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Sep 5, 2018
Fans are having a hard time taking their eyes off K-pop girl group LOONA's cute performance.
On September 4 episode of SBS MTV 'The Show', LOONA captured fans' hearts by cutely performing to 'Hi High'.'Hi High' is the title track of the group's debut mini album [+ +] that was released on August 20.
The song is a Hi-NRG track that gives off cheerful energy when all 12 members perform together.In the lyrics, the members tease and push away guys they like, because they think they are too special and beautiful.
They say, "I know that you are looking at me, but I can't stop teasing you.", "I don't want to open my heart too easily, because I'm special and pretty.", "Go ahead and flutter my heart now.", "I'll make you wait a little longer.", and so on.On this day, LOONA members showed such a flawless performance that they made their lovely choreography as well as candy-like voice linger on their fans' minds for a long time.
Watch LOONA passionately performing 'Hi High' below!


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Kanye West’s American Psycho inspired short film featuring Scott Disick & Jonathan Cheban (New)
when friends make plans in front of you but don’t invite you
when accidently making plans in front of friends you don’t want to invite and they invite themselves
when someone hits your pokemon and its super effective
Ukiyo-E Heroes (Illustrations by Jed Henry)
Digging in the vast deep internet, I have recently found the artwork of this illustrator: Jed Henry, who teamed up with “Woodblock Printmaker” David Bull for the making of these parody illustrations of videogames called: “Ukiyo-E Heroes”.
The classical game characters including: Mario Bros, Donkey Kong, Starfox, Street Fighter, Pokémon, The Legend of Zelda, etc. Has been taken to the past with a medieval outfit, making a reference to the japanese culture in the past.
This is very awesome!
Stone Cold + Middle Finger

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Dr. Robert Chen received his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School Chicago, Illinois. He completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, and his hematology/oncology fellowship at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, Colorado. Dr. Chen is an Assistant Professor and Staff Physician in the Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope (COH) in Duarte, California. At COH, Dr. Chen is also the Co-Leader of the Lymphoma Disease and Early Phase Therapeutic Disease Teams; Associate Director, Phase I/II Trials in Malignant Hematology; and Associate Director of Phase I/II Trials in Malignant Hematology.
Dr. Chen holds memberships in the American Society of Hematology, American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Association for Cancer Research, and the Rocky Mountain Oncology Society (Colorado), among others. In addition, he is an NCCN Hodgkin lymphoma panel member, on the SWOG lymphoma working group, and is associate chair, Cedar Park Regional Medical Center (CPRMC). He is a reviewer for the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Blood, Biology of Bone and Marrow Transplantation, Oncogene, Plos, Leukemia Research, Lymphoma and Leukemia, Clinical Lymphoma and Myeloma, as well as the American Society of Hematology.

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After donating Rs. 55 Lakhs to PM- Cares Fund and Maharashtra Chief Minister Relief Fund Varun Dhawan now has pledged to provide meals to the needy and health workers who fights against the coronavirus pandemic for 24 hours. The actor made this statement with a post on his Instagram handle on Tuesday.
He wrote, “With each passing day of being locked down at home, my heart goes out to all those who have no home in this time of crisis. And so this week Eve committed to providing meals for the poor who are without homes or jobs. I also have deep admiration for all those who are risking their lives by working on the frontlines.”
He also added, “I have committed to providing meals to doctors and medical staff at hospitals. All meals are provided through the Taj Public Service Welfare Trust. It’s a small step. But during a crisis like this, we have to make every step count. I will continue to do what best I can”.
Meanwhile, Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh to Rapper-Singer Badshah, Singer Guru Randhawa, Manish Paul,, Salman Khan, Hrithik Roshon all decided to pledge to help daily wage workers of the film and television industry, needy people and health workers.

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Local unions slam Eldorado Resorts, remodeling contractor for safety, unlicensed work
Local labor unions are slamming Eldorado Resorts and the out-of-state company it hired to remodel Circus Circus Reno, accusing both of jeopardizing safety and cutting corners in order to lower costs.
The faceoff between the unions and the Reno-based casino entertainment company reflects the ongoing challenges seen in the Biggest Little City as it finds itself in the midst of fast-paced growth.
Union members had harsh words for the Virginia-baed remodeling firm Digney York Associates, pointing to citations against the company by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Nevada State Board of Contractors for safety violations as well as the hiring of unlicensed contractors for its work at Circus Circus.
“Not only are they hiring unlicensed contractors, they’re lowering the standards of construction and endangering the public with these violations,” said Eloy Jara, President of Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 169
Eldorado Resorts did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
A representative from Digney York’s Virginia headquarters who answered the phone on Thursday morning told the Reno Gazette Journal that no one was available to answer questions. When asked if it was possible to leave a message, the representative responded “you’ll have to talk to our lawyer.” The representative then hung up after being asked for the lawyer’s phone number.
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Digney York Associates, a hotel and resort remodeling firm based in Vienna, Virginia, was issued citations in April by OSHA as well as the Nevada State Board of Contractors for work related to the ongoing remodeling effort at Circus Circus.
The company was cited by OSHA on April 24, 2018 for two violations. One was described as a “serious” violation involving asbestos handling, according to records obtained by the Reno Gazette Journal from OSHA. The other was a violation of Nevada Revised Statutes requiring workers to present a valid completion card that shows completion of an OSHA-mandated safety training course within 15 days of hiring. Subcontractor Coastline Construction & Renovation, meanwhile, was cited by OSHA for three violations.
A citation record requested from the Nevada State Board of Contractors also showed that Digney York Associates was fined a total of $21,500 in April for “knowingly entering into a contract with a contractor who is not licensed.”
The board documented five cases in January when the company entered written contracts with subcontractors who were not officially licensed to work in Nevada at the time. The companies are:
- All Shores Flooring, Inc., for a flooring project.
- Ideal Renovations and Construction Management for a tiling project.
- Zap’s Electrical, LLC, for electrical work.
- Wall Tech Renovations, Inc., for a wall covering project.
- Coastline Construction, Inc., for painting work as well as acoustic ceiling removal and drywall installation.
All the contracts involved work at the Reno Circus Circus, which is in the midst of a multimillion-dollar renovation following its acquisition by Eldorado Resorts, Inc., from MGM Resorts International in 2015. Eldorado Resorts is also in the midst of a rebranding effort for its “Tri-Properties,” with Circus Circus, The Silver Legacy and Eldorado hotel-casino being collectively called “The Row.”
Local unions posted this video on YouTube of Digney York workers violating safety standards while working on Circus Circus remodel:
The violations were slammed by local labor unions, which have been critical of Eldorado Resorts for hiring an out-of-state company.
“They’re hiring an out-of-state contractor that’s bringing in out-of-state workers and also supports hiring of unlicensed contractors,” Jara said. “This money is not staying in the local economy and is being sent out of state just so they can save few bucks.”
Although some might see the complaints by union members against Digney York and Eldorado as self-serving, the contractor’s documented problems should be proof that the company is not fit for the job, said Russ James, regional director of the District Council 16 painters union.
“Do we cost more? Yeah, but highly trained workers have value and we make up for that in efficiency,” James said. “With what’s going on in the city and the cost of living and the cost of housing (going up) like it is, we won’t have any workers left in this city if we keep bringing in out-of-state workers because they’re cheaper.”
It is not the first time that unions have been critical of Digney York, which uses a network of traveling subcontractors. In 2008, union members slammed the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee for hiring the company for an $18 million remodeling project. At the time, union representatives echoed the same criticisms, including the use of out-of-state workers hired for lower pay.
Digney York is no stranger to safety violations as well. In 2005, the Department of Public Works in San Francisco found the company to be not in compliance with safety regulations after it failed to fill the plastic safety barriers it used in a construction project with adequate amounts of water in order to weigh them down. A double-decker bus ended up plowing through the barriers, critically injuring some people at Union Square.
Local union members, meanwhile, provided footage to the Reno Gazette Journal that showed instances outside of Circus Circus in Reno where Digney York workers failed to follow standard safety procedures. These include cases where workers failed to barricade streets from traffic and did not have a flagger available for directing traffic while a forklift entered the road to fill a trash bin. In some of the examples, motorists had to avoid the forklift or the workers, some of whom were dressed in baseball caps and street clothes instead of proper construction attire.
Local union members say they provided similar information to the Eldorado sometime in May. With Eldorado continuing to use Digney York, however, the union members say they plan to hold a rally outside of Circus Circus at 2 p.m. on Friday, the same day that The Great Eldorado BBQ, Brews and Blues Festival kicks off.
Union members are also targeting Eldorado’s founding family for the company’s continued use of Digney York.
“Yes the Caranos have been a big help to community,” Jara said. “But right now they’re going the wrong direction with the hiring of Digney York and supporting their practices.”


