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Описание: Showcasing Some Of The Most Contemporary Living Rooms Today, This Book Provides Some Great Ideas. More Than 100 Colour Photographs Present The Finest And Most Up-To-Date Designs.
Автор: Beta-plus Publishing Название: Home Series 19: Contemporary kitchens ISBN: 908944050X ISBN-13(EAN): 9789089440501 Издательство: ACC-distribution titles Рейтинг: Цена: 1506 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This Book Is Dedicated Exclusively To Streamlined, Minimalist Kitchens. It Features All Aspects Of Such Kitchens, Including Ktichen Deisgn, Cooking Surfaces And A Selection Of Materials For The Worktops And Floors.
Описание: Tapping into today’s trend to return to unstructured playtime and move away from over-scheduling and electronic games, Playful Home is perfectly suited to the times. Andrew Weaving celebrates the best of childhood, from his favorite games and crafts projects to the whimsical dйcor that kids love. The result is kids’ rooms designed to feed and inspire the imagination, as well as to hold fabulous collections of toys and books.
With the philosophy of integrating play into our daily lives, Playful Home looks at twelve family homes designed with children in mind, from the foyer to the back door, which stylishly embrace kids’ activities and interests. The featured spaces are the kids’ rooms, which combine flair and fun so successfully that they end up being the hub of the entire house.
Including design ideas for displaying toys and collectibles, plus clever ways of storing them, as well as great tips on how to make murals and unique wall decorations, Playful Home inspires creativity as well as good design.
Название: Home Series 29: Cosmopolitan Living ISBN: 9089440836 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789089440839 Издательство: ACC-distribution titles Рейтинг: Цена: от 963 р. Наличие на складе: Есть
Описание: The Homes Featured In This Volume Represent Real Luxury With A Cosmopolitan Edge.
Описание: Modern Designs for Contemporary Living. A superb sourcebook of contemporary private houses of all styles in all parts of the world. From North America to Japan, and from London to Sydney, the diverse range of locations, architectural styles, scales and budgets brought together here represents the very best in domestic architecture of the past few years.
Название: Home series 26: cosy living ISBN: 9089440801 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789089440808 Издательство: ACC-distribution titles Рейтинг: Цена: 963 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: "This Book Illustrates How It Is Possible For A Home To Be Cosy And Comfy, While Still Being At The Cutting-Edge Of Interior Design.
Название: Home Series 30: Seaside Living ISBN: 9089440844 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789089440846 Издательство: ACC-distribution titles Рейтинг: Цена: 963 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Charts The Work Of Architects And Interior Designers Who Have Gone In Search Of The Essence Of Living Close To The Sea.
Название: Contemporary Living With Antiques ISBN: 9089440690 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789089440693 Издательство: ACC-distribution titles Рейтинг: Цена: 7563 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This Japanese design book, featuring over 200 stunning photographs, captures the delightful, modern style of the Japanese home. Japan has always intrigued the world with its deceptively simple blending of architecture, landscape and design. Zen temples, the famous tea ceremony, formal gardens, the use of wood, paper and other materials in the form of screens and floors--all have evolved over the years to create a varied, yet indisputably unique style. Japan Style showcases 40 contemporary homes, many never photographed before, and explores the unique Japanese design in all its manifestations. The book is divided into four chapters--
Experimenting with Materials
Each home is representative in its own way of the changing face of Japanese interior design and architecture and will be sure to inspire some new design ideas for your own home.
Автор: Jotisalikorn Название: Contemporary Asian Living Rooms ISBN: 0794601790 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780794601799 Издательство: Tuttle Рейтинг: Цена: 4290 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: Shot entirely on location, `Contemporary Asian Living Rooms` presents the newest trends emerging in Asian home design.
Автор: San Pietro & Gallo Название: Contemporary Living (Archivolto) ISBN: 8876851577 ISBN-13(EAN): 9788876851575 Издательство: ACC-distribution titles Рейтинг: Цена: 4813 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book inaugurates a new series of publications under the title "Stones" devoted to interior design. This book showcases twenty such homes, twenty
mini-narratives, each one conveying an individual lifestyle and design for living, and illustrative of the shifting frontiers in which the common denominator seems to be the quest for new
interior models and functional blueprints that can express, through specifically architectural means, quite distinct identities. These fragments document the complex upheaval that interior
design has been undergoing, branching out in all directions with a spate of new ideas on the home as the 'mirror of the soul', and meanwhile reinvesting the act of designing with its
former poetic and conceptual contents.
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Police have launched an urgent appeal to trace a young man from Walton who has been missing for more than two weeks.
Jack Barker, 26, was last seen on June 20 when he was dropped off in Weybridge.
Officers from Surrey Police say they are concerned for Mr Barker’s welfare due to his medical condition.
He is described as approximately 5ft 7in tall of slim build with hazel eyes and short sandy coloured hair.
Mr Barker is known to visit Southampton and the West End of London.
Anyone with information regarding Mr Barker's whereabouts is asked to call Surrey Police on 101 quoting reference 45160057005 or call Crimestoppers charity anonymously on 0800 555 111. Alternatively, national charity Missing People can be reached on 116 000.

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Square Enix unleashes E3 trailer for Necromachina
Who needs E3? Not publishers, that’s for sure. Square Enix released a trailer for their upcoming PSN title and it looks so good!
The gameplay seems very similar to Strider but with co-op support for up to four-players. This might be one of the most exciting games coming to the PSN so far.
Expect to see more from this game during E3.


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By Juan A. Villanueva
Title: Ediciones El Fortín collection, 2014-
Creator: Estévez Jordán, Rolando (1953-)
Extent: 1.0 Boxes. More info below.
Arrangement: The materials in this collection are arranged by CHC Fortín call number.
The Ediciones El Fortí collection contains artisitic publications including books, scrolls, and loose papers of new and classic literary material.
All of the materials in this collection have been cataloged in the University of Miami online catalog, available for browing in the following catalog search: Ediciones El Fortín.
Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions: Requests to publish or display materials from this collection requires written permission from the rights owner. Please contact email@example.com for more information.
Acquisition Method: The materials in this collection have been acquired through numerous gifts and purchases over time.
Preferred Citation: Ediciones El Fortín, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Processing Information: Minimal collection-level record added by Juan A. Villanueva, August 2016.
Other Note: To search for individual titles, please refer to the University of Miami Libraries online catalog.


