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Head out on a paddle board, one of the lagoon’s most popular activities these days – it’s even better at sunset or sunrise!
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Above, a San Joaquin kit fox sprints back to its den after being startled by a hawk. The photo won the California Watchable Wildlife photo contest for September/October. At right, a Mojave green rattlesnake rises in Antelope Valley. The photo won the California Watchable Wildlife photo contest for November/December. Below, A female gray wolf and 7 month old puppy in Yellowstone National Park.
Brent Paull has shot animals like foxes, rattlesnakes and bears, but he isn't a hunter. He's an award-winning wildlife photographer from Tulare.
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St. Thomas’ Great Books Reading Group will continue to meet over the summer, with a discussion of Henry James’ Portrait of a Lady from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, June 7, in Room 208, O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library Center. On July 12, the group will discuss Marvin Krier Mich’s Catholic Social Teaching and Movements, and on Aug. [...]
This year’s conference theme is “The Force of Love in Action.”
A panel of parents will share ideas and experiences about the tricky business of balancing many roles.
UST won the 1999-2000 women’s championship for the 14th time in 15 seasons. In the last 28 seasons, UST men have claimed first 20 times and second the other eight seasons.
Thomas and Patricia Holloran Distinguished Chair in Management Practice announced at graduate school’s 25th anniversary program last night.
As in past years, the parking lot at the corner of Cretin and Summit avenues will be open for faculty and staff use over the summer.
Congratulations to Onar Primitivo and Dr. David Penchansky for their outstanding service to the St. Thomas community.
The outstanding contributions of many members of the campus community were recognized by the Center for Student Leadership and Activities.
The shut-offs are necessary so that repairs can be made to the systems.
Lambda Sigma Tau announces and congratulates its new officers for the 2000-2001 academic year: President Tina Kendig, Vice President Heather Houndt, Secretary Melissa Sanchez, Treasurer Kate Winkles, Sergeant at Arms Jennifer Wildtraut; Educator Kate McNamee, Service Chairs Kely Lein and Brigid O’Connell, Sisters Chairs Angelique Charles and Betsey Winzig, Social Chairs Noelle Meyer and Joanne [...]
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White Rose Forest plans are in place even if the trees aren’t yet but the plans are inspirational. In fact it will be many years before the plans are complete but by then there will be a continuous belt of trees across the county. The Woodlands Trust has received a welcome boost to membership and participation as a result of the publicity.
Plans to plant 50 million trees to create a “Northern Forest” include new woodland in and around Leeds and other major urban centres. Planting is planned over the next 25 years, beginning in March, across a 120-mile stretch of the M62 corridor between Liverpool and Hull. Its aim is to boost habitat for wildlife including birds and bats, protect species such as red squirrels and provide more public access to woodlands. The Northern Forest will connect the North’s five Community Forests, including the Leeds White Rose Forest, the HEYwoods Project in Hull and South Yorkshire Community Forest.
Community Forest is a partnership between local authorities and local, regional and national partners including the Forestry Commission and Natural England. The founding basis for each Forest is a government-approved Forest Plan, a 30-year vision of landscape-scale improvement
The community charity trust is an environmental charity passionate about community forests and the power of trees to transform places and strengthen and enhance communities.
A Bit More About Yorkshire Trees
- The oldest living trees in Yorkshire may be the ancient yews at Fountains Abbey.
- The new forest will contain native species not more foreign firs! Oak, birch and beech will figure strongly.
- The Wych Elm in Bainbridge is a survivor of Dutch elm disease it stands as one of only two elms that has grown to a girth of over 13 feet recorded in the county.
- Yorkshire is proving to be a real treasure chest for tree hunters with magnificent trees ‘If I could spend a month tree hunting, Yorkshire would be my county of choice. Magnificent trees are coming out of the landscape all the time’ said David Alderman, Registrar of the Tree Register who is leading a hunt for old fat trees or Champion Trees.
- Thorp Perrow aboretum near Bedale is the holder of five National Plant Collections including Ash, Lime, Walnut, Cotinus (smoke bush) and Laburnum. Not all forest trees but worth a visit.
- In York the Museum Gardens are home to six county Champion Trees including Alder and Hornbeam.
- The Yorkshire Arboreturm is a large garden of trees on the Castle Howard estate maintained in partnership with Kew.


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Swanepoel will wear the Fantasy Bra at Victoria’s Secret’s fashion show this year. She will be wearing the Royal Fantasy Bra, which is made up of a variety of 4,200 rubies, diamonds and yellow sapphires. These gems are framed with an 18-carat gold setting that has a 52-carat pear-shaped ruby hanging from the center. The bra also has a matching belt, E! notes.
The Royal Fantasy Bra is worth $10 million and was designed by Mouawad. Swanepoel has been walking down Victoria runways for the past three years, but this will be the first time that she will do so while wearing a Fantasy Bra, reports E!
The most expensive Fantasy Bra ever made was the Red Hot Fantasy Bra worn by Gisele Bündchen in 2000, which was worth $20 million. The 2013 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is set to air on CBS (CBS) on December 10.

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Tyler Chatwood tossed three-hit ball over six innings to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 9-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in the series finale at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Sunday.
Willson Contreras, Anthony Rizzo and Ian Happ all homered for the Cubs, who sent Brewers starter Freddy Peralta to the showers in the fourth. In three-plus innings, Peralta allowed four runs.
Corey Knebel took over for Peralta and allowed three run scoring hits to Nico Hoerner, Victor Caratini and Ian Happ to give the Cubs a 5-0 lead.
The Brewers didn’t get their first hit until Ben Gamel singled to right with two outs in the fifth. Orlando Arcia plated the only run for the Brewers with a run scoring single.
Chatwood walked just two and struck out eight. He and the Cubs pitching staff kept the Brewers top hitters in check during the series. Keston Kiura and Christian Yelich combined to go 2 for 25 in the series.
One of the Brewers few bright spots came with the solid relief performance of left-handed pitcher Eric Lauer, who was activated earlier in the day. Lauer tossed 2 2/3 innings, allowing just one hit, one walk and six strikeouts.
The Brewers send Adrian Houser to the mound tonight in the first of a three game series against the Pirates at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.
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NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 31: (L-R) Singer Johnny Rzeznik and bassist Robby Takac of the group The Goo Goo Dolls perform during VH1's "Super Bowl Blitz: Six Nights + Six Concerts" at St. George Theatre on January 31, 2014 in the Staten Island borough of New York City. (Photo by Brian Killian/Getty Images)

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — One of the most well-known bands to come from Buffalo will be performing at Buffalo RiverWorks this December.
The Goo Goo Dolls along with Rob Thomas and special guest Dean Lewis will perform on Sunday, December 15th at 7:30 pm.
Tickets go on sale Friday, October 4th at 10 am and begin at $59.50.


Andra Day is "one of the best things to happen to R&B music" according to Essence Magazine, and we couldn't agree more.
The 31-year-old Grammy Award-nominated singer is gracing the publication's June 2016 issue, serving retro-glam, legs and luxury. Two words: Yes maam.
In the issues, Day (born Cassandra Batie) reflects on her journey to stardom, and the inspiration behind her vintage yet oh-so-fresh style.
Andra's debut album Cheers to the Fall was released in August 2015, debuting at number 3 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The project went on to garner two Grammy nominations for Best R&B Album and Best R&B Performance for her breakout single "Rise Up."


text: I reccomend that everyone here, regardless of political ideology, go see The Motorcycle Diaries. The movie is about Ernesto "Che" Geuvara and his companion, Alberto Granado, on a motorcycle trip with the goal of exploring South America. The movie shows Ernesto (Che) and Alberto in their home-town, before leaving for the trip, with a romanticized sense of adventure about the trip. It goes on for a bit with some general adventuring, and later gets into the experiences that re-shaped Ernesto into Che and gave him the convictions which he later fought and died for (though the movie doesn't actually show any fighting or killing). As I said, I don't think that your political ideology will really affect your ability to appreciate this this movie. Some people might see it as a story of a hero who picks up a noble and worthy cause, and others might see it as a story of a naive young man who tragically is sucked up into a movement that he can't possibly understand the consequences of. However you view it, the acting/writing is tremendous and it's a great movie in general.

