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Just before you even start off to consider tackling your first sample, you'll apply your stitches by crocheting different swatches. These are generally crocheted blocks of a sq. condition, you'll be able to determine the amount of rows that you would like, however the item is to observe your stitches until finally you are feeling comfy with all the form and visual appearance of the crochet swatch.
Never stress about wasting your yarn possibly. In reality, in the event you like, you may help you save your swatches and stitch them jointly for making other tasks. It is strongly recommended that you make crochet swatches to check your gauge prior to commencing other tasks in addition. So loosen up and enjoy crocheting swatches, these are the groundwork for the upcoming crochet layouts Crochet Beanie Hat Pattern.
It is also crucial to realize that due to the fact your crochet knowledge is intended to get exciting, you might want to check the limits of the creativity. When you begin to memorize distinct stitches, you could possibly find yourself working on a sample then choose you would like to get it inside of a different route. Under no circumstances anxiety to stray through the patterns and experiment. Several occasions you can learn that you could choose the know-how that you've and experiment and make your personal special kinds. This can be how I have made many of my favored patterns.
You will also learn which you can produce quite a few lovely crochet items from basic designs including squares, circles, and rectangles. It is a good way for beginners to department out into a wide range of assignments devoid of always obtaining the working experience or even the proficiency to deal with far more complex tasks.
Even so, you may find out that just a few simple stitches along with the capacity to abide by a sample may have you crocheting many quantities of tasks in incredibly very little time.
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Essentially the most significant point is to you should definitely have a great time and choose your time and effort. Enjoy your crocheting and you may see that very quickly in the least, you'll be crocheting just like a professional.
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It's never shocking to learn that an actor is dating a model more than a decade younger than him since the practice is so common in Hollywood, but a lot of Bradley Cooper fans will probably be very surprised by the news that the 38-year-old star may be dating a 20-year-old model/actress named Suki Waterhouse.
Bradley once denied rumors that he was dating Jennifer Lawrence by saying that he was old enough to be the father of his "Silver Linings Playbook" co-star. However, Jen is two years older than Suki! So why is it suddenly okay with Brad that he could be his girlfriend's dad? After all, before hooking up with Suki, he was dating age-appropriate gals like Zoe Saldana, Olivia Wilde and Jennifer Esposito. Renee Zellweger and Jennifer Lopez were even a few years older than him.
Bradley Cooper's sudden acceptance of such a large age difference might have something to do with the company he's been keeping. According to the Daily Mail, he spent Super Bowl Sunday in Miami with Lothario Leonardo DiCaprio. The BFFs were photographed together on a balcony by the beach, and they appeared to be doing a little babe watching using a pair of binoculars.
Leonardo is notorious for dating models and younger women. The 38-year-old actor has been linked to 25-year-old actress Blake Lively and 23-year-old Victoria's Secret model Erin Heatherton. His latest conquest is his 22-year-old "The Wolf of Wall Street" co-star, Margot Robbie, and there have even been rumors that he has his eye on Jennifer Lawrence. So maybe Leo has been a bad influence on Bradley by encouraging him to take advantage of being a big star by pursuing younger women.
If Bradley is ever asked why he's okay with dating Suki Waterhouse when he said that he was too old for J-Law, he'll probably come up with some spiel about how he thought Suki was so much older when he first met her because she's so mature for age. Maybe Jen's goofiness and love of talking about butts makes her seem immature to Brad.
Luckily, Jen won't be hurt that Brad is dating a different cherub-cheeked blonde. In fact, she might be a bit relieved since she's been playing matchmaker by trying to set him up with her friends. And if Brad starts feeling a little too old for Suki, he's also in luck -- the model's father is a plastic surgeon to the stars.
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Working together couldn’t be more evident than through a recent Indigenous Kids Camp with Eddie Rice Camps Victoria in April this year.
With a group of 16 children in attendance, volunteers were told that for some of these children, other programs wouldn’t take them because of their challenging behaviour. Yet here were 16 children with their volunteer buddies enjoying and relishing the experience of an Edmund Rice Camp. Engaging, having fun and being kids.
A participant, who resides in residential care and had previously attended ERC programs, reconnected with her volunteer buddies and ‘Eddie Rice family’ and returned to a place where she felt connected and a sense of belonging with a community of people who have known her over time. This is something she held dear given that her life has consisted of moving throughout various placements with different caregivers.
