Ebbsfleet Executives Club
Earlier this year we teamed up with Caxtons, Wilkins Kennedy and Ebbsfleet United Football Club to sponsor and host the first Ebbsfleet Executives Club networking meeting, held at the Kufflink Stadium, Ebbsfleet.
Around 80 local business executives heard from Ian Piper, Chief Executive of Ebbsfleet Development Corporation.
Ebbsfleet was the first new garden city to be designated in more than 100 years the first, Letchworth Garden City, was established in 1903 by the Garden City movement founder, Ebenezer Howard.
The Corporation has received £300m capital funding from government and the garden city area encompasses parts of Dartford and Gravesham. Before Ebbsfleet Development Corporation (EDC) was set up in 2016 there had been active development proposals for the area stretching back 20 years, but not much progress had been made.
The ambitious new garden city proposals includes: 15,000 homes, 30,000 jobs, seven new city parks and provision for health, education and community services plus a new city centre. Progress over the past four years has been made with 1,300 homes built and, detailed planning for a further 2,500.
Everything is on target for the first school, pub and hotel to be completed this year plus 525 homes to be built in 2019 with more than over 700 planned for next year and so on until the full complement of 15,000 is complete.
The speaker at our second networking event held in May was Martin Garside, Public Affairs Manager at Port of London Authority who spoke about The Thames and the Port of London today, giving a fascinating insight into the challenges of managing one of the world’s busiest waterways.
If you are interested in coming along to these events contact Daxa Broadbank firstname.lastname@example.org


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We didn't try and curtail it and stunt any of that kind of growth." He found minor roles on television shows but his first break came in 1994, after he was cast opposite Claire Danes as Jordan Catalano, her love interest, in the short-lived but well-reviewed ABC teen drama My So-Called Life.The same year, he made his television film debut starring alongside Alicia Silverstone in Cool and the Crazy, and landed his first film role in the 1995 drama How to Make an American Quilt.
Leto stated he "was raised around a lot of artists, musicians, photographers, painters and people that were in theater," adding that "Just having the art communal hippie experience as a child, there wasn't a clear line that was drawn.
We celebrated creative experience and creative expression.
The same year, he starred as heroin addict Harry Goldfarb in Requiem for a Dream, an adaptation of Hubert Selby, Jr.'s novel of the same name, directed by Darren Aronofsky and co-starring Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Connelly, and Marlon Wayans.
To prepare for his role, Leto lived on the streets of New York City and refrained from having sex for two months prior to shooting.
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But was he referring to the supposed wedding, some fans wondered.
Jared Leto “secretly married” rumors have caused quite a stir among fans. That remains a mystery for now, as the actor’s rep hasn’t commented, nor the couple released an official statement yet.

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"Long Away" is a song by the British rock band Queen; it is the third track on their 1976 album A Day at the Races. Brian May wrote the song and sings the lead vocals. It is the only Queen single released during Freddie Mercury's lifetime not to be sung by him. This song is available as a downloadable content for Rock Band 3. Also, it appeared on the 2014 compilation album Queen Forever.


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Alain Martinez Photography is a lifestyle and wedding photography studio that specializes in capturing important milestones in people’s lives around the world. The studio was founded by Alain Martinez after traveling through Paris in 2005 and between Alain and his wife Angela have grown it to be a full service studio that can cater to any photographic need. We have specialists for each area of photography within our studio, each with a different style, a unique eye and the discerning attention to detail instilled by Alain himeself.
Our customers are very diverse in every sense of the word but they all appreciate a fine art print and even more when the subject in it is a person they love. Our main goal is creating family heirlooms that are artistic and refined.
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The president of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, said in a televised message on Friday that he authorized security forces to "shoot to kill without warning" against protesters protesting the increase in the price of gas in that former Soviet republic. .
Tokayev argued that it is "stupid" to negotiate with the protesters, whom he described as "criminals and murderers."
He also said that Russian peacekeepers are temporarily in the country at his request to ensure security.
Earlier, the president said in a statement that constitutional order had been largely restored after a week of protests.
“Local authorities control the situation, but terrorists are still using weapons and damaging property of citizens. Therefore, anti-terrorism actions will continue until the militants are completely eliminated, ”the note said.
The agency Reuters reported that shots were still heard during the morning in Alma Ata, the largest city in the Central Asian country.
The Interior Ministry reported in a statement that 26 "armed criminals" were "liquidated" and more than 3,000 were arrested. He added that 18 members of the police and national guard have died since the protests began.
The demonstrations began last week in the west of the country over the doubling of the price of fuel, but they spread so quickly throughout the nation that some political observers suggest they reflect popular discontent after three decades of authoritarianism since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
In news videos recorded in the streets of Alma Ata, security forces, some in armored vehicles, are observed repeatedly firing at a crowd of protesters in Republic Square,
A representative of one of the protesting groups told Radio Free Europe / Radio Libertad that most of the people in the square were unarmed.
Russia's Tass news agency reported Thursday night that the square had been cleared of protesters, but sporadic gunfire continued. Reuters and the AP also reported sporadic shooting.
Given the seriousness of the situation, Tokayev requested the military presence of Russia under the terms of a collective security treaty existing between some former Soviet republics.
When Russian troops began arriving in Kazakhstan on Thursday, the United States warned them not to take control of Kazakh institutions.
"The United States and the rest of the world will be watching for any human rights violations," State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters.
"We hope that the government of Kazakhstan can soon address the problems, which are primarily economic and political in nature," added Price, noting that the United States is a "partner" of the Central Asian nation.
For his part, Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi on Thursday about the emergency situation in the country, Price said in a statement.
Blinken reiterated "the full support of the United States to the constitutional institutions and freedom of the press in Kazakhstan, and vowed for a peaceful and rights-respecting solution to the crisis."
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Firearms officer Carol Howard, 35, made her claims for direct race discrimination, direct sex discrimination, direct marital status discrimination, and victimization to the Central London Employment Tribunal after she alleged that she had been subjected to bullying and harassment for almost a year by a senior officer in the police force.
The case came to the Central London Employment Tribunal in March 2014, with Employment Judge Grewal chairing a 3-person panel. Ms Howard claimed in her evidence that she had been subjected to a campaign of bullying and harassment by colleagues at the Metropolitan Police force – in particular, her Acting Inspector at the time, Inspector Kelly. She claimed that she had been subjected to conduct of the following nature (among other allegations):
- That she had been harassed when she had taken sick leave from the police force
- That Inspector Kelly had requested that two sergeants ask her about her sex life
- That Inspector Kelly was blocking applications made by the Claimant
- That Inspector Kelly had accused her of fraudulently tampering with her sickness absence
- That Inspector Kelly had subjected her to hostile treatment because of the lodging of a complaint by Ms Howard
- That the Metropolitan Police had failed to take any action against Inspector Kelly
- That she had been punished for complaining by the Chief Superintendent by his failure to release her from her tenure
- That Inspector Kelly had aggressively attacked her in November 2012
- That a senior officer had been told to delete findings of race and sex discrimination from the record
The Employment Tribunal ruled in Ms Howard’s favour in her claims for race discrimination, sex discrimination, and victimization, although the Tribunal found that she had not been subjected to discrimination because of her marital status. Lawyers for Ms Howard are now expected to pursue the Metropolitan Police for compensation for injury to Ms Howard’s feelings, as well as aggravated damages as a result of the police force’s conduct prior to and during the Employment Tribunal proceedings.
Ms Howard’s lawyers stated after the judgment had been received: “The conduct of the Metropolitan Police and some of its senior officers towards Carol Howard was deplorable over the last two years. [Our] client was subjected to discriminatory treatment because she is black and because she is a woman.”
A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police commented on the judgment: “We are disappointed at the tribunal’s finding in favour of PC Howard. We will review the findings, take legal advice and take forward any learning or actions as appropriate.”
Chris Hadrill, an employment solicitor at Redmans Solicitors, commented on the Tribunal judgment: “This case is particularly shocking as the Employment Tribunal found that the police force had systematically deleted findings of discrimination from investigations carried out by the force. One can only speculate as to the reason why the Metropolitan Police has undertaken such an action but the fact that they have done so is clearly unacceptable.”
A copy of the Employment Tribunal judgment can be found on the Judiciary.gov.uk website


