• Six category winners announced in a festive award ceremony
• International award winners from six countries – Special Award for Rolls Royce Marine
Munich, October 2016 – In the festive setting of the Munich Glyptothek the winners of the eMove360° Award for Electric Mobility & Autonomous Driving 2017 have been announced on Monday night. This international award was presented in the categories Mobility Concepts & Software, Energy Storage, Charging Infrastructure, Powertrain, Automated Driving and Electric Vehicle.
Particularly happy on this special night, that was enchanted by the live performance of singer and entertainer Tobey Wilson, were the eight rewarded companies that proved the international character of the award, as they are based in six different countries: the Finnish company Virta, Daimler, the start-up volabo seated in Ottobrunn in the greater Munich area, TUMCREATE from Singapore, the Swiss technology company eMining, Robert Bosch and Chakratec from Israel. Rolls Royce Marine received a special award for a remotely controlled vessel. Laudator for Rolls Royce was Linda Mieden-Appelboom, Department of Economic Affairs of the Consulate General of the Netherlands. Tobey Wilson also held a laudation speech for eMining as did fellow Ambassador of the New Mobility, the German actrice and singer Nadeshda Brennicke, for TUMCREATE.
“We are very happy, that the new award attracted so many high-quality and innovative applications in its first edition – from not only but Germany but throughout Europe as well as from the US and Asia. We see this as the proof of our award and trade fair concept and it shows that the big question of how we will move in the future is a matter major concern all over the world and encourages people to develop intelligent and innovative solutions and concepts. We cordially congratulate all the winners and finalists“, said Robert Metzger, Managing Director of MunichExpo MunichExpo and organizer of the eMove360° Award for Electric Mobility & Autonomous Driving 2017.
Five winners from Europe and Asia, two German „Blue Chips” – and a start-up with a real Innovation
In the category Electric Vehicle two applications were awarded: eMining was presented the trophy for its 110 ton e-Dumper, that is equipped with the largest vehicle battery of the world and produces more electric energy than it actually consumes, as well as TUMCREATE from Singapore for Leo, a cargo e-scooter for urban delivery traffic. Additionally, Rolls Royce Marine received a special award for Project Sisu, the successful test of the first remotely controlled commercial vehicle.
From the technological point of view, the winner of the category powertrain is a real highlight. The Intelligent Stator Cage Drive (ISCAD) by volabo, a company derived from the University der Bundeswehr in Munich, could revolutionize the electric engine: despite a low voltage, ISCAD offers the opportunity to run high power aggregates, that are lighter, more economic and more sustainable than any other engine available, as it uses neither Copper nor Rare Earths.
Daimler won with its inductive charging solution, that is available in the new S-class that goes on sale next year, in the category charging infrastructure. Virta was awarded for its app-based Smart Charging & Sharing solution, Chakratec for the “Smart Kinetic Energy Storage” which enables fast charging in spots where network power used to be not sufficient. Robert Bosch recieved award in the category Automated Driving for a redundant brake system for the use in level 3 automated driving cars.
The winners at a glance
Mobility Concepts & Software: Virta – Virta Home
Energy Storage: Chakratec – Smart Kinetic Energy Storage
Automated Driving: Robert Bosch – Redundant Brake System for Automated Driving
Charging Infrastructure: Daimler – Inductive Charging
Powertrain: volabo – Intelligent Stator Cage Drive (ISCAD)
Electric Vehicle: TUMCREATE – Leo
Electric Vehicle: eMining – e-Dumper
Special Award: Rolls Royce Marine – Project Sisu
All finalists of the eMove360° Award 2017 can be seen in a special exhibition in Hall C3 at the Messe-Forum.
MunichExpo will start with a new comprehensive trade fair concept: The topics electric mobility, mobility concepts & services as well as urban & mobile design will be united under one brand. eMove360° Europe 2017 (October 17-19, 2017, Messe München) International Trade for Mobility 4.0 – electric – connected – autonomous presents the complete range of next generation and sustainable mobility solutions, from Urban & Mobile Design, materials and processing solutions, connected and autonomous driving to electronics and infotainment. Target audience of the exhibition are developers and designers, IT professionals, professional industrial buyers such as fleet managers, decision-makers in cities and communities, touristic regions and service providers.
For more information visit https://www.emove360.com.
MunichExpo Veranstaltungs GmbH
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Phone: +49 (89) 322991-34
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Due to its beautiful scenery and crystal clear water, the Big Island attracts a large number of diving enthusiasts to experience the fun of diving every year. It has invincible sea views and many murlocs. The scenery of the sea and sky is really intoxicating.
Big Island is really a paradise for diving. The blue sky, blue sea, sea and sky are all in all colors, attracting diving enthusiasts from all over the world to dive here, the water quality is first-rate, and the charges here are quite reasonable.
The underwater world is very wonderful and awesome! Worth a visit!
The money water bodies here are also quite common.

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These are the stocks posting the largest moves before the bell.Market Insiderread more
The IMF trims its economic growth forecast again as the U.S.-China trade war continues, Brexit worries linger and inflation remains muted.Economyread more
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The new funding comes only a few months after two other subsidiaries of Alphabet — venture firm Capital G and life sciences division Verily — participated in a $165 million round that sources familiar say valued Oscar at $3.2 billion. Wired reports that Alphabet now owns roughly 10 percent of the start-up, which has created a technology platform to better process insurance claims.
Oscar, which ranked No. 12 on CNBC's 2018 Disruptor 50 List, uses a mix of technology, provider partnerships and member experience to try to make health insurance pricing clearer for patients, while giving doctors more flexible payment models.
As part of the strategic investment, early Google employee and former YouTube CEO Salar Kamangar is joining Oscar's board. Oscar CEO Mario Schlosser said in a statement that Alphabet's investment will help bring Oscar's product to more cities and allow it to start selling to seniors through Medicare Advantage by 2020.
Alphabet and Oscar have had a close relationship for years: CNBC reported in February that in 2016 Oscar and Verily mulled putting in a joint proposal to manage care for thousands of low-income Rhode Island residents on Medicaid. Although the bid never materialized, Verily is still interested in the insurance sector.
— CNBC's Christina Farr contributed reporting.

