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Recent review: If your looking for someone to get your party started, then Gary is definitely the man for the job! His professionalism was second to none, after having all the stresses of arranging a surprise 50th for my husband , then came the snow! he came all the way from a previous gig in Exeter to our party
About: I'm 18 ,I've been singing and performing my whole life. My performing experiences have been a large variety of events, from charity fundraising in old peoples homes, to musical theatre, to singing in my local pub. I can accompany myself with piano or guitar, but in sixthform i was doing a music tech
About: Darren is a world class performer, his tribute to Jerry Lee Lewis is very professional and he puts all his heart and soul into every performance. Whatever the future holds for him, he is a tribute not to be missed! Don’t miss this spectacular tribute artist – you will not regret it !
Recent review: It was great to have MK & the Misters at our event! They were on time and set up well before the festivities started. Extremely professional at every stage of the event and kept the party going even in awful weather. The music was incredible and their energy really brought our event up a notch.
Recent review: Niké came to our home to play an intimate event to celebrate my wife's birthday. What can I say? She was amazing! Such a beautiful voice and such a wide and flexible repertoire - our guests and most importantly my wife (!) were stunned. This lady is a real star and is definitely in the big-league. I
Recent review: "Booked for my mum and dads 50th wedding anniversary and he truly made the night super professional and a lovely guy. He played all night with only a short break He did Elvis Rat Pack Stevie Wonder and more couldn't recommend him more strongly. Thank you"
Recent review: Ebony was brilliant. She came early, sang through with only a short break, was cheerful and played and sang beautifully. An impressive repertoire. Everyone really liked her.
Recent review: Lora was absolutely fantastic. Our customers had a great time and she entertained them so well. They all demanded we bring her back for another night. You will not be disappointed
About: Dear visitor I am a professional pop/rock/jazz singer and pianist based in London and I am very experienced in playing for all kinds of events like background music for receptions and in bars, solo spots at weddings and lounge music at vernissages. So I'd love to apply as an artist for your datab
Recent review: Arrived in plenty of time. Very friendly. Performance brilliant. Involved the audience. Personalised her delivery to include my mum's favourite song. Guests at the celebration commented on how good she was. All in all would thoroughly recommend Jasmine and book her again. Thank you Jasmine! Ro
Recent review: Lou is a Brilliant singer, and has a lovely energy with a very positive attitude. Our guests and our self have enjoyed to hear her singing at Priscila' 40 birthday party. We strongly advise to book her. In addition, she is very descrete and extremely polite. Ferruccio
About: The Gyro is a great party band. Our band can provide Guitar, Bass, Keyboard, Saxophone, Cello, Violins, Drums, Trumpet and Trombone, including Backing Vocals and Female Lead. The Gyro provides the best and performs the biggest tracks ever made, delivering vocal harmonies and interaction on stage to
About: Vintage style jazzy singer/songwriter, based in London and Berkshire. Swing, big band and popular standards on the forties up to the eighties. Classically trained powerful singer with a wide range who believes in good old fashioned entertainment!
About: GRACE GEORGE is a British female vocalist based in St Albans and North Devon who accompanies herself with guitar, piano and the loop pedal. Grace has been gigging for 7 years (full time for 2 years). Although she always prepares a set list, she often takes requests from the audience if the venue/cir
Recent review: We would like to thank Lara and Paul so much for performing at our wedding. We loved both of your voices and your play at the piano. It was very lovely and not only we but also the guests were touched by the songs. It really gave our ceremony a personal and special feeling, even more than we had dre
Recent review: Thank you Ebony and Nick for making our party so memorable. You are welcome back in Twickenham any time and we would love to be able to hear you sing and perform again in the near future. You have become major favourites with all my party guests. Wishing you the success you deserve! Anna
Recent review: Kaia performed at our wedding and both her and the accompanied pianist were fantastic. Everyone commented on how good they were. She was very professional and thorough in her communication and details of what we wanted on the day. Would definately not hesitate to book her again.
About: Professional Gospel singer and recording artist More than 17 years of experience Fluent in English and French
About: Lucy Ellen is a Pop inspired singer/songwriter, specialising in Pop, Rnb, and Soul covers. Her powerful, transcendent vocals and vibrant performance energy set her apart as an artist, bringing sophistication and flair to every show. She is available for weddings, functions, bar and restaurant gigs a


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|别 名||i NOS; Nitric Oxide Synthase, Inducible; HEP NOS; Hepatocyte NOS; HEPNOS; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Inducible NO synthase; Inducible NOS; INOS; Inosl; MAC NOS; Macrophage NOS; Nitric oxide synthase 2 inducible macrophage; Nitric oxide synthase 2A (inducible hepatocytes); Nitric oxide synthase inducible; NOS 2; NOS 2A; NOS; Nos II; NOS type II; Nos2; NOS2A; NOS2_HUMAN.|
|规格价格||100ul/1380元 购买 200ul/2200元 购买 大包装/询价|
|说 明 书||100ul 200ul|
|研究领域||细胞生物 免疫学 神经生物学 信号转导 转录调节因子 激酶和***酸酶|
|交叉反应||Human, Mouse, Rat, Dog, Pig, Horse, Sheep,|
|产品应用||WB=1:500-2000 IHC-P=1:400-800 IHC-F=1:400-800 Flow-Cyt=1μg/Test ICC=1:100-500 IF=1:100-500 （石蜡切片需做抗原修复）
not yet tested in other applications.
optimal dilutions/concentrations should be determined by the end user.
|分 子 量||130kDa|
|性 状||Lyophilized or Liquid|
|免 疫 原||KLH conjugated synthetic peptide derived from human iNos/Nos-2:1051-1153/1153|
|纯化方法||affinity purified by Protein A|
|储 存 液||0.01M TBS(pH7.4) with 1% BSA, 0.03% Proclin300 and 50% Glycerol.|
|保存条件||Store at -20 °C for one year. Avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles. The lyophilized antibody is stable at room temperature for at least one month and for greater than a year when kept at -20°C. When reconstituted in sterile pH 7.4 0.01M PBS or diluent of antibody the antibody is stable for at least two weeks at 2-4 °C.|
Nitric oxide (NO) is an inorganic, gaseous free radical that carries a variety of messages between cells. Vasorelaxation, neurotransmission and cytotoxicity can all be potentiated through cellular response to NO. NO production is mediated by members of the nitric oxide synthase (NOS) family. NOS catalyzes the oxidization of L-arginine to produce L-citrulline and NO. Two constitutive isoforms, brain or neuronal NOS (b or nNOS, type I) & endothelial cell NOS (eNOS, type III), and one inducible isoform (iNOS, type II), have been cloned. All NOS isoforms contain calmodulin, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH), flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD), and flavin mononucleotide (FMN) binding domains. Nitric oxide synthase is expressed in liver, macrophages, hepatocytes, synoviocytes, stimulated glial cells and smooth muscle cells. Cytokines such as interferon-gamma (IFN), tumor necrosis factor (TNF), interleukin-1 and -2, and lipopolysaccarides (LPS) cause an increase in iNOS mRNA, protein, and activity levels. Protein kinase C-stimulating agents exhibit the same effect on iNOS activity. After cytokine induction, iNOS exhibits a delayed activity response which is then followed by a significant increase in NO production over a long period of time. Human iNOS is regulated by calcium/calmodulin (in contrast with mouse NOS2).
Produces nitric oxide (NO) which is a messenger molecule with diverse functions throughout the body. In macrophages, NO mediates tumoricidal and bactericidal actions. Also has nitrosylase activity and mediates cysteine S-nitrosylation of cytoplasmic target proteins such COX2.
Homodimer. Binds SLC9A3R1.
Expressed in the liver, retina, bone cells and airway epithelial cells of the lung. Not expressed in the platelets.
Belongs to the NOS family.
Contains 1 FAD-binding FR-type domain.
Contains 1 flavodoxin-like domain.
Entrez Gene: 4843 Human
Entrez Gene: 18126 Mouse
Entrez Gene: 24599 Rat
Omim: 163730 Human
SwissProt: P35228 Human
SwissProt: P29477 Mouse
SwissProt: Q06518 Rat
Unigene: 709191 Human
Unigene: 2893 Mouse
Unigene: 10400 Rat
This product as supplied is intended for research use only, not for use in human, therapeutic or diagnostic applications.
合成与降解（Synthesis and Degradation）
催化生物体内一氧化氮（NO）生成的酶。分神经型一氧化氮合成的酶（nNOS or NOS-1）、诱导型一氧化氮合成的酶（iNOS or NOS-2）、内皮型一氧化氮合成的酶（eNOS or NOS-3）。