A Nevada law permitting domestic violence survivors to break a lease without incurring financial penalties may soon be extended to cases of harassment, stalking, and sexual assault.
The Nevada Assembly passed a bill Monday, in a 38-0 vote, to permit a survivor of harassment, stalking, or sexual assault to break a lease early by presenting their landlord with a police report or protective order within 90 days of the alleged harassment or attack. The measure prohibits landlords from retaliating or withholding a security deposit.
“The real motivation here is to make sure that victims are not forced to stay in rental properties where they are not or do not feel safe,” the bill’s sponsor, Steve Yeager (D-Las Vegas), said last month in a meeting of the Assembly Committee on Commerce and Labor. Poverty, he added, “should not serve as a barrier to safety, especially when it comes to victims of these types of crimes.”
Nineteen percent of women will have been raped over their lifetime, according to the National Center for Victims of Crime, and 44 percent will experience some other form of sexual violence. Less than 40 percent of such incidents are reported to the police. Fifteen percent of women will experience some form of stalking, and nearly 20 percent of stalking victims said police took no action in their cases.
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Kimberly Mull, policy specialist with the Nevada Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence, said the organization supports the bill, but noted the legislation, which requires a police report in cases of harassment, stalking, and sexual assault, will only help the small percentage of people who report their assaults to law enforcement.
In comparison, state law permits domestic violence survivors to break a lease by providing landlords with an affidavit, rather than a police report.
“We would like to see sexual assault victims be able to use the same type of affidavit from a sexual assault program, doctor, or counselor,” Mull told Rewire in an email.
It’s unknown how many domestic violence survivors have taken advantage of the law permitting them to break leases, Mull said, because landlords are not required to report the occurrences.
A similar measure in Colorado has cleared the house and state senate.


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Altitude: Min 600m – Max 8047m Zone: Permitted Duration: 50 days Best Time: June – August Broad Peak (8047m) “Falchan Kangri”. It has also been called enormously triple-headed Breithorn (4,165m high three-headed peak of European Alps) of the Baltoro. It has a strong presence in its environs neighboring K2. The route involves climbing through a rock gully to Camp I (6000m) then by following a large snow face we reach CII at around 6400m. A final camp is placed at 7400m from where a summit bid is made. The climbing will not be extremely steep but the remoteness of the setting will make this an especially rewarding experience. Whether this is your first 8000m peak or your third, the nature of climbing in this region will have its own unique flavor.
There have been several winter expeditions to Broad Peak since 1987/88 when Andrzej Zawada, a noted Polish climber, considered a pioneer of winter climbing in high mountain regions led the first. The new route up the South West Face was climbed by Denis Urubko and Serguey Samoilov in Alpine style in July 2005. Valery Babanov and his partner Victor Afanasiev climbed Broad Peak central pillar up the West Face via a variation route in alpine style in 2008.
Program: Day 01: Islamabad – airport /hotel Day 03: Islamabad – Chilas: drive 11-12 hrs/hotel Day 04: Chilas – Skardu: drive 8hrs/ hotel Day 05: Skardu -Trekking preparation Day 06: Skardu – Askoli(3050m): Jeep drive 6-7hrs/camp Day 07: Askoli – Jula(3180m): Trek 4-5hrs/Camp Day 08: Jula – Paiju (3400m): Trek 5-6hrs/camp Day 09: Paiju: rest day Day 10: Paiju – Urdukas(4000m): Trek 5-6hrs/camp Day 11: Urdukas – Goro II (4380m): Trek 7hrs/camp Day 12: Goro II – Concordia (4700m): Trek 6-7 hrs/camp Day 13: Concordia – K2 BC 5-6hrs/camp Day 14-42: Climbing activities Day 43: Concordia – Ali Camp (4800m): Trek 4-5hrs/camp Day 44: Ali camp Gondogoro La (5940m) Xhuspang (4680m): Trek 7-8hrs/camp Day 45: Xhaspang – Schiacho (4300m): Trek 6-7hrs camp Day 46: Sciacho – Hushe: Trek 3-4 hrs/camp Day 47: Hushe – Skardu : Jeep drive6-7 hrs/hotel Day 48: Skardu – Besham 11-12 hrs/hotel Day 49: Besham – Islamabad 5-6 hrs/hotel Day 50: Departure

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text: Hotel was beautiful, in a great location, walking distance to so many attractions and very close to public transportation. We had a corner room with two exposures, juliet balcony on one--so spacious and gorgeous. Great bedding and pillows, beautiful bathroom. Everything was perfect from the moment we checked in to the moment we checked out. Staff couldn't be more helpful.


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Video shows Hamas gunmen killing captives from rival group by shooting them at point-blank range.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF, APPublished: AUGUST 24, 2009 23:34Advertisement
Two Israeli television stations on Monday night broadcast a video showing Hamas forces "executing" Gaza rebels linked to al-Qaida during an armed confrontation earlier this month.
The video of the August 15 clash shows what appear to be black-clad Hamas gunmen shooting at rebels pinned in a mosque courtyard in a fierce exchange of fire.
In two scenes, Hamas gunmen appeared to be executing captives by shooting them at close range.
At least 24 people were killed in the daylong standoff in Rafah. Hamas forces surrounded a stronghold of Jund Ansar Allah, an extremist group that claims to be inspired by al-Qaida and charges that the Hamas is too liberal.
In the video, bodies are seen falling to the ground during the firefight. In one scene, a group of Jund Ansar Allah captives stand motionless against a wall a few meters away.
Channel 10 and Channel 2 said the blurred, jumpy video was taken by cellphone from across the street. Channel 2 said Hamas rival Fatah distributed the video. Channel 10 also broadcast a recording of what it said was the Hamas military communication channel, ordering Hamas forces to "execute everyone."
There was no immediate comment from Hamas officials.
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Leave no one behind: the youth also have a say in the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture
There is a need to focus on issues around youth and agriculture in the UN climate talks.
Agriculture has an image problem. This is a global challenge: half of the farmers in the United States are 55 years or older and the average age of farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa is around 60 years old.
Agriculture in the 21st century means more than subsistence farming. Fortunately, youth across the world are already turning to farming and the food system as a career option. Young people can explore career options in information and communication technologies (ICTs), forecasting, marketing, value addition, transport and logistics, quality assurance, urban agriculture projects, food preparation, environmental sciences, and much more.
The Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture and youth
The COP23 decision on agriculture, also known as the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA), which took several years of discussions to reach, is a turning point in the agriculture discussions, especially for smallholders. During the just-concluded Bonn Climate Change Conference 2018, negotiators agreed on a concrete roadmap to take forward the implementation of the KJWA which puts emphasis on gender and youth integration.
The need to engage young people in the discussions and implementation is critical from the outset.
The United Nations (UN) Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body on Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) took note of the importance of issues, including but not limited to: farmers, gender, youth, local communities and indigenous peoples, the vulnerability of agriculture to climate change, and approaches to addressing food security. The SBSTA and SBI encouraged the Parties to take them into consideration when making submissions and during the KJWA workshops. The SBI also welcomed the submissions from Parties and observers on elements to be included in this work, and youth were not left behind.
YOUNGO, the official youth constituency at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), played an influential role in ensuring that the voice of young people was heard during SBSTA/SBI discussions. YOUNGO is made up of organizations and individuals who identify as youth from all over the world. Notably, members of YOUNGO have formed an Agriculture Working Group which has taken a keen interest in the development and effective implementation of the KJWA. Implementation of a realistic work programme on agriculture under the UNFCCC will serve as a breakthrough for sustainable agriculture production and food security.
As the youth constituency, the YOUNGO Agriculture Working Group would like to highlight the need for youth involvement in policymaking, workshops, expert meetings and, most importantly, consideration in the KJWA. This includes continuous involvement of youth at all stages including submissions that are part of the schedule of activities proposed by the G77 and China under KJWA during the just-concluded Bonn Climate Change Conference 2018.
The YOUNGO Agriculture Working Group also identified that it has become difficult for countries to integrate climate-smart agriculture (CSA) into their practices because different countries interpret CSA differently. Awareness creation would therefore help farmers, local governments and other stakeholders to develop and implement appropriate CSA technologies and practices.
During a press conference held on 5 May 2018 at the Bonn Climate Change Conference, members of YOUNGO emphasized that the implementation of climate action in agriculture is going to need a stand-alone finance mechanism. At the same time, young farmers, and farmer organizations in general, need capacity building to access climate finance.
YOUNGO also emphasized the need for capacity building on the use of technology. In particular, the youth pointed out that their technology literacy should be specifically targeted and built upon to facilitate technology transfer. This targeting would, in addition, allow for an increase in youth involvement in agriculture. Modalities for capacity building and engagement with stakeholders should create a conducive environment to link youth with enabling institutions in the transfer of technology, such as the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN). In this regard, the Agriculture Working Group fully supports the general YOUNGO decision to request that the CTCN Advisory membership board develop capacity and create an enabling environment in the matters relating to the transfer of technology. Notably, the KJWA creates an opportunity to collaborate with other parties and constituencies within the UNFCCC. The need to engage young people in the discussions and implementation is critical from the outset.
- Online discussion: Partnerships, innovations and financing for youth in climate-smart agriculture
- Koronivia joint work on agriculture: Draft conclusions proposed by the Chairs
Catherine Mungai is a Partnerships and Policy Specialist at CCAFS East Africa. Daisy Ndunge is a member of YOUNGO and a volunteer for Kenya Small Scale Farmers.

