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Spring is truly trying to come to my part of the world. Sixty degree days are pure torture when the temperature says come out side the weather is nice but the garden soil says get outa here I’m still frozen and sleepin’ (In a grouchy irritated voice) What’s an over anxious cooped up all winter gardener supposed to do? Well, here’s what I did to over come all the pent up garden energy. I could only play with seedlings under the grow lights in the basement for just so long. I couldn’t take it any more and had to break out.
Yes, that’s right. I broke out the mattock pick axe and chopped out the frozen ground. I was going to rejuvenate my backyard raised beds anyway. The frozen chunks were heaved over on an adjacent bed and the thawed soil was taken to the compost tumbler. Ten gallons of raised bed soil along with five gallons of peat moss, a coffee can of vermiculite, a cup full of lime, and a couple hand fulls of Epsom salts to complete the mix.
Oh, yeah, getting a work-out today. It came out of the tumbler light and fluffy. It should really make the veggies grow good. It snowed again last night with temperatures down to 26 but another soil temperature check showed that the six-inch depth was 50 degrees. That’s five degrees warmer than yesterday. Tomorrow it will be back in the 60s with temps in the 50s and 60s all week. I’m hoping to get my onions and cabbages hardened off and in the ground by the end of the week.
There’s the first batch of rejuvenated soil in the bed. The whole bed took a total of six batches to complete the bed. Next comes the rain gutter growing system. I’ll have another whole post on how that’s put together but here’s a little preview of what it will look like.
These rain gutters have to perfectly level end to end and with each other. My big rain water tank will feed these gutters through a mini float valve to keep them full of water. Buckets filled with special growing medium will set on top of the gutters with a wick system to keep the soil in the buckets watered from the gutters. Yeah, I know, I had too much time on my hands this winter and the Internet is full of way out there stuff. This looks like it could actually work and would interface with my watering system really well.
My twist to this whole thing is to add multilevel growing. The bed under the gutters will have cabbages down the center strip and onions, lettuce, and radishes along the side strips. Of course that will have to be hand watered. It’s just a totally radical experiment to see if it can work.
Potatoes will be another experiment this year but that’s for another post. Spring is off to a running start with awesome ideas floating around in my head.
Oh, one more thing. I’m thinking about buying another property. This is just to hold and keep for a couple years until I decide what to do with it.
It’s a corner lot that measures 44 by 60 feet. The going price is $100. It’s fairly level and would have great potential for a garden. This would be a landscape and more of corner beautification kind of garden. However, among the flowers, bushes and landscaping, there just might be a few onions, lettuce or radishes. Like I said this would a couple years down the road. In the mean time, I’d have the EPA do its thing before I got started. The houses on both sides are for sale. Not interested in houses.
Ideas abound for 2014. It’s going to be a great year. I’m hoping the weather co-operates with your gardening in your part of the country. Until the next time.

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Killing isn’t a bad thing in Hitman: Absolution, in-fact it’s more of an art form, according to this latest trailer from Square-Enix.
This latest trailer discusses the art of the clean kill and how Agent 47 must use the environment around him to make kills look like pure accidents to cover his tracks, there’s at least one pretty gruesome one using a dentist drill. Of course if you would rather go in all guns blazing and kill everything in sight then that’s also an option that’s available to you. It’s completely up to you.
Hitman: Absolution is due to release November 20 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.
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Synopsis: The Dead by Daylight team is proud to present the brand-new Chapter for Dead by Daylight: Stranger Things. The Entity descends on the Midwestern town of Hawkins as Stranger Things, the critically acclaimed Netflix Original Series enters the realm of Dead by Daylight.
The Chapter introduces a new Killer and two new Survivors to the realm of The Entity: the monstrous, otherworldly Demogorgon is the new untamable Killer. Against it stands not one, but two, new Survivors: Nancy Wheeler, a tough aspiring journalist, and Steve Harrington, a former high school jock with a knack for finding trouble. The Stranger Things Chapter comes with a new map, the Underground Complex. Located below the Hawkins National Laboratory, this grim compound caused an inter-dimensional rift that released dozens of creatures before being sealed off.
The Stranger Things Chapter launches in September on PC and consoles.
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Nearly 80 per cent of top-notch executives in India believe if they don't aggressively deploy Artificial Intelligence (AI) across their organisations, they risk going out of business by 2025, an Accenture study revealed on Monday.
The research found that while 79 per cent of C-level executives in India believe they won't achieve their business strategy without scaling AI, only a few have made the shift from mere experimentation to creating an organization powered by robust AI capabilities.
As a result, this small group of top performers is achieving nearly three times the return from AI investments as their lower-performing counterparts, Accenture said in a statement.
"Those who push through the barriers to embed AI more deeply in their organization, are seeing a return on their AI investment of 70 per cent or more," said Anindya Basu, geographic unit and country senior managing director, Accenture in India.
Indian businesses need to step on the pedal and learn from the leaders.
"They need to make strategic investments to scale AI as that's the only way to realize its true business value," Basu added.
Accenture surveyed 1,500 C-Suite executives from companies with a minimum revenue of $1 billion in 12 countries, including India, across 16 industries.
The findings showed that the secret to success for top performers centres around three key elements: a strong data foundation, multiple dedicated AI teams, and a C-suite-led commitment to strategic, organization-wide AI deployment.
These companies demonstrate their deep commitment by scaling AI at a much higher rate -- conducting nearly twice as many pilots than other companies.
However, this commitment to AI does not necessarily translate to higher spend, with top performers reporting lower investment levels on their AI implementations -- pilots and full-scale deployments -- than lower performers, said the report.
Nearly all global respondents (95 per cent) agree on the importance of data as the foundation to scaling AI, but the top performers are more intentional and focused on ensuring that the right, relevant data assets are in place to underpin their AI efforts.
They are more adept at structuring and managing data, with 61 per cent wielding a large, accurate data set and more than two-thirds (67 per cent) effectively integrating both internal and external data sets.
"While the top leadership team can serve as the champions responsible for scaling AI initiatives, embedding teams with AI across the entire organization is not only a powerful signal about the strategic intent of the effort, but will also enable faster culture and behavioural changes," said Saurabh Kumar Sahu, managing director and lead for Applied Intelligence, Accenture in India.
Instead of relying on a single AI champion, 92 per cent top executives have strategically embedded multi-disciplinary teams throughout their organisations.
"This cross-functional approach also helps ensure diversity of thinking which, in addition to having tangible benefits for considerations like Responsible AI, can also maximize the value an organization sees from their AI deployments," said the report.

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Time and again I received voice of unhappiness including from retired senior police officers over the loss of Sarawak Constabulary and they want Sarawak Constabulary be restored.
They feel that Sarawakians should be given the opportunity to serve their own people and State. At the moment, there are too many police officers in Sarawak that are not Sarawakians and most of them, who are not Sarawakians, had poor command of English and hardly able to understand local Malay dialects too. This had made it very difficult for local people here to communicate with them to lodge police reports and solve crimes.
They also feel that Sarawakians police officers in the past had been discriminated for promotion and something need to be done to correct this. For the post of Commissioner of Police for Sarawak in the past sixty years, it was observed that there were only two Sarawakians holding this post. They were the late Tan Sri Hamdan Sirat and Datuk Awang Ehsan. The latter only served as Commissioner of Police for a short period only before he retired.
Sarawak, in fact, had many smart and intelligent police officers that were good enough to be Commissioners of Police for Sarawak, but, they were never been considered.
Most of the time, the post of Commissioner of Police for Sarawak were filled by police officers from the federation of Malaya. To say that local police officers are not qualified to hold the post would not be acceptable to Sarawakians.
When Tan Sri Hamdan Sirat retired, Datuk Aba Robiyel Huk should have been promoted but to the frustrations of Sarawakians, he was by-passed for promotion. This could make Sarawakians proud and a good good-bye for him before retirement. Instead, the post was given to an outsider.
The game kept on going – the government even by-passed the late Datuk Ramsay Jitam, a native, who was already the Deputy Commissioner of Police to become the Police Commissioner of Sarawak. Not long ago another Deputy Commissioner of Police, a Chinese, Dato Dr Chai Khin Chung who holds a doctorate degree was also never been promoted to hold the post of Commissioner of Police of Sarawak before he retired.
Now, the present Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mancha Ata, is a Dayak, but, will he ever be considered to hold the Commissioner of Police of Sarawak? Many Sarawakians have doubt unless miracle happens within the Unity government. May the government look into this matter to ease the tension of unhappiness that is growing now?
VOON LEE SHAN
President, Parti Bumi Kenyalang

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Environmentalists criticized a Formosa Plastics Group (FPG) report assessing health risks and water usage at the Sixth Naphtha Cracking Plant, as per ChinaPost.com.tw. The Sixth Naphtha Cracking Plant is located at an industrial area located in Mailiao Township, Yunlin County. Questions have been raised about potential environmental and health impacts in the areas surrounding the plant.
Representatives from FPG said around 169 chemicals are used in the plant, of these 18 are carcinogenic. However, environmentalists said that according to health risk regulations, toxins and air pollution should be included in any evaluation, which they said the FPG report failed to account for. An EIA committee member said that according to the FPG report there was no evidence of a build-up of carcinogens in the area, which they suggested was evidence the evaluation was insufficient.