Little People Big World: Isabel Roloff Grins with Amy Roloff in Pumpkin Season Selfie as Due Date Nears
As pumpkin has arrived, a grinning and pregnant Isabel Roloff posed with Little People Big World matriarch, Amy Roloff for a gleaming selfie.
Amy Roloff, 56, is also grinning happily with flowers in her hair, around her neck, and on her hands, as well as colorful face paint as she throws up the “hang loose” hand sign.
The caption for the image read, “Amy is ready for a luau today.”
Little People Big World: Pumpkin Season is The Grandest Time of Year for the Roloffs
During pumpkin season the Little People Big World cast members welcome visitors from throughout the US to their farm for the festivities.
As the farm is centered around the seasonal theme of the pumpkin patch, this is the grandest time of the year for the Roloff family and its extensions.
As such an important time of year with the weather just right, the Roloffs absolutely love this time of year and we can tell by the big smiles they carry with them for the duration.
Little People Big World: The Fathers
Also in attendance were Isabel’s husband Jeremy Roloff and Little People Big World patriarch Matt Roloff, 59.
These two we can see riding around on the Roloff Farms golf cart with Matt being his usually animated self and Jeremy smiling widely.
The family kicked off pumpkin season this weekend and showed off the farm that they all love so much.
For the Roloff’s, pumpkin season will end on Halloween, the last day of this month, October 31.
Little People Big World: Isabel, Jeremy, and Their Baby-to-Come
Fans may recall that Isabel and Jeremy announced in July that they were expecting a baby with an image of the two together which they captioned, “Not for you but us: I’m very happy to say we’re having a son.”
For her part, Isabel also took to Instagram with the same images and captioned hers with, “We are elated to share that the baby boy we have been dreaming of is coming this December.”
Jeremy’s mother commented on the photo saying, “Love this and so happy for you both. This grandma can not wait to meet and hold this bundle of joy.”
The expecting mother and Little People Big World star recently shared images of her baby bump on Instagram captioning the post, “I keep saying, ‘I don’t feel that big’ but then I look in the mirror.’
There still hasn’t been any news on when the 23rd season of Little People Big World will premiere but the series hasn’t been canceled so we can expect that it will be released soon.
In the meantime, fans can stream old episodes of the show on Hulu and Discovery + among others.
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[…] probably come with a different feel. This time last year, TLC fans were excited to discover that despite her advanced pregnancy, Isabel Roloff appeared. Now that Mateo is growing, and she doesn’t show his face at all, […]


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Wholegrain low fat rice and corn cakes
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Less than 3% fat
A source of fibre
Vegetarian, vegan and coeliac friendly
Wholegrain rice (55%), corn (30%), paprika seasoning (dextrose, fructose, onion powder, sea salt, tomato powder, sugar, garlic powder, yeast extract, spice [paprika, smoked paprika], autolysed yeast, flavouring, colour [paprika extract], food acid [citric acid]).
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Defensive coordinator Tom Bradley, who took over for Paterno on an interim basis, also interviewed. Bradley was on the road recruiting Thursday, the second of a four-day recruiting contact period. Another 16-day contact window starts Jan. 13.
"I believe the search is continuing and progressing very well as we hoped it would," Joyner said during a taped segment at halftime of the radio broadcast of Thursday night's basketball game between Purdue and Penn State. "I anticipate having a new head coach in place in time to take full advantage of the open period that's coming up."
Calls and emails of interest from qualified potential applicants were still coming in, Joyner said during the segment.
Defensive line coach Larry Johnson also received an interview. Two persons with knowledge of the search also confirmed earlier reports that Paterno's son, quarterback coach Jay Paterno, interviewed for the job. The persons requested anonymity because no one was authorized to speak about the search.
San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Greg Roman interviewed in November and his agent said this week he was on the "short list" for the job.
Among other rumored names, Tennessee Titans coach Mike Munchak denied interest in the job three times since Paterno, his former coach, was fired. And Green Bay quarterbacks coach Tom Clements declined to comment when asked if he was interested in the job and would not confirm a report that he had interviewed.
The Patriots are third in the NFL overall in scoring (32.1 points per game), and second in total offense (428 yards) and passing (317.8 yards).
Penn State finished a 9-4 campaign with a 30-14 loss in the TicketCity Bowl to Houston on Jan. 2. The Nittany Lions relied on defense much of the year after the offense struggled with a two-quarterback system.
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Accompanist – Mark Peterson
Mark holds an Honours Bachelor of Music degree from Western University where he studied trumpet, voice, and piano, and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Toronto. As a musician, Mark is sought after as an accompanist, coach, conductor and music director. He has conducted nationally recognized concert band ensembles and has music directed over 30 musicals. Mark is the proud music director of the amazing choir at St John’s United Church, a post he began in 2021 after having been the music director at Hillcrest United Church since 2004.


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MILANO, April 16 (Reuters) – The following factors could affect Italian markets on Tuesday.
Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*).
For a complete list of diary events in Italy please click on .
Italy’s top bank UniCredit and two subsidiaries have agreed to pay $1.3 billion to U.S. authorities to settle probes of violations of U.S. sanctions on Iran and other countries, U.S. authorities said on Monday.
UniCredit says the penalties in the sanctions probe were fully covered by provisions with resources that would be released to boost the P&L and core capital.
French media conglomerate Vivendi remains confident of achieving “success” in Italy, the company’s executive chairman Arnaud de Puyfontaine told Vivendi’s annual shareholder meeting on Monday.
BMW could include Intel, Mobileye and FCA in a new autonomous driving alliance, Chief Financial Officer Nicolas Peter said at the Shanghai Autoshow on Tuesday.
Simon Fiduciaria, a trust company which holds part of Vivendi’s stake in Mediaset, plans to take part in the Italian broadcaster’ annual general meeting scheduled for April 18, a spokeswoman for the trust told Reuters on Monday.
A2A and three other smaller utilities said they had made a joint non-binding bid for Ascopiave’s power and gas retail and gas distribution assets.
According to Il Sole 24 Ore and MF other bidders include Italian utility Hera, EDF’s Italian unit Edison, Italian oil major Eni and gas supplier Italgas as well as France’s Engie.
The steel company said that an Argentinian appeals court had overturned a preliminary decision over Chairman and CEO Paolo Rocca in the “notebooks” corruption case, finding insufficient grounds to link Rocca with the proceedings. Further investigation into the payments and their alleged justifications

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Kenya growers dump tonnes of roses due flight ban
By Jeremy Clarke and Antony Gitonga
NAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenyan flower farmer Jack Kneppers was forced on Monday to throw 6.5 tonnes of his exquisite roses into a compost pit after flights headed for Europe were cancelled because of the ash cloud.
Kenya's horticulture industry has already lost $12 million to the European airspace closure and it will take several weeks to recover even if flights resume now, its association of exporters said.
Kneppers' farm by picturesque Lake Naivasha in southwest Kenya produces 11 varieties of pristine roses worth tens of thousands of dollars every day.
"We have to throw them into big pits and turn them into compost," Kneppers said, standing in front of rows of boxes full of flowers that he fears will meet the same fate.
"Every day this happens it will cost us $35,000, more as we approach European mothers' day ... If you want to know what is being lost across the local industry, times that by sixty."
Horticultural exports are the leading hard currency earner in east Africa's largest economy, raking in 71.6 billion shillings last year. The sector provides thousands of jobs in a country with a high unemployment rate.
Flowers accounted for more than half of horticulture export earnings in 2009.
"It is bad. We have lost $3 million a night so that is a total of about $12 million as of last night," Stephen Mbithi, the head of the Fresh Producers Exporters Association of Kenya (FPEAK) told Reuters from his Nairobi office. Continued...

