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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 68 km NNW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (42 miles). Unique identifier: us2000bhx9. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000bhx9. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:03:57 / 10:03 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 86.49 km (54 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/10/17 / 2017-10-27 12:03:57 / October 27, 2017 @ 12:03 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 86.49 km, -27.459° West, -56.1013° South.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km NNW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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Britney Spears' Instagram is back and she shared her fiance Sam Asghari's engagement photo, but is she really flipping the bird in the pic?
EntertainmentBritney Spears Instagram Deactivated Amid Conservatorship Changes, Engagement
Britney Spears' Instagram page has been deactivated, here's what her final post had to say.
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Britney Spears shared a gnarly image of an injury she sustained at home, which is the second time she's hurt her foot in the last year.
CelebsOctavia Spencer Issues Dire Warning To Britney Spears Amid New Engagement
Britney Spears is celebrating her engagement with longtime boyfriend Sam Asghari, but not everyone is celebrating alongside the pop star. Octavia Spencer had wise words of wisdom for Spears, who is clearly still riding high after father, Jamie Spears, filed to end her controversial conservatorship. Asghari had an interesting reaction to the warning Spencer left […]
CelebsBritney Spears Highlights ‘Tinkerbell’ Side In Home Dance
Britney Spears is throwing out barefoot home dance moves in skimpy shorts and a sports bra as she jokes about being cast as Tinkerbell in Disney’s upcoming Peter Pan movie. The 39-year-old singer, known for her free-spirited living room dances and whimsical captions, was back to both ahead of the weekend, posting for her 33.5 […]
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Calgary’s latest chance to ease hurdles to legal secondary suites — central wards only — is coming to council next week but it appears likely to lose.
Without the votes likely to permit basement suites in every housing zone in wards 7, 8, 9 and 11, proponents now believe there’s another way to get long-elusive suite reform: the coming NDP provincial government.
It happened in Ontario in 2011, where many cities have long axed zoning restrictions on suites but others maintained them. The Liberal government required all municipalities to allow secondary units not only in single-family houses, but also in semi-detached and row houses.
“If we can’t address this, maybe the province can,” Coun. Druh Farrell said.
There’s never been a majority on the 15-member council in support of blanket zoning changes to allow suites, and the option of doing it first in Farrell’s Ward 7 and others may not be any different, based on conversations with several councillors.
The meeting begins Monday, but this will likely be heard Tuesday.
One key swing vote, Richard Pootmans, is leaning no, maintaining his pledge to Ward 6 voters. “I”m not in favour of blanket rezoning,” he said Friday.
City planners have consulted extensively in recent months in those wards, where 32,333 properties can allow suites behind or beneath houses, but 35,395 lots need rule changes. The proposed land-use change wouldn’t change those homes from R-1 or RC-1 zoning, but would allow suites in that zoning type.
While groups from business, poverty reduction and post-secondary sectors have previously organized to rally for suite reform, community associations and homeowners have gathered lately in an opposing group: Not4RZ (Not 4 Rezoning).
Its leaders try avoiding common, hard-to-quantify fears about parking and traffic that extra units may bring. Rather, the group argues about the unfairness of making some neighbourhoods a target for non-resident home investors and landlords, and the need to usher in safety reforms and a business licensing or oversight regime before expanding the suite system.
“Fix it first before adding to the mix,” Melanie Swailes, a Brentwood resident, told a group in Lakeview last month.
The flurry of phone calls and emails have made Coun. Diane Colley-Urquhart rethink her support, after she became a full-throated advocate to end suite restrictions last fall.
“The blowback from citizens on this issue has been overwhelming,” she said. “I’m really questioning if this is the way to go.”
She’s intrigued by the idea of the Alberta government stepping in, since the city also needs provincial building code reforms needed to make legal suites easier to create.
It’s a twist for a council long resistant to such provincial interference, at least when the Tories reigned. Rachel Notley’s party never pledged suite rules in its platform, though the party leader did advocate Calgary-wide suite reform in a letter last fall.
“Calgary city council’s scheduled vote on December 15 has be very hopeful that there is an opportunity to take a step in the right direction to address Calgary’s affordable housing crisis. I encourage the city’s council to legalize suites across Calgary,” Notley wrote.
MLA-elect Joe Ceci, her likely Calgary lieutenant, has also been a staunch advocate of suite reform when we was alderman until 2010, and more recently as a community development advocate.
“If we don’t show leadership, the province may,” said Coun. Evan Woolley.
George Reti, also with Not4RZ, believes provincial intervention isn’t only inappropriate, but also cumbersome, as it could require major municipal legislative reform.
“That’s not an easy thing to do. That’s going to take some time,” he said.

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The group B was fed normal lab diet and was given 0.5 ml of distilled water by oral gavage tube containing Monosodium Glutamate
0.08 mg/kg body weight/day at 10 am daily for 14 days.
Among them, monosodium glutamate
(MSG), sodium salt of non-essential amino acid glutamate, is one of the most widely used food additives .
Wakabayashi, "Effect of monosodium glutamate
on some endocrine functions," Neuroendocrinology, vol.
Yang said the development of food and beverage (F&B) industry is closely related to population growth, with ASEAN and India holding great potential due to the one- billion-plus people, with the latter using two to three tones of monosodium glutamate
1908: Tokyo Imperial University's Prof Kikunae Ikeda, analysing soup stock, isolated the flavour enhancer monosodium glutamate
. 1909: Louis Bleriot became the first man to fly an aeroplane across the Channel, in his three-cylinder monoplane from near Calais to Northfall Meadow near Dover Castle.
From Pad Thai (rice noodles, chicken, bean sprouts, green onion and egg flavored with fish sauce) to Pad Se'ew and Pad Woon Sen, Chef Genevieve Vang's line of frozen products is made to exacting low-salt recipes free of gluten and monosodium glutamate
Among them are the obese animals induced by neonatal treatment with monosodium glutamate
Providing a corporate update, the company said that food and beverages company Nestle SA has been conducting marketing activities with products that incorporate Senomyx's Savory Flavors, which are intended to reduce or replace added monosodium glutamate
(MSG) in foods.
The symptoms can be brought on by stress, depression, certain medications or food such as cheese, chocolate and monosodium glutamate
. Avoid these and get enough sleep and exercise to reduce stress.
are made with non-genetically modified organisms (GMO) and free from trans fats, preservatives, artificial colors and monosodium glutamate
6 October 2010 - During Ajinomoto's fiscal 2009 (which ended 31 March 2010), the company saw global demand for monosodium glutamate
(MSG) amount to approximately 2.16 million tons.
"Our businesses in Asia and the Middle East will focus on providing monosodium glutamate
and different food seasonings in the coming years," he said.