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He was just too excited to try it out!
One of the most anticipated Christmas ads this year would be that from John Lewis. This year, the ad featured ‘Buster the Boxer’, an adorable and playful dog who simply loves jumping on trampolines!
In the funny but cute ad, the dog spends his days watching the family’s daughter jump up and down on her bed. He is amazed! With his puppy dog eyes, he follows the child’s movements. This Christmas, her parents set up a trampoline for her.
The dog could only watch from inside their home as other animals jump up and down on the trampoline. He is incredibly jealous—but excited as well. As soon as the parents open the door for their daughter to try her gift out, Buster rushes out of the house and tries the trampoline out immediately!
What is John Lewis?
John Lewis is a chain of upmarket department stores operating throughout the United Kingdom. The chain is owned by the John Lewis Partnership, which was created alongside the first store in the mid-1800s.

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Bollywood stars are known for their royal lifestyle. From luxurious bungalows to luxury cars are common for stars. There are many of these stars who like to travel by their own private jet. So, in this post, we tell you about the stars who have a private jet.
Priyanka Chopra, who has earned a name from Bollywood to Hollywood, has a private jet. In the picture, she is posing with her friends. Priyanka is often touring between America and India. In such a situation, they are short of time, so having a private jet, they can travel anywhere in short of time.
This picture is of the private jet of Amitabh Bachchan. He himself has shared many pictures on his social media account. When the Bachchan family goes for a holiday abroad, they use their own private jet.
Akshay Kumar, who does four to five films in a year, is so punctual that he takes time to spend time with his family. Akshay goes on a private jet vacation with his family. Also, during the promotion of his films, he comes from this place.
Ajay Devgan is one of the Bollywood actors who is fond of luxury cars. His collection of vehicles includes Maserati Quattroporte, BMW Z4, and Audi A5 Sportback among others. Ajay has his own private jet. According to the report, his aircraft is a six-seater hawker 800.
In 2016, Shah Rukh Khan joked in an interview said that “I want to buy a plane but I don’t have any money”. King Khan also has a private jet of his own jet which describes his king-size life.
Shilpa Shetty Kundra
Shilpa Shetty Kundra and her husband Raj Kundra lead a fabulous life. They have assets in many parts of the world and they also have their own private jet.
Plays Just About Every Sport – Hollywood Life
Salman Khan extends help for 18-year-old student, father dies from Covid-19- Peacock Talks
Megan Fox Listens To Britney Spears To Ease Fear Of Flying – Hollywood Life
Celebrates Birthday With Daughters – Hollywood Life

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A Steuben County judge has struck down the recently redrawn congressional and legislative maps for New York and ordered the state legislature to wait until March 11.
But Senate and Assembly Democrats quickly appealed the ruling late Thursday night and are expected to seek a stay preventing it from going into effect while the appellate courts weigh. Gov. Kathy Hochul also promised to appeal.
In an 18-page ruling, acting state Supreme Court Justice Patrick F. McAllister said the maps, which are drawn every 10 years after the last US census, were unconstitutional and politically drawn by the Democrat-controlled state legislature became. McAllister said the cards were “invalid and unusable”.
If the ruling stands, it could force the state to postpone its June 28 primary. As of Thursday, the petition to participate in the primary was due to close in the first week of April and the process was based on the cards at the center of the court case.
The state legislature began drawing the maps in January after the state-sanctioned Independent New District Commission, established after a 2014 amendment to the state constitution, failed to agree on a set of bipartisan maps. The hope among good government groups for the creation of the IRC was to take politics out of the mapping process and avoid partisan manipulation.
The ruling dealt a blow to Democratic lawmakers, who were attempting to draw maps that many good government groups said met the party’s political needs.
A Senate Democrat spokesman said they anticipate a stay that would temporarily block its entry into force.
“This is a step in that process,” spokesman Mike Murphy said. “We always knew this case would be decided by the Courts of Appeal. We are appealing this decision and expect that this decision will be stayed pending the appeal process.”
The Democrats appealed to the Fourth Department of the Appellate Division, a mid-level appeals court. But the issue will ultimately be decided by the Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court. Both sides of the case hope the process can be expedited with the primary election fast approaching.
Under McAllister’s ruling, if lawmakers weren’t able to come up with a plan by April 11, the court would hire its own people to draw new maps at the state’s expense.
McAllister warned that the primary could be rescheduled no later than August 23 if the state legislature fails to reach consensus and allow court-appointed mapmakers to conceive new lines. Candidates running for office will again have to spend a few weeks collecting signatures in order to participate in voting for the newly drawn cards.
McAllister’s decision was praised by former Hudson Valley Assemblyman John Faso, who has served as the de facto spokesman for the Republican Party for its new district lawsuit.
The decision was “a victory for the people of New York State,” Faso said.
The state election committee, meanwhile, urged political candidates to continue collecting their ballot signatures based on the current maps during the appeals process. Candidates must submit their signatures next week to secure entry into the June 28 general election.
This story has been updated with new information and a new headline. Brigid Bergin contributed to the reporting.
https://gothamist.com/news/breaking-judge-tosses-out-nys-new-redistricted-maps-declaring-them-unconstituional Richter throws away New York district maps, but Democrats are hoping for a stay