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Redmond, Prof. Karen
Speciality: Thoracic Surgery
Practice: Suite 34, Blackrock Clinic.
Secretary: Josephine Redmond (Practice Manager)
Clinic Times: Tuesday, Thursday & Friday
Telephone: 086 832 4342
Fax: 01 556 3415 (GDPR Compliant)
Professor Redmond specialises in the surgical management of patients with lung cancer, end-stage lung disease (emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis) and a range of other prevalent conditions including complex airway and pectus conditions.
Please follow this link for her most recently published papers:
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NFL Rumors: Vikings' Kirk Cousins backup plan appears to be the draft
The Minnesota Vikings are running out of time to decide what to do with 35-year-old quarterback Kirk Cousins, an unrestricted free agent this offseason. Recent reports suggest that the Vikings have an interest in retaining Cousins, with a threshold in mind, but they need to make a decision ahead of the NFL Scouting Combine next week.
Perhaps Cousins’ season-ending Achilles injury he suffered in Week 8 against the Green Bay Packers is playing a factor in Minnesota’s front office being as reluctant as they are to give their quarterback of the past six years a fully guaranteed contract, which is understandable. Although, that won’t stop other teams from doing what they can to sign him.
If the Vikings plan to move on from their Pro Bowl signal-caller, they must have a backup plan ready. But who?
Based on the way his previous contract was structured, the Vikings will take a significant cap hit for Cousins in 2024, whether he is with the team or not. Could this lead to Minnesota exploring cheaper quarterback options in the form of the NFL Draft?
With superstar wide receiver Justin Jefferson awaiting a mammoth contract extension, it may not make sense to spend big on a quarterback, so moving up in the draft to select a high-end quarterback prospect on a rookie deal could be an alternative non-Cousins route for the Vikings.
NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah said he “wouldn’t rule out the Vikings drafting a quarterback early in his most recent mock draft.

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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are speaking out. The sisters gave a rare interview to i-D about their fashion label, The Row. Ashley got candid about starting the fashion brand back in 2006, saying that they kept things lowkey because they wanted the pieces to speak for themselves. Mary-Kate chimed in adding that they are “discreet people” and saying that’s just how they were raised.
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Plans to redevelop Kahlin Compound site
An architect is attacking as "short sighted" redevelopment plans for a major land parcel on the edge of Darwin's CBD.
Jo Best from Troppo Architects told the ABC while there were some good points to the new plans for the Kahlin Compound site more of the area should have been kept in public hands.
"This is one of the most iconic and important parts of the story of Darwin and so much of it seems to be given away to a private development," Ms Best said.
"It seems a little bit short-sighted in terms of the community as a whole and different aspects of Darwin community that need more land," she said on Friday.
Under the plans 60 per cent of the land, which has views of the harbour and lies at the end of Mitchell Street, will be turned over developers while 40 per cent will become community space.
The plans cover the 8.7 hectare Old Darwin Hospital site and the 6.7 hectare Flagstaff Park on the Myilly Point peninsula.
Ms Best said she could not clearly understand the vision for the site and that it could perhaps better be used to house a primary school.
"That idea of coming down Mitchell Street and potentially hitting a giant concrete wall of apartments is something that no-one wants to see," she said.
The site is rich in history, and once was home to the Kahlin Compound, where between 1913 and 1938 Aboriginal people were forced to live, including some of the Stolen Generations of children taken from their parents.
The site closed after a 1937 cyclone and a hospital was built on the land, which was bombed by the Japanese and later damaged by Cyclone Tracy in 1974.
Di Kozer from the Friends of Kahlin Compound group also was critical of the proposed plans.
"I was really quite disappointed and shocked and I think the Friends of Khalin, the descendants of the people who were there and the survivors will be very disappointed," Ms Koser said.
She said giving up 60 per cent of the site to developers was too much.
The new development should also include a building where families of those who were once housed at the Kahlin Compound can go to reflect, Ms Koser said.
Submissions on the proposed development can be made to the Planning Commission up until June 11 and an open day with more details about the development will be held at Flagstaff park on May 10 from 10am until 3pm.
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Saudi Arabia’s deputy crown prince has hailed United States President Donald Trump as a “true friend of Muslims” and says he does not believe Trump’s controversial immigration ban targets Islam specifically.
A spokesperson from bin Salman’s delegation to the United States said he expressed his “satisfaction with the positive attitude and clarifications he heard from President Trump about his stance on Islam”.
“President Trump has an unprecedented and serious intention to work with the Muslim world and to achieve its interests and Prince Mohammed considers his Excellency as a true friend of Muslims,” Bloomberg quoted the senior adviser to Prince Mohammed as saying.
According to reports, the meeting between the Saudi deputy crown prince and Trump appeared to signal a meeting of the minds on many issues, in a marked difference from Riyadh’s often fraught relationship with the Obama administration, especially in the wake of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
Meanwhile, the White House has announced that the Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and United States President Donald Trump have discussed potential economic projects worth $200 bln.


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Defiance Part 1 (LP)
A rock and roll trailblazer for over six decades, Ian Hunter reflects on his musical journey while looking forward to the next chapter in his storied career. Known for his high profile collaborations, Ian Hunter continues this tradition on his new LP, Defiance Part 1. Backed by fellow legends like Ringo Starr and Johnny Depp, Hunter rocks on all original tracks like “This Is What I’m Here For” and “Bed of Roses,” with a printed inner sleeve from Ian personally thanking all the contributors.
1. Defiance (feat. Robert Trujillo & Slash) 2. Bed Of Roses (feat. Ringo Starr & Mike Campbell) 3. No Hard Feelings (feat. Johnny Depp & Jeff Beck) 4. Pavlov’s Dog (feat. Dean DeLeo, Robert De Leo & Eric Kretz) 5. Don’t Tread On Me (feat. Todd Rundgren) 6. Guernica (feat. Mike Campbell & Joe Elliott) 7. I Hate Hate (feat. Dennis DiBrizzi) 8. Angel (feat. Taylor Hawkins, Duff McKagan & Brad Whitford) 9. Kiss N’ Make Up (feat. Taylor Hawkins, Billy Bob Thornton & Billy F Gibbons) 10. This Is What I’m Here For (feat. Taylor Hawkins, Joe Elliott & Waddy Wachtel) 11. I Hate Hate (Alternate Version) (feat. Dennis DiBrizzi & Jeff Tweedy)

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MASTERPIECE Turns 40!
Gay Mohrbacher | January 04, 2011
Many of us have spent countless Sunday evenings engrossed in a great plot, gorgeous costumes, evocative settings, and witty dialogue—in short, watching MASTERPIECE on PBS. It’s the longest-running, most-honored drama series on primetime television—known for its high-quality adaptations of classic works by authors such as Shakespeare, Dickens, Austen, Eliot, and James as well as more contemporary literature and mysteries.
What you may not know is that the MASTERPIECE Web site offers rich, feature-filled pages for each program it airs as well as a wealth of online resources for librarians and teachers. The team behind the series has always considered librarians to be an important audience. They know that MASTERPIECE films help people appreciate, read, and re-read books that the films are based on. They also know that libraries are often the cultural centerpiece of the community—as a gathering place as well as a source for books, DVDs, and more.
Your patrons love to read and love watching movies, so why not bring their passion for both together? A MASTERPIECE Book and Film Club combines the appeal of a book group with the opportunity to be a film critic. The Book and Film Club guides provide everything you need to create a club at your library, or for you to offer to the many book groups in your area. More than twenty-five guides, sorted by title or author, provide discussion questions, author bios, background essays, activities, and occasionally recipes.
This month marks MASTERPIECE’s 40th anniversary, and in honor of the event, librarians can purchase MASTERPIECE films at a 15% discount all year long at Shop PBS by using the code BOOKANDFILM during checkout. Every purchase supports public television.
Gay Mohrbacher is Educational Outreach Project Director for WGBH, Boston’s public broadcasting station.

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Map of Juina on While his personal story is about individual success and rise from poverty to political influence, Hamilton's political economy is anchored in the belief that the state had an important part to play in sustaining the process of industrial growth. In addition, this process could be employed to reach a General Welfare, in Hamilton's phrase, going beyond mere individual wealth.BIBLIOGRAPHY. Samuel H.
Beer, To Make a Nation: the Rediscovery of American Federalism.
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(Harvard University Press, 1993); Alexander Hamilton, The Papers of Alexander Hamilton (Columbia University Press, 1961-79); Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, The Federalist Papers (Bantam, 1982); V.Hart and S.
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Serious Craftsmanship, Fun FootwearShoe designer Angela Scott prides herself on the precision handiwork that goes into each loafer, flat and boot at her Victory Park boutique. Hand-stitched and lovingly handmade by one crafter per pair, the Italian leather footwear is as sturdy as it gorgeous to look at and comes in a number of varieties for gents and ladies. They're an investment, for sure, but your tootsies never looked better, and they're built to last!