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Elyse, who first met Josh in Byron Bay, NSW in 2013 before they competed on The Block together in 2017 previously spoke about her pregnancy journey, to WHO.
The Myer ambassador admitted she’s had fully embraced her newfound curves and divulged she was “loving the changes” that motherhood brings.
“It’s just so incredible how a woman's body can grow a human,” Elyse said.
“It excites me every week to read about how the little person inside me is developing and it makes me burst with excitement to watch my belly grow! I feel very lucky.”
However, the pregnancy wasn’t without its pitfalls and Elyse added that she suffered severe morning sickness in her first trimester.
“During those first 8 or so weeks I was so sick I couldn’t even walk to the bathroom without feeling as though I was seconds away from throwing up,” she explained.
“The first trimester tested me big time! I was eating whatever I could simply to survive the nausea!”
In September, Elyse and Josh announced they were expecting their first child together.
The 27-year-old model and her long term partner revealed their happy news on Instagram, posting several adorable photos of Elyse’s growing baby bump.
“And then there were 3 #babybarker,” Elyse captioned her post, alongside three cute snaps of the couple posing together while on holidays in Alice Springs.
While Elyse has worked as a model for years, fronting campaigns for brands including Seafolly for years, before signing on as Myer ambassador in 2018, she became a household name following her successful stint on the Channel Nine renovation reality show in 2017, alongside Josh.
The couple won the series after the house they renovated sold at auction for a whopping $3.067 million. The property was bought by Aussie comedian Dave Hughes.
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The 2023 Jeep® Wagoneer (WS) equipped with the new twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter Hurricane inline-six-cylinder engine and Advanced All-Terrain Group, has been named FOUR WHEELER Magazine’s “2023 SUV of the Year”. It marks the brand’s second-consecutive win of the title, as the 2022 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon 392 (JL) won the award last year.
The FOUR WHEELER “SUV of the Year” competition is open to all new or significantly revised SUVs for the upcoming model year, which are then judged by the editors of the famed 4×4 enthusiast publication.
The FOUR WHEELER team then test various attributes of each vehicle including 0 to 60 mph and 1/4-mile acceleration, 60 to 0 mph braking distance, and on- and off-road evaluation in both the mountains and deserts of Southern California. Vehicles are subjected to a variety of off-road conditions, including sand, rocky trails, loose-surface trails, rutted backroads, loose dirt hill climbs, mud, snow, and ice. Night driving was also integrated into the competition to gauge the performance of each vehicle’s lighting equipment. According to FOUR WHEELER’s editors, the 2023 Wagoneer earned its place at this year’s competition.
“You might not look at the luxurious and plus-sized Wagoneer and realize all the capability that is lurking beneath its contemporary sheet metal, but it’s there,” said Sean P. Holman, FOUR WHEELER Content Director. “The big Wagoneer is going to get the family down the road in comfort and style and right past the trailhead. The traction control is exceptional, the suspension supple, and that new inline-six engine is a powerhouse of torque and refinement. We didn’t go into the test thinking the Wagoneer would win, but it earned every vote thanks to how well it did everything we asked of it.”
“FOUR WHEELER’s comprehensive 2023 SUV of the Year testing proved that Stellantis has eloquently achieved the elusive task of creating a full-size SUV that can dominate challenging terrain including rocky trails, mud, and snow,” said Ken Brubaker, Editor, FOUR WHEELER. “We found the Wagoneer’s Hurricane twin-turbo engine to be a powerhouse, the vehicle’s on-road manners are impeccable, and the fit and finish are superb. The Wagoneer demonstrated that it’s worthy of wearing the storied Wagoneer nameplate and the 2023 FOUR WHEELER SUV of the Year crown.”
“Historically speaking, the vehicle that wins FOUR WHEELER’s SUV of the Year is rarely the one that is expected at the onset. This has once again been proven to be the case with the 2023 Wagoneer sneaking in and taking the prize from the more outwardly off-road oriented competitors,” said Jason Gonderman, Editor, Truck Trend. “The Wagoneer combines a quiet and comfortable cabin with legendary off-road pedigree and the hardware to back it up. Opting for the company’s phenomenal new twin-turbocharged Hurricane engine makes the package truly irresistible.”
Judges included the full MotorTrend Truck & Off-Road Group staff, who have decades of experience working on various truck and 4×4 brands including FOUR WHEELER, 4-Wheel & Off-Road, JP, Diesel Power, and Truck Trend.
“The Jeep brand is built on more than 80 years of class-leading 4×4 capability, and the new Wagoneer expands that legendary capability to the large SUV segment,” said Jim Morrison, Senior Vice President and Head of Jeep North America. “To earn the prestigious title of Four Wheeler SUV of the Year for the second year in a row and the 18th time overall is a testament to our core values of delivering Freedom, Adventure, Authenticity, and Passion to our Jeep customers, and now our Wagoneer customers, by giving them the capability to truly go anywhere and do anything. The FOUR WHEELER ‘SUV of the Year’ test is unmatched, and we’re truly honored to be recognized by a team of avid and expert off-roaders who truly understand 4×4 capability.”
During its 50-year run of the award, the Jeep brand has taken home the title more than other manufacturer:
- 2023 Jeep Wagoneer (WS) with All-Terrain Group
- 2022 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited (JL) Rubicon 392
- 2020 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited (JL) Rubicon EcoDiesel
- 2019 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon (JL)
- 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk (WK2)
- 2015 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk (KL)
- 2013 Jeep Wrangler Moab (JK)
- 2012 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon (JK)
- 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland (WK2)
- 2007 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon (JK)
- 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland (WJ)
- 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee (WJ)
- 1997 Jeep Cherokee (XJ)
- 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee (ZJ)
- 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee (ZJ)
- 1986 Jeep Comanche (MJ)
- 1984 Jeep Cherokee (XJ)
- 1974 Jeep Cherokee (SJ)
“FOUR WHEELER’s tests and staff have long been the industry’s benchmark for proving out 4×4 capability,” Morrison added. “And at the Jeep brand, we are honored to have the most FOUR WHEELER wins.”
Standard on Wagoneer Series II and Wagoneer Series III, the Hurricane twin-turbo engine sets the benchmark for power and efficiency in the large SUV segment with 420 horsepower and 468 lb.-ft. of torque. Additionally, the engine achieves its V8-rivaling performance while being up to 15% more efficient than larger engines. In fact, the Wagoneer’s Hurricane Twin Turbo engine achieves up to 24 mpg highway.
The Wagoneer lineup offers first-rate driving dynamics and composed 4×4 capability. Standard on all Wagoneer 4×4 models, the class-leading Selec-Terrain System provides up to five modes (auto, sport, rock, snow, sand/mud) and allows customers to choose the on- and off-road setting for optimum 4×4 performance. This feature electronically coordinates up to 12 different powertrains, braking, 4×4 torque split, and suspension systems, including throttle control, transmission shift, transfer case, Hill-descent Control, and Selec-Speed Control.
The Advanced All Terrain Group, available on Wagoneer Series II, amplifies the vehicle’s legendary capability by adding aggressive off-road wheels and tires, a two-speed transfer case, a 3.92 rear axle ratio, chrome tow hooks, removable rear tow hooks, an electronic limited-slip differential, Quadra-Lift air suspension system, front suspension skid plate, fuel tank skid plate, transfer case skid plate, and Selec-Speed Control.
If you are an owner or a fan of the new Wagoneer models, be sure to check out our dedicated WagoneerForums.org website. There you can talk to other Wagoneer/Grand Wagoneer owners, keep up with the latest news, and even communicate with Wagoneer Client Services.