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The Pennsylvania Department of Health unveiled the names of 12 groups that won grower-processor permits for the state’s medical marijuana program, which is slated to debut early next year. They were selected from a pool of more than 500 applicants.
The winners have six months to get their operations off the ground.
They include Prime Wellness of Pennsylvania, LLC and Franklin Labs, LLC, both of which are located in Berks County. A growing and processing facility was not approved for Philadelphia County.
Breaking news and the stories that matter to your neighborhood.
Council members Derek Green and Bobby Henon issued statements on "the failure" of Pennsylvania to issue grower-processor medical marijuana licenses to any Philadelphia-based applicant.
“Considering that medical marijuana is projected to be a multi-billion dollar industry in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia should not have been left out of this initial opportunity to develop jobs and grow local and diverse companies,” Green said.
Henon added that “grower-processor facilities provide family-sustaining manufacturing jobs."
"The decision of the Commonwealth not to authorize a single license opportunity in the City of Philadelphia demonstrates a serious lack of commitment by Harrisburg to provide opportunities to Philadelphia families and Philadelphia businesses," he said.
The health department also announced that 271 safe harbor applications have already been approved. This applies to the parents and guardians of minors who require medical marijuana to treat certain conditions, such as cancer and epilepsy.
A physician registry will go online in July with regulations for patients and caregivers published in September.
A complete list of dispensaries will be unveiled later this month. Twenty-seven permits will be issued.
“We were agnostic about the licenses,” Leach said speaking from the steps of state capitol in Harrisburg. “I had no say in who got the licenses.”
Among those denied a growing and processing permit is Snider Health, which includes relatives of late Flyers owner Ed Snider. The group also applied for two dispensary locations - one in Center City and another in Delaware County.
"We congratulate each of the applicants who were awarded permits in this round," the family said in a statement. "We are pleased that today’s announcement provides hope for the thousands of patients throughout Pennsylvania who urgently need access to medical marijuana."
Groups who were not awarded a permit are elligible to apply for an appeal.
“With today’s announcement, we remain on track to fulfill the Wolf Administration’s commitment to deliver medical marijuana to patients in 2018,” John Collins, director of the Office of Medical Marijuana, said.
“The applications from the entities receiving permits were objectively reviewed by an evaluation team made up of members from across commonwealth agencies. Any letters of recommendation or support for an applicant were not considered during the evaluation.”
Twelve permits were issued to the following groups:
Prime Wellness of Pennsylvania, LLC
Franklin Labs, LLC
Pennsylvania Medical Solutions, LLC
Standard Farms, LLC
Ilera Healthcare, LLC
AES Compassionate Care, LLC
Terrapin Investment Fund 1, LLC
GTI Pennsylvania, LLC
AGRiMED Industries of PA, LLC
Holistic Farms, LLC
Cresco Yeltrah, LLC


text: Health Conditions A-Z Skin, Hair & Nail Conditions People Are Using Rubber Bands To Remove Keloid Scar Tissue—Why That’s a Bad Idea Keloids are made up of scar tissue and it's best to talk to a healthcare provider before trying DIY methods for removal. By Amanda MacMillan Amanda MacMillan Amanda MacMillan is a health and science writer and editor. Her work appears across brands like Health, Prevention, SELF, O Magazine, Travel + Leisure, Time Out New York, and National Geographic's The Green Guide. health's editorial guidelines Updated on November 29, 2022 Medically reviewed by Mary Choy, PharmD Medically reviewed by Mary Choy, PharmD Mary Choy, PharmD,BCGP, FASHP, is a pharmacist with board certification in geriatric pharmacotherapy. learn more Share this page on Facebook Share this page on Twitter Share this page on Pinterest Email this page As if we needed another reason to remind you to be wary of DIY unproven health advice, there is a disturbing and potentially dangerous method of DIY plastic surgery that is circulating on YouTube. These YouTube tutorials offer a method on how to remove keloids—large scar-tissue growths—by cutting off their blood supply with a rubber band. Our expert explains why this DIY method is dangerous. Besides being visually alarming, the at-home removal method has healthcare experts concerned. To learn more about keloids—and the right (and wrong) ways to remove them—Health spoke with Jared Liebman, MD, a plastic surgeon with Einstein Healthcare Network in Philadelphia. Here's what he wanted anyone viewing those videos to know. The videos are graphic: They depict people wrapping rubber bands tightly around keloids on their earlobes and show how the scar tissue turns black, shrivels up, and falls off over the course of a few days. Several of the videos, like the one below, have racked up more than 150,000 views. Watch at your own risk! What Are Keloids? A keloid is a type of skin scar tissue that grows beyond the border of its original wound, explained Dr. Liebman. They can form anywhere on the body where an injury to the skin has occurred, but one very common spot is on the earlobe, after a piercing. "Some things that can lead to keloids can include dirty or infected surgical sites, or similar procedures or interventions," said Dr. Liebman. "Tattoos and piercings can be a common cause because those procedures may be a little less than sterile," he said. According to a research article published, earrings (or other piercings) made with inexpensive metal alloys can also trigger allergic reactions that can cause keloids. Some people—and some ethnic groups, including African Americans, Asians, and Pacific Islanders—are genetically predisposed to developing keloids. In some cases, they can form after even the slightest trauma to the skin, as explained in a 2022 review article. "For someone with a very high genetic susceptibility, it could be anything that sets up a scar pattern—like an insect bite, or scraping your arm against a brick wall," explained Dr. Liebman. "I've had patients who come in with keloids all over their body and they don't know what the injuries were that caused them." The Risks of Rubber-band Removal The YouTube trick in question works like this. A rubber band is wrapped tightly around the unwanted growth, essentially forming a tourniquet and cutting off blood and oxygen to the tissue. Within a few days, according to the videos, the keloid becomes black and eventually falls off. The idea behind this is based on real medical procedures, said Dr. Liebman. In fact, it's similar to a procedure called a vascular clip still used today when babies are born with extra digits. That's definitely not an endorsement, though. "The technique itself is not necessarily bad, but it's dangerous to undertake any type of surgical technique on your own," Dr. Liebman said. "If you don't have proper background knowledge, the potential for complications is much higher," he further explained. Removing an earlobe keloid in this way can leave exposed cartilage, according to the doctor, which could lead to significant ear deformities. "You could have an issue where the cartilage gets infected and doesn't heal well," said Dr. Liebman. "That [result] would typically require aggressive surgical treatment to remove that part of the ear." Keloids also have a very high recurrence rate, especially when they're not removed in a sterile environment the first time. "The likelihood that that keloid would grow back is pretty high in these circumstances," he cautioned. Treatment Options To be honest, said Dr. Liebman, there's not a lot of great research on keloid removal and what works best; that's because keloids seem to be unique to humans, so there's no good way to study them (or their remedies) on animals. Consult a Healthcare Professional "People should definitely start by addressing their primary care doctor or some other healthcare professional," the doctor said. "Scar-revision treatments are generally considered cosmetic and aren't covered by insurance. But, if it's a true keloid—when it's large and irregular and potentially deforming—[insurance] companies will often make an exception." Procedure Options There are a few procedures that can be performed by a dermatologist or plastic surgeon that seems to work well, Dr. Liebman added. A healthcare provider may recommend a compression device. This device is a clip-on apparatus that applies pressure to the affected tissue—which can help the keloid get smaller or fall off on its own. Additionally, other methods can also be used to shrink or remove keloids including: Steroid injectionsSurgical removalRadiation treatments Having these procedures done by a medical professional can ensure that they're completed in a sterile environment and can reduce the risk of infection or recurrence, said Dr. Liebman. A healthcare provider can also advise—based on your personal and family history of keloids—which method of removal may work best. How to Reduce Risks of Keloids You can also reduce your risk of developing keloids by avoiding piercings and body tattoos, or by researching facilities that perform these services ahead of time. "Make sure the shop is using good, sterile techniques and it's a clean environment," said Dr. Liebman. "If you're getting a piercing, I would also strongly recommend using a precious metal." Specifically, Dr. Liebman suggested solid gold—not gold-plated—sterling silver, or surgical-grade stainless steel. The Rubber-band Method Dr. Liebman hasn't had any patients ask him about this particular DIY remedy, but he's not surprised that people have attempted this type of treatment at home. "I had one patient who tried to treat something on her lip with an apple cider vinegar mixture and she ended up with a horrendous burn," the doctor said. "Just because you see something on the Internet doesn't mean you should try it yourself," he warned. A Quick Review If you're thinking about removing your keloid with a rubber band, you may want to reconsider. If you try this at home, there is an increased risk of infection and ear deformities. And keloids are also likely to reoccur. Other treatment options are available and there is a chance your insurance company will pay in some situations. It's best to seek treatment and advice from a healthcare provider to make sure you treat your keloid in a safe way. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit 3 Sources Health.com uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read our editorial process to learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy. Hochman† B, Isoldi FC, Silveira TS, Borba GC, Ferreira LM. Does ear keloid formation depend on the type of earrings or piercing jewellery?: Earrings and keloid formation. Australasian Journal of Dermatology. 2015;56(3):e77-e79. doi:10.1111/ajd.12190 Liu S, Yang H, Song J, Zhang Y, Abualhssain ATH, Yang B. Keloid: Genetic susceptibility and contributions of genetics and epigenetics to its pathogenesis. Experimental Dermatology. 2022;31(11):1665-1675. American Academy of Dermatology. Keloid scars: diagnosis and treatment.