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I am Selling The Ultimate Elf Collection June 4, 2012Posted by James in : all , trackback
I have collected Elves for around a decade and I am selling a collection of 290 cards with one of every Elf I got my hands on including an Alpha Elvish Archers, a Beta Llanowar Elves, Norwood Priestess, and much more. I included various editions and promos of the same card when they had different pictures. I used foils for all the Elves I could get foils for. This is perhaps the best Elf collection ever made. This collection likely includes at least one of every elf.
I listed the collection on ebay in an auction. You can also see many pictures of the collection here.
I am also selling many decks and other collections of cards on ebay. Go here to see everything I put up for sale.

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THE Board of Deputies of British Jews -- one of the leading enemies of free speech in Britain -- has resumed its Nazi-style tactics, reminiscent of Hitler's Brownshirt thugs, to "persuade" libraries not to stock books giving a view of history that they disapprove of.
Times Group Newspapers
March 9, 2000
Barnet Council has defended its policy of stocking books by controversial historian David Irving.
There have been complaints that Mr Irving has been found guilty of "holocaust denial" by a German court, but his books about Nazi Germany are still available in local libraries.
In reply Barnet says it has adopted the Library Association's policy on censorship which says librarians should be guided by the law of the land:
"If the publication of an item has not incurred penalties under the law it should not be excluded from libraries under any moral, political, religious or racial ground alone, to satisfy any sectional interest."
The Press, Edgware & Mill Hill
April 13, 2000
Libraries 'will not ban' racist books
by Daniel Martin
LIBRARY chiefs have sparked outrage amongst the Jewish community by refusing to ban books by disgraced historian David Irving.
But his works, which are all currently out on loan, will no longer be placed on the shelves and will only be available on request.
Irving was branded an anti-Semite and a racist by a High Court judge on Tuesday after the failure of his libel battle with author Deborah Lipstadt, who had said he was a Holocaust denier.
Cllr Brian Coleman, Tory candidate for the London assembly, demanded the ban. He said:
"Council chiefs must act swiftly to remove any trace of this perverted interpretation of history from our libraries."
But a council spokesman said:
"Barnet Library stock will embrace all books legally available in this country and is guided by the law of the land. The council cannot act as censor. Books already published by David Irving will remain as will Deborah Lipstadt's book which has now been cleared of libel."
Cllr Susette Palmer, cabinet member for libraries, said although Irving's views were abhorrent to her, she could not support a ban. "Holocaust studies is [sic] now popular at colleges. Many people may legitimately want to read Irving's books. Until we have Holocaust denial legislation, like in Germany, there is little we can do. I personally would support such legislation."
Rabbi Benjamin Rabinowitz of the Edgware United Synagogue, whose grandfather was killed by the Nazis, slammed the council's decision. "Books which portray a vicious anti-Semitic and racist view should not be included in free speech They should not be available to the general public."
April 22, 2000
THE large local Jewish community is reportedly outraged by the failure of London borough of Barnet libraries to ban books by David Irving, who as last week branded an anti-Semite and racist by a high court judge; the libraries which note they have no power to impose a ban say the books &emdash; which are currently all out on loan &emdash; will in future only available on request.
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ComEd workers head east to provide relief to storm-ravaged coast
As the East Coast slowly recovers from the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy, some Chicagoans are actively lending a hand.
More than 700 employees of Chicago-based utility Commonwealth traveled to Baltimore and Philadelphia to help restore electricity to the region.
ComEd Senior Vice President Tyler Anthony has been busy since he arrived on the East Coast. “Well, I guess I got here on Saturday, so I want to say our crews and myself arrived Sunday evening and I don’t know the day – I apologize, is it Wednesday?”
Anthony, who’s been based in the emergency management offices of Philadelphia utility PECO, says his Chicago crew of more than 300 workers has been putting in 16 hour days.
ComEd and PECO are both owned by Exelon Corporation.
They expect to restore power to Philadelphia residents by the end of this weekend. Then, he and his crew will come back home.
“When you’re driving down a street and you see what some of these trees that have gone on top of houses or on vehicles... it’s just a very, very, very tough thing and your heart goes out to these folks.”
Meanwhile, The American Red Cross is asking Chicagoans to donate blood. The blood bank had to cancel 325 pre-planned blood drives across 13 states that were affected by the storm.
A list of upcoming Chicago blood drives is available on the Red Cross website.

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THE Herald & Gazette has been praised for its campaign to safeguard vital orthopaedic and trauma services at Worthing Hospital.
Musculoskeletal (MSK) services will now continue to be provided as they are until March 31, 2015, while the Coastal West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group and Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust carry out an independent impact assessment, following the decision to award a contract for a new integrated MSK service to Bupa CSH Ltd.
Dr Walsh, vice-chairman of the Health and Adult Social Care select committee (HASC), has hailed the delay ‘a big success’.
He said: “I have had the biggest mail bag I’ve had since Fit for the Future. I’m still getting two or three letters of concern every day and that is considerably less than I was receiving.
“The response by local residents has been fantastic and I have to congratulate your campaign.
“This (the delay) is a big success and has come about because of a number of factors. Firstly the hospital trust for alerting us about their concerns, yourselves for launching your campaign and the people power behind it, and also HASC for using its powers of persuasion.
“Without all these things it would have been a fate du compli.
The CCG insists the contract with Bupa will not be signed until there is certainty around where hospital services will be delivered as part of this new service, and that local health services will not be destabilised.
Dr Katie Armstrong, clinical chief officer at NHS Coastal West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group, said: “The CCG wants to improve services for patients, we take the concerns raised by the hospital trust very seriously; we have no intention to close A&E departments or to affect the ability of the local hospital to provide safe and sustainable services.
“This agreement is a positive step forward so we can work alongside the hospital trust and develop a joint understanding of the impact of the new service and ensure local services stay safe. The CCG and hospital agree that current services for MSK patients need to be better integrated.”
Marianne Griffiths, the chief executive of Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, added: “This joint impact assessment should provide the clearer picture we need of how hospital services will be affected by any new arrangements, and I am pleased our concerns have been recognised and will now be explored in full, in partnership.