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I often speak
not often enough
when it’s practical and lends itself lyrically
So, here I will weaken myself by revealing
a palpable fear
This dread haunts me in most aspects of thought
still I know its talents in matters of temptation
She tries to bend my whim to her words
He employs brute strength to muscle my conscience
They slide plug nickels, never bright pennies
I don’t understand much of what I do
What if we’re not supposed to
There remains a prideful integrity in placating my own selfish spirit
I grip this fiercely
The dismay of losing my voice pales my heart
There are glimpses of things I’ve seen
Wisps of smoke on horizons blazing far above my dark corner
Questions I ask my patient angels on loan and my personal demons on demand
Am I not at their measure
Am I not reaching enough
And my humanness does stall
And my heart does break
She, He, and They come at me in these moments
bending, prodding, soliciting me to fabricate with their designer colors
In weak moments, I fall to my knees in thanks, that I was born a willful child-listening to no one’s voice
but my own
Light enters the foyer, he hears me descend the stairs
All fourteen oak planks slammed by my humping feet
His morning routine proceeds uninterrupted
It is I who must accommodate him every morning
He yawns and returns to slumbering on the sofa
I make oatmeal the same way every day–
blueberries, pinch of peanut butter, water and a splash of almond milk
Occasionally, red strawberries
I ascend the stairs with my favorite bowl still warm from the microwave
Without fail, he follows me
He won’t make his own breakfast and I always share mine
I know he loves me
I must believe this
The urge-to-express forbids genuine rest
All who write or art would say the same
We descend the stairs daily
Make our work
Then push ourselves into the closed arms of others
If what we’ve made is enticing it will be swallowed, ingested, absorbed, eaten
A chance of being crapped out forever nipping at our heels
Still, this incredible urge compels us
If what we create each time is desirable–
they’ll climb the stairs, even fourteen oak planks, again and again
Wish I knew my writing and art were appreciated
as much as the damn dachshund loves my oatmeal
so many words shoved into meaningless bits and bytes
thoughts tamped under layers before (God) has the chance to critique
duty convened by push button judgement
‘digit’less (bots) too crown
here in push button world
eager barefoot followers just one click away
might be (bot) love not the hand of (God) at work
light candles as ridiculous offerings to the muse
diaphanous paws stretch out to disinterested deities
rising Indus will breach her banks
before anything comes to your dry fingers
or the smoking mitt catches a paperball
impotent offerings will not ignite belly fire
passionless minds shovel crap
your muse isn’t coming back
click away my friend
bottom up excitement over those (cold) hot digits
finger following only after proper servicing
does (he) like (her) back does (she) like (her) back if (he) hasn’t seen (their) front
it is all a front for backdoor courage
stay true to the brown polyester child
popcorn and balloons
names not numbers
names not numbers
names not numbers
do you ever wonder
how many followers God has
not that it matters
I was just wondering
Hello my friends,
As today is Thespian Thursday, followed by Folly Friday, Selling Saturday and Sensible Sunday – I’ll be taking a few days to powder wigs, replace corset laces, polish eyeballs, rewire fingers and recharge brains…
I’ll see you back here lupine Monday (assuming the wolves haven’t enticed me to continue with my singing lessons and relocate). Hopefully enough moon glow will have landed in my soul by then.
turquoise eyes prisma pencil 2006
nutz rendered a few months ago while I had partial brain power
A dear and uber-intelligent blog friend made me think about what ignited my initial blogging passion? The simple, silly, banal truth – I was inspired by the movie, Julie and Julia. In a nutshell (this is a shell post), Julie gets publishing offers galore after her ‘cooking’ blog reaches stratospheric popularity. There are two problems with this movie scenario for me – I’m an average writer at best and I can’t cook.
So what keeps my butt in this chair writing a few unrelated lines when I want to invent worlds? What keeps me drawing little pictures when I like to paint expansive canvases? There is the fantasy of having 10 billion followers just to mutter, “You like me, you really like me.” I don’t think I’d ever mutter it though. Sally Field’s cheeks still redden.
I gave the whole blog thing more thought, and upon further introspection, I saw my blog in a big seashell. So I think of my blog like a great, big seashell. After all, a blog is like a giant seashell isn’t it? You can polish it and admire the translucent rainbows. You can stuff your head inside it and hide. You can fill it with your personal space, place it on your back and run. You can share it with others by letting them hold it upon their ears so they too can hear the ocean. You can collect more than one and place them in pretty jars.
I do like seashells, but I love horses more. A favorite role model of mine – hands and hooves down – is Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit the horse with the indomitable heart. The little steed who bested War Admiral, a flawless thoroughbred. I think of Seabiscuit and I smile. Yes, Seabiscuit makes me smile. Blogging makes me smile. And in the end, I think maybe that’s it…
Thank you, my friends. Dream of sleeping in a giant shell while floating across a sparkling ocean. And one more thing you can do with a seashell – let your pet piglet sleep in it, of course!
Seabiscuit Shell created after looking at my Breyers’ horses on my studio shelf.
Piglet in Shell painted many moons ago.
I give these flollowers as a thank you for stopping by my humble blogcabin. After ten months and three versions of anntogether, I think I finally got the hang of basic blogging. And you know what, it’s only scary in the dark.
I thank you for returning – through the prequel, the original and the sequel (which I hope runs a very long time). It’s been like the Rocky franchise minus three movies. 🙂
This is my favorite poster of all time. Rocky stuck by me in my youth on my purple bedroom wall. I still remember clear as day, waiting anxiously in the movie house, the lights dimming, the grand white ROCKY letters sliding across the screen as Rocky’s theme music amped up…
Thank you, my friends. May you dream of sleeping in a garden of beautiful sunflollowers and your personal Rocky. YO ADRIAN!
Flollowers Beastie pencilled together several weeks ago, but was lost for a while.
Movies in My Eyes Guy created months ago. Both dudes are rendered with Prisma pencils.
Alas, my solemn promise – this is the last I will speak of my blog’s clothing this year. I began on WP back in February 2014. I went for a redesign that I liked, but it was through a self-hosted site. That, I didn’t like – too many bugs. Now, I’m back on WP. I’m so happy to be here, but my theme is naked.
Hey, I like naked as much as the next person, but a little excitement/color now and again never hurt anybody (unless we’re speaking in, Shades of Grey 😉 ).
So this is the newish blog. For now I hope my artwork will be enough. And yippy, I can reblog again!
Well, that is all. Thank you. Dream well my friends…
Sometimes life is uncontested, yet we choose to punch it around. For the last few days, I’ve been guilty of a few uppercuts for no good reason, other than to say, I don’t always like change. There are multitudes of people with serious issues and problems, I’m not one of them.
Last week, the local newspaper changed its headline font. The print articles look like advertisements to me now. This silly typeface modification bugs me. Why? The delicate daughter with permit in hand, has been ‘driving’ me crazy. Her sitting behind the wheel will take a long time getting used to, if I don’t poke my eyes out first. The big son is more of a young man and less of a boy since beginning high school. Where did my chubby-cheeked baby go? And, my blog is different. It is exactly what I wanted. The wonderful and extremely patient designer did everything I requested. I’m annoyed at myself for my tech ignorance. Things are a bit different behind the scenes and it seems I’m starting from scratch. My accumulated stats are set back to zero, including followers. And I have to push a few extra buttons and understand why.
I hate admitting I don’t often like change. But I hate dishonesty more…
Thank you. May you dream of sailing on the good ship lollipop of your favorite flavor…
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Arcadia Biosciences announces fourth-quarter and full-year 2018 financial results and business highlights
Mar. 29, 2019
- Company delivers regulatory, scientific and commercial progress in four crops, and launches new strategy in cannabis
Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKDA), a food ingredient company and proven leader in agricultural innovation, improving the quality and nutritional content of crops, today released its financial and business results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2018.
- GoodWheat™ Portfolio of Branded Specialty Wheats. In Q1 of 2018, Arcadia launched its GoodWheat brand of wheat ingredients that add value to the entire wheat value chain, from seed to table, by enabling a wider range of choices to meet evolving consumer demands. The platform includes Arcadia’s current and future non-GM wheat portfolio of high fiber Resistant Starch (RS) and Reduced Gluten (RG) wheat varieties, as well as future wheat innovations.
- Key Technical Milestones Achieved with High Fiber, Resistant Starch GoodWheat. Arcadia achieved key technical milestones in its high fiber, RS wheat lines in 2018. Arcadia’s RS wheat varieties contain 94 percent amylose, compared to 25 to 30 percent in traditional wheat. Increased levels of amylose correspond to higher levels of resistant starch, which has been proven to deliver significant health benefits. These same wheat varieties deliver levels of total dietary fiber high enough to meet the FDA’s threshold for “Good Source” of fiber and “High in Fiber” designations on consumer packaging. These new non-GM wheat varieties, naturally high in fiber, will help satisfy consumers’ demands for healthier, clean-label ingredients in their favorite wheat-based foods.
- Reduced Gluten Wheat Added to GoodWheat Portfolio. Arcadia added new Reduced Gluten wheat to the GoodWheat portfolio, a non-GM, patent-pending, identity preserved specialty wheat in which allergenic glutens have been reduced by 70 percent while the levels of glutens important for baking are not changed. With the growing number of consumers making a conscious effort to reduce gluten in their diets, Arcadia’s RG wheat represents a rich and untapped opportunity for specialty products and unique brand extensions.