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BMW presented the official pictures of the new BMW X4. The model is a Sports Activity Coupe, and is the younger brother of the X6, built on the platform of the X3. Lot of X’s, I know 🙂
BMW X4 is the newest member of the X family. Described as a “SAC”, an acronym made up by BMW short for “Sports Activity Coupe”, it is built on the technical platform of the BMW X3. The BMW X4 boasts a number of elements which confer a more sporting attitude than a X3. These include sports direction variable standard with Performance Control system, leather sports steering wheel equipped with paddle shifting and of course the xDrive system and numerous other amenities.
Another difference between the BMW X4 and X3 is the height at which passengers are seated having a position 20 millimeters lower to emphasize the feeling of a coupe. Unlike a conventional coupe, the BMW X4 provides enough room for five people.
BMW X4 has six engines on offer, delivering between 184 and 313 bhp. All the engines are offered only with all-wheel drive, rear wheel drive versions have not yet been presented though previously announced. The fastest version of the BMW X4 accelerates from 0-100 km/h in 5.2 seconds.
On the efficiency side, the diesel 20d with an eight-speed automatic transmission offers the most economical version of the BMW X4, with a combined consumption of only 5.2 litres. With manual transmission, the average consumption of is a little higher, at 5.4 liters.
BMW i8 hybrid supercar, will be delivered to customers starting with June. The first customers will receive their cars are those who ordered last fall when they opened the pre-orders lists. The waiting list for this model is quite long as you would imagine, but BMW has not disclosed how many units produce each day.
With these announcements, BMW also revealed more data such as fuel consumption and the technical specifications of the model.
Unlike other models in the range , the BMW i8 is only available on certain markets, making it available to customers in only 50 countries. Depending on how the things go, BMW i8 could be present on other markets.
BMW i8 costs 126,000 euro in Germany, $135,700 (plus delivery) in the States and about £99,125 in the UK.
With the battery fully loaded BMW i8 provides a consumption of 2.1 liters per 100 km, about 111.2mpg US. As distance increases, the fuel consumption pattern varies as battery power is consumed by electric motors and the internal combustion propeller is engaged. BMW representatives say they have conducted comprehensive tests with new i8 in real life , and hybrid managed to ensure an average less than 5l/100km in urban areas. Overall, BMW say their plug-in hybrid model is 50 % more efficient than an equivalent model equipped with a combustion engine .
BMW i8 is equipped with a plug-in hybrid propulsion based on a three cylinder engine, accompanied by an electric motor. the internal combustion engine boasts TwinPower Turbo technology, provides 231 hp and 320 Nm, while the electric motor provides 131 hp and 250 Nm. The hybrid system provides 362 hp in a formula focused on efficiency, as is the drag coefficient of the model, 0.26, quite low for a production model, but not the lowest in the world.
In 100% electric mode, the BMW i8 can reach a maximum speed of 120km/h and travel 37 km. Charging the 5.2 kWh battery takes three hours if a standard outlet is used, or in less than two hours, if a special BMW charger and wall box are used.
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h is achieved in 4.4 seconds, 0.3 seconds faster than the BMW M4 Coupe.
BMW plans to introduce the concept M135 series production, which will début soon at the Geneva Motor Show. Moreover, the hatchback could be equipped with xDrive AWD.
Bavarians are ready for the big event in March a prototype car that gave rise to a series of speculations on his chances of being released in version number.
It seems the rumors were totally unfounded, a source inside the company saying that M135 version will arrive in showrooms. In addition, the proposed Performance Automobiles Division I could get four-wheel drive system xDrive.
Propulsion is provided by the 3.0 liter engine that develops 320 horsepower and peak torque of 450 Nm. From equation will be part and stiffer suspension, ventilated disc brakes, 18-inch alloy wheels hidden.
BMW M135 will accelerate from 0-100 km / h in 4.9 seconds and reaches a top speed of 250 km / h, electronically limited.
Sources inside BMW claim that all copies special edition M3 CRT, have already been sold. BMW promised production is only 67 units.
Last weekend, before the start of the race the 24 Hours of Nurburgring, BMW unveiled in an event named M Night M3 which many waited for many years: CRT stands for Carbon Racing Technology. Seen as a descendant of the old M3 CSL, M3 CRT is actually a precursor to the implementation of carbon fiber in mass production, the material will be included in abundance on I3 and I8 future.
With a total weight of 1576 kilograms, 45 kilograms less than the standard version, M3 V8 CRT uses a modified services, we come to develop 450 horsepower.
At launch, BMW has announced it will produce only 67 units of sedan performance. Even so, according to sources in Germany, interest in lighter version was extremely high, the Bavarians have already managed to find customers for all items before they are put up for sale.
CRT trading price of the edition was not even formalized, the first information talking about 130,000 euros.
Hamann presented the first accessories for the new BMW 6 Series Convertible. The complete package will be unveiled this fall at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
BMW Hamann 6 Series convertible gets mark before Frankfurt.
Although there are two months until the Motor Show in Frankfurt, tuners Hamann have wanted to be among the first to promise fans a reinterpretation of the new BMW 6 Series Convertible. German specialists have left their mark and logo of Bavarian decaptoabilei after changed subtle exterior and interior design.
The look has become more aggressive due to a new model of wheels, size 20 to 21 inches, which fits the body lowered by 30 mm front and 25 mm rear axle. Visual package is complemented by a new set of chrome exhaust system endings, four in number.
For the interior, the Germans chose aluminum inserts in the dashboard and the crank. Customers can replace aluminum with metallic silver or black inserts.
By autumn, when they open the gates of German saloon, Hamann will add more accessories tuning package for 6 Series convertible ready. Most likely we will see some changes
BMW boasts the fastest M5 in history. The new generation has managed a time of 7 minutes and 55 seconds on the Nurburgring, better than that obtained by Porsche Panamera Turbo.
BMW could not launch a new family member without test performance M engineers work on the Nurburgring circuit, practically Bavarian courtyard of plants. The new M5, tested extensively in the “Green Hell” before launch, the heat went out again, this time to move on behalf of one nine-performance workshops in Munich.
Sedan managed to walk nearly 20 kilometers in just 7 minutes and 55 seconds, a time frame that says a lot about performance and about the V8 biturbo engine of 560 horsepower. Time M5 obtained proves to be faster by one second than at the Porsche Panamera Turbo and 15 seconds better than the rival, Mercedes E63 AMG.
For fans of statistics, the time recorded by the new M5 is just the same as the old Ferrari F430 did the Nurburgring in 2005. Performance is great if we and the old generation M5, equipped with a V10 engine with 507 horsepower, which managed to go through the Nurburgring in 8 minutes and 13 seconds.
BMW officials had pre-series version of the new M5 in a national event held in Germany. Photos at the event have damaged the Bavarian secret.
Future BMW Concept M5, scheduled for presentation only at the Shanghai Auto Show, has been photographed in a national event held in Munich at the BMW. The car in the picture is not the model that will enter the series, though, like any other pre-production concept, Concept M5 will take the series 99% of prototype lines that you can admire the photos.
The series, which will be presented at the Frankfurt Motor Show this autumn, is based on the current generation 5 Series. Under the hood, the new M5 will get a slightly modified version of the bi-turbo V8 engine already on X5M and X6M. We are talking about a unit lighter, stronger and greener than the old V10, the official figures of performance and power will be made public before the launch of the series. So far, rumors speak of 600 horsepower, but the figure
Kay Segler, chief executive of BMW, will hold the position of president of Mini subsidiary. His place will be taken by Friedrich Nitschke, responsible for developing the Mini series.
BMW has issued a statement today officially announcing the changes at management level in the Division of Performance M. Kay Segler, CEO of BMW M GmbH will leave the performance division to deal with the destiny of the British Mini subsidiary. Segler will give way to Friedrich Nitschke, who will officially take office from 1 May this year.
Segler is not the first experience with the Mini, in 2004-2008 was president of the company beyond the English Channel. Segler is BMW Group in 1988.
Also comes with a strong experience and his replacement, Nitschke was responsible for the entire series Mini, thanks to their position within the development department. Like Segler, and Nitschke is present in the Bavarian group for many years, namely 1978.
Future BMW M5, which will be formalized in the fall at Frankfurt, will be inspired to 99% of M5 Concept, which the Bavarian s have it officially today.
After this morning I saw the first real photos of the new BMW M5 Concept, the Bavarian manufacturer has today published on its website release, a complete photo gallery of the prototype that will arise at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the new generation M5 .
Based on the latest version of Series 5, released drum-rolled and trumpets during porridge in the world, the new M5 is in line with high performance sedans that BMW began in 1984. While talking about a car that bears the name of the particle “concept”, the copy will be given its world premiere at the Shanghai Auto Show is close to the line production model, so the aesthetic differences between versions of classic 5-Series and New Concept M5 will be considered the basis for the final version of the sedan production of large segment of the Germans.
Under the hood of the concept will be a V8 M5 Twin-turbo BMW is not talking about a lot in the press release attached photo gallery. It is very clear is that the new engine will be stronger and 25% cheaper than the one it replaces, the voices of the international media even speak of a maximum power of 550-600 hp unit that will animate the new M5. Transmission is ensured by a seven-speed automatic gearbox and double clutch M GmbH division calibrated.
Very interesting is the fact that the new M5 will provide four ways for the driver to drive. Thus, in addition to “classic” Comfort, Sport and Sport Plus, who will enjoy the new M5 will be based and how M.
External aesthetic differences to the BMW 5 Series is not some radical, German designers preferring to lean on technical changes to remove the new M5. And yet, the future model will be impossible to ignore on the road due to different bumper with three large air inlets for efficient engine cooling. Wheels we see on the new M5 Concept will most likely come equipped version and M5 series. We are talking about a set of alloy wheels 20 inch tires 265/35 ZR20 footwear. Above the front wheels to note another distinctive feature of the M5 turn off Classic Series Version 5: chrome side bearing obviously M5 logo. The back ends are impossible to ignore chrome exhaust system, mounted on the trunk lid spoiler fin and the rear spoiler which changes the channel wind speeds.
Officials confirmed that BMW E92 M3 model pick-up caught on the Nurburgring was just a joke developed by April fools day.
Recently, a team of engineers testing a prototype of the BMW M3 pick-up version of the Nurburgring circuit. The emergence of such a model has shocked the press and fans mark initially, but was seen as a viable hypothesis given the Munich manufacturer appetite for more specific niches. Subsequently, the development of such a production model BMW officials undermined, and they spoke by Dirk Arnold, head of product communications, which specified that BMW might not ever produce such a vehicle in the segment. Therefore, only one copy of the image is developed by April 1 joke.
However, when it comes to potential entry into a competition in Australia dedicated pick-up models equipped with V8 engines, Dirk Arnold said that the copy created by engineers is available if there is interest, but it did not specify which would support from the plant for such a vehicle and how serious it debutare intentions in such a competition.
Also on April First, BMW will present the “concept” future M5. We say “concept” because it is a pre-production model, chances are that M5’s version number is identical with that exhibit. In terms of presentation, BMW will bring the current generation of M3, with a series of prototypes based on the M3 never reach production. These include both the pick-up image and a convertible version of M3, equipped with a folding hardtop.