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Towan Beach, a hidden gem on the Roseland Peninsula, is located near the picturesque village of St Mawes. This south-east coast beach offers stunning views of the Gerrans Bay. It is mostly sandy at high tide and with rock pools revealed at low tide, making it perfect for exploring marine life.
For a peaceful getaway, Towan Beach is an ideal spot to relax and bask in the sun. Its calm waters make it an ideal spot to relax and unwind. There are facilities at the near by National Trust premises. Additionally, if you're embarking on a stroll from Portscatho village to the St Anthony Head lighthouse, Towan Beach serves as a wonderful pit stop along the way, allowing you to soak in the coastal beauty.
Nature enthusiasts can observe the local flora and fauna as lush green hills and wildlife surround the beach. Towan Beach is an excellent spot for birdwatching, and you may even spot seals or dolphins playing in the bay.
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If you're feeling adventurous, you can take a leisurely walk along the South West Coast Path and discover other stunning beaches nearby. Portscatho Beach, a popular destination for swimmers and surfers, is only 2km north of Towan Beach. If you want to continue your exploration, Porthcurnick Beach is 3km north offering crystal clear waters and golden sand.
In summary, this beach is a serene and picturesque spot on the Roseland Peninsula, ideal for a day trip or a weekend getaway.

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In this holiday week, long-term interest rates have fallen slightly, but the pattern is stronger than the fall.
In early November and again this week, the 10-year Treasury note could not break 1.95 percent going up, today is trading 1.87 percent. Mortgages are still close to 4.00 percent. Ten-year Treasury notes are now in a stable pattern, not necessarily going farther down, but it’s better than going up.
One year ago, the Federal Reserve was the dominant story in several aspects. In 2018 it had raised the overnight cost of money (the “Fed funds rate”) by one-quarter percent four times to 2.50 percent, the highest since 2008, and said throughout that it intended only to “normalize,” not to slow the economy.
In the bond market no one cared a whit for the Fed’s benign self-description. No matter what the Fed thought it was doing, it looked to markets like a death march, long-term rates pushed up by that expectation. Mortgages briefly reached 5.25 percent, housing began to fold, and bonds began to trade in expectation of recession.
Future Fed historians will discuss and possibly reveal the internal Fed events, but two things seem clear. Chairman Jerome Powell understood that the Fed needed to shift the rate jawbone downward, and did, but pre-recession psychology sustained itself.
The second development at the Fed was far bigger and long-lasting: Powell and others at last downgraded the Fed’s historical fear of low unemployment as an inevitable cause of inflation. After twenty years of contrary experience, it’s about time!
Here’s a churlish sidebar to be revisited next week: The Fed waited so long to acknowledge the failure of the Phillips Curve that it may be back in play soon. Driving by rearview mirror is tough. One year ago nobody saw the Fed cutting the overnight rate three times this year, nor the 10-year falling from 3.23 percent to 1.47 percent, mortgages from 5.25 percent to 3.50 percent.
The economy today is good. How good? 62 percent of Democrats say so. That’s good.
How did it get so good? Look way back for hints. Beware of political barfights. Recall and deploy the four-dollar word common to SAT exams: “epistemology,” the study of knowledge itself, and limits to understanding.
In economics, as in war and marriage, sometimes stuff just happens. Look back before the beginning of our deep political divide, when our national government functioned in traditional ways. By “national government” I mean the White House and Congress, although there is a great deal more to national government.
Consider the interval under Presidents Ronald Reagan, George Bush and Bill Clinton, or “RBC,” as I like to call it, 1980-2000.
During RBC, we finished an inherited recession, and had only one other, the shallow saucer of 1990 to 1991. The 10-year Treasury note fell from 14 percent to two percent, and inflation from 12 percent to one. A spasm of tax cuts gave way quickly to a series of deals which restored revenue and capped spending, and the first balanced budgets since 1962.
The White House and Congress, both parties working together, passed the best tax bill in U.S. history. Each administration took credit for a good twenty years, and should have.
Then, after 2000 came Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump, or the “BOT” era. The interval began with tax cuts, which demolished the prior budget progress.
Questionable foreign adventures pushed other issues aside into gridlock. The White House’s relationship with Congress became dysfunctional.
Bipartisan leadership failed to notice the failure by regulators to intercept the all-time credit bubble, and only now, a dozen years later is recovery complete.
Along the way, Treasury debt in markets grew from $3.4 trillion to $17.1 trillion, perhaps one-quarter of the increase to fund foreign adventures, another half to secure recovery from the bubble, and the last quarter to ordinary indolence and inability of the White House and Congress to agree on anything.
For all good things during BOT, then-current office holders took credit, and for all bad things blamed their predecessors.
Now, the puzzle: If the top of the national government has been working poorly, how come the economy is so good, and who did it?
Smile. We did it. Every damned day, get after it, make a living, and at local levels look after each other. Our state and local governments by and large work well, are responsible and responsive. Compared to all peer nations, the U.S. has always had a weak central government designed to do nothing unless a solid majority of citizens agree.
The rest of the federal government deserves credit, if also watchful suspicion. Accusations of “deep state” are overdone, yet the federal bureaucracy is with us every minute of every day. It’s oppressive if it’s bossing us around, but a godsend to those in need.
The most amazing single aspect of the time from 2000 to today is our ability to function well as an economy without top leadership, and while bitterly divided.
Feel free to take the credit.

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Mark M. · Married on 05/29/2021
The best bakery in Wisconsin does great wedding cakes too!
The selection of our bakery was not difficult: I grew up in Racine , and O&H was part of nearly every celebration throughout my childhood. My husband, having grown up in Vietnam, isn’t really used to sweets, but knows a good cake when he tastes one… no nasty supermarket cakes with cloyingly sweet, greasy frosting for him!
Due to COVID, O&H wasn’t doing in-person consultations for over a year; ours was the first since they resumed. We got a sampler pack of 10 different cake flavors that I picked up for my husband to taste prior to the consultation. It turns out that was a waste of time (no reflection on O&H, all those flavors were delicious), as my husband chose what was my first choice all along: Danish Layer, with the yummy vanilla custard and raspberry jam in between the layers.
With the flavor chosen, I went to the consultation solo, as my husband had work obligations. Chriss and her team (baker and decorator) brought me into a conference room with a portfolio of different cake styles and ideas, and specifics about servings, tiers, square vs. round, decoration options, costs, etc. I found a design that fit our theme and florals well, and gave them Gaby Bras’ number to work out ideas for the orchid blooms that would adorn our cake. After about an hour of discussion, they were able to come up with a design that was exactly what we wanted.
On our wedding day, they met our florist at our venue, and had everything set up perfectly. We planned for larger-than-usual slices for our guests: my family has a notorious sweet tooth, and our cake was meant to taste even better than it looked. As expected, our cake was a hit!
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Kate · Married on 08/19/2017
Our cake was beautiful and delicious! We had a lot of fun picking it out with Katie's assistance and were delighted with the final outcome. The pricing was perfect and we highly recommend them!Sent on 08/30/2017
Jennifer · Married on 07/15/2017
Katie hooked us up with a cake that was more than what we asked for! I can never say enough about this bakery, so I couldn't have a cake from anywhere else. They also worked well with our florist to make sure that our floral additions could be added to the cake on the wedding day.Sent on 08/02/2017