“The staff who run our current MSK service, of which I am personally very proud, also make a hugely important contribution to a wide range of other specialties across our hospitals. If we want to put patients first, it is vital that they are able to continue to do so.”
Both organisations said they were committed to working together and would accept the outcome of the report.
Following a meeting with the Herald & Gazette, the CCG confirmed that contract negotiations were underway between Bupa CSH Ltd and all of the existing secondary care providers, including WHSFT, to agree how services will be provided as part of the new contract.
According to the CCG, Bupa CSH Ltd has said it wants to see orthopaedic services continue at the hospital trust and to sub-contract with them for elective orthopaedic work, such as knee and hip operations.
The aim of the new contract is to bring all of the current MSK services together into one co-ordinated, joined up service.
The prime provider will be accountable to the CCG for all local planned MSK services – the ones they provide and the ones they sub-contract – rather than individual organisations being responsible to the CCG for their individual service.


“One white hat laid into me, calling me ‘Captain Messerschmitt.’ I thought it had to do with my German name. ‘Not exactly,’ he corrected, maintaining that it was actually my nickname among the ‘mechs’ because whenever I flew, I brought the A-7E back filthy from shooting the gun,” Capt. Ralph Wetterhahn USAF exchange with VA-146 Blue Diamonds
The A-7 Corsair II was built by Vought as a replacement for the legendary A-4 Skyhawk, but while the latter aeroplane represented the most simple, basic approach to lifting a wide variety of ordnance from an aircraft carrier, the SLUF (Short, Little. Ugly, Fucker as the A-7 was nicknamed by her aircrews) evolved into arguably the most successful tactical jet bomber of the Vietnam Conflict.
The definitive version of the Corsair II for the U.S. Navy was the A-7E, which thanks to her endurance, accuracy and a suite of weaponry became a favourite with Forward Air Controllers (FACs) during the Southeast Asia War.
The U.S. Navy developed the A-7E from the U.S. Air Force’s A-7D, which offered a much more powerful engine and a completely new generation of avionics. Replacing the disappointing Pratt & Whitney TF30 with the Allison TF41 increased the power of the A-7B by nearly 3000 lbs of thrust, an impressive and advantageous alteration. The A-7E also replaced the original two troublesome 20 mm Colt Mk 12 cannon with one General Electric M61A1 Vulcan, which featured a highly reliable six-barrel arrangement similar to the Gatling gun of the 19th century. The cannon’s ammunition count was also increased from just over 650 rounds total to 1000 rounds.
However as explained by Norman Birzer and Peter Mersky in their book U.S. Navy A-7 Corsair II Units of the Vietnam War, to many Navy Corsair II drivers, the Vulcan gun was a neat toy, but as it turned out, they did not use it a lot in combat mainly because there were not enough appropriate targets.
Even FACs were somewhat reluctant to let eager A-7 aviators make strafing runs if the situation did not warrant it. By contrast USAF Capt. Ralph Wetterhahn (who as a first lieutenant shot down a MiG-21 during Operation Bolo and who later became a successful author) that served an exchange tour with VA-146 “Blue Diamonds” in 1970 loved to shoot the A-7E’s cannon, which did not endear him to his groundcrew.
During an off-duty foray into a bar in the fabled serviceman’s delight known as Olongapo City, in the Philippines, Wetterhahn was accosted by a plane captain (the enlisted man in charge of a specific aircraft in the squadron). “We all got merrily inebriated, and one white hat laid into me, calling me ‘Captain Messerschmitt.’ I thought it had to do with my German name. ‘Not exactly,’ he corrected, maintaining that it was actually my nickname among the ‘mechs’ because whenever I flew, I brought the aeroplane back filthy from shooting the gun. I usually did fire the M61, particularly at night. On one occasion, maintenance wanted the ammo can emptied for some reason, and boy did I accommodate. All 1000 rounds… “zzziiip!’ The cordite would stick to the belly, and being corrosive, it had to be cleaned off before salt spray got to it.
“I had figured out a way to drop bombs, then open up with the Gatling gun during pullout – a tactic designed to keep AAA heads low while I cleared the area. Truth be known, I just loved to shoot the gun. ‘The AAA gunners can see your muzzle blast at night an hose you’, another aviator told me. ‘Heck, they see the whole aeroplane the whole time during the day and miss,’ I retorted, “so because they see a two-second burst at night, they’ll suddenly get more accurate?’
“But that wasn’t the plane captain’s point. He and his fellow PCs had to clean the cordite off the A-7. ‘It’s a real pain, Captain Messerschmitt!’ ‘Fine,’ I told him. ‘Next time I fly, I’ll clean the damn thing myself!’
“Two weeks later, back on the line, I caught a night mission with six Mk 83s and a full load of 20 ‘mike-mike.’ Needless to say, the aeroplane came back with a black belly. After the A-7 was chained down, I noticed the PC looking underneath, a look of disgust on his face. ‘Don’t touch it,’ I said. ‘Get what you need to clean it at dawn and wait for me.’
“I went to debrief and hit the sack for about two hours, then groggily stumbled up to the flight deck. There must have been 200 sailors gathered around that A-7 when I showed up. I grabbed the gunk can and a pile of rags, slid under the fuselage and started applying the cleaning solvent. Cameras flashed like a 57 mm gun battery in the heat.
“I was halfway to the tail, and fully appreciative of the work involved, when the plane captain slid next to me and took the rag. ‘Never thought I’d ever see an officer do this. I’ll take over – and another thing. Shoot the gun any time.”
Commenting on this episode, Wetterhahn concluded observing that his Navy compatriots did not use the gun as much as he did.
“Mostly, when we had mission in South Vietnam, we used it. In Laos, generally the bombs did the work, so strafing was required. Also, you had to get pretty close to be effective, putting yourself in the heart of the AAA envelope. I strafed high, the rounds hitting the ground in front of the area where I was pulling out.”
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For the bettor who wants to win big, football betting analysis is the way to go. There are several experts who offer valuable insights to help you make better wagers. I recommend listening to this podcast, which features interviews with professional bettor Tom Payne and media guru Todd Fuhrman. They cover topics like NFL, college, and situational football, and discuss sharp versus square betting positions, injuries, coaching, match-ups, and line movement.
