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Christiana Care Health System now supports the Apple Health Records EHR data viewer to enable patients to view their health information from outside hospitals and clinics for a more accessible, complete portrait of their own medical history.
“In our digital world, we are meeting our patients’ expectations that their health records should be available to them as readily as their newsfeeds, videos and social media,” said Christiana Care CIO and Senior Vice President for Innovation and Strategic Development Randy Gaboriault. “Health Records on iPhone puts the ownership of health records where it belongs – with the patient.”
Prior to engaging Apple’s EHR data viewer, Christiana patients were required to log into each individual care provider’s website to view information held across multiple locations. Accessing this information from different websites manually was an inefficient, time-consuming process.
Using the Health Records feature, patients can access medical data from participating institutions in a single view. The EHR data viewer presents allergies, medical conditions, immunizations, lab results, medications, procedures, and vitals on patients’ personal iOS devices. Patients also receive notifications when their data is updated by different providers.
“Health Records on iPhone is a powerful tool to support patients in their care,” said Christiana Care Senior Vice President of Consumerism and CTO Edmondo J. Robinson, MD. “This is a catalyst for important conversations between patients and health care providers.”
“With their health information literally in their pockets, patients are empowered for more well-informed conversations and clinicians have the benefit of instant information from a validated data source,” added Robinson.
Patient EHR data available through the Health Records feature is encrypted and protected with users’ iPhone passcodes, Touch ID, or Face ID.
The Health app leverages the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard developed by HL7 to aggregate patient health data from disparate sources and present the information to patients in a consumer-friendly format.
“FHIR opens the door for other aspects of healthcare and health information to be more portable and at the touch of a button,” said Christiana Care Information Services Manager of Clinical Application Services Barbara Stout. “We are excited as we continue to explore possibilities that can best serve our patients all along their health care journeys.”
Christiana Care strives to make patient EHRs accessible, secure, and transparent for consumers. Another Christiana Care initiative currently underway enables patients to enroll in OpenNotes, which allows patients to read physician notes from their visits through the EHR system.
The Mid-Atlantic health system also offers consumer-generated star ratings and patient reviews of providers through its Find a Doctor website to enable patients to make well-informed decisions about which healthcare provider they visit.
Christiana Care Health System is a network of private, non-profit hospitals providing healthcare services for patients across Delaware and seven counties throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New Jersey.
Apple debuted its Health Records feature in January 2018. The Health Records is available as an update through Apple’s existing Health app. The update allows patients at participating hospitals and clinics to view their complete health data from multiple providers at any time.
Johns Hopkins Medicine, Cedars-Sinai, Penn Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, and Cerner Healthe Clinic are among the first to make the feature available to patients.
At the ONC 2nd Interoperability Forum in August 2018, Apple Clinical and Health Informatics Lead Ricky Bloomfield, MD, offered insight into how Apple Health Records works and expounded upon its potential for advancing interoperability, health data exchange, and health data use.
The feature includes straightforward, simple data visualizations that can highlight any values that are out of range if a reference range is provided from the health system. Additionally, users can view all FHIR data in raw form. Displaying the raw FHIR data used in the feature helps to promote complete transparency.
Overall, the feature serves as an example of the potential for increased health IT standardization to surmount long-standing challenges associated with health data exchange and aggregation.

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China’s Largest Lithium Producer Closes $4 Billion Chile Deal
After clearing several regulatory hurdles, Tianqi Lithium Corp. has finally completed its purchase of a 23.77% share in Chilean miner Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA (SQM) in a $4 billion deal that further bolsters China’s presence in the global lithium supply chain.
The deal was announced on Monday and will see China’s largest lithium producer purchase the stake from Canadian fertilizer company Nutrien Ltd., according to a filing (link in Chinese) with the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
The purchase increases China’s already sizeable presence in the global lithium market. Lithium is a vital material for producing batteries for electric vehicles, a burgeoning industry that the Chinese government is trying to develop domestically through substantial subsidies and incentives. While China is home to the world’s fifth-largest volume of lithium deposits, the country’s electric car industry relies on imports to meet 80% of its needs.
Yet Tianqi has not had an easy ride in its purchase of SQM, the world’s second-largest lithium producer. The Chengdu-based company announced the deal in May, but it was held up by an investigation by the Chilean antitrust regulator, after Corfo, the nation’s development agency, raised concerns about the deal’s potential to distort the lithium market.
However, Tianqi won the regulator’s approval in September after proposing measures to prevent it from exerting excessive influence over its rival, agreeing not to appoint any directors to SQM’s board and promising not to disclose any of the company’s confidential information. SQM’s board then took the deal to Chile’s competition court, but it ruled in Tianqi’s favor in October.
SQM has “ambitious plans for expanding its production in Chile,” with demand for lithium only set to rise, Alice Yu, a senior consultant with CRU, told Caixin earlier this year. The purchase will give Tianqi greater access to the element and boost China’s presence in the electric-car-battery supply chain.
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No minimum number of attendeesNo minimum number of attendees is required for the tour
Free booking and cancellationFree payment tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free
Shopping in the colonial city
We are a tour operator offering free walking tours, private tours and VIP tours for national and foreign tourists who want to know more about the wonders hidden in the land of four worlds, Ecuador.
The tour starts at 10:00 am in the Plaza Grande, where one of our guides will be waiting to welcome you, then we will go to the Archbishop's Palace where we will have the opportunity not only to buy, but also to taste delicious ice creams and Sweet Quiteños that will transport you to colonial times.
Once we have tasted the delicious sweets, we will go to the oldest market in Quito, the San Francisco Market , where we will be able to learn how the people of Quito shop and if you like you can buy fruit or a delicious natural juice.
After our purchases in the San Francisco Market, we will advance to one of the oldest streets of the colonial quarter, Calle de la Ronda , where we can visit several very interesting shops such as the top shop or the tin store, also in La Ronda We will have a short explanation about coffee in Ecuador and we will be able to taste paila ice cream with unique flavors.
Once our visit to La Ronda is over, we will return to Gracía Moreno street and visit a toquilla straw hat store, where we can find the ideal one for us.
We will walk to the Plaza de San Francisco , where we will visit a chocolate shop where we will have a tasting and you can buy the best chocolate in the country.
As an optional stop we can go to the area of La Mariscal , where we will visit the most important artisan market in the capital, and after this visit we will finish our tour*.
*The visit to the Craft Market is an optional stop that takes place after the tour of the historic center.
What will we visit on this tour?
Meeting point:QFHQ+X5F Monumento al primer grito de...QFHQ+X5F Monumento al primer grito de la independencia del Ecuador, Quito 170401, Ecuador
At the Monument in honor of the First Cry of Independence in the Plaza Grande look for our guide, he will be waiting for you with a sign with the Kunakkuna Experiences logo or a crimson umbrella written with the name of Kunakkuna Experiences.
1Outside visitPlaza de las Conceptas
Your guide will be waiting for you to give you some instructions to make this tour unique and various curious facts about the beautiful city of Quito.
2Free admissionPalacio Arzobispal
We will try delicious sweets from Quito and delicious paila ice cream.
3Free admissionMercado Municipal San Francisco
Where we will be able to learn how Quiteños make purchases and if you like you can buy fruit or a delicious natural juice*. *The cost of natural juices are not included in the tour.
4Free admissionLa Ronda
Where we can visit several very interesting shops such as the top shop or the tin store*, also in La Ronda we will have a little explanation about coffee in Ecuador. *During the visit to the tin store, a demonstration of the process of making different products is carried out. At the end of this demonstration, the artisans expect to be rewarded.
5Free admissionPlaza de San Francisco
Where we will visit a chocolate shop where we will have a tasting and you can buy the best chocolate in the country.
6Free admissionMercado Artesanal La Mariscal
The visit to the Craft Market is an optional stop that takes place after the tour of the historic center.
How much does this tour cost?
Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).