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Katie Price's daughter Bunny has pleaded with her to "stop embarrassing her" during a family trip to the salon.
The mum-of-five, who previously treated son Harvey to a new bed, recorded Bunny, six, having her blonde locks blow-dried and proudly called her daughter "gorgeous".
However, the youngster was having none of it and asked her mum to not "embarrass" her in front of all of the hairstylists.
"Oh Bunny" Gorgeous!," Katie, 43, gushed as she turned the camera on her youngest child.
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Bunny hit back: "You always have to embarrass me. Stop embarrassing me mum!"
Katie also made sure to swoon over her husband-to-be Carl Woods, who was sat in the chair next to Bunny.
She added: "Oh Carl, gorgeous!," as he got his barnet cut by a male hair stylist.
The salon trip comes after Katie discovered Bunny is her mini-me as she changed her outfit "100 times" during a makeover session.
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The former glamour model took to her Instagram feed to post a glamorous photo of her six year old, who she shares with ex Kieran Hayler.
The snap showed Bunny dressed in a pair of neon pink leggings with a matching jacket, which she teamed with Adidas-branded pink socks and a light pink T-shirt.
Bunny posed with her legs crossed and held a phone up to her ear as she flashed a smile for the camera. Katie styled her daughter's hair up and didn't put any make up on her.
In the caption, Katie explained that Bunny is exactly her double as she changed her attire many times before settling on the pink number.
The reality star, who has been nominated for an NTA, wrote: "Buns is just like me [pink heart emoji] yesterday she was pretending she was on the phone with her 100th outfit change of the day Outfit from @princessandbunny.co.uk #Partnership," followed by a pink heart emoji and a queen emoji.
Many of her 2.6 million fans couldn't help but gush over Katie's girl and how alike she is to her mum.
One person penned: "I think bunny looks more like katie than princess does. Princess is like her dad but with katies hair."
Another said: "Bless her she wants to be like her mam xxx," alongside three pink flower emojis.
While a third added: "I think she's just like you from the pictures I've seen of you when you were little in your autobiography!" with a red heart emoji.


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In this article I want to touch on themes car insurance, whether you want to insure your car at the auto Hull, pros and cons, where it is more convenient to insure your car. To begin with, that I myself spent several years in insurance and I know the principle of insurance companies, which is called from inside. Many of us are asking themselves whether to communicate with these insurance companies to pay their hard earned, and then not know what to expect, because each probably heard from their acquaintances, friends, or just read on the forums various reviews, both positive and negative. Is not it easier just to drive carefully and then with me did not happen. The answer is – no, not easier! From my experience in the settlement of losses 70% of those who came to my people to settle their losses for the first time, appealed again. Frequently JPMorgan Chase has said that publicly.
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The leaders of Boston 2024, the nonprofit corporation looking to bring the Olympic Games to the Boston area 10 summers from now, claim that the venture would be largely funded through private financing.
So you might like to think there’s no real need to involve the state Legislature — or any need for a bill like the one filed by state Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, requiring that lawmakers approve a bid for the games before any state money is expended for the massive undertaking.
But while preparing the city’s final Olympic bid due in September, Boston 2024 also concedes that an undetermined amount of federal money will go toward games security, with taxpayer money also needed for infrastructure upgrades that will be no doubt be necessary to host the games.
In that vein, there is every reason to believe that at least some of that infrastructure will require state money at some point. So the bill Tarr has filed in tandem with Sen. Richard Ross, should indeed draw support toward ensuring oversight and accountability on behalf of the state’s taxpayers.
To date, Boston 2024’s focus has been trying to drum up a consensus in support of the Olympic bid among the state’s residents, who have given it little more than a 50-50 reception in polls. Organizers behind the Boston bid have also done their best to quiet down and sidestep a number of calls for a referendum on whether to take the final steps in bidding for the games.
But while no one doubts that the games could bring some significant economic benefits to the region as well as the city, it’s also important to keep close tabs on any potential costs, whether for new athletic venues — which have no business being built with public funds — or for infrastructure costs, even if such projects are geared toward Boston’s and the state’s long-range future.
Tarr’s bill shouldn’t be seen as a hurdle or a threat toward bringing the games to Boston, if that is indeed what the state’s taxpayers want. It would merely provide a measure of acceptability that is needed for these efforts now — and most certainly will be as these plans go forward.
It deserves to be heard — and it deserves the full Legislature’s support.


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There were plenty of attention-grabbing developments among the top active transportation stories of 2018.
Some of these developments helped make our streets safer and more inviting for people using active transportation, while others were intended to give more people access to better transportation options.
Here they are. If we missed an important story, please let us know in the comments below.
Submitted by Ron Burke on Wed, 10/10/2018 - 09:05
School districts across Illinois are working to meet a new requirement to teach biking and walking safety while celebrating national Walk to School Day on Wednesday, October 10.
Submitted by Maggie Melin on Thu, 10/04/2018 - 17:22
Do you want better walking, biking and transit options in your community?
For people who walk, bike or ride transit in the suburbs, our transportation system is often neither safe nor welcoming.
Submitted by Ron Burke on Fri, 09/07/2018 - 12:47
Every day in Illinois, five kids on average are hit by a driver of a motor vehicle within one block of a school, and more are hit beyond the school zones.
A bill that helps address this tragic daily occurrence while encouraging more walking and biking was recently signed into law by Governor Rauner.
Submitted by Ted Villaire on Thu, 05/31/2018 - 16:35
Every day in Illinois, an average of 5 kids are hit by drivers of motor vehicles within one block of a school, and more are hit beyond the school zones.
A bill that would help address this tragic daily occurrence while encouraging more walking and biking has passed the Illinois Senate and now heads to Governor Bruce Rauner for approval.
Submitted by su-administrator on Thu, 11/16/2017 - 11:04
No one forgets how to ride a bike. They just forget that they should be riding a bike. That's why Highland Park's Bike Walk Advisory Group (BWAG) teamed up with Highland Park School District 112 to encourage students to walk or bike to school.
Inspired by the national Bike-Walk to School Day, members of BWAG contacted every elementary and middle school principal in town.
Submitted by Jalal Williams on Thu, 06/15/2017 - 11:42
By starting bike safety education early, it puts kids on the path to safe and confident biking into their adult years. This will lead to safer communities and a growing population of people who feel comfortable biking and see it as a viable mode of transportation.
In recent weeks, north suburban Northbrook District 28 ran a bike education program provided by Active Trans at three of its schools, reaching nearly 700 students between grades 3 and 5.
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Teaching kids bike safety has a variety of positive effects. When kids regularly practice safe cycling, the streets become safer in the communities they live and travel through.
At the high school level, when you introduce — or reinforce — bike safety, you present key skills and information at a time when young people are more likely to ride a bike for transportation instead of pure recreation.
Also, when these teenagers eventually get behind the wheel of a car, they’re more likely to treat people biking with respect and courtesy.