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The Muses vs. The Sirens at a singing contest in Aptera.
Here are some of the most unusual, unique, weird, odd, out-of-this-world, one-of-a-kind, outlandish, and fun places in California.
The value of Minoan Palace of Knossos is deep in the birth of Greek civilization and mythology.
This vlog is part of Special Reports.
A middle of the street club scene costume parade of all ages.
Exceptionally impressive, architecturally interesting, and historically important
Is everybody ready? Alright, let’s get this race started. The world is waiting for you. On my mark, travel safe, GO!
Strap on your seatbelt. We are busting the odometer here in Souda Bay, Greece. Let’s get orientated!
Welcome to my lovely abode. Come on in!
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The community café is open Every day except Sundays and Mondays.
8.30am until 1.30pm Tuesday to Friday
10am until 1pm Saturday.
Also taking bookings for our special afternoon teas
We also have our taste full breakfasts £5.95 for a cooked breakfast, toast and with tea or coffee. We also do the supersize ones for those that are extra hungry. As also we do Bacon, sausage sandwiches and other breakfast items.
We have our special Themed days including
We all want the Community Centre to be the heart of the Elton Community so everyone welcome.
Should you wish to get involved or have input please do not hesitate to contact us or see the Community center and Volunteers section for more details.
Elton Community center is a charity operated by Volunteers for the benefit of the Elton Community, with any small profits going back into the center or the causes it supports.
We welcome any thoughts regarding the café along with anyone wishing to help or volunteer, anyone interested please email firstname.lastname@example.org
For more information or to become a Volunteer

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Star light, star bright! Shining brilliantly with gold and silver-tone accents, each beautifully recycled capiz shell ornament adds a natural, sky-gazing beauty to your holiday decor.
The shells used for our capiz ornaments are upcycled from the food industry. Once the edible oysters are removed, their shells are cleaned and repurposed into items like these unique ornaments, helping eliminate waste while creating a beautiful alternative to glass.
- Capiz shell & metal
- Designed exclusively for GreaterGood Network
- Star Burst: 5" H x 4.75" W (12.7 x 12 cm)
North Star: 6.5" H x 4" W (16.5 x 10 cm)
- Handmade in & fairly traded from Philippines
The pictures don't do these ornaments justice. I bought the North Star ones and they are so beautiful that I had to buy more! They have a lovely glossy, sparkly shine to them.

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The information contained herein may be outdated.
Here's an example of installation diagram in apartment building. The system provides each outlet with all available terrestrial broadcasts and satellite programs from two satellites (in the example - Astra and HotBird). The antennas and triplexer are mounted on the roof, the set of channel amplifiers and splitters - in the attic. The system is expandable and allows to implement new functions in the future, e.g. CCTV monitoring, similarly to this diagram
. During construction or renovation of the building it is very important to run the appropriate cables to all points where one may need antenna outlets. It is worth to use quality satellite coax
, in order not having to exchange the cable after a couple of years. The system has to be designed and installed by professional installation company.
Pass-through systems based on radial multiswitches with passive terrestrial paths are less flexible than tap networks, so they are dedicated for networks with dozen or so outlets. However, the undoubted advantage of this type of installations is the ease of their construction (self-contained riser/s).
program allows to design a practical implementation of the system.
To select the right components, the data for the design must contain:
- network topology,
- levels of satellite signals,
- levels of terrestrial signals,
- attenuation of the cable/s.
Each element of the installation has its control points (connections with the rest of the network, including the cable runs). Clicking on them, the user of the program can see detailed characteristics (signal levels for different frequencies). If the signals meet the adopted criteria, they are colored in green, if some levels are too low - in blue, if too high - in red. In the diagram below all the points are in green - the project is consistent with the assumptions.
Screenshot from SatNet utility
The design made with the SatNet program can be saved to a file. The file saved for the case shown above can be downloaded here
. So anyone can install the SatNet
program and load this file to test the utility, as well to modify (e.g. extend) the original example.


This was going to be a post celebrating the work and progress of one of my favorite bands, The London Souls. And I mean motherfucking actively involved with their music FAVORITE. As in I just saw these boys give a hell of a live show on May 24th in the Roosevelt Hotel. One of their first shows in Los Angeles. And I mean I put in effort to get there, like I found out about it at the last minute, rented zipcars and got there just as the show started. And it was worth every fucking moment. Their brand of Blues Rock is UNFUCKWITHABLE right now, and I’ve been yelling about it on this site for almost 2 years. FINALLY seeing them live made nerd life COMPLETE.
A few days later, The Londons Souls popped up in the background of a Red Lobster commercial. I geeked on Facebook and they picked up on it, making a proper announcement and giving me video to post in celebration. I didn’t think they would check up on the Facebooks, but they do… and they were so nice about contacting and sending the commercial my way. It was great.
…and then today, I find out that Tash Neal, lead singer for the group, was a victim of a hit and run taxi cab accident wednesday morning. As his brother posted on Facebook, he has made it through Brain Surgery (man, FUCK) and is now in intensive care, opening his eyes for the first time today.
For me, in my little music nerd world… this is really sad and frightening news. I was literally sitting here getting ready to post about Mega Ran and my favoritest rock band that I just saw for the first time in LA…. and then this happens. My heart hurts for his family, who have probably had no peace since this incident happened. And for Tash himself… who probably is just trying to figure out whats going on and get back to us. I haven’t sent up instant prayers like this for someone I don’t know in a while, but I am right now. I’d appreciate it if you do to, if you care.
Also, if you saw ANYTHING about the dude that hit this boy… say something. This is some bullshit right here. Broadway and Bleeker. Speak up.
I’ll update with anything I know as I find it out. I’ll leave the music I was going to originally post on the bottom and just… go pray somewhere for a while.
….and their newest single they just finished filming in Thailand, Someday.
Get better Tash.