- Industry Veterans Hired to Build Commercial Capabilities and Supply Chain Partnerships. Arcadia hired two agricultural biotech industry veterans to build its commercial capabilities. Sarah Reiter joined as chief commercial officer, and Grant Aldridge joined as head of commercial development to help build out the GoodWheat supply chain. Each of them has over 20 years of expertise in agronomic breeding, seed production and commercial development.
- US Patent Received for Extended Shelf Life Wheat. Arcadia was granted a U.S. patent for its Extended Shelf Life Wheat technology which extends the storage life of whole wheat flour by minimizing oxidation. This new trait was designed to promote whole wheat consumption by improving the shelf life and taste of whole grain wheat products.
- Partnership with Ardent Mills to Develop and Commercialize Innovative Wheat Traits. Arcadia announced a collaboration with Ardent Mills, the leading flour-milling and ingredient company in North America, to develop and commercialize innovative wheat varieties. The first project in this partnership will focus on extending the shelf life of whole wheat flour products to improve taste, reduce waste and positively impact health outcomes by increasing the consumption of whole grains.
- Verdeca General Manager Hired to Prepare for HB4 Commercialization. Arcadia’s joint venture with Bioceres Crop Solutions Corporation, Verdeca, hired Martin Mariani Ventura, a seasoned agriculture executive with over 20 years of experience in marketing and commercialization of new products, as General Manager.
- Regulatory Approval for HB4 Drought Tolerance Trait Stacked with Herbicide Tolerance. Verdeca received approval in Argentina for its HB4 drought tolerant trait stacked with herbicide tolerant traits in soybeans. The approval allows Verdeca to incorporate tolerance to both glyphosate and glufosinate-ammonium into the trait and expands the addressable acres for HB4 technology in South America.
- HB4 Drought Tolerant Soybean Trials in Argentina Demonstrate Efficacy in Drought Conditions. During the 2017-18 field trial season in Argentina, HB4 Drought Tolerant soybeans showed improved yields under drought conditions in elite breeding lines. More than 50 million of the world’s soybean hectares are grown in Argentina and Brazil, a region that has experienced significant drought conditions in recent years. Verdeca estimates that 30 percent of these hectares are the addressable market for the HB4 trait.
- Extended Shelf Life Tomato Achieves Key Milestone. Arcadia reached a technical milestone with partner Shriram Bioseed in India for Extended Shelf Life tomatoes. This non-GM trait is bred to fully ripen on the vine yet remain durable enough to survive the packing and shipping process, reducing post harvest damage and costly waste. This milestone demonstrates Arcadia’s ability to innovate novel traits in crops that add value for growers and other stakeholders in the supply chain.
- Double-Digit Yield Increases Demonstrated in Stacked Traits in Rice. Three of Arcadia’s abiotic stress traits stacked together demonstrated double digit yield increases in rice in two crop seasons of field trials. Multiple lines carrying the nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), water use efficiency (WUE) and salinity tolerance (ST) traits outperformed control lines by an average of 25 percent under limiting nitrogen applications, when measured for yield.
- $24M Raised in Financing. During 2018, Arcadia raised a total of $24M in financing, through a private placement (PIPE) financing and a registered direct offering. These funds will be used to support commercialization activities for its portfolio of health and nutrition products.
Q1 Achievements and Strategic Outlook
- New Business Unit Dedicated to Cannabis. In February 2019, Arcadia launched Arcadia Specialty Genomics, to leverage the company’s years of plant science, industry and regulatory expertise, offering value-added capabilities for rapid growth in cannabis-based functional ingredients. This dedicated business unit will develop a proprietary germplasm estate and traits for license to cultivators, and for products serving the nutraceutical and food industries. These innovations are made possible through a proprietary approach combining conventional breeding, TILLING and gene editing. Matt Plavan, Arcadia’s CFO, will lead the business unit as president of Arcadia Specialty Genomics.
- Licensed to Grow Hemp in Hawaii. Hawaii’s Department of Agriculture recently granted Arcadia Biosciences a license for their Industrial Hemp Pilot Program. With this license, Arcadia Specialty Genomics can begin its research and cultivation immediately, and plans are already underway to begin planting in April.
- First Sales of GoodWheat expected in 2019. Arcadia’s focus will continue on building and expanding partnerships throughout the wheat supply chain with growers, seed companies, millers and food companies. The first product in the GoodWheat portfolio, Resistant Starch wheat, is anticipated to be commercially available in 2019, so these partnerships will be key to launching innovative wheat ingredients and forming the foundation of a long-term, sustainable business.
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Multiple costs and their combination in cost sensitive learning
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Cost sensitive learning is firstly defined as a procedure of minimizing the costs of classification errors. It has attracted much attention in the last few years. Being cost sensitive has the strength to handle the unbalance on the misclassification errors in some real world applications. Recently, researchers have considered how to deal with two or more costs in a model, such as involving both of the misclassification costs (the cost for misclassification errors) and attribute test costs (the cost incurs as obtaining the attribute’s value) [Tur95, GGR02, LYWZ04], Cost sensitive learning involving both attribute test costs and misclassification costs is called test cost sensitive learning that is more close to real industry focus, such as medical research and business decision. Current test cost sensitive learning aims to find an optimal diagnostic policy (simply, a policy) with minimal expected sum of the misclassification cost and test cost that specifies, for example which attribute test is performed in next step based on the outcomes of previous attribute tests, and when the algorithm stops (by choosing to classify). A diagnostic policy takes the form of a decision tree whose nodes specify tests and whose leaves specify classification actions. A challenging issue is the choice of a reasonable one from all possible policies. This dissertation argues for considering both of the test cost and misclassification cost, or even more costs together, but doubts if the current way, summing up the two costs, is the only right way. Detailed studies are needed to ensure the ways of combination make sense and be “correct”, dimensionally as well as semantically. This dissertation studies fundamental properties of costs involved and designs new models to combine the costs together. Some essential properties of attribute test cost are studied. In our learning problem definition, test cost is combined into misclassification cost by choosing and performing proper tests for a better decision. Why do you choose them and how about the ones that are not chosen? Very often, only part of all attribute values are enough for making a decision and rest attributes are left as “unknown”. The values are defined as ‘absent values' as they are left as unknown purposely for some rational reasons when the information obtained is considered as enough, or when patients have no money enough to perform further tests, and so on.. This is the first work to utilize the information hidden in those “absent values” in cost sensitive learning; and the conclusion is very positive, i.e. “Absent data” is useful for decision making. The “absent values” are usually treated as ‘missing values' when left as known for unexpected reasons. This thesis studies the difference between ‘absent’ and ‘missing’. An algorithm based on lazy decision tree is proposed to identify the absent data from missing data, and a novel strategy is proposed to help patch the “real” missing values. . Two novel test cost sensitive models are designed for different real work scenarios. The first model is a general test cost sensitive learning framework with multiple cost scales. Previous works assume that the test cost and the misclassification cost must be defined on the same cost scale, such as the dollar cost incurred in a medical diagnosis. And they aim to minimize the sum of the misclassification cost and the test cost. However, costs may be measured in very different units and we may meet difficulty in defining the multiple costs on the same cost scale. It is not only a technology issue, but also a social issue. In medical diagnosis, how much money should you assign for a misclassification cost? Sometimes, a misclassification may hurt a patient’s life. And from a social point of view, life is invaluable. To tackle this issue, a target-resource budget learning framework with multiple costs is proposed. With this framework, we present a test cost sensitive decision tree model with two kinds of cost scales. The task is to minimize one cost scale, called target cost, and keep the other one within specified budgets. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt to study the cost sensitive learning with multiple costs scales. The second model is based on the assumption that some attributes of an unlabeled example are known before being classified. A test cost sensitive lazy tree model is proposed to utilize the known information to reduce the overall cost. We also modify and apply this model to the batch-test problem: multiple tests are chosen and done in one shot, rather than in a sequential manner in the test-sensitive tree. It is significant in some diagnosis applications that require a decision to be made as soon as possible, such as emergency treatment. Extensive experiments are conducted for evaluating the proposed approaches, and demonstrate that the work in this dissertation is efficient and useful for many diagnostic tasks involving target cost minimization and resource utilization for obtaining missing information.
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Our weblog tries to post the news & articles realted to human rights and citizens rights in Iran. Also, We post the news of human rights in middle East and other parts of the world to educate ourselves and others. To promot human Rights we need consisntency because it will not happen in one night. Need involvement of everybody. We need your help. We can make a differnce together.