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With songs like "Body Party" and "I'm Out" behind her, Ciara is heading back to the studio and she's already tapped Mike Will Made It to produce.
Mike Will confirmed the news during an interview with "The Breakfast Club" recently, saying that Ciara's next album is "gonna be crazy."
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As previously reported, Ciara's album, "Ciara," debuted at no.2 on the Billboard 200 in July. Starting out with 59,000 copies sold in the first week, the album became Ciara's fourth to reach the top 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

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US Navy pilot and Medal of Honor recipient Admiral Richard E. Byrd led several expeditions to Antarctica over approximately 30 years. From 1928-1930 he led the first expedition to reach the South Pole by air. Byrd would return several times, with his third, fourth, and fifth expeditions funded by the US government and supported by US Navy personnel, vessels, and other equipment. The first expedition established the Little America base camp on the Ross Ice Shelf. During the 1939-1940 expedition Byrd was recalled to active duty while the rest of his team continued their research. From 1946-1947 Byrd led Operation Highjump, whose primary mission was the establishment of Little America IV, and in 1955-1956 led Operation Deep Freeze, a multi-national science expedition in Antarctica. In all there were five Little America bases from 1929-1987. Little America III calved away from the ice shelf ca. 1960 and Little America V was abandoned before it too broke off the ice sheet.
To document the first expedition, two Paramount Newsreel cameramen, Joseph Rucker and Willard Vander Veer, travelled with Byrd. Their documentary film With Byrd at the South Pole won an Academy Award in 1930. Several of their still images can be found in Paramount Newsreel Men with Admiral Byrd in Little America: The Story of Little America with Pictures by Paramount Newsreel Cameramen and the Story of Their Adventures. The book includes several images from the expedition, brought to life by lively and sometimes corny anecdotes like their "homemade ice cream" floats and tales of puppies nipping at their heels, harrowing tales of men falling into the sea, and the bitter disappointment of missing the flight to the pole.
In Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic: The Flight to the South Pole, Admiral Byrd shares his insight into the first expedition and includes several of his journal entries. These entries note financing, supplies, and weather conditions:
"A quarter of a mile away the Bolling [the ship, Eleanor Bolling] labored heavily in water that rose high enough to hide her from sight, and she seemed to be rolling her sides under with every other roll. The bowsprit of the City [the ship, City of New York] pointed her out like an entreating finger. Now it rose dizzily to the horizon, trembled a moment at the top of flight, then plunged dizzily to the sea, to meet a rush of green water gushing underneath."
There follows further description of his ships’ landing, exploration of the immediate area, and construction of their base camp, the settlement known as Little America. On December 26, Byrd shares some of the expedition’s uncertainty:
"Twenty-four hours now will tell the story. Shall we be able to get into the Bay of Whales? Shall we find a low place in the Barrier where we can unload supplies? Our fate turns upon these things. But I am too tired to bother."
By January 12, following a two-day storm, the expedition had completed Little America’s first structure. The United States explorations of Antarctica continue to this day. Following the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 scientific endeavor on the continent became significantly more cooperative amongst the twelve nations that signed the original treaty. The number of signatories currently stands at 53.


ECONOMIC prosperity could be achieved in South Asia without the resolution of Kashmir dispute but peace could not be. Kashmir, the longest unresolved issue on the agenda of the United Nations, is an unfinished business of partition of India in 1947. Arundhati Roy in one of her famous books entitled “War Talks” writes, “How carelessly imperial power vivisected ancient civilizations. Palestine and Kashmir are imperial Britain’s festering, blood-drenched gifts to the modem world. Both are fault lines in the raging international conflicts of today.”
Kashmir dispute came to the limelight and has been in the news recently with the Iran offer to mediate the issue between Pakistan and India wherein Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Mehdi Honardoost divulged the aforementioned interest in an interview that “Tehran is willing to mediate between Pakistan and India over the long-standing issue of Jammu Kashmir if requested.” He further added that Kashmiris hail Tehran’s readiness to use its special relations with both Pakistan and India in getting birth right to Kashmiris struggling for past 77 years. Though Iran has all along been extending moral, political and diplomatic support to the cause of Kashmir in and outside of the UN, and Kashmiris openly acknowledge this support but its stance over Kashmir dispute was not as clear as this one. In past, it did not want to meddle in the imbroglio to the extent that it chokes the normal ties between India and Iran. However, it occasionally made efforts to ameliorate the growing tensions in Kashmir and requested India for restraint on humanitarian grounds.
Much has been written on the Kashmir issue and there is much more need to highlight this issue again because the real sufferers are the people of Kashmir and the regional stakeholders who want to promote regional peace and economic integration. Kashmir dispute is more a humanitarian issue than merely a dispute between India and Pakistan. Human rights abuses in the Indian-occupied Kashmir range from mass killings, enforced disappearances, torture, rape and sexual abuse to political repression and suppression of freedom of speech. Since December 1989 more than 100,000 Kashmiris have been killed by Indian forces. In 2011, EU had discovered 24,000 unmarked graves in Kashmir. Hundreds of bodies were those of local Kashmiris. Indian forces in Kashmir even show a little mercy on Muslims who want to perform religious rituals. Last year, a prominent pro-India Kashmiri politician, Mr. Tariq Hameed Karra, had resigned from India’s Parliament and from his regional party to protest a government crackdown in Kashmir that prevented people from offering Eid prayers for the first time in the occupied region.
In order to achieve peace in the region, there is a proposal that heads of political parties of both parts of Jammu and Kashmir be allowed to form a Grand Peace Council (GPC). The Council should mull over the details of the dispute and its long delayed history and should come out with a formula to be discussed later with Pakistan and India. The responsibility of this issue was also on the shoulders of the big and important Islamic countries like Saudi Arabia, Iran and Pakistan.
Pakistan knows that all roads to peace and prosperity in South Asia go through Kashmir. It has always been a vocal moral supporter and sympathizer of the Kashmiri’s right to self-determination. It wants a peaceful negotiated solution to this dispute which has bedeviled regional relations between the two neigbours. Pakistan is open for talks on this issue anytime, anywhere with generous mindset. On the contrary, India has rejected Pakistan’s invitations to hold talks on the future of Kashmir. India needs to talk about this issue of urgency. The dispute is solvable if the disputants believe in dialogue and consultation. Former President of Pakistan, General (R) Pervez Musharaf rightly said in of his interviews that “We must learn from history, there is no military solution for the Kashmir issue, we have to understand this reality.”
—The writer is a Researcher at Islamabad Policy Research Institute, a think tank based in Islamabad.


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The Biden administration announced an expansion of humanitarian relief efforts targeted at Venezuelans already residing in the United States.
According to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official, the decision will make approximately 472,000 Venezuelans eligible for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and work permits.
This new policy will permit these migrants to obtain work authorization without undergoing the usual 180-day waiting period applicable to asylum applicants.
The decision comes after ongoing appeals from New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who has been vocal in his criticism of the federal government’s handling of the city’s migrant situation.
Mayor Adams had consistently called for the White House to expedite work authorizations for incoming migrants, stating, “We appreciate that 15,000 migrant asylum seekers are now something that we can look towards moving out of our care.”
He emphasized, however, that New York City is still grappling with the arrival of tens of thousands of migrants from other countries each month.
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced the extension and redesignation of TPS for Venezuelans for an additional 18 months, applicable to those who were in the U.S. on or before July 31.
The DHS said, “As a result, an additional approximately hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan nationals across the country will be immediately eligible to apply for work authorization. TPS provides temporary protection from removal, as well as employment authorization for eligible Venezuelan nationals.”
New York Governor Kathy Hochul applauded the federal initiative, describing it as a significant step toward alleviating the migrant crisis affecting her state.
“There’s more work to do as we address this crisis, but the State of New York is prepared to immediately begin the process of signing people up for work authorization and getting them into jobs so they can become self-sufficient,” Hochul said in a statement.
According to data from City Hall, approximately 40% of the over 100,000 migrants who have arrived in New York City since the spring of 2022 have been from Venezuela.
Previously, the TPS protections were limited to those Venezuelans who had been in the U.S. continuously as of March 2021, thereby excluding hundreds of thousands of migrants who had fled Venezuela’s authoritarian regime since that date.
State and city authorities are optimistic that allowing migrants to work legally will enable them to secure their own housing, relieving pressure on the city’s overcrowded temporary and permanent shelter network.