Toby Sharp is a Principal Research Software Development Engineer in the Machine Learning and Perception group at Microsoft Research, Cambridge, where he has worked since 2005. He has transferred several research projects into Microsoft technologies and products, and has contributed computer vision components to Microsoft’s Kinect, Office and LifeCam software. His other work includes computer graphics, image editing and GPU programming. He holds a BSc in Mathematics (1st) from the University of York.
Prior to joining Microsoft, he developed consumer photo and video editing software for Serif in the UK. In 2010 he received the Excellence in Design award from RSNA for real-time virtual colonoscopy software. In 2011 he and colleagues received the Best Paper prize at CVPR and the Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award for the machine learning contribution to Kinect’s body tracking.
Toby is a Senior Member of the IEEE.
- Jonathan Taylor, Lucas Bordeaux, Thomas Cashman, Bob Corish, Cem Keskin, Eduardo Soto, David Sweeney, Julien Valentin, Benjamin Luff, Arran Topalian, Erroll Wood, Sameh Khamis, Pushmeet Kohli, Toby Sharp, Shahram Izadi, Richard Banks, Andrew Fitzgibbon, and Jamie Shotton, Efficient and Precise Interactive Hand Tracking through Joint, Continuous Optimization of Pose and Correspondences, in ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, July 2016.
- Toby Sharp, Cem Keskin, Duncan Robertson, Jonathan Taylor, Jamie Shotton, David Kim, Christoph Rhemann, Ido Leichter, Alon Vinnikov, Yichen Wei, Daniel Freedman, Pushmeet Kohli, Eyal Krupka, Andrew Fitzgibbon, and Shahram Izadi, Accurate, Robust, and Flexible Real-time Hand Tracking, CHI, April 2015.
- Abner Guzman-Rivera, Pushmeet Kohli, Ben Glocker, Jamie Shotton, Toby Sharp, Andrew Fitzgibbon, and Shahram Izadi, Multi-Output Learning for Camera Relocalization, in CVPR, IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, June 2014.
- Jamie Shotton, Ross Girshick, Andrew Fitzgibbon, Toby Sharp, Mat Cook, Mark Finocchio, Richard Moore, Pushmeet Kohli, Antonio Criminisi, Alex Kipman, and Andrew Blake, Efficient Human Pose Estimation from Single Depth Images, in Decision Forests for Computer Vision and Medical Image Analysis, Springer, 2013.
- J. Shotton, D. Robertson, and T. Sharp, Efficient Implementation of Decision Forests, Springer, 2013.
- Jamie Shotton, Toby Sharp, Alex Kipman, Andrew Fitzgibbon, Mark Finocchio, Andrew Blake, Mat Cook, and Richard Moore, Real-time human pose recognition in parts from single depth images, in Communications of the ACM (CACM), ACM, January 2013.
- Jamie Shotton, Toby Sharp, Pushmeet Kohli, Sebastian Nowozin, John Winn, and Antonio Criminisi, Decision Jungles: Compact and Rich Models for Classification, in Proc. NIPS, 2013.
- S. Nowozin, C. Rother, S. Bagon, T. Sharp, B. Yao, and P. Kohli, Decision Tree Fields: An Efficient Non-parametric Random Field Model for Image Labeling, in Decision Forests for Computer Vision and Medical Image Analysis, Springer, 2013.
- Jonathan Taylor, Jamie Shotton, Toby Sharp, and Andrew Fitzgibbon, The Vitruvian Manifold: Inferring Dense Correspondences for One-Shot Human Pose Estimation, in Proc. CVPR, IEEE, June 2012.
- Jeremy Jancsary, Sebastian Nowozin, Toby Sharp, and Carsten Rother, Regression Tree Fields - An Efficient, Non-parametric Approach to Image Labeling Problems, in IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), IEEE Computer Society, 10 April 2012.
- Sebastian Nowozin, Carsten Rother, Shai Bagon, Toby Sharp, Bangpeng Yao, and Pushmeet Kohli, Decision Tree Fields: An Efficient Non-Parametric Random Field Model for Image Labelling, in Decision Forests: for Computer Vision and Medical Image Analysis; Springer: Advances in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Springer, 2012.
- Jamie Shotton, Ross Girshick, Andrew Fitzgibbon, Toby Sharp, Mat Cook, Mark Finocchio, Richard Moore, Pushmeet Kohli, Antonio Criminisi, Alex Kipman, and Andrew Blake, Efficient Human Pose Estimation from Single Depth Images, in Trans. PAMI, IEEE, 2012.
- Alex Mansfield, Mukta Prasad, Carsten Rother, Toby Sharp, Pushmeet Kohli, and Luc Van Gool, Transforming Image Completion, in BMVC, September 2011.
- Antonio Criminisi, Toby Sharp, and Patrick Perez, Geodesic Forests for Image Editing, no. MSR-TR-2011-96, 11 August 2011.
- Antonio Criminisi, Toby Sharp, Carsten Rother, and Patrick Perez, Geodesic Image and Video Editing, in Invited talk at SIGGRAPH, Aug 2011, Vancouver. Published in ACM Transactions on Graphics, 2010. , August 2011.
- Jamie Shotton, Andrew Fitzgibbon, Mat Cook, Toby Sharp, Mark Finocchio, Richard Moore, Alex Kipman, and Andrew Blake, Real-Time Human Pose Recognition in Parts from a Single Depth Image, in CVPR, IEEE, June 2011.
- Sebastian Nowozin, Carsten Rother, Shai Bagon, Toby Sharp, Bangpeng Yao, and Pushmeet Kohli, Decision Tree Fields, in ICCV, 2011.
- T. Sharp, D. Robertson, and A. Criminisi, Volume Rendering on Server GPUs for Enterprise-Scale Medical Applications, no. MSR-TR-2010-72, 10 June 2010.
- Antonio Criminisi, Toby Sharp, and Khan Siddiqui, Interactive Geodesic Segmentation of n-Dimensional Medical Images on the Graphics Processor, in Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), December 2009.
- Victor Lempitsky, Pushmeet Kohli, Carsten Rother, and Toby Sharp, Image Segmentation with A Bounding Box Prior, in ICCV, 2009.
- Christoph Rhemann, Carsten Rother, Alex Rav-Acha, and Toby Sharp, High Resolution Matting via Interactive Trimap Segmentation, in CVPR, June 2008.
- Antonio Criminisi, Toby Sharp, and Andrew Blake, GeoS: Geodesic Image Segmentation, in Proc. European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), Springer, 2008.
- Peter Gehler, Carsten Rother, Andrew Blake, Tom Minka, and Toby Sharp, Bayesian Color Constancy Revisited, in CVPR, 2008.
- Toby Sharp, Implementing Decision Trees and Forests on a GPU, in ECCV (4), Springer, 2008.
- Toby Sharp, An Implementation of Key-Based Digital Signal Steganography., in Information Hiding, Springer-Verlag, January 2001.