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Professional wrestling isn’t the first
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Before he started his own record label,
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Before she could love again, Corrina Repp had to suffer. She’s used to it, though.
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It was the best of polls, it was the worst of polls. This year's Best New Band issue contained multitudes. Our annual survey of Portland's local music connoisseurs produced a list with great bands, more hip-hop artists than ever before—and only a single woman. It's a gross aberration, given how we...
Every year, in the spirit of transparency—and to make it perfectly clear that Best New Bandis a poll, not an arbitrary list—we publish the ballots of every Best New Band voter. What follows is that list of voters names, titles and the bands or artists that they casted votes for. If the ...
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ZIMBABWEANS are sovereign citizens because of the status that this country got from its forefathers like Joshua Nkomo, Jason Ziyapapa Moyo, Leopold Takawira, Nikita Mangena, Josaya Magama Tongogara and Herbert Hamandishe Pfumaindini Wilshire Chitepo among others after decades of colonial and imperial rule that started with the occupation of Zimbabwe in 1890.
In this regard, no person no matter how powerful or cruel should assume the role of the sovereign in their individual capacity and for selfish political reasons as is currently happening in Zimbabwe.
During the Matabeleland and Midlands disturbances, the 1990 elections, the constitutional referendum, the violent farm invasions, the 2000, 2002, 2005 and the 29 March 2008 elections, several ways have been discovered by the leading politicians in Zanu PF to deprive Zimbabweans of their sovereign and legitimate right to choose their leaders without coercion and violence.
In the long run, Mugabe and Zanu PF are depriving Zimbabweans of their sovereign status.
With the deprivation of this status, Zimbabweansâ€™ unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are being infringed upon by one person who has assumed the role of sovereign on his own and is supported by a heartless and cruel lot.
The current electoral impasse created by the desire of President Mugabe to be the sovereign without due regard to the democratic outcome of the elections held on 29 March in which he lost to the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) brings me to the point where I question the meaning of sovereign and its origins.
According to the 6th edition of Blackâ€™s Law Dictionary,Â a sovereign is defined as, â€œA person, body, or state in which independent authority is vested; a chief ruler with supreme power; a king or other ruler in a monarchy.â€
In the Zimbabwean context, before the Second Chimurenga that brought Independence in 1980, the British Queen was sovereign and the Zimbabwean people were her subjects.
The war of liberation was supposed to have changed this but Mugabe due to his unquenchable thirst for power did not.
If Zanu PF and its leader Mugabe were democratic, sovereignty was supposed to be transferred from one man to the collective body of the people and he who before was a subject of the Queen is now a citizen of the State. However, there has been no paradigm shift because Mugabe and his ruling party have refused to transfer sovereignty to the people of Zimbabwe.
In fact Mugabe has extended imperial rule by assuming imperial powers under a regime of laws that bestows upon him powers similar to those of monarchs in Europe before the emergence of democracy.
Mugabe has become a native imperialist who treats his subjects with scorn and contempt worse than they were treated under the late Ian Smith and his predecessors.
I contend that Mugabe has become worse than the colonial rulers because during the colonial period, the colonialists were able to change power among themselves.
Most critically, the colonialists following their defeat by the liberation forces, agreed to give power to Zanu PF without further bloodshed. But today, as I write, there is mayhem in the country because Mugabe does not want to accept the sovereign will of Zimbabweans as expressed during the elections on March 29.
He treats Zimbabweans as his subjects just like they were treated during the colonial period.
The electoral crisis in Zimbabwe could be best explained by the failure of Zanu PF and Mugabe to transfer the power that was gained after Independence to the generality of Zimbabweans. Instead, Mugabe largely has become a sole share holder in a company.
He has dissolved the body of directors, and fired and arrested the shareholders.
Until Mugabe realised that he cannot run a corporate organisation like that, he will never accept the electoral outcome because he argues that no one can elect him in his own company.
This scenario requires that the body of directors meet with the shareholders and come up with a decisive action plan to recapture their company from Mugabe.
President Mugabe should realise that corporate governance ethics demands that if a chief executive officer of a company fails to safeguard the interests of the shareholders by promoting the company and their investments, the shareholders through the board of directors can convene a meeting and decide to fire or ask the chief executive to resign.
This is common practice in corporate governance that Mugabe should appreciate.
In the Zimbabwean case, the people of Zimbabwe who are the shareholders of the Republic went to vote on March 29 to elect a new chief executive officer of the country.
Â Other office bearers were elected in parliament, senate and council but the results of the chief executive are yet to be announced because the incumbent feels that the shareholders did not renew his term of office sufficiently enthusiastically.
President Mugabe should realise and accept that in the history of corporate governance there are very few cases if any where a chief executive officer refuses to be fired but instead fires the board of directors and the shareholders or even goes further to beat them up.
However, what the board of directors and the shareholders should do when faced with such a situation is to convene an emergency general meeting where all interested parties in the company, the major and minority shareholders put their heads together to deal with the defiant chief executive officer and safeguard their investments.
This in view is what the political parties, big and small, civil society organisations and those interested in rescuing this country from Mugabeâ€™s uncontrolled insatiable appetite for power should do as a matter of urgency in order save this country from sliding into anarchy.
The two formations of the MDC and those in the pro-democracy movement should stop involving themselves in parochial and self-serving interests and convene an emergency meeting where strategies to deal with the Zimbabwean problem are put on the table and democratically executed.
The time for scoring points under the current situation while one person with a group of unschooled securocrats are holding the whole country hostage should be resisted and put to an end.
In this regard, there is no person who is small or big but all Zimbabweans in their collective strength and wisdom in purpose can overcome this sad chapter in the history of our country.
Mugabe should realise that his time is up and his continued abuse of human rights will only strengthen the position of those who want him to be a candidate of the International Criminal Court in The Hague on charges of crimes against humanity. He should as a matter of urgency order the soldiers and other paramilitary groups to stop committing crimes against people who did not vote for him because it is their democratic right to choose leaders of their choice.
While I appreciate that time has run out for Mugabe to repent, it is worthwhile for him to read Nicole Machiavelliâ€™s The Discourses in which he says that a leader must leave a legacy to be remembered.
By Pedzisayi RuhanyaÂ
lPedzisai Ruhanya is a human rights researcher based in Harare.


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Dries Mertens vows to help Victor Osimhen and Andrea Petagna settle at Napoli next season and wants to go to Barcelona to ‘write history’ in Catalonia.
Napoli lost 2-0 to Inter last time and Mertens wants to bounce back immediately and end the season with a win against Lazio on Saturday.
“On Saturday we have an important match against Lazio and we must be confident and ready,” Mertens told Radio Kiss Kiss Napoli.
But Napoli are preparing for a big match against Barcelona in the last 16 of the Champions League on August 8, but it will be carried out behind closed doors at Camp Nou.
“Anything can happen. It was strange when we first played behind closed doors against Inter, you could hear everything,” he said. “I’m used to it by now.”
Aurelio De Laurentiis has claimed the match should be moved to Portugal or Germany due to fears of coronavirus in Catalonia, but Mertens only concentrates on the game.
“We don’t have to worry too much, let’s just play. [Coach Gennaro] Gattuso is charged. If you aren’t convinced about this game, you can’t play football.
“We must go there to make a good impression and write history.”
The Belgium international was linked with Inter last winter but ended up renewing with the Azzurri.
“I waited a little while, but in the end we did it. My future is on Saturday, I want to score against Lazio.”
The 33-year-old has vowed to help the new attackers Andrea Petagna and Victor Osimhen to ‘fit in’ at the San Paolo.
“I want to help the team and the young people, that’s my future. I want to help Osimhen and Petagna, we can play together.
“It’s difficult to come from another country and settle in, we must help them fit in here.”
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An exceptionally talented culinary team brings Cantonese food to new heights at the superb Ying. Options for guests include 7 private and 3 semi-private rooms. Enjoy a culinary journey through homestyle delicacies and formal fare. Lively ambiance and a spectacular view make Ying a unique treat.
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This was the only Michelin star Chinese restaurant that still has seats available two weeks before our arrival so we decided to give it a try. We thought it might not be very good as it was quite empty when we arrive. However, the quality was unexpectedly amazing and we simply enjoyed every dish. We didn’t order anything fancy but everything we had was delicious..🥂Pan-fried Codfish with Premium Soya Sauce MOP$328Contrary to our expectation, it looked like a steak instead of a fish due to the colour of soya sauce and the skin was quite hard to cut. However, the flesh was silkily smooth even though the skin was very crispy. Seasoning was just right and we even finished all the diced gingers below it.🥂Braised Wagyu Beef Cheek with Italy Vinegar and Port Wine MOP$388Very interesting to see rice crackers to pair with beef cheek but it was such a great match. The beef cheek was very tender and glutinous that resembled fish maw. The sauce has a little sour in taste but balanced well with the crackers together.🥂Stir-fried Vermicelli with Crab Meat and Egg MOP$188It was fried just right without being soggy. Although it’s a little bland in taste, they gave us three different sauces to elevate its flavour.🥂Poached Vegetables in Tomato and Fish Broth MOP$128Really amazed by this simple dish. It’s rare to see tomato and fish broth to be used in cooking vegetables but the broth here was super flavourful without any fishy taste. We even cleared the last sip of it.🥂Double-boiled Pork Lung with Pholidota MOP$188It’s enough to share between four people and the soup was rich in flavour. It’s just weird that it wasn’t served at the very beginning.After having some exquisite dishes, it’s time for dessert and they were again, beautifully presented..🥂Sweetened Red Date Tea with Snow Clam in Pumpkin MOP$98Thought it would be a weird combination with pumpkin together but turned out it was really good. Not too sweet in taste and felt really good after, such a thing for health rehabilitation. Also the pumpkin was so good that I destroyed it so much in order to take all the pulp out. 🥂Sweetened Almond Tea with Egg White MOP$68My friend got this and I had a sip of it. Loved the subtle and natural taste that’s not so artificial-like.🥂Fried Yogurt (complimentary starter)Our complimentary starter was very appetising. Little sour with crispy exterior, such a cute snack.🥂Petit Four (complimentary dessert)These include sesame, red bean, yuzu and osmanthus in flavour. Nothing special but nice to have them as complimentary.As a Michelin⭐ restaurant, it definitely lives up to its fame. The staff kindly reminded us to join their membership to receive a 15% off discount which was really a great value after all. Thanks for a lovely evening!Overall rating: 10/10 繼續閱讀
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餐廳有standard 性價比高風景靚餐廳佈置優雅，符合粵式廣東風格地理環境方便，一下橋就到了酒店停車場餐廳在11樓，很寬敞不會感到擁擠最重要是有一個落地玻璃窗，看得到澳門和橫琴的夜景，呢點我係好喜歡的～我點了八樣菜式本來要點的「XO醬龍脷球」，服務員說賣完了….. 心想天呀～ 沒關係唯有點其他的。1. 花膠拆魚羹2. 清蒸杉斑3. 龍蝦騸雞煲4. 芥末炸蝦球5. 鹿兒島和牛粒6. 果木燒豚肉叉燒7. 濃湯魚肚時蔬8. 帝影樓一品炒飯(有點辣）整體味道偏濃，但煮得幾好食，菜式都很好搭，今晚是慶祝生日的，還有芝士水果蛋糕送👍，下次會想再去試下個早茶，不錯不錯！ 繼續閱讀