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Mars Chocolate on Thursday announced a plethora of new products that will appear on retail store shelves in the coming months, with two of the items — M&M's Crispy Chocolate Candies and Snickers Xtreme Bar — making a return due to popular demand.
Mars Chocolate announced the introduction of a new Combos party bag to help usher in the summer. The 15-oz. bag is ideal for a range of activities — from family gatherings to road trips — according to the company.
Snack Factory Pretzel Crisp recently introduced two new flavors, as well as a new product line. The new flavor options include Honey Mustard & Onion and Sea Salt & Crack Pepper, and the new product comes in the form of a "mini" version of its Original and Cheddar flavors, which the company says was inspired by consumer demand for bite-size snacks.
Fresh is driving new trips to drug stores — there is no denying. But, in general, drug stores have been good at creating more reasons to shop their stores. DSN identified a few hot consumables and GM products that are likely to help grow impulse purchases.

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Never before has a country committed itself to so fundamental and dramatic a transformation of a major region of the world as the United States has in the Middle East since 2001… . It remains to be seen how well the rhetoric of promoting reform will weather the experience of promoting reform.
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In an effort to combat rising rates of obesity in adults and kids, the government mandated that large chain restaurants include nutrition information about their meals on menus. One year after that law was passed in 2010, however, there was little change in the amount of fat and sodium in these eateries’ offerings, according to a study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Even when menu items changed, one new item’s healthier content was often offset by another’s less-healthy ingredients—an overall pattern of “one step forward, one step back,” the authors concluded.
About the study
Researchers collected nutrition information from 213 restaurants websites in early 2010 and again about one year later. The government passed the menu labeling law during that time frame.
The researchers compared data on entrées only. Side items were not included except in combination meals. Nutritional information on foods from children’s menus, when available, were separated from adult menu items.
Restaurants involved in the study included take-out/delivery, fast food, casual, buffet, family dining and upscale chains.
In the approximately one year after the labeling law was passed, the study found that:
- Overall calorie and sodium content had not changed significantly, and most restaurants hadn’t changed their menus at all.
- Family-style restaurants lowered sodium in their high-sodium choices, but foods still contained much more sodium than guidelines recommend.
- Fast-food restaurants slightly lowered calorie content in kids’ entrées.
- Few children’s menus changed. When they did, sodium levels went up, on average, instead of down.
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|The authors wrote that their findings do not support claims by the restaurant industry that menus are trending healthier. Even the few, small changes noted in the study “may be due to chance,” they wrote.
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As some of you were interested in my works, I decided to start a topic, showing them.
I think this is a good Idea, because if more people will watch my works, I will know more opinions. I allso will be glad to receave historical information here and to negotiate with other skinners ( in limits of personal help, because I already act in one project ).
Allso, If somebody have pictures and images, I will need them.
Some words, about my style of work, to avouid misunderstanding. I prefer to use various colors and avoud using faction uniform. Some may say that those armyes are too colorfull, but this is more realistic, as ancient warriors had to get clothes themeselves. Ritch warriors, like guard or veterans receave equipment from king's armory and berst blacksmiths, so they can use uniform, but often only in the limits of a single regiment.
All skins, beside of celtic ( webbird's are the best. *wink* ) I prefer to desighn myself, and not to fully copy somebody's. Most of my units are dedicated to TS-TW, but I will release here units, wich were cuted or just are out of this mod's time limit.
As I use experience of other skinnres, I must say thanks to...
Xanthipos and Rider. For some models, I can't make myself.
Alcibiades of Athens. For Idea of using models, wich siuts for many cultures ( like his cataphracts. )
Webbird. For celtic skins.
Ferres and Warspite. For good textures, some parts of wich I use in my works.
ImageShack. For free image hosting.
Have a good day.


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BC Platforms, a global leader in healthcare data management and analytics, today announced it…
Medexprim, the European leader in enriched multi-omics and multicentric datasets, aggregating clinical, genomic, and medical imaging data, joins AGORiA SANTĒ, a collective of actors convinced that it is by developing common answers, multiplying and sharing data sources, that we will be able to progress in the use of health data for research purposes.
With this first partnership and all the other partners who will soon join the consortium, AGORiA SANTĒ aims to create a community of interest around health data to facilitate the implementation of scientific projects to improve the therapeutic management of patients and respect their rights.
Furthermore, within the AGORiA SANTĒ consortium, Medexprim will contribute to the reflections on use cases, data quality and research, and economic models to accelerate research projects on Real-World Data. Medexprim will participate in the consortium’s committee, which strives to promote experience sharing, user feedback on the platform, and the emergence of mutualized initiatives between health data stakeholders.
Medexprim will also feed the AGORiA SANTĒ Clinical Data Warehouse (CDW) with data from the healthcare sector to exploit it, particularly by matching it to the SNDS (national health data system) for clinical research purposes.
“The partnership between AGORiA SANTĒ and Medexprim is part of our wish to contribute to the emergence of a strong and structured French Real-World Data (RWD) sector“, says Julie Baussand, Medexprim’s Innovation Project Director. “We want to combine Medexprim’s skills and know-how with the expertise of the consortium members to explore the opportunities for using data to answer clinical questions centered on the patient, the optimization of care, and its costs.
Diane-Charlotte Baillet, Director of the AGORiA SANTĒ consortium within Docaposte, underlines her satisfaction “to welcome Medexprim as the first partner of AGORiA SANTĒ, to work on data sourcing and multicentric clinical data chaining. This partnership illustrates our desire to federate widely the players who want to work together on health data in a framework of ethical and sovereign trust, respectful of individuals and data owners.”
Led by Docaposte with AstraZeneca, Impact Healthcare, and Takeda, AGORiA SANTĒ will bring together top healthcare and data science players (hospital structures, academic players, pharmaceutical companies, Medtechs, startups, …) within a sovereign, secure, and legally compliant framework, to contribute to the improvement of therapeutic management of patients based on the use of real-life health data. AGORiA SANTĒ is the first consortium of private players authorized by the CNIL to set up a clinical data warehouse (CDW) with an SNDS (national health data system) feeder system.
Docaposte Patrice Lemonnier – email@example.com / +33 (0)1 55 44 25 35
Medexprim Anne-Sophie Labeta – firstname.lastname@example.org
About AGORiA SANTÉ
Launched in June 2021, AGORiA SANTÉ was conceived by its three founding members, Docaposte, AstraZeneca, and Impact Healthcare, joined in 2022 by the pharmaceutical company Takeda. As a consortium, it opens to healthcare and data science players who share a common goal: to actively contribute to improving healthcare services to benefit patients through innovation and data. The purpose behind the creation of AGORiA SANTÉ is to deliver each member of the consortium legal, regulatory, and technical solutions to facilitate and accelerate access to the data needed to improve patient care in France while respecting the security rules necessary to guarantee the protection of health data relating to the people involved in Real-World research. This ambition translates into clear objectives for the AGORiA SANTÉ consortium and the platform developed to host and analyze the data: (1) Pooling of efforts and resources; (2) Simplification of legal and regulatory processes, in particular the linking of multiple data sources, including the SNDS, allowing for long-term follow-up of patients, and simplification of secondary use of existing databases opening new opportunities for RWE and increasing the value of data already collected;(3) Simplification of technical access to data for other researchers (other vendors for improved, innovative analyses, other data…);(4) Simplification of technical access to data for other researchers (other providers for improved, innovative analyses, other teams owning data sources, academics…), public or private, in France or in other countries, without the need for data transfers;(5) Improved efficiency by centralizing each member’s proprietary data in a single secure server located in France, maintained by a trusted third party (Docaposte) and approved by the CNIL;(6) Improved transparency by encouraging the standardization of the databases according to internationally recognized formats, thus preparing for broader data exchanges if necessary in the future.
REAL-WORLD EVIDENCE FOR BETTER CARE
Medexprim is the European leader in secure imaging and clinical data extraction to accelerate medical research. As a Real-World data specialist, Medexprim builds bridges between European academic hospitals, and pharmaceutical, AI and medical device companies. In compliance with the GDPR, Medexprim helps hospitals boost their clinical research strategy and valorize their data, through a suite of software and services designed with and for clinicians. Medexprim provides its partners with secure access to complex, regulatory-grade, multi-omics and multicentric datasets to serve oncology, neurology and cardiology, and help solve the “one patient, one disease, one treatment” equation to accelerate personalized medicine.