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Short Ivory Lace Wedding DressesOn January 18, 2015 by U.Hidayat
Short wedding dress as an excellent example of elegance and beauty. Strapless bodice with low V-neckline is covered with lacework. High-waist mid-leg pencil skirt introduces classical style. The wedding dress is covered with net lace including long sleeves. Corset and dense texture create chiseled soft silhouette. Lace covering edges defuses strict lines. Sensitive color and floral lace make romantic, fabulous image.


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ESPN rounds up the best radio soundbites from the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, where Nico Rosberg overcame Lewis Hamiltons controversial tactics to win a maiden world championship.?These punctures are really [censored] me off...Daniil Kvyat vents at Toro Rosso after suffering a second puncture in FP2, having already missed most of FP1 because of an identical issue with his left rear tyre.Woohoo! Easy peasy!Sauber, take note... Pascal Wehrlein celebrates hauling the Manor into Q2 as he shows the rest of the grid why he deserves to be in Formula One next year.?I dont think weve ever had a failure like this!Jenson Button bemoans his luck after a right suspension failure prematurely ends what looks likely to be the final race of his illustrious Formula One career.Im fed up! Ask the FIA what they want me to do, but he forced me wide.Romain Grosjean asks a question to race director Charlie Whiting via the Haas pit wall after being forced across the final chicane by Toro Rossos Carlos Sainz.Ok Lewis, this is an instruction, we need 45.1 for the win. I suggest you guys let us race.A comeback likely to go down as one of the best of the season. Lewis Hamilton shuts down Mercedes request to speed up as he does the only thing left in his power to win a fourth world championship -- back his teammate into chasing rivals.Lewis, this is Paddy. We need you to pick up the pace to win this race. Thats an instruction. Paddy, er, Im actually in the lead right now and quite comfortable.Hamilton is unmoved by an escalation on the pit wall as executive director (technical) Paddy Lowe tries, and fails, to get the Englishman to speed up.YES!!! World champion! [Censored] brilliant!Rosbergs long-serving race engineer Tony Ross lets the emotions pour out after the German finally crosses the line in second to claim his maiden world championship.Baby, Im so proud of you! We did it! We did it!Rosberg responds to wife Vivians congratulatory message as he comes to terms with the realisation of a lifelong dream.I will never forget this moment, this team, this job. Thank you, all of you guys...Felipe Massa signs off with a touching message to Williams after crossing the line for the final time as an F1 driver. Paul Kariya Jersey . Thousands of fans at Mosaic Stadium will be cozying up to each other in an effort to stay warm in chilly temperatures and block the Prairie wind that locals say can knock your socks off. Patrick Eaves Jersey . 10 Texas Rangers jersey for one last time. Young formally announced his retirement Friday after returning to Rangers Ballpark, his baseball home for all but the last of his 13 major league seasons. https://www.cheapducks.com/157c-andrew-cogliano-jersey-ducks.html . SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. Ducks Jerseys 2020 . -- Mike Smith never saw his first NHL goal go in. Ondrej Kase Jersey .com) - The Calgary Flames aim to bounce back from their first regulation home loss of the campaign on Friday night when they host a Detroit Red Wings club that they swept in three meetings a season ago. NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Freshman Alan Lamar ran for 180 yards and two touchdowns -- both season highs -- and Hayden Carlson intercepted a pass with 57 seconds left to help Yale hold on for a 21-13 win over Dartmouth in the 100th meeting of the two programs on Saturday.Lamar took the first handoff of his career 21 yards midway through the first quarter and his 7-yard touchdown run with 3:09 left in the second quarter trimmed Yales deficit to 10-7. After the Bulldogs (1-3, 1-1 Ivy League) defense forced a punt, Reed Klubniks diving, one-handed touchdown catch in the corner of the end zone witth 22 seconds left in the half capped a six-play, 75-yard drive and gave them the lead for good.ddddddddddddDavid Smiths 32-yard field goal pulled Dartmouth (2-2, 0-2) within a point late in the third quarter, but Lamar added a 43-yard scoring run with 11:36 to play to make it 21-13.Dartmouth had a first-and-goal on the 7 and first-and-10 on the 19 on separate drives late in the fourth quarter but failed to score on either and Carlsons interception sealed it. ' ' '
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U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson endorses candidate for president
Joe Wilson is endorsing fellow Republican and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty for president in 2012. Here's the news release sent from Wilson's "Joe Wilson for Congress" e-mail account shortly before 6 p.m., with the subject line "My Choice for President":
These times call for strong principled, conservative leadership. That’s why today, I’m honored to announce that I’m endorsing Tim Pawlenty for President. As Governor of Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty built a conservative record in a state that is politically tough for Republicans. His bold vision for America’s future and strong leadership are what we need to defeat Barack Obama and get our nation’s economy back on track.
Governor Pawlenty is the best man to get our nation back on the right track.
I’m honored to serve as the South Carolina Co-Chair for Governor Pawlenty’s Presidential Campaign. Pawlenty has an aggressive economic plan that will tackle the national debt, cut big-government red tape, and create jobs. Governor Pawlenty shares my conservative belief that we need to get the government out of the way and put people back to work.
Working alongside other conservative leaders, I’ll continue to fight Washington Liberals and their job-killing agenda. I invite you to join me in supporting Governor Pawlenty as we work to get our nation back on track. In order to run a winning campaign, Governor Pawlenty needs our financial support. I ask you to please contribute what you can today.
Please take a moment to visit TimPawlenty.com and learn more about Governor Pawlenty and his outstanding conservative record. You can also visit Governor Pawlenty on Facebook and Twitter. I’m sure you will be as impressed as I am.
Sincerely, Joe Wilson


Most kills will be in the 20 yard range anyway, which shouldn't be a problem with standard loads. Just make sure you shoot paper a few times and know where your POI is, and how far you can shoot without the pattern breaking up too much.
Saying most kills @ 20 is a giving a false sense of hope while playing the game.... Yes a person can get lucky and have one walk in that close... Out of the dozen+ I have killed only 1 was 20 yards or less (16 paces to be exact).... They don't always get that close for whatever reason.
Alot has to do with the area your hunting.... thick woods, open hardwoods, or fields/pastures.
As was said, shoot the gun, check the POA/POI, and determine the effective range for your barrel length/shell/choke combo.... then hunt and try to get your birds within that effective range... If you try long enough and are not satisfied with the results.... you can always buy another gun with a larger chamber.
I would rather have a gun set up for distance and not need it, than to need it and not have it.... Turkeys have their own schedule and you can't make them do something they don't want to....
I have limited time to hunt, spent hours at the target range testing, spend money on shells, license, gas, equipment, and calls..... I won't be going home empty handed unless all other options have been exhausted.


Roman Reigns had lot to say about CM Punk recently and that sparked a big discussion among pro wrestling fans. The Tribal Chief said that CM Punk was never as good or over as John Cena. A lot of fans chimed in and Mick Foley had to speak his piece.
Mrs. Foley’s Baby Boy tweeted out to make it clear that CM Punk was “DAMN GOOD, AND DAMN OVER.” He also said that pipebomb promo changed the pro wrestling business for good.
CM PUNK WAS DAMN GOOD, AND DAMN OVER.
With one interview he changed the course of the wrestling business. He had great matches with a wide variety of opponents on a nightly basis.
Fans are expecting CM Punk on AEW Rampage this Friday. Odds are he will shock the world at the First Dance special in the United Center. As Ringside News exclusively reported, CM Punk is slated to wrestle 10 to 12 times per year, but it is unknown when that first match will be.
What’s your take on this story? Sound off in the comments!


CORK County Council’s plans to introduce a temporary one-way traffic system at North Street in Skibbereen from Monday June 21st to September 6th has been described by local Cllr Joe Carroll (FF) as ‘very welcome news.’
The one-way system will run from the first exit off the roundabout at Cork Road, down the full length of North Street, where it will merge with traffic coming off Main Street on to Market Street. The system will operate 24/7 during the trial.
Cllr Carroll said the ultimate solution to traffic congestion in Skibbereen would be to create a by-pass from the new secondary school at Gortnaclohy to an exit point at Cork Road.
‘That would be the obvious solution to traffic congestion in the town centre but a one-way system at North Street would be a good plan B,’ he said. ‘I have been calling for the use of a traffic light system at Cork Road for years, but I was told that would be unworkable,’ he added. ‘The only other solution is the one-way system.’
Details are available for inspection at Skibbereen courthouse.