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Researchers from Stanford University have published an article in the Nature Energy journal outlining a new type of battery that could have applications for wind and solar power storage.
Even when using well-located, well-designed wind turbines with advanced lubricants from Mobil UK stockists, windfarms are still sometimes criticised for the inconsistent generation that results from varying wind speeds. Storage is becoming an increasingly popular way to address this, with power being stored during periods of higher wind speeds and lower demand to be used when wind speeds drop or demand peaks. Current battery technology, such as lithium-ion cells, are still some way off being entirely practical for grid storage needs, however.
The new manganese-hydrogen battery could offer a much cheaper way to store energy for the grid. The described prototype is just a few inches high and only releases 20 MW, which is about enough to power a small LED torch. Despite this, the researchers argue that the technology can be scaled up to useful a grid-scale battery capable of being charged and discharged up to ten thousand times, enough for more than ten years.
Speaking to Stanford News, Professor of Materials Science Yi Cui explained the new battery:
“What we’ve done is thrown a special salt into water, dropped in an electrode, and created a reversible chemical reaction that stores electrons in the form of hydrogen gas.”
Cui also said he was seeking patent protection for the battery and looking to form a company to exploit its commercial potential.

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The new federal infrastructure package could be one of the nation's most consequential investments in equitable wellbeing — but only if we make it so. Read more in our latest article.
What does an alarm clock have to do with wellbeing?
Watch and find out:
Wellbeing matters. It’s a game changer.
Wellbeing: /ˈˌwel ˈˌbēiNG/ noun, the set of needs and experiences that are universally required in combination and balance to weather challenges and have health and hope.

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Case Against Minnesota Cop Prompts Concerns About Juror English Competency
Minnesota’s West Central Tribune reports a potential juror in the prosecution of former police officer Kimberly Potter (who shot a Black motorist when mistaking her gun for a Taser) was struck during voir dire after saying she did not understand English well enough to follow the case. (The Tribune adds that the same thing happened to a potential juror in the Derek Chauvin trial.) Trial observers, including Boston University professor Jasmine Gonzales Rose, wonder why interpreters are not offered to jurors and, worse yet, whether language requirements are a proxy for ethnic discrimination. In a fulsome interview, Professor Gonzales Rose points to a documented instance where a potential juror’s speech accent was enough to justify being stricken due to concerns about the quality of communications during final deliberations. The article tees up memories of the Supreme Court’s teaching in Powers v. Ohio confirming the right of citizens to engage in jury service.
New Research on the Significance of Jury Size
NCSC’s Center for Jury Studies released a briefing paper that summarizes recent studies on the impact of jury size on the demographic composition of juries, the accuracy and reliability of verdicts, and operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness. New insights from empirical research highlight the interrelationship of jury size and unanimous-verdict rules on the dynamics of jury deliberations.
News Producer Gets Slapped for Following Rittenhouse Jury Bus
ABC TV News in Chicago got a chance to call out rival news network NBC for improperly following a bus carrying the deliberating jury in the Kyle Rittenhouse case in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
In Federal Trial of Ahmaud Arbery Assailants, Prosecutors Seek Expansion of Jury Pool Beyond Glynn County
After being convicted of various homicide charges in a rural Georgia county state court, Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael, and William "Roddie" Bryan are scheduled to face federal charges in a federal courthouse in rural Brunswick, Georgia. Given the drawn-out process to find a fair and impartial jury in that state prosecution, reporter Larry Hobbs with Brunswick News reports that attorneys for both sides in the case have requested the federal court to summon jurors from 43 counties in the Southern District of Georgia.
Houston Sports Arena Remains Favored Venue for Jury Selection
Click2Houston.com reporting makes clear the current conduct of jury trials remains different from pre-pandemic norms. Except for the time frame from February 6 through March 31 when the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo takes place, the Harris County Commissioners recently approved spending $3.8 million to continue renting the Harris County Sports and Convention Center for jury selection during the ongoing public health emergency.


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Happy National Chocolate Milk Day!
I wish I had something funny or awesome to tell you about today, but this is literally one I can’t screw up.
Just to be safe though, I let Nicky make his own chocolate milk using chocolate syrup.
So take that National Food Holidays! I won this round!

