinder (weighing only 2.4 kg). It helps the patient to move as freely as possible. It is also possible to use this device in a car or other means of transport.
The oxygen flow can be regulated between 0 and 25 l/min by a stepwise adjustable pressure regulator. This type of regulator can be placed in any position, since its position does not have any influence on the flow rate.
The patient can breathe in oxygen through a nasal cannula, which is also part of the complete unit. The bag has two separate compartments, so other items can be stored in the bag in addition to the oxygen-therapy device.


Fortunately, the adorable Buddy is on the mend today.
The terrible incident took place last month when someone intentionally set poor pooch named Buddy on fire.
A vile act
According to several sources, Buddy was found on April 22 with his mouth on fire. A reward of more than $ 10,000 has been put into play for anyone providing information about the incident.
It was finally a 12-year-old boy who confessed to setting Buddy on fire.
Under state law, minors cannot be criminally charged with animal abuse due to their young age.
The dog is currently being treated at Mississippi State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine for his extremely serious burns.


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This Chinese-style pork ragout is tossed with noodles and topped with a sweet-sour relish that balances the heat.
1 cup shredded seeded peeled cucumber
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup shredded carrot
1 tablespoon seasoned rice vinegar
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon dark sesame oil
8 ounces udon noodles (thick, round fresh Japanese wheat noodles)
1/2 cup fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
1/4 cup natural-style peanut butter (such as Smucker's)
2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
1 tablespoon chile paste with garlic (such as sambal oelek)
1/3 cup thinly sliced green onions
1 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger
6 ounces ground pork
2 garlic cloves, minced
How to Make It
To prepare relish, place cucumber in a colander; sprinkle with salt. Toss well. Drain 1 hour. Place cucumber on several layers of paper towels; cover with additional paper towels. Let stand 5 minutes, pressing down occasionally. Combine cucumber, carrot, vinegar, sugar, and oil in a medium bowl; stir until well blended. Cover and chill 1 hour.
To prepare noodles, cook noodles according to package directions, omitting salt and fat. Drain and set aside.
Combine broth, peanut butter, soy sauce, and chile paste in a small bowl; stir well with a whisk. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat; coat pan with cooking spray. Add onions, ginger, and pork to pan; sauté 5 minutes or until pork loses its pink color. Add garlic to pan; sauté 30 seconds. Pour broth mixture into pan; bring to a simmer, and cook 1 minute or until slightly thickened. Pour pork mixture over noodles; toss well. Serve with relish.
I found this recipe to be ok without any extra relish, instead i added asian slow and tomatoes and oh my goodness! It needs the extra but then flourishes!
I updated the garlic chili (double) and added a serrano to the pork
Pretty quick and easy, i used crunchy peanut butter, and mixed the noodles into the pan instead of pouring over, so i could control the amount of noodle to sauce!
I love this recipe, but I make it with thin rice noodles, double most everything, and add red bell pepper and what ever other crunchy veggies you like..sugar snaps, snow peas, green beans, asparagus etc. I served it at a party and it was a hit.
I made this recipe with one adjustment...I couldn't find the correct noodles, so I just used dried lo mein rice noodles. We really enjoyed it...especially with the slaw. All of the flavors came together beautifully. I will definitely keep this on hand.
I cannot rave enough about this recipe. I tasted it first without the relish and thought maybe the sauce and pasta were too creamy and heavy. (I added some pasta water to thin it out.) But that relish! It adds the perfect note of brightness to harmonize the whole dish. I'd like to add bean sprouts next time to add some textural contrast, but this is totally going on my greatest-hits list. Leftovers were just as good.
I live overseas, so had to make some substititions - but overall, this was a terrific recipe! Subbed fettucine for the udon, and reduced the chili paste by half. Next time I'll add snow peas and water chestnuts for a little crunch. Flavor was wonderful - and an easy dish to put together on a weeknight. Served with eggrolls or soup, this is an easy informal meal for guests, too. Agree with the other raters that the relish added a delicious dimension to the flavors.
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Based on Le Carre’s novel about cold war spying. It’s about the high-up ‘mole’ in the British spying establishment, which is known as the ‘Circus’ because of it’s proximity to Piccadilly. Gary Oldman plays ‘Smiley’, the spycatcher brought out of retirement to catch the mole. One of the British spies, Prideaux, appears to be shot in Budapest as he tries to bring over a defector from Communism but he is tortured by ‘Carla’, Smiley’s most important opponent. Smiley thought Carla had been executed. Benedict Cumberbatch and Toby Jones are involved in a rooting out of the mole, as is Ciaran Hinds and Colin Firth. They are all suspects known as Tinker,Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Ricky Tarr is another agent who also tries to bring in a would be Russian defector from Istanbul and something happens to her. The mole is found but is he the right one ….?
There is an atmospheric feeling here of the sixties and seventies even it does succumb too much to the Life on Mars compulsion to steep that era in Dickensian gloom. Everything is horrible: bad haircuts, retro furniture looking greasy and constant smoking, all very seedy and tacky. Compared to now that era was shabby, but things get rather absurd. Still, it does evoke the Len Deighton London of red double decker buses and of Michael Cain’s Harry Palmer. Lots of anonymous people walking around in shabby raincoats and dispirited faces.
Smiley looks at his staff, who are his chief suspects, through the clinical glint of his spectacles, which make him look like he’s interrogating them from behind a malevolent window pane. Smiley seems super competent, choosing his words with pedantic caution. He negotiates the treacherous complications of espionage game playing, then acts as a sort of confessor for truth telling. He is quietly cynical about the ultimate purpose of the spying racket: not so much a conflict about ideology or a way of life but more a cruel probing of weaknesses with a chess player’s urge to be ahead of the prey. Photos of the chief suspects are stuck onto chess pieces. I haven’t read the book but the film provides no great insight into the psychology of the spies, their career justifications tend to be more incantatory rather than clarificatory. The captured mole confesses to an aesthetic preference for supporting communism which makes him seem capricious. When Smiley talks about Carla, the chief Russian opponent, he tells us Carla is a fanatic and as such will always win, but then he says that the fanatic harbours a secret doubt – which surely undermines what he just said!
This film is a tribute to the spy films of the 60s and 70s. Watching these films at the time (at the height of the cold war), I often wondered why anyone would bother to be a spy, the whole business seemed inherently futile. Absurdly, neither side could win because the whole point was to maintain a stalemate, it was the human analogy of all those nuclear weapons pointed at each other, known as MAO (mutually assured destruction). Spying looked like a chess game with no checkmate, but it was deadly serious, people killed each other. It’s as if the the danger was spying’s self sustaining dynamic, so it needed no further purpose once the cynically tired excuse of opposing ideologies convinced no one. However, the spy film propagates the very myth that there were no true believers, yet early in the 80s there were quite a few Russians communists in Afghanistan who thought they were doing good.
The film is certainly a corrective to the infantile tosh of James Bond. In Tinker, Tailor,Soldier Spy the British skies are gloomy. In Istanbul the spy looks onto sexual violence through lit windows. This is the spy as voyeur, the decadent cynic. It’s a tired male world where grumpy old men (seriously ‘underfucked’ in the words of the film), snap at each other through nicotine fog. Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong, and Colin Firth play spies who must hide their gay sexuality. Smiley goes to Oxford to talk to Cathy Burke’s character, they compare the heroism of the war with the unglamorous and sordid life of espionage. Mark Strong is a schoolteacher who lives in a caravan, he’s some eccentric recluse as he mentors a unattractive pupil who is a natural outsider. Their odd relationship reminded me of the TV series Callan where the spy Edward Woodward worked with an unprepossessingly unhygienic tramp called ‘Lonely’. Mark Strong as Prideaux is not a stick hero, he is more like a dysfunctional bureaucrat than a social misfit. The Circus throws parties which make self conscious nervous fun of communists as if they acknowledge that the two sides have much more in common than their publics would realize. The film plays on this skilfully. Mostly, an excellent film about cold war spying. Just a couple of caveats.