During the Camp, she showed real pride in her culture, showed she felt safe and comfortable around the volunteers and didn’t want to leave. She felt safe being herself and knew she was accepted despite some of the behaviour she showed. By having her back, ERC have demonstrated that this is a community that cares about her, something she hadn’t experienced much within her world.
Many of the volunteers came to the April camp with only a small understanding of indigenous history and culture, but through the relationships formed, stories shared and nightly reflections, they left with a much deeper and heartfelt understanding of the experiences of Australia’s indigenous people and that working together creates a real future for young people.

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Rick and Morty fans celebrated the return of one of the biggest cult animated comedies recently, with the show back on our screens.
The fifth season arrived on Adult Swim in the US and E4 in the UK, and now people are already starting to look ahead to the future.
Fans have been more vocal online than ever, especially as one of the most popular theories has been confirmed.
Just as viewers of the hit show were waiting impatiently for season five, now the wait begins for new episodes all over again.
There could soon be more Rick and Morty on the way soon, too, after makers confirmed a film version is in the pipeline.
But will there be a sixth season? Here’s everything you need to know.
Will there be a Rick and Morty season 6?
Rick and Morty will definitely be back for further seasons (Picture: Adult Swim)
The good news is, the show is definitely coming back for a sixth season – and possibly more in the future.
Time Warner Broadcasting and Adult Swim put in a huge order for 70 more Rick and Morty episodes way back in 2018. Both season four and season five contained 10 episodes each, meaning there are 50 more episodes expected as part of the deal.
If there continues to be 10 episodes per season, it could fans all the way up to season 10.
The show recognised fans’ desire for new episodes after officially announcing season five, with a tweet saying: ‘Now you can start asking us about season 6.’
How long does it take to make more Rick and Morty episodes?
The creators of the hit show, Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, have been working continuously on the series since it first arrived back in 2013 and getting through new seasons at an impressive pace – and not letting the pandemic set them back too far.
Since the deal for 70 new episodes was signed in 2018, each season has taken around a year and six months to arrive.
If things take a similar time for season six, fans could possibly expect new episodes by summer 2022. However, a release date has yet to be confirmed.
Rick and Morty season 5 airs on Mondays on E4 in the UK at 10pm.
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As part of the IIHF Global Girls’ Game weekend, the United States hosted its Global Girls Game in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, where the 16U Steel City Selects (Team White) edged the 16U Carolina Lady Eagles (Team Blue) 2-1.
But while there were numerous winners and losers on scoreboards around the world, the final score in each game mattered less than the event’s greater purpose.
“The opportunity to participate in an international celebration of girls and women’s hockey is the most appreciated part,” said Kristen Wright, USA Hockey manager of girls player development. “The final score of 135-128 in favor of Team Blue, because it’s cumulative across all international games, provides a connection between the countries, but it’s not as important as the experience itself.”
This second-annual IIHF Global Girls’ Game weekend was a worldwide initiative with 38 national associations hosting one-hour games held in succession around the world.
“Just to be chosen as part of this event is special, but to do well in our home tournament against great competition is a testament to our hard-working team,” Steel City Selects coach John Mudrany said.
According to Wright, the IIHF Global Girls’ Game weekend was created two years ago to celebrate the female game and unite countries across the world in their efforts to promote and grow women’s hockey.
“Since 1998, we have seen an increase in the number of girls playing ice hockey in so many countries,” Wright said. “The IIHF Global Girls’ Game and the USA Hockey National Continuous Game highlight one of the best attributes of girls hockey: community.
“Not only does the continuous game bring players, parents, coaches and volunteers together on a national and international scale, but it also celebrates the close-knit environments that are created on girls hockey teams.”
In this age of social media, the IIHF Global Girls’ Game also provides participants a platform in which they can share their experiences.
“Female hockey players across the world can interact on social media,” Wright said. It’s motivating because participants can see other teams and countries playing hockey, and the exposure and connections created are a large part of the event’s success.
“For us at USA Hockey, the satisfaction comes from the excitement of seeing the smiles on the girls’ faces and knowing that they’re able to play hockey while being part of something bigger than themselves. Through events like this, we can give girls at the local level an opportunity to be part of a worldwide initiative.”