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Thursday, December 19, 2013
Outfitting little dudes for a weddding
Oh man, these outfits.
Oliver+S Art Museum pants and vest.
So cute. The pattern is great, like all Oliver+S ones. Well-written instructions and helpful diagrams.
There are welt pockets on both the pants and vest.
The wool and orange deer are from a local shop,
Four Winds Quilting
. The rest is JoAnn's finest.
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Table of ContentsWhat are Drag-Along Rights?What are the Characteristics of Drag-Along Rights?Example of Drag Along RightsAcademic Research on Drag-Along Rights
What are Drag-Along Rights?
Drag-along rights, on the other hand, are control provisions that can protect against minority shareholders holding up a deal for the sale of the company. Specifically, it requires a stockholder to vote in favor of sale if the transaction is approved by a certain percentage of stockholders and/or board members. The provisions generally expire upon a qualified initial public offering of company shares.
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What are the Characteristics of Drag-Along Rights?
The specific characteristics of the drag-alone provision generally include:
- Subject to Drag-Along - Investors will negotiate for certain common shareholders to be subject to the drag-along provision (to ensure liquidity of their investment). Dissent by a large group of shareholders or sufficient minority shareholders could thwart the transaction or cause the transaction to lose its tax-exempt status in a 1031 exchange.
- Minimum Threshold - Parties will identify the percentage of shareholders (total shareholders and percentage in each class) which could trigger the drag-along provision.
- Minimum Price - Investors may set a minimum price per share in the sale for the drag-along provision to take effect. This is the case for shareholders with lower priority who may not receive a distribution after the liquidation preferences of higher-priority shareholders is paid.
- Liquidity Qualifiers - Shareholders may require that any sale be in exchange for liquid assets for the drag-along provision to apply. This allows the shareholder to avoid being trapped holding an illiquid asset.
- Exemptions from Warranties and Representations - The sale of the shares will inevitably include representation and warranties as negotiated between the parties to the sale. The dragged-along shareholder may wish to exclude herself from those representations and warranties (which could entail liability if false or misleading).
These provisions have a risk shifting effect and may protect or detriment either the investor or entrepreneur, depending upon the equity structure. While a majority-shareholder entrepreneur is protected against investor hold up, a minor entrepreneur risks losing control of her company to facilitate an investor exit. The status of the entrepreneur as majority shareholder is subject to change, as the ownership interest of the entrepreneur is diluted with every subsequent round of investment. Most shareholders will reserve dissenters rights, which allows the shareholder to receive the cash-value (or a cash value) for their shares.
Example of Drag Along Rights
For example, a startup X decides to collect investment from a venture capital for raising capital. The founder of the startup holds 51% of the shares and sells the 49% shares to the venture capitalist. The owner of the company negotiates a drag-along with the venture capitalist, so in future, if the owner decides to sell out the company, the venture capitalist wont have the power to stand in the way The drag-along rights are beneficial for the minority shareholders as well, as it ensures the minority shareholders sell their shares on the same terms and conditions as the majority shareholders.
Academic Research on Drag-Along Rights
- An analysis of shareholder agreements, Chemla, G., Habib, M. A., & Ljungqvist, A. (2007). Journal of the European Economic Association,5(1), 93-121. This paper provides an economic explanation for many of the key clauses and agreements that govern the relations among shareholders in privately held firms. Clauses like put-and-call options, tag-along and drag-along rights, piggy-back rights, and catch-up clauses are analyzed. Various settings are described to illustrate the purpose and effectiveness of these clauses and agreements.
- Venture capital exitrights, Bienz, C., & Walz, U. (2010). Journal of Economics & Management Strategy,19(4), 1071-1116. This article examines the reasoning for exit rights such as drag-along and tag-along rights. Using a set of data derived from real-world venture capital contracts in Germany, the authors find that almost all contracts are used to allocate exit rights to the venture capitalists, and that these rights are included to mitigate the potential hold-ups in the event that the venture capitalists choose to exercise those rights.
- Private contracting and corporate governance: Evidence from the provision of tag-alongrightsin Brazil, Bennedsen, M., Nielsen, K. M., & Nielsen, T. V. (2012. Journal of Corporate Finance,18(4), 904-918. This paper analyzes the effects of tag-along rights against the backdrop of Brazils stock market. The authors examine the effects that come from the announcement of tag-along rights and their relation to the average rates of return.
- Specific investments, opportunism and corporate contracts: A theory of tag-along anddrag-alongclauses, Lacave, I. S., & Gutirrez, N. B. (2010).European Business Organization Law Review (EBOR),11(3), 423-458. This paper is intended to analyze the effectiveness of tag-along and drag-along arrangements. The authors take a look at these contract features in the light of the assumptions that they are designed to address. These motivations are analyzed and addressed for their validity.
- How do legal differences and learning affect financial contracts?, Kaplan, S. N., Martel, F., & Stromberg, P. (2003).(No. w10097). National Bureau of Economic Research. This paper compares the venture capital (VC) investments of 23 non-U.S. countries with VC investments in the U.S. Methods of allocating cash flow, board, liquidation, and control rights are discussed. The difference in legal regimes and international contract styles are also analyzed.
- Preplanned exit strategies in venture capital, Cumming, D., & binti Johan, S. A. (2008). European Economic Review,52(7), 1209-1241. This paper employs a sample of 223 entrepreneurial firms financed by 35 venture capital funds in 11 European countries to analyze the role of pre-planned exit strategies in venture capital (VC) situations. The data shows how exit strategies affect financing options and initial public offerings (IPOs), as well helping to define shareholder rights and corporate structure. The different levels of these effects are also compared in the different countries.
- Private contracting and corporate governance: Evidence from the provision of tag-alongrights in an emerging market, Bennedsen, M., Nielsen, K. M., & Nielsen, T. V. (2008). This article analyzes the owners incentive to use tag-along rights and private contracting to protect non-controlling owners against self-dealing. The benefits of these rights are examined, as are the costs associated by implementing them. Empirical results are obtained using data from Brazilian equity offerings. The results find that private contracting offers a strong governance mechanism to protect the investors.
- Contracts and returns in private equity investments, Caselli, S., Garcia-Appendini, E., & Ippolito, F. (2013). Journal of Financial Intermediation,22(2), 201-217. This article examines the relationship between contracts and returns in private equity (PE) investments. The authors look at the reasoning for contractual covenants, and the correlation between the perceived quality of the company and the way that PE investors choose their covenants and board structure.
- Contracts and exits in venture capital finance, Cumming, D. (2008). The Review of Financial Studies,21(5), 1947-1982. The author uses a sample of venture capital (VC) investments to study the relation between VC contracts and exits. The findings, which are robust to controls for a variety of factors, show that stronger VC control rights increase the likelihood that an entrepreneurial firm will exit via an acquisition rather than through a write-off or IPO.
- Evolution of decision and control rights in venture capital contracts: an empirical analysis, Bienz, C., & Walz, U. (2006). This study analyzes a sample of 464 contracts between German portfolio firms and venture capitalists (VC) to examine the formation and shape of decision and control rights. The study works along three time dimensions: the point at which the contract was signed, the expected duration of the contract, and the actual duration of the contract. The findings illustrate the nature of the relationships between the VC and portfolio firm and the nature of the distribution of rights between the two.
- Deal structuring in philanthropic venture capital investments: Financing instrument, valuation and covenants, Scarlata, M., & Alemany, L. (2010).Journal of Business Ethics,95(2), 121-145. This study examines the unique structure and investor behavior surrounding philanthropic venture capital (PhVC) for social enterprises. The unique drivers and return expectations of PhVC are examined and compared to their for-profit counterparts.