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Mr. Bissell owns MicroMidas Inc., a Sacramento, Calif., start-up that makes plastic out of waste using a technology it developed two years ago. He's now looking to move into a large manufacturing facility from a pilot plant, but says lenders are reluctant to provide the $10 million in capital he needs to make that transition.
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Faddes, who represented the Barbarians against Fiji at the Kingspan Stadium in 2016 has admitted that his visit three years ago had a part to play in his decision.
“Both Georgie (his wife) and I are looking forward to the experience of living and working in a new environment and the challenge that will provide. It’s exciting to consider the next chapter of my rugby career. When I visited in 2016, I was struck by the family, community feel to the club,” he said.
Although he has never been capped by the All Blacks he has represented the New Zealand Sevens team as well as the Barbarians.
Ulster head coach Dan McFarland is excited by his sides latest signing and can’t wait to see what he brings to the ever-improving side.
“Matt is a quality player who will bring a lot of experience, skill and creativity to our backline. He’s quick and has shown throughout his career the ability to beat defenders with his footwork and acceleration. His versatility will also be very important for us, meaning he is able to play various positions alongside our talented young backs. Matt is excited about moving over to Ireland and with his undoubted ability and strong worth ethic, I’m sure he’ll add a significant amount to our squad,” he said.
Faddes’ arrival is the fourth ‘big name’ signing of the summer already for the northern outfit who have already confirmed that Leinster prop Jack McGrath, Brumbies lock Sam Carter and Worcester prop Gareth Milasinovich will all be wearing white and red next season.
McFarland is delighted that the club is attracting such high-quality players and believes that with the mixture of them along with the younger players in the squad the future looks bright for Ulster.
“Jonny [Petrie], Bryn [Cunningham] and I feel that this year’s recruitment process has been very productive and it’s encouraging that we are able to continue to attract players of this calibre to Ulster. The new arrivals will bolster our squad depth for next season and increase competition for places in key areas. This, coupled with the experience gained by so many of our young players this season, bodes well for us moving forward,” he added.
The New Zealander has been playing for his native Otago in the Mitre 10 Cup since 2010 and representing the Highlanders also, scoring an impressive 19 tries in 43 appearances for the Dunedin-based side. Ulster are having an incredible summer so far in the transfer department and having reached the Pro 14 semi-finals already this season it will be interesting to see if they can push on even further next year.
Connacht Rugby announce signings of Ben O’Donnell and Abraham Papali’i
Connacht Rugby are delighted to announce the signings of Australian 7s player Ben O’Donnell and Bay of Plenty Number 8 Abraham Papali’i.
The pair will link up with the squad before the start of the 2020/21 Guinness PRO14 season.
Ben O’Donnell joins from the Australian Sevens programme, having played 95 matches for his country since he was handed his debut in 2017 under Andy Friend. The 24-year old went on to score 47 tries in that time and has been a key figure in their progression through the World Rugby Seven Series over the past three seasons.
O’Donnell was voted Australian Sevens Player of the year in 2018 and subsequently went on to be the first Australian player ever nominated for the World Sevens Player of the Year.
New Zealander Abraham Papali’i arrives from Bay of Plenty where he was a key member of the squad that won the Mitre 10 Cup Championship last year. The Auckland-born duel code player started his Rugby Union career with North Harbour before being recruited into the New Zealand Warriors (Rugby League) pathway. In 2015 Papali’i signed a two year contract with the Sydney Roosters of the Australian National Rugby League (NRL).
Following his time with the Roosters, Papali’i joined Lézignan Sangliers in the premier French Rugby League competition before the 6’4” number 8 returned to New Zealand and successfully restarted his Rugby Union career with Bay of Plenty.
Head Coach Andy Friend says today’s announcement is a significant boost ahead of the return to rugby.
“I am delighted to welcome Ben and Abraham to Connacht Rugby.
I got to know Ben very well on the Australian Sevens scene. It did not surprise me that he went on to become such an important player for them and I am thrilled that he has chosen to join Connacht.
Abraham is a powerful number 8 who has all the attributes to become a really valuable player for us while furthering our options in the back row. I know every Connacht supporter will be excited to see what he can offer.”
Friend expressed his excitement about the announcement and what the squad can achieve in the upcoming season.
“Today’s announcement comes on the back of discussions that started a number of months ago and we are delighted to eventually be able to share this exciting news with all of our supporters today.
These signings bring our squad up to 43 players for next season. We have freshened up and added depth to our squad in a number of key areas, having signed a healthy blend of young exciting players who have come through our Academy system as well as bringing in some additional quality and experience from further afield.
We are an ambitious group and I firmly believe we have all the tools we need to kick on to the next level and achieve success in what is going to be a really exciting season.”
Press Release from Connacht Rugby
Connacht raid Provincial rivals. 4 new signings confirmed.
The quartet will become Connacht Rugby players from July 1st with Arnold, Dowling and Aungier penning two-year deals.
Irish international Sammy Arnold has made 44 appearances for Munster since joining the province from Ulster in 2016, scoring 8 tries in the process. The 24-year-old centre has been named both Ulster Academy Player of the Year and Munster Young Player of the Year, and made his International debut against USA in the 2018 Autumn Internationals.
Back row Conor Oliver has featured 28 times for Munster since making his debut in February 2016 and was named Munster Academy Player of the Year the following season. The 24-year-old can play on either flanks or as a number 8, expanding the coaching team’s options heading into the new season.
Oliver and Arnold both featured for Ireland in the 2015 World Rugby U20 Championship, who were then coached by current Connacht Attack Coach Nigel Carolan.
Jack Aungier made his Leinster senior debut last November and has gone on to make 5 appearances for the side in the current Guinness PRO14 season. The prop has also impressed at underage level, featuring for the Ireland U20s and U18 Clubs squad.
Oisin Dowling arrives from the Leinster Rugby Academy having played 6 times for the senior squad in the past two seasons. The 6’5’’ lock has also been capped at Irish U20 level.
Commenting on today’s announcement, Head Coach Andy Friend says all four players can make significant contributions to the squad ahead of the new season.
In Sammy, Conor, Oisin and Jack we have secured the signings of four very talented and promising young Irish rugby players. They each have unique skillsets which will enhance our squad for next season and beyond, and will allow us to continue to grow as a program. We’re all looking forward to welcoming them to The Sportsground and integrating them into our playing squad.
Press Release from Irish Rugby
Glasgow Warriors & Scottish Star to retire
Glasgow Warriors centurion Ruaridh Jackson has announced that he will retire from rugby union at the end of the 2019/20 season.
The 32-year-old has made 163 appearances over two spells with the club, having made his Glasgow Warriors debut against GRAN Parma back in 2006.
Equally comfortable at fly-half and full-back, Jackson’s experience and versatility made an instant impression upon his return as his form saw him voted as the club’s Players Player of the Season at the end of his first season back with the Warriors.
His tally of 499 points makes him one of the sharpest shooters in club history, with the former Robert Gordon’s College pupil sitting fifth in the club’s all-time points charts.
A confident operator both with the boot and with ball in hand, Jackson enjoyed a dream international debut back in 2010; the replacement fly-half held his nerve to kick a last-gasp penalty against Samoa in his hometown of Aberdeen, handing Scotland a narrow victory over the Pacific Islanders.
The centurion has made 12 appearances to date for the Warriors this season, scoring a brace of tries Leinster at Scotstoun back in November.
“It has been one hell of a ride,” Jackson told glasgowwarriors.org.
“From school and mini rugby coaches, Sean Lineen giving me the opportunity to sign my first pro contract, all the other coaches, medical teams, back room staff that I have worked with throughout the years, I want to say thank you – you have all played a huge part in my career.
“I’ve been so fortunate to live out my childhood dream of playing rugby, not just professionally but for my country. It’s been a journey that has allowed me to travel the world, make some incredible friends and without doubt has given me some of the happiest days of my life.
“It is not the fairytale ending I may have dreamt about, but I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has been part of my 14-year journey as it has truly been an incredible one. I have achieved more than I could ever have dreamed of, but it is now time to embrace a new challenge.”
Speaking following the announcement, Glasgow Warriors head coach Dave Rennie said: “Ruaridh is a top man whose contribution to our club has been immense.
“While most of his footy had been played at 10 historically, his impact at fullback for us over the past three seasons was impressive. He led our Creck, a group dedicated to driving our counter-attack, turnover and exit policies, where his composure and innovation created opportunities to attack from deep, whilst his ability to kick well off either foot was a real strength.
“An environmentally and community minded individual, Jacko has been a great role model for our squad regarding planning for life beyond rugby.
“We wish Ruaridh, Kirsten and their expected arrival all the best for the next stage in their lives.”
Glasgow Warriors Managing Director Nathan Bombrys said: “Ruaridh is one of our all-time great Warriors and has had an outstanding career with the club.
“In his two stints over his nine years with the Warriors he has played in some of our biggest games, finals and Semi-Finals at both fly-half and at full-back, and hangs up his boots with his name fifth in our all-time points scoring chart.
“He has always been an exciting player who gives everything he has to the club, and it was so impressive when he returned to the club in 2017 and had an outstanding season that saw him recognised as Player’s Player of the 2017/18 Season.
“Ruaridh has been such a tremendous servant to our club, on and off the field, and we hope he will stay connected to the club in the years to come.We wish Ruaridh and his wife Kirsten all the best for the next chapter in their lives.”
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MECHANICSVILLE, VA (WWBT) - A 76 year old North Carolina man is dead following a three-vehicle crash on I-295 South in Hanover.
State Police tells us shortly before 2:30 p.m. Friday they responded to an accident near the Mechanicsville Turnpike exit. They say a Toyota Camry ran road hitting a AAA service truck and a 2009 Toyota Highlander.
The Camry's impact with the F-350 service truck caused the service truck to strike the driver of the Highlander, Bobby Hadaway, who was outside of his vehicle. Hadaway died at the scene. His wife, 71 year old Carolyn Hadaway was taken to the hospital with minor injuries and is expected to be ok.
The driver of the Toyota Camry suffered serious non-life threatening injuries and was flown by med-flight to VCU Medical Center. A six year-old male and a three year-old female were transported to the hospital for evaluation. The AAA driver was not injured.
At the time of the crash, the Toyota Highlander was disabled on the left shoulder with a left-rear flat tire and had called for AAA service. The crash remains under investigation. Charges are pending.
The crash briefly closed all lanes of the interstate at Mechanicsville Turnpike.
A second accident happened on I-295 South at the I-64 East ramp. A tractor trailer flipped onto its side, closing the ramp. No word of any injuries at this time.