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Marie-Claude Bohler will share “A Young Girl’s Memories of Occupied France in WWII”, a free lecture, Friday, November 11, 12:00 p.m. at the Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida.
Marie-Claude was born in Salon-de-Provence, France, a town in the South of France occupied by Nazi forces in the beginning of 1943 and liberated by the American 3rd Infantry Division in August 1944. The personification of the rich French culture to our area, Marie-Claude brings lifetime experience in the love and appreciation of music, art, literature and history.
Bring a sandwich and join us for History Sandwiched-In, an informal lunch-time education program at the Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida Friday, November 11 at 12:00 p.m.
This lecture is free and open to the public. SPACE IS LIMITED. Please call to reserve a seat. (850) 678-2615.
Date/Time: Friday, November 11, 2016 at 12:00 p.m.
Location: Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida
115 Westview Ave., Valparaiso, FL 32580
Cost: Free and open to the public. Call to make reservations.

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2 Chainz May Be Taking Justin Bieber To The Trap!
(AllHipHop Rumors) The Atlanta rapper teased a possible collaboration by posting a photo of himself with the Canadian singer with a caption that read,
“New music on the way ??? Take JB to the trap ???”
The self-proclaimed hair-weave killer didn’t share any details, but he was certainly successful with getting the people talking.
2 Chainz was certainly busy in 2016 with his four projects: ‘Hibachi For Lunch’, ‘ColleGrove’, ‘Felt Like Cappin’, and ‘Daniel Son; Necklace Don’. Bieber had a few collaborations with Major Lazer, DJ Snake and Post Malone. He also spent most of last year touring and picking up awards from is 2015 effort, ‘Purpose’.
Justin, at times crazy as Chris Brown, Bieber has been invited to the cookout for a while. Would you be interested in hearing a new Hip Hop influenced sound from him?https://www.instagram.com/p/BOxSdzAhnxG/

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Tributes pour in after Fenland’s motorbike-mad Harley the Hairy Biker dies
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Tributes have been paid to one of Fenland’s much-loved four-legged friends, Harley the Hairy Biker, following his death.
The giant St Bernard, born in 2010, was known for accompanying his owners in their motorbike’s sidecar on trips across the country and passed away on Thursday February 11 after being diagnosed with a heart condition only the week before.
Harley’s owners, Alan and Tina Valkeith, of Burnt House Road, posted on the dog’s Facebook page: “It is with great sorrow that we today at 6.30pm lost our beloved Harley. He was diagnosed last week with a heart condition but we did not think we would lose him so quickly.
“He will be missed so much but we will always remember all the wonderful times we had together with friends and family alike.”
Harley’s love for motorbikes began when he was six months old and refused to leave his owners’ side, forcing them to take him with them on their trips on their Honda Goldwing.
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The St Bernard’s love for the outdoors prompted his owners to buy him a pair of goggles – later known as ‘doggles’ – and a crash helmet so he could ride along as much as possible.
After being spotted out-and-about in his home of Turves, Harley soon shot to fame, chalking up television appearences on the BBC’s The One Show, the Radio One Movie alongside a whole host of appearances in Cambridgeshire, including heading the St George’s Day fayre Parade in March last year.
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- 8 Daughter sets fire to father's bedroom after food outrage
- 9 Fire destroys family bungalow in the Fens
- 10 Man found dead in March
Friends and family of the Valkeith family sent their condolences after Harley’s death was announced on Facebook, with one user saying: “He was a wonderful ambassador for the breed. I only met him once but it’s a memory I will cherish.” Another said: “Sorry to hear your sad news. We used to love seeing him in his sidecar.”


Refining Inductive Loop Signature Technology for Statewide Vehicle Classification Counts
Principal Investigator(s):Chen-Fu Liao, Researcher, Mechanical Engineering
With increasing traffic volumes and greater restrictions on placing road tubes to perform vehicle-classification counts, it is necessary to find innovative ways to collect vehicle class data on roadways. A loop-signature technology was implemented at the California Department of Transportation that uses existing loops to obtain vehicle signatures to classify vehicles. There is an opportunity to take advantage of the latest development of the loop-signature technology and validate its performance in Minnesota.
This project builds upon previous research by performing further testing at traffic signals or automatic traffic recorder (ATR) sites to better understand loop-signature performance issues, to improve the classification accuracy, and to develop an enhanced pattern recognition based on the signature profiles of various types of vehicles in Minnesota. The objective is to convert current loop detectors at signals, on freeways, and at ATRs into classification sites using the existing loop detectors.
Loop-signature technology could be a huge innovation to replace existing data-collection methods and save the state a lot of time and money. In addition, it could provide MnDOT more and better data on ramps and freeways in the metro area where it is difficult and time-consuming to collect vehicle-classification counts.


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The left leg looks a little short. It seems to me like there was an attempt at foreshortening, but it just ended up looking short. I also suggest working on shoulder, as they commonly seem bunched up and uncomfortable in your images.
However, this is a very large step up from your last drawing! The pose has a much more natural feel to it, and the hands are much more believable (though the character' left one may need some reworking). I also like that you added detail to the knee, which many people seem to neglect.
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Synthesis of β-azidoketones, β-azidoacids and related compounds
A chiral (salen)Al complex catalyzes the highly enantioselective conjugate addition of carbon- and nitrogen-based nucleophiles to various acyclic α,β-unsaturated ketones providing access to a wide range of useful chiral building blocks in high yield and enantiomeric excess.
M. S. Taylor, D. N. Zalatan, A. M. Lerchner, E. N. Jacobsen, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 1313-1317.
Amberlite IRA900N3 is an excellent and recyclable organocatalyst for the azidation of α,β-unsaturated ketones with trimethylsilyl azide under solvent-free conditions. This procedure is a green tool for the preparation of β-azido ketones under mild conditions with good yields.
L. Castrica, F. Fringuelli, L. Gregoli, F. Pizzo, L. Vaccaro, J. Org. Chem., 2006, 71, 9536-9539.
A mild oxidation of selected anions (N3-, SCN-, I-, and Br-) by ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN) in the presence of substituted cyclopropyl alcohols provides β-functionalized ketones in short reaction times. This method provides an alternative pathway to important starting materials and intermediates in organic synthesis.
J. Jiao, L. X. Nguyen, D. R. Patterson, R. A. Flowers II, Org. Lett., 2007, 9, 1323-1326.
Chiral N,N'-dioxide/Fe(OTf)2 complexes catalyze an unprecedented highly diastereo- and enantioselective bromoazidation of α,β-unsaturated ketones. An array of aryl, heteroaryl, and alkyl substituted α,β-unsaturated ketones were transformed to the corresponding α-bromo-β-azido ketones in high yields with excellent diastereo- and enantioselectivities. The catalytic system was also applicable for chloroazidations and iodoazidations.
P. Zhou, L. Lin, L. Chen, X. Zhong, X. Liu, X. Feng, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 13414-13419.

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Wow, It’s already been more then a month since the spring ball (and summer arrived) but I just now finished my blogpost about it.
As you might recall, I had quite a bit sewing done before the ball, both for me (1825s bonanza)
and my sister (a whole 1860s costume with underpinnings and everything).
Thanks to good planing (he he, right;-)) I managed to finish everything in time,
and didn’t even have the panicked last minute finishes that always seams to be my lot.
The day of the ball was a bit hectic though.
As I needed to turn the mandatory dance rehearsal down, in order to get to a friends babys christening instead.
But since I still had my sisters dress at home, I had to make a pit-stop at the dance-hall to leave it to her, before I stuffed my (relatively) clean baby in the car and drove 1 hour to get to the church. After a quick stop, leaving our present, and eating some cake I rushed home to get dressed in record speed for the ball. My outfit ready and awaiting.
Thank good my boyfriend (who happened to have a book-release that same day) had already come home, and could take the baby and help me close the dress.
Even more thank good, I’ve already done the dress-rehearsal (or more exactly the hair-rehearsal) so I managed to get the hair done and the dress on in not more then 30 minutes.
Does this lok like a fast and easy hairdo?
Arriving (in time) to the ball, I had some time to calm down and to find my sister.Hiding out by the fire-extinguisher
The evening started with a mingel and everyone admiring everyone else dresses/costumes.
Selfie with a big digital camera is not as easy as it looks…
Beautiful girl – terrible lighting…
I’m not kidding, this is how bad the lighting is in the dance hall.
Group picture, with awful resolution
Pretty bows on the shoes 🙂
Then it was time to head upstairs to get some dinner. unfortunately me and my sister dragged a bit behind to take some silly pictures, and once we got upstairs there was no seats left.
They managed to get out a few extra chairs for us, but since all tables was full, we was seated on the table flanks far away from each-other.
pretty far away…
The dinner started with a soup made from peas, which was really good.
The main course was basically beef, chicken and bacon combined.
As a vegetarian there wasn’t to much to eat, unfortunately. “Can we pleas call for a pizza, cause I’ve only had some cake since breakfast…”
During dinner one gentleman got up and started singing an “humorous” old song, which was kind of musing, at first, but 78 verses in I was not the only one rolling my eyes at the (inappropriate old sexist jokes in the song and) man taking up to much space.
Once we finished the dinner I took the opportunity to take some picture of pretty dresses while the tables cleared to make room for the dance.
We had one break for dessert later in the evening I’m still starving, thank you very much 😦
Then the dancing continuedSomebody knows how to pose…
Then it was time to say goodbye and go home.
I had lots of fun dancing and fooling around with my friends, making some new friends as well, but to be both hungry and really tired made me a bit cranky at the end.
At least I got lots of compliments for both my hair and my dress(es) 🙂