The fact that games were held in Pittsburgh was a major plus in the opinion of Ladd Wagner, USA Hockey Girls and Women’s Section representative for the Mid-American District.
“The Pittsburgh area is a growing hotbed for girls hockey,” Wagner said. “The positive influence of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins is helping grow the game in the Mid-American District.
“Having the IIHF Global Girls’ Game in Pittsburgh has put a worldwide spotlight on our city and will help introduce more girls to the game at the grassroots level. Events like this highlight girls playing a sport they love, which helps us grow the game.”
As part of the weekend, USA Hockey also highlighted thirty-three successive girls games across the U.S. as part of the National Continuous Game. These games represented all 12 districts and 23 states at the 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, and 19U classifications, in addition to ACHA Division I and Division II, NCAA Division I and Division III, Women’s Adult, Sled, and the NWHL.
One of the continuous games was played at the Warwick (Pennsylvania) Revolution Ice Garden between the 19U Reston Raiders and 19U Buffalo Stars. In addition, the Ice Garden is home to the Lady Patriots, who hosted their first-ever all-girls American Development Model goaltending clinic alongside their 11th annual Presidents Day Classic.
“We had 39 girls teams ages 12 to 19, so we had an abundance of goalies,” Lady Patriots President Paul Bardell said. “We offered [the clinic] to all the goalies free and put it in the middle of our tournament.
“We also brought in Rich Hansen (ADM regional manager) and Kristen Wright from USA Hockey.”
The clinic, according to Bardell, focused in part on showing coaches that it isn’t difficult to coach goalies as long they are involved in drills.
“You have to sometimes remind coaches that goalies are part of their team, and they have to keep them engaged and involved, rather than isolated,” Bardell said.
For the goalies themselves, the ADM clinic emphasized the foundations of goaltending such as lateral movement, proper stance and recovery, blocker saves, glove saves, stick saves, staying square to puck, as well as great practice habits.
The ADM has long been ingrained in the Lady Patriots.
“The ADM style of practices allows us to be more efficient, both in how we develop the skills and in how we use the ice. With station-based practices, we can put more girls on the ice for a lower cost,” Bardell said. “The girls like it because they’re moving. The practice is done before they realize how much work they’ve actually done. With the ADM and station-based practices, the girls are taught the skills to succeed.”
One of the main tenants of the ADM is ensuring that the players have fun, and the girls who participated in the IIHF Girls Global Game definitely enjoyed the experience. Grace Johnson, who had two points for the 16U Steel City Selects team, said after the game, "It's inspiring to play a game I love with my teammates and score the game-winning goal as part of this game.”
Carolyn Whitney of the 16U Carolina Lady Eagles said, “We’re proud to play in the IIHF Global Girls Game because it shows how the girls game continues to grow in the United States and across the world. It's inspiring to see more and more younger females playing the game and also be provided with more opportunities to play hockey at the collegiate, international and professional level.”
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Stemming from the collaboration between Ceramica Bardelli and Meneghello Paolelli Associati, Zip is a collection of designer tiles with a bold twist that transforms ceramic tiling into a dynamic visual system, constantly poised between rhythmic regularity and asymmetry.
The 600 by 600mm, and 600 by 1,200mm, rectified porcelain tiles, 10mm thick, are also available with shaped edges to create unusual decorative effects reminiscent of the full and empty volumes of zips.
With their matt finish and uniform surface texture, the three colours of Zip - anthracite black, ivory white, and antique terracotta - act as a neutral background capable of enhancing the decorative role of the joints.
These form an essential element of the design, bringing the tiles together in a single, continuous surface.
The tiles and joints become interpolar, in a rhythmic balance of opposites: solids and voids, concave and convex elements, coloured joints and neutral surfaces.
Placing perfectly modular rectified and shaped tiles alongside one another makes for countless compositional possibilities limited only by the architect’s or the interior designer’s imagination.
Zip may be used on floors and walls, both in residential and non-residential settings.
Housing developer, Beechcroft, has chosen Gaia’s low-temperature hot water underfloor heating (UFH) system to create a warm, comfortable living space...Continue Reading
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Do you vote half-heartedly, or not at all, because you don't want to encourage partisan politics?
Then you must be an Independent Tennessean!