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Wolfgang Wolfgang is a Filipino heavy metal, hard rock and grunge band formed around 1992 in Manila, Philippines. Wolfgang is notable for being the only Filipino rock band to release albums in Japan and the United States and for breaking platinum record sales in the Philippines.  The quartet went on hiatus in 2002, but reunited in 2007.
The band is also known for dominating the NU107 Rock Awards from 1995 to 2001, where they almost won all categories & had the most number of categorial nomination.
Vocalist Basti Artadi (born Sebastian Artadi) and drummer Wolf Gemora (born Leslie Gemora) started in other local bands, while guitarist Manuel Legarda returned to the Philippines from living abroad in Spain. The three were inspired to form a band upon frequenting shows of another famous Filipino group, Razorback. They adopted the name for the band, "Wolfgang", upon the suggestion of David Aguirre, one of the guitarists of Razorback.
As much as music in the Philippines was and is greatly influenced by western artists, Wolfgang took their cue from Metallica, Soundgarden, Carlos Santana, Pearl Jam, The Doors, Black Sabbath, Sepultura, and their heroes Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Aerosmith, among others. They began to play live gigs at the former Atrium and the defunct Kalye in Makati City. Bass players came and went until the arrival of Mon Legaspi (born Ramon Legaspi), which finally cemented the band's line-up. Their first big break came playing on Channel 29's RJ Junior Jam.
Wolfgang submitted demos of two original compositions, "Darkness Fell" and "Left Alone", to local radio stations DWRT 99.5 and DWLA 105.9, which generated many listener requests. The band signed with Tone Def, the rock label of local independent Ivory Records. Wolfgang released its first album, the eponymous Wolfgang, in 1995. Basti Artadi was responsible for the cover art on the album, rendering caricatures of himself and the other band members amidst earthy symbols, beer bottles and cigarettes. Wolfgang went Platinum in less than a year.
At the 1995 NU107 Rock Awards, the country's premier rock awards show, Artadi was nominated for Vocalist of the Year, Gemora for Drummer of the Year, and Legarda for Guitarist of the Year. The band was nominated for Artist of the Year and Best Live Act. Legarda was named co-winner for Guitarist of the Year.
The band signed in 1996 with a major label, Epic of Sony Music Entertainment Philippines (SMEP). Wolfgang's first Epic release, Semenelin, reached at least double-platinum status (approximately 80,000 albums sold -- Wolfgang would not allow SMEP to release precise figures, but does allow it to state if the album reached gold or platinum status). Wolfgang had become one of the most popular bands in the Philippines.
Semenelin was named Album of the Year at the 1996 NU107 Rock Awards, where Artadi won Vocalist of the Year, Gemora took the Drummer of the Year award, and the band was named Artist of the Year and Best Live Performer.
Semenelin was released in the United States in an all-English version in March of 1997, with two songs originally performed in Filipino re-recorded in English. The other tracks on Semenelin were originally recorded in English.
Wurm was released in late 1997. It reached platinum status (40,000 albums sold). The lower sales figure achieved when compared to Semenelin can perhaps be attributed in part to the downswing of the rock movement, which had started several years earlier. This, however, did nothing to diminish the standard set by Wurm, which was nominated at the 1998 NU107 Rock Awards for Album of the Year, which also saw Artadi winning his second Vocalist of the Year award, and Gemora winning his second Drummer of the Year award. Wolfgang also took honors for Listener's Choice and Artist of the Year.
Wurm, which was recorded entirely in English, was released in early 1998 in Japan, the world's second-largest market for recorded music, and Wolfgang performed several shows in Japan to promote the album.
Serve in Silence
Wolfgang's fourth album, Serve in Silence, was released locally in March 1999, and saw a return to the style purveyed in 1996's Semenelin. Though another critical and commercial success, it did not, however, see international release.
Serve in Silence was nominated for Album of the Year at the 1999 NU107 Rock Awards, as well as for Best Album Packaging. Wolfgang was nominated for Artist/Band of the Year, and all four band members were nominated for individual awards: Basti Artadi for Vocalist of the Year, Manuel Legarda for Guitarist of the Year, Mon Legaspi for Bassist of the Year, and Wolf Gemora for Drummer of the Year. In addition, Wolfgang was nominated for Producer of the Year.
Serve in Silence tied for first place for Album of the Year, and Basti Artadi won again for Vocalist of the Year, his third overall win in this category. Wolfgang also won the Listener's Choice award.
Serve in Silence's carrier single "Atomica" had a music video which was hailed as one of the greatest Filipino rock music videos of all time.Template:Fact
Wolfgang's fifth and final album, Black Mantra, a double-CD set, was released in August 2001 prior to their breakup in 2002. Its carrier single, "No Falter", was released earlier due to its inclusion in the Final Fantasy soundtrack.Template:Fact The album also contained singles that became certified hits; songs like "Bow Unto Thee", "Idlip" and "Meckam".
In February 2000, the live album Soundcheck: The Live Recordings, featuring Wolfgang and three other rock bands signed to Sony Music Entertainment Philippines, was released. For the 2000 NU107 Rock Awards, Basti Artadi was nominated once again for Vocalist of the Year, Wolf Gemora for Drummer of the Year, Mon Legaspi for Bassist of the Year, and Manuel Legarda for Guitarist of the Year. Basti Artadi won yet again for Vocalist of the Year, the fourth time he has received this honor.
In late 2000, Wolfgang released a live concert album, Acoustica, on which previously recorded songs were played in an acoustic manner. Several guest artists, including guitarist David Aguirre of Razorback, also participated. The album reached gold status.
In April 2001, in conjunction with U.S.-based music retailer Tower Records, Volume, a compilation of Wolfgang material culled from all four of its studio albums, including its first Ivory Records set, was released in Tower Records stores in the U.S. and Australia. Vocalist Basti Artadi's participation in a side project with members of labelmate Razorback culminated in a release in August 2001 of an acoustic rock album entitled, Brain Salad.
On January 6 and January 12, 2007, various members of Wolfgang and Razorback got together for a reunion concert at the Music Museum. On hand were Basti Artadi, Tirso Ripoll, Louie Talan, Kevin Roy, Mon Legaspi, Brian Velasco and Manuel Legarda. Wolf Gemora and David Aguirre, however, were unable to join this gig, as their commitments for the moment lie with Lokomotiv.  During the gig, the band played an all new song and Basti made a comment about recording a new album. Later, the new album was then promoted at Yahoo! Philipines music portal.Template:Fact The first single Deathsquad hit the airwaves via local rock radio station NU107 on April 16, 2007. The new album is unique that digital technology will be used for the band members to exchange recorded parts online since most of them are based overseas. In an interview with Basti released on Yahoo! Philippines music portal, Basti has been quoted saying that "Wolfgang never did break up," and circumstances simply led to the band members going in different paths. However, they "always left the door open that if ever the opportunity arose that we could get some work together, then sure why not?"Template:Fact
- ^ Cry Havoc... the Sons of Anarchy are Back. De Mesa, Karl R. Retrieved on 2009-3-18.
- a b c Wolfgang: Wolfgang, Liner notes, 2001
- ^ "THE WOLFGANG AND RAZORBACK REUNION CONCERT 2007", Pulse.ph, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
- ^ Joelle Jacinto. "WOLFGANG AND RAZORBACK ARE ALIVE: THE REUNION CONCERT 2007", Pulse.ph, January 11, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
- ^ "Rock N’ Roll Death Toll by Lokomotiv", FHM.com.ph, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-01-24.


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Wedding venue themes are constantly changing and evolving according to taste, seasons, trends, and varieties. While earlier, people were more focused on traditional approaches, today, they are experimenting with a variety of modern styles and themes. By altering small things and focusing on details, you can get a modern appeal to the wedding celebration. In this article, we will be discussing some different kinds of popular modern wedding themes that you can consider incorporating into your wedding.
Mix And Experiment
Choosing viable and reputed Crondon Park wedding venue themes can allow you to try experimenting with a range of traditional and contemporary styles to surprise your guests. You can always try using modern elements in traditional settings in different creative ways. Mixing classic with modern will give you benefits of both worlds. For example, in the countryside, you can plan your oath-taking ceremony in the garden or by the lakeside with minimal yet elegant decorations, florals, lighting, etc., that complement the modern themes.
Wedding Guest Attires
Men generally prefer a black and white combination of tux and tie; however, going for different colors like blue, gray, or even dark green can impact the mood of the event. Further, you can allow the bridesmaids to choose different colors from a palette and dress according to their personality instead of following the same old pattern of matching gowns. The modern age is all about highlighting yourself and your personality traits.
Incorporating white color into your settings, decorations, lighting, designs, invitations, and different elements with minimal content will be impactful and contemporary. You can go for a venue that offers or is flexible to adjust according to your thematic choices. You can also opt for decorating the venue and furniture with a monochrome color palette. By choosing a single color of your choice, you can glamourize the entire venue. However, the idea must remain the same, that is, to create a subtle, minimal, clean, and sophisticated look.
Focus On The Entrance
The entrance of the wedding reception is a focal point that describes the kind of wedding you are organizing. For a modern theme, you can always go for subtle decorations that offer visible contrast. You must add greenery and place them along with clean lanterns for added emphasis. Sheer fabrics, a minimal look in decorative elements, including flowers and bouquets in ombre shades, curtains, linens, furniture, etc., can help you generate a whole look.
Metallic shades like gold, silver, and grey can add shine and interest to any décor or celebration. You can always go for modern lightning in the Crondon Park wedding venue with metallic shades or grand chandeliers with clear lines and distinct metallic tones that reflect modern vibes.
Designing Food Menu
If you are interested in following a certain theme and adhering to it completely, then you must not forget to design your food menu accordingly. The design will include everything from the food and cocktail to the menus, display boards, calligraphy used, tableware and crockery, etc.
Weddings in modern times should be distinctive and personify the couple’s idea of being together forever in their style. Deciding feasible and approachable wedding venue themes remains extremely vital.