LAAB Collective and Signature Design Communication present Agora Maximus
The Agora Maximus is a pedestrianization project inspired by Montreal’s Quartier Latin, designed by the LAAB collective in collaboration with Signature Design Communication.
The project proposes a durable, integrated, and heavily planted modular installation, in front of the St-Sulpice Library in 2022, then along the whole Saint-Denis Street in 2023 and 2024.
Immersive and intriguing, the installation combines two landmarks of Latin culture: the Agora, a place for civic meetings, and the Circus Maximus, a linear amphitheater for live entertainment.
In this way, the concept pays homage to festivals, circuses, and experimental arts by transforming the urban space into a linear stage, with striking pixelated pop-up seating arrangements placed at intervals along the street.
The modular platforms offer accessible open spaces for pedestrians to socialize and take in the scenery. Their stepped profile evokes the main staircases of the cultural institutions of the Quartier Latin. Informal and playful, they take the form of colorful mounds of “pixels” filled with greenery, enhancing the tree coverage of St-Denis Street. The pixels’ colorful swatches use GREY to integrate into heritage surroundings, WHITE to evoke modernity, and ORANGE to deliver a playful nod to roadwork visual codes.
The various platforms are linked by a continuous street-art graphic intervention made of pixel patterns along the whole length of the street, providing an ever-changing visual journey for pedestrians.
A paired strategy of visual/graphic dressing of key commercial windows along the street enhances the immersive stroll and urban experience between de Maisonneuve and Sherbrooke streets.
Project Name: Agora Maximus
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Client: SDC Quartier Latin and the Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles de Montréal
Architects/Designers: LAAB Collective in collaboration with Signature design communication
Design team: Michel Lauzon, Vincent Clarizio, Maëva Lonni, Frédérick Gagliolo, Adam Ghadi-Delgado, Margot Greenbaum.
Project type: Urban design, Tactical urbanism, Temporary & Events installations, Industrial design, Street furniture
Technical description: An assembly of pixels of 5 different heights in painted steel and wood. The pixels can be used as platforms, seats or planters.
Challenges: A modular system, easy to assemble, install, dismantle for summer use over 3 seasons.
Installation: summer 2022 (2023 and 2024)
Photographer: Raphaël Thibodeau


text: The Reading Agency, funded by Arts Council England, has sent out 3,600 packs of children’s books to libraries across England. Two further sets of packs were sent out for young adults and adults. So that’s 10,800 books in total! The photo gives some idea of the huge scale of the order. We’re delighted that Double Felix by Sally Harris was selected as one of the books for the children’s packs. Go Felix Twain!


New Zealand-based bespoke monitor automotive automaker Rodin Vehicles has introduced its second model, the FZERO, will likely be going into manufacturing at its purpose-built services from 2023.
Dubbed as Rodin’s “most bold” automotive but, the primary intention behind the the FZERO is to be the “quickest automotive round monitor, with out exception”. It’s not designed to go on public roads in any respect.
The New Zealand-based model says it is going to have an FZERO prototype accomplished later this yr, and can begin manufacturing in the summertime of 2023.
The upcoming Rodin FZERO will decide up the place the corporate’s first automotive, the RZED open-wheel monitor automotive, took off.
Rodin Vehicles was based by Australian tech entrepreneur David Dicker in 2016 and is situated on a distant 550-hectare property within the South Island of New Zealand.
The corporate’s website is full with a purpose-built manufacturing plant, “world-leading” 3D printing sources and three take a look at tracks.
Rodin acquired the now-defunct Lotus T125 program across the identical time it was based and it “reimagined, redesigned and re-engineered” the open-wheeler idea from this system into its first automotive, the Rodin FZED.
Rodin first introduced it was engaged on the FZERO three years in the past, but it surely has now revealed manufacturing particulars and specs for the track-only hypercar at a public unveil of “main accomplished automobile parts” on the firm’s Donington Park showroom in England.
Solely 27 items of the Rodin FZERO are deliberate on the market at a yet-to-be revealed value. Abroad stories point out it is going to be priced round £1.8 million ($A3.13 million).
Powering the FZERO is a 4.0-litre twin-turbo V10 engine developed from the bottom up by Rodin and at the side of British racing engine producer Neil Brown Engineering, in addition to an electrical motor.
This V10 engine is designed to be the “lightest and most compact V10 ever constructed” and it solely weighs 132kg. It additionally has a screaming rev restrict of 10,000 rpm.
Whole system outputs for the Rodin FZERO are 865kW of energy and 1026Nm of torque, with a projected high pace of greater than 360 km/h.
This V10 hybrid powertrain is mated to an eight-speed transmission manufactured in conjunction Ricardo UK, and is encased in a 3D-printed titanium case. The transmission solely weighs 66kg.
Measuring in at 5500mm lengthy, 2200mm vast, and 1130mm vast with a 3000mm wheelbase, the FZERO is across the identical size as a Mercedes-Maybach S680.
With a mind-boggling moist weight of simply 698kg, the Rodin FZERO is anticipated to have a power-to-weight ratio of 1.24kW/kg.
Although the FZERO weighs round 700kg, there are entrance and rear 380mm PFC Carbon-Carbon brakes with titanium calipers. There’s additionally regenerative braking from the hybrid system too.
The Rodin FZERO has 18-inch cast magnesium rims, manufactured at the side of OZ Racing are are “produced to F1 requirements”. They measure 18 x 14-inches on the entrance and 18 x 16-inches on the rear.
The edges are wrapped in “race-spec full-slick” tyres developed by Avon and could be modified relying on the climate.
Because of an enormous, Batmobile-esque rear wing and different aggressive aerodynamic parts, Rodin claims the FZERO is able to producing as much as 4000kg of downforce.
It’s anticipated the Rodin FZERO will likely be faster across the monitor than the Formulation 1-derived, road-going Mercedes-AMG One and Aston Martin Valkyrie, in addition to the track-focused Gordon Murray Automotive (GMA) T.50s Niki Lauda.
The FZERO might additionally outpace the recently-teased Crimson Bull RB17 hybrid hypercar on the monitor too.
“The Rodin FZERO is the bodily illustration of the final word heights in automobile efficiency,” stated Rodin Vehicles founder David Dicker.
“With out the restrictions of constructing to a algorithm, we’re capable of make the automotive lighter, extra highly effective, and produce considerably extra downforce.
“The one actual restrictions we face are the legal guidelines of physics, and now we have even pushed these to absolutely the restrict.
“We stay up for bringing probably the most intense driving expertise conceivable to tracks around the globe.”
As a part of the method for getting a Rodin FZERO, clients will have the ability to customise particular points of the automotive based mostly on their driving fashion and the monitor it’ll be used on.
Rodin house owners additionally get entry to customized racewear companies, automobile storage and supply, and full driver coaching at its personal race tracks.