Do you feel that the political parties and their candidates represent special interest groups and not you. Are we taxed without representation? I thought that is why we revolted against the English monarchy. Our system was designed for a peaceful revolution but the political parties have hijacked that system. Both parties have problems with corruption
Seriously folks, we at Independent Tennessee, believe the most urgent problem of our generation is the drop in voter participation, the rise in political corruption in both parties, and the erosion of American democracy itself.
42% of Americans are self-identified independent voters. That's about 2.6 million Tennesseans! But we remain unorganized as a political force with which to be reckoned.
Join the independent movement across the Volunteer State to clean up, open up and take back Tennessee -- of, by and for ALL the people of Tennessee!
Join Independent Tennessee and join the movement to clean up and open up the Tennessee voting process.
Check out our national organization, IndependentVoting.org, at www.independentvoting.org or www.cuip.org, so you can find our other state affiliates and join the national independent political reform movement.


Koko FitClub, the world’s first and only fully automated personal training studio, has opened in Westport's Fresh Market plaza.
The fitness center’s patented Smartraining SystemTM technology analyzes each member’s fitness level, designs a program based on the member’s goals and guides the member through each customized workout using an interactive touch screen.
Owner Peter Buckley said he was excited about opening in southern Fairfield County, a place where he believes fitness is on top of people’s minds.
“You’re serving a well educated affluent population,” Buckley said of his clients. “Those are people that know there are long term benefits and long term dividends associated with being in shape.”
Buckley added that many people think having a personal trainer is too expensive and time consuming. At Koko FitClub you can work out whenever it is convenient for you, from 5 a.m. until 12 a.m. seven days a week. Members get a Koko key and door-access fob so they can workout whenever they’d like. Trainers are at the gym from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Monday - Thursday, until 5 p.m. on Friday and on weekends.
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“It is not perceived that you’re worse off coming in without an attendant because its very self-explanatory,” Buckley said, adding that everything a member does is recorded on a flash drive and uploaded to a website where you can track your status.
Members plug in their Koko key into every machine they use, which tracks their status and keeps their regiment in line.
“It’s really quite fascinating. It does all the thinking for you,” said Buckley. “All you have to do is show up with a good attitude and be committed to having an honest workout. You get out of it what you put into it.“
Buckley’s interest in the health and fitness industry was sparked by his son’s diagnosis of diabetes.
“When my son, Jaime, was diagnosed with type one diabetes, I became more aware of the benefits of and more dedicated to a healthy lifestyle. The Koko FitClub concept allows me to help others with the same goal,” he said.
Koko FitClub officially opened September 6, but a grand opening and ribbon cutting was held September 20.


I mix a lot of epoxy in small batches, but I’ve seldom had the right size container on hand. I solved this problem by drilling 1-1/2-in. holes in 2×4 scraps with a Forstner bit. The resulting shallow “cups” allow easy mixing without the risk of spilling. When the holes are used up, I just make a new mixing board. — Bill Wells. Save your takeout utensils to use in the shop!
Some tools that are required for this project are Miter saw, drilling machine, pencil, tape measure, screws, etc. Those, who prefer a video tutorial instead, can visit the below link to a YouTube video tutorial that illustrates the process of creating a DIY Beer Bottle Crate. The video tutorial explains every step properly so that anyone can make a Beer bottle crate easily.
Sanding concave molding doesn’t have to be difficult. Find a deep socket that fits the contour of your molding. Wrap a piece of sand- paper around the socket and hold it in place with your fingers. Your sanding will be uniform and the delicate edges of the molding won’t round over. — Eric and Cheryl Weltlich. In this video, Travis talks about his favorite sanding tips.
This self-clamping table saw fence takes only seconds to put on and lets you crank the blade into the fence to create both angled cuts along board edges and extremely thin rip or rabbet cuts. With a hand- or jigsaw, cut pieces from a 1×4, making the inside width of the “L” a hair under the thickness of your saw’s fence. Drill 5/16-in. holes in the L-blocks and plywood fence and join them with two 1/4-in. x 3-in. countersunk machine screws, washers and Wing-Nuts. As always, use extra caution when you’re sawing without a blade guard. Our thanks for this new sawing angle to professional furniture maker George Vondriska. Check out these 16 genius tool hacks you need to know!