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Come and enjoy the off-season at Edisto!!
No crowds and the weather is lovely!
Whether 2-3 weeks or 2-3 months, we have many houses that will accommodate extended stays in the off-season. We have everything from a one room efficiency condo to beachfront or deepwater properties and everything in between.
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As a poet, it is almost impossible for me to read literature not centered on the language itself – which is why I have severe difficulties reading most crime fiction. A good plot or great story is not enough for me. I need the language to be precise, sensual, intense, and distinctive. I love novelists like Vladimir Nabokov, Marguerite Duras, Paula Fox (please read Desperate Characters if you haven’t already!), and Per Petterson for just this reason. But these aren’t poets; even if their language verges on the poetic, they still fit the usual paradigm that poets write only poetry, fiction writers only fiction.
My own body of work, though, consists of writing across all literary genres, and I find the constant shift from poetry to prose, from prose to drama, from drama to children’s books, and back to poetry again challenging and important to my development and growth as a writer. I recognize myself mostly as a poet because poetry is the place I always go back to. And it is such a merciless place: there is nothing worse than a bad poem, and I feel it hardens me up as a writer to work with the language in the most extremely nerdy way. In fact I feel that through poetry it becomes possible to express even the most unspeakable things. Here is a list of novels, like my own book Rock, Paper, Scissors, that bring a poetic sensitivity to language into the history of the novel. Included here are a couple of Danish poets that American readers might not know – please enjoy them, they are great!


Musical Russian Furry Foundation releases 2012 compilation
The Musical Russian Furry Foundation, led by Lozi Cheetah, has released a new compilation with work from 17 artists. Like its 2011 release, the music, totalling 602Mb, is free to download.
The DVD version (sold at Rusfurrence for 40-50 roubles, with Russian furry magazine ARFI) includes Yiff!, a piece of British musical theatre.
The collection focuses on the work of Eastern European artists - Ankor Wolf, Aspeel RaraAvis, Augustine Mayer, Blackwervolk, LexXxy Nickson, NaurEvan, Fox Avril, Neichet, Richard N. Diego, DJ ShadowWolker, Vasory88, Vatarius [Arxas Project], Veemie and Worgen [Pioneer Chris]), but includes Fox Amoore, GreatFox and JayB.
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Transcend introduces high performance RAM
Transcend recently annonced one of its new RAM for high end performance. The configuration itself looks awesome. Transcend Information's 4GB aXeRam Extreme Performance DDR2-1066+ dual-channel memory kit is sure to get the best out of your PC for the gamers and for those who use high end applications in it. There are 2 slots of dual memory with 2GB in each slot. They provide data transfers as high as 16 GB per second making it one of the fastest in the market.


Dell is one of many champions for this annual first Thursday of May celebration to promote better password habits — which can be as easy as taking these four steps:
- Create strong passwords
- Use a different password for each account
- Get a password manager
- Turn on multi-factor authentication
I like to think I’m pretty good at step one, but step two… well, according to a recent study by Gigya, 70 percent of us use seven or fewer passwords across all of our online accounts. That’s a lot of room for improvement.
This year, the organizers of World Password Day are putting special focus on that fourth step, though. The call to action is for you to “#LayerUp Your Login” by enabling multi-factor authentication such as a code sent to your phone.
Another extra layer of protection that can increase the safety of your online accounts is a fingerprint. Familiar to many of us through our smart phones, fingerprint sensors are also available on our XPS 13 and XPS 15 laptops for password-free sign-in.
“As you’d expect, the fingerprint reader is fully compatible with Windows Hello, meaning you can use it as a means of securing both your PC and compatible apps,” noted Windows Central.
But even with the option to access your system this way, passwords remain critical gatekeepers to our digital identities when we access online banking, email, and social media.
So to find out if “the fourth” is with you today, go take the quiz at passwordday.org to check your security IQ!


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We do love a wall chart here at Homeplace, they make a great alternative to framed paper prints and this oversized cotton piece by Amsterdam based illustrator Sella Molenaar is no exception.
What drew us to this one was not just the simplicity of the subject, a carefree silhouette of the female form, nor was it the pretty colour palette but in fact, it was how the outline has been sewn in plaited thread as opposed to printed - it's such a nice touch.
Each piece is also signed by the artist Sella Molenaar, an artist driven by her passion to celebrate the beauty of femininity and the journey to its discovery.
Sella’s art gives life to a ‘controlled impulsivity’ in which a harmonious tension between control and technique is balanced against minimalism and artistic freedom. Always searching for beauty in the imperfections; it is often the uncontrolled lines, small mistakes and serendipitous additions that make her drawings stand out.
We love the soft minimalism of this piece, its tactile nature, not to mention how it celebrates the feminine form and its energy.
Dimensions: Width: 97cm Drop: 147cms
Comes ready to hang, via an integrated hook in the frame.


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"Quick and effective shine!"
12 September 2008
The first time I used this, I was amazed! After years of using polishes, I just watched dumbfounded as the tarnish vanished. Now I won't use anything else. There is no smell, no dirty hands, and it is great on some intricate pieces of silverware that in the past I used to have to clean with polish and an old toothbrush. I used to keep my beautiful silver cutlery in the cupboard when guests came for dinner, because I could never be bothered to polish each piece. This is so quick and easy (and totally odourless) that I use ot on my silver cutlery just prior to laying the table and it sparkles.