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An ultra close look at Panic! At The Disco’s colourful breakthrough video IWrite Sins, NotTragedies…
You know what not enough music videos have? Ringmasters! As luck would have it, Panic! At The Disco were aware of this when putting together their video for IWrite Sins Not Tragedies for the kajillion-selling debut album AFever You Can’t Sweat Out. It’s probably one of the best ringmaster-centric videos evermade!
So let’s dive onin!
0.01Immediately there’s something abit different going on here. Plucked cello strings, awedding invitation and abig-ass feather? It’s all alot more dramatic and theatrical than alot of what other bands were doing at thetime.
You are watching: Daniel isaac i write sins not tragedies
0.09Brendon Urie, there, channeling AClockwork Orange.
0.19Urie is doing his own echo, there, one of many incidences of Panic! putting more words into aspace than you might reasonably expect anyoneto.
0.23There’s something odd about this lot that it takes alittle while to properly put your fingeron.
0.32Urie’s mouth isn’t shown mouthing the word ‘whore’, pre-empting the inevitable censorship from music stations. The same happens with ‘god damn’ – they opted for silence over recording a ‘gosh darn’version.
0.33‘Whore’ isn’t anice way to refer to someone. The seeds of this song supposedly come from abreakup that lyricist Ryan Ross went through, and him subsequently thinking how much worse it could have been if the relationship had gone further before all going wrong. However, afew years ago, Urie wrote abit about the song that seemed like part of it had come from his life: “I had this friend, Eric — we were really good friends and he knew Iwas really into this girl and she and Ihad been talking for awhile. Iwas smitten over this girl. And Iwas slow at making amove because Iwas just so nervous. Next thing Iheard: they were fucking. And that just broke my heart.” Kind of seems like Eric is the dick in that story, tbh, and chucking words like ‘whore’ around is probably uncalledfor.
0.34Worth noting: Urie opens adoor here, significant in avideo in which closing goddamn doors is repeatedly requested. Also worth noting: look at how pleasant Brendon Urie’s faceis.
0.38Yeah, that bit should be ‘closing the god damn door’. Areasonable amount of people think this song is called Closing The God Damn Door. The actual title comes from abook by Douglas Coupland, best known for his books Generation Xand Microserfs. In his novel Shampoo Planet, the lead character Tyler writes, “I am writing alist of tragic character flaws on my dollar bills with afelt pen. Iam thinking of the people in my universe and distilling for each of these people the one flaw in their character that will be their downfall – the flaw that will be their undoing. What Iwrite are not sins; Iwrite tragedies.” Coupland has taken inspiration in the other direction – his novel Girlfriend In AComa takes its name from aSmiths song. There are other literary references on on AFever You Can’t Sweat Out – The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage comes from Chuck Palahniuk’s novelSurvivor.
0.40The erstwhile rest of Panic! are behind Urie. They’ve had afairly tumultuous history, with Urie now the sole surviving founding member. The full ins and outs of what happened are really long and involve alot of one person saying one thing and another saying another, with some ambiguity over whether some former members played on certain records or didn’t, and credit for the origin stories behind some songs abit in-betweensy in terms of people, like the Ryan/Brendan/“Eric” tale above. Whatever happened subsequently, they have one of the jammiest origin stories in music, getting signed to Pete Wentz’s Decaydance label before ever playing alive show on the strength of two songs posted to his LiveJournal. Early adopters, man. But kudos to Wentz for going, ‘You know what’ll make loads of people millions of dollars? Five dudes dressed like Victorians, one of whom plays the fucking accordion, who have never played ashow before!’
0.42These circus performers are members of the Lucent Dossier Experience, asurreal, avant-garde troupe of musicians and acrobats beloved by the kind of dudes that spend £300 on aleather top hat with big-ass rings on it. The idea came out of what would have been adrinking session between the band and director Shane Drake had the band been old enough to drink. Drake told MTV: “The whole idea came to me like alightning bolt, and Iturned to the band and said, ‘Here it is: We’re going to do awedding where the bride’s side is made up of creepy, face-painted people, and the groom’s side is all carnival vaudeville freaks. And Brendon plays the part of the groom’s subconscious. They all sort of looked at me, so Isaid, ‘Look, it’s got stilts, brides crying and infidelity. It’s perfect.’ And they were totally sold. Then Igot even more trashed and pitched it to the label.” As luck would have it, Drake had afriend of afriend who was in the Lucent Dossier Experience, and that wasthat.
0.55Oh, dude, it’s creepy. Eyes painted on eyelids.Unsettling.
0.58Playing acello in this way is known as pizzicatto. This particular cello is being plucked by session cellist and composer Heather Stebbins.
1.00Daniel Isaac McGuffey, who plays the groom here, was aformer intern for director Shane Drake, who said, “I feel bad for Daniel, because now people are constantly stopping him and asking him if he’s in Panic! At The Disco, and he gets all this fan mail written by little girls who think he’s in the band. It really got annoying, and so to get away from it all, he took ajob working at the Cheesecake Factory or someplace like that.” McGuffey was acompetitor on the fifth season of U.S. MasterChef.
1.01Also look at how fucking giant Brendon Urie’s eyes are.Bonkers.
1.08The bride is played by Jessie Preston, who there isn’t alot of information online about. There is, however, atattoo artist in Montreal called Jessi Preston, without the E, who recently did abig-ass tattoo of aunicorn on adude where his willy becomes the unicorn’s willy that kind of has to be seen to be believed.
1.33So many words! Panic! At The Disco were never the favourite band of people with limited word counts – whether consciously or unconsciously, this first generation of internet bands went abit nutso with long song titles. Journalists with space for 100 words were in areal pickle with 15-word titles (the mid-name exclamation mark is also sometimes very annoying to write, but nadechworld.com! is hardly in aposition to complain). Urie later told Billboard: “We saw that Fall Out Boy had acouple song titles that were really long. We were like, ‘Oh, that’s fun.’ We started doing it. Bands like Name Taken and alot of the bands in the scene were doing cool stuff like that, so we took it astep further. Nobody had song titles that were as long as ours.” AFever You Can’t Sweat Out included the tracks The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage, Lying Is The Most Fun AGirl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off and There’s AGood Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven’t Thought Of ItYet.
1.42The whole video was shot in one day, which is really impressive given the sheer amount of shit going on – presumably circus performers are pretty good at doing their own makeup and stuff like that, which would be atimesaver. It was shot in afarmhouse in Santa Clarita, California, that had previously been used as alocation in Rob Zombie’s gorefest The Devil’s Rejects. However, in anon-Californian twist, it was freezing – fine for band members in baroque three-piece suits, less so for half-naked circusperformers.
1.48Some of the circus performers used afairly tried-and-tested yet medically inadvisable method for keeping warm: the beer jacket. “It’s difficult to catch in the video — and even Ididn’t realise it until we were done filming — but half of the bride’s side of the wedding is completely drunk in the video,” director Drake told MTV. “They snuck flasks in and were drinking to stay warm. Iwould’ve been pretty pissed at them if I’d known. Ifound out later that one of them almost threw up on mywife.”
2.03‘Poise and rationality’, with akind of double meaning if heard as “poison rationality”, is just not the kind of verbiage one expects from aband of actual children. Being able to match catchy-ass tunes, really compelling theatricality, aunique image and weirdly intricate, world-weary lyrics while too young to buy aKronenbourg is pretty flippin’impressive.
2.19This is one of enormous pop star Taylor Swift’s favourite songs. In 2019, she wrote about it: “When Ihear IWrite Sins Not Tragedies by Panic! At The Disco, I’m transported back to being 16 and driving down the streets of Hendersonville, Tennessee, with my best friend Abigail, euphorically screaming the lyrics.” Swift recruited Urie to write with her, resulting in the song Me!, which ended up as, among other things, the quickest music video to ever reach 100 millionviews.
2.26It’s your wedding, yo. That’s justrude.
2.36Imagine really feeling like shit but also being surrounded by clowns.Unthinkable.
2.48YouTube ruins the video from this point onwards with pop-up nonsense, but Urie’s role as the groom’s subconscious is revealed – it’s now the groom wearing that badass ringmastergear.
3.04And with atipped hat and some brief but impressive sub zero circussing, there we are. Ajustified winner of the Best Video award at the MTV Video Music Awards, astar-making turn from Urie and instant global superstars. Not bad for aday of pratting about in achilly barn!