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Band: I Cry Wolfe
Label: Red Cord Records
- Guitar! (Irrelefant)
- Mister Garland & Co.
- Ft. Chris Galvez
- Ventriloquists Can’t Talk
- Miko’s Miracle, Caleb’s Dream
- The Backseat Game
To those who know me best, I am a sucker for any kind of music that makes me feel happy. Now, this does not mean I don’t appreciate heart wrenching stories of struggle and pain from bands like Defeater, but music that can make me smile holds a dear place in my heart.
Needless to say, when I stumbled across I Cry Wolfe’s about section on Facebook that simply read, “We’re on a mission to spread happiness”; I was pretty excited to hear what these guys would bring to the table. Conversely, I became slightly terrified when album opener, #Swagbrai began with pulsing synths. You see, since the induction of bands like Attack Attack!, Asking Alexandria and the like, I have avoided bands that rely on cheesey electrics to drive their sound.
For anyone afraid for the remainder of this review, I Cry Wolfe manage to use electronics sparingly and do not use them as a crutch to make their music “fun” as most of the bands in the upcoming metalcore subgenre are doing. In fact, #Swagbrais’ electronics give way to pummelling chugs and raucous screams mere seconds after they begin.
When the clean vocals kick in for the chorus of the opener things seem to shift to more of a pop-punk vibe before jumping back into bone crushing distortion moments later. While no new ground is tread on this track, the energy this young band exhumes is undeniable.
Guitar! begins with the aforementioned pop-punk vocals and crunchy power chords, occasionally delving back into the heavier side of things. The bridge of this track with poppy vocals and anthemic shouts of “Hey!” took me by surprise and made me smile.
Mister Garland & Co. and Ft. Chris Galvez both stick to the formula the band has set of sprinkling cleans into the blistering heaviness without coming off as too cliche. Mister Garland & Co. features one of the strongest choruses on the record while Ft. Chris Galvez throws some brilliant guitar riffage into the mix, including a great sweeping section.
The Backseat Game takes the form of more of a screamo (primarily singing with minimal screaming) song as opposed to the typical metalcore formula I Cry Wolfe typically uses, and to my surprise pull it off pretty well – Synths and all. Lyrically the track delves into some of the more serious matters on the record, explaining that it is the band’s’ mission to show people God’s love. Vocalist Jake Schmid howls, “I never said it would be easy / I never thought it would be simple / But these people need to know what I see / They need to see the beauty in everything/ They need to be happy in different kinds / They need somebody to change their minds”.
The main downside to “Adequate” in my opinion is simply that I Cry Wolfe does not bring anything new to the table. While I am not entirely accustomed to the poppier side of metalcore these guys belong to, I felt as though I had heard most of it all before. With that being said, I Cry Wolfe was head and shoulders more talented than the other bands they share this genre with.
Overall: While nothing new, I Cry Wolfe accomplished their goal of spreading happiness by making me smile a few times on their debut full length “Adequate”. The best part is they still have a lot of time to grow and mature, which should allow them to continue evolving their sound in the future.
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--European antitrust officials formally object to NYSE-Deutsche Boerse deal
--Exchanges say objection a "normal step" of regulatory review
-Closing still targeted by year-end
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FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- German exchange operator Deutsche Boerse AG (DBOEF, DB1.XE) on Wednesday said it had received the European Union's formal statement of objections on the planned tie-up with NYSE Euronext
Approval by the EU antitrust authorities is the biggest hurdle the deal still faces. The statement details the European Commission's reservations to the planned merger on competition concerns regarding products, listing market shares and individual securities.
The statement is the basis for negotiations between the commission and the two exchange operators, which have the chance to propose remedies to the antitrust concerns within the coming weeks.
"The statement of objections is a normal step in a second phase merger procedure," officials for Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext said in a statement Wednesday. "It sets out a provisional position of the Commission and does not prejudge the final outcome of the case."
The commission, the EU's executive agency and chief merger regulator, previously said it plans to take a final decision on the proposed merger by Dec. 13. That could be delayed, though, as the commission's in-depth probe of the plan only started in early August.
The commission declined comment on its objections. Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext continue to target a year-end close for their deal.
The commission said in August that the combined company's leading position in derivatives trading could be a threat to competition.
The combined Deutsche Boerse/NYSE would be home to the vast majority of derivatives traded on exchanges in the EU. Their subsidiaries--Eurex for Deutsche Boerse and Liffe for NYSE--now handle most of Europe's exchange-traded derivatives.
Competitors such as Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. (NDAQ) and London Stock Exchange Group (LSE.LN) have been pushing the commission to require Deutsche Boerse or NYSE Euronext to sell significant parts of their derivatives business, a step opposed by Deutsche Boerse.
The two merger partners, however, argue that the tie-up wouldn't threaten competition, as only 16% of the European derivatives trade happens via exchanges, while the vast majority is over-the-counter, and for the most part directly between the banks involved.
"We continue to strongly believe that our combination provides substantial capital and cost savings to users; advances the goal of a unified, liquid EU capital market for raising money and managing risk; and does not materially alter the competitive landscape," the exchanges said Wednesday.
Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext also have held up as precedent the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's 2007 acquisition of the Chicago Board of Trade, a deal that granted the combined company an estimated 85% of U.S. futures trading at the time. CME Group Inc. (CME) further expanded its reach a year later with the purchase of the New York Mercantile Exchange, the leading U.S. venue for trading energy derivatives.
--Matthew Dalton contributed to this article.