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More students are securing top apprenticeships in Warrington than ever before and it’s largely down to more institutions, including the town’s University Technical College, focusing on vocational learning, say Warrington South’s MP and local businesses.
A group of European educationalists looking to tackle early school leaving and the employability of youngsters have turned to Warrington’s University Technical College to replicate the model overseas.
By Lilly Collins – Year 12 Student at UTC Warrington
PLACED Academy is a year long Architectural Course, in Liverpool that students can apply to when in the VI Form, running alongside other academic studies. Participants experience architecture and the built environment in multiple ways and aims to broaden the horizons within all aspects of Art and Architecture.
Four students from UTC Warrington are fortunate to have obtained a place on the course, which started as a week long introduction workshop in the summer holidays. I had to travel by train to get there but in the end it was worth it. Throughout the summer school I interacted with people around my age and worked in random groups to solve certain problems. This helped me with my teamwork skills. The activities involved us thinking about multiple aspects of the subject and how this affects the community and how it can be solved through architectural solutions.
Our first tasks involved working in larger groups on small activities; this helped with us with not only getting to know each other but also allowed us to get to know the teaching staff, all of whom are trained architects or architectural students. The expectation was that we would be able to work independently in groups and the staff would act as mentors, asking questions and challenging our ideas.
Over the course of the week we were asked to problem solve within certain areas of Liverpool City region – exploring different aspects including the existing buildings, population, criminal activity, urban growth and deprivation we were tasked with creating an impact. We had to to generate reports, create models and draw plans to demonstrate ours ideas. Then after summarising the project we presented it in front of the other groups (our peers) and then towards the end we were able to give feedback and looked at what everyone else had produced.
This all helped me feel more comfortable with my peers and helped me work stronger in a team. Our next activity is in Liverpool next Saturday and we are all looking forward and feel privileged to be part of something so beneficial to our learning.
UTC Warrington students are celebrating their GCSE results, which have seen a significant improvement from the previous years’ grades, as the college continues to raise the bar in STEM education.
The University Technical College, which was awarded a Good Ofsted grade earlier this year, has seen milestone achievements in its latest GCSE results, including English, Maths and Science. The grades are only the college’s second set of results and already there have been a positive increase in the number of students achieving a Grade 4 or above in core academic subjects.
Students studying separate sciences have benefitted from high-quality teaching, with 92% of students achieving a Grade 4 and above in Physics, whilst over 86% of those studying the specialist Principles of Engineering course also secured top grades.
Lee Barber, Principal & Chief Executive of the UTC, says that the combination of employer-led learning and good quality teaching has helped students secure a good set of results.
He said: “We have seen a noteworthy increase in the number of students achieving a Grade 4 or above in key academic and technical subjects. Our Year 11 leavers joined us in our second year and since then we have delivered an excellent programme of employer-led learning and an improved quality of specialist teaching across the college.”
“Throughout the last twelve months, UTC students have had over 90 employer engagement opportunities; that’s 1 in 2 days where a local business or employer partner has interacted with our students. There is no doubt in my mind that this level of employer activity has been crucial in motivating students to achieve the best possible grades.”
Latest research from University Technical Colleges has found that nearly 1 in 3 students have thought about how specialist subjects will influence their career and more than a fifth of students said that they would have benefitted from more contact with local employers whilst at school.
Earlier this year, UTC Warrington was praised by Ofsted for changing the perspective of education amongst their students. Mr Barber said: “We have students who chose the UTC for a fresh start and, in some cases, have been disengaged at their previous education. With the support of employers and a passionate staff team, we have shown that we can change their approach to education, provide them with experiences they may never have had before and, most importantly, ensure they are ready for the world of work with a good set of results.”
One of those students who has transformed during his time at the UTC is George Guilfoyle, who secured Grade 4 in English and Maths. He says that he was given a fresh start and dealt without judgement by staff at the college.
He said: “I didn’t do well in my old school and the UTC gave me a chance at a fresh start. I’ve had good support from the staff at the college and I wouldn’t have achieved these grades in my old school.”
High achievers included Daniel Neve, who secured Grade 9s in Maths, Physics and Computer Science as well as high grades across core and technical subjects. He is going on to study the new Cyber Computing course in September. Daniel says that the UTC’s specialist subjects have helped him follow his understand new aspects of STEM, including cyber and computing.
He said: “I chose UTC Warrington because I wanted more experience in Engineering and I saw the opportunities available at the college. The curriculum is focused and you can study what matters to you. It’s been great to gain relevant work placements, good careers support and meeting like-minded people.”
Amber Thomason secured top grades and is now looking ahead to her future in the Science and Engineering sectors.
She said: “I am looking to either study Architecture at University or secure a Degree Apprenticeship with Sellafield. The UTC has helped me focus on my future career and I am looking forward to returning to sixth form to study BTEC Engineering and A Level Maths.”
Will Arnold, who also joined in 2017, has secured an apprenticeship with Wood PLC.
He said: “I chose to get an apprenticeship since becoming interested in Engineering and the college has helped me secure an apprenticeship with Wood PLC. The UTC is more personal than my previous school and I have been given more opportunities to build my character through leadership and cadet activities.”
UTC Warrington is hosting two showcase open events in September for prospective Year 10 and Year 12 students:
- Thursday 12th September, 5.30pm – 8.00pm
- Saturday 28th September, 10.00am – 12.30pm
Students at UTC Warrington have been celebrating their 100% pass rate for its specialist technical qualifications, as the college’s engineering results surpassed the impressive first year results in 2018.
The college which opened in 2016 was awarded a Good rating by Ofsted earlier this year, with high praise for its sixth form and quality of specialist teaching for 16-19 year olds.
The UTCW results show a continued successful 100% pass rate in its specialist BTEC Engineering course, with the average grade for students rising to a double distinction award and 80% of students achieving a distinction or higher in Engineering.
Principal Lee Barber said: “Today’s results show that the UTC is continuing to deliver an excellent technical curriculum and that our students and staff are raising the bar in the standards of teaching, commitment and the outcomes for each individual.”
“Our BTEC Engineering results have surpassed last year’s success. They have cemented our position as a leading institution for technical specialisms and engineering education.”
“Earlier this year, Ofsted recognised the work that our staff do to ensure all our students fulfil their potential. I am very proud to have a committed team who have ensured that our specialist curriculum does deliver good results and this includes another group of alumni who are leaving the UTC to study higher level STEM degrees and begin quality apprenticeship roles with leading employer partners.”
Moneka Duffy, student at UTC Warrington, secured the top grades in BTEC Engineering (D*, D*) which has secured her a dream apprenticeship role with Sellafield Ltd, who specialise in nuclear decommissioning and are based at Birchwood Park.
Moneka said: “I am looking forward to working with Sellafield to develop my interests in design engineering. During my time at the UTC, I’ve had the chance to develop my skills in technical design and now I can pursue my interest in engineering with a leading company.”
“I gained work experience with Airbus whilst at the UTC and this has helped me understand the concepts in my aeronautical engineering qualification and gave me the determination to secure this apprenticeship.”
Vocational success has been highlighted by BBC Breakfast presenter Steph McGovern who highlighted that one in four university entrants gets in with a BTEC. Mr Barber who has been at the helm of the UTC since before it opened in 2016 highlighted the college’s work in establishing BTEC studies as an excellent route into higher education, apprenticeships and employment.
He said: “BTEC learning is a huge part of our sixth form. With the support and guidance of our employer partners, we have demonstrated that applied learning yield excellent career opportunities for our students and they are rightly valued by universities and industry businesses alike.”
Other high achievers at the UTC included Conor French who secured a double distinction (D, D), securing him a place at the college’s partner University – Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) – to study Design Engineering.
Sam Woodward who earned himself a Distinction* Distinction (D*, D) secured a place at the University of Hull to study Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Jack Davenport also secured top grades in Engineering and will be starting a degree apprenticeship with BAE Systems in Aerospace Engineering.
Reaghan Carlin and Emily Hall who also achieved high grades are off to Cardiff University to study Pharmacy and Maths respectively.
Earlier this year, the UTC was awarded a Good Ofsted grade by inspectors who were impressed with town centre institution. They praised the specialist teachers for their subject knowledge and their relationships with students. There was also credit for the work the UTC does in working with employers to secure apprenticeships for their students.
“Students do particularly well in technical subjects. They show strong commitment to preparing themselves for their future careers or for higher education. The proportion leaving to take up higher apprenticeships is above the national average.” Ofsted, 2019.
“Leaders ensure that students develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours that will support them in their future studies or careers. The sixth-form curriculum is tightly focused on STEM subjects, in order to meet the needs of employers and students.” Ofsted, 2019.
“They have greatly extended their partnerships with local and national employers to provide meaningful work experience for students. Leaders use industrial visits very effectively to enliven the curriculum and prepare students for life at work. These build on students’ existing knowledge and enhance their research and reporting skills.” Ofsted, 2019.
Any students wishing to study at UTC Warrington in Year 10 or Year 12 can enrol on Thursday 22nd August, 10.00am – 4.00pm.
UTCW is hosting two showcase open events on the following days:
- Thursday 12th September, 5.30pm – 8.00pm
- Saturday 28th September, 10.00am – 12.30pm
Staff and students at UTC Warrington are celebrating after education inspectors awarded a Good Ofsted rating to the town centre college. Continue Reading
I am writing to you in relation to the recent Ofsted inspection, which took place at UTC Warrington on 14th May and 15th May 2019. They concluded UTC Warrington is Good in all areas. This is our first Ofsted inspection as an institution and as such, we are hugely proud.
Two of our Year 12 cadets have been chosen to take part in a Cadet Exchange Programme that takes place in July this
year. The cadets took part in a weekend training exercise in April at Altcar Training Camp in Hightown, Formby. They were selected by an independent Army Selection Team.
Kyle Appleton and Sam Woolland will travel to Lithuania later this year to take part in the exchange visit that includes
outdoor team building and a range of military themed activities. The pair will work with other British and foreign cadets, as part of the Exercise Baltic Guard, aimed at engaging the UK and Baltic States.
The selection weekend involved a variety of activities designed to test the leadership skills and character of the cadets. These included command tasks, group discussions, and first aid scenarios. They will represent UTC Warrington CCF and are amongst other ACF/CCF contingents from all over the UK.