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“This is, for us, very symbolic: it means that Germany starts to understand its responsibility for European security,” Grybauskaitė told the Financial Times. “Sooner or later I think we cannot rely only on NATO and only on American participation in Europe.”
Next week, NATO countries' leaders should confirm their plans to form international battalions in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland to deter Russia. The other three battalions will be led by the US, Canada and Britain.
On 27 May Lithuanian government has allowed renewing more flights to Germany and the Netherlands .


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Former Fugees rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel finds himself in the middle of a $21 million campaign finance fraud case with international implications. According to the DOJ, Michel conspired with a Malaysian businessman regarding campaign contributions to former U.S. President Barack Obama
According to an indictment unsealed Friday in Washington, Low transferred $21.6 million to Pras Michel, a musician and film producer, who spread approximately $865,000 among 20 people. These straw donors, in turn, gave the cash to a presidential fundraising committee without indicating it had come from a foreign source. Michel also sent more than $1 million to an independent election committee, prosecutors said.
The charges, against both men, show a wide-ranging effort by the Malaysian financier to win influence in the U.S. In an indictment last year, Low and Michel weren’t charged but were identifiable as co-conspirators trying to influence the Trump administration as the Justice Department investigated the 1MDB scandal.
Legal representation for both men say that their client is innocent and welcome a trial to examine the DOJ’s findings in the case.
To read the DOJ’s announcement of the charges against Michel and Low Taek Jho, click here.
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Atraumatic bilateral femoral neck fractures during pregnancy: A missed diagnosis
Matthew L Broadhead, Sina Babazadeh, Kong Wah Ng, Peter FM Choong, James D Stoney
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | WILEY-BLACKWELL | Published : 2011
The authors thank the Australian Orthopaedic Association and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons for their continued support. Dr M L Broadhead is supported by a Medical Postgraduate Scholarship, awarded by the National Health and Medial Research Council (NHMRC), Australia.


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An Overview of Insomnia
Insomnia is a kind of disorder of the body that not only affects the physical health of a man but also affects the mental health of a person. Insomnia is a condition a man faces when he gets no sleep regularly during sleeping hours, especially at night. This also causes various problems like high blood pressure.
Other problems also come if sleeping disorder like insomnia is healed like narcolepsy. Narcolepsy is another condition in which a person always feels sleepy during non-sleepy hours. In these conditions, a person usually is dependent on medicines like Artvigil 150.
Foods containing caffeine should be avoided by insomniac men
There are various types of food like coffee and dark chocolate which have high amounts of caffeine in them. Caffeine helps a person to stay awake during sleeping hours. This presence of caffeine helps the brain to be energized and keeps on releasing various types of enzymes so that the nerves are always awake.
If a man consumes a high amount of caffeine in a day then he will face problems like acute insomnia or chronic insomnia frequently. Insomnia may also be a side effect of consuming medicines like Modalert 200.
Spicy foods should be avoided by any men
If a man consumes spicy food person will have a destructive digestive system. Or disruption in the digestive system will make it difficult for a person to sleep during the night. Having spicy food increases the secretion of bile and various enzymes especially in the stomach region to digest the particular food in a faster process.
Hence these problems at night may cause problems like indigestion and acidity in a man which will cause problems like insomnia in him. Hence it is advised to avoid spicy food, especially during the night.
Food with a high level of glycaemic index should be avoided
When a man consumes food that has a high glycaemic index it causes insomnia in them. A man should avoid food that has a high glycaemic index in them, especially during the night. It’s a man consumes food that has a high glycaemic index then he will face various problems like restlessness.
Restlessness in its higher stage causes problems like hypertension and high blood pressure. As soon as a man faces high blood pressure he will have problems like insomnia. Having food that has a high glycaemic index usually causes effects like the medicines Waklert 150 mg has on the body of a man
Food that contains heavy amounts of fatty acids should also be avoided
Foods that contain high amounts of fatty acids should be avoided. The high amount of fatty acids is difficult for the body to be broken down in the form of energy or oxygen. If a man tips on having food which has a high amount of glycerol and fatty acids in them then it will be difficult for the stomach to digest that particular food and will remain as excess calorie in the body.
A man will gradually face problems like obesity which will boost the problem of insomnia in them. hence it is asked to avoid food which has a high amount of fatty acids in them.
Foods that have high amounts of oil content should be avoided by insomniac men
Oil either in its artificial form or naturally available oil like various types of nuts in almonds cashew nuts or peanuts makes it difficult to be digested when consumed during dinner. These types of nuts should be consumed during breakfast when there is a whole day left when the body will be occupied with various activities.
As soon as the body is involved in these various activities it gives the body enough time to break down this oil and uses them in the form of energy. But if these oils are consumed during the night it will if these oils are consumed during the night it will become difficult for the body to digest.
Alcoholic products should be cut down
Alcoholic products should be avoided to avoid problems like insomnia. Alcohol causes various problems in the body. Alcohol is composed of macronutrients. And it is the unknown factor that macronutrients are difficult to be broken down into micronutrients. These macronutrients make it difficult for the body to be used as energy. Hence alcoholic products should be cut down by man.
It can be concluded from the above discussions that there are varieties of food that a man should avoid to avoid problems like insomnia. This food induces sleeplessness in a man like medicines like Zopisign 7.5.
Hence it is advised that a man should avoid taking this food if he is suffering from acute insomnia or chronic insomnia. It is always better for a man’s health if he can play treat his insomnia by having control over the food that he has than consuming medicines.


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You see; letting go is never easy.
Love is a beautiful sentiment. You’ll know when it happens.
Sometimes, this love has to be nurtured for it to bloom. At other times, it just exists in its full glory. Either way, love is something you can never run away from.
And that’s what makes its beauty so terribly dangerous.
It jeopardizes our sanity and in turn, our life.
You’ve got to battle it out. Like a soldier on the battlefield fights for his life, you’ve got to fight for your sanity.
Things aren’t always black or white. They’re grey.
Love is that dark shade of grey you wished you were never acquainted with.
Yet it is the sheet tent you made as a child, to lie under. Do you know what I mean?
It’s an addiction, one that ruins you.
Yet you’re infatuated by it. You keep going back. You’re hooked.
You see, letting this go isn’t easy. Love is a beautiful feeling.
And sometimes that which is beautiful, holds the power to destroy.
Mitchelle Rozario Jansen | 5th June, 2013
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September 09 • Oktoberfest Beer Festival
Going 18 years strong, patrons can sample beverages from more than 100 breweries from across the region and around the world while enjoying games, live entertainment and food vendors. This event sells out quickly, so grab your tickets today!
September 07-10 • Yiasou Greek Festival
Experience the sights and sounds of Greece at the 40th Annual Yiasou Greek Festival, which features Hellenic cultural exhibits, authentic Greek cuisine and pastries, entertainment, art, shopping and more.
September 22-24 • Festival in the Park
Festival in the Park is celebrating its 52nd year! As Charlotte’s oldest and longest running free festival, Festival in the Park brings a variety of foods, live music and performing and visual arts to Freedom Park.
September 30 • Great Grapes!
Bring your friends and family to Symphony Park for this annual wine, arts and food festival featuring hundreds of your favorite wines and wineries, vendors, food and live music.
October 03 • Taste the Mint
Find art, food, and cocktails all in the same place at this brand new version of Taste of the Mint, featuring a new collaboration with Evoke Restaurant. Enjoy crafted cocktails and dine on small bites, all inspired by the Schiff-Bresler Family Fiber Art Gallery.
October 20-22 • Carolina BalloonFest
Bring your cameras, lawn chairs and blankets to bask in the beautiful Carolina autumn weather as the backdrop to all the sights and sounds of over 50 colorful hot air balloons, which are scheduled to launch twice daily.
October 21 • Yadkin Valley Grape Festival
This 14th annual Yadkinville festival features the wines of the Yadkin Valley Appellation, in addition to wine tastings, entertainment, food, and specialty vendors.
October 28 • Lexington Barbecue Festival
For the 33rd year running, Lexington, NC, will be filled with arts & crafts vendors, entertainers, street performers and delicious festival food. Vendors serve up thousands of pounds of legendary barbeque sandwiches freshly made from the festival’s official area restaurants.