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By Dr. James M. Dahle, WCI Founder
One of the most important new technologies of the 21st century is the concept of a blockchain. The blockchain is the decentralized ledger that keeps track of cryptocurrency transactions. This typically occurs across a linked network of multiple computers, or nodes. The idea is that the record on the blockchain is very difficult to change, hack, or steal. There are lots of other uses for a blockchain besides keeping track of cryptocurrency transactions, and people are coming up with more all the time. Wrapping your head around what a blockchain actually is can be difficult.
For this post, though, let's talk about a blockchain, what it actually is, and how it works.
How Does Blockchain Work?
Consider the name—blockchain. While it is technically a software protocol, think of it as a chain of blocks, meaning each block is chained to the one before it and the one after it. The first block in a chain is called a genesis block. Each block contains certain information—for example, the digital address of the buyer, the digital address of the seller, and the amount of cryptocurrency transacted. Each block in the chain is timestamped so that it cannot be tampered with. Once recorded on the blockchain, it is very difficult to change that record. Thus, a blockchain can be used to securely transfer and keep track of the ownership of money, property, and contracts.
What Are Forks?
Occasionally the developers or users of a blockchain have a need to make some changes to a network protocol. This is usually done to improve security, but it can also be done to add new functionality or to improve performance. These changes sometimes result in a split of the blockchain where some miners choose to follow the new protocol and others continue with the older protocol. This is called a “hard fork.” When the changes do not result in a split because all of the miners/nodes adopt the new protocol, it is called a “soft fork.” Soft forks usually result from minor protocol changes and hard forks from major protocol changes. Hard forks can often result in entirely new cryptocurrencies.
Benefits of Blockchain
The blockchain has three security features that help to protect it. The first is the concept of a hash. Each block has a “hash,” a unique fingerprint that contains the information in the block. Thus, each block contains information, a hash, and the hash of the block before it. When the information in the block changes, so does the hash, which quickly invalidates all of the blocks after that hash and makes it easy to identify the tampering.
The second feature is called “proof of work.” This helps protect against someone using high-speed computers to recalculate all of the hashes after the tampered block. It slows down the creation of new blocks. Proof of work is a computational problem that must be solved to create a new block. The verification that the problem was solved correctly can be done very quickly, but the actual problem itself takes time.
The third feature is the distributed peer-to-peer network that maintains the blockchain. Instead of having a single ledger in a single bank, each computer on the network—potentially thousands of computers—maintains the record. So, a hacker would have to change it on all of the computers, not just on one. These computers are referred to as nodes. Any computer can join the network, receiving a complete record of the blockchain to date. When a new block is created, all nodes get a record of it, and all nodes verify the chain to make sure it hasn't been hacked. They arrive at a consensus (majority rule) about which blocks are valid and which are not.
So, to hack the blockchain, you would have to:
- Recreate all the blocks after the block you hacked
- Solve the proof of work for all of the blocks
- Take control of 50%+ of the nodes in the network
It's just a really high threshold and produces a very high level of security. Blockchains can be public or private and can be used to record all kinds of things, not just cryptocurrency transactions.
Still don't get it? An example might help.
Imagine that two people wish to do a transaction, such as purchasing a car. Instead of one of them going to a central authority (the bank) to get a cashier's check and then the other one going to a central authority (the bank) to cash the cashier's check, they go to an auditorium filled with accountants. Standing on the stage together, they announce “I, Joe, am giving Rudra this Bitcoin in exchange for his car.” The accountants all turn to the page for that particular Bitcoin in their ledgers and scribble down that Joe gave it to Rudra. The accountants in this example are the nodes. Each node keeps a separate record of the blockchain.
Crypto Coins, Tokens, and Blockchain
A cryptocurrency has its own blockchain. The individual units of that currency are called coins. A token is recorded on some other blockchain. It can have value, like a coin, or it may simply represent a contract, deed, or another asset. Think of the cryptocurrency as the native asset on a blockchain and tokens as guest assets.
What Is a Blockchain Smart Contract?
One of the best innovations with blockchains is the idea of a smart contract. A smart contract is simply a program that runs when certain predetermined conditions and terms are met. Instead of having to go to court to enforce a contract, the blockchain itself enforces the contract. It provides immediate certainty of the outcome without the loss of time and hassle. These contracts provide speed, efficiency, accuracy, trust, transparency, and savings. What's not to like? While they may initially require a programmer, that barrier is quickly falling. Home Depot uses smart contracts to rapidly resolve issues with vendors. There are tons of other hypothetical applications, such as ensuring election integrity, protecting medical data, and eliminating title defects when buying properties. Imagine saving all that money you have paid in your life for title insurance. It could be an obsolete product in a few years.
What Are dApps?
dApps, sometimes called dapps or DApps, are decentralized applications. dApps are similar to the regular applications you use on your phone or computer, except these have been deployed onto a blockchain. They are no longer owned by any one person, they are free from censorship, they are never down, and they are “plug-n-play.” They also have built-in payments, and they provide one anonymous login. The backend code of a dApp is simply a smart contract or multiple smart contracts. These smart contracts provide the app logic and the blockchain stores the data.
Now that you know all about blockchains and how they interact with cryptocurrency, perhaps you have a better idea of how safe it is to invest in cryptocurrency and how it compares with using currency in the traditional sense. Even though I won't be investing in cryptocurrency anytime soon, blockchain technology and the security it provides makes it just a little more appealing.
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Recently, in January, 2017, Laos’ government has established That Luang Walking Street in Vientiane, a new attraction for visitors. Besides Vientiane Night Maket, the existence of the walking street has added up more interesting and fun to Vientiane.
The route starts from Wat Chan, Chao Anouvong Park which is near Mekong River, the walking street opened up a wide and big space for river sight-seeing. From 4:30PM, all vendors start to unfold their shop alongside the street. And then the crowded atmosphere is all over the walking street. There are not only tourist but also local visiting and going out. Especially, in a summer night with cool atmosphere coming from Mekong River will bring you some pleasant feeling and relief after a long day on Laos’ Tour.
There are a lot of products ranging from local to daily product such as: clothes, souvenirs, electronics, toys, etc. Additionally, many food stalls are erected providing a variety of selection for all customers. Right at 5:30PM, polices close the area and turned it into the walking area until 10PM.
Just continue walking, tourist will encounter Vientiane New World Complex which gives the urban feeling inside local area with cocktails, music and people.
Walking street is a brilliant idea for both visitors and local since they have an open space to hang out and enjoy the atmosphere, especially near Mekong River and That Luang Lake. Just get a drink, gather friend and explore the night market with fun!


This actually makes perfect sense. Why give parents the information they need to make an informed choice if you don't want them to make the choice in the first place:
A popular retort to calls for school choice is: “It’s not popular.”
So opponents of choice argue against it.
For example, when the Kentucky Department of Education’s spokesperson Lisa Gross was asked about the Bluegrass Institute’s survey showing strong support for school choice, she responded: “What we’ve found is that parents want to stick with the public school and make that school better rather than take their children out, and we see that under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) transfer option. We found parents don’t take advantage of that. They tend to want to make the school better.”
What Gross may not know is that a new study shows that very few schools appear to even respond to requests from parents about options.
“You Can’t Choose If You Don’t Know: The Failure to Properly Inform Parents about NCLB School Choice,” a study conducted by researchers at the University of Arkansas Department of Education reform, found a surprisingly low response rate from schools duty bound to provide choices required by NCLB.
The study included 10 Kentucky schools, eight of which did not respond at all with information about NCLB options available to parents of students enrolled in those schools.
Overall, the study showed that fewer than 6 percent of schools nationally provided the information e-mail replies. Many schools responded without providing the requested information, but those schools did request more information about the person requesting the information.
Before Kentucky’s education establishment begins decrying the lack of popularity for choice, perhaps it should examine the extent to which schools even respond to requests for information from parents desperate to get students a better education.


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Nikola Motor Co. plans to begin field tests of its hydrogen fuel cell heavy truck next fall, with a year of “rigorous” trials in “extreme climates,” the company said. Full production is expected to start in 2021.
Salt Lake City-based Nikola, a startup that hasn’t built a truck yet but has raised the visibility of fuel cell electric powertrains for long-haul, low-emissions trucking, also said Thursday that it is adding Swedish fuel cell developer PowerCell AB to its development team, at least for pre-production test models.
PowerCell, formed in 2008 as a spinoff from the Volvo Group, will join Germany’s Bosch as the primary suppliers for fuel cells for pre-production models of Nikola’s Class 8 hydrogen-electric trucks, the Nikola One and Nikola Two. The “Two” is a day-cab version of the company’s long-haul sleeper-cab model, the Nikola One.
PowerCell could not be reached for comment, but Nikola founder and Chief Executive Trevor Milton said Bosch and Nikola are the fuel cell system designers, PowerCell will provide the fuel cell stacks that produce electricity from hydrogen, and Nikola will build the completed fuel cell system.
Bosch also has worked with Nikola to develop the truck’s “eAxle,” which houses the electric motor, transmission and power electronics.
Each truck will use two eAxles, a 320-kilowatt-hour battery pack and a 300-kilowatt fuel cell to produce the necessary electrical power. The trucks will carry reinforced tanks of the hydrogen gas the fuel cells use.
Nikola has said the trucks will be able to run up to 1,200 miles between refueling stops, depending on the amount of hydrogen they carry.
The powertrain is rated by the company at 1,000 horsepower and 2,000 pound-feet of torque.
PowerCell has developed a fuel cell stack that can operate on hydrogen gas reformed from “dirty” hydrocarbon fuels such as diesel. Other fuel cell systems typically use hydrogen reformed from cleaner sources such as natural gas.
PowerCell also has developed a hydrogen reformer that can produce the gas from diesel without creating particulate emissions or emissions of NOx — nitrogen oxides, a pollutant closely tied to respiratory disease.
Because almost every country has a developed diesel fuel delivery system, the ability to produce hydrogen from diesel and use it in a fuel-cell electric system could greatly increase the marketability of Nikola’s truck.
The company has said that it intends to lease the trucks to users and to supply the hydrogen fuel as part of the lease cost through a nationwide network of 376 hydrogen fueling stations.
PowerCell will become part of Nikola’s permanent production team “if all goes well during road testing,” Nikola said in its statement Thursday. Nikola said it also intends to name a “secondary” fuel cell stack provider next year to act as a back-up to PowerCell.
The company said the field tests will start next fall using the Nikola Two truck and Nikola test divers. Real-world testing with potential fleet customers will come after that. Testing of the Nikola One sleeper truck will begin later.
The announcements, coupled with a pair of key executive appointments earlier this week, come as Nikola is setting the stage for a major fundraising effort.
Nikola recently completed a $110 million funding round and is starting on a new campaign aimed at bringing in an additional $150 million.
Earlier this week it announced the hiring of former Wall Street capital advisor Kim Brady as chief financial officer and tasked him with heading up the new fundraising effort.
Nikola also has hired Scott Perry, longtime chief technology and procurement officer for fleet rental giant Ryder System. Perry will be Nikola’s chief operating officer.
Ryder is Nikola’s exclusive distributor and maintenance provider.
The 3-year-old electric vehicle company still has to prove to investors that it can scale up from a pre-production prototype to fully functioning test vehicles and then to production vehicles, said Gartner Inc. analyst Mike Ramsey.
Nikola plans to build its own manufacturing plant and has said that the site location will be announced and construction will begin sometime next year.
Nikola has retained Fitzgerald Glider Kits, a Tennessee-based specialist in outfitting rebuilt powertrains into chassis from major truck makers, to build the first 5,000 Nikola trucks.
As Nikola works toward a 2021 production goal, it faces competition in the short-haul heavy-duty electric truck market on several fronts, but so far it has not been challenged in the long-range segment.
After several delays, electric car maker Tesla intends to unveil a Class 8 battery-electric truck Nov. 16, and Toyota already is testing a Class 8 fuel cell electric truck on short drayage routes at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.
Toyota’s truck is designed to travel up to 200 miles between hydrogen refueling stops, while Tesla’s is expected to be in the 200- to 300-mile range between battery recharging sessions. Neither company has announced a retail production timeline.