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By Pari Syal
Big or small, a design professional thrives on challenges. When Hiren Patel Architects (HPA) from Ahmedabad were asked to transform an old vacant school building in suburban Mumbai, into a chic corporate office for a leading industrial tycoon, their thinking caps began to revolve around an energy efficient edifice with the focus on four core features: smart exterior elevations, regimented interior layout, seamless inside-outside integration of built-structure with landscape and a naturesque thematic.
Focussing on the premise that the office should be a far cry from any regular working environment and sport an open, interactive equation, the architects chiselled varied spaces – for meetings, brainstorming sessions and the like, encouraging the staff to quit their staid desks and ideate.
“It is an out-and-out interior project,” says Mr. Hiren Patel, “Except for some fine-tuning in the elevation, with especially designed weather shades for protection from direct sun rays and the heavy Mumbai rains.” While these weather shades also become the planters that beautify the building’s exterior face, the ‘nature’ theme is sustained inside via graphics, paintings and signage with almost all meeting rooms and offices named after a flower; and every area adorned with graphics (designed by Allen Shaw) providing the requisite information about the respected flower assigned to that space. Further the selection of works of art, whether paintings or sculptures or even an understated wall mural in steel, have been assiduously synchronised with details in the interior make-up viz., line and form of panelling, lighting solutions, glass canopy, down to details in the furniture design as well.
The resultant simplicity is efficacious; with a material and colour palette that rejuvenates whilst it soothes the senses. Neutral backdrops abound, making room for a latent vitality through colour in soft furnishings and the works of art that dot the office. A generous inclusion of plants in the interiors tends to usher in the landscape outside; floor-to-ceiling glass partitions and premeditated fenestrations further promote a seamless integration of interior-exterior spaces all along.
While one could safely say that a healthy measure of art and nature anoint this office, it is the God in details that essentially wraps it into a well-groomed corporate set-up, refined and chiselled to upbeat suaveness.

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So, it seems that stock cooler isn't that good after all - it's too inconsitent.
Had same thing printed twice, and they should had the same cooling, but one came warped.. other didn't.
I gave your v10 another chance and unfortunately I had similar cooling issues.
Perhaps the fan is not powerful enough? It's pretty quiet for a radial fan, even on 100%.
If I may recommend something - why not try to make MK2-like shroud, that blows air from the front only?
Most printers have such shroud and they work well, maybe it's worth the shot.


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Representatives of Kenyan tribes and communities will contribute to the event by sharing their knowledge and experiences
A large delegation of representatives of indigenous communities from the Slow Food Terra Madre network and beyond will be participating in Indigenous Terra Madre (ITM 2015), which will take place from November 3 to 7, 2015 in Shillong (Meghalaya, India). The event is the result of a collaboration between Slow Food, the Indigenous Partnership for Agrobiodiversity and Food Sovereignty (Indigenous Partnership) and the North East Slow Food and Agrobiodiversity Society (NESFAS).
International representatives will be coming to the event from five continents, from 14 African countries, 17 Asian countries, 8 European countries, 12 American countries and 7 Oceanian countries.
Representatives from several Kenyan communities will be attending:
– Gabbra communities (northern Kenya and highlands of southern Ethiopia). The Gabbra communities are camel-herding nomads, specializing in the production of milk and animal fat. They will use their traditional knowledge and experience in nomadic livestock management to demonstrate herders’ resilience to cope with constant drought and climate-change-induced stresses.
– the Watta/Wayyuu community (northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia). The Watta community is traditionally made up of hunters and gatherers, though they have now been assimilated into a larger group in the region. The Watta are at the point of extinction, having been marginalized and lost their hunting livelihoods since government policies made hunting illegal and seized land for development. Currently they are pastoralist and are promoting a revival of their culture and language in order to reclaim their identity.
– the Kalenjin community (Rift Valley). The Kalenjin community is a semi-nomadic pastoralist group famous for giving returning champions a drink of traditionally fermented milk known as mursik from a colorful gourd or sotet. The adoption of mursik milk-preserving technology by non-pastoralist communities has meant its commercialization can serve as a viable source of income for livestock farmers.
– the El Molo community (southeastern shores of Lake Turkana). The smallest indigenous fishing group (around 400 people) in the area.
– the Ogiek tribe. Involved in the production of the Ogiek honey, a Slow Food Presidium in the Mau Forest. With support from NECOFA, Manitese and Slow Food the members have been given training in adding value and marketing and are now in the process of developing a Participatory Forest Management Plan (PFMP) that will allow them to co-manage the forest with the Kenya Forest Service. Since becoming a Slow Food Presidium and adding value to their honey they are earning a better income, which has greatly improved their lives.
– the Burji community. This community practices agro-pastoralism and is made up of farmers and traders. The community promotes drought-tolerant crops (e.g. finger millet, sorghum wheat, barley) and uses indigenous knowledge in planting kale and onions to sustain itself. The Burji produce ruke, a bread made from wheat flour, which can last for more than three months and it is mostly used by men when travelling long distances.
– the Borana community (Isiolo county). These pastoralists face numerous challenges because of the harsh nature of their living environment. They are greatly affected by seasonal weather changes, and are not economically empowered to cushion themselves against these tough conditions. The imminent erosion of a culture of preservation will also soon expose a technological inability to ensure a sustainable food supply.
– the Samburu community. A nomadic pastoralist community whose mobility depends on the pattern of the rains. They live communally and they eat mainly milk and blood from their animals and wild honey, which acts as a herbal medicine and helps prevent illness.
– the Turkana community. The third largest Nilotic ethnic group in Kenya, mainly semi–nomadic pastoralists. Livestock is a very important aspect of their lives; they rely on their animals, like cows, goats, camels and donkeys, for milk, meat and blood as their staple foods.
– the Rendille community. A nomadic group in north-central Kenya, very dependent on their livestock, which they rely on for milk, meat and blood, their staple foods. They keep animals like cows, goats, camels and donkeys. The women are in charge of the animal products (meat, blood, milk and ghee) and feeding the families.
– the Porini Sanctuary, a hub in the middle of the Mwireri community. This hub brings together hunter-gatherers, small-scale farmers and pastoralists. It saddles a diverse melting pot of cultures and forms a stable stronghold of intercultural exchanges and cultural tolerance, as was demonstrated during the post-election violence in 2007/2008, when the community was a haven for those fleeing disturbed areas. They are currently collaborating with Slow Food Kenya on how to form a Presidium. Indigenous honey and food crops are the main products, which feed the neighboring communities.
Representatives from several other groups and organizations from Kenya will also attend the event, including the Kivulini Trust (an organization that supports the improvement of the social and economic status of pastoralist communities in the Trust area through capacity building for sustainable livelihoods leading to self-reliance), the Waso Trustland Project (which undertakes protection of land user rights and social and economic development of indigenous communities in Isiolo county), MWADO (Marsabit Women Advocacy and Development Organization), the Samburu Women Trust (a network of thousands of women across four counties in Kenya) and the Pastoralist Youth for Environment Conservation (started in 2012, its main aim is to empower pastoralist youth to become self-reliant and participate in a number of activities).
You can find the program of the event here: http://bit.ly/1LWZaxh
Indigenous Terra Madre 2015 gratefully acknowledges funding support from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), The Christensen Fund and the Government of Meghalaya. Indigenous Terra Madre 2015 is also thankful for the contributions made by Tamalpais Trust, Swift Foundation, AgroEcology Fund, Bread for the World and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Terra Madre is a worldwide network, launched by Slow Food in 2004, which unites small-scale producers from 163 countries involved in the sustainable production of food. Among these, to date the Indigenous Terra Madre Network comprises 372 indigenous food communities, 41 indigenous Presidia projects and 308 indigenous Ark of Taste products. For more information: https://slowfood.com/international/149/indigenous-terra-madre-network
Discover the stories of Indigenous Peoples from around the world on Slow Food website in the ‘Indigenous Voices’ section! https://www.slowfood.com/international/food-for-thought/slow-themes/260987
For further information, please contact the Slow Food International Press Office:
Paola Nano, +39 329 8321285 [email protected]
Ajay Nayak, +91-9820535501 [email protected]
Slow Food involves over a million of people dedicated to and passionate about good, clean and fair food. This includes chefs, youth, activists, farmers, fishers, experts and academics in over 158 countries; a network of around 100,000 Slow Food members linked to 1,500 local chapters worldwide (known as convivia), contributing through their membership fee, as well as the events and campaigns they organize; and over 2,500 Terra Madre food communities who practice small-scale and sustainable production of quality food around the world.