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Dr. Oz gives you the tools you need to stack your diet in your favor to keep you fuller, longer while helping you shed extra pounds faster and easier.
The antibiotics in your chicken are contributing to the rising threat of antibiotic resistant bacteria - which can be fatal. Dr. Oz reveals exactly what else is in your chicken – a mix of chemicals, drugs and even hidden salt – and how it got there.
Click here for Dr. Oz’s Label Decoder so you can look beyond the promotional labels. Learn what's best for you and your family by understanding the real meaning of terms like organic, free-range and more.

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This is NOT your standard "what is 7 * 13?" type of game but here the result is already known and an arithmetic operator is given. Now you need to pick two numbers out of 9 to make this equation happen.
The faster you solve your equation, the more points you gain.
But if you make a mistake you need to start all over - so be careful!
For an extra kick choose the highest difficulty where your score will be reset to zero in case you run out of time.
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This ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Star Reveals Engagement News!
Many famous celebrities got engaged this year, fans really enjoy hearing this kind of news. 'Vanderpump Rules' is one of the famous reality tv show in the industry. Lisa Vanderpump gained tremendous popularity through her show and not one of the stars from the show recently revealed her engagement news. Read the article to find out who???
Former ‘Real Housewives’ star!
Lisa Vanderpump was one of the famous reality tv stars from the show ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’. After she left the show, Lisa started her own American reality tv show named ‘Vanderpump Rules’. The first season of the show debuted on January 2017!
Famous star LaLa Kent got a huge surprise on her birthday!
It was recently revealed that while Lala was on a romantic trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, with her boyfriend Emmett for her birthday. In a shocking turn of events, Emmett suddenly popped the engagement question to Lala and they got engaged!
Lala was over the moon with her exciting engagement!
Lala Kent revealed on her Instagram, “Last night was the best night of my entire life.”I got engaged to the man of my dreams. I get to call this amazing human my fiancé! An engagement last night, my birthday today, and every sign my dad could possibly send me to let me know he’s here.”
Lala says, “I’m the happiest girl in the world.”
Lala Kent was more than happy to announce her engagement news to the public and her thousands of fans, she said, “This weekend has been an amazing one for the two of us! It was definitely the most romantic moment of my life. Every detail of the surprise was stunning and I’m still in shock.”
This is how the proposal went down!
Emmett was well prepared for the proposal, it was revealed that he set up a screen for Lala playing her favorite sitcom ‘Friends’. Soon the screen started showing Lala and Emmett on the screen and then he went down on one knee popping the big question with a 6-carat round brilliant diamond ring!
Lala immediately said ‘Yes’ to his question!
Lala Kent was really happy to start her new life with Emmett, she further added saying, “I keep looking down at my ring finger. I’m just so happy to say we are officially engaged,”
Fans were really happy for the reality tv star!
Lala could not contain her happiness, “We are so excited to start planning the rest of our lives together and I’m excited to put as much detail as Randall did in our engagement into our wedding!”