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When Mossad chief Yossi Cohen flew to Egypt last week to meet with the head of Egypt’s General Intelligence Service Abbas Kamal and Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, he was likely confident that the meeting would go well. Unlike his visit with Jordan’s King Abdullah, also in late June, where Cohen heard more pushback against Israel’s plans to apply sovereignty to Judea and Samaria (Jordan has been highly vocal of its displeasure) Egypt has remained largely silent on the matter.
And while Egypt, Germany, France and Jordan issued a joint statement on Tuesday saying that they categorically reject Israel’s plans, and that such a move would “violate international law and could also have an impact on relations with Israel,” Cairo has not independently criticized Israel the way the other three have.
Yoel Guzansky, a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies, said Egypt tends to be “less sensitive about these issues.”
He told JNS that Egypt is currently focused on a number of other issues, such as problems with Ethiopia and Sudan. (Tensions have arisen over Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam project, which could negatively affect Egypt’s water supply since both countries share the Nile River).
“The fact that Egypt is quiet publicly doesn’t mean it is quiet privately,” he noted.
Guzansky pointed out other factors that influence Egypt’s quiet approach to Israel’s plans.
Egypt’s relationship with Israel is important for fighting against the presence of terror groups in the Sinai, according to Guzansky, and Egypt also “does not want to jeopardize its relationship with [U.S. President Donald] Trump.”
The country is also fighting Turkey for strategic superiority in neighboring Libya—something “very high on Egypt’s agenda,” according to Guzansky.
Dana Stroul, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, told JNS the pro-sovereignty camp in Israel wagers that “each Arab government stands to lose too much from cutting off relations with Israel, even if annexation takes place unilaterally outside of bilateral negotiations.”
She said that “Egyptian leaders certainly do not support unilateral annexation.” But instead of publicly condemning Israel, they are raising their concerns quietly and through intelligence channels.
“Egypt’s relationship with Israel has remained largely under the table and in the security realm; issues are worked out privately among the professionals,” according to Stroul.
Peace between the countries ‘will not collapse the day after’
She listed a number of reasons that Egypt has chosen a “more subdued approach.”
The first, she said, “is to protect the relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump, who has embraced President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and eliminated virtually all U.S. criticism of his government.”
The second is that Arab leaders don’t want to be on “the receiving end of an angry tweet [by Trump] threatening to cut assistance or downgrade the relationship due to criticism of Israeli annexation.”
Third, Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel “has allowed the Egyptian military to focus on the real threats to Egypt’s security: counterterrorism, porous borders to the west with Libya and to the south with Sudan, and maritime threats.”
She also noted that “in the Sinai, the Egyptian army has not succeeded in effectively eliminating that ISIS branch and receives intelligence and other forms of support from Israel.”
Even if Israel applies sovereignty, she said, “Israeli security support and intelligence cooperation is too valuable to risk losing given the very real threat of ISIS directing attacks inside Egypt.”
Fourth, Cairo “sought to facilitate Palestinian reconciliation for years, and similar other governments in the region are frustrated by the ineffective Palestinian leadership in Ramallah,” led by Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas.
Stroul said that if Israel extends sovereignty, it could “expect angry statements and temporary damage to Egyptian-Israeli diplomatic relations.”
While the peace agreement between the two countries “will not collapse the day after,” the routine Egyptian-Israeli engagements “might be interrupted thereby damaging a pillar of Israel’s security,” she said. “Egyptian media will also speak out forcefully and in condemnation of annexation, but the government controls the press and can dial up or dial back the pressure.”
So “between the COVID-19 pandemic, the Egyptian health system’s fragility and associated economic strains after years of reform measures to stabilize the economy, the war waging in Libya, active ISIS threat in the Sinai and Ethiopia on the verge of filling the Renaissance dam, el-Sisi has more than enough on his plate,” summed up Stroul.
For all of these reasons, she stated, el-Sisi may have come to the realization that focusing on the application of Israeli sovereignty and the unresolved Israeli-Palestinian conflict “is a lesser priority.”
Reprinted with author’s permission from Jewish News Syndicate