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There are so many things I wish I would have said & done. So many things left unsaid. I tried. I really did. When you were alive and I went to visit you on Mondays, over the course of 3 1/2 years I tried to open my heart & tell you how much you meant to me. But it was difficult. Astrid was there with us and the baby needed attention. Lots of interruptions in our conversation ensued. The Alzheimer's took you away a lot of the time & conversations weren't always possible. That would make me so sad. Not wanting to talk about death. Focusing on the present. Trying to deal with the situation & all the stress. On top of that I'm my father's daughter and peeling back all the layers to expose vulnerability is difficult for me.
The doctors kept telling us you were going to die soon. Everyone in the family was in denial, except me. And that tremendous burden was so heavy on me. I'm not complaining. What you went through was so terrible & I wanted so badly to alleviate all of your suffering. I convinced mom that she should tell you that you were dying. It was done out of love.
In the hospital, one day when you were clear headed, Mom and I were on either side of your bed, holding your hands. We didn't know how long the fog would be lifted. We both in our own way told you what was happening and that you would die soon. I'm so glad that we had that conversation with you. We wanted to know your last wishes. We wanted you to share your heart with us. I keep hearing you say, "We just need to get a better doctor." Every time I think about that I burst into tears. It hurts my heart so much because the doctors couldn't do anything for you & all the doctors told us to start preparing for your imminent death. Then you said, "I'm not ready yet. I don't want to say anything that will embarrass myself." Fuck. You were so strong. You were the strongest man I've ever met. You were a different generation. In the end you told us all you wanted was for your family to be there. Mom and I were both bawling our eyes out. I told you how much I appreciated you. I'm so glad I got to tell you while you were alive and mentally there. You heard me and I know it touched your heart. When mom told you to tell me you loved me...I said you didn't have to b/c I already knew. I've always known you loved me dad. There was never any question of that.
You always told me that your dad never told you that he loved you until you were in your late 40's. As tough & old school of a guy you were - that caused you a lot of pain & you never wanted your kid to grow up feeling unloved. So you would tell me - "You know I love you right?" you'd say. "Yes, Dad. I know." I'd say. I'm sure this was accompanied by some eye rolling in my preteen years. And you'd tell me the story of your dad and how you didn't want to make that same mistake.
You gave me unconditional love. You were the first man I ever loved. What a gift to have a father like you who thought the world of me. Growing up you always told me I could do & be whatever I wanted, except be the President of the United States (since I wasn't born in the U.S.), but you didn't think I would want that anyway. And you were right. You gave me self confidence. How I appreciate all those intangibles you instilled in me. It shows in my relationships with others. It shows in my outlook on the world. It shows in my work ethic. It shows in my marriage. It shows in my parenthood.
Not a day goes by that I don't think about you. When I look at my daughter I think of you and want to instill that self confidence and strong foundation you gave me. When I see my husband & daughter together, I think of you. Even when they struggle & have a battle of wills it reminds me of you and I. You raised me to be a strong woman & I'm striving to do the same for my child. I appreciate your life even more.
I miss you so much Dad. It's all about love. I love you & I always knew you loved me.


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One of the most loved actors, charming and talented Morgan Freeman, had a prolific acting career, both on the stage and in television. In his youth, he starred in a handful of movies, but he wasn’t invited to any significant projects, probably because of his skin color. 1989 Driving Miss Daisy has brought the 52-year-old actor a nomination for the Academy Awards and turned him into one of Hollywood's leading actors.


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Pain Chaud ("Hot Bread") is a well known Shanghai-based Coffee & Bakery institution under the famous Café des Stagiaires food group. After nearly 5 years, and several locations within the city, Pain Chaud set itself up as a leader in Shanghai when it comes to excellent bakery quality and unique coffee experiences.
In the beginning, Pain Chaud started quite shier, with a more classic in-shop experience paired with a quieter and less emotionally engaging name, La Boulangerie ("The Bakery"). With the booming of the'baguette industry in Shanghai, Pain Chaud quickly realised there was a leadership position to take if they wanted to survive the buzzing city. With a considerable amount of competitors, the French bakery decided to move to something more classy, authentic and memorable, developing a new gourmet menu, unique interior design experience anda brand new name. From "La Boulangerie," Pain Chaud was born. Token of tradition and articulating flavors from an an ideology of smell, the bakery contacted me to develop the new brand signature which would translate the new codes and values, visually seducing and emotionally engaging customers, from there on.
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The main challenge was to sort something unique out of a very busy and booming industry, where everyone would try to use the same visual codes to illustrate their products locally (ie: wheat), but eventually internationally (we do not want to count the number of French bakeries worldwide, do we?).
The opportunity we had with Pain Chaud relied on the name itself, not as a brand name, but as a product descriptor. And it certainly would not have been smart to double up the product description by visually illustrating ingredients, as most people do. Instead, I decided to focus on what makes the name unique – the story underneath. Being French myself, I could already picture the hot bread in the making – watching the baker making the bread, seeing the loaf of bread in the oven slowly rising, the golden crust... and of course, the smell. Ah, yes, the smell of a hot, freshly baked bread.
Our opportunity to visually stand out was not about wheat (although ingredients are important... when it comes to food, quality speaks for itself. Otherwise, you end up like their infamous competitor, Farine). It was about knowledge and craftsmanship, and how can we make a sensorial experience emanate from this brand new visual signature. So here, I designed an iconic macaron shape, quality stamp like, conveying all the values our new born bakery brand would need to conquer the market and seduce bakery and coffee lovers.
If you travel to Shanghai, be sure you stop by Pain Chaud and give it a try – supreme coffee and exquisite croissant! Meanwhile, you can still have a look at this video.


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Funky guitar. As much as I love bass, sometimes what I really miss more than anything is raw, uncut, rhythmic funky guitar. So I was in love when I heard the intro to Nathan East’s recent tune “Daft Funk.” The playing reminded me of one of my most cherished funk records, Herbie Hancock’s 1976 “Doin It”, played by guitarist Ray Parker Jr of “Ghostbusters” fame. I didn’t know if “Daft Funk” was him, but I knew it was for sure his style, and I found out very soon, the guitar part was being played by Ray! “Daft Funk” begins with Ray’s signiture funky guitar style, four bars of lead guitar, rhythm guitar, and riff all wrapped up in the hands of one funky musician. Parker Jr’s riff reminds one of Sly and Freddie Stone’s funky guitar playing. Parker Jr’s guitar is allowed the spotlight for the tunes four bar intro. He’s soon joined by killer cracking live drums from the late great Ricky Lawson, who sadly passed away in December of last year. Ricky’s drums are joined by the man of the hour, famed session bassist Nathan East. Nathan East, aside from his work with Fourplay, Earth, Wind & Fire, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, and his beginnings with Barry White, among others, was the bassist on Daft Punk’s worldwide smash “Get Lucky.” “Daft Funk”, written by guitarist Michael Thompson, is a tribute to Daft Punk, East’s work with the group, as well as the same big studio band, well produced L.A disco-funk vibe that inspired Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories” success.
East comes in playing an 8th note, anticipation, pulse type of bassline that lines up perfectly with Ricky Lawson’s kick drum, playing a kind of 8th note pattern that lines up perfectly from a rhythmic standpoint with the accent points of Parker Jr’s guitar part. The track gets very full at that point, featuring Rhodes and horn charts, with the funky guitar starting to fade into the background. East slides into his bass part.
East utilizes a musical technique many bassists such as Marcus Miller use when they record albums as the featured soloist. The pulse, heartbeat bassline continues, but East adds a higher, melodic bassline, playing sliding, vocal lines. The bass line is playing the main melody of the song in concert with keyboards, and the melody sets a dark minor mood. The keyboards play the melody and the bass guitar awnsers it. This gives the listener two bass guitars playing, one in the traditional supportive role of the bass and the other in a melodic role. The melody and the way the keyboard is EQ’d is a very obvious nod to East’s musical collaborators, Daft Punk. The melody section also seems to be written with a minor melodic cycle that recalls sections of Herb Alpert’s 1980 disco-funk mid tempo classic, “Rise.”
The chorus kicks in around 1;57, and much like Punk’s “Get Lucky”, the mood on the chorus is more celebratory, after a somewhat moody, reflective verse section. The Talkbox vocals of the great player Byron “Talkbox” Chambers are introduced on the chorus. This is reminiscent of Daft Punk, but Chambers plays and sings with great facility on his Talkbox, more reminiscent of a musician such as Roger Troutman. Chambers sings triumphantly “Tonight we’re gonna celebrate.” Lawson’s drumming goes to straight disco fours on the chorus section, a pounding throb emenating from his kit. The way the beat switches up from more rhythmically accented funk drumming to the smooth, consistent rhythm of disco, reminds me of the writing technique’s Quincy Jones used in working with Michael Jackson on “Off the Wall”, on cuts such as “Off the Wall” and “Burn This Disco Out”, the usage of funk and disco styles and feels as a writing device and a way to divide the sections of the song up. The chorus features guitars, strings, synths, and is somewhat more alive and celebratory than the verse section, as befitting the songs theme.
The verse section returns, but East adds other textures to the song at this point. The Talkbox begins to sing long sustained whole notes, going down in very close intervals, a melody of long sustained notes that takes about four bars to complete itself. At 2:52 we get a funky break, where both the Talkbox and Parker Jr’s funky guitar riffs become more prominent.
The second chorus of the song features Nathan East really throwing down. He plays tasty riffs, quarter notes almost like Bernard Edwards’ “Good Times” bass line, octaves, and other things that really stand out. Around 4;27 he plays a soulful, bluesy riff, that eventually leads to the song ending as it began, with Ray Parker Jr’s extremely funky guitar riff playing by itself.
East’s song shows the vitality of what Daft Punk did with “Random Access Memories” and “Get Lucky.” One of the main things about that album was that Daft Punk wanted to record in the way musicians and producers did in “the old days”, the heyday of funk and disco. Everybody in a room recording together, instead of the incredible ability to collaborate with musicians continents away modern technology offers us. They felt this would bring back some of the spontanaiety recorded music used to posses. East was the bass player on that album, but he also was the bass player on some of the best music of the “old days”, such as Barry White’s productions, as well as being a transitional musician into the modern days of digital. East sounds reinvigorated on “Daft Funk”, able to take all that musical history he has participated in and have fun with it, making real live funk in 2014 along with his baad LA musican colleagues. “Daft Funk” is a great funk tune that illustrates how modern funk music not only passes funk on to the kids but reinvigorates the pro’s love for the One as well.