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First International Symposium on Synthetic Two-Dimensional Polymers
Covalent monomolecular sheets with internal long-range order (two-dimensional polymers) are a long sought-after class of synthetic macromolecules with enormous application potential. Recently, the first cases were discovered in which mild organic and inorganic synthesis procedures allowed for the creation of these intriguing targets. Several groups worldwide coming from a variety of backgrounds are at the threshold of discovering more candidates, transforming the field into a major research area. It is therefore high time to organize the first symposium on this matter, bringing key representatives to Zurich, and thus helping to pave the way for further success in this direction.
The organizers of this international symposium are convinced of the enormous future impact that two-dimensional polymers and covalent molecular sheets will have. Their congeners, the linear polymers strongly advertised by Hermann Staudinger in the early 1920s, have in the meantime conquered an enormous market which impacts the daily life of people worldwide. With the first passable trials into this novel class of polymers completed, the organizing committee intends to bring together high-caliber international specialists from all fields (chemistry, physics, theory, materials, structure analytics) to discuss the burning questions, ranging from synthesis issues to structure analytics and from properties to expected societal impact.

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What is Cryptocurrency?
- A crypto-currency, or crypto is a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange wherein individual coin ownership records are stored in a ledger existing in a form of a computerized database using strong cryptography to secure transaction records, to control the creation of additional coins, and to verify the transfer of coin ownership.
- It typically does not exist in physical form (like paper money) and is typically not issued by a central authority. Cryptocurrencies typically use decentralized control as opposed to centralized digital currency and central banking systems.
- When a cryptocurrency is minted or created prior to issuance or issued by a single issuer, it is generally considered centralized. When implemented with decentralized control, each cryptocurrency works through distributed ledger technology, typically a block chain, that serves as a public financial transaction database.
Gold Backed Cryptocurrency
- A gold-backed cryptocurrency is a derivative digital asset whose value is supposedly underwritten by the equivalent price in gold. A coin or token issued that represents a value of gold; for example, one physical gram of gold equals one coin.
- Each gold-backed cryptocurrency defines a single one of its tokens arbitrarily as having an equivalent worth of certain grams or troy ounces of gold, meaning that this equivalent should be present in the reserves/vaults of the company or a trusted custodian as physical collateralized assets.
- Some gold-backed tokens even allow for the redemption of the tokens back for gold.
- The last few years have seen the creation of block-chain projects that claim to have tokens backed by physical gold.
- There’s a bunch of block-chain networks that claim to leverage physical gold to back certain tokens. For instance, Digixglobal has a token called DGX, which represents 1 gram of 99% LMBA standard gold, Tether Gold (XAUT) token represents one troy fine ounce of gold.
- While 30 Gold-Backed Crypto attempts have failed, 77 existing block chain projects attempt to leverage the precious metal’s backing.
Issues with Gold Backed Cryptocurrency
- Gold-backed cryptocurrencies have, however, historically struggled with systemic issues, such as:
- low liquidity (as they aren’t generally traded across many exchanges);
- ascertaining the proof of reserves (determining whether the company has the claimed reserves and gold backing or not);
- a dependence on central parties for collateral safekeeping and auditing, which practically defeats their purpose as “cryptocurrencies,” as one of the necessary properties of cryptocurrencies is decentralization.
Top Traded Gold Backed Cryptocurrency
|Sr. No.||Name||Sym||Price||Market Cap||Volume ($)||Circulating Supply|
|1||Bitcoin Gold||BTG||$33.48||$583,319,733||$108,220,860||17,513,924 BTG|
|2||PAX Gold||PAXG||$1,730.40||$104,325,626||$10,500,218||60,161 PAXG|
|3||The Midas Touch Gold||TMTG||$0.007323||$58,337,059||$4,160,848||7,783,148,456 TMTG|
|4||Mirrored iShares Gold Trust||mIAU||$16.65||$24,455,717||$31,925||1,440,433 mIAU|
|5||IG Gold||IGG||$0.001181||$10,661,392||$31,044||8,856,541,707 IGG|
|6||Digix Gold Token||DGX||$55.25||$4,231,013||$848,702||76,633 DGX|
|7||Golden Goose||GOLD||$0.01779||$2,958,816||$240,770||165,994,209 GOLD|
|8||CACHE Gold||CGT||$55.64||$2,608,528||$136,033||46,860 CGT|
|9||Perth Mint Gold Token||PMGT||$1,733.99||$1,500,660||$11,232||865 PMGT|
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- This infers that that Gold backed Cryptocurrency Market is very small compared to overall Cryptocurrency market.
- A lot of more participation and awareness is required for this market to grow.
- But one of the biggest concerns prospective investors have with the cryptocurrency world is volatility. Big price swings with virtual currencies mean great profits and massive losses can be reaped in minutes.
- In India, despite government threats of a ban, transaction volumes are swelling and 8 million investors now hold 100 billion rupees ($1.4 billion) in crypto-investments, according to industry estimates. No official data is available.

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What made the business news in Asia and Europe this morning? Here's our daily business round-up:
Swiss bank UBS has said it lost 349m Swiss francs ($356m) due to problems surrounding the launch of Facebook shares on the Nasdaq, more than halving its profits.
UBS's second quarter profits were $425m Swiss francs ($434m; £276m), compared with 1bn francs a year earlier.
Separately, Deutsche Bank has reported a 63% fall in second quarter earnings to 375m euros ($460m; £293m) from 969m euros last year.
Like UBS, Deutsche blamed the economic downturn in Europe and the US for lower fees and commissions as firms cut back on big deals and share sales.
Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti is travelling to France, Finland and Spain to discuss plans to "secure the euro".
Mr Monti said the willingness of European authorities to implement agreements reached last month was having an effect.
He is the latest eurozone leader to try to reassure markets that efforts are being made to stem the crisis.
His comments came as eurozone unemployment hit a new record rate of 11.2% in June.
Official data showed that 17.8 million people were out of work in the eurozone in June, up 2 million from June 2011.
Unemployment in Italy hit a 13-year high of 10.8%, the statistics agency Istat said.
Oil giant BP has reported a sharp fall in profits in the second quarter of the year after it had to cut the value of a number of its key assets.
The company made a replacement cost profit - which strips out the effect of oil price movements - of $238m (£151m) in the April to June quarter, compared with a profit of $5.4bn a year earlier.
BP said it had to cut the value of its US shale gas assets and a number of its refineries.
Even without these one-off factors, BP's profit was lower as it was hit by weaker global oil prices and the reduced price of natural gas in the US.
Underlying replacement cost profit for the quarter fell to $3.7bn compared with $5.7bn a year earlier.
Honda Motors - Japan's third-biggest carmaker - has reported a four-fold increase in earnings during the first quarter as it continued to recover from the effect of last year's natural disasters in Japan and Thailand.
Net profit was 131.7bn yen ($1.7bn; £1.1bn) in the April to June period, up from 31.7bn yen a year earlier.
Honda's car sales more-than-doubled in the US and Japan during the period and revenue from its motorcycle division also rose.
Taiwan's economy contracted in the three months to the end of June, as the global slowdown weighed on export-dependent countries.
The economy contracted 0.16% compared with the previous year, the statistics agency said. Analysts were expecting slight growth.
The agency also cut its forecast for full year growth to 2.08% down from 3.03%.
The Philippine government is set to auction off three areas in the South China Sea for oil and gas exploration that are also claimed by China.
Several local and foreign companies are qualified to bid, including French energy giant Total, US-based Exxon and Royal Dutch Shell.
The Philippines is eager to reduce its dependence on imported energy.
However the waters, which are claimed by several other countries, are a source of tension in the region.
In another big week for the euro, Tuesday's Business Daily programme from the BBC World Service considers what it would take to save the currency.