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Also known as the Kalinga fort, the Jaugarh Fort derives its name from Jau means Lac and Garh means Fort.Firstly documented by a team from Heldenberg University, the Jaugarh or Samapa in earlier days was once a fortified provincial capital of Kalinga soon after its conqure by Ashoka. The walls were made of lac, being slippery provided protection from climbing by enemy.The square shaped fort now without any signs of Lac walls,however still attracts many scolars and tourists for the Rock edicts of Ashoka present inside the fort.Protected by the Archeological Survey of India,the edicts are found to be written in Prakrit language in Pali scripts.
The Rock edicts describes the changed and compassionate Ashoka the great.A total of 14 edicts except the 13 th are available.After the carnage of Kalinga war, Ashoka followed Buddhism but never imposed it upon followers other religions.Often he would invite religious heads of other religion to discuss on welfare of its people.
Jaugarh is situated at 35 kms from Berhampur.Other tourist attractions are the Tara Tarini temple on the way and thee Shiba temple, 2 kms away from Jaugarh.
Mode of transport: Car/taxi
Nearest airport is Bhubaneswar.
Nearest railway station: Berhampur.
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Reviewed by Janine Cobain
For struggling art conservationist Callie Burke, the chance to restore a world-famous painting is the opportunity of a lifetime—one that no one in her right mind would turn down. Call her crazy, but Callie has serious reservations about working with the painting’s owner. Warm and sexy, Jack Walker makes no attempt to hide the strong attraction he feels for Callie—even as she tries to keep their relationship professional. Now, cocooned in his studio in Boston, she will either have to learn to ignore the man and concentrate on the masterpiece, or give in to the kind of passion that can never be captured on canvas.
Jack Walker is a practical man who runs his life, his empire, and his fortune effortlessly. Yet from the moment he met Callie Burke, he wanted her with all the intensity of a first crush. As he gets to know her, the desire blossoms into something more—and Jack finds that for the first time in his life he is leading with his heart instead of his head...
The story leads with the powerful animalistic lust that Jackson Walker experiences meeting Callie Burke and documents his inner battles as he attempts to control the feelings within. Deftly written and completely believable JR Ward takes us on a journey that leads Callie to being ensconced in Jackson’s home while she works on the restoration of a multi-million dollar painting he has purchased.
Eventually calling off his recent engagement to allow the exploration of his feelings for Callie, Jack finds himself falling into unfamiliar emotional territory as their relationship blossoms. Their encounters are written with sensitivity and passion, without a trace of vulgarity.
This is fairytale, romantic, escapist fiction at its very best. The author has such an accomplished, beautiful style of writing this novel is an absolute delight to read. An Irresistible Bachelor had my heart racing, my scalp tingling and left my feel-good barometer whacked up to full.
I'd like to thank Sarah at Piatkus for sending us a copy of this book to review.


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The present raging international sales achievements of Italian sports-luxury car maker Maserati may be thrilling the brand’s hierarchy back home in Modena, but success is proving a headache for Maserati Australia and a substantial number of impatient local customers-to-be.
Maserati is enjoying unprecedented demand in left-hand-drive markets for its all-new Quattroporte flagship and a new mid-sized sports sedan called Ghibli. But the flush order banks and stretched production lines at a modern new factory in Turin has had the effect of pushing back the arrival of the right-hand-drive variants earmarked for Australia.
Maserati Australia initially understood first deliveries of the new $319,800 Quattroporte GTS V8 would start last August.
Faced with some irritated Australian customers, Maserati took the unusual and expensive step of air freighting a handful of the new twin-turbo 3.8-litre V8 Quattroporte GTS for delivery just before Christmas.
“This was a small batch of new Quattroportes for those impatient customers who just couldn’t wait,” said Glen Sealey, the general manager of Maserati in Australia and New Zealand. “We flew the cars here to keep them happy.”
Sealey says that out of the global financial meltdown in 2008 has emerged a new type of customer who wants to be first with a new car.
“It’s terrific that they appreciate the brand and want the cars as soon as possible, but there are headaches for us when we attempt to facilitate their needs,” said Sealey of his good news/bad news scenario.
He says stocks should really start to flow mid-year. A less-expensive model, the Quattroporte S V6, will arrive year in late February, with a just-revealed price of $240,000, plus dealer and on-road costs.
With its handy pricing advantage and still-fiery performance, the new V6 Quattroporte S takes Maserati into a new sector of the market. It also looms as the likely top-seller of the range, with 301kW of power at 5500rpm and 550Nm of torque between 1750rpm and 5000rpm contributing to an Italian banquet of character and performance. It accelerates from rest to 100km/h in 5.1 seconds and doesn’t stop accelerating until it reaches 285km/h, performance figures that stand proudly against those of the previous-generation V8 Quattroporte.
Sealey predicts that though supply constrained, the Quattroporte will reach 100 local customers this year, with 70-75 units being the V6 variant.
The Ghibli is also a tardy arrival. RHD production began just a month ago. The first of the Ghiblis should have reached Australian customers in April but is now looking more like June. Sealey winces when asked the new ETA. “No idea!”
Maserati’s aggressive product offensive was formulated by its German CEO Harald Wester, who took the audacious decision to invest heavily to transform the Trident brand into a luxury powerhouse during the GFC, when others were cutting costs.
Three all-new models were created using the same platform – the third vehicle, a high-end SUV called the Levante - will be next.
The new Maserati products have upped volumes spectacularly and have also dramatically changed the profile of owners.
Wester recently reiterated that the company aims to sell 50,000 cars annually by 2015, with Australia looking to account for about 1500 of those.
In China, where the brand has been powering along since the launch of the new Quattroporte, young Chinese businesswoman are driving a large proportion of sales. Females in China account for an astonishing 40 per cent of buyers. They’ve helped force down the average age of owners from 55 for the previous model, to as low as 37 in some markets.
In the traditional mature markets of Europe and North America, female buyers account for less than five per cent of Maserati's sales.