Impact on Individuals
Ripple Effect of the Arts: Royce Martin
21 November, 2017
The arts create benefits that ripple across our community, which is why since 1963 the Arts and Education Council (A&E) has connected arts organizations, artists and people in meaningful ways thanks to thousands of generous supporters.
Just one example of that ripple effect is 17-year-old pianist Royce Martin.
Martin’s ripple effect began three years ago when he picked up his sister’s toy keyboard and began teaching himself to play piano by watching YouTube videos.
That turned into his music teacher at the Grand Center Arts Academy (GCAA), a past A&E grantee, introducing him to Pianos for People, an honoree at A&E’s 2017 St. Louis Arts Awards. Continuing the ripple, the organization helped Martin’s family get a full-sized piano for their home.
Lessons and a full-sized piano led to Martin winning the 2016 St. Louis Teen Talent Competition, where A&E funds one of the prizes. Martin won five prizes that day – including Audience Favorite.
Then in January 2017, Martin performed in honor of Pianos for People at A&E’s 2017 St. Louis Arts Awards, where he received a standing ovation for his original composition, “Safari Nzuri.”
Three months later, Martin was awarded a paid internship with Open Studio Network (a tenant in A&E’s Centene Center for the Arts) through A&E’s Art Education Fund, underwritten by Wells Fargo Advisors. Through the ongoing internship, Martin is learning the business side of the music industry and taking lessons with St. Louis’ own international piano star, Peter Martin, and Open Studio Network.
Now Royce is auditioning for the top music conservatories in the country, where he hopes to continue studying piano and composition, ultimately embarking on a career in the industry.
Because of the ripple effect of the arts, one meaningful arts experience with a piano uncovered a hidden talent and led to a life path. While inspiring, his story isn’t unique. Your gift to A&E helps ripple effect stories like Martin’s happen nearly every day. For more stories about the ripple effect of the arts in our region, click here.


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Hanya Holm, My Fair Lady, Choreography
I wrote a letter to Ms. Holm and asked her if she had contributed anything to the movie. She replied and thanked me for my letter but did not say much else. Was she trying to hide something? I wish I could relate more.
Even though I found the stage performance and the movie wanting in so many areas, the more I listened to the original cast album to figure out just what it was that excited my initial enthusiastic response when I was a youngster. I was especially fond of Get Me to the Church on Time, Stanley Holloway's ode not only to impending marital discord but to the British music hall. I honestly did not remember much from the stage production nor did the movie version ignite my imagination. But John Martin wrote that it was a "large and hilarious celebration, which is virtually a coster can-can. It is full of invention, of brilliant choreographic action, of atmosphere and of irresistible theatrical appeal." But not for me!
Maybe one had to be at the theatre to witness the original cast and production. Perhaps one's age has something to do with it. After all when you see My Fair Lady as a young child a great deal escapes you.
So what is it about the movie's choreography that still fails to impress me today? What did John Martin see that eluded me? I think it has to do with the confines of the theater. Stage choreography, be it Broadway, ballet or modern dance most often does not transfer well to the screen. The creation of a dance imposes limits on choreographers: they must create within a confined area and cannot let their imagination wander beyond the limits of that space. They are reined in, but that is when their judgment and skill are put to the test. If their imagination runs in too many directions, you will wind up with chaos. Order must be imposed on the imagination; without it you can't create. Within the confines of the theatrical space the dance has to possess intelligence and sense. You can't have your eye wander. It must be directed to the area of performance. Movies are spatial;cameras can shoot from all directions and allow choreographers to create overwhelming amounts of dance, much of it not focused because we are so busy looking at the images changing all the time. Perhaps this is why the greatest dance musical I ever saw as a youngster, Bob Fosse's Redhead with Gwen Verdon, was never transferred to the screen. The stage was the only place where the dancing made sense. Verdon could turn cartwheels but only from stage right to stage left, nowhere else. There was no other room in which to perform.
Since my initial encounter with My Fair Lady at age 10 I have seen a number of excellent productions including community theatre presentations and one in Germany! I've learned not to be overly critical of the choreography-or the lack of it. I missed the 1976 revival that stated that the choreography and musical direction were "based on the original by Hanya Holm" in parentheses and very small print. I've read that there is a new film of My Fair Lady in the making. I can't wait to see it. I'm wondering what they will alter or introduce. I doubt if we will see a reproduction of Holm's choreography. It might not fit the film's new concept and approach.
I'm glad that New Year's Day got me thinking about Hanya Holm. I had not done so in a very long time. I've read so much about her dance contributions but have seen so little of them. Was it because they spoke to their generation and have nothing left to tell us? I hope that someday I will get an inkling of what she contributed to the American dance scene. After all, I like history. And many times history can enlighten us on how we got from there to here.
A passionate and enthusiastic dance lover with other interests in books, theater, music and architecture. I have served as the director of the docent program at the New York City Ballet. I am interested in all facets of dance, and do not limit myself to only one dance brand, as I call it. This encompasses ballet, modern, folk and whatever else there is. Call me eclectic. |

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One of many greatest and fastest-growing industries within the manufacturing sector is the automotive trade. The trade has developed quickly through the years, pushed primarily by innovation and shopper desire as a result of automotive ecosystem’s technological developments. The appearance of electrical autos (EVs) and its market enlargement that adopted could also be some of the notable developments since 2010.
Governments, authorities, and producers have labored collectively to supply electrical autos in an effort to fight the surroundings’s worsening state. Main international points that have an effect on the environment and weather conditions have been brought on by elements comparable to growing urbanization and rising inhabitants, which resulted within the automakers to develop alternate power sources for driving automobiles.
Autos operating on electrical power is one such resolution that’s shortly selecting up tempo and recognition amongst plenty; globally.
This text will focus on some of the essential elements of an electrical car, the battery, and the answer to one of many greatest roadblocks this part is dealing with; fast recharging.
Significance of Electrical Car Battery
The know-how and efficiency supplied by an electrical car’s battery and its major elements decide whether or not electrical autos will likely be profitable or not.
For the reason that invention of the primary vehicle, batteries have been employed as backup energy sources. Nevertheless, as EVs are developed, batteries additionally demand for extra improvised designs which is inflicting engineering challenges and issues; significantly with battery housings.
The battery modules have to be shielded from environmental elements comparable to deformation, corrosion, extreme temperatures, and stone chips to keep away from thermal collapse. The battery housing is a key part of contemporary EVs because it incorporates all of the propulsion power, protects the batteries from the surroundings, and considerably impacts the car’s driving traits because it usually contributes to the energy and rigidity of the chassis.
In response to a latest research performed by BIS Analysis on the worldwide EV battery housing market, the market generated $873.4 million in 2020 and is anticipated to achieve $4.47 billion by 2025, rising at a CAGR of 36.9%.
When it comes to quantity, the overall demand for EV battery housing materials in 2020 was 279.7 kilotons which is anticipated to extend to 1,167.3 kilotons in 2025, rising at a CAGR of 31.5% in the course of the forecast interval.
The market development is primarily attributed to the surging demand for electrical autos, enchancment required in battery know-how, supporting authorities insurance policies and rules, and the launch of latest electrical car fashions.
Furthermore, declining electrical car battery costs and the rising want for bettering the efficiency of EVs are different essential elements which may present profitable alternatives to the worldwide EV battery housing market.
The Technique of Battery Swapping/Switching
Battery swapping, also called battery switching, has now been included in typical cable-based conductive EV charging. This entails substituting a totally charged pack or module for the exhausted battery.
The frequent problems with battery deterioration and grid masses related to DC quick charging methodology will be resolved by battery swapping. A battery change will be accomplished in lower than 5 minutes, whereas a quick charger takes between 20 and 45 minutes to cost a battery from 10% to 80%. After the exhausted battery has been eliminated, it may be “trickle-charged” at a price that won’t shorten its lifespan or put undue load on the grid.
By separating the price of the battery from the price of the automotive itself, battery switching encourages new enterprise fashions. A pattern will be noticed available in the market during which battery as a service (BaaS) enterprise fashions and impartial battery asset administration corporations are rising.
With this change system, customers could shortly change to the most recent battery know-how as EV batteries lose vary over time, assuming their battery administration system (BMS) is appropriate. The degradation introduced on by DC quick charging is likewise eradicated when batteries are centrally “trickle-charged” in a swap station.
The know-how is anticipated to be a key enabler for electrification, not only for automobiles but additionally for micro-mobility, rideshare fleets, autonomous autos, and heavy-duty business fleets. It may also be some of the cost-effective methods to assemble the substantial stationary power storage programs required to maintain the world’s increasing renewable power provides.
Nevertheless, there are further, much less seen advantages to changing a battery, comparable to deciding on the battery dimension primarily based on the vary wanted at any time and seamless updates to the most recent battery chemistries when older batteries grow to be old style or out of date. Subsequently, curiosity in battery swapping is rising.
The requirement for EVs with standardized battery programs is the elemental downside impeding the widespread adoption of battery swapping. Standardization of battery swapping is sort of unlikely as EV producers want vertical integration, and the battery turns into an important piece of mental property that distinguishes a model.
It will possibly, due to this fact, be concluded that battery swapping is changing into an reasonably priced, environment friendly, and space-effective resolution for all sorts of electrical autos. Prospects should buy autos with out batteries, join a service that gives batteries, and go to kiosks to alternate useless batteries for brand spanking new ones.
The productiveness of enterprise fleets is anticipated to develop due to the dramatic lower in car downtime, which can encourage fleet customers to transition to EVs. Moreover, swappable batteries will be charged in stacks, which takes up much less room per electrical car (EV) than fastened battery charging and permits for higher high quality management of the charging surroundings.
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Johnny Holmes of Hallandale High filed suit Tuesday in Broward Circuit Court, claiming he is unlawfully being denied the right to play basketball and has asked for a court order to allow him to play.
Holmes, 18, a senior, is considered one of the top high school basketball players in the state and is being recruited by numerous schools, including Miami, Florida State, Auburn and Southern Cal.
"If he is denied the right to participate in interscholastic basketball in his 12th year of high school, the denial will jeopardize his opportunity for admission to college and will surely adversely affect any chance he has to obtain an athletic scholarship," the suit claims.
Holmes is suing Hallandale High School Principal Patricia H. Grimes and the Florida High Schools Activities Association Inc., which governs interscholastic activities, including sports, in the state.
Holmes claims that in September he was improperly declared ineligible to play under a FHSAA rule that limits a students participation in high school sports to three years from the date the student entered the 10th grade.
Holmes, the suit claims, should have been declared a "hardship" case under FHSAA rules and made an exception to the three-year rule.
Holmes dropped out of the 10th grade after he was abandoned by his parents. He was out of school during the second semester of the 1983-84 school year and the first semester of the 1984-85 school year.
He received counseling through the Hallandale Human Resourses Department and from Hallandale High basketball coach Greg Samuel, the suit claims. During this time Holmes supported himself.
"At that time, Johnny was not equipped mentally or emotionally to remain in high school," the suit says.
Holmes asks the court to allow him to play until a decision is made on his suit.
Holmes commented only briefly on the legal action Tuesday night at Hallandale's season opener at Boyd Anderson.
"It is something we felt we had to do," said the 6-foot7- Holmes, who averaged 18.6 points per game per season. "I'll have a better chance for a college scholorship if I play somewhere this year."
Samuel and Athletic Director Alan Hausman had mixed feelings on Holmes' legal action.
"The boy certainly needs a scholorship and has the talent to get one," Samuel said. "Playing this year certainly would help him. My concern is what effect something like this will have on the rest of the team. As far as the school is concerned, there is nothing more we can do."
"The school helped him present his case in September with the FHSAA and it ruled against him," Hausman said. "We are members of the FHSAA and have to abide by the rules. As far as we are concerned, he is ineligible."
Fred E. Rozelle, executive secretary of the FHSAA, said that he had been notified of Holmes' suit, but he had not received any other information.
"An attorney called me and said that the boy and his family were attempting to get an emergency hearing in order to obtain a temporary injunction to allow him to participate in Hallandale's games.
"There isn't much I can say about the case except that a committee of five members of our executive board heard the boy's case last September. I did not take part in the hearing, but it was determined that since the boy's class had already graduated, and regardless of the whatever problems the boy had during his sophomore year, there was no way he could be eligible to participate. This is actually his fifth year of high school.
"We have been involved with cases like this before. They have gone to court and the decisions have been in our favor."
Should a judge grant a court order allowing Holmes to participate until there is a decision on the suit, Hallandale could forfeit any game Holmes played in if the FHSAA wins the suit.