OGE Energy Corp. to hold naming rights to ASA Hall of Fame Field
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OKLAHOMA CITY -- OGE Energy Corp. today announced that it has entered into a 20-year agreement with the Oklahoma City All Sports Association and the Amateur Softball Association (ASA)/USA Softball for naming rights to the stadium field at the ASA Hall of Fame Softball Complex.
The new name for the field, OGE Energy Field at the ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, will be launched May 29 during the opening day of the 2014 NCAA Women's College World Series (WCWS)...Read more


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Last June, Money Sense magazine published a list titled "Canada's Best Places To Live In 2015." To compile this ranking, they considered many different factors, including: unemployment, crime, affordable housing, walkability, health care, weather, and more. Want to guess which city/town ranked first?
Boucherville, Quebec. This small town, with a population of 40,000, lies just to the east of Montreal. 94% of the town is Roman Catholic, with that same percentage speaking French as their first language. Click here for the Wikipedia page.
Quoting Money Sense:
"If you want to live in the best place in Canada, you might want to brush up on your French. Visit Boucherville’s website and you won’t find much information in English—that’s only available upon request. If you let language be a barrier to exploring this city, then it’s your loss. Boucherville scores high marks in just about every category we track, from low unemployment, high incomes and affordable housing, to strong population growth, good access to transit and a vibrant arts community." Click here to read the article.
This is just one of Quebec's many prosperous, comfortable towns in need of Spiritual life and hope. Are we willing to humble ourselves and reach out to our wealthy neighbors to the north?
DNI sends monthly tidbits to those interested in the spiritual wellbeing of Quebec, the French-speaking province of Canada. Quebec falls into the category of unreached, with less than 1% of it's 8,000,000 considered Evangelical. Families are falling apart and morals are being discarded. How will we respond?
The Biblical Mennonite Alliance pastors voted in favor of starting a French-speaking church plant in this province. Will you join us in praying for a team to come together with a vision to evangelize the French-speakers of Quebec?
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Behind the Scenes of Shakira's 'Latina' Photo Shoot
Shakira shares details about her new album and motherhood in this behind-the-scenes look at her Latina cover shoot.
The 37-year-old singer is dropping her tenth studio album on March 25, and she revealed that this project might give fans another view of her.
"This new album has a lot of rock 'n' roll," Shakira said of the self-titled LP. "It reflects a lot of my music tastes."
The Voice coach welcomed her first-born son into the world on January 22, 2013, and she explained how becoming a parent has changed her life, saying, "The best part about being a mom is that you learn so much about yourself. You transcend your own existence to give everything you know and everything you are and share it with this new person in your life."
Shakira's April 2014 Latina cover officially hits newsstands, Nook & Kindle Fire starting March 11.

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Power Cables: The Ultimate Guide to Knitting Inventive Cables
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From simple to sculptural, the original cable patterns explored in this must-have resource create a foundation of techniques for designing signature knitwear. Basic twisted stitches, complex interpretations of cables, reversible cables, adding texture and color, turning stitches around, constructing cables with I-cord, and wrapping stitches to create the illusion of cables are some of the integrated techniques detailed in this guide. Contained within are more than 15 original cable patterns for pullovers, jackets, bags, socks, and accessories. Also included is information on a new charting system for predicting cable behavior as well as tips on cabling without a cable needle, choosing the best yarns for specific cable effects, and designing original cable patterns.
the main portion, and bind off tightly. For standard (non-reversible) cables, it’s typical to have purl stitches on each side to accentuate the cable. But in a reversible piece, the purl stitches become knit stitches. Instead of reverse stockinette, use a reversible stitch such as garter or seed stitch (or even more ribbing) as separator or filler stitches (Fig. 7). Fig. 7: Cables seperated by reversible seperator stitches. Applications Besides the ubiquitous scarf or shawl or afghan, what
other projects benefit from being reversible? Anything that flips over or turns back: belts, straps for handbags, hoods, socks (such as the ones on page 54), turtlenecks (see page 58), or stoles (see page 118). Reversibility often means versatility. Different wearing options can extend your wardrobe. Sleeve cuffs can be folded back to three-quarter length or down for a full sleeve. Reversibility also extends function; if it’s too warm, fold back a lapel or collar or turn up the hat brim. When
Unseen There can be many single knit lines traveling at once in different directions. They can get together with other lone knit lines and cross any time they get together. It can be an intricate dance. Bavarian twisted stitches (see next page) follow this principle, but the knit stitches are worked through their back loops. Sometimes the knits don’t cross with any other knits at all; they seem to roam alone. In fact they do cross, but only with purls, in order to travel across the fabric. In
cn and hold in front, sl 2 sts (p2) to second cn and hold in back, k2 from left needle, p2 from second cn, k2 from first cn, p1, sl 1 st (k1) to one cn and hold in front, sl 1 st (p1) to second cn and hold in back, k1 from left needle, p1 from second cn, k1 from first cn, p1, sl 2 sts (k2) to cn and hold in front, sl 2 sts (p2) to second cn and hold in back, k2 from left needle, p2 from second cn, k2 from first cn, p2, k2. ROW 10: Rep Row 2. ROW 11: Rep Row 1. ROW 12: P2, sl 4 sts (k2, p2) to
cable needle and hold in front, slip only the purl wale stitch(es) to the second cable needle and hold in back, knit the stitch(es) from the left needle, purl the stitches from the second cable needle, knit the stitches from the first cable needle. You can see why I call this the “raise the wales” method. The knit wales come forward to cross on top of the purl wale between them. Unlike regular cables, which show a pinched area of crossed purl on the back, a reversible piece looks like ribbing on


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~Jonah 2:7 “When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord.” The word soul refers to our mind, will, emotions, and our intellect. When someone told me they were depressed I just couldn’t relate to what they were saying. I was a happy, peaceful, and contented person. Sure I had problems and trials, but mentally I had it together. It seemed like no matter what I faced I was able to overcome it.
Then came April 22, 2000. On the 19th, I had turned 50. We had celebrated my birthday with family and friends. Everyone joked about me getting older and over the hill. I took it all in stride.
Fifty was just a number. I felt great physically and mentally. I woke up around 5;00 AM. on the 22nd. with chest pains. Surely it was just indigestion. After getting up and drinking some water it went away. I went back to sleep only to be awaken by more chest pains. Reality begin to set in. I went to the hospital.
My world got turned upside down. I lay on my back in intensive care. I had a heart catherisation done to find I had a blockage. After six days they released me to go home. My whole lifestyle changed.
I was now a member of the Heart Club, having to take medications to live. I felt weak and vulnerable, depression begun to set in. I said,”So, this is what depression feels like”.
My mind was in turmoil. All of these thoughts of dispair and hopelessness bombarded me. I tried to pray, read the Bible, and listen to music. You name it and I tried it. I was in a funk, going in circles. There had to be an answer.
There was, and there is a way out. I had to have help not only from God, but the Body of Christ. I had always been self-sufficient only depending on my abilities. I asked for help and help came from others.
We need each other. When one member suffers we need to have love and compassion. Not just avoiding them or speaking some religious cliche’.It took time and help from others, but I overcame depression. Remember God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. ~1 Corinthians10:13
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The new AC Schnitzer AC2 light-alloy wheels with ten-armed, stylized Y-spokes, which are reminiscent of the tentacles of an octopus, are unique in appearance. Manufactured using the low pressure casting process with subsequent heat treatment, the shaped rim star of the monoblock rim offers a clear view of the axle and brake. The centre of the head-footer forms the hub cap of the AC2 alloy rims in classic, pentagonal form with the AC Schnitzer logo. As with the Octopus, the "brain" of the light alloy rims is not only in the head, but is also branched into the outermost components. Designed especially for SUV vehicles and protected against corrosion with high-quality clear varnish, the AC Schnitzer AC2 light alloy rims offer innovative, high-quality design down to the smallest detail and a guaranteed, long service life coupled with unlimited everyday usability.Features:
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Today AC Schnitzer uses the experience gained from a rich motor sport racing heritage spanning 4 decades in everything they do. The combination of excellent BMW automotive engineering and the motor sports development of Herbert Schnitzer make the Schnitzer racing team one of the most successful and well known Touring car teams in the entire history of motor sports. In the mid-eighties, Willi Kohl, one of Germany's largest BMW dealers, and Herbert Schnitzer decided to utilize this technical know-how for more than racing victories. And so AC Schnitzer was born. AC Schnitzer concentrates on the transfer of technology from racing to road tuning. AC Schnitzer tuning products are made in Germany and offer a perfect combination of sports handling and superb driving comfort in the hardest tests on road and track.


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One of the judges arrested by the State Security Service SSS and an embattled Judge of the Federal High Court Abuja, Justice Adeniyi Ademola, has withdrawn from presiding over the trial of Col Sambo Dasuki, former National Security Adviser during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan.
Dasuki was arraigned on September 1, 2015 over charges that bordered on unlawful possession of firearms and money laundering.
But due to intermittent interlocutory applications from both the prosecution and defence counsel, commencement of full blown trial of the former NSA has been delayed.
At a resumed sitting on Tuesday, the judge told the court that he was constrained to go ahead with hearing of the criminal case in view of the recent clampdown on some judges in the country by the DSS.
Addressing the court, Justice Ademola said, “I’m sure the prosecution and defence counsel are conversant with what is going on in the last seven days in this country.
“One of the allegations being made against me by the Department of State Security is that I received certain sums of unspecified money from the defendant.
“Of course, I have responded to that allegation of receiving an unspecified sums of money from the defendant but it will be wise for him to answer some questions.
“Do you know me at all or have come in contact with me?, the judge asked; “I don’t know you my Lord” Dasuki responded.
“Did you at any time give me money in respect of the ongoing trial” the judge asked, but Dasuki replied, “No, my Lord, I didn’t give you any money”.
Again, Justice Ademola queried, “Did you send any money to me; to any member of my family; or through any counsel?
But Dasuki answered: “No, my Lord, except the DSS agents who are reporting the allegation did”.
“I am happy that you have answered these questions. In the interest of fair hearing, I am minded to return the case file to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court for further action” Justice Ademola stated.
Reacting, the prosecution counsel said “We are guided by your Lordship’s decision even though we had come for a ruling and continuation of trial.
Adedeji acknowledged the recent happenings and said the judge was right to take that step.
Consequently, Okpeseyi requested for an adjournment so that the counsel and the Chief Judge would ruminate over the issue and take the next step rather than boxing the court into a tight corner.
After hearing from the counsels, Justice Ademola said, “This court is minded to transfer this case to the Chief Judge.
“The defendant has vehemently denied in open court today, the allegation made by the DSS.
“Therefore, this case file has been returned to the CJ in line with principle of fair hearing.
“This criminal matter has been adjourned to another date as may be fixed by the new judge” Justice Ademola declared.
Justice Ademola was among the judges arrested and held in the custody of the DSS over allegation of corruption.
However they have been granted administrative bail by the DSS.