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[Sharingbuttons]Reggae artiste Clifton Bailey whose stage name is Capleton had his bail extended until September 4 when his rape case was called up in the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Court recently.
A hairdresser made a report to the police in May, she said she went to groom the entertainers hair and he had sex with her without getting her consent, in the hotel. He was questioned and arrested even though he denied doing any such thing.
Capleton has stated that he is being extorted in a sophisticated way and he has proof, as he is telling the truth. He had reported the matter to the police before, so now he can only hope that the case will be thrown out after a while.


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Gunstar Heroes is now available for download through SEGA Forever Collection
December 20, 2017 – WE HAVE TO STOP HIM! Today Gunstar Heroes, the critically acclaimed run-and-gun shooter from 1993, joins SEGA Forever. All games in the SEGA Forever collection are available to download for free from the App Store for iPhone and iPad or Google Play Store for Android devices. Players who want to experience the games without ads can remove them for a one-time in-app purchase priced at $1.99/ €2.29 / £1.99.
Gunstar Heroes was developed by Treasure, the Japanese studio known for frantic action games and innovative gameplay systems, and first published by SEGA for the SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive. The game has two playable characters, ‘Red’ and ‘Blue’ – two members of the Gunstar family – who are on a mission to stop the Empire, an evil organization that has set out to destroy civilization. At the time of release, Gunstar Heroes met widespread approval from critics and fans alike and has been listed by multiple publications as one of the best video games of all time. Like other games in the SEGA Forever collection, Gunstar Heroes offers added features like leaderboards, cloud saves, controller support, and cross-platform local multiplayer capabilities.
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Stress and Self Organization
Stress is an increasing problem in our world today. Crime is escalating, the stress of working harder is increasing and many other problems are developing in relation to stress. Since stress can become overwhelming, it can cause a person to forget about his or her purpose and goals in life. The best way to handle such stress however, is learning how to organize and thrive on the pressure. Our ability to deal with stress is measured by our success and development. Stress is series of changes that we all deal with daily. If you cannot accept change then you will be loaded down with stress.
Many people believe that stress is a negative source, which can destroy the human mind. In fact, stress can destroy the human mind if we allow it to. Stress can become positive influences. For instance, say if a loved one dies of cancer, it should inspire the survivors to thrive harder to avoid cancerous diseases. Financial burdens should inspire you to take action by eliminating your debt. Illnesses should move you to better your health while helping others to dodge the same illnesses.
Some of the ways to avoid illness while keeping your life organized is by working out. Physical exercise has proven to eliminate many illnesses. Visit your gym to work out, and pamper yourself afterward. Physical exercise will strengthen your muscles and joints. These are two of the main components of our human makeup that require strength to keep the immune system and other body functions healthy.
One of the best ways to organize your financial life is to deliberate before you make a purchase. Rather than purchasing a new home spontaneously for example, take into consideration all that comes with the responsibility before you decide. With the new home, you will have extra financial obligations, other responsibility that will wear down your nerves if you find you cannot meet the expectations. You are on a venture so to speak, since now you have to worry for the next 10, 15, 20 or 30 years if you can pay off your debt. As you can see, stress can creep in and take over your life. Yet it is how you deal with the stress that determines your fate. It is always wise to write out your goals and plans first before stepping into any commitment.
Developing a positive mind now can help you make wise decisions in the future. We have to work hard to deal with stress, since it is a part of our lives. Thinking can also create stress, therefore consider how you perceive, interpret, and label each time you think. You need to setup a goal orientation to reach your final verdict.
We can minimize stress by eliminating stressors. Stressors are bills, financial responsibilities we take on, and so on. By minimizing the stressors, you can learn to thrive on stress, which will help you to organize your life. The process of self-organization isn’t easy. Each of us has our way of developing these skills.
On this note, it is best to put subliminal learning into practice, since it will help you with seeing what you will need to develop your skills. We can reach out to others for help and support, but ultimately, it is up to us to make the right decision. This includes making good choices in the process of self-development and organization.
Sure, stress is an increasing problem these days, but we all have the power to draw from our inner strengths to cultivate skills that lead us to success despite how many hills we cross over. Keep in mind; you will cross over mountains along your journey. Nevertheless, relying on your inner strengths, you will make it to the other side.