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DVD cover of Wet Gold
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|Theme music composer||Sylvester Levay|
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- Brooke Shields as Laura
- Burgess Meredith as Sampson
- Thomas Byrd as Chris Barnes
- Brian Kerwin as Ben Keating
Wet Gold is the story of Laura, a young café waitress dreaming of owning a piano. Laura stumbles across Sampson, a drunk elderly man who fills her with exciting stories of a boat that sank with millions of dollars in gold. Although Chris Barnes, Laura's boyfriend, keeps telling her that Sampson's stories are all false, Sampson makes her believe that they are indeed true. Laura takes Sampson to a library, where she finds on old a newspaper article that matches up the events he described.
After becoming a true believer, Laura convinces Barnes, Sampson and Ben Keating, an experienced sea diver, to search for the treasure. Together they set off from Key West in the baker's boat that Barnes is supposed to be looking after. Keating shows a liking for Laura, and because of this, Barnes begins to feel uncomfortable with him. After spending some time in the water, their dreams become reality, but the discovery of gold begins to change their personalities. Tensions fill the air as passions rise in the wake of greed and jealousy for both the fortune and Laura.
Upon its premiere, the movie was the highest rated network TV program in its 9-11PM time slot. But when it repeated on Sunday December 21, 1986, it was the lowest rated network TV program of the evening. The highest rated one was NBC's holiday special Bob Hope's Bagful Of Christmas Cheer, on which Hope's co-stars included Wet Gold star Brooke Shields.

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FIREWALKING – The Ultimate Event The features of Fire walking are that it is a very spectacular, high profile, media friendly event. The training, although geared towards fire walking can be utilised in all walks of life. Though the training is indoor the firewalk itself is an outdoor activity and for safety must be ran after nightfall. The benefits of Fire walking are that you step outside of your comfort zone, gaining the innate recognition that ‘anything is possible’ once you believe it to be so. In doing so, your comfort zone increases in size to incorporate something as extreme as fire walking. This results in anything less than walking on red-hot coals (i.e.: less extreme) being achievable. The training for fire walking assists you to overcome whatever challenges and ‘self imposed roadblocks’ are in your way. “If you can do this, you can do anything!!”
BOARDBREAKING – Smashing through Challenges The features of Boardbreaking are that you are led from your normal state to one of total empowerment. By focusing on results rather than obstacles, you are guided through a series of exercises and mind altering and state changing strategies to empower you towards breaking through long held limiting beliefs! This training can be run at any time of the day in an indoor or outdoor environment. The benefits are that you believe that anything is possible and a ‘can do’ mentality prevails. By smashing through the board, which is a metaphor for a ‘problem’ you will realise that all of life’s problems are now ‘challenges’ and everything is accomplishable. A positive and radical change is evident in you from that moment on, be it best practice, customer relations through to an ‘anything is possible’ way of working. This is a specific goal orientated session, excellent for raising business and personal standards to a level not before achieved.
GLASSWALKING – The Cutting Edge Event The features of Glasswalking are that this event is a very deep and relaxing sedate training session, designed for a quiet, reticent, or introspective audience. The Autogenic redactional training can be run at anytime of the day in an indoor or outdoor environment. The benefits of Glasswalking are that the idea of walking on glass would not have been considered possible until the redactional training and relaxation techniques which can be used and repeated at any time needed. As stress is the number one killer in the western world the relaxation techniques used have a life enhancing quality and the inner energy that flows from the exercises which changes your perception of the world around you making you a calmer and more energized person.

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ANNOWAN – On Sunday, the Annawan Inn Conference Center gathered 220 people, therapists, educators, nurses, and law enforcement officials to learn how they can help alleviate mental illness in their communities and schools.
"I was absolutely amazed at the response from across Henry County," said Beth Smith of Cambridge, chair of the Henry County Mental Health Alliance, sponsor of this first nationwide, all-day event.
"It shows what our alliance of community groups is, and citizens can do to increase awareness of mental illness and the availability of help to those suffering."
One in four Americans has personal experiences with mental illness, said conference spokeswoman Patricia Doyle, a specialist in mental crisis intervention
But only in recent years have people begun to unlock the secrets of their struggles with mental illness.
"We are breaking the stigma," said Gail Ripka of Kewanee, retired executive director of the Henry Health Department and officer of the Alliance. "People are starting to talk about mental health and their illnesses."
Several speakers and small group discussion leaders shared personal experiences about losing family members to suicide.
Pastor Cheri Magrini, Pastor He gave the keynote address at the Chicago Temple Methodist Church in Chicago's Loop.
"It's very important to share our experiences," said Magrini, who has several higher degrees in mental health.
Magrini noted the critical role of support groups, especially for small towns and rural areas like Henry County, where professional services are inadequate.
"Sharing helps others not feel so alone in their struggles."
The Henry County Mental Health Alliance offers both "Mental Health for Families and Friends" and "Peer Mental Health" Support Groups. Both groups will meet on May 1
For more information on these groups as well as a survivor of the Suicide Support Group, contact the Henry County Health Department at 309-852-0197  Guidance on dealing with schizophrenia
Patricia Doyle trains law enforcement agencies, librarians and other professionals who regularly engage with the public to deescalate possible mental health conditions.
Doyle made a short report. Course "to the conference on how to get in touch with and work with people with schizophrenia, a disease that affects one in every 100 adults.
" There are 38,200 adults in Henry County, "she noted," which means that there are 380 people with schizophrenia in your county. "
Doyle explained that schizophrenics do not have" split personalities. "Instead, they are not in touch with reality, producing a range of behaviors, including hallucinations, delusions, disorderly thinking, meaningless word flutter, and even catatonic or frozen ones States of being.
"These people have" brain attacks, "Doyle explained. like other heart attacks. "
Schizophrenics often neglect personal hygiene and dress eccentrically as if they were wearing thick layers in summer.
Doyle gave her attentive audience many tips on how to deal with schizophrenics, the brink of violent behavior Key tips include rest, attention, friendliness, patience, avoiding sudden movements, and much more.
Doyle's presentation was one of many during the conference, and there was a valuable network during the breaks between the participants.