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Agnes Day - sub-editor, suburbanite, failure extraordinaire - is unwell. Terminally middle-class, incurably romantic and chronically confused by life's most basic interactions, Agnes discovers disconcerting gaps in her general understanding of the world, making recovery unlikely. Life and love go on without her, but with a little facade, she can pass herself off as a success. Beneath the fiction, however, the burden of truth becomes harder to bear.
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A cold front moves northwards over the South Island on Wednesday while a slim ridge of high pressure holds on further north.
Isolated showers and sunny spells for many North Island regions on Wednesday, showers are more likely in the afternoon especially the southwestern corner about inland Taranaki through to Manwatu where one or two could become heavy with a thunderstorm.
Heavy rain pushes northwards along the West Coast of the South Island during the day, easing in behind with a southwest change. Rain also moves north along the east coast, rain may become fairly persistent / heavy about Southland and Otago from late afternoon then easing overnight. South to southwesterly winds freshen about the lower South Island from afternoon becoming strong in the evening about coastal areas.
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Are global commodity markets on way to recovery? It may be a little too early to assert; but indications are that the market has discounted or priced in all uncertainties so far.
Last week the oil market gained following renewed hope that the European economic woes may be addressed. For the same reason, the base metals complex rebounded on what experts described as cautious optimism. The LME week sentiment was more upbeat than expected. Investor interest in precious metals seemed to stabilise and physical market demand was supportive as evidenced by prices regaining some lost ground.
Although some hope emerged, there still are no clear or unambiguous signals about the future direction of global growth. European debt crisis is only one of the several uncertainties that dogged the market. Surely, the world needs sustained flow of positive macro data to be able to regain confidence. The latest to join the ‘concern bandwagon' is China's growth.
Gold: The precious metal gained 1.6 per cent week on week. In London on Friday, the PM Fix was at $ 1678 an ounce, up from the previous day's $ 1656/oz. Silver, however, performed otherwise. It lost 0.5 percent in value over the week. Friday AM Fix was at $ 31.82/oz versus previous day's $ 31.97/oz.
The global macroeconomic environment continues to be gold supportive.
The confidence about European situation is still fragile; and therefore, investors are expected to continue to favour the eternal safe haven. Barring need for liquidity, gold is likely to gain strength rather than weaken.
Silver prices continue to remain vulnerable on the downside as fundamentals are not supportive.
Strong investment demand is needed to prop silver prices up; but there are no clear signals yet.
Base metals: Over the week, price performance was mixed. Improving sentiment on the outlook for a solution to the European crisis was somewhat diffused by concerns over possible slowdown in China.
Copper and lead were up 2.5 per cent week-on-week.
On Friday, copper climbed 3.3 per cent with cash price closing back above $ 7,500 a tonne.
Nickel, aluminium and zinc also rose with support from as a small decline in Chinese inflation and robust US retail sales.
LME week provided some clarification.
There was hope the European crisis will be resolved. Asian demand was seen healthy.
Market fundamentals for many metals are seen constrictive.


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Top dressing is a technique to help the spots in your yard that don't retain water well, or get baked by the sun. You'll see this a lot in the grass right next to the sidewalk. You can remedy this by raking in a thin layer of compost or potting soil, and let the grass grow up through it. You'll want to do small amounts at a time, let the grass grow through, and repeat. Applying a deep layer of compost will smother the grass. Over time, the grass will grow up through, and the compost will work its way down, and build up the top soil, so those areas can retain water for longer.

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Being in debt can be a frightening thing that interferes with your entire life. You might find that you struggle to relax, can’t enjoy yourself properly and it may even affect your sleep. It’s important to remember that you’re not the only person to ever get into a whole load of debt and it’s an unfortunate reality for thousands of people, so don’t beat yourself up about it.
The fact you’ve realised you need to do something about it and you’re reading this now shows that you are taking it seriously and that you want to make a change.
Whether you’re struggling to pay back your student loan or you’ve managed to get yourself entangled in some serious credit card debt, take a deep breath and read on to find out how you’re going to get yourself out of it.
You’ll need to be serious about paying it off. Reducing your debts needs to be your number one priority financially and by following these steps, you might find it’s easier than you originally thought.
Pay off the ones with the highest interest rate first
Of course, you want to be debt free and that means paying them all off, but take it easy and do it one step at a time. The first thing you need to do is to get all your debts together and work out which ones are charging the highest interest rate. Obviously those are the ones that are costing you the most, so it’s important to get them paid off first.
Have a back up
Whilst paying off your debts is hugely important, it’s also a good idea to have an emergency fund just in case you ever need it. So before you start to plough all your leftover funds into paying off your debts, put aside $1000-$2000 in case any unexpected bills crop up as they always hit when you least expect it. This way, if you do end up having to pay out for medical bills or a car repair, you’ll be prepared and it won’t mean you have no way getting to work.
Side note: DO NOT use this to pay for anything that isn’t an emergency. Buying that dress you saw in the shop window last week is not an emergency, neither is getting a pizza delivery because you can’t be bothered to cook. Be strict with yourself. Any luxuries you do splurge on, do it on a budget and resist impulse buying.
Consider consolidating your debts
If you’re in over your head in debt and are overwhelmed by the multiple loan payments you have, then perhaps debt consolidation is the answer you’ve been looking for. By using a company such as lendingtree, you’ll be able to combine all your debts into one big loan and often that means lower interest rates. You’ll feel a sense of relief at not having multiple debts coming out of your ears and it simplifies the payback process.
Try to tackle one thing at a time
Obviously when it comes to paying back debts, you can’t just put a halt on everything to solely focus on one, but what you can do is make the minimum monthly payments on the other loans you have to start doing damage to the debts that are costing you the most in interest. Once you have that paid off, start on the next and work your way through.