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National Instruments offers a wide variety of pressure measurement solutions ranging from simple, secure Wi-Fi devices to high-channel rack-mountable systems. You can integrate all NI pressure measurement systems with other measurements and sensor types because of the modular design. Software options are available for configuration-based loggers as well as full programming environments.
Pressure measurements are one of the fastest growing types of physical measurements. You can make pressure measurements in various mediums using different channel counts. Depending on the desired accuracy, range, and expense, you have several sensor options for measuring pressure. National Instruments offers a wide variety of devices for you to choose from to make pressure measurements.
The how-to guide for most common measurements provides information about making common sensor and signal measurements. Each of the following documents covers the operating principle for the corresponding signal/sensor and offers guidance on how to make that type of measurement. These documents help you understand what you need to know to quickly make your desired measurement.
NI CompactDAQ is a portable, rugged data acquisition platform that integrates connectivity and signal conditioning into modular I/O for directly interfacing to any sensor or signal. Use NI CompactDAQ with NI LabVIEW software to customize how you acquire, analyze, present, and manage your measurement data. National Instruments provides programmable software, high-accuracy measurements, and local technical support to ensure you meet your exact measurement application requirements from research to development to validation.
NI CompactRIO combines an open embedded architecture with small size, extreme ruggedness, and hot-swappable industrial I/O modules, and is powered by the LabVIEW reconfigurable I/O architecture. Each system contains an FPGA for custom timing, triggering, and processing with a wide array of available modular I/O to meet any embedded application requirement.
The NI PXI platform provides a variety of chassis, controller, and module options that give you the power to create a measurement system that meets your application’s specific needs. The platform is recommended for highly accurate pressure measurements. The NI PXIe-4330 has an accuracy of up to 0.02 percent and the NI PXIe-4331 can sample up to 102.4 kHz. These solutions can scale to thousands of pressure measurement channels for large applications.


text: Levels of air pollution can be assessed through passive and active monitoring. However, due to several drawbacks of active monitoring recently much emphasis is being given to the passive monitoring of air-pollution. Street dust and the dusts deposited over the leaves of roadside trees can be considered a valuable indicator of environmental pollution. Present study was undertaken to analyze the size distribution and investigate the elemental and mineralogical components of the street dusts and the dusts deposited on the leaves of roadside trees. Samples were collected from three representative areas of metro-city Kolkata, India, considering the urban characteristics and traffic profile. X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) was selected to detect major mineral components. The size distribution of dust particles was observed under scanning electron microscope (SEM) and the elemental distribution was analyzed using SEM attached to energy dispersive X ray spectrometer (SEM-EDX). X-ray diffraction analysis has revealed the presence of mineral components like quartz and various clay minerals such as calcite, gypsum, albite, microcline, chlorite, muscovite and oxides of iron. Elemental analysis has shown the presence of elements like Na, Mg, Al, Si, Cl, K, Ca, Fe, and Zn. Variations in size, mineral and elemental composition were observed. From the study it is evident that the information on mineralogical and elemental composition of street dusts and dusts deposited on the leave surfaces of roadside trees can act as indicator of air-pollution. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


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Nicole Trunfio enjoys holiday in Palm Springs with baby son Zion as she shares a snap showing off her VERY long pins
Despite being in Palm Springs for work commitments, Nicole Trunfio appears to be well and truly in holiday mode.
On Sunday, the 29-year-old model shared a snap of herself clutching her seven-month-old son Zion outside their room at the four star Avalon Hotel in Palm Springs, California.
Holding her baby up to face, the Perth-born model looks relaxed as she faces towards the camera whilst crossing her long lean legs.
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'Peace out': On Sunday Nicole Trunfio shared a snap of herself clutching her seven-month-old son Zion outside their room at the four star Avalon Hotel in Palm Springs, California
‘Peace out,’ she hash tagged the adorable shot.
The black and white image, which appears to have been taken by fiancé Gary Clark Jr, shows a precious moment between mother and son in the quaint alfresco setting on the porch.
With her long chocolate locks styled into loose tousled waves, the doting mother’s relaxed holiday attire consisted of a simple black dress and tie up gladiator sandals.
Nicole’s best friend, and godmother of her son – Jessica Gomes, was quick to comment on the image, writing: ‘Miss you guys!!’
Grrrh! Taking to Instagram on Saturday, the Australian model shared a photo of herself in a leopard print bikini which left very little to the imagination
Nicole appears to be staying in Palm Springs for work commitments as she featured in a shoot over the weekend.
Sharing a picture of open desert plain landscape on Friday, Nicole captioned the image: ‘On set today in Palm Springs.’
On Saturday Nicole – who rose to fame after winning TV show Supermodel Of Australia in 2002 - showed off a little more skin as she flaunted her incredible post-baby body in a leopard print bikini, just seven months after giving birth.
Fierce fashion: It seems leopard print was the theme of the day while she was on set, as she sported the fierce design moments earlier in another Instagram snap
The plunging neckline revealed a generous glimpse of her ample cleavage.
With straps tied around the waist, Nicole left very little to the imagination as the top was teamed with a pair of matching skimpy bottoms.
'That swimsuit though......' the mother-of-one captioned the snap, letting the two-piece speak for itself.
Posing in front of a mirror with her mobile phone in her hand, she pouted for the camera while sticking her hip out to the side.
Selfie time: The glamazon glowed in this close-up captured on set
It seems leopard print was the theme of the day while she was on set as she sported the fierce design moments earlier in another Instagram snap.
The model later donned a chic hat with a bold leopard print band, an edgy accessory to frame her face for the shoot.
Clutching onto the rim of the headpiece while gazing into the camera with her hazel eyes, the glamazon kept her make-up simple with nude shades.
'Hanging out with #Cher #setlife,' she wrote to her social media followers alongside the shot, with indeed a photo of the legendary singer, actress and fashionista featured on the wall just behind Nicole.
'La famiglia': The New York based model has been enjoying a protracted stay in Los Angeles with her Italian family
Nicole has been sharing a number of envy inducing snaps on social media as the New York based model enjoys a protracted stay in Los Angeles with her fiancé Gary Clark Jr and baby Zion.
Nicole recently shared an image to Instagram of the family-of-three enjoying quality time on the beach.
The selfie shows Nicole lying outstretched in a black crochet bikini as she extends her long arms above her head to capture the shot.
'Perfect Sunday,' she captioned the shot, adding the hashtag, 'La Familia.'
Cherubic: Nicole shared this cute snap of her little bundle of joy, son Zion born in January this year
Nicole appears to be playing the role of doting wife-to-be as she accompanies her husband on a number of his musical gigs.
She was by Gary's side on his tour Down Under in April, supporting him during multiple performances at the Byron Bay Bluesfest, followed by gigs in Melbourne and Sydney.
The couple have yet to tie the knot, but in February this year, Nicole shared an Instagram shot of an extravagant wedding dress, captioning the shot 'Wedding planning'.
In the past, the brunette has said Gary has taught her to live in the now.
Proud parents: Nicole shares Zion with musician fiance Gary Clark, Jr
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Sadec 1965: A Love Story
How can we find true, sustained love when we failed to receive it? This is the question Sadec 1965 attempts to answer. After finding out that her estranged father has cancer, Flora goes on a 6-week solo motorcycle trip through Vietnam, her father's homeland, to make sense of her difficult relationship with him. Her search for answers will take her on an incredible journey through time and space, allowing her memories to take on a new meaning.
Flora Le is a storyteller based in Washington, DC. She discovered storytelling in 2017 and has been growing as a storyteller ever since. In March 2019, Flora was selected to perform at Story District's Tuesday Show, attended by 400 people. She performed her #metoo story and received a standing ovation, a rare occurrence at such shows. Throughout her work, Flora uses her painful life experiences to create beautiful stories of resilience, forgiveness, personal transcendence, and love. Sadec 1965 is her first solo storytelling show.
Redline Contemporary Art Center
2350 Arapahoe St, Denver, CO 80205
Entrance: The main entrance is on the east side of the building off of 24th St.
Parking: There is some parking in the alley on the south side of the building, and street parking
Accessibility: There is a ramp to the main entrance and ADA bathrooms
Admission: You must show your ticket confirmation or purchase a ticket at the venue; all seating is general admission, audiences will wait in a queue before entry to the show