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The game lobby of the Grand Casino Baden will sport Apparat titles including 40 Sevens, Total Eclipse and Heimdall’s Horn, as well as the recently approved Finest Fruits and Jack Potter & The Book of Dynasties 6.
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William Bell took charge of the Architect's Department in 1877 and remained in post until the end of 1914. During that time the company built many new stations and enlarged others, while its workshops expanded dramatically to cope with the increase in traffic and hence rolling stock. The book covers this period and then goes on to look at the Architect's Department through the LNER and BR periods.These two volumes, together with Volume One, which sadly is out of print, combine to provide the most comprehensive study of a railway company's architecture ever published.
Hardcover, 256 pages, 254 b/w, 71 colour illustrations, 108 drawings.


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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, November 11th 2015 [ME NewsWire]
On Wednesday, the United Arab Emirates will officially assume the duties of chair of the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) following the unanimous selection of the UAE Ministry of Interior as the next chair of the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), taking over from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE). Major General Dr. Nasser Lakhrebani Al Nuaimi, Secretary General of the Office of HH Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, was unanimously selected as the new VGT chairperson and will assume the duties of chair of the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), an international alliance of law enforcement agencies and private sector partners dedicated to combating online child sexual abuse for the next three years (2015-2018).
The Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) is an international alliance of law enforcement agencies and private sector partners dedicated to combating online child sexual abuse. The appointment of the UAE to chair this prestigious taskforce for the next three years is testament from member countries and law enforcement agencies to the efficient efforts, competence and civilized values of the UAE police reflects recognition from member states and international police institutions for the efficiency of the UAE police and its cultural approaches.
It also recognizes the humanitarian and professional efforts exerted by the Ministry of Interior in this aspect, which personify the wise directives of Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior and his tireless commitment to emphasize the importance of joint international action to ensure a decent safe and secure life to all children, who are the builders of the future in a crime and risk-free world.
Major General Dr. Nasser Lakhrebani Al Nuaimi said: “Winning the bid to chair this prestigious alliance and host its conferences clearly demonstrates the prestigious international stature and honorable reputation of the UAE society, and the leadership’s commitment to establish the UAE as a center of excellence in the field of child protection and enhance children’s awareness regarding the dangers of modern technologies. He said: “It is our responsibility to make the Internet a safer place for children. To this end, we rely on Allah’s help and cooperation of all decent people around the world to help us achieve this noble humanitarian mission.”
Major General Al Nuaimi also noted that the VGT will continue to draw on its successes to further expand its membership, and drive forward leading activities and programs against child abuse. It will also continue mobilizing the world, the public opinion as well as awareness-raising religious and civil institutions, in a bid to reinforce concerted efforts in the field child protection against all forms of abuse. Moreover, he praised the achievements of the current chair and the different members of VGT and commended the collaborative efforts of member countries to protect children. “Since its inception in 2003, the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) has significantly changed the way in which countries work together to protect children. The dismantling of global pedophile networks, the coordination of covert internet investigations, the sharing and developing of intelligence are among the global activities of the VGT in recent years, as well as other procedures to highlight global child abuse cases and protect children against abuse,” he said.
During the meeting of the Virtual Global Taskforce that will be held on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi, Major General Al Nuaimi will assume the duties of chair from Ian M. Quinn, Deputy Assistant Director (DAD) for the Investigative Services Division and the Cyber Crimes Center (C3) within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). The UAE was voted unanimously, in recognition of the significant tireless efforts and extensive activities carried out by the UAE Ministry of Interior, and aimed at strengthening international cooperation and coordination to protect children and prevent and respond to child sexual exploitation.
The UAE, represented by the Ministry of Interior, officially became a member of the VGT in May 2010, by inking accession documents to VGT. Under the agreement, the UAE will be legally bound to realize the VGT objectives seeking to make the Internet a safer place; identify, locate and help children at risk of sexual exploitation.
The VGT law enforcement member agencies, including its only Arab member, the UAE, include the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); the National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre (Canadian Mounted Police); the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (UK); the INTERPOL; the EUROPOL, the law enforcement agency of the European Union; the Australian Federal Police (AFP); Italian Postal and Communication Police Service; New Zealand Police; the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA); the Dutch National Police (DNP); the Cybercrime Coordination Unit Switzerland (CYCO) and the National Police of Colombia, among others.
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- Apple iPad 2. Of course, given the inevitability that iPad 3 is on the way. And this will also affect pricing of other digital gadgets that retailers want to clear before the iPad 3 is introduced, notes Time.
- Wine. In particular, bottles priced over $30 are likely to be marked down, because economically-challenged consumers have barely bought at this price range. Visits to local wine stores bear this out.
- Laptops. Out with desktop PCs, in with replacement laptops, at new low, low prices.
- Android tablets. Kindle Fire, $199--Android tablets have to come down to compete. Without question.
- Solid state drives. Demand is growing for solid state drives as prices drop. The cycle will feed on itself, says Dealnews, and I agree.
- Car rentals. I'm skeptical, but if rental firms have lots of inventory sitting idle, they'll have to budge on price to get people to their lots. Last time I priced a rental, however, prices were still way above 2010.
- E-book readers. Ordinary Kindles are getting cheaper and better, not to mention the Kindle Fire's huge popularity. To play in this marketplace, competitors will have to reduce prices. Buzz over e-books is growing, and the higher-priced readers will be shut out if they don't find a way to compete quickly.
- Apple MacBook Air refurbished models. Enough said, especially with a new MacBook on the way in 2012.
- GPS units. Those individual units with "lifetime" maps are going, going, gone as smartphones and other connected gadgets give us up-to-the-minute map info. Definitely.
- Media streamers. Think Roku and similar standalone boxes, which are competing with ever-cheaper DVD players (and TVs) capable of streaming without a separate gadget. Again, this makes sense.
- 3D TVs. Not a lot of demand yet, especially at the currently high price points, and stock is starting to pile up. Watch for super deals at Superbowl time!
- Homes. Dealnews says downward pricing pressure will continue into 2012, but I'm seeing prices start to plateau. My view is that areas with a glut of empty homes (much of Florida, much of Cleveland) will see lower prices, while areas with less of a glut will see slowly rising prices through the year.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Going Down: Pricing Trends for 2012
Dealnews has an interesting piece titled "12 Things That Will Be Less Expensive in 2012," which suggests that prices are going down on the following products. I'm also adding my two cents to this list:


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Cemetaries & Headstones
Artesia Cemetery, Cerritos, CA
Buried There: Lots of BYARS and STIFFLERS.
This pillar/ grave marker is in the Artesia Cemetary, Cerritos CA. John & Annaretta are my Great Great Great Grandparents.
This is an inscription on the north side of John and Annareta's Pillar Grave Marker...
NOT DEAD, BUT ASLEEP
Asleep in Jesus
Farewell Father and Mother farewell
These two stones were near each other, not far from John and Annareta's Grave... I don't know who they are yet
Rebecca Jane Stiffler... A daughter to John and Annareta

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About a year ago, I read a wonderful article in National Geographic titled, "This Is Your Brain On Nature," written by Florence Williams. It spurred me to read more about how spending time in nature positively impacts your brain and body. For instance, exposure to nature seems to have restorative benefits and be a good reducer of stress. There's a ton of research out there (here's a nice summary) including these articles in The Atlantic and Outside Magazine.
I spent time thinking about this and wanted to create a print inspired by both the scientific research and my own family's love of outdoor adventures. This is the resulting linocut print titled, "Mend," that I made from three carved blocks of linoleum. The poster is currently available in my Etsy shop.