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Introducing The PurpleCoin™ Blockchain Medallion:
JEWELRY FOR THE DIGITAL AGE:
Embrace the digital future with the first piece of jewelry that is a classy statement of Independence as well as a smart physical cryptocurrency purchase for life: Contemporary design, exclusive handcrafted materials, blockchain technology, and access to the most secluded VIP events united into a strictly limited piece of art.
This collectible asset comes with pre-installed PurpleCoin cryptocurrency (PPC). PurpleCoin may be exchanged into fiat currency or used for music-related services on the PurpleCoin music platform.
This is the next step in jewelry – as much as PurpleThrone is the next step in the music industry.
The PurpleThrone Corporation, a company on a mission to usher in a new era of status, music, and lifestyle – is now introducing jewelry for the digital age. PurpleThrone, already highly appreciated by thousands of aspiring musicians and hundreds of thousands of app users, is the current way for talents to rise to fame and generate an unprecedented stream of income.
Today, PurpleThrone announces the upcoming PurpleCoin™ Blockchain Medallion, a tribute to perfect technology – perfect design and the first piece of jewelry that is a statement of status, innovation, and disruption!
The PurpleCoin ecosystem is an online platform that rewards high-charting artists with industry-leading royalties and other benefits. Artists pay $9.99 per song to upload onto the platform, then success is rewarded with PurpleCoin token distributions and other perks. Score a chart-topping song, for example, and PurpleCoins spill into an artist account.
“We are very excited to continue our tradition of translating the technology of tomorrow into products for today,” states Aziz M. Bey, founder and CEO of PurpleThrone:
“The PurpleCoin™ Medallion is affordable, but fashionable. It is unique and your ticket to an exclusive community. It is a purchase that shows an affinity for music and confidence in a new successful independent lifestyle. In other words: PurpleCoin is the ultimate measure of music devolution, independence and Influence. There is no better way to gain access to famous singers or rub shoulders with socialites at high profile events.”
The pursuit of perfection and the desire to continuously tests our limits has been a key characteristic of the PurpleThrone Corporation since the brand was established in 2017.
“We’ve melted together state of the art investment tools, future technology and contemporary luxury into the new millennia,” says Aziz M Bey.
The front displays musical sound waves extending from the “P” of the PurpleCoin, creating a symphony of elegance, love, music – and financial security. The outer brim displays the company’s birthdate – MMXVII –, the technology – BLOCKCHAIN –, and the industry – MUSIC.
Without being overbearing in size, the PurpleCoin™ is a an impressive piece of art, craftsmanship and computer technology. An all-in-one experience and your ticket into the digital era of jewelry – available in rhodiumized silver finish or 14K gold finish.
Each PurpleCoin™ Blockchain Medallion is entirely manufactured in the USA with eleven steps in its creation process and a total of 105 hours of work. “Every single Medallion has been handcrafted,” stresses PurpleCoin™ Blockchain Medallion designer Carlos Díez: “We’ve worked long and hard on this design until there was nothing left to improve: perfect design, perfect finish.”
This masterpiece is available for USD 499.99 (before shipping & taxes) and has already been sold to a number of finance and tech enthusiast.
It is the most fashionable asset of all time. “We created asset value for the twenty-first century by connecting tech to status and challenging traditional investing principles,” says Aziz M. Bey. “The PurpleCoin™ Blockchain Medallion is another leap forward in our mission to shape the future of the entertainment industry.”
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- Beethoven Concerto No. 2: May 15, 2010
- Beethoven Concertos No. 1 & 4: May 16, 2010
- Beethoven Concertos No. 3 & 5: May 17, 2010
Brazilian-born pianist Arnaldo Cohen enjoys an increasingly successful career that has taken him to the major concert halls of Europe, North and South America. Highlights include engagements with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
His return to the Oregon Symphony for these Beethoven Festival concerts follows his successful debut with the orchestra in February 2008, when he won wide critical and audience acclaim for his performance of Franz Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto. The Oregonian praised him then as “a titanic talent with gorgeous tone and phenomenal technique.” This time he’ll take on an even more daunting challenge: all five of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concertos, plus the Triple Concerto, in three different concerts on consecutive nights.
Also this season, Cohen performs Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Fourth Concerto with the Seattle Symphony, the Rachmaninoff Third Concerto with the Jacksonville Symphony, and returns to London for performances with the London Philharmonic. In 2009, he recorded the Rachmaninoff First and Fourth Concertos with the Sao Paulo State Symphony, Yan Pascal Tortelier conducting, finishing his recording of the complete cycle of Rachmaninoff concertos and the Paganini Variations with the Sao Paulo Orchestra. Those recording will be released in the fall of 2010.
Cohen came to prominence after winning First Prize at the 1972 Busoni International Piano Competition and making his debut at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. For five years he was a member of the acclaimed Amadeus Trio and has performed with many string quartets, including the Lindsay and Chillingirian quartets. Cohen’s discography includes a 2007 rendering of the two Liszt Piano Concertos and the Totentanz with the Sao Paulo State Symphony Orchestra for BIS Records. His other two CDs on the same label, an all-Liszt solo and his pioneering CD, Three Centuries of Brazilian Music, have also generated critical accolades. He has also recorded for Vox and Naxos.
An artist of diverse interests and talents, Cohen began his musical studies at the age of 5. He graduated from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro with an honors degree in both piano and violin while also studying for an engineering degree. He went on to become a violinist in the Rio de Janeiro Opera House Orchestra while continuing piano studies with Jacques Klein, a disciple of the legendary American pianist William Kapell. Cohen pursued further training in Vienna with Bruno Seidlhofer and Dieter Weber.
Cohen is the recipient of an honorary fellowship awarded by the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England, and until recently held a professorship at the Royal Academy of Music in London. After living in London for 23 years, he recently relocated to the United States, where he holds a piano professorship at Indiana University in Bloomington.

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Blessed Weapons are special weapons in Nioh 2. Blessed Weapons can be found for any of the in-game weapon categories, and are obtained by defeating certain enemies in the game. They have special properties and are good against Yokais.
What is a Blessed Weapon
Blessed Weapons are imbued with purity. You can recover a portion of the Ki lost from guarding with this weapon by performing a Ki Pulse. Purified enemies take 50% more Ki damage and can not apply status effects to themselves.
List of Fixed Blessed Weapons
Note that any weapon that doesn't have a fixed imbue element effect can be a Blessed Weapon if they drop with Imbue Purity on it.