Note: There is talk President Obama will hold a press conference today, kind of an end of the year wrap up before he leaves for Hawaii. I’ll keep you posted.
9:45 am || Receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
10:30 am || Meets with senior advisors
6:45 pm || Departs for Honolulu, Hawaii
All times Eastern
Live stream of White House briefing at 2:00 pm


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For us weight trainers, protein is truly a wonderful nutrient because it number one job is to help build hard, lean muscle mass. However, what some of us don’t know is how protein actually builds muscle mass. It’s not like you can just sprinkle protein powder on your biceps and presto, you have instant guns.
The process is a little more complicated than that but looking at it from a birds eye view, it’s rather simple.
When it comes to building muscle, it’s important you understand the basic process of how protein helps build muscle mass.
Let’s take a look at the process from start to finish.
Protein is ingested and flows into your stomach as food.
2) Protein Preparations – Digestion of Food
Once food in ingested, the protein in the food is dismantled by little enzymes.
The enzymes break the protein down into smaller sub units called “peptides”. Peptides are combinations of the bodies’ building blocks, called “amino acids”. Peptides are made up of two or more amino acid combinations. Think of peptides as place holders to signal to the body that these units are ready for processing.
In order for amino acids to travel out of the stomach, they must be diced into individual amino acids which the body does with unique enzymes. Once complete, they are ready for travel and transport.
3) Travel and Transportation
Once converted to individual amino acids, they are absorbed into the blood stream via the gastro-intestinal tract and head into the bodies main processor, the liver. The amino acids must flow through the liver in order for it to be used by the muscles.
The livers main function is to detoxify the blood so it “cleans” the amino acids and shuttles it back into your blood stream for delivery to your muscles.
4) Call in the Work Crews!
Weight training causes tiny micro tears to your muscles which in turn, illicits a repair and reconstruction response from your body. If you recall from the previous step, the liver and blood stream is rich with amino acids and are now awaiting instructions from the body.
Since the muscles are now damaged from weight training, the body will send out special signals to your immune system which in return, signals the body to send out special little “work crews” to the damaged areas (muscles). Remember, these work crews also come equipped with its building material including amino acids.
The special work crews will stand by and wait for instructions from the body on where and what to repair.
5) Repair and Construction
It’s time to repair and construct new muscles. At this stage, your body is now ready to send in the work crews to commence repairs and start to rebuild the damaged muscles. However, in order for it to do this, it needs to be told where to go and how much to repair.
It does so using a master blueprint called DNA. Your bodies’ DNA will call up specific amino acids and direct them to specially assigned areas in order to start the repair and construction process. At this stage, the amino acids are transported into the muscle cells to be synthesized into additional body proteins called, actin and myosin. Using a fresh supply of amino acids, the body will construct new body proteins and weave them into the muscle fibres to make them stronger and bigger.
When you build muscle, you’re basically increasing the amount of myosin and actin in the muscles. The result? It makes the muscle fibers larger, stronger and allows them to contract in a much more powerful manner.
As you can see, when it comes to building muscle protein plays an essential and vital role. On the top, its not a very complicated process but at the micro level there are numerous biological transactions that take place which makes this such an amazing process.
Besides being a primary muscle builder, protein also helps with other bodily functions and processes as well including the following:
Protein and Neurotransmitter Generation
Neurotransmitters are like chemical signals that are sent to the various parts of the body and cause certain reactions to take place. For instance, serotonin is a mood regulator and can induce feelings of overall well-being. If it’s not being produced, you will be more at risk for depression.
Likewise, epinephrine is an excitatory hormone and will be released during those intense workout sessions, helping to gear your body up to lift more and more weight, thus seeing better rates of progress.
If it’s not being produced due to lack of amino acid intake, this can directly impact your performance.
Everything that you do in life is governed by hormones and neurotransmitters and protein is going to be required to develop these in proper dosages. So as you might imagine, if you are not taking in adequate quantities of protein, your entire well-being may be compromised.
Protein and Blood Glucose Regulation
Adequate protein levels will be used to help stabilize blood glucose levels. Since protein doesn’t break down as quickly in the body as carbohydrates do, it will reduce the immediate spike to blood sugar levels (which may cause a rapid insulin release). While preferable immediately after workout sessions, consistent insulin spikes throughout the day may promote fat storage and energy imbalances.
Eating fewer carbohydrates is not an ideal situation. By pairing your protein and carbohydrate intake, you can get a more controlled release of glucose into the blood, keeping insulin levels more stabilized and where you want them.
Blood glucose regulation will also be important for keeping you strong and well throughout your workout as a blood sugar drop mid-workout will cause an immediate energy drain.
This is one reason why having a protein shake with your pre-workout carbohydrates is such a wise move.
Here’s a tip – Always try and aim to consume a variety of different protein sources to take in the full spectrum of amino acids that your body needs and requires for growth and repair. For example, try using both whey and casein for your protein shakes. Have whey protein in the morning and after your workout and casein prior to going to bed.
If you are eating plenty of lean chicken, fish, turkey, red meat, egg whites, and dairy products, you should have no problem getting your needs met on a day to day basis. Those building muscle should be aiming for at least one gram per pound of body weight for optimal recovery and repair from their workout sessions.
All the best,
Blake has been weight lifting for about 28 years now. He's 45 years of age and started seriously training when he was 18 years old.
Blake is the founder of Building-Muscle101.com, a successful fitness website that has been around for more than 15 years.