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Whether you’re a fan of fantasy football or a seasoned bettor, you can’t go wrong with Adam Levitan’s football betting analysis. In his podcast, he dives into all aspects of the NFL and other sports, including NCAA basketball. Podcast episodes are typically between 15 and 20 minutes in length and offer a wealth of information for novices and experts alike. Adam discusses everything from season-long player prop bets to the draft and injury updates, and his expert analysis is invaluable to both seasoned and novice players.
The podcast Aethngbl is a weekly show with sports bettor Steve Fezzik and media mogul Ross Tucker discussing the best bets of the week. Each episode features a different sports pick from Fezzik. It’s a great show that helps sports bettors of all kinds win more money. Here’s what Fezzik’s podcasts look like:
The football bettor and media mogul team up to create the weekly “Best Bet” show. The show covers everything from injuries to X’s and So to matchups and travel. Guests include former Packers exec Andrew Brandt and NFL Films legend Greg Cosell. And, you’ll learn about everything from press box food to ‘daddy sodas’. And you can’t go wrong with any of them!
The name “Warren Sharp” is synonymous with expert football betting advice, and for good reason. Sharp conducts thorough research into every edge in every game, and he shares the most valuable findings with his listeners. He is joined by fellow analysts TA Cleveland and Rich Hribar on the podcast, which prepares listeners for Sunday’s NFL action. While Sharp does not reveal his betting history, he encourages his touts to keep their picks documented.
Sean “Stacking the Money” Green
You may have heard of Bryan “Real Money” Kramer, a Philadelphia native, and Sean “Stacking the Money” Green. Both are NFL experts and sports fans. However, there’s a significant difference between their football betting analysis and the advice of professional sports bettor and media mogul Sean “Stacking the Money” Green. In this article, we’ll contrast their approaches to football betting.
When it comes to NFL betting analysis, there are two people you should listen to Bryan “Real Money” Kramer and Sean “Stacking the Cash.” Both are passionate sports fans and both bring unique insight to the table. While they don’t agree on everything, they do have a point of view. In this article, I’ll discuss how they came to their conclusions. Bryan “Real Money” Kramer and Sean “Stacking the Cash” Green share a similar philosophy of football betting.


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In 2020, one in three IVF cycles undertaken by couples trying to conceive was due to male infertility or a combination of male and female infertility, a new report by UNSW Sydney medical researchers shows.
The underlying reason for the male infertility was unknown in over 75 per cent of cases. Previous vasectomy was the reason for IVF in 7 per cent of cycles undertaken for male infertility, while 2.4 per cent used assisted reproductive technology (ART) after cancer treatment in the male partner.
“In the past, the focus of fertility treatment was almost always on the female patient, despite a man being equally needed to create a baby. Now that we are collecting data on the cause of male infertility, we can finally study its impact more closely,” said Professor Luk Rombauts, the President of the Fertility Society of Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ).
“The fact that over 75 per cent of male factor is 'unknown' reflects our lack of understanding of the reasons for poor semen quality. It highlights the need for further research and education in the determination of the causes. It’s quite likely that genetic studies will reveal new risk factors that can lead to male infertility.”
For the first time, the Australian and New Zealand Assisted Reproduction Database (ANZARD) has collected data and reported on the causes of male infertility for couples undergoing IVF. In addition, there is more detailed information on the types of patients undergoing IVF and more information about pre-implantation genetic testing (PGT) and the reasons for freezing eggs to preserve future fertility.
Increase in ART cycles on 2019
There were almost 96,000 ART treatment cycles performed in Australia and New Zealand in 2020, resulting in the birth of 18,462 babies.
“This represents a 7.6 per cent increase in cycles on 2019, with one in 18 babies born in Australia now conceived through IVF treatment,” said Professor Georgina Chambers, from UNSW Medicine & Health and lead author of UNSW’s Assisted Reproductive Technology in Australia and New Zealand 2020 (ANZARD) report.
“The number of cycles may have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with IVF services limited in some states,” Professor Chambers said.
“Fourteen per cent of females undergoing IVF in 2020 were in same-sex relationships or were single women, indicating how important access to IVF is for many less traditional families.”
In Australia and New Zealand, the multiple birth rate – the proportion of twins and triplets born through IVF – decreased from last year, a previous record low, and is one of the lowest rates worldwide.
Over the last decade, the multiple birth rate has decreased from 7.9 per cent in 2010 to 2.8 per cent in 2020. This improvement has been driven by the increased proportion of IVF cycles where only a single embryo is transferred, up from 70 per cent in 2010 to 93 per cent in 2020.
PGT is performed to screen embryos during IVF for chromosomal errors and genetic diseases. Approximately 8 per cent of treatment cycles undertaken in 2020 used PGT. Most of these cycles were undertaken by women in their 30s (67 per cent), and about one in four (27 per cent) were in women aged 40 years and over. Where PGT embryos were transferred, the success rate ranged between 22.4 per cent and 47.2 per cent per cycle depending on female age, with the highest live birth rate in women aged under 30 years.
Petra Wale, the Vice President of the FSANZ, said that the detailed information obtained about PGT shows preimplantation testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A), which is an abnormal number of chromosomes, was the most common indication for PGT in 2020. However, the increased use of reproductive genetic carrier screening programs for severe genetic conditions has fuelled awareness of PGT. As a result, PGT for heritable genetic disorders and chromosomal abnormalities could increase.
The overall live birth rate per embryo transfer has increased from 26 per cent in 2016 to 29 per cent in 2020. It was higher in younger women – the live birth rate per embryo transfer was around 36 per cent for both fresh and thaw cycles in women aged between 30 and 34 years. In women older than 44 years, the live birth rate per embryo transfer was 1.2 per cent for fresh cycles and 7.7 per cent for thaw cycles.
In 2021, UNSW developed the YourIVFSuccess website which includes a Patient Estimator that allows patients to estimate their chances of successfully having a baby using IVF based on their individual characteristics. It also includes a searchable database of the success rates for all accredited IVF clinics in Australia.
Key stats from the 2020 ANZARD report
The ANZARD report is funded by the FSANZ and contains data from all 93 IVF clinics operating in Australia and New Zealand.