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Rainforests are one of nature’s best defenses against climate change. All forests and other landscapes sequester carbon dioxide and store carbon, but tropical rainforests do better. That’s why Rainforest Trust is committed to preventing deforestation of these valuable landscapes. We’ve protected 39.6 billion trees so far! Here are 5 important reasons why rainforests are key to climate stabilization:
- Rainforests add humidity to the atmosphere via transpiration (the process by which plants release water through their leaves), which in turn creates rain clouds. The moisture generated then returns to the land. Significant reductions in forest cover decrease rainfall and increase the incidence of drought.
- Rainforests lessen the Earth’s reflectivity because they absorb more heat than unforested surfaces. When rainforests are cut down, the heat they would have absorbed is reflected back into the atmosphere. This changes local rainfall amounts and weather patterns, and over large enough areas, affects global weather patterns.
- Rainforests sequester and store carbon. Forest ecosystems absorb roughly 2 billion tons of CO2 each year, making them the largest terrestrial carbon sinks on Earth. They capture, or sequester, carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and transform it into biomass through photosynthesis. Sequestered carbon is then stored in live trees, deadwood, litter and forest soils—contributing to the worldwide carbon “reservoir” that serves to mitigate climate change.
- Forests are nature’s water filters. Forests filter pollution and debris from runoff before it flows into larger bodies of water and water supplies. Forests also moderate the movement of rainwater so that it replenishes underground reserves.
- Rainforests stabilize our Earth’s climate. Rainforests help maintain the delicate balance of local climate systems and stabilize the complex, natural processes that govern Earth’s climate. Large-scale destruction of rainforests disrupts these very same systems, and that contributes to climate change.
Rainforest Trust has protected over 2.8 million acres so far in 2021 alone, and over 37 million acres since we began in 1989. These protected landscapes currently store over 11 billion tons of CO2 equivalents! That’s equal to the yearly average emissions of 2.5 billion cars driven for one year.
Our goal is to permanently lock up 15 billion tons of carbon by 2025. While we save forests to save the climate, we will also safeguard over half the world’s species and the livelihoods of Indigenous Peoples.
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Poison Ivy’s debut gets reprinted this September…
We broke the news in May that DC is launching a new line of facsimile editions this August — accurate reprints of significant issues, complete with ads, letter columns and whatnot.
Next up? Batman #181 in September — the first appearance of Poison Ivy.
Check out the official solicitation info, to be released soon by DC:
BATMAN #181 FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by ROBERT KANIGHER and GARDNER FOX
Art by SHELDON MOLDOFF, JOE GIELLA, CHIC STONE and SID GREENE
Cover by CARMINE INFANTINO and MURPHY ANDERSON
“Beware of—Poison Ivy!” The debut of one of the Dynamic Duo’s greatest foes is reprinted in this new facsimile edition, just in time for HARLEY QUINN AND POISON IVY #1! In this story, Poison Ivy crashes an art gallery opening to announce that she intends to become Gotham City’s greatest villainess! How will the Caped Crusaders stop her mad plan—when Ivy’s kisses can cloud men’s minds?
And in the backup story, Batman must help one of the Mystery Analysts of Gotham City when she’s threatened by a mysterious voice. This issue also includes a two-page pinup of the Dynamic Duo!
ON SALE 09.04.19
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES | FC
Now, this is a doozy and not just because it’s a classic Silver Age issue and the introduction of one of Batman’s most popular foes. It’s because it’s not always easy to find an original copy that’s complete: That pin-up mentioned in the solicitation blurb — by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson — is frequently missing in back issues.
See, those pesky kids in 1966 would actually pull that pin-up out and hang it on their walls. (Heaven forfend!) But who could blame them — the mini-poster became one of the most iconic Batman and Robin images of the era, with both figures used as stock art for years afterward:
The idea of getting a new copy of this issue, all pristine and sharp? For four bucks?
My, oh my.
— DC to Launch New Series of Reprints With BATMAN #232. Click here.
— DC’s New Reprint Line to Feature SWAMP THING’s Debut. Click here.


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By Lydia Lynch
Australia's former deputy prime minister and treasurer Wayne Swan has been given a plum job on the board of a government-owned energy company, months after retiring from 23 years in politics.
Mr Swan was announced as a director of Stanwell Corporation board on Friday afternoon.
Stanwell owns power stations across the state, including Tarong coal-fired power station, which accounts for almost half of all of Queensland's coal power.
Directors on the board made between $41,000 and $44,000 in 2019 for attending nine meetings throughout the year.
Deputy Premier Jackie Trad announced Mr Swan had been appointed as a director along with nine other new board members for government-owned corporations.
Former Brisbane Broncos chairman Karl Morris, nurses' union secretary Beth Mohle and past Northern Territory Labor candidate Laurene Hull were also appointed to boards.
"From bulk water and reliable electricity supplies, to the management of ports, railways and investments, these agencies have impacts on the lives of the more than 5 million people living in Queensland," Ms Trad said.
"As we enter the new decade, having the best management of these businesses will help keep Queensland as the best state in which to live in the nation."
LNP deputy opposition leader Tim Mander called the appointments "brazen political cronyism".
"Appointing Labor mates to taxpayer-funded gigs doesn’t pass the pub test," he said.
While premier in 2012, Campbell Newman appointed two former Liberal MPs to head Queensland government-owned corporations.
Annastacia Palaszczuk criticised him at the time for announcing the appointments at 5pm on a Friday afternoon. Labor released the names of its new apointees at 2.47pm on Friday.
Mr Swan was first elected to the north Brisbane seat of Lilley in 1993 and, as federal treasurer, helped steer Australia through the global financial crisis.
He was named the world's best treasurer by Euromoney magazine for his leadership throughout the downturn and served as deputy prime minister in the Gillard government.
Mr Swan retired from politics ahead of the May 18 election to allow for a "fresh, energetic, young" successor in his seat.
Minister for Natural Resources and Energy Anthony Lynham said Mr Swan, along with more than a dozen other appointees, brought "decades of invaluable public and private sector management knowledge and experience at the highest levels".


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Tommy John won a total of 288 games during his major league career.
But when most people hear his name it’s in relation to the surgery he had back in 1974 to replace a ligament in his elbow with a tendon from his forearm.
That revolutionary surgery has since been named after the left-handed hurler — ‘Tommy John surgery.’
Well Tommy joined Boomer and Craig today, a little later than scheduled, and talked about his days hosting ‘Bagels & Baseball’ along with Ian Eagle right here on the FAN.
Of course he also talked about the aforementioned surgery which now bares his name and the affect it’s had on the game of baseball, his own pitching career, the recent Baseball Hall of Fame vote and his relationship with late Yankee owner George Steinbrenner…


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The Word became flesh
and made his dwelling among us.
“His word is his bond.” “If she says it, you can depend on it.”
These idioms declare that you can count on the person to be truthful—that there is no need to have them raise their right hand and “promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.”
We’re uneasy when we’re doubtful about the reliability of a person’s word.
It has become painfully common to hear some politicians publicly proclaim, “I give you my word,” only to discover that their word was worthless.
God is always faithful to his word.
But at this season, there is a special meaning in God’s promise, “I give you my Word”—“The Word became flesh” in the Bethlehem stable.
God gave us His Word.


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Psst, Brendan Nelson, Mal Turnbull and the Daily Telegraph: inflation is rising. Just take a look at what’s happening to oil prices and interest rates.
Mal and Brendan have been busy excoriating the Rudd Government for raising inflationary expectations while their economic advisers at the Tele have been trying to pin the blame on the Reserve Bank and Governor Glenn Stevens for lifting interest rates too high.
But in their zeal, this trio of economic ostriches has been ignoring what’s been happening to oil prices lately: they’ve gone up and continue to rise. In fact, in the past year oil has risen from around $US62 a barrel to more than $US120. You have to be pretty blind to have missed that rise, but Mal, Brendan et al give every impression of having done so.
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Futures prices hit $US122.76 a barrel in New York overnight before easing to around $US121.84. An influential Goldman Sachs oil analyst forecast that oil could go to $US200 a barrel (And to be fair, a Citigroup analyst said that could happen, or oil could drop to $US40 a barrel)
The Australian Bureau of Statistics pointed out in the March Consumer Price Index report that;
Over the twelve months to March quarter 2008, the transportation group rose 6.8%, with the main contributors being automotive fuel (+18.9%).
Automotive fuel rose in October (+2.0%), November (+5.8%), December (+4.7%) and January (+1.3%), fell in February (-2.7%) then rose in March (+2.8%). The automotive fuel expenditure class contributed 0.38 index points to the increase in the All Groups CPI in March quarter 2008.
All Groups rose 1.3% in the March quarter, so a quarter of the increase was down to ‘automotive fuel’.
And this after the strong dollar (thanks to the resources boom and rising interest rates) has clipped a few percent off the impact of that doubling in oil prices. In the past year, the Aussie dollar has risen from around 80 US cents to almost 95 US cents last night.
Goldman Sachs reckons the world is in the midst of a “super spike” in oil prices, but according to US media reports, Tim Evans, an analyst at Citigroup, countered Goldman’s analysis with a note predicting that crude prices could as easily fall to $US40 a barrel as rise to $US200 over the next two years because supplies are, as Evans put it, comfortable.
But Goldman’s analyst, Arjun Murti, has some form in getting oil calls right. In April 2005, he predicted the oil market was in the early stages of an unprecedented rally that would send prices from a then-record of about $US57 a barrel to $US105. He did add in his latest report that the surge in prices to $US150 to $US200 a barrel would eventually cause demand to drop and the price to fall sharply.
In Washington, the US Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration forecast oil prices will average $US110 a barrel this year, up $US9 from last month’s forecast and that these high prices would slow American demand for petroleum products by 330,000 barrels a day this year.
But this fall in the US, the world’s biggest consumer, would not impact total global demand because strong demand for oil from China, India, Russia, Brazil and the Middle East will underpin the current high prices and see world demand grow by 1.2 million barrels a day this year.