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RESEARCHERS at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have found that recoupling livestock and feed production in the Netherlands would reduce ammonia emissions (nearly half) and greenhouse gas emissions (more than a quarter), nearly meeting the national climate goals for 2030.
The researchers note in the paper’s abstract that, “In many places on earth, livestock and feed production are decoupled, as feed is grown in one region and fed to livestock in another. This disrupts nutrient cycles by depleting resources in feed producing regions and accumulating resources in livestock areas, which leads to environmental degradation. One solution is to recouple livestock and feed production at a more local level, which enhances nutrient circularity. Recoupling livestock and feed production creates a natural ceiling for livestock numbers based on the feed producing capacity of a region.”
For the study, researchers used FOODSOM, an agro-ecological food system optimisation model representing the Dutch food system. The Netherlands is one example of a region with particularly high livestock densities and resource accumulation.
When recoupling livestock and feed, the scientists found that livestock numbers would decrease – especially in the poultry and pig sector, where numbers would need to more than halve. The Netherlands has a large area of permanent grassland which can be utilised by cattle and sheep, but the amount of arable land available to produce feed for pigs and poultry is limited.
The livestock density in the Netherlands is currently the highest in Europe and much of the feed is imported. This has resulted in a large surplus of nutrients in animal manure causing groundwater pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and excessive ammonia emissions. This contributes to high the nitrogen deposition rates that damage The Netherlands’ nature areas.
Researcher Ben van Selm said, “Recoupling livestock and feed production creates a natural ceiling for livestock numbers. The amount of feed produced in a region then determines the number of pigs, cattle and poultry that can be produced.”
Researcher Professor Imke de Boer said, “Recoupling livestock and feed production at a local level is a logical step to restore nutrient recycling in food systems. It creates a natural ceiling for livestock numbers based on the feed production capacity of a region. Our food system explorations may be used in the policy process to reform the food system. We show that recoupling livestock and feed production is a promising next step to enhance circularity while decreasing agricultures environmental impact.”


Oct 12, 2011, 1:48 PM EDT
Ryan Zimmerman made an appearance in the CSN studios yesterday and took some time to talk on-air with Ivan Carter. The Nationals’ “Face of the Franchise” since he was drafted in 2005 had some interesting things to say about where this organization used to be and where it resides now in the NL East.
Zimmerman admitted this was the first year in which he felt like the Nats had a chance to win every night they took the field and said he thinks the club needs to make only one or two key additions entering next season.
One of those additions needs to be a center fielder, Zimmerman said, because he doesn’t believe Jayson Werth wants to be subjected to the physical grind of that position over a full season.
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FRI: Phillies at Nats, 7:05 p.m.
SAT: Phillies at Nats, 4:05 p.m.
SUN: Phillies at Nats, 1:35 p.m.
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UK bus operators have set out how to deliver the Government’s pledge of 4,000 new zero-emission buses, supporting a green economic recovery and ensuring thousands of skilled jobs are retained in the UK.
In launching the new pledge, CPT points out that while bus operators have invested £2billion in new cleaner and greener buses over the last five years, the Covid-19 pandemic has meant that annual orders for around 2,750 buses have been reduced or cancelled entirely.
CPT is proposing a leasing model where operators pay a fee in exchange for long term usage of the bus. The purchase of these buses, which would all be zero-emission, would be financed through a combination of £2billion of government and private investment.
“Our new proposals kick start that process helping the government to achieve its ambition for 4,000 new zero emission buses, contributing to a green recovery from Covid-19 and protecting highly skilled UK manufacturing jobs,” says CPT chief executive Graham Vidler.
CPT also highlighted the importance of encouraging people back onto the bus following the government’s ‘avoid public transport messaging’ to both reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality.
“One extra bus journey per person each month would reduce carbon dioxide emissions by two million tonnes a year. In the aftermath of the ‘avoid public transport’ message the Government will need to work with operators on a high profile campaign to get people back onto the bus in the months ahead,” adds Vidler


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GREENWICH VILLAGE — A recently opened bar and restaurant on West Houston Street doesn't have a sign yet, but "secret bar" it is not.
The co-owner of the new spot Rogue & Canon, which opened Monday at 128 W. Houston St. at Sullivan Street, said he wants to serve high-end cocktails to the masses from behind the 26-foot-long mahogany bar.
"A lot of the cocktail dens are difficult to get into, and you can be intimidated by the door guy or the need to have a table reservation," said industry veteran Johnny Swet, who is a co-owner of the Jimmy, the bar atop The James Hotel.
Instead, Swet, 48, said he and his partners — Larry Poston, another hospitality world fixture, and newcomer Yanni Marmarou — want to practice "accessible mixology" at the no-reservations eatery.
Cocktails in the warmly lit restaurant lined with brown leather banquettes run $13 each. Giving the eatery its name, which refers to the juxtaposition of classics and more unconventional fare, they include choices like a Sazerac with rye, absinthe, sugar, Peychaud's Bitters and a lemon twist, as well as inventive options such as the American Pie, which consists of Applejack, Bavarian apple liquor and cranberry juice over a cinnamon ice block.
Rogue & Canon also has eight beers on tap for $8 or $9 each, plus a wine list.
The menu continues the spot's namesake theme, with options like the Canon Burger with cheddar, lettuce, tomato, onion and dill pickle on a potato roll ($15) and bolder choices like the Thai-inspired Rogue Burger, which is slathered with peanut butter and topped with crispy pork belly, onion marmalade and aged cheddar ($16).
Hangover Lo Mein is another signature dish in the space formerly home to low-key dive bar XR Bar. Served in a take-out container, the entree consists of spicy lo mein noodles, carrots, cabbage and grilled scallions ($17).
Swet — who also recently opened the more "old-school" restaurant Cole's Greenwich Village on Greenwich Avenue at West 13th Street — said diners and drinkers can expect to see his empire of cocktail joints grow.
"I think the Upper East Side might be next," he said. "There are so few fun bars up there."
Rogue & Canon at 128 W. Houston St. opens daily at 5 p.m. and closes Sunday and Monday at 1 a.m., Tuesday and Wednesday at 2 a.m. and Thursday through Saturday at 3 a.m.


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Cocoa fruits were used by the Indians of pre-Columbian America, and the scientific name Theobroma cacao, translated from Latin – “food of the gods”, the tree received in the middle of the 18th century from the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus.
Such a pretentious name is easily explained – cocoa beans, according to biologists, contain about 400 substances, most of which have useful, and sometimes even indispensable properties for human health.
WHERE AND HOW COCOA BEANS GROW
Comfortable conditions for the growth of a cocoa tree are high humidity, a hot climate, and the absence of direct sunlight.
Like a vacationer who does not want to burn out, they simply need sun awnings. Usually light-loving banana trees and coconut palms take on this role.
In the second year of life, flowers appear on cocoa trees, from which fruits ripen after 2-3 years. After that, the trees bear fruit for another 20-25 years.
Today, the habitat of wild Theobroma cacao is a narrow belt around the equator: within 10 degrees north and 10 degrees south latitude. And cocoa plantations can be found in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Absolute leadership in terms of production and export of cocoa belongs to the West African Republic of Côte d’Ivoire. Other major producers are Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Indonesia and Brazil.
There are three main varieties of the cocoa tree:
Criollo (Creollo) – an elite variety, originally from Venezuela. The beans are low in acid, have a pronounced flavor, and have virtually no bitterness. Unfortunately, Criollo trees are the least productive and often prone to disease.
Forastero (Forastero) – originates from the Amazon jungle. It is a stronger type of tree, easy to grow, and the most productive (accounting for about 85% of the world’s cocoa bean production). Most Forastero cultivars have a characteristic cocoa flavor, but they are not aromatic and are partially bitter or sour.
Trinitario (Trinitario) from Trinidad is a hybrid of Criollo and Forastero and combines a number of taste qualities of the former with disease resistance of the latter. Trinitario has a strong but noble aroma with a slight sourness and belongs to the elite varieties.
PROCESSING OF COCOA BEANS
The cocoa fruit consists of a shell and pulp, in which 30-50 small (about 2.5 centimeters in length) almond-shaped bean seeds are located. They have a bitter-tart taste and a pale color.
Ripe fruits are manually removed from the trees, carefully chopped and the precious seeds covered with white pulp are taken out. Then they are put in wooden boxes, covered with banana leaves and left for 5-6 days. During this time, in the process of fermentation (fermentation), the natural bitterness of cocoa beans is eliminated and a characteristic chocolate taste is formed.
cocoa bean inside
After fermentation, the beans are dried in the sun, put in jute bags and sent to factories. There, cocoa liquor, cocoa butter and cocoa powder are made from them.
Cocoa mass and cocoa butter are used as the main component in the production of chocolate and chocolate products, and cocoa powder is widely used in the confectionery, dairy and baking industries.
In addition, some of the components of cocoa fruits are used in pharmaceuticals and cosmetic products.