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She Wants Revenge
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US band from Los Angeles, California, led by Justin Warfield (1973, USA; vocals/guitar) and Adam Bravin aka Adam 12 (keyboards/synthesizer). Both men had worked and recorded as hip-hop MCs in the Los Angeles area prior to forming She Wants Revenge in 2003. Drawing inspiration from early 80s UK bands Joy Division and Depeche Mode, the duo began playing gigs in the Los Angeles area and using their DJing experience to curry favour with local radio stations. The single Out Of Control proved a popular hit on rock stations on the west coast and attracted the attention of the Geffen Records offshoot Flawless Records. After signing a recording contract with the Flawless subsidiary Perfect Kiss, Warfield and Bravin enlisted the help of Thomas Froggatt (guitar) and Scott Ellis (drums) to help record their self-titled debut. The album, released at the start of 2006, was an almost pitch perfect recreation of the early 80s electro pop sound. Almost inevitably, the...


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Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra (born November 19, 1961), professionally known as Meg Ryan, is an American actress and producer. After minor roles in film and television, Ryan became a movie star in 1989 when she appeared in When Harry Met Sally.... Over the next 15 years she played leading roles in several romantic comedy films, including Sleepless in Seattle (1993), French Kiss (1995), Addicted to Love (1997), City of Angels (1998), You've Got Mail (1998), and Kate & Leopold (2001), grossing a total of over $870 million worldwide. In 1995, Time critic Richard Corliss called her 'the current soul of romantic comedy'. Ryan (ne Hyra) was born in Fairfield, Connecticut, the daughter of Susan Jordan (ne Duggan) a former actress and English teacher and Harry Hyra, a math teacher. Both Susan and Harry were raised in Fairfield, Connecticut. Harry was an all state basketball player.
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Modern day keyboards have a wide ranges of functions that make them perfect for learning to play the piano. Many keyboards have in-built lessons and songs of varying difficulties to play along to, which can act as a great supplement to lessons. Keyboards also come with a range of different instrument sounds and FX, such as percussive sounds, string sounds, synthesizer-type sounds and brass and horn sections, which can be fun to play with. They also usually have a record function and can be synchronised to a personal computer, which is great for hearing back your progress or writing your own music!
One-on-one piano lessons straight from the comfort of your own home is a great way to learn to play the piano. 90% of our students choose to take lessons from home, mostly due to the convenience of not having to make travel arrangements both to and from their lessons. This is great for parents and students with busy schedules. The content of home lessons is exactly the same as studio lessons, however, you will need to have a keyboard or piano at your home. Home lessons provide the best learning environment, as it is a comfortable, familiar surrounding for students to learn in.
The content of each lesson is determined by the ability and experience level of each individual student. For beginner students who are new to the piano, lessons will be devised to give students the fundamentals of good piano playing. Students will learn the correct posture, hand position and fingering techniques for playing scales and chords. Intermediate players can start to increase their playing speed in order to perform runs, fills and solos, they can broaden their chord playing to things like augmented chords, diminished chords, they develop their sight reading, music theory - such as time signatures - and applying these skills to more complex compositions. Advanced players may want to study a particular genre or composer. Pianists who enjoy Classical music may like to study the compositions of Bach or Mozart, or maybe develop their Jazz or Blues playing. Teachers can also help prepare students for exam, auditions, performances or recitals.
Many older students are fulfilling a long standing ambition by taking piano lessons. Some students may have had lessons when they were younger and want to re-learn and others are simply looking for a new hobby. Whatever the aim or reason, there are many benefits to piano lessons for older students. Learning the piano can keep you mentally active, help maintain dexterity, improve your hearing and stimulate the brain in a creative way. Older students can develop basic technique and music theory quite quickly, as their concentration, thinking skills and self-discipline are more advanced than that of children.
Children are recommended to start piano lessons no earlier than age 4 or 5. The attention span and personality of the child are something to consider when thinking of taking lessons. Even if your child has no evident musical inclinations, piano lessons offer a great option for introducing your child to music. During their lessons children will learn how to read music, fundamentals of musicianship and sight reading, music theory techniques, and ear training.


As part of the One2OneNetwork, I got to head downtown on Friday to check out the man behind the CD that's been in my car for more than a month (for that review click here). I had a friend lined up to go with me, but with her kids under the weather I ended up flying solo and meeting some great people while I was there instead!
As a venue, this was my first trip to Music Farm and I was kind of surprised at how little seating was available and all of it was gone by the time I got there 30 minutes before the show started, so I found a counter to lean on and proceeded to revel in the fact that I was out sans children for the night...
Asking several people about why they were at Music Farm that night, I got many responses that they were regular Friday night visitors to Music Farm and had varying interest in Mat Kearney's music but most of them were familiar with at least some of his stuff via his website, Pandora and youtube!
The place filled up with a wide variety of people, I had been worried that an un-hip mom like me would stand out in the crowd, but there was everyone from college students to seniors in the crowd... couples, girls night out groups and just some friends there to hang out with. Some, like one of the couples I stood near were visiting Charleston and just out for a fun night as they celebrated their anniversary with a weekend away at a local b&b. Others like one of the young women I talked to had been following Mat Kearney for a while and had kept him on her radar since she'd been in high school.
I have to say that. for me it's been a long time since I've been to a club/concert where I had to actually had to show ID at the door... Heck, I was glad to be carded even if it was just a courtesy look.
I had no idea what to expect from Leagues, the opening band, and I was a little worried at their first song (which I thought was a little shaky and repetitive) but once they warmed up and started in on the songs from their EP, (which I bought and recommend) they had great energy and you can tell they were having a great time and as the lead singer, Thad Cockrell said "I'm going to dance like an idiot, which means you can too". One of the most interesting I learned about Leagues is that they have only recently got together and live all over the place, meeting in various cities to rehearse and now to tour with Mat Kearney for all 42 of his shows.
Speaking of 42 shows, Charleston was only the second stop on the tour and you can check out this link to all of the upcoming events. One of the events on their tour is a favourite of mine - they'll be playing The Opera House in Toronto on November 9th! It's a great venue and I'm sure that the show will be fabulous as the whole tour will be wrapping up in Minneapolis on November 20th.
For only their second concert, Mat Kearney and his band came out of the gate rocking! The energy in the room was fantastic and the first song was electric. The audio in the room made it a little hard to hear the lyrics where I was standing but the acoustics didn't do the music justice. Mat Kearney and the band rocked out songs from his new album, Young Love and a few old favorites including Nothing Left to Lose and Breathe in Breathe Out.
One of my favorite songs from the concert was Mat's first encore which was a cover of Foster the People's Pumped Up Kicks (in conjunction with Leagues), a clip of which I found on Youtube:
Of course, Ships in the Night was my absolute favorite song and it closed out the night. If you get a chance to catch Mat Kearney, his band and Leagues out on tour, I highly recommend it! It's a great show that will ony get better as they continue with their tour!
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Disclaimer: I attended this show at no cost to me for the purpose of writing this review in conjunction with my participation in the One2One Network. All opinions are my own.


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Disney Scientist Fantasy Circus
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This is the place to come if you have no scientist-related phobias. Here you can long for scientist costumes, read along with scientist religious works, take a "How to Be a Scientist" class, buy magical scientist ice cream, and have a private autograph session with a live scientist!
- If traveling with people you are trying to impress, try to enter a ride vehicle with someone you're secretly attracted to, because this ride will definitely make it more awkward.
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FreeSpace Port Description:EditThe standard Terran Probe is an all-purpose instrument that can be used in a variety of situations. They are found in missions ranging from unmanned exploration of new systems, to scientific observation of interesting areas of space, to surveying of patrol routes or suspected enemy positions. In a pinch, they can be deployed as communicationsbuoys or as couriers for important messages or scientific data. Their great speed and small size make them useful in battle situations where the enemy will most probably give them a low target prority.
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The Firebee is a simple drone, used for basic combat training. It is an unmanned craft, carrying only a single training cannon. The training cannon itself is contained in an armored sleeve allowing it to be recovered and reused after the drone itself is destroyed.
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Warner Chilcott Plc said privately held Leo Pharma would re-acquire the U.S. rights to its topical psoriasis treatments for about $1 billion, sending the specialty pharmaceutical company's shares up 4 percent.
The deal will result in a one-time gain of about $450 million, or about $1.79 a share, for Warner Chilcott.
Leo Pharma is re-acquiring exclusive product licensing rights of Taclonex, Taclonex Scalp, Dovonex and all products in Leo's development pipeline, including the inventories of the products.
Net cash proceeds, which are expected to be about $980 million, will be used to repay and terminate its existing senior secured credit facilities and partly to finance the pending acquisition of Procter & Gamble Co's pharmaceuticals business, Warner Chilcott said in a statement.
Warner Chilcott shares rose 4 percent to $20.65 in premarket trade. They closed at $19.77 Tuesday on Nasdaq. (Reporting by Anuradha Ramanathan in Bangalore; Editing by Aradhana Aravindan)