Mad Bean Stage Fright. This is a clone of the Maestro Phaser with an option for 5 or 6 stages. It’s an OTA based phase shifter.
This sounds really good. The difference between the 5 and 6 stages is very noticeable. Overall a very musical effect.
I built this from a madbean pcb. The layout was great and everything went together well. I drilled a 125B sized box following the drilling guide but, couldn’t get it to fit in the box! The jacks hit the tops of the chips. I’m guessing that this because I used sockets. There is probably a mention of this in the build notes that I overlooked.
In the end I drilled a 1590BB sized box. Which worked very well. I think I like this better than the 125B size.
Here’s an image of the Casualty 4 Phaser. Wired everything up. After figuring out that I had forgotten to connect the ground wire from the jacks to the board everything seems to be working. Initial observations. The Shape pot seems to do nothing. The Width pot seems shape the soft triangle into a trapezoidial square wave. The phase sound is pretty rich. Need to test some more…


New clashes in Chechnya mar Yeltsin's return
Wednesday 10 July 1996
In the worst fighting since the ceasefire was agreed on 10 June, only days before the first round of Russia's presidential election, six Russian soldiers were reported killed in a battle with rebels near Gekhi in south- western Chechnya.
The deputy commander of Russian troops, General Vladi-mir Shamanov, said the operation to smash a rebel force entrenched in Gekhi had involved the use of aircraft, artillery and interior ministry troops. Tensions were heightened by a rebel threat to execute Russian prisoners if civilians came under attack, and by an army warning to the rebels to release all captives or face being wiped out.
Under the terms of last month's truce, which appeared to be timed to assist Mr Yeltsin's chances of re-election, the Russian army is due to leave Chechnya by September in return for the demilitarisation of the rebels. But rebel commanders said the latest clashes put the truce in danger of collapse.
They accused the Russian forces of launching 52 attacks on Chechen settlements since Monday evening, killing five people and wounding 18. About 30,000 people are believed to have been killed in Chechnya since Russian forces intervened in December 1994 to crush a drive for independence.
Unseen in public for two weeks but apparently still very much in control of Russia's fortunes, Mr Yeltsin issued a decree that named Nikolai Kovalyov, 47, as the chief of the Federal Security Service (FSB), the successor to the internal affairs wing of the former KGB. Mr Kovalyov, a career KGB officer, became deputy head of the service in 1994 and was its acting chief after the dismissal on 20 June of Mikhail Barsukov.
Mr Kovalyov has virtually no public profile but is officially said to have spent two years in Afghanistan, though it is unclear in what capacity. His previous duties also include responsibility for economic counter-intelligence - experience that may appeal to the new national security supremo, Alexander Lebed, who has promised a crackdown on crime and corruption. Mr Lebed conferred separately on Monday with Mr Yeltsin and the Prime Minister, Viktor Chernomyrdin, but there is no firm evidence he had a hand in Mr Kovalyov's appointment. However, he said publicly on Saturday that the appointments of the "power ministers" - those in charge of defence, interior and security affairs - should be co-ordinated with him.
Mr Chernomyrdin, who has made clear his view that Mr Lebed should restrain his undisguised ambitions for power, met Mr Yeltsin yesterday to discuss the formation of the next government. The main interest centres on how reformist a complexion the government will have in the light of Mr Yeltsin's crushing election victory last week over the Communist candidate, Gennady Zyuganov.
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Pre-open eMini SP 500 Morning Report 3.12.10
This is a guest post from Precision Capital Management
The Precise Take – Equity futures spike higher on Retail Sales
Leaders Analysis: The US Dollar Index broke down through its consolidating wedge and has reached support. While we expect it to go lower next week, there is a good chance it will retrace upwards a bit first. The EuroYen has traded up to its 20 day moving average and 30 Year T-Bond yields are up after going down on yesterday’s 30 year auction and hitting support. Because of the extended moves into support/resistance and possibility of reversal, for today, the leaders are slightly equities bearish.
Medium Term Analysis: As of Monday, we will switch to the June 2010 contract. Yesterday’s afternoon rally finally produced the breakout from the January high, which was continued overnight and extended on the Retail Sales report. The spike up on the report into strong resistance and subsequent retracement is a bit bearish, and given the overbought status of the ES, we would not be surprised to see…
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Mac users should have access to the OpenOffice.org suite of applications by the end of September 2008.
Originally due for release in mid-September at the OpenOffice.org Annual Conference in Lyon, the alternative to Microsoft Office for OS X had been delayed following "issues with non-English transcripts", an OpenOffice.org spokesman told vnunet.com.
"We hope this issue will be resolved by the end of this month," he added.
OpenOffice.org is an open source productivity suite which is free to download and use.
Version 3.0 will be the first to accommodate Mac users without requiring them to install the X11 Window System, an interface that allows Unix-based applications to work on Macs.
OpenOffice.org 3.0 will also be the first word processing and spreadsheet application suite available to Mac users at no cost, representing a viable alternative to Apple's iWork and Microsoft's more expensive Office 2008 for Mac.
Latest Tesla news: Tesla stock price tanks amid reports of 'widening probe' by SEC and claims the base Model 3 loses money
SEC 'probe' takes its toll on Tesla as new research suggests that Tesla loses $6,000 on every $35,000 Model 3
10nm Cannon Lake Core i3-8121U CPUs make a rare outing with Intel's NUC mini PC
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HellawareThursday, February 10th, 2011
How many posts about electro-music and vampires can really be written? I mean SERIOUSLY - I’m even starting to get tired of these.
Nah, just kidding. I’ll never get tired of this type of stuff.
Silver Medallion -Dusk Til Dawn (via)
Thugmasta J and MC Wreckshin - Haunting You
Jane Bang - She’s hott (NEAR DARK Vampyros Lesbos Remix)
DJ Sega/Crooks and Gunns - Psychos Hit The Floor (Its Overture Blend)
Renaissance Man/Touche - Vampire Guru (Its Overture Blend)
Art Department - Vampire Night Club (Seth Troxler Mix)
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Babycastles Hit New YorkTuesday, November 23rd, 2010
The following post is from Thomas Fortunato, a freelance writer from U S of A who will be writing the occasional field report for us.
NEW YORK CITY—Babycastles, named for bite-sized Portuguese cakes in Japan, is the city’s first independent video games arcade, has been showcasing indie videogames, large-scale art installations, and local chiptune music at the Showpaper 42nd Street Gallery in Manhattan.
I attended the venue on November 4th with my friend Mox, who invited me to come with her and watch her boyfriend, New York chip musician Zen Albatross, perform at the gallery for the “Heavenly Symphony” event organized as a joint venture between Babycastles and videogame culture shop Attract Mode. Performing with Zen Albatross were chip musicians Nullsleep, and George & Jonathan.
Admission was free to get into Babycastles, although drinks were rather pricey: $5 for a can of beer, and $6 for bottles. If I recall correctly, shots of vodka or whiskey were $1. Behind the bar was quite possibly the most addictive video game at the arcade: the “hug machine.”
The hug machine was an old television set with two buttons for controls, one on each side of the box, causing the player to “hug” the machine by putting one hand on each of the buttons. One button makes the on-screen cursor go up, the other makes it go down, and the player must navigate the cursor through a rapidly scrolling “tunnel” without hitting either the ceiling or the floor. The hug machine had very basic black-and-white graphics reminiscent of Pong or MS Dos.
The rest of the games at the arcade were considerably more artistically inspired, both in regards to the graphics in the games themselves the graffiti- and anime-inspired imagery painted on the physical box that housed the hardware. All the machines were for sale, Mox informed me, with one such game carrying an alleged price tag of $5,000.
Nullsleep - Dirty (ROM Dance Mix)
zen Albatross - Masada Gestalt
Hit up Zen Albatross on Twitter, Nullsleep on Twitter and George and Jonathan on Twitter
Then make you sure you follow Nineteen Ninety Never on Twitter. That shit is the future.
Everyone Loves Storm ShadowSunday, November 7th, 2010
Ninjas are definitely the coolest guys around.
Krondor Krew - Ninjas Masters (via RhymeTorrents)
Die Antwoord - Enter The Ninja (Douster Butterfly Remix) (via Electro Toronto)
If you like ninjas, you’ll definitely want to read some more ninja posts on 199x.
In related news, my roommate and I bought throwing knives this weekend.
Nerdcore Anthem of the Year (Geek and Gamer Girl Song)Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
Its pretty much a fool-proof plan for a video: combine the geek-comedy genius of Seth Green with hot chicks singing about video games, parodying one of the hottest songs of the summer.
Add in a dash of Stan Lee excelsior, and 2 million views later you’ve got a hit.
Seth Green - Geek and Gamer Girls Song
I give them double bonus points for the Han Shot first reference and for having an amazing video.
The Man With The Gold’N'Fly RhymesSaturday, May 8th, 2010
One of the best parts about having this blog is that people send me their music all of the time. While some of it ends up being pretty terrible, some of is just a different kind of genius.
An example of this type of genius is Alex Kresovich - he sent me an entire album of hip-hop remixed with the soundtrack from Goldeneye 64.
That’s right - not one song. An entire album.
Wu-Tang - Gravel Pit (Alex Kresovich Gold’N'Fly Remix)
Jay-z - Pray (Alex Kresovich Gold’N'Fly Remix)
2pac - Holler If You Hear Me (Alex Kresovich Gold’N'Fly Remix)
While I never really got that into Goldeneye, I’ve got a ton of respect for Alex for putting this together.
Download the entire album at GoldNFly.com.
Tactical Hip-Hop ActionFriday, October 3rd, 2008
If you know me, you know that I fucking love the Metal Gear Solid series of games and that I think Hideo Kojima is a genius.
You also might know that I love wicked t-shirts, and this one created by the ultimate team-up of Uniqlo and the Tokyo’s Power-Graphixx Inc. design group is amazing.
Uniqlo has a few more MGS4 shirts here, but they seem to be pretty special edition and basically unavailable.
If anyone knows where I can hook up with one, I would be forever indebted to you.
And since we’re talking about Metal Gear Solid, I feel like I might as well post a track about Snake. Man, I definitely never thought I’d hear someone rap about the fact that you have to plug the controller into the other port to beat Psycho Mantis in MGS2.
Ill Gill - Nowhere to Hide (courtesy of Rhyme Torrents)
If you’ve got time, also check out Ill Gill’s page. There’s some dope nerdcore going on there.
World War ZMonday, August 25th, 2008
“It goes by many names: “The Crisis,” “The Dark Years,” “The Walking Plague,” as well as newer and more “hip” titles such as “World War Z” or “Z War One.” I personally dislike this last moniker as it implies an inevitable “Z War Two.” For me, it will always be “The Zombie War,” and while many may protest the scientific inaccuracy of the word zombie, they will be hard-pressed to discover a more globally accepted term for the creatures that almost caused our extinction. Zombie remains a devestating word, unrivaled in its power to conjure up so many memories or emotions, and it is these memories, and emotions, that are the subject of this book.”
So begins World War Z by Max Brooks, the best book I’ve read all year and probably the best book about zombies ever written.
Inspired, I’ve put collected a couple of zombie-related tracks to celebrate humanity’s victory over the undead hordes.
“When Zombies Attack” - NC-MCs feat. Sizzle Stixx
“Zombies Ate My Neighbours” - Chozo_Ninpo and MC Inadequate
All tracks courtesy of the geekily fantastic RhymeTorrents.
Image of Yonkers courtesy of John Petersen, who created it for the book.