This time I surprised one of my favorite dice games and took it outside. I made a set of wooden dice in just a few hours, and instead of sitting in the room and doing nothing, we are taking our dice game out into the yard. With this set of wooden dice, dice games are becoming our favorite backyard game. Check out the step by step tutorial below so you can make your own.
Old doors laid across sawhorses make great temporary workbenches, but they take up a lot of space when you’re not using them. Instead of full-size doors, I use bifold doors with hinges so I can fold them up when I’m done working. They’re also easier to haul around in the pickup for on-the-road jobs. — Harry Steele. Here are 12 more simple workbenches you can build.
Cutting sandpaper is a quick way to dull your scissors or utility knife blade. Instead, I fastened a hacksaw blade to the edge of my workbench. I slipped a washer behind the blade at each of the mounting holes so a sheet of sandpaper to easily slides in behind the blade. I fold the paper where I want to cut, just as a reference. — Kim Boley. Try some of these storage solutions!
The best thing about this wine rack is that it is very easy to build. All you need is the basic understanding of woodworking and a few tools to get started. You can modify your wine rack any way you want or build in a design or color different from this one. The basic steps to build a wooden wine rack are the same for all variants. I have included here the video tutorial that I followed in order to build myself a pallet wide rack.
I could write a whole post on wood species as each species has unique characteristics and traits. But, one of the most common types of wood used in DIY projects and furniture building is pine wood (a softwood). Pine is an affordable and readily available option at your local home improvement store and it comes in many sizes. I highly recommend using pine for beginner woodworking projects. Then, as you improve your skill, try working with some different wood species!
Aside from the privacy it offers, a latticework porch trellis is a perfect way to add major curb appeal to your home for $100 or less. The trellis shown here is made of cedar, but any decay-resistant wood like redwood, cypress or treated pine would also be a good option. Constructed with lap joints for a flat surface and an oval cutout for elegance, it’s a far upgrade from traditional premade garden lattice. As long as you have experience working a router, this project’s complexity lies mostly in the time it takes to cut and assemble. Get the instructions complete with detailed illustrations here.
A board is considered “quarter-sawn” when the growth rings run, more or less, perpendicular to the face of the board. Quarter-sawn boards generally have straight grain and are less prone to shrinkage, compared to other boards. These factors don’t come into play with the 2x4s you use to frame a closet—but it does with the shelves and cabinetry you put into that closet; you want those boards to remain straight, flat and stable.
What is the one thing every woodworker needs? Yes, a workbench. Now that you have or at least I am assuming you have worked on so many woodworking projects, you are close to becoming a professional woodworker. You now probably owe yourself a nice woodworking bench. You should also know that a true woodworker never buys his bench from the market, but always builds one himself. But before you start this project, you should know what a workbench is.


I'm a college student studying semiconductors. I can't understand what is happening inside the materials when two or more different materials are in contact. Can I get some help?
So, basically at thermodynamic equilibrium, the Fermi level of all materials should be the same. Yes, I understand that, because the electrons of each material will tend to move to a lower energy level, ultimately reaching equilibrium.
However, in metal & n-doped semiconductor junctions, as you can see in the figure below, the Fermi level of the semiconductor is higher than that of the metal. Therefore, I assumed that electrons will flow from the semiconductor into the metal. If that's the case, shouldn't metal's Fermi level increase? Why does the Fermi level of semiconductor change only, instead of both materials? Also, I learned that at the surface of each materials, the charges pile up, creating a barrier (Schottky barrier). However, if electrons migrate into metal, which has high conductivity and freedom of movement of electrons, in what way does charges pile up?
My second question features the MOS structure. As you can see in the figure below, all the materials are in contact, reaching a equilibrium. However, the oxide layer acts as an insulator, forbidding electron movement through the material. In this situation, in which mechanism does the Fermi level reach equilibrium throughout all materials?


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FC Cincinnati history: Revisiting the club's first home playoff match
All this talk about Futbol Club Cincinnati's upcoming playoff run this autumn has plenty of supporters on edge and excited, and justifiably so.
By the time FC Cincinnati opens the USL Cup playoffs Oct. 20, it will have been more than two years since the club hosted a first-round playoff match.
Suffice it to say there's plenty of pent-up energy that's going to be released during that first-round matchup at Nippert Stadium.