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SCI has just received confirmation from the Professional Hunters’ Association of South Africa (PHASA) that, effective immediately, South African Airways (SAA) has ended its prohibition on the carriage of firearms in checked baggage on flights departing from and arriving at London Heathrow Airport.
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The combination sounded a little odd to me starch with starch? I added chives at the end because I did not have any parsley on hand. Here for the first time he shares such signature dishes as Mint Love Letters with Spicy Lamb Sausage and Beef Cheek Ravioli, all showcasing his unparalleled ability to reinterpret the Italian culinary tradition in a completely original way.
Here is the result I love this book. I’ve had this book on my wish list for awhile. I would really appreciate if you could help me make the decision. Anyway, this is getting much longer than it was supposed to be. Inspired by Cookbooj Browsing History.
The Babbo Cookbook by Mario Batali
As a side note I recommend detaching the claws when killing the lobsters, and leaving them on the grill longer than the body, otherwise they won’t be cooked through.
Feb 21, Johanna rated it really liked it Shelves: So my rating has come down a notch. Stay in Touch Sign up. I did make an excellent Bolognese from it recipe posted here that I will make again.
The Babbo Cookbook Teacher’s Guide
No English versions of his works exist and his work is hard to find, even though he is the greatest chef who ever lived. I am using this as the textbook for my culinary arts students and a digital version would come in very handy for creating notes and handouts.
For a first dish, I may start with the beef cheek ravioli, though I plan to use brisket due to the fact that I highly doubt that here, in this tiny town in Iowa, I’ll be able to find cheeks. Edited October 18, by FrogPrincesse log. Aug 25, Russell rated copkbook really liked it. With the guanciale I made Pasta all’Amatriciana.
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The guanciale became light brown when cooked with the onions, garlic and red pepper flakes. It’s made with a mixture of olive oil, lemon juice and zest, and limoncello infused with marjoram for an hour. Jul 11, Anonymous rated it really liked it. Looking forward to your advice! Not every sugo has to start with a battuto, and not every battuto is comprised of onion, celery and carrot.
Posted July 27, It’s even better than bacon and you can really taste the thyme. Jul 31, Catherine Woodman rated it really liked it. I added homemade whole milk ricotta, arugula, and parmesan. The texture of the guanciale was slightly crunchy which was great, and its taste porky and rich. I agree that this is not a book for beginners in terms of technique and ingredients.
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Posted September 14, To me it seemed like more of a novelty cookbook that would make you want to eat at Babbo rather than attempt the recipes at home. I want to make the Guanciale cured pork jowlDuck Bresaola cured duck breast and Gabbo pasta! Posted March 24, Speaking about ravioli, I made the ” Love Letters ” a while back the recipe is available here. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Like many guys his age, Mario first discovered the thrill of stock car racing watching the ebullient Chris Economaki, in his Martian-style headphones, reporting live from the pit area at Daytona.


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Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
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Planning collaboration for a while now, the dreamy minimal sounds of Elfin Saddle shall meet the overworldly clangs and rhythms of post-rockers Hangedup along with Nick Kuepfer in multiple-tape-machine-mode for an integrated show, switching between live configurations of both bands and amalgamations thereof. Sound installations of automated organs, turntables and tape will act as a base medium connecting live performances in a project potentially entitled Music Temple.
Emi Honda and Jordan McKenzie began Elfin Saddle after moving east across Canada from Vancouver Island to Montreal…their take on acoustic folk is charged with myth, mysticism, anarchism, and a love of wilderness…the alertness and drive of their luminous songs actually sounds electrified, but it’s not—they’ve prefigured a time in the post-apocalyptic future, after the machines of civilization have ground to a halt and the remaining humans will have to make their music without plugging in… -WZRD Chicago
Hangedup is the Montreal-based duo of Gen Heistek (viola) and Eric Craven (drums). The two met in 1995 while playing in Sackville and formed Hangedup in 1999. They released their eponymous debut in May 2001. Kicker in Tow followed in October 2002 and Clatter for Control in April 2005.
Hangedup play battle hymns for shut-ins, tightrope walkers, and urban bicyclists. Hangedup channel dead Roma musicians from Slavic republics, playing east European folk tunes backwards, skipping every 3rd note. Hangedup write road songs for model train enthusiasts. Hangedup compose soundtracks for slow-motion automobile accidents and use leaded gasoline every chance they get.
Hangedup are unique operators of their chosen instruments, and have mastered a signature sound that is well ahead, and far behind, the times. Heistek’s vertigo-inducing viola runs through hallucinating loopers and warranty-voided amplifiers. Craven’s inimitable sound fuses auto shop discards with home-wiring experiments and fifteen-year-old drum skins. Sometimes soaring, occasionally distressing, Hangedup are the sound of tomorrow, only tomorrow was this morning, just before you left the house. And you left the stove on.
Hangedup has toured extensively in Europe and North America, including performances at All Tomorrow’s Parties in England, the Printemps de Bourges in France, the Domino festival in Belgium. At the Rhaaa Lovely and K-RAA-K festivals, also in Belgium, they headlined and were widely declared the highlight of these events. The K-RAA-K show led to friendship and collaboration with legendary violin minimalist Tony Conrad, who also played that night. Conrad joined Hangedup for several North American shows and a series of recording sessions in 2004. These recordings are set to finally see the light of day as Transit of Venus, to be released in June 2012 as part of our Musique Fragile Volume 02 box set.
Since moving to Montreal in 1987, Gen Heistek has been a member of many bands, including Pest 5000, Sackville, Set Fire To Flames and The Mile-End Ladies’ String Auxiliary. She has played with Sam Shalabi, Elizabeth Anka Vajagic and many others. She wrote for CBC Radio’s Brave New Waves and now co-owns Local 23 and General 54, the former a fripperie and the latter a purveyor of locally made stuff.
Eric Craven moved to Montreal in 1993, having previously played in various punk bands in his native Victoria. He has been a member of Shortwave, Sackville and Blackout, and has thrown down his unparalleled rhythm thing, on record and in concert, with Mitchell Akiyama, Polmo Polpo, Elizabeth Anka Vajagic, Silver Mt. Zion and Hrsta, among many others. He composes extensively for dance in Montreal, and is currently tending to an impressive bicycle graveyard in his back yard.
After a several year break, the band reunited to perform at the Godspeed-curated All Tomorrow’s Parties in December 2010.
Nick Kuepfer is a guitar player who weaves nylon string and electric guitar pieces with live-sampled tape loops, recordings of animals, and drones from various sources. His predominantly wordless music ranges from subtle and static to frantic and abrasive, with a methodical, vigilant sense of experimentation guided by the search for consonance and dissonance with the sounds of “nature”. He began performing solo, under his own name, in 2009 and occasionally invites guest players to join him.
Kuepfer recorded several hours worth of solo material on a field-recorder while traveling through rural Argentina in 2007-2008, assembling an audio scrapbook of guitar and percussion pieces along with environmental sound, He subsequently worked these into a finished album of sonic travelogue and audio collage called Avestruz, which was included in the first edition of the Musique Fragile series issued by Constellation Records in 2010.
Kuepfer has continued to work in this vein from his Montreal home base, recording to 1/4″ 4-track in his practice space and to laptop on various excursions into the Quebec and Ontario hinterlands. He contributed a 20-minute EP to the Rural Route 3″ CD series on Standard Form Records in February 2011.
Alongside his increasing activity as a solo performance, Nick also plays in Hrsta andNo Nature. He has previously played in countless bands, including Lungbutter, Aids Wolf and L’Embuscade. Other notable recent activity includes participation in Rhys Chatham’s Lincoln Center performance of A Crimson Grail for 200 electric guitars and the inclusion of material from Avestruz on the soundtrack for The Woods by filmmaker Matthew Lessner, alongside The Dirty Projectors, Sun Araw, Indian Jewelry and others.
Kuepfer was born and raised in Stratford, Ontario and has made Montreal his home since 2003.