- There were 95,699 ART treatment cycles reported from Australian and New Zealand clinics in 2020 (87,206 and 8493 respectively) representing increases of 7.6 per cent in Australia and 7.8 per cent in New Zealand from 2019.
- Of the 95,699 initiated ART cycles, there were 18,462 babies born (16,439 from treatments performed in Australian clinics and 2023 from New Zealand clinics).
- For couples trying to conceive, 20 per cent of IVF cycles were undertaken due to male infertility and 11.2 per cent were due to a combination of male and female infertility.
- In 2020, there were 7714 PGT cycles, of which 5159 were undertaken by women in their 30s and 2111 undertaken by women aged 40 years and over.
- Women used their own eggs in nearly 95 per cent of cycles in 2020; 57.5 per cent were fresh cycles and 37.1 per cent were thaw cycles.
- The live birth rate per initiated cycle was 16.2 per cent for autologous fresh (excluding freeze-all) cycles and 30.7 per cent for autologous frozen/thaw cycles.
- Single embryo transfer rates have increased from 70 per cent of embryo transfer procedures in 2010 to 93 per cent in 2020.
- The multiple birth rate has decreased from 7.9 per cent in 2010 to 2.8 per cent in 2020.
The ANZARD report, which is funded by the FSANZ, contains data submitted by all Australian and New Zealand IVF clinics, and presents information about IVF cycles undertaken in 2020 and the resulting babies born in 2020 and 2021.
The data presented in the report is managed by the National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit (NPESU) within UNSW’s Centre for Big Data Research in Health and Women’s Health in the School of Clinical Medicine.

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Microsoft has begun alerting MSN Hotmail users when an inbound message fails to authenticate under the company’s Sender ID protocol.
For several months the company has examined inbound messages using Sender ID, but has not filtered messages deemed fraudulent, or informed users when a message fails to authenticate.
Under yesterday’s changes, messages with fraudulent or missing domain information will be relegated to the junk folder. In cases where MSN determines a sender has not published SPF records — which doesn’t necessarily indicate fraud — Hotmail users see a yellow banner informing them, “The sender of this message could not be verified using Sender ID.”
“This indicates enough senders have been publishing their records for it to be meaningful,” said Jordan Cohen, Bigfoot Interactive’s director of ISP and government relations. “We think this is highly positive news for the industry.”
Microsoft estimates millions of senders now publish SPF records, and the pressure is on for those who don’t to start doing so in the coming months. Starting in November, MSN has said it will begin filtering messages from senders who do not publish records.
“Today’s announcement accomplishes two things: It further protects consumers by providing them more information about suspicious emails, and it’s a call to action for domain holders and email senders to publish their SPF records to help protect their brands and maximize the deliverability and reliability of their email,” said Craig Spiezle, director of Microsoft’s technology care and safety Group, in a statement.
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This pet cage is crafted out of anti-rust paint-covered metal square tubes and wires， strong， safe， and durable for your pets to use. Three front doors with latches and 2. 2cm/0. 9" bar spacing can keep your pets safe in the cage when you are not around. Six tiers provide enough space for active pets to roam， climb and rest. Detachable tier panels and ramps can be removed and rearranged according to your needs. The ball-shaped wheels offer an effortless and convenient way to move the cage.

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Bifurcation lesions are one of the major unsolved problems of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Large metal burden in the artery, stent deformation, and stent overlap are problems associated with proposed techniques that use conventional stents.1–5 Several specially designed bifurcation devices have been proposed. However, none of these has been shown to be effective. We invented the “extended Y” technique, which uses conventional stent systems. In this technique, stenting of the main branch proximally and close to the origin of the side branch is followed by deployment of two kissing stents in a Y fashion in the distal branches, creating a short protrusion of a double stent barrel into the proximal stent. We studied this extended Y technique in bifurcations with disease of both the main branch and the two ostia of the distal branches.
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Thirty patients (22 men, mean (SD) age 64.6 (8.9) years) were treated. Bifurcations were left anterior descending/diagonal (50%), left anterior descending/septal (3%), circumflex/obtuse marginal (23%), or right coronary artery/posterior descending artery/posterolateral artery (23%). In four bifurcations the proximal part of the main branch was not diseased. Fifty per cent of patients had non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome and 50% had stable angina. Side branch diameters were 2 mm or more. Paclitaxel (18 patients) or sirolimus eluting stents were used. Eight patients received a glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor blocker. …


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Freddie Mole, Lion Tamer
Freddie is an ordinary boy who joins the circus one day. He can't believe his luck as he is asked to understudy some of the acts. But is he brave enough to go into the lions' cage?
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According to Dr John Bertram, carotenoids stop tumour growth by restoring communication between cells. And by keeping cells 'talking' to each other, they may also prevent cancer from developing in the first place.
The findings are further evidence of the potential value of carotenoids to the food industry, which so far has been slow to push the health benefits of the ingredient. Mostly used as a natural colouring, carotenoids have been 'under-utilised' by Europe's health food industry, according to a recent Frost & Sullivan report, and consumers are still unaware of their health benefits.
Speaking at BioScience2004 in Glasgow today, Dr John Bertram reported that dietary carotenoids increased the activity of a molecule called connexin 43. This molecule forms small channels between cells and, by doing so, connects virtually all cells in the body. Through these channels, cells exchange nutrients and many vital signals that ensure normal cellular growth.
Most tumour cells have lost this ability to communicate and, as a result, have isolated themselves from their normal neighbours. But when Bertram's team treated normal mouse cells with isolated carotenoids, they prevented the formation of cancer by cancer-causing chemicals and increased communication in these cells, he said.
Then they treated three different types of human tumours with carotenoids. Communication between cells was restored and the tumour cells behaved more normally, both in culture and when grown in laboratory animals.
"We've looked at five or six carotenoids and they all appear to have this ability to restore communication between cells," Dr Bertram told NutraIngredients.com.
"We're now working on the mechanism. A lot of work has been done on gap junctions but we were the first to discover that dietary compounds play a role here too."