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Robert Downey Jr. and His Wife Expecting Baby Girl
It's official, Robert Downey Jr. and his wife Susan are expecting another child. The "Iron Man" actor, 49, announces the baby news himself on his social media like Twitter and Facebook, revealing the gender of the baby and when it's due.
He tweeted, "Yo. Susan. Me. Baby. Girl. November. Scorpio?" He later posted a longer message on Facebook, "Um. I don't know if it's a 'man's world,' but I'm certain women run it. Susan and I are therefore delighted to announce we are expecting a baby. Girl. November."
The couple met on the set of "Gothika" in 2003 and married in 2005. They welcomed their first son Exton Elias Downey on February 7, 2012. He is also a father to 20-year-old son Indio from his first marriage to actress Deborah Falconer. Indio was arrested for cocaine possession last week.
"Unfortunately there's a genetic component to addiction and Indio has likely inherited it," Robert said of his son's legal trouble, referring to his own past struggle with drug and alcohol. "There is a lot of family support and understanding, and we're all determined to rally behind him and help him become the man he's capable of being."
Yo. Susan. Me. Baby. Girl. November. Scorpio?— Robert Downey Jr (@RobertDowneyJr) July 9, 2014
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investigating Trophic TRAnsfer eFFICiency in the Benguela Current
The overall aim of TRAFFIC is to understand the processes driving the trophic transfer efficiencies in the northern and southern Benguela Upwelling Systems (nBUS, sBUS) and associated feedbacks to fisheries and climate.
Coastal upwelling systems account for about 20% of annual marine fish landings and thus play a significant role not only in the food supply of the world's population but also in the carbon and nutrient turnover in the ocean. The Benguela current upwelling system (BUS) is one of the four highly productive coastal upwelling systems in the world.
However, the high phytoplankton productivity stands in surprising contrast to the low productivity of the higher trophic levels such as fish, seabirds and seals. Despite similar primary production rates, current fish production in the BUS is relatively low, about 10% of the yield in the Humboldt Current. Organisms of higher trophic levels apparently cannot effectively exploit the existing primary production.
Changes in the southeast Atlantic over the last decades have not only changed ecosystem services for the entire BUS, but also led to changes with different consequences in the nBUS and the sBUS (fisheries, CO2 uptake). Hence, despite similar primary production, significant differences of composition and biomass of fish stocks exist between these two subsystems: Fishing yields in the nBUS are significantly lower than in the sBUS, while the composition of fish stock have changed in both subsystems. Besides decreasing fishing yields in the nBUS, the nBUS acts as a significant source of CO2 to the atmosphere, whereas the sBUS acts as a CO2 sink.
Therefore, we aim to understand the reasons for the decrease in fishing yields in the nBUS and the causes of the major changes in the sBUS in order to incorporate these into future sustainable management. A more efficient trophic transfer efficiency is hypothesised to increase fishery yields and CO2 uptake in the sBUS, whereas human induced changes in the pelagic food web structure lowered fishery yields and favoured the CO2 emission in the nBUS. The results will be used to develop a conceptual model of the BUS explaining how changes in ecosystems structure effects fisheries and the biologically mediated CO2 uptake in the two subsystems.
Zooplankton are key organisms in marine food webs transferring energy from primary producers to higher trophic levels. The Marine Zoology working group at the University of Bremen, together with the Leibniz Centre for Marine Tropical Ecosystem Research in Bremen and regional partner institutions in Namibia and South Africa, study the trophic link between primary producers and economically important fish populations. We investigate the pelagic food web structure, trophic interactions and the role of zooplankton in the overall trophic transfer efficiency in the nBUS and sBUS. Since conditions in the nBUS and sBUS deviate, e.g. in terms of zooplankton and commercial fish biomass and community structure, a comparison of these two complex trophic systems will help to understand the functioning of upwelling areas and identify important drivers controlling fish recovery and recruitment, which will be essential for future sustainable fisheries in these areas.


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Evil character drawing of a funny creature which goes to sleep. This weird watercolor illustration is available as art prints and products at my store.
Tree ink drawing depicting a tree log full of forest creatures. They have cut their tiny windows and can be seen piled together behind them with their glowing eyes. This fun fantasy artwork is available as art prints and products. See some of them below:
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Pink haired girl portrait. She’s got white eyes, pink hair, a heart tattoo on her neck and an evil look in her eyes. Vector illustration done in Affinity Designer. Available as art prints and fun products, too. See prints at my Redbubble and Society6 store. Also look at some of the oviducts below:
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“A Photo Student” James Pomerantz sits down with perennial Dvafoto favorite and inspiration Jason Eskenazi. Probably the best overview of his career and life I have come across outside of conversations with the man himself. I can’t recommend it highly enough. Thanks Jason and James for putting this out there!
Copies of his book Wonderland are still for sale direct from Eskenazi. Must have.


The definition of heirloom is "a valuable object that has belonged to a family for several generations." This coin purse is an heirloom collection of pieces of valuable Indian silk saris pieced together in a beautiful new multicolored collage finished with kantha hand-stitching over the entire surface. Made by the women of Pushpanjali, a fair trade organization located in Agra, India that provides medical support to disadvantaged people living in villages as well as educational support for girls.
- 100% recycled silk
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- Lightly padded
- Hand wash cold, do not bleach, do not tumble dry, do not iron
- 3.5" H x 4.5" W (8.9 x 11.4 cm)
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Although there is a paucity of data of switching among biosimilars of the same reference product, the few studies published support the safety and effectiveness of transitioning patients from one biosimilar to another.
As an increasing number of biosimilars for the same reference product becomes available, biosimilar-to-switching biosimilar is becoming more likely. A systematic review of studies on such switching has found the practice is safe and effective in clinical practice. The findins were published in BioDrugs.
There are currently 36 biosimilars approved in the United States. Of those on the market, trastuzumab and pegfilgrastim have the most biosimilars launched, with 5 each. In 2023, there will be at least 7 and as many as 11 adalimumab biosimilars launching in the United States.
Switching between a biosimilar and the reference product is often studied in randomized clinical trials, but biosimilar-to-biosimilar most often happens in the real world. Switching among biosimilars may be the result of insurance mandates, changes to formularies, or the patient relocating to a new region with different drug coverage.
“The possibility of multiple switches between biosimilars of the same reference biologic is already a reality, and these types of switches are expected to become more common in the future,” the authors wrote.
They undertook a systematic search using electronic databases to find publications as of December 2021 that evaluated effectiveness or safety data associated with switching between biosimilars. There were 982 citations. After removing duplicates and conducting a more thorough screening, 23 studies were evaluated. All of the studies were observation, and 13 were published in peer-reviewed journals; the remainder were published as abstracts.
The studies included 3657 patients. Overall, 17 studies and abstracts evaluated infliximab switching from Inflectra to Renflexis. Others evaluated switching between adalimumab biosimilars, etanercept biosimilars, and rituximab biosimilars.
Most of the infliximab switching studies were in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In IBD, patients experience a loss of response rate to the drug every year after the primary response, and studies found that loss of response rate for patients switching between biosimilars was similar to the rate for patients with IBD on any infliximab treatment.
The studies found that switching from the reference product to a biosimilar to another biosimilar had no impact on efficacy, immunogenicity, or safety. Patients who were transitioned from one biosimilar to another had no loss of disease control or safety concerns, according to one study.
Studies of infliximab for other indications found immunogenicity levels did not increase, there was no loss of disease control, and there was no increase in adverse events or hospitalizations as a result of biosimilar-to-biosimilar switching.
Studies of adalimumab biosimilar-to-biosimilar switching found no new safety or effectiveness concerns and that multiple switching did not decrease patient satisfaction.
The 2 etanercept biosimilar-to-biosimilar switching studies found safety and efficacy was maintained after switching, with no changes in disease activity or function.
There was only 1 study evaluating rituximab biosimilar-to-biosimilar switching, which assessed switching in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia. The study found that switching between biosimilars is not only safe but also does not lead to loss of efficacy.
The authors cautioned about conclusions made about biosimilar-to-biosimilar switching when only 1 or 2 studies were available. They also noted that all the studies included were observational studies, which are subjective and have the risk of individual researcher bias.
“It should be noted that since biosimilar-to-biosimilar switching is already occurring in some settings, additional data on this topic will likely become available in the future,” they wrote.
Cohen HP, Hachaichi S, Bodenmueller W, Kvien TK, Danese S, Blauvelt A. Switching from one biosimilar to another biosimilar of the same reference biologic: a systematic review of studies. BioDrugs. Published online July 6, 2022. doi:10.1007/s40259-022-00546-6

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text: Are you tired of flower photos? I have to say, I’m a bit concerned with how many flower/tree/leaf photos I have been taking lately. But you know what? I live in Minnesota. It was still in the 40s last week. So yes, I am excited by flowers. VERY EXCITED.