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Despite hospital regulations preventing a video feed, the live text chat had over 400 viewers. In 2009, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences – one of the three governing bodies that render Emmy Awards – awarded Alloy a Regional Emmy in the Advanced Media Writer category, the primary time an award had been given in this category, for her video 2012: The End of The World.
The alloy was the initial person to gain an Emmy for a YouTube video. She received the honor from the Upper Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences at a ceremony held on 21st January 2010. Sometime between 18th March and 23rd April 2015, Alloy deleted her channel.
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4th meeting of the EU research network EUROME: From the identification of genes and cellular networks in murine models of arthritis to novel therapeutic intervention strategies in rheumatoid arthritis, London, UK, 9 March 2004
Arthritis Res Ther volume 6, Article number: 155 (2004)
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common human disease with a prevalence of about 1% in most parts of the world. At the time of symptom onset it is difficult to predict the severity of subsequent disease course. After 2 years joint erosions are seen in most patients, and most patients become clinically disabled within 20 years. A recent meeting at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology (Imperial College, London) brought together representatives from several European centres of excellence, to discuss research funded by the EU Framework 5 Quality of Life Programme. This research network combines gene and protein expression profiling with different animal models of RA to identify cells, genes and pathways contributing to arthritis initiation, progression and chronicity. The studies discussed highlight the reality that collaboration between different research groups is the basis of groundbreaking research and, it is hoped, eventual new therapies for RA.
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease of unknown aetiology and is one of the most common causes of disability in the Western world. The research network, EUROME http://www.eurome.de/, supported by the EU Framework 5 Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources Programme, represents European Centers of Excellence (based in Germany, Greece, the UK, Sweden, Finland and Switzerland) applying state of the art functional genomics technologies such as genome, transcriptome (microarrays), and proteome analysis, to the study of animal models of RA. This programme promotes collaborative research between different centres across Europe, each bringing its own strengths and expertise, from the development of anti-tumour necrosis factor-α (anti-TNF-α) therapy to cutting-edge expression profiling and proteomics.
The 4th meeting of the EUROME participants was held at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology at Imperial College, London, on 9 March 2004.
Genetic approaches to therapy for rheumatoid arthritis
Analysis of gene expression using gene or protein chips and SNP analysis is a novel means to understanding the role of different proteins and pathways in different stages of arthritis. Dr Saleh Ibrahim (University of Rostock, Germany) reported on the Rostock group's progress in identifying new genes and pathways contributing to the pathogenesis of murine collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) . The group has previously described the gene expression profile at the peak of disease in DBA1/J mice , and more recently has established the gene expression profile of different disease-related tissues such as lymph nodes and joints at various stages of disease in susceptible DBA/1J and resistant FVB/N strains. In parallel, a genome screen was performed of the F2 progeny mice of a cross between the strains to identify additional quantitative trait loci for CIA. Two quantitative trait loci identified in previous studies were confirmed, namely severity-controlling Cia2 and controlling onset trait Cia4, both on chromosome 2. In addition, five new quantitative trait loci were identified, one for collagen II-specific IgG2a levels on chromosome 5, two controlling collagen II-specific IgG1 response on chromosomes 10 and 13, one for CD4/CD8 ratio on chromosome 2, and one for cell proliferation on chromosome 16. The group also described the first example of an epistatic interaction involving mitochondrial and nuclear genomes in CIA. In the same cross a locus on chromosome 7 was found to interact with the mitochondrial genome and control diverse arthritis-related traits such as disease severity, cell death, CD4/CD8 ratio, ATP/ADP ratio and the production of reactive oxygen species.
Professor Rikard Holmdahl (Lund University, Sweden) described the identification of the Ncf1 genetic polymorphism controlling arthritis severity. The Lund group uses pristane-induced arthritis in the rat as a model of RA. A joint-specific disease with many similarities to human RA develops after a single injection of pristane subcutaneously . This contrasts with murine pristane-induced arthritis, where a systemic granulomatous disease, including arthritis, occurs after repeated injections of pristane intraperitoneally. To identify the genes controlling this disease the group has made crosses between susceptible and resistant rat strains. Several loci that control the onset of arthritis, the severity and chronicity of the disease, and autoantibody production have been identified and been confirmed in congenic strains. One gene, Ncf1, has been identified that controls arthritis severity . The Ncf1 gene unexpectedly controlled T cell activation through the release of reactive oxygen species.
Dr Vassilis Aidinis (BSRC Fleming, Athens, Greece) focused on the role of synovial fibroblasts in RA, using differential gene expression analysis, DNA microarrays and subtractive hybridizations coupled with large-scale sequencing . Two spontaneous animal models were used, namely transgenic mice overexpressing human TNF (Tg197 hTNF+/-) and knock-in mice overexpressing murine TNF (mTNFΔARE+/-). Deregulated genes were replaced by their corresponding Gene Ontology terms, to look for deregulated functions rather than genes. Statistical analyses indicated that cytoskeleton organization becomes deregulated, in addition to the known major functional changes (collagen metabolism, immune and stress response). This hypothesis was validated both in vitro and in vivo, in that arthritic fibroblasts exhibited F-actin stress fibres that were most probably due to the increased adhesion to the substratum (extracellular matrix). More importantly, knocking out the expression of gelsolin, an actin-binding protein with filament-severing properties found downregulated in RA, resulted in mild exacerbation of the arthritic phenotype. Furthermore, bone marrow grafting experiments were performed into lethally irradiated hosts. Wild-type, mTNFΔARE+/-, Tg197 hTNF+/-, TNF/TNF receptor (TNF-R)-/- and mTNFΔARE+/-/ TNF-R-/-mice were used as recipients and/or donors of bone marrow cells. The results indicated that there is redundancy in pathogenic TNF sources (bone marrow cells in the TNFΔARE model or stromal-radioresistant cells in the Tg197 hTNF+/- model) that suffice for the induction of arthritis. In contrast, in all cases examined, the indispensable receptor for the arthritic process is TNF-R1 in recipient mice.