Maintaining efficient communication between cells may also be how carotenoids and retenoids stop cancer forming in the first place. Studies have shown that up to 70 per cent of human cancer is preventable and 40 per cent of this can be attributed to diet. Dietary carotenoids have been associated with lower risk of cancer and heart and eye diseases.
The Hawaii scientists are also developing novel versions of water-dispersible carotenoids that they say are up to 100 times more potent in cell cultures, largely through their enhanced absorption.
Although carotenoids are available as dietary supplements, they typically do not dissolve well in water and are not readily absorbed by the body.
In collaboration with Hawaii Biotech, Dr Bertram has chemically modified the carotenoid molecule to make them water-dispersible. An ester linkage allows the ingredient to get in to cells and liberate the natural compound.
While the highly absorbable carotenoids are being targeted at clinical use - in prevention of cancer, chronic liver disease, eye disease, and damage to the heart due to short of blood supply- Bertram said they could also be used in food supplements.
"Most of vitamin E is synthetic and so is ascorbic acid. In any case, the ester allows the natural compound to be liberated," he said, adding that previously published research on animal models have found these new compounds to be very effective in protecting the heart after an artificial heart attack.
"If you look at the amount of lutein in dietary supplements, it probably isn't enough to do the job. We have developed a much more efficient delivery system that increases absorption and therefore could increase the protection," he added.
Bertram is currently developing water-dispersible lycopene to use in pre-clinical studies on human tissue to investigate prevention of prostate cancer and a new version of lutein, which has strong evidence of protection against age-related macular degeneration.


Registrations for this year’s popular International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend (ILLW) appear to have been largely unaffected by the current COVID-19 pandemic. The event will take place this year over the August 22 – 23 weekend. By mid-July, more than 200 entries had been received, and some 400 are expected to have signed up by the event weekend.
New to this year’s event is Corsica at Phare d’Alistro, which for ILLW purposes carries the French number of FR0030. Two lighthouses in Ghana will be on the air for the first time, as well as Buck Island Lighthouse in the US Virgin Islands (VI0001). Germany is well in the lead with 54 entries, followed by Australia with 29 entries, and the US with 27 entries.
This event is designed as a fun weekend to encourage exposure to amateur radio and lighthouses to the visiting public, and ILLW stresses contacts should be more than just an exchange of signal reports. All participants are urged to observe local COVID-19 safety guidelines. —Thanks to Kevin Mulcahey, VK2CE
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NEW YORK (CNN) — States with the highest rates of melanoma cases linked to ultraviolet radiation are spread across the United States on the East and West coasts, in Hawaii and in landlocked states like Utah, according to a study published Monday in the International Journal of Cancer.
Melanoma is one of the most rapidly increasing cancers in the United States, jumping 2% per year between 2005 and 2015 in both men and women, the study found, with an estimated 151,000 cases a year by 2030 up from just over 96,000 in 2019, if current trends continue.
It is also the deadliest type of all skin cancers and linked to UV radiation exposure in nearly 95% of all cases in the United States. It's potentially preventable, because diagnoses are associated with "excessive sun exposure and indoor tanning," the authors said.
"High indoor tanning prevalence among teen girls in the late 1990s is likely a contributing factor," said lead study author Dr. Farhad Islami, a cancer epidemiologist with the American Cancer Society, referring to the rising number of melanoma diagnoses.
The strength of ultraviolet radiation is generally measured by UV index and is higher in the United States closer to the equator, including Southern states, California and Hawaii, researchers said.
To determine the number of UV-linked melanomas per state, researchers compared cases between 2011 and 2015 with a baseline of expected cases. They used historical data between 1942 and 1954 from melanoma incidence rates in Connecticut, which was the first state with a population-based cancer registry, to come up with a baseline for measurement.
"Indeed, prior to substantial increases during the last 5 decades, melanoma incidence rates in Connecticut were low, less than 2.3 per 100,000 people before 1955," the study authors said.
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The study found overall that UV exposure in the United States accounted for 91% of all melanoma cases diagnosed from 2011 to 2015 and that 94% occurred in non-Hispanic whites.
The rate among non-Hispanic whites specifically varied among states, ranging from 15.1 per 100,000 in Alaska to a high of 65.1 in Hawaii.
Multiple states had UV ray-linked melanoma cases above 25 per 100,000 for non-Hispanic whites, including Delaware, Georgia, California, Maryland, North Carolina, Florida, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Vermont, Utah, Minnesota, Idaho, Kentucky and Alabama.
"To highlight state differences, researchers highlighted results for non-Hispanic whites rather than the total population, because a lower burden in some states could largely reflect higher proportions of non-whites in the population," the study authors said. Melanoma incidence rates in the United States are lowest in blacks at 1.0 per 100,000 of population and are also substantially lower in other minorities with 4.5 per 100,000 in Hispanics compared to 27.2 per 100,000 for non-Hispanic whites, scientists said.
The states with the highest UV-attributable incidence rates among all residents were:
- Hawaii: 65.1 per 100,000
- Utah: 40.4 per 100,000
- Delaware: 37.1 per 100,000
- Georgia: 36.5 per 100,000
- California: 33.8 per 100,000
- Maryland: 32.6 per 100,000
- Vermont: 31.4 per 100,000
- North Carolina: 29.5 per 100,000
- Florida: 29.2 per 100,000
- Oregon: 28.5 per 100,000
"These variations likely reflect a combination of state differences in the strength of solar UV radiation, regular or intermittent participation in outdoor activities (even intermittent sun exposure increases melanoma risk), sun protection, indoor tanning and early detection activities," researchers said.
The study found improved strategies for sun protection, such as increased use of sunscreens and limiting activities in the sun to mornings or later afternoons, are needed to modify behaviors.
"The burden of UV-attributable melanoma is considerably high in all states, underscoring the need for broad implementation and enforcement of preventive measures across states to reduce UV radiation exposure from excessive sun exposure and indoor tanning, with priority for states with a higher burden," the authors concluded.
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How to Make CBD Infused Chocolate
Looking to score that special someone the perfect valentines day treat? Maybe you’re single and just looking for something sweet to get you through the day. Either way, no matter how hard you look up and down the aisles of your local grocery store you’re going to be disappointed. Among all of the overpriced seasonally wrapped mid-tier chocolates crowding the shelves, not a single one does more than give you a sugar rush – you’re going to have to get creative. CBD infused chocolate is the answer – almost always. So why not take chocolate to the next level and infuse your favorite Valentine’s sweets with CBD?