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The bride and groom cut their wedding cake together during their wedding reception at Woodthorpe Hall in Holmesfield, Derbyshire. The cutting of the wedding cake is one of the must have photographs from any wedding day and can be one of the most fun to take. We see all sorts of funny moments before, during and after the cake cutting. This is light-hearted fun as most of the stressful part of the day is over. Cake cutting usually signifies the start of the evening proceedings and comes shortly before the couple share their first dance together, a time when the fun can start as the evening reception gets into full swing! The first dance, another occasion where fun can be had for those of a more extrovert nature, or a few quiet moments dancing together for the rest (of us!).
We have photographed many weddings in Derbyshire now. Being based so close to the border with Derbyshire, we are as close to many of the north-east Derbyshire wedding venues as to many of those in South Yorkshire. It matters not to us where the venue is, we just want to be there and photograph happy people on one of the key days during their lives together.Keywords: cake cutting (8), Woodthorpe Hall (13).

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You'll be positively glowing with this Halloween headband. The orange Mickey balloons light-up within the clear 3D ears, which feature a silhouette of Mickey out trick or treating. The ''Boo!'' exclamation on the black band is a frightfully cute touch.
- Translucent ears feature orange Mickey Mouse balloons inside
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- Ages 3+
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Others present at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Wroclaw are Francis Uzoho, Stephen Eze, Shehu Abdullahi, John Ogu, Moses Simon and Kenneth Omeruo.
Latest arrivals.— 🇳🇬 Super Eagles (@NGSuperEagles) March 20, 2018
Francis Uzoho, Elderson Echiejile, Stephen Eze, Joel Obi, Shehu Abdullahi, John Ogu, Moses Simon, Kenneth Omeruo. https://t.co/SjxFqruqvQ
William Troost-Ekong, Alex Iwobi, Ola Aina, Tyronne Ebuehi, Brian Idowu and Leon Balogun were the early birds as Gernot Rohr’s men prepare for the White and Reds.
While the likes of captain John Obi Mikel, Kelechi Iheanacho, Wilfred Ndidi and Ahmed Musa are still being expected, the Super Eagles will have their first training on Tuesday evening.
Friday’s clash at the Municipal Stadium Wroclaw will be the first time both countries will be meeting at the international level.


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A brightly coloured pottery plate bought at a charity shop in Hampshire for £1 was sold at auction for £1,760.
A collector's club was set up after Poole Pottery changed hands
When Sandra Buckland, from Swanage in Dorset, bought the 1960s plate three years ago she did not realise it was from the world-famous Poole Pottery.
It was packed in a box in her loft and she only discovered its value after looking through a book on collectables.
On Saturday it was sold to an anonymous buyer for £1,760 at an auction house in Wareham.
John Condie, an auctioneer at Cottes Auctions, said: "She was over the moon.
"She couldn't contain her excitement and was telling everyone around her that she had bought it for £1 and couldn't believe what it was selling for."
Mr Condie said prices for works from Poole Pottery have rocketed since the company changed hands in December last year.
He said: "There has been a new collectors' club and we have certainly had more people at the sale than we did this time last year because a lot of people want to buy it."

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Frequently Asked Questions about Samui Diving Resort
Which popular attractions are close to Samui Diving Resort?
Nearby attractions include Majesty Tailors (0.10 miles), Boss Style Tailor (0.2 miles), and Samui Armani Suits (0.1 miles).
What are some of the property amenities at Samui Diving Resort?
Some of the more popular amenities offered include free wifi, free parking, and airport transportation.
Which room amenities are available at Samui Diving Resort?
Top room amenities include a minibar, air conditioning, and a flat screen TV.
What food & drink options are available at Samui Diving Resort?
Guests can enjoy breakfast during their stay.
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Conveniently located restaurants include Super Chef Restaurant, Chez Francois, and Cafe 69.
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Which languages are spoken by the staff at Samui Diving Resort?
The staff speaks multiple languages, including English, German, Thai, Arabic, and Turkish.
Are there any historical sites close to Samui Diving Resort?
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Biostar Launches Low-Power A10N-9630E Mini-ITX Motherboardby Anton Shilov on March 16, 2020 10:30 AM EST
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AMD’s Bulldozer microarchitecture was originally designed with mainstream and high-performance applications in mind, but eventually its development took a turn to focus solely on mainstream mobile and desktop PCs. Today, processors based on AMD’s Excavator architecture — the pinnacle of Bulldozer’s evolution — are positioned as entry-level solutions and compete against lower-end products from Intel, including those powered by Atom-class processors that were designed from the ground up to be cheap and energy-efficient. Looking to fill a need for fully integrated motherboards for this market, Biostar has launched a Mini-ITX motherboard that is based on AMD’s Bristol Ridge APU and is meant to compete against Intel’s Gemini Lake-based offerings.
The Biostar A10N-9630E Mini ITX Quad Core SoC motherboard is powered by the A10-9630P with two Piledriver modules clocked at 2.60 GHz – 3.30 GHz (four cores in Bulldozer’s classification) with 1 MB L2 cache per module as well as AMD Radeon R5 GPU with 384 stream processors (GCN 3rd Gen). The SoC has a TDP of 35 W and it was initially designed for laptops as well as compact desktops.
Overall, Biostar compares CPU and GPU performance of the SoC to that of Intel’s Celeron J4105 SoC with four Goldmont Plus cores clocked at 1.50 GHz – 2.50 GHz as well as Intel’s UHD Graphics 600 with a TDP of 10W. Based on Biostar’s benchmarks, AMD’s processor offers a significantly higher CPU efficiency as well as a massively higher GPU performance (see performance figures below).
While AMD’s Bristol Ridge platform is clearly more power hungry than Intel’s Gemini Lake, it is also considerably faster, which is fine for desktop machines. But there is a catch. AMD’s Bristol Ridge has the company’s UVD 6.0 decoder that supports up to H.265 codec version 1 main profile (for 4K content) for 8-bit content, but not VP9. By contrast, Intel’s Gemini Lake has a video decoder that supports both H.265 and VP9 as well as 10-bit HDR (for 4K content). Considering that low-power desktops are usually used primarily for media playback, the Gemini Lake has an edge over the Bristol Ridge.
Since AMD’s Bristol Ridge uses a BGA form-factor, the A10-9630P chip cannot be upgraded. Meanwhile, the A10N-9630E board has everything a typical inexpensive platform does, including a PCIe 3.0 x16 slot that runs in x8 mode (as Bristol Ridge has 8 PCIe lanes for graphics) and allows to install a graphics card that supports all the latest and greatest video decoding capabilities, two DDR4 memory slots supporting two 16 GB DDR4-2400 modules, an M.2-2280 slot supporting SSDs with a PCIe 3.0 x4 or SATA 6 Gbps interface, and two SATA 6 Gbps connectors.
I/O capabilities of the Biostar A10N-9630E are fairly standard for entry-level PCs, so it has two display outputs (a D-Sub for legacy monitors and an HDMI for modern screens with HDCP support), a GbE port with LAN surge protection (controlled by the Realtek RTL 8111H chip), four USB Type-A connectors (two USB 2.0, two USB 3.0), PS/2 ports for mice/keyboards, and 7.1-channel audio connectors.
|Brief Specifications of Biostar's Bristol Ridge Mini-ITX Motherboards|
|CPU||AMD A10-9630P APU|
|Memory||2 × DIMM slots, up to 32 GB of DDR4-2400|
|Storage||M.2||1 × M.2-2280 SSD with SATA or PCIe 4.0 x4 interface|
|SATA||2 × SATA HDDs or SSDs|
|Graphics||AMD Radeon R5 integrated GPU
PCIe 3.0 x16 slot operating in x8 mode
|Ethernet||1 × GbE (Realtek RTL 8111H)|
|Display Outputs||1 × D-Sub
1 × HDMI
|Audio||7.1-channel audio (Realtek ALC887)|
|USB||Internal||2 × USB 2.0 Type-A
2 × USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A
|External||2 × USB 2.0 Type-A
2 × USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A
Biostar has not announced pricing of its A10N-9630E Mini-ITX motherboard, though it made it fairly clear that we are dealing with an entry-level product, so one can make guesses.
- AMD Announces the 7th Generation APU: Excavator mk2 in Bristol Ridge and Stoney Ridge for Notebooks
- AMD Launches Excavator on Desktop: The 65W Athlon X4 845 for $70
- AMD Releases New PRO Mobile APUs: Carrizo up to A12-8800B
- Short Supply of Intel’s Gemini Lake Confirmed by PC Maker
- Intel Launches New Pentium Silver and Celeron Atom Processors: Gemini Lake is Here
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Marlin1975 - Monday, March 16, 2020 - linkInteresting and has potential. But a lot of that will depend on the pricing. If its to high I rather build a small system with a Ryzen 3000G.
PeachNCream - Monday, March 16, 2020 - linkI could see myself owning one of these little motherboards if the price is reasonable. A pity it doesn't have integrated wireless, but that is a relatively easy problem to resolve.
SolarAxix - Monday, March 16, 2020 - linkLooks like there's a typo in the specification table. It mentions that the A10N-9630E has two SO-DIMM slots when it's supposed to be DIMM slots.
schujj07 - Monday, March 16, 2020 - linkWhy not make this using an Athlon 200GE instead? You get generally better ST & MT performance than even the more expensive and faster A12-9800 (A12-9800 is faster than A10-9630P) https://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/2295?vs=22... plus an iGPU that is at least equal to the A10-9630P. All within the same TDP and being on the newer generation of motherboards.
Marlin1975 - Monday, March 16, 2020 - linkThis chip is a mobile chip so it contains the "southbridge" chipset on it. The A12-9800 or AM4 ryzen based ones will still requires another chip for I/O functions.
So price and simplicity works better for these older mobile chips AMD is dumping.
Lightkey - Monday, March 16, 2020 - linkThe *300 series "chipset" without southbridge exists for Ryzen APUs. Which is why I don't understand that all motherboard vendors stopped development of those after the beta phase except for ASRock, who also only sell it in their barebone DeskMini A300 but that allows for a very low idle power draw of only 7 Watts.
ET - Tuesday, March 17, 2020 - linkMy guess would be because Biostar already had a design for Carrizo and it was easy to upgrade it to Bristol Ridge, and a Ryzen derived CPU would have needed at the very least more validation, and because AMD has stocks of these old chips and it's selling them for peanuts.
uefi - Tuesday, March 17, 2020 - linkAnother reason is Windows 7 support. AMD doesn't provide win7 drivers for the integreated vega on Ryzen APUs.
rozquilla - Monday, March 16, 2020 - linkThese cute boards from Biostar are very difficult to find on the USA, I have seen recent models like A10N-8800E, A68N-5600E (both with old AMD CPUs like this A10-9630E) being sold upwards of $100 in eBay from sellers from Italy, Japan and China.
I have an ASRock J5005-ITX in my HTPC which works great with a 4K TV, but also have a very old VIA Nano based ITX NAS system which I want to replace with something from AMD and these boards fit the bill, but no way José with those prices. Around $60 would be fine.
So, I'm waiting for either a price drop, or mass availability stateside, or well, Embedded Ryzen boards for general consumers. So far only industry grade (and price!) boards are available.
evilspoons - Monday, March 16, 2020 - linkThe number of new products announced without pricing is frustrating. I've lost count of the monitors, SSDs, etc that I haven't given a second thought to buying because there's no pricing information from the manufacturer when they launch it.