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News By Alvin Albaciete 05/22/19 Email Facebook Twitter Reddit Fortnite Battle Royale Platform(s)Playstation 4WindowsXbox One Genre(s)Survival Fortnite is no stranger to crossover events. In Season 9, the mega-hit battle royale game introduced the John Wick crossover event, featuring iconic cosmetics of the Baba Yaga. We also recently had the second Avengers Limited Time Mode release right around the time Endgame hit theaters. This time around, Epic Games is launching a basketball-themed crossover event.The game developer unveiled the Fortnite x Michael Jordan crossover on Wednesday. It is part of the studio’s latest update to the game, and it is officially called the FortniteXJumpman event. It features new skins wearing the coolest Jordan kicks, and a limited time mode called the Downtown Drop.The new Fortnite crossover event brings two new outfits, namely, Grind and Clutch. Both of the outfits include Nike Air Jordan 1s in a variety of color … [Read more...] about Fortnite, Michael Jordan Crossover Is Happening
News By Alvin Albaciete 05/22/19 Email Facebook Twitter Reddit Game Of Thrones Buy Now $21.99 Score 9.5 Genre(s)DramaFantasy Release Date 2011-04-17 Without a doubt, Game of Thrones is one of the best shows out there. It managed to entice fans and keep viewers talking about what could happen next, from silly rumors to plausible theories. Unfortunately, the show’s finale (or, to some, the entire Season 8) seemed to have stained the show's near-perfect reputation.The penultimate episode, The Bells, introduced fans to the Mad Queen Daenerys Targaryen. This alone has left fans wondering what kind of character development the writers had in mind all along. Then there is the finale – an episode that only resulted in questions rather than answers.So, without further ado, here are five questions the finale left unanswered.#1. What Happened To Dany’s Elephant-Like Memory?In past seasons, Daenerys can be seen using her sharp memory to battle death. She remembers … [Read more...] about 5 Questions From Game Of Thrones Finale We Need Answers To
By AppleInsider Staff Wednesday, May 22, 2019, 04:31 pm PT (07:31 pm ET) Panic, a developer known for macOS and iOS apps like Transmit and Coda, on Wednesday announced plans for its first hardware offering in Playdate, a small handheld gaming device set to launch in 2020. Four years in the making, Playdate is decidedly idiosyncratic, with a retro 2.7-inch 400-by-240 pixel, reflective black-and-white display joined by more modern components like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth communications and a USB-C port. A headphone jack and speaker are also incorporated into the tiny, square-shaped device measuring less than three inches on each side. Along with the usual power button, directional pad and A and B controls, Playdate includes a small crank with a handle that fits into a recess in the chassis housing. The distinctive input was dreamed up by Teenage Engineering, a Swedish digital music electronics company which assisted Panic in Playdate's design and manufacture. A team of five people, led … [Read more...] about App developer Panic reveals ‘Playdate’ handheld gaming system
Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE May 22, 2019, 2:06 PM UTC By Associated Press BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela — Andreína Cordero started the year skipping meals so her three kids could eat. Her husband, a construction worker, was out of a job. And the family's savings had been devastated by the nation's hyperinflation, limiting Cordero's children to a diet of rice, beans, pasta and fried corn patties. But the family got a break from their daily struggle to feed themselves this spring when a social worker enrolled them in a program run by a Silicon Valley startup that is donating cryptocurrency to hundreds of Venezuelan families. Every week from February to April, Cordero received a deposit of EOS tokens through a cellphone app. She then traded the digital money for local currency through online transfers and used the funds to shop in market stalls. "We finally got to … [Read more...] about Nonprofits turn to cryptocurrency to help Venezuelans in need
News By Alvin Albaciete 05/22/19 Email Facebook Twitter Reddit Dota 2 Buy Now Platform(s)LinuxOS XWindows Genre(s)ActionCombatSurvival Release Date 2013-07-09 Valve recently introduced The International 2019 Battle Pass for Dota 2. Like its predecessors, this one comes with a deluge of bonuses designed to entice gamers. However, there is one that caught the attention of many – the paid “avoid player” option.This year’s Battle Pass offers a bunch of cosmetics and a special mode. It will also unlock an in-game assistant that helps owners earn an advantage over those who did not buy the BP (priced at $10). A key feature the pass seems to be paywalling is the ability to avoid players.Apparently, this “experimental” feature is Valve’s answer to fighting in-game toxicity. Mind you, Dota 2 is not a new game – it has been played for six years, and Valve has yet to introduce an option that actually avoids … [Read more...] about Is Dota 2’s Paid ‘Avoid Player’ Option Good Or Bad?


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A little over a week ago, The Glamourai mentioned several of High Fashion Home’s end tables amongst her favorites right now so I decided to add a few to her list. Check ’em out.
I love the twisty Marrone Spiral Table
The Ojai Lattice Window Round Table is a simple, go anywhere piece.
Love the Bow Loop Table.
I love the rustic look of the Aldo End Table
The Shi Shi Table is just gorgeous!

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Awards, Lists, News
Restaurant Ratings Uncovered
X Factor effect at Pennyhill Park Hotel & Spa
No official leaks yet of next week’s AA announcements
The top tier of the 2011 AA Rosette awards are due for release on the 27th September and Design Restaurants will bring you the latest recipients as they are announced.
News due for release are the three and four AA Rosette restaurants which are awarded twice per year, and five Rosette restaurants which are only announced once per year in September. Restaurants receiving one and two Rosettes are announced at the time of inspection.
There are currently only 7 restaurants holding 5 Rosettes, 21 restaurants holding 4 Rosettes and 115 restaurants holding 3 Rosettes throughout the UK.
To view a full list of the current top tier AA Rosette restaurants click here.


By Neil King
Boeing has performed test flight to check new battery system of 787
A test flight to check the 787 Dreamliner’s new battery system “went according to plan”, said Boeing.
The US aircraft manufacturer has redesigned the 787’s battery after several high-profile malfunctions which led to the grounding of the entire fleet earlier this year. Because of the grounding Boeing have been prevented from delivering new Dreamliner craft to customers, and some estimates suggest the company is losing US$50m per week.
Boeing has said it will analyse the data that the test flight has produced and prepare for a second test flight in the coming days which will be aimed at demonstrating the system to regulators.
The Dreamliner’s woes date back to January, when a fire started in a battery pack in a Japan Airlines 787 in Boston, and an All Nippon Airways flight was forced to make an emergency landing due to a battery fault.
After the grounding of the entire 787 fleet, Boeing submitted plans to redesign the batteries, which are the first lithium-ion batteries in use on airplanes. They are lighter, hold more power, and recharge more quickly.
As well as redesigning the batteries, Boeing have redesigned the battery enclosure system to prevent any possible overheating from affecting the rest of the aircraft.
Earlier this month the battery redesign plan was approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration, but regulators told Boeing they had to conduct ‘extensive testing and analysis’.