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I found Thred Up when I was researching a website that could pay me for my gently used clothing. Initially, I wanted to host a garage sale, but I live in an apartment complex and that would be too much trouble. Then I revisited ebay, but it appears that the sellers are required to pay taxes on their sales which is also too much trouble. My mission was to empty my closet and make a couple of dollars as well.
Then I found Thred Up which offers to pay contributors so long as they meet the checklist of acceptable items. This seems like the best route for my spring cleaning :)
Beware! They do not take just any old items. Visit their website to read about what items they will likely pay you for.

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Gabby Barrett Releases Song ‘Pick Me Up’ from Deluxe ‘Goldmine’ Album
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American Idol alum Gabby Barrett recently announced that she’s releasing a deluxe version of her debut album Goldmine, and she just put out the first bonus track from the project. The song is titled “Pick Me Up,” and it also features a new lyric video.
Gabby Barrett Releases New Song ‘Pick Me Up’
Barrett’s new song “Pick Me Up” is all about having a bad day and looking to someone special to help her turn it around. “Get me outta my head and outta this town,” she sings. “And tell me no matter what / You’ll be by my side / Everything gonna be all right.”
The title has a clever double meaning, as it refers to the subject of the song literally picking the singer up in their truck, and also picking her up in terms of mood. The track has the contemporary country sound we’ve come to expect from Barrett, with a little electric guitar toward the end.
“Pick Me Up” has a fitting lyric video, featuring shots of a truck driving down country roads. The singer’s fans shared how much they love the new release, with one YouTube commenter writing that they “literally have this on repeat. It’s still playing since it’s been released.”
Barrett Is Releasing a Deluxe Version of her ‘Goldmine’ Album
Last year, Gabby Barrett released her debut album Goldmine. The 21-year-old recently announced that she’s putting out a deluxe version of the album this month, featuring four new bonus tracks, including “Pick Me Up.”
Barrett shared the updated tracklist on Instagram. The deluxe release will include 17 songs in total, adding onto the original 13. Other bonus tracks include “Never Get It Back,” “I Will Always Love You,” and “The Good Ones (Wedding Version).”
The new album will be available November 19, but you can pre-save and pre-order it now. We’re especially interested to hear the “wedding version” of Barrett’s song “The Good Ones.” Barrett married fellow American Idol Season 16 finalist Cade Foehner in 2019.


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Magnesium deficiency in soil threatens yield and quality
TUTICORIN: Cotton farmers in the district are worried lot as magnesium deficiency in the soil is threatening the yield and quality on a large scale.
According to official sources, about 20 percent of the crop raised on 7,000 hectares of rainfed area spread over Kovilpatti, Vilathikulam, Ettayapuram and Kovilpatti blocks during the current season had already been affected.
The deficiency was detected recently by a team of experts comprising V. Subramanian, Chief Scientist, and K. Baskar, Soil Scientist, from Agriculture Research Station (ARS), Kovilpatti.
Farmers had complained that leaves of the plants were quickly turning reddish purple.
Subsequent studies revealed that magnesium content in the plants was less than 0.1 percent.
The potassium to magnesium ratio was also found to be 8:1 in the affected regions.
"A healthy plant normally has 0.6 to 0.9 percent of magnesium and the potassium to magnesium ratio should not exceed 5:1," says Mr. Subramanian.
The disparity in the magnesium ratio occurred owing to variation in soil moisture content and high soil temperature ranging from 30 to 32 degree celsius even at a depth of 30 cm, due to lack of adequate rainfall.
"Presence of the right amount of magnesium plays an important role in photosynthesis. Deficiency affects a plant's respiration, phosphate metabolism and activation of enzymes, resulting in `death' of the crop," he says.
ARS scientists are telling the farmers to spray five gm of magnesium sulphate (epsom salt) diluted in one litre of water on 45th and 60th days of sowing or basal application of 25 kg of magnesium sulphate for every hectare on a war footing.