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Judge orders Elmwood Place speed cameras confiscated
Posted By yihan On June 28, 2013 @ 11:26 am In Prison Planet | Comments Disabled
June 28, 2013
Not only have they been shut down for good by Judge Robert Ruehlman, but he’s ordered them to be hauled off the street and impounded.
Both sides in the contentious legal battle over the speed cameras were back before Ruehlman for a contempt hearing Thursday, where the judge ruled that Elmwood Place and the speed camera contractor Optotraffic were in contempt of court.
Back in March, Ruehlman found the speed cameras unconstitutional. He essentially ordered the cameras shut down, the speed camera ticketing program shut down, and ordered that the outstanding tickets did not have to be paid.
On Thursday, Ruehlman found that his order was violated in several ways. First, the cameras were turned back on, although Elmwood Place Police Chief Bill Peskin testified that they were only used to collect speed and traffic data — not to collect license plate information or issue new tickets.
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In March 2020, as shelves emptied in supermarkets across the world, there were concerns that a similar story might unfold. Many countries faced worker shortages: Italian farmers could not hire the 350,000 temporary workers they normally do for the spring planting season hit. And some countries restricted the export of strategic food commodities, like wheat in Russia and rice in Vietnam.
But despite these warning signs, food supply chains have so far broadly continued delivering food to populations in Europe, North America and most of Asia and South America. Global production is much higher than it was in 2008, with stock of cereals twice as high.
Not so in Africa
Yet the situation is different across much of Africa.
Food systems and the governance mechanisms that underpin them remain weak, and many countries also lack the social welfare mechanisms, institutions and strength of the private sector to mitigate the impact. The disruptions to supply chains caused by COVID-19 have shone a light on these vulnerabilities.
We can now see that there are four underlying factors which are driving a potential food crisis across Africa.
- First, African households affected by COVID-19 containment measures and the global economic downturn have less money to purchase food. Analysis by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) shows that during Rwanda’s six-week lockdown between 21 March and 4 May, total GDP declined by 39% and poverty increased by 20 percentage points.
- Second, disrupted global supply chains have reduced Africa’s ability to import food – the continent imports a net $51bn per year. A significant proportion of this is transported as cargo on passenger planes. When air travel plunged following border restrictions, cargo capacity was greatly reduced and air freight rates surged 80 per cent between February and April.
- Third, local agricultural production has been disrupted. In Ethiopia, the government has projected that food production in the upcoming harvest season could decrease by 8%.
- Fourth, African logistics are struggling to adapt. Trucking capacity in West Africa declined 30% in April as borders closed and restrictions were imposed on drivers.
How to address these vulnerabilities?
To minimise the risk of increased political stability across the continent, or a humanitarian crisis that developed countries may come under pressure to finance, the key question that needs answering is what can be done differently to address these vulnerabilities and build the resilience of food systems to future shocks?
The key insight from agricultural development in developing countries in recent years is that in order to build resilience, the international community needs to change its approach. It cannot remain too narrowly focused on direct, short-term support to farmers. Rather, it has to support the development of local markets and of government systems.
To do this successfully, it is essential to fully back the agriculture transformation agenda of African governments. This means tailoring financial and technical assistance, as well as investment facilitation efforts that create business opportunities for other countries, to fully back agricultural value chains and markets that are prioritised by the host government.
Many governments have already identified value chains in which the country can actually compete in a globalised economy; and which have the potential to create large numbers of farm and non-farm jobs while spurring local innovation and entrepreneurship. Additionally, such support needs to go beyond working only within the sphere of farm production. It needs to extend to sectors such as rural infrastructure, agro-processing, access to finance, land, investment, agtech solutions and skills.
It is time for the international community to fully endorse and be responsive to the agricultural transformation agenda of African countries. This is the best way to meet both African and international community goals on food security. The alternative is to risk compounding Africa’s COVID-19 crisis with a new food crisis.
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Were born, "Moscow Nights", or why the Soviet authors were in the Guinness Book of Records
• How were born, "Moscow Nights", or why the Soviet authors hit the Guinness Book of Records
July 23 marks the 101 years since the birth of Mikhail Matusovskiy - songwriter, author of "How to start a Homeland", "School Waltz", "the nameless uplands," "Old Maple", "Vologda" and many other well-known songs. Well, the most famous in the world of its song that gets into the Guinness Book of Records - is "Moscow Nights."
Authors songs * Moscow Nights * Matusovsky M. and V. Soloviev-Gray
This song could hear not only the world but also in the USSR. The circumstances of its writing were humdrum: in 1955 at the studio of documentary films mounted picture of the Olympics. In order to attract the audience's attention to athletics, in those days, is not too popular, we decided to accompany the movie songs. For this to work attracted famous writers: a composer V. Soloviev-Sedov and poet M. Matusovskiy. They wrote two rhythmic songs and lyrical one - for the rest of the episode athletes before an important stage of the competition. For it is just handy tune has long been written Solovyov-gray and abandoned due to the fact that the author did not like.
M. Matusovsky, Mark Bernes and V. Soloviev-Gray
Officials just was not "hacked" a song lyric: its content and "vyalovataya" melody line with sports events, but still decided to leave her. Execute it offered Mark Bernes, but he refused: "Well, what kind of song that can be heard and not heard? And what is the river - it moves, it does not move? ". Soloviev-Gray joked: "Yes, normally a brilliant song." Time has shown that he was right.
lyrics Artist * Moscow Nights * V. Troshin
The first "Moscow Nights" played the soloist of the Bolshoi Theater Yevgeny Kibkalo. A film about the Olympics it sounds performed by singer and actor of Moscow Art Theater Vladimir Troshin. He long had to beg the authors give him the opportunity to sing it. Troshin When I first heard this melody, the composer asked, what kind of song. What Soloviev-Gray said: "Rubbish song. I do not get it from me. The basket will. Mournful, sad, melancholy. " And yet, the song was included in the film, but then it is really no one noticed.
At that time, if the song was played in the film, it was recorded in the Radio Fund. And once Troshin called and invited to record. The next morning, after the premiere of the song on the radio, it finally noticed and remembered. But the real success came in the USSR after the "Moscow Nights" performed at the international competition of songs in the VI World Festival of Youth and Students. Soloviev-Gray then relied on his other song - "If the guys all the earth," but suddenly the gold medal he received for "Moscow Nights." So the song received-Union.
The poet-songwriter M. Matusovsky
Soon we learned the tune and abroad. After a tour in the USSR young American pianist Van Cliburn often played piano presentation of "Moscow Nights", always with the same success. And in 1964 in Italy at the international competition Soviet opera singer Anatoly Solovyanenko took second place with the song. In the same year, "Moscow Nights" became the call sign radio station "Mayak".
Director Eldar Ryazanov said: "Even if Matusovsky wrote the text only one song" Moscow Nights ", he is still in his lifetime could put a monument." Poet M. Aliger recalled that during a trip to Venice with a group of Soviet writers, they decided to take a ride on a gondola, gondolier Matusovsky asked to perform any popular song from them, and he suddenly began to sing "Moscow Nights." M. Matusovsky admitted: "I must admit, I was pleased to meet with the" Moscow Nights "and the sultry, not cool, even in the night streets of African cities, Hiroshima and tragic, and hospitable homes of our friends in the Philippines."
The poet-songwriter M. Matusovsky
In 1980, the World Service of Moscow Radio conducted a survey of residents of different countries in order to identify the three most popular Russian songs abroad. Listeners called the "Katyusha", "Kalinka" and "Moscow Nights." But in a survey of radio listeners "Lighthouse" in the late 1990s. this song has been recognized as one of the top 10 songs of the twentieth century. By the number of performances of "Moscow Nights" hit the Guinness Book of Records.


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The much-talked-about Connect Africa summit (see The Economist, BBC and The Times) has started in Kigali, Rwanda and the two-day event has the opportunity of bringing to the fore, the need for urgent action in meeting Africa’s connectivity needs. The present story is clearly sad — less thank 4% of Africans currently use the internet, and broadband penetration is below 1%! — but with some political will from the governments, innovative business models from the private sector, sustainable and bottom-up action from the civil society, targeted and collaborative research by the academia, news emphasis on the urgency of the task by the media and cooperation (the sincere form, not the usual pity party) from the international community, Africa will be well on its way out of this embarrassing situation.
With quite a number of Heads of Governments (Burkina Faso, Burundi, Djibouti, Malawi, Mali, Rwanda, Senegal) and other high profile business, government and civil society leaders in attendance, the summit is co-hosted by the International Telecommunications Union and the Government of Rwanda. As I write, the president of Senegal is making one of those speeches that I honestly hope the political leaders (including himself) are listening to — and not just waiting in line to give their own speech. He spoken clearly about the need to stop holding summits after summits, considering the huge cost involved and the positive use such can be put to. He asked questions about the many promises made by international institutions in the past, and the usual answer was, “nothing has been done.” He joked that, “… the AU secretariat in Addis Ababa should compile a list of summits that have been held, and when next someone suggest another one, we’ll look at the list and say, ‘that has been done, move on’…”
I have been discussing this same worry with friends, and I should know. As someone who spends quite some time in many of these policy events, I am concerned about the risk of waiting for the next meeting without any considerable action. The stance of Paradigm Initiative Nigeria to take action and show what can be done is not unconnected to this secret (yet open) fear of mine. I spent much of these travel hours between 2001 and February 2007 listening to the same presentations (well, some only need to change the date, title and venue) and decided I was tired of the vicious circle. My February 13 2007 resignation and decision to dedicate time to PIN’s projects (including the much-talked-about Ajegunle.org) came off this thought process.
Back to the summit… it ends tomorrow and there are reports that about $3 billion has already been pledged towards connecting Africa. Speakers will vary in length and intensity of speech, political leaders will boast about what they will do, business leaders will keep their eyes open for emerging markets, delegates will enjoy the ambience of Serena hotel… but what will come out of this process? I am optimistic that the sessions that have held before the main summit, the innocent discussions at coffee break, and the obvious business opportunity — that the challenge of connecting Africa brings with it — will weave a win-win situation that will see Africa making progress. Will the ITU be able to ensure that this forms a major bus stop in Africa’s connectivity quest? Will each of us (with varying degree of influence) be able to drive change from our individual cockpits — and also ensure the coming together of all these to create sustainable change?
NB: The summit is now over, and you can read the final summary report here.


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This is a MIDI software synthesizer. I was just wondering why the Microsoft's synth has such a long lag - about a second, which is practically useless for online playing. Since my purchase of a MIDI keyboard i've tried several hacks to improve this, but to no avail. There simply is nothing to be done about the lag. So I decided to write my own synth from scratch, incorporating several techniques I know from module tracking, such as multiple samples per instrument, possibly with some cool effects and most importantly an almost-zero lag.
Currently the synth is working well, with no audible lag. Multiple samples per instrument are supported, based on the note's pitch. Also the MIDI information is saved to a simple XSD "log" file which can be converted to a MID file.
Future plans include multiple samples based on velocity, velocity curves, recursive instrument definitions, MIDI echo, MID file saving instead of current XSD, GUI instrument editor, MP3 sample support and many others. However, interest in this program has much faded, so don't get high expectations.