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August 25, 2020
Recreation and Resilience
Parks, trails, and outdoor recreation spaces are essential components of strong and vibrant communities. They provide respite from stress, a setting for exercise, and an opportunity to breathe fresh air. In an effort to ensure that all New Brunswickers have access to these benefits, local recreation and parks agencies have been working under the guidance of public health officials to keep neighbourhood parks, trails, and other outdoor recreation assets safe and open wherever possible during the COVID-19 pandemic.
To better understand how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting our sector, Recreation NB developed a study. An online survey was completed by 162 New Brunswickers throughout the month of June 2020. The data collected broadens our understanding of how citizens have been engaging with their local public outdoor recreation assets and if this engagement has changed since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We also explored the pandemic's impact on other recreational pursuits, safety perceptions, and citizen support for recreation and parks.


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Property in Sunningdale
These properties are to rent, for sale by Marilyn Paiva, Mark Harding, Alta Erasmus, Daniel Erasmus, Theresa Prinsloo, Kim Kellerman, Warren Leslie, Werner Norscia, Monica Clark, Gregor Wiechmann, Robin Kannemeyer, Andre Kannemeyer, Lizel Van der Linde, Lindy Smyly
There are currently 51 properties in property types Residential.
Property in Sunningdale
Sunningdale is situated adjacent to West Beach along the west coast, a 10 minute drive from Table View and forms an integral part of the cluster of suburbs including Bloubergsands, Bloubergstrand, Atlantic Beach Golf Estate and Big Bay. A mere 25-minute drive from Cape Town, Sunningdale is on the Parklands side of the R27, and has a great view of Table Mountain and Cape Town.
In keeping with all the suburbs in the area, Sunningdale has grown significantly over the past few years, symptomatic of an area which is generally expanding more rapidly than anywhere else (it is worth noting that Parklands, which borders with Sunningdale, is the fastest-growing suburb in South Africa). The brand new Blaauwberg Netcare Private Hospital is situated close to Sunningdale and is surrounded by a cluster of new shopping centres which house many of the major SA franchise stores and restaurants.
The beaches of the west coastline are all in close proximity to Sunningdale. These beaches all offer long stretches of white sand and are highly popular among surfers and kite surfers, thanks to the large crashing waves, supported by the sometimes strong southeasterly winds of the Western Cape.
The new Sunningdale commercial developments offer a whole host of restaurants and pubs with excellent speciality shops being a feature. This area has a largely young community and therefore makes extensive use of the nearby Table View and Parklands which provide the bigger shopping malls, schools, as well as all other amenities, including cinemas, gyms and other entertainment and sports facilities.
Whilst Sunningdale does have a view select guest houses, it is primarily a residential suburb, catering particularly for younger families with school going children and many first-time homebuyers. Townhouse complexes and secure villages are also popular property type in Sunningdale.
Allround Sunningdale, like its west coast neighbouring suburbs, is a pleasant and attractive area in which to acquire property. It is indeed worth considering as a place to call home.


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This modern hotel is a 5-minute walk from Gandía Beach, on the Costa del Azahar. It has a 24-hour front desk, outdoor pool and air-conditioned rooms with a private balcony. The bright rooms at Hotel Cibeles Playa feature tile floors and modern décor. Each one has a private bathroom with a hairdryer, as well as a flat-screen TV with satellite channels. The hotel’s buffet restaurant serves international food, and there is also a bar with terrace where guests can relax. Hotel Cibeles Playa is next to the marina, and less than half a mile from Real Club Nautico de Gandía Sailing Club. L’Albufera Nature Reserve is a 25-minute drive from the Cibeles Playa. You can drive to Valencia in under an hour.
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