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SANTA MARIA, Calif. – Pioneer Valley High School in Santa Maria is recognizing outstanding achievement by students in the school's Future Farmers of America.
One of the young men making a name for themselves is Marc Cabeliza. He's the current California FFA president and a recent graduate at Pioneer Valley High School.
He's now a finalist in the area of service learning in the national FFA Association.
FFA promotes agricultural education in local schools, whether it be raising livestock or learning how to plant and grow crops in the fields.
Cabeliza was part of an FFA team at Pioneer Valley and developed The Patch Santa Maria at Las Flores Ranch Park.
"I know the patch wasn't just my project, it was a group of students and a group of individuals who wanted to make a difference in the Santa Maria community," he said. "It's great to see it getting recognized at the national level and I think that's why I'm so excited, I'm not feeling nervous."
Pioneer Valley High alum Adela Garcia is also a national FFA finalist in the of area of vegetable production.
She's been actively involved in her family's farm business.
Both national finalists say they hope their success will inspire younger students to get involved in their school FFA programs.
"We might have all different backgrounds, different circumstances, but once you put on the blue corduroy jacket you feel like you're one big part of the family," Cabeliza said. "I think that's why FFA is so successful in making students feel like they belong and how they they're able to compete at national levels and to make sure they are successful in life."


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Deep in the Sahara by Kelly Cunnane, illustrated by Hoda Hadadi is a story about a young girl that wants to wear a malafa. A malafa is the colorful cloth that some women wear to cover their clothing and heads when they go out in public. Lalla admires the cloth and different reasons of wearing it. When she identifies it with faith, she is then given a malafa to wear to pray with her mother.
The illustrations are done in collage with a light an airy feeling that brings out the beautiful material of the malafas. The cut paper pictures seem to be enhanced with colored pencils, crayon, other papers, and ink. This is a wonderful story that gives a positve view to a traditional custom.

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On his appointment to the post almost exactly two years ago, the SRU’s Chief Executive, Mark Dodson, committed to giving Scotland’s two pro teams (Edinburgh and Glasgow Warriors) the platform from which to become more competitive in a league where some of European rugby’s biggest names lock horns. Though several criticisms may be justifiably levelled at Dodson during his tenure at the top of Scottish rugby, he has at least made good on his pro-team promise. With increased playing budgets, and the SRU’s recent and controversial drive to recruit “project players” (whereby uncapped professional players from other nations are enlisted to join either pro team with a view to qualifying for Scotland after three years through residency), Edinburgh and Glasgow have been able to make some impressive signings over the past year.
However, while the men from the West have responded in earnest to the union’s improved backing – twice making the play-off spots in the RaboDirect Pro12 and enjoying another excellent season last year under Gregor Townsend – the capital outfit have stuttered badly, ultimately stagnating in the lower reaches of the league. Despite an exhilarating Heineken Cup campaign two seasons ago offering much hope for the following campaign, they failed to record a single win in the same competition last year, taking some crushing defeats along the way (conceding a total of seventy-five unanswered points in consecutive games against Saracens and Munster), and finishing tenth in the league table. This desperately poor season led to the removal of Michael Bradley from his post as Head Coach.
Last week, following a long delay from the SRU, it was announced that veteran South African coach Alan Solomons is to join Edinburgh, filling the role vacated by Bradley for the coming season. Turning 64 this week, Solomons has spent time with several pro clubs in the UK, as well as in his home country, and offers a wealth of experience and guile at the top level.
Solomons’ record at international level is undeniably impressive. He acted as South Africa’s assistant coach under Nick Mallett between 1997 and 2000, during which time the Springboks were crowned Tri Nations champions in 1998, and made history by winning seventeen consecutive test matches. This equalled the record among top tier nations set by New Zealand in the mid-1960s.
However, it is Solomons’ knowledge of the game and heavy involvement at club and provincial level that is of greatest relevance. The South African spent three years at Ulster between 2001 and 2004, with the province going unbeaten at home in the Heineken Cup throughout his tenure, and winning the Celtic Cup in 2003 – ironically, against Edinburgh at Murrayfield. Although these are impressive standalone feats, it is the manner in which Solomons approached his role at the club that bears most significance. He is widely credited with introducing to Ulster a more diligent, proficient and hard-nosed attitude, at a time where the club had yet to fully embrace the professional era.
The coach made this clear from the outset. In an interview with the BBC on taking on the position at Ravenhill, he announced that “It’s important to concern myself with the well-being of Ulster rugby as a whole because what you want is for people to come through the system into the Ulster team itself.”
The change brought about by Solomons in the mind-set and ambition of the team, was further outlined by Mark Blair, a Scot who played under the South African at Ulster for two years, who states in an interview with The Edinburgh Evening News that “Solly instilled a different mentality in the Ulster players.”
Blair is confident that for Edinburgh, “Solly will bring a new level of expectation in terms of performance. That’s one thing he did at Ulster and for us it was a bit of a shock to the system in terms of what everybody thought was a professional approach until he arrived.”
Blair also credits Solomons as having a major hand in the drafting in of young and upcoming players such as Neil Best – a flanker whose performances for Ulster led to a string of appearances for Ireland and a move to Northampton Saints – and Stephen Ferris – who is among the top back row forwards in Europe when fully fit.
In his native South Africa, Solomons has led the Stormers to a Super 12 final, and taken charge of Western Province. He has also handled his most recent position, as Director of Rugby with the Southern Kings, very impressively. Taking the side from their amateur status a mere four years ago, barely patching a squad together to face the touring British and Irish Lions, and bringing them to the pinnacle of pro club rugby in the southern hemisphere – the Super 15 – was no mean feat, and made all the more impressive by the tight budget constraints under which this was achieved. Despite confirmation of the Kings’ relegation from Super Rugby this week, Solomons proved his ability to build and sculpt not only a squad, but a club or franchise itself.
It seems, on the face of it, as though Solomons and Edinburgh are almost a perfect fit for each other. Certainly, if there were ever a club in dire need of a thorough shake-up, then it is the capital side. His brash and forthright comments in the media this week following the Kings’ aggregate loss to the Lions in the Super 15 relegation play-offs are further testament to his strong and outspoken character – the sort of character Edinburgh have lacked of late. With several former colleagues and charges attesting to the fact that the South African will set his sights and standards high, and neither pander to the club’s bigger names, nor fail to disregard promising youth players, there is genuine cause for optimism among a set of decidedly downtrodden and long-suffering supporters.
However, that optimism should be tempered with a measure of caution. During a disastrous few months in charge of Northampton Saints in 2004, Solomons suffered a record-breaking eight-match losing streak, leaving his side just a single point from the Premiership’s bottom spot. Why this spell, arguably the blackest in his coaching career, went downhill so rapidly, and ultimately ended so quickly, is plain to see. The South African attempted not subtle and gradual changes, but a near-wholesale upheaval within the club over a desperately short time period. He blended new recruits and foreign internationals with a side that were already well-established, endeavouring to bring about the speedy restoration of the Saints to Europe’s elite that the board of directors craved.
In short, Alan Solomons has the credentials, the nous, the experience, and the track record to be a success at Edinburgh. It will almost certainly not prove to be a quick turnaround – especially given the state in which the club now finds itself. But, as he has done throughout his career, if granted enough time to shape things to fit his own style, the South African has shown he is capable of rejuvenating sides in the throes of sluggishness and torpidity. The winds of change are beginning to blow at Edinburgh once more – finally, they seem to be gusting in the right direction.
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TXT to return in May
Yes, that is right! It is confirmed that TXT will be making their hot return soon. Check it out below!
It is reported that TXT will make their hot return in May. This will mark their return in seven months since their last comeback. However, Big Hit said that they will reveal the plans after it is finalised. This does mean that they are preparing for their comeback.
So, what kind of concept do you want to see them do? Let us know in the comments below!
All Access Asia will keep you updated, so stay tuned!
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