When Twitter Gets Into The Minister of Foreign Affairs Par notafish, le vendredi 31 octobre 2008 à 11:48 Mark wrote yesterday: The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs is on Twitter. And he tweets. Too bad I don't understand Dutch. No insightful comment, I like Mark's post, it says it all. I might think about this further and see where it leads me.


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A new Paris museum is opening soon at the former Bourse du Commerce. The historic monument has been restored and transformed into a museum to showcase the Pinault Collection which creates an unprecedented dialogue between heritage and contemporary creation.
With a program of exhibitions, meetings and events, it will present a point of view on contemporary art through the Pinault Collection. Painting, sculpture, photography, video, performance, installations: open to all disciplines, to all audiences, it offers a committed, unique, always renewed look at the art of our time.
After postponing its opening, originally planned in September 2020, due to Covid19 events, the new museum will be able to open as soon as government restrictions on cultural places will be lifted.


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The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) said that 20 large housing schemes on “open countryside” had been allowed to proceed, despite being formally opposed by local authorities.
The organisation said that it was “deeply disturbed” by the impact of the planning reforms which was leaving local communities “increasingly powerless”.
Ministers last year introduced the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to streamline the laws and encourage more development. Councils are required to draw up plans for housing and development or face having to allow any project deemed to be “sustainable development”.
The Telegraph’s “hands off our land” campaign urged the Government to show restraint, but dozens of councils have failed to put in place adequate plans and evidence is emerging of developments being forced through against local wishes. Housing developments were a significant issue in the recent Eastleigh by-election with Conservatives and Liberal Democrats accusing one another of allowing unsuitable local projects.
The CPRE also highlighted the approval of almost 300 homes on greenfield sites on the edge of Tetbury in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and on prime farmland.
Shaun Spiers, the organisation’s chief executive, said: “CPRE has closely observed how the NPPF is being implemented on the ground and what we have seen is deeply disturbing. Despite the rhetoric of localism, it now seems that local communities are increasingly powerless to prevent damaging development even in the most sensitive locations.”
He added: “Our evidence suggests that the NPPF is being used to impose unnecessary greenfield developments in the teeth of local opposition.”
The CPRE’s analysis also found that despite government assurances that protected areas of landscape and the green belt would be safe from building, urban development was “implicitly” being encouraged on such land.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, Mark Prisk, the housing minister, indicated that there might be situations when development on green belt land was acceptable.
“If there was evidence that it was previously used as industrial land, then locally councils could consider building on brownfield land in the green belt – councils already do that,” he said.
“We need to encourage redevelopment … [but] any open space built on would have to be replaced somewhere else.”
The Government has strongly defended the reforms and is expected to call for more housing development in this week’s Budget. A spokesman for the Communities Department said: “The framework is clear that very strong protections are in place to safeguard the green belt and protect other areas, such as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
“There have been more than 2,300 major residential decisions made through the planning system since the introduction of the framework and to focus on just tens of cases and claim they are in some way representative is not credible.”


NEW YORK — CBC’s coverage of the Ebola crisis in West Africa has earned the network the 2015 International Emmys for News.
The award was presented Monday night at the Lincoln Centre in New York.
CBC sent a team, including senior correspondent Adrienne Arsenault, to Liberia in October 2014 to report from the African country worst hit by the disease.
More than 11,280 people have been reported to have died worldwide from Ebola, according to data released by the World Health Organization earlier this month.
In a series of reports, Arsenault, producer Stephanie Jenzer and videographer-editor Jean Francois-Bisson covered the victims, overwhelmed aid workers and the economic and political fallout caused by the disease.
Broadcasters in India, the Netherlands and Brazil were also nominated in the international news category.
“It was a year ago exactly we were on the ground in Liberia and we three are still struck by how much people there endured both physically and emotionally,” said Arsenault in a CBC news release. “I don’t think that story will ever leave us. And neither will this honour tonight.”
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The Lake Tahoe property continues to be 100% managed by a property-management company. It feels amazing not to have to do anything. I can't wait to bring up my boy this coming winter to play in the snow! I could go up this winter, but I want him to be able to walk and run comfortably before he goes. I've been dreaming of this moment for over 10 years now. The income from the property is highly dependent on how much it snows. Summer income is always very strong.
If you have specialized knowledge in a certain topic, you can put together an online course to teach others. For example, if you have experience in real estate investing, you can create an online course “Real Estate Investing 101”. The benefit of an online course is that once you create the course material, you can sell it to as many people as you want.
Lenders may be willing to remove family members from the residual calculations if a non-purchasing spouse or a working-age child has sufficient income to cover their monthly debts. This can include children who receive Social Security or disability income, child support and other forms of income, provided it’s likely to continue for at least three years.
There are, however, several misconceptions that serve to confuse investors. Unfortunately, it is these misconceptions that are preventing many investors from realizing truly passive income and potentially limitless wealth building opportunities. Nine misconceptions, in particular, could be putting your investment efforts in jeopardy? So what are they? Perhaps even more importantly, how can you navigate them to realize the potential your investing business really has?
Good ranking FS, I’d have to agree with the rankings. And it looks like your portfolio covers five of the six! Some people consider real estate passive will others classify it as active. But every scenario is different, whether you are doing all the maintenance and managing yourself, or you are contracting out a lot of the work. Obviously it takes a lot more time and effort than purchasing a 36 month CD and “setting it and forgetting it.”
The main advantage of the residual income metric is that it measures excess return earned by a department in absolute terms. A positive residual income means that the department has met the minimum return requirement while a negative residual income means that the department has failed to meet it. Return on investment (ROI) is another metric which measures return in relative terms.
Within six months of selling, however, I had reinvested the proceeds from the home sale and brought total passive income for 2018 back up to an estimated $203,724. I'm not sure I would have sold the house without a clear plan for reinvesting the proceeds, since I'm bullish on the SF housing market long term. However, because I did have a plan, and the challenges of raising a newborn and dealing with rowdy tenants left me feeling a bit stretched, I decided to simplify and sell.
While residual income can be used to describe the amount of net income after all costs are paid down, it also refers to the amount of money you continue to generate after your initial work is done. There are countless ways to make money, but some are much more time-intensive than others. Active income, for example, refers to when you directly act or perform a service for money, including salaries, wages, tips, commissions, and income from a business you’re actively involved with.
Residual income is money that is earned on a recurring basis, typically as the result of a single original action. Rather than earning an hourly wage, residual income is typically generated through an initial investment of time or money with the goal of earning continuous payments. Once the initial investment, product, or service is made, the ongoing income that is earned is generally passive in nature.


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Founded in 1850, Congregation Emanu-El is California's oldest Jewish congregation. It is officially a year older than Temple Sherith Israel, which is located at 2266 California St. Both were established by Jewish immigrants from Europe who arrived in California during the Gold Rush, which attracted people in search of a better life and potential fortune. The current temple, which is the third site of the congregation, was built in 1926 and designed by architect Arthur Brown in the Byzantine style; it is modelled after the magnificent Haggia Sophia in Istanbul. Perhaps its most striking feature is the dome, which rises 150 feet off the ground.
Backstory and Context
The current structure, on Lake Street and Arguello Boulevard, was dedicated in 1926 and is the third location for the congregation. The main bulk of the design work was done by Arthur Brown Jr., who also designed the War Memorial Opera House, Hoover Library at Stanford, and, with two others, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
In 1927 the Temple was selected as the finest piece of architecture in Northern California by the American Institute of Architects. The judging committee described the structure as “a glorious building… beautifully planned and modelled… realizing to the highest degree the expression of its religious character.”
A part of the synagogue complex is the Elizabeth S. and Alvin I. Fine Museum, which presents international and local art exhibitions—shedding light on Jewish history and themes—throughout the year. Past exhibitions have featured works of famous Jewish artists such as Marc Chagall, Camille Pissarro, and Peter Krasnow, as well as that of local artists. The Congregation espouses Reform Judaism and was and continues to be very active in social justice issues in the city.
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The number of people injured in the collapse of the stand at the Rowing Canal in Rostov-on-Don has reached 26 people. This was announced today, May 30, by the governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev.
“In total, at the moment, 26 victims are known, 15 of whom are children. One woman died. All victims receive the necessary assistance, — he wrote in his telegram channel.
The head of the region personally visited the victims hospitalized in the local hospital. According to him, specialists from the children’s regional hospital were involved in the work.
The children’s department of the city hospital No. 20 clarified that at present there are 17 children injured in the emergency in the medical facility.
“They are still coming and going, now there are already 17 of them,” — told reporters in the hospital.
The tribune collapsed on the territory of the Rowing Canal during a football competition between schoolchildren. Head of City Administration Alexey Logvinenko reported that the collapse was caused by strong winds.