The research within EUROME also focuses on the identification of possible therapeutic targets in RA, using different animal models of disease. Dr Ewa Paleolog (Imperial College, London, UK) described the effect of angiogenesis blockade in murine CIA. Angiogenesis represents an attractive target for therapy in RA, in that increased synovial vessel density is a feature of RA and several angiogenic factors are expressed in RA, including vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). The London group has investigated the effect of angiogenesis blockade in murine arthritis, using CIA in genetically susceptible DBA/1 mice. With the use of an adenoviral gene delivery system expressing soluble VEGF receptor type I, disease severity and paw swelling were significantly suppressed. Furthermore, blockade of VEGF resulted in reduced joint levels of the vascular marker von Willebrand factor, indicating that VEGF inhibition was associated with reduced synovial vascular density. Finally, soluble VEGF receptor type I reduced synovial inflammation and bone destruction in CIA . To study the mechanism of action of VEGF blockade in CIA, endothelial cells were infected with NF-κB–luciferase reporter adenovirus, because many genes involved in proliferation and apoptosis are regulated by NF-κB. Significant activation of NF-κB was observed in response to VEGF. When the endogenous NF-κB inhibitor IκBαwas overexpressed in endothelial cells, VEGF-mediated NF-κB activation, as well as expression of anti-apoptotic proteins Bcl-2 and members of the inhibitor of apoptosis family (cIAP-1, XIAP and survivin, which directly bind to and inhibit caspases), was strikingly reduced.
Dr Brigitte Mueller-Hilke (University of Rostock, Germany) presented studies aiming at a cellular immunotherapy in murine arthritis. Dendritic cells (DCs) have a central role in the initiation and regulation of immune responses. Several mechanisms have been suggested to regulate the differentiation of immature DCs into distinct populations supporting the polarization of naive CD4+ T cells into either T helper (Th) 1 or Th2 effector cells. The goals of this arm of EUROME are to identify genes and pathways involved in this differentiation of DCs and to set up an ex vivo–in vivo cell therapy whereby in vitro differentiated DCs supporting Th2-type responses will be transferred into CIA mice to ameliorate the autoimmune process. On the basis of the previous finding of a differential impact of Th1 and Th2 cells on the function of bone marrow-derived DCs (BMDCs), transcriptional changes induced in BMDCs by Th effector cells were investigated. By using oligonucleotide microarrays the group showed that BMDCs co-cultured with either Th1 or Th2 cells display different gene expression patterns. A total of 115 differentially expressed genes were identified, which might be involved in the regulation of Th cell polarization and the shaping of the immune response.
Dr Harald Illges (Biotechnology Institute Thurgau, Switzerland) described studies on the K/BxN murine model of arthritis, in which autoantibodies directed against glucose-6-phosphate isomerase are responsible for pathology and can reproducibly transfer the disease into naive animals. Experimental work with this model has established roles for B-cell-secreted autoantigenic immune complexes in activating alternative complement, its subsequent association with C5aR and FcgRIII-mediated cell activation resulting in innate cell mediator activation and the production of inflammatory cytokine interleukin-1 and TNF-α, leading to joint destruction. In recent studies, mice depleted of macrophages by clodronate liposome treatment were found to be completely resistant to arthritis induced by K/BxN sera. Reconstituting clodronate liposome-treated mice with macrophages from naive animals could reverse this resistance – deficiencies in Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome protein and CD40, both of which are implicated in macrophage activation, chemotaxis and phagocytosis, are not essential in sera-induced arthritis.
Professor Seppo Meri (Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, University of Helsinki, Finland) discussed arthritis as a parainfectious or postinfectious complication to a microbial infection, with a focus on the complement system. In addition to direct activity in antimicrobial defence, the complement system has an important role in the clearance of cell and tissue remnants after damage caused by infection, ischaemia, apoptosis or physical injury. A failure in this activity predisposes the host to several modified antigens and antigen-modifying factors that could induce post-translational changes in proteins. Arthritis that is associated with an infection by Borrelia burgdorferi ('Lyme arthritis') very closely mimics RA and is even associated with the same HLA-DR4 class II histocompatibility antigens. The fact that B. burgdorferi can cause a chronic infection is based on the ability of the bacterium to escape complement-mediated opsonophagocytosis by binding the complement inhibitor factor H (and in some cases, also the factor H-like protein 1) to its surface. Binding is mediated by two types of plasmid-encoded protein, class I (20 kDa proteins) and class II (27.5–35 kDa proteins). Outer surface protein E was described as the first example of class I proteins. It constitutes a family of homologous proteins, of which several different types, each encoded in a different but homologous cp32 plasmid, exist on a single species of B. burgdorferi . A second example of microbe-induced arthritis is reactive arthritis. It follows an infection caused by a Gram-negative enterobacterium (Yersinia, Salmonella, Shigella or Campylobacter sp.) or Chlamydia trachomatis. Some of the enterobacteria that initiate reactive arthritis possess proteases, such as PgtE in Salmonella enterica, that cleave the complement components C3b and C4b and many other host proteins. Because the proteases can be active inside cells, these could generate de novo antigenic peptides inside microbe-infected cells and elicit an immune response that leads to arthritis.
Finally, Dr Thomas Svensson (Arexis AB, Mölndal, Sweden) discussed the development and implementation by Arexis of a database application that facilitates experimental genetic research. The application is based on an Oracle database engine, and functionalities include the management of experimental objects, for example patients or animals, and their corresponding phenotypes of interest, as well as collected genotypes. The database application also offers comprehensive sorting and formatting of data to prepare for statistical analysis by stand-alone software.
No single animal model of RA, whether it be the conventional CIA mouse model, K/BxN transgenics or mice overexpressing TNF, is likely to allow the identification of cells, genes and pathways contributing to RA. Nevertheless, as this meeting highlighted, animal model studies can yield valuable data about new susceptibility genes. By making use of adenovirus-based and cell-based transfers, the feasibility of novel therapeutic interventions will be capable of determination in future.
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The acquisition of Skybox by Google has been confirmed for $500 million.
Although Skybox, which makes satellites and imaging data were looking for closer to $1 billion, they have agreed to Google’s offer of $500 million.
The merger is definitely to prove successful for Google who relies on satellite technology to power their map services, internet and self driving cars.
This is not the first satellite company that Google has acquired. A few years prior, the tech giant purchased DigitalGlobe which has designed three satellites for the company.
Google’s mission with Skybox is to help improve internet access in disaster relief areas and other rural areas that do not have internet and keep the imagery on their maps service up to date.
Skybox will operate independently for now until all the legal documentation and regulatory approvals have been finalized, after that, they will move on to the Google headquarters.


Stars came out to play at the 22nd Golden Disk Award on Dec 14.
The award ceremony, which was jointly organised by Daily Sport Newspaper and Music Industry Association of Korea, was held at the Olympic Park, Olympic Hall.
Check out the red carpet arrivals.
Some of the Wonder Girls jazz up their outfits with a dash of bold red.
Getting into the Christmas spirit, I see.
fur coat. Where are the PETA guys when you need ’em?
in the centre that the top half of her dress looks
like a (really bad) bust enhancer?
It’s so unflattering.
her dream of becoming a ballerina in this
tutu-like ensemble. The dress isn’t any help in
the chest department either.
Honey Lee (left) and Lee Ji-seon.
smooth. Umm, I hate to break the news to you,
but Halloween was in October.
switch-a-roo to confuse the Big Bang fans. The others play along.


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