And that got us thinking over here at Cincinnati.com. The club's absorbed many new and intrigued fans since the Oct. 2, 2016 playoff loss, and they're probably interested in what it was like when the club reached the playoffs convincingly back during its infancy.
Sixth-seeded Charleston Battery came from behind to knock third-seeded FC Cincinnati out. The final score was 2-1.
A United Soccer League single-match playoff record crowd of 30,187 attended the match at Nippert Stadium.
Eric Stevenson opened the scoring for FC Cincinnati with one of the most glittering goals in club history, a lash from some-35 yards out that curled left to right off the outside of his foot into the top lefthand corner of the net in Nippert's south end.
The goal gave FC Cincinnati one last taste of national attention as it packed up for the offseason as the goal was featured on ESPN's Sportscenter afterward.
Great stories don't always have happy endings. The first chapter of Futbol Club Cincinnati's story was book-ended with a crushing, upset loss.
Sixth-seeded Charleston Battery, a team that seemed to have No. 3-seeded FC Cincinnati's number all season, stomped out the Queen City's soccer fairy tale with a 2-1 win Sunday at Nippert Stadium in a United Soccer League playoff match.
The game itself disappointed home fans, but FC Cincinnati's 2016 season isn't reducible to one loss. Club officials vowed after the playoff match to continue pushing FC Cincinnati forward.
FC Cincinnati is 0-2 all-time in the USL Cup playoffs, but that shouldn't be construed to suggest the club can't win in single-elimination situations.
Head coach Alan Koch has a 6-1-2 record in Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup play and saw the team through to the semifinal round of the competition in the 2017 iteration of the tournament.
Fans unsure of what to expect from an FC Cincinnati home playoff match should look to aspects of the 2016 loss to Charleston for a preview of the atmosphere and excitement, as well as the 2017 U.S. Open Cup run, which featured sellout crowds at Nippert Stadium and raucous scenes.

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Dinosaur Bridge Leads Tokyo Push to Ease Traffic, Boost Economy
Tokyo (JPOPTKYO)’s “Dinosaur Bridge” opens to vehicles this weekend after 10 years of construction as the world’s largest metropolis tackles traffic jams that slow vehicles to half of Japan’s average highway speed.
The 2,618-meter (1.6-mile) bridge, whose nickname derives from its shape, will bring 19 billion yen ($246 million) in economic benefits a year as it almost halves journey times to container terminals in Tokyo Bay, the government estimates. Built at an estimated cost of 113 billion yen, it’s forecast to carry about 32,000 vehicles a day between eastern Tokyo and a man-made island, where a new container terminal is being built.
The four-lane bridge will be followed by a ring road and two larger loop lines around Japan’s capital. The improvements, spurred by the city’s unsuccessful bid to host the 2016 Olympics, are intended to cut traffic jams in and around the metropolis of more than 35 million people.
“The new bridge will ease congestion in the whole waterfront area,” said Shinichi Ishii, a senior consultant for public management and strategy at Nomura Research Institute Inc. “There is a premium on the value of time in the area, and the economic impact could be two or three times more than government estimates.”
As migration from the countryside and smaller cities boosts Tokyo’s population, the city is increasing use of its waterfront by reclaiming land and building islands in Tokyo Bay. The three fastest-growing prefectures in Japan from 2005 to 2010 were all in the greater Tokyo region, led by Tokyo Prefecture, which increased its population 4.7 percent to 13.2 million, according to Japan’s statistics bureau.
Haneda airport, also built on reclaimed land in the bay, opened a fourth runway and started 24-hour operations in 2010.
To expand container trade, Japan has selected the Port of Tokyo, the nation’s busiest cargo handler, along with nearby Kawasaki and Yokohama as the main focus for port investment in the region.
The new container terminal being built on the man-made island will be able to handle ships capable of carrying 10,000 boxes, according to the port office, which is part of the national government’s transport ministry.
The Tokyo Gate Bridge, as it is officially known, will shorten the travel time to the island from the city’s Shin-Kiba district to 10 minutes from 19 minutes, according to the Tokyo Port Office. It will also give truckers a choice of routes to the city’s main Aomi and Oi container terminals.