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An estimated 50 million Americans live with chronic pain, and an additional 25 million suffer acute pain. Many of these people rely on synthetic drugs such as NSAIDS to relieve their pain, but with common and potentially serious side effects. Mother Nature and cutting-edge research have combined to provide a better solution.
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Most chronic pain results from accidents, surgery, exercise and age-related pain – all of which can lead to soreness in muscles and joints. Relief Formula combines proven herbs and new ingredients in a way that brings effective, natural relief of minor aches and pains resulting from physical activity.
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Hops Cone Extract – The hops extract used in Relief Formula contains a high concentration of alpha acids, isolated and enriched by state-of-the-art supercritical carbon dioxide extraction technology. Alpha acids are strong antioxidants, recently linked to support of the body’s natural response to inflammation and pain.
Turmeric Root Extract – Native to India and southern Asia, turmeric is generally known for its yellow coloring and spicy flavor in Indian food, but it also has valuable medicinal properties. The rhizome is antioxidant, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory. Turmeric’s powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties have caused renewed interest in researching the uses of this plant. Studies suggest that turmeric’s anti-inflammatory action is even stronger than hydrocortisone.
Willow Bark Extract – As a source of salicylic acid, the natural chemical on which aspirin was based, white willow bark helps reduce inflammation, joint swelling and pain and fever. A natural anti-inflammatory, it works by inhibiting the production of prostaglandins that mediate inflammation. It is also an astringent which has a toning effect on tissue.
Protease Enzyme Blend – This enzyme blend offers excellent support for soft-tissue injuries. Proteases support a healthy inflammation response, which may promote the natural recovery process.
Boswellia Gum Extract – Medicinally, boswellia gum is aromatic, astringent and anti-inflammatory. Clinical trials in India and Germany noted significant improvement in pain and stiffness in patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis and using boswellia. The extract is also used to relieve osteoarthritis, bursitis and tendonitis, as well as abdominal and menstrual pain.
Phellodendron Bark Extract – Commonly known as Amur cork tree bark, this ingredient acts as a cooling and detoxifying agent used to relieve inflammation. It is effective in relieving arthritic swelling and pain, vaginal swelling and pain, urinary infection, and skin diseases such as eczema. (This plant is not “philodendron” – a popular but poisonous houseplant).
dl-Phenylalanine – An essential amino acid, dl-phenylalanine is metabolized into l-tyrosine, the amino acid precursor to the mood-enhancing neurotransmitters norepinephrine, epinephrine and l-dopamine. In excess, they produce feelings of mania (being invincible and “on top of the world”), but when deficient, feelings of lethargy, depression and fatigue take over. D-phenylalanine is believed to modulate the enzyme that degrades endorphins. By inhibiting the breakdown of endorphins, D-phenylalanine may help to ease pain and improve mood.
Mangosteen – Mangosteen fruit and particularly the pericarp (rind) is loaded with antioxidants that exhibit powerful anti-inflammatory qualities. One of the key constituents in the pericarp is xanthones, which inhibit free radical damage, ease pain, boost the immune system and relieve inflammation. These antioxidants are helpful for easing pain and inflammation while promoting tissue healing and repair.
Andrographis – An herb from India, the roots and leaves of andrographis have been used for centuries in both Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine for a variety of health problems. A classic bitter, andrographis contains diterpne lactones, diterpene glucosides and flavinoids. Like most bitters it is useful for cooling fevers and inflammation, fighting infection and counteracting poisoning. The plant has analgesic and astringent properties.
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This summer, Citizens for Livability in Ballard filed an appeal protesting the Seattle 2035 comprehensive plan, arguing that Urban Villages, which don’t have any minimum parking requirements, ignore inevitable traffic impacts on the neighborhood.
The homeowner group’s specific argument for parking requirements in the city? Wilderness.
“Residential parking demand is determined by one factor—auto ownership,” the authors write. That ownership is not impacted, they say, by how people get around the city, but rather, how they get out of it: “One of the attractions of the Pacific Northwest is a variety of year-round recreational opportunities. Many of those opportunities . . .are only accessible by automobile.” (Hat tip to Erica C. Barnett, who first reported on the appeal.)
The authors go on to cite various articles and studies in defense of that position, such as Seattle Times columnist Gene Balk’s number-crunching from 2014 that found the number of cars going up in the very places in Seattle you’d expect them to go down—the most walkable, transit-friendly neighborhoods. (Balk even quotes a Capitol Hill resident who describes herself as a “nature nerd,” saying she bought a car because “not having a car sometimes made me feel like I was stuck in the city.”)
The Ballard residents’ appeal highlights an oft-overlooked factor in our debate over urban planning and transportation: the widespread desire to transport away from urban settings altogether. It also presents a particularly thorny question for those who would like to see car ownership diminish in Seattle. While there are ever-growing options for ways to get around town—buses, light rail, Car2Go—options for getting out of town can still feel wanting. For example, Seattle-based blog Backpacking by Bus describes ways to get to various back-country trailheads via public transportation, many of which could include “a sequence of perhaps five or six buses” and then a hike of 10 or 20 miles from bus stop to trailhead.
“Oh yeah, definitely, it’s a pretty typical argument,” says Owen Pickford, executive director of The Urbanist, who over the years has had many, many conversations about urban density, and therefore parking and car ownership. “I had a friend who told me that they lived out here for a few years, and they thought it was fine, but ultimately purchased a car, and only after purchasing a car did they fall in love with Seattle” because they could more easily get out of it, he says.
But Pickford is here to say that a car-free existence doesn’t have to mean an outdoors-free one as well. Lest the word “urbanist” suggest a lack of sympathy for wilderness enthusiasts, Pickford says that he lives in Seattle because of the amazing wilderness opportunities surrounding it. He “would probably live somewhere else if it weren’t for the access to the outdoors here.”
And he hasn’t owned a car for 10 years.
How does Pickford do it? He rents. He was a Zipcar member for a year or so, but found it to be too expensive; and sometimes, sure, he links up with friends who have cars, but that’s a fraction of the time. Mostly he and his girlfriend rent from places like Enterprise, and he estimates that in a year of taking at least two dozen weekend trips, the cost is under $1,000. Compared to the estimated costs of car ownership, that’s a pittance.
Pickford isn’t the only Seattle urbanist who walks the walk. There are the bike enthusiasts, such as Seattle Bike Blog creator and anti-car urbanist Tom Fucoloro or family bike expert Madi Carlson, both Seattle residents who frequently journey to the forested outlands by bike alone (and in Carlson’s case, with two kids in tow).
There’s a meetup group called Seattle Transit Hikers with nearly 3,000 members whose express purpose is to utilize what transit exists to get outside (though those hikes are, naturally, closer to the city than many hardcore peak-baggers might like).
But while there are buses and bikes for the hardcore, it seems that car sharing might be the most reasonable short-term solution—and the sooner companies like Zipcar and ReachNow bulk up their high-clearance, forest-road-ready vehicle fleets, the better. According to city data from 2015, 14 percent of car-share members got rid of their cars after joining the service, and half of those specifically credited car-share for it.
As shown by the appeal by the Ballard group, the stakes here are high. Urban-density advocates have long bemoaned the huge amount of money and land devoted to parking, which could otherwise go toward fitting more people into a city. But with people moving to Seattle for the outdoors, is there any hope the 120,000 more residents Seattle expects to welcome by 2035 won’t own cars? Lots of people are trying to answer that question—not only the city, but a slew of local nonprofits, too. Forterra, for instance, is offering a chance at free tickets to Bumbershoot for millennials who fill out a Livability Survey (deadline August 29). The survey hopes to gather information about these very things: car ownership or lack thereof, and appetite for the wilderness.
Caleb Heeringa, deputy press secretary for the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign in the Pacific Northwest (speaking for himself, not for the organization), says that he falls absolutely into the category of people in Seattle who own a car almost exclusively to get out of town on the weekends—something that gives him pause. He also asserts, like Pickford, that “even hardcore urbanists are not going to say that car ownership is completely gonna be wiped off the face of the earth.” But Heeringa, for one, “bristle[s] at the idea” that car ownership should ever be “the primary guiding force for our land-use decisions.”
Perhaps the fundamental connection among density, parking, cars, and wilderness, though, is this: Wilderness exists because of urban density. We can’t have it both ways.
Washington is fairly unique in its laws that limit urban sprawl: Since 1990, the Growth Management Act has explicitly required cities and counties to develop comprehensive plans that both concentrate urban growth and protect the wilderness. Without that, Seattle could be Houston.
“The irony of anti-housing advocates lobbying for parking spaces over homes, in the name of wilderness access,” says Sightline’s Serena Larkin, “is that building more homes . . .is exactly what helps to prevent us sprawling into those very same wild places they love.”
In other words, if we put down a parking lot instead of a housing development, we might as well pave paradise, too.

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