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A fine read if ever there was one, Joker’s Asylum 1: The Joker sees the titular character hijack a televised game show. As you would expect, if you lose the Joker’s game, you don’t go home empty handed, you go home in a body bag.
What separates this book from many others is the moral battle between two television techs. We bear witness to an awesome feud as these two share completely opposing views. On one hand we’ve got a heartless bastard of an exec who wants the Joker show to be televised, because it’s got viewership through the roof, and on the other side of this quarrel we’ve got a sensible woman who doesn’t care to see innocent human beings slaughtered
In a way, this relationship acts as a mirror to the relationship shared by the Joker and his longtime nemesis Batman. And that multi-layered story approach (there’s a superb twist to the tale, which I won’t spoil) is brilliant. Hats go off to Arvid Nelson, who pens this engrossing tale.
We never truly get an explosive battle between The Bat and The Joker, but it’s not necessary, and it’s now what this one is about. The first book in the Joker’s Asylum run is a social statement of the grandest kind, and if you read the book, thinking out each of the Joker’s steps, you may just find yourself feeling slightly appalled at all of us “normal” folk.
Again, nothing but respect Nelson, and Alex Sanchez gets a warm e-embrace from me, having crafted a schizophrenic image that fits the Joker to perfection.
This is must read material!

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Project — Occurrences
It begins fortuitously - discarded scraps of paintings arrange themselves in ways I find intriguing. Through unintentional observation I’ll notice a distinctive mark created by the overlapping paper or an interesting shape formed by the curves and folds.
I’ll then intentionally recreate this occurrence while rearranging the paper into a sculptural form.
I place this on top of a canvas that is painted in complementary colors to the marks and then I photograph and register each assemblage.
This collision of gestures and constantly modified composition creates new ways to examine abstraction through a systematic approach.
The studies are compiled in a book documenting a variety of visual exercises made while developing the pictorial language.
The vocabulary is characterized by organic forms, bold palettes, and sculptural depth.
As a final output, Documentation becomes the final artwork.
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Mounted on canvas panel and photographed.
_Archival pigment ink print on paper
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Box Set of 15
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Oil and gas companies are celebrating, while anti-corruption advocates are left reeling over legislation President Donald Trump has signed repealing controversial rules designed to heighten transparency in the oil and natural gas industry.
The legislation repeals implementing rules, finalized by the Securities and Exchange Commission in June 2016, for the “Cardin-Lugar” provision (also known as Section 1504) of the Dodd-Frank Act. The rules would have required public companies involved in the extraction of natural resources to annually report payments they, subsidiaries, and entities they control make to governments for the commercial development of oil, natural gas, or minerals.
The rule was repealed using the rarely used Congressional Review Act, passed into law in 1996, which empowers Congress to review and invalidate through an expedited legislative process a broad range of regulatory rules issued by federal agencies by enacting a joint “resolution of disapproval.” To qualify for expedited consideration, a disapproval resolution must be submitted within 60 days after Congress receives the rule.
On Feb. 1, the U.S. House of Representatives passed House Joint Resolution 41 (H.J.Res.41) to annul the Extraction Payment Disclosure Rule. It then passed the Senate on Feb. 3 by a 52-47 vote. The resolution then went to President Trump, who signed it Feb. 14.
API, a national trade association representing all facets of the oil and natural gas industry, praised the measure. “Our industry offered a model for an SEC rule that would achieve disclosure requirements without putting U.S., publicly-listed energy producers at a disadvantage to foreign competitors around the world who are not subject to any disclosure,” API President and CEO Jack Gerard said in a statement.
“We look forward to continuing these efforts and working with the SEC, Congress, and the new administration to achieve reforms that do not harm our nation’s businesses and workers,” Gerard added.
API’s proposed model of payment transparency would have required the SEC to publish an annual compilation of company payment data in a clear and user-friendly format while disclosing payments received by a citizen’s federal and local government by resource type, the location of the extractive activity, and the method of extraction.
The Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT Coalition)—a non-partisan alliance of more than 100 state, national, and international organizations that promote policies to combat the harmful impacts of corrupt financial practices—condemned the measure. “Signing this measure into law will undermine anti-corruption efforts around the world, hamper U.S. national security, and likely drive up compliance costs on industry,” Clark Gascoigne, deputy director of the FACT Coalition responded in a statement.
“It’s astonishing that Congress and the president would move to undermine American efforts to combat violent extremism abroad by rolling back this important transparency safeguard, which protects American companies and democratic interests around the globe,” Gascoigne said. “It is especially surprising given that the measure will likely drive up the regulatory costs on American businesses.”
In a previous letter, the FACT Coalition argued that Cardin-Lugar would have resulted in “negligible compliance costs” for U.S. companies. “The rule requires disclosure of payments that companies track in the normal course of doing business,” the letter stated.
Oxfam also condemned the measure. “President Trump is signing his name to a bill with only one clear purpose: to make it easier to get away with corruption,” Isabel Munilla, Oxfam America’s senior policy advisor for the extractive industries, said in a statement. “We are exploring all options to ensure the rule is implemented whether through legal, legislative, or regulatory action.”
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How to Not Get Sick on Vacation
We asked experts for their secrets to coming back from a trip feeling refreshed, not flu-ish.
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Fast Before a Long Flight
A lab study in the journal Science suggests that animals have a second biological clock that can reset their circadian rhythms, telling the body to shut down when food is scarce and wake up when it's plentiful again. Though it hasn't been demonstrated in humans, there's no reason to doubt that our biological clock works this way, too, says lead study author Clifford Saper, MD, PhD, department chair of neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. For an overnight flight to Europe, for example, you would stop eating after lunch, go to sleep when the plane takes off, then eat a hearty breakfast when you arrive the next morning to reset to your destination's time zone. Bon voyage!


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You will need
- - flour - 1 glass;
- - semolina - 1/4 Cup;
- - vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons;
- - water - 1 glass;
- - sugar - 3/4 Cup;
- - coconut - 3 table spoons;
- - ground cardamom - 1/2 teaspoon.
Wheat flour will combine with the following ingredients: semolina, and sunflower oil. All mix thoroughly, then there also add half a Cup of warm water. Vymushiv the dough, wrap it in plastic and put aside for about 30 minutes.
The passage of this time cut the dough into 2 equal pieces. Each of them will turn into a flat layer and prick with a fork all over the surface.
The dough with punctures neatly cut into squares of small size. The resulting figures are put in a pan with plenty of vegetable oil. Future fry crackers until that time, until they are covered with Golden-brown crust. The cookies blot with paper towel to remove excess oil.
In a separate saucepan, combine remaining water and sugar syrup. The mixture boil, then cook until until the amount will not be less than 2 times the original.
To the boiled syrup, add shavings of coconut and ground cardamom. Formed mixture, stir, and put in her crackers. Cookies should thoroughly soak the ground.
Syrup-soaked treat place on a baking sheet until cool. Crackers Shakkar Para is ready!

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Kidneys A La Reine
|Lamb kidneys||16 , skinned, halved and cores removed|
|Chipolata sausages||8 , halved|
|Onion||1 Large, chopped|
|Bacon||100 Gram, chopped|
|Beef stock||550 Milliliter|
|Button mushrooms||100 Gram|
|Tomato ketchup||20 Milliliter|
Coat the kidneys in the flour.
Melt the butter in a frying pan and add the bacon, onion, kidneys and sausages.
Fry gently for a few minutes and then add remaining flour.
Stir in the stock gradually and add mushrooms, tomato sauce, sherry and seasoning.
Bring to the boil and transfer to the Slo cooker.
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