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Always one of our favorites. Food is consistently good. The servers are so friendly.
I have been here a number of times and always enjoy this charming little restaurant. Three of us had lunch at Le Rivage the day a nor’Easter was passing through. We were absolutely soaked with wet snow and slush by the time we got there. The staff could not have been nicer in helping us get out of our wet coats, hats and gloves and seating us immediately. Their prefix menu offers a wide variety of choices and includes an appetizer, entree and dessert. We were all very happy with our cocktails and lunch choices. Our waiter was charming and helpful throughout our time there. We were never rushed, but the staff kept in mind that we had a Broadway matinee to attend. I would recommend this restaurant to anyone who enjoys a charming atmosphere, lovely staff and good French food. We plan to dine here again on next trip to New York.
Excellent food & amazing service
We went to Le Rivage for my birthday dinner last week and had an absolutely wonderful time. The $29 Prix fixe is a fine and affordable choice. The Truite Almondine took me back to childhood dinners in France, though I would have preferred to get the whole fish, head and all, rather than just the filets. I guess they think the while critter would make Americans squeamish.
The creme caramel and chocolate mousse were classic and delicious. Service restrained and perfect.
This is an old-school neighborhood French restaurant. No silly sushi or pad thai "fusion" nonsense; this is about butter and flavor and tradition. Chef Denamiel even came by to visit our table and we enjoyed chatting with him about food and old-timey French restaurants in the city. When he learned it was my birthday he sent a yummy sweet rum drink to our table after the meal.
In short, we loved it. It awoke memories of old fashioned French days past, and promise if buttery happiness in days to come.
We will return for sure.
Another outstanding meal at one of our favorite French restaurants. Decided to leave my comfort zone and order some new things. My wife had the great pate and I had the roasted beet salad for appetizers. Both great. I did have my favorite canard d'orange (duck) with some of the delicious brigard sauce on the side, and my wife had the beef burgundy--again very good. Dessert was chocolate mousse and creme brulee . The owner was at our table numerous times asking how everything was. Our waiter was very attentive. Again, not disappointed. It is a great deal. The prix fix is just $39 per person if you don't order something with a supplement but I just can not pass up the duck ($8 supplement but well worth it). The menu is a catalog of great French food items. If you want to feel like you are dining in Paris, go here.
This place was just fabulous. Every single member of their staff was so polite n pleasant. The food was great and was definitely worth the money
Had a thoroughly enjoyable lunch here. Everything I ate was delicious. The seafood crepe was exceptional. Have been there many times and will definitely be back.
My steak and my girlfriend duck were absolutely unacceptable. I ordered File minion. It was so far from that cut. Plus it was over cooked and waiter didn’t check with me
Great authentic French bistro just metres away from the hustle and bustle of Times Square. Great selection of starters and mains on the fixed price menu, with a large selection of reasonably priced wines. All the food was well cooked, good sized portions and very tasty. Don't be concerned about the location near Times Square, this doesn't have the feel of a touristy place and the taste delivers. Service a little hap hazard but friendly. Great to get away from the lights and noise
Family get-together for 8 worked out very well, was given a nice near-private space in the back of the restaurant. Prix-fixe menu had plenty of good choices at a fair price. 4/5 for service because a late arrival, who ordered after the rest of the group, never received his starter or main. Food 4/5 because I've been to Paris often enough to know the difference!
Great for pre-theater.... nice menu with great service.....
Very nice restaurant. Good food. Very friendly service
Great food..great service. Shout out to Caesar. Great waiter!
Le Rivage is consistently excellent. I have never been disappointed. Excellent food, atmosphere and service. Always a beautiful experience.
Consistently excellent. Great service, perfect pre theatre
This was a pretheater dinner. They have their service well orchestrated to cater to the theater crowd. This was prix fixe set with plenty of options to choose from. The cocktails and wine were nice. Every course was well prepared and tasty French comfort food.
Great pre-fix menu! Outstanding service!
Girls night, we had the escargot, bone marrow and steaks.. all was delish!!
Excellent food and service. The chef even came around to see how we were enjoying our meal. I would go here again for sure!
We dined Pre theatre and nice prix-fixe meal. Good quality and quantity. We we're dining before evening theatre and it was obvious that many we're dining after matinee show. Kitchen staff was obviously over taxed and food courses were slow to appear and uneven in arrival.
A great choice for pre-theater lunch or dinner. Prie fixe is a bargain, food and service are first rate.
Food was average. The waiter was Very Loud!!! Gave me a headache. Kind of counter to what you'd expect at a French restaurant.
I have eaten here several times. Food is always very good and service is excellent. Plenty of choices on the pre fix menu. You will have trouble deciding from so many wonderful options.
It never disappoints. $29 price fix lunch is a bargain.
Their peach Melba is to die for:
Great food and great service. Such a little gem in the middle of the Theatre District. Perfect for pre-show!
This was a family dinner. Dinner then a show
Chef Owner Paul put together a delightful assortment of appetizers, entrees and desserts. His crepes with goat cheese is outstanding. Two people at our table had Halibut that was outstanding, others had the Bronzini which was also a five star dish. The wine list is more than adequate. WItstaff is efficient. Desserts leave you wishing for more. We have fined here many times for dinner and when it served lunch. Paul never disappoints.
Very good prix-fixe ($29) dinner after 8 pm with good choices. Friendly service, pleasant atmosphere.
Good food, good service but very cramped. No room between tables made for a challenging evening. Ended up sharing a table with couple we didn't know. We do now because we heard all their conversations.
Thank you Cesaer for your wonderful friendly service. The food, drinks and service were top notch. Merci!!
This is the second time we've been to La Rivage pre-theater and they know what they are doing to get people in and out on time for their shows. It's a 3 course fixed price dinner for $39.00. There are a good choice of selections. The food comes out fast and is good. I think reservations are a must and when making the reservation tell them your show time. Our group of 4 enjoyed everything.
Our favorite theater district restaurant. Great food; Great service; Very friendly people; reasonable prrces.
I have never been disappointed. The food is excellent and the staff is welcoming.
Good food, better service. Great place for dinner before a show. Very good value and very nice people. Will go again.
We had many dietary restrictions, and the staff was extremely patient, helpful, and accommodating in meeting our requirements. The amazing onion soup has a vegetarian based broth! One of our favorite go to places in the theater district.
The onion soup burger was spectacular and due to a misunderstanding of their theatre menu they nonetheless accommodated our request all without any fuss - we'll definitely be back
A quaint restaurant. Perfect for before a show. They were respectful of your show times as well not rushing you through.
consistent food and service. pleasantl
I often come here when I go to the theater as the Bistro food is excellent, tasty and light, and the service is very pleasant and efficient. It feels like a cozy neighborhood restaurant. The quality has stayed consistent.