Launch of DBS’ new net-zero energy building
SINGAPORE – A new net-zero energy building was launched on Monday (July 18), joining 18 net-zero energy and 35 super low energy buildings, in the Government’s push to reduce carbon emissions.
The 30-year-old DBS Newton Green on Bukit Timah Road, which houses over 400 employees, was retrofitted by DBS with green features such as a solar panel roof and low energy appliances.
It has been certified by the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) as a Green Mark Platinum Zero Energy building, which means it produces more energy than it consumes.
National Development Minister Desmond Lee, who opened the building on Monday, said that buildings contribute over 20 per cent of Singapore’s carbon emissions.
He added: “Greening our buildings is absolutely crucial to further decarbonise our built environment. The private sector plays an important part in this endeavour.”
The move to achieve net-zero energy consumption is in line with the Singapore Green Building Masterplan announced in March last year – to make 80 per cent of Singapore’s buildings by gross floor area more sustainable, to have 80 per cent of new buildings classed as super low energy buildings and for best-in-class green buildings to improve energy efficiency by 80 per cent.
According to BCA, as at March this year, close to 7 per cent of new buildings by gross floor area have been certified as super low energy buildings which can achieve energy savings of at least 60 per cent compared to 2005 levels.
In his speech, Mr Lee said the building, with funding from BCA to help integrate green innovations, is expected to recover subsidised retrofitting costs within four years. The total cost of the project is over $5 million.
He also highlighted technology used such as driveways made from an amalgam of unrecyclable plastic and reprocessed asphalt waste instead of asphalt derived from crude oil, as well as a system which adjusts lighting based on where people are in the building.
DBS chief executive Piyush Gupta said the building will be a “living test bed for innovative sustainable technologies”.
He added: “While the sustainability challenges before us are manifold, DBS has prioritised climate action due to the sheer urgency of the issue and how it interrelates with other environmental and social concerns.”
DBS has pledged to power all its operations in Singapore using renewable energy by 2030. Other organisations such as the National University of Singapore (NUS) have also set sustainability targets for the end of the decade.
NUS campus infrastructure vice-president Koh Yan Leng said it plans to be a carbon-neutral campus by then. So far, it has one positive energy building, two net-zero energy buildings and eight super low energy buildings.
SDE4, a positive energy building located at its School of Design and Environment, can generate about 40 per cent more energy than it consumes, according to the university.
At present, there are four positive energy buildings in Singapore, said the BCA.
One building that became net-zero energy following modifications, Keppel Bay Tower in HarbourFront, has smart features to lower air-conditioning use such as sensors to optimise the building’s intake of fresh air and technology to remove sediments in its cooling tower system.
Keppel Land chief executive Louis Lim said: “Sustainability is not a choice, but something that all of us must do for the benefit of the planet.”
Source: The Straits Times, 18 Jul 2022
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Model #7273 Shield Wall Clock
9" H x 6" W x 4" D
This is a reproduction of an early Black Forest shield clock circa 1800. The eight-day, weight-driven movement strikes the hour and half-hour on a stately coil gong. The shield is hand painted with incredible detail by the award-winning Conny Haas of Rombach und Haas. This charming clock features antique-brass hands, pendulum and weight shells.
Each clock is individually hand painted so that each piece is a one-of-a-kind.
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Looking forward to joining Laura Wexler and the members of the Yale Photographic Memory Workshop and History of Science people at the Gilder Lehrman Centre’s Seminar room from 4:30-6:30. Open to the public — do come. I leave or Paris the next day, so this is your last chance for 5 months. (I don’t think the Photographic Memory Workshop means they study people with photographic memory, but rather the kind of work Laura has done on photography and memory, and most recently the extraordinary Photogrammar project, for searching and doing much more with FSA photos from the Depression.
So great that the Duke University library put some of the scrapbooks I was speaking about on display for people to look at.


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To Infinity and the end of the demo!
Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes (also known as Disney Infinity 2.0: Play Without Limits) seems to have struck gold this year, bringing together its lucrative “toys-to-life” Infinity franchise (that merges physical figures with a virtual game-world) and the ever popular Marvel Universe.Lees de volledige beschrijving
- Great characters
- Marvel! (AND Disney)
- Satisfying combat
- Plenty for free in the demo
- Grey world
- Expensive to get it all
Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes (also known as Disney Infinity 2.0: Play Without Limits) seems to have struck gold this year, bringing together its lucrative “toys-to-life” Infinity franchise (that merges physical figures with a virtual game-world) and the ever popular Marvel Universe.
I’ve got no strings
The game demo can be downloaded for free. This lets you play the opening moment of the Avengers, Spider-Man, and Guardians of the Galaxy campaigns, but without the USB 'Infinity Base' and some figures you will soon reach the end of this taster. However, with the “Infinity base” (which interfaces with the toys to take them into the world), play sets (which unlock levels), and the appropriate figures you can play these stages in full thanks to the wonders of near field communication (NFC) enabling data to move between toys and base.Parents be warned,the toys are great, and with each play set compatible with at least four different characters, they could quickly eat your way through your child’s pocket money and into your wallet. If you buy the starter set (which comes with the base), you’ll get the Avengers play set and three compatible Avenger figures – Black Widow, Thor, and Iron Man (as a general rule only characters from a matching franchise can be used - though there are exceptions). From there you are thrown into the Avengers campaign.All the play sets follow a similar formula. A linear level - punctuated by cut scenes – which establishes the story, followed by open-world missions that focus on a lot on collecting items and the game's simple, but satisfying brawling combat.In the case of the Avengers this equates to about half an hour of running through the Stark Tower, beating up Ice Giants and avoiding lasers as you hunt down Thor’s dastardly brother Loki. This is then followed by about five hours of running around a city completing tasks for famous Marvel characters such as Nick Fury.Unfortunately, if you are only playing the demo you will get to play two missions as Iron Man before the demo ends – just enough to induce addiction and tears in your average seven-year-old.
Sometimes the ups outnumber the downs
Disney Infinity: 2.0 is good fun, managing to introduce the characters and the third-person action concepts swiftly. This is especially important as each hero (or villain) controls differently. Black Widow relies almost exclusively on guns and using dodges to avoid combat. Other fighters are more lumbering and thus choose to block rather than dodge and some can even fly to soar above danger.Once you have the base and physical characters, you will find yourself fascinated as your kids by the act of switching characters on the fly and seeing them appear in the world - especially as the toys retain save information about their level and experience progression. Of course the downside to this is that usually you need all the toys all the time, however, on PC there is the option to jump to the pause menu and swap any registered characters from there - less fun, but more convenient.The other main game mode is Toy Box, a mode that allows you to build your own levels to play in. With a robust box of parts to create your world the only real limit here is your imagination… and the parts you have unlocked. This is because, yet again, you must purchase plastic to expand your tool set. On the plus side, once you have the parts you want, the game provides a full range of aids to allow children of all ages to play and experiment.


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In the Land of Men
Bargain Book Copy
In this powerful collection of stories, Antonya Nelson portrays women whose lives have slipped loose from their moorings and the men who can't really anchor them.Here we meet Roxanne, the tomboy who consistently choose men who are not her equal; the loving Marta, whose husband keeps a separate house where he retreats when married life overwhelms him; and Bebe, a married mother of two teenagers who leaves it all behind when her lover comes on a motorcycle to claim her.With painfully keen perception, Nelson creates stories that linger in the mind long after they are read, and which create a unique view of relations between the sexes in the small towns and big cities of America.
NOTE: This title is a Bargain Book Copy, purchased direct from various publishers as excess inventory or a store return. The book is in new condition and will, in most cases, have a small dot or line on the edge of the book. It may also have a price sticker on it from the original store it was returned from. For more information please refer to the information page Our Product.

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