What You’ll Need
- Chocolate of Choice (Standard – Baking Chocolate Chips of choice)
- CBD Isolate (1 Gram)
- MCT Oil (1.5 teaspoons)
- Candy Molds (If desired – easily acquired on Amazon)
If you’re not using molds, you’ll want a cookie tray ready to spread the chocolate on to make bars
- Infuse MCT oil with CBD Isolate using the double boiling method (If you don’t know the double boiling method check out our complete guide here)
- Melt chocolate – melt your chocolate as shown in the video below
- Mix CBD Infused MCT oil into chocolate – stir well
- After 15-20 minutes the chocolate should be well-mixed and ready to pour
- Pour chocolate in molds or onto cookie sheet – shape as desired
- Let cool + Harden – Then Enjoy
Pro-Tip: Write messages and names in the chocolate before it dries
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Interested in making more than just valentines day treats? Pure CBD Isolate powder is the most versatile CBD product on the market and perfect for making your own CBD infused products. Why break the bank on CBD products you can make yourself at home? Take complete control of your CBD regimen with pure CBD Isolate powder. CBD Isolate powder is easy to use and is more reliable than most CBD products because you know what you are getting – 99% pure CBD. At Bloom, all of our pure CBD isolate powder is third-party lab tested to ensure quality and purity. With this peace of mind, you can confidently use our pure CBD isolate powder to make your own CBD products – and cook with it too! CBD infused chocolate is best made with CBD isolate infused with small amounts of MCT oil because you can use less base oil and get more CBD.
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Our first visit to Malham of the new season had a weather forecast following a typical pattern of rain early on and some possible bright spells later in the day so we were confident of some good waterfall photography in the morning and hoped for some nice light at the end of the afternoon. We settled in to the Lister Arms in Malham for our introductory chat and look at some images over coffee before setting off on the stroll across the meadows to the woods and Janet’s Foss. It was indeed still raining but with no wind and the shelter of the woods the area around the waterfall looked great with the fresh wild garlic leaves an intense green in the damp conditions. After spending quite a bit of time in the woods we made our way over the lane to Gordale Scar and up to the top for the shelter of the rocks and more waterfall photography.
After lunch under the rocks we made our way up the hill to the viewpoint above Gordale Scar. The rain was easing a little but drizzle in the wind meant keeping a close eye on lenses for water droplets and lens cloths were employed regularly! A few lighter patches of cloud passed over and we watched the light change subtly across the valley.
In fact, this was probably (once again) the best stop of the day, particularly the lovely colours in the meadows running up the hillside opposite. Longer lenses were the order of the day here, picking out the patterns formed by the dry stone walls. The soft light produced exposures with very compressed histograms which looked very flat and lifeless on the back of the camera compared with the view in front of us, but a quick levels adjustment to pull in the black and white points was all that was required to produce the example image above.
Round at the lone tree the sky was still pretty flat and grey, which was less than ideal as shooting the tree requires a nice sky as a backdrop, so very careful checking of the histogram was required here to make sure there was still a bit of detail in the clouds that would be useful, particularly for black and white conversions.
After this we headed over to the top of Malham Cove where the rain had pretty much stopped but the clouds were still heavy and it looked unlikley that we’d get some nice end of afternoon light. So we had a quick look at the view from the cove out over Malhamdale but then concentrated more on the limestone pavement as a subject on its own.
The surface of the rock, still wet from the rain, glistened with reflected light and longer lenses came into play again, picking out abstract patterns formed by the clints and grykes.
Finally we made our way back down the steps to the base of the cove and set up again by the beck. The view of trees alongside the stream with the cove as a backdrop works better with nice sidelighting, but the strong shapes of skeletal trees still looked good against the light limestone cliff. However, the conditions were more appropriate to moving water, as at the start of the day, so to finish off we turned our attention to details in the fast-flowing water.
Some lovely abstract images appeared on the backs of cameras – the submerged rock in the example above adds a welcome touch of colour to an almost monochrome image. So the late afternoon light never put in an appearance, but we were happy on the walk back to the village that we’d made the most of the diffused light conditions with our choice of subjects along the way.


On 27 October, the UN General Assembly’s Disarmament and Security Committee voted for negotiations in 2017 on a treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons, with momentous consequences for Trident renewal.
Over 71 years after atomic weapons flattened the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, leading to the development of over 50,000 nuclear weapons by ten nations, a majority of 123 UN Member states have voted to convene a multilateral UN conference in 2017 “to negotiate a legally binding treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination“. Â Led by a broad cross section of nuclear free countries, including South Africa which eliminated its nuclear arsenal in 1991, their objective is to create a nuclear weapons prohibition regime under International Humanitarian Law. Their intention is to accelerate the abolition of today’s nuclear arsenals of over 15,000 weapons, reduce the proliferation-driving value attached to these weapons of mass destruction, prevent nuclear detonations and deter further modernization and proliferation.
Building on the 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the new multilateral treaty will for the first time provide a comprehensive approach to prohibiting activities such as the use, deployment, production, transporting, stockpiling and financing of nuclear weapons. It will also extend the NPT’s nuclear disarmament obligation by creating a clear, unequivocal legal obligation to eliminate existing arsenals that will apply to non-NPT as well as all NPT states.
The UK was among 38 states that voted against negotiating such a treaty, though diplomats privately acknowledged that they were in a weak position to stop negotiations from going ahead. Â A further 16 governments decided to abstain.
If the UN First Committee vote is confirmed by the UN General Assembly in December, as is likely, the negotiations will go ahead, with sessions timetabled for March, June and July 2017 in New York.Â Â TheÂ resolution for “taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations”, which was led by Austria, Brazil, Ireland, Mexico, Nigeria and South Africa, with 57 co-sponsors, calls for the negotiations to be open to all UN Member States, in accordance with General Assembly rules of procedure, which means that if consensus cannot be achieved, decisions are taken by majority.Â Â Relevant international organisations and civil society will be actively encouraged.
All states will be encouraged to participate, but none will be given a veto power to block the negotiations or decisions.Â This makes it possible to envisage a nuclear ban treaty being delivered in time to be adopted by the United Nations at a high level meeting in 2018, as some states have already advocated.
This UN vote and next year’s negotiations look set to be a huge game-changer.Â So why is it being ignored by mainstream British media?
As noted by a handful of forward-looking Green, Labour and Scottish MPs duringÂ last July’s Trident debate, a nuclear ban treaty is better for UK security than spending over Â£205 billion on upgrading Trident and threatening to fire it at Moscow or wherever, asÂ Theresa May currently advocates.
In two speeches given by UK ambassador Matthew Rowland on 14 October, the tone was anxious and hectoring, as this desperate British diplomat pleaded with his non-nuclear peers to join him in voting against a resolution that he knows the UK will not be able to avoid or withstand. Â Still he proclaimed that “as long as nuclear weapons exist NATO will remain a nuclear alliance” and that the UK intends to have nuclear weapons for “the foreseeable future“.Â Even in NATO countries, however, those assumptions are being questioned and criticised. Â Weeks before the UN vote, the Norwegian, Dutch and Belgian parliaments strongly argued for their governments not to oppose the resolution or negotiations, though only the Netherlands had the courage to defy the NATO whip and abstain.
In a further development initiated by European Greens, MEPs supported aÂ European Parliament resolutionÂ that called for EU governments to participate constructively in the proposed UN multilateral negotiations “to prohibit nuclear weapons in 2017 “.Â Backed by 415 MEPs, this EP resolution also invited “Vice-President/High Representative Federica Mogherini and the European External Action Service to contribute constructively to the proceedings of the 2017 negotiating conference”.Â Only 124 MEPs voted against, mainly from the far right parties, with 74 abstentions.
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A man who was caught driving while almost three times over the legal limit has been disqualified.
Kevin Stuart Potts, of Brunswick Road, pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol on March 11.
Derry Magistrate’s Court heard that police went to the Kilfennan area after receiving a report the 49-year-old was drink driving.
A breath test gave a reading of 98mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath.
Defence solicitor Michael McGee said his client had been at a friend’s house and had no intention of driving home. He added that no other road user “had been inconvenienced by this foolish act”.
Disqualifying Potts for 16 months, District Judge Barney McElholm said “I can’t ignore the fact it is almost three times over the limit”.
He also fined the 49-year-old £200.


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Jake Gyllenhaal was spotted arm-in-arm with Jamie Lee Curtis in New York’s West Village yesterday. No, the two haven’t hopped on the older woman/younger man trend. Curtis is Gyllenhaal’s Godmother. And what a cool Godmother to have, especially when Halloween is approaching.
It was recently reported that Jake has signed on to star in the espionage thriller Rendition with Reese Witherspoon in which he’ll play “a CIA analyst based in Cairo who witnesses the interrogation of a foreign national by Egyptian secret police.” Rendition is to be directed by Gavin Hood, who won the Best Foreign Film Oscar earlier this year for Tsotsi.
Jake was also spotted recently supping at Meatpacking District bistro Pastis with Jarhead director Sam Mendes, after the jump…

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I have been travelling a bit everywhere in Vietnam and Hoi An is one of those place I remember with more pleasure along the coast of the South China Sea.
I stayed in an old hotel with those rooms slightly untidy and dirty as I love when travelling in these countries in Asia.
Hoi An for centuries has been an important town where many traders came from india, China and other Asian countries.
It is still well preserved unlike other cities in Vietnam that were completely destroyed during the long war of the Indochina.
I like to see the blend of modern and old buildings even though I do not hide that ,nowadays, we are losing more and more the past of the traditions and cultures of the world.
I liked the atmosphere, here, even though a bit too much touristic for my tastes.
I have also visited the ancient ruins near My Son, Hindu ruins that are from the 4th century AD.
The civilization name was the Cham and they inhabited this area until the
Some of the structures collapsed due to the Vietnam war and some reconstruction works
started to restore them.
It is interesting to visit it but would recommend to come early in the morning because it is a very touristic sight and quite small, so to enjoy it a bit better always come earlier.
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including construction for new emergency and imaging centers, and renovation of existing education space in a 1976 wing for nuclear medicine. The CT & Nuclear Medicine Suite serves both inpatients and outpatients, is convenient to front-of-the-house services located in the new Imaging Center, and provides technical support to patients from the new Emergency Department. The 2,200 square foot renovation created two adjacent suites: a CT suite, and a pair of nuclear medicine rooms. The efficient plan organization shares patient intake functions and provides ample natural light to the treatments rooms, creating a patient-focused solution.
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A dose of fetish. Good friends. An incomparable muse.
Greetings, everyone, to this, in my opinion, interlude to Autumn Sunday. This week, for the prompt, I thought we do something that we are all already doing when we are writing, but this time, without our consciousness. What do I mean?
For this prompt, I will present you with a painting. it will be a still life one, but if you don’t find it inspirational or find it boring everyone will use the same photo, pick your own. Here is the painting:
*Image found HERE
For the prompt, I want you to look at this painting (or the painting of your choice) and describe it to me: just simply describe what is there.
Try to not use any comparisons or excessive adjectives, or even imputing a personal opinion when describing the items. The idea is to list them and name them, in a way you see fit, in an order you see fit.
The purpose of this exercise is to allow the reader to interpret our art however they feel like it. In order for them to do so , our poem, story , book or a photograph needs to offer them a common ground. Often when we are writing, we are exploding with creativity, or ideas, or a lot of emotions bursting out together and our product may feel like our sole selves, our soul on the paper or canvas.
I am hoping this exercise will provide an opportunity for you to try out and see how each reader of your work can and most probably will see things differently. This big orange crab? To me it will mean the sea, to someone else a lavish meal, to someone third undeniable lust. I am hoping that by participating in this prompt you can discover many meanings in your writing, perhaps even the ones you did not see before, and play around with it, perhaps even manipulate it for an outcome.
Hope you have fun writing and whether you present a poem, a story, a flash, or just about anything, I will be very happy to see it.
Please do link up, pingback and tag your post with Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie.

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