The bridge, which weighs about 36,000 tons, was built for less than the original estimate of about 140 billion yen, thanks to new techniques and materials, said Koki Hosaka, a civil engineer at Tokyo Ports. It is built to withstand an earthquake directly under Tokyo, he said.
The height of the bridge was limited since it is on the approach to Haneda airport, meaning that a suspension bridge wasn’t an option, Hosaka said. The construction also needed to be wide and high enough underneath for ships to pass, he said, leading to the final design that resembles two dinosaurs facing off.
Tokyo-based Kawada Industries Inc. (5931) spent two years building the dinosaur-shaped trusses for the bridge, according to Yoshifumi Kodama, a manager for the project. The company used three cranes on boats to lay the bridge on the support columns, he said.
“It hadn’t been done for a bridge of this type in Japan for 16 years,” said Kodama. “It was very nerve wracking as we had to do it in one shot.”
It will be followed by a new Tokyo ring road, set to be completed by March 2014, and two new larger loop lines that are under construction.
While roads and bridges can help cut travel time for truckers, the government could do more to help by extending operating hours at container terminals, said Toshio Araki, head of container operations at the Tokyo Trucking Association.
“The problem is with processing at the terminal rather than the roads,” Araki said. “It’s extremely crowded. The gates are only open during the day and so trucks have to line up and wait. It can take anything from a couple of hours to more than 16 hours.”
The bridge, which has a walkway for pedestrians, is already helping to spur tourism in the area. Sightseeing boat operator Zeal Cruise Division has almost sold all its seats this month for its 80-minute tours of the bridge.
“The tours have become popular for families with kids,” Hirano Takumi, Zeal’s president, said in an interview. “We’re almost completely booked for the opening month and next month. We want overseas tourists to come and see Japan’s new mammoth bridge.”
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Daphne: Edinburgh Best Newcomer Nominee and SketchFest Best New Act 2015, Daphne, are Phil Wang, Jason Forbes and George Fouracres. The group has appeared in various incarnations on Channel 4; BBCs One, Two and Three; and BBC Radio 4. Witness the wise wit of Wang, the flawless physicality of Forbes, and also George, in the group’s premiere hour. ★★★★★ – Londonist ★★★★☆ – The Guardian ★★★★☆ – The Telegraph ★★★★☆ – The Independent ★★★★☆ – The List THE LIST ★★★★☆ – The Skinny ★★★★☆ – The Scotsman ★★★★☆ – Chortle Toby: Beautifully dark and highly original sketch comedy from real life sisters Sarah and Lizzie Daykin. Sarah is childlike, troubled and suffering from delusions of grandeur. Winner of the Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School Theatre Prize 2003. Lizzie is gifted, loyal and suffering at the hands of her sister Sarah. Just enjoys the taking part. Both are still waiting for their luck to change. ★★★★★ – Fest ★★★★☆ – The Guardian ★★★★☆ – Independent ★★★★☆ – Chortle Bucket: Ed Eales-White and Jon Pointing are something of a comedy odd couple, Eales-White being a sketch semi-veteran formerly in Clever Peter, and Pointing a baby-faced rookie. However, they’ve hit the ground running as double-act Bucket, and their stripped-back hour of sketches leans heavily on their dysfunctional relationship. They’ve appeared together in the BBC miniseries The Life Guru, but onstage their partnership really shines, parodying improv comedy and physical theatre, and creating characters who are reminiscent of Channel 4 stars Cardinal Burns. ★★★★★ – ThreeWeeks ★★★★☆ – Chortle Please arrive on time as latecomers may not be admitted.
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Attaching yourself to the vision of your ultimate dream space.
“Your vision will become clear, only when you look into your heart.”
Having a personal vision in mind of the home you’d love to live in, guides your life and gives you direction about the choices you make in order to see it come to life.
Think of your vision as a bridge to seeing out your dreams and making them a reality. Without that clear vision, we are being tossed around by the wind. When we have the courage to get crystal clear on what we want, we now have a direction in which to go. It is a pathway into manifesting what it is you truly desire. It is a way to start attracting these things towards you AND start living into the person you need to be in order to get there.
Your thoughts are how you use your free will to harness the power of the universe, God, Spirit, whoever your higher power is. You are the creator of your reality by the things you choose to believe, the thoughts you choose to think and the opportunities you choose to take. Just as your thoughts have created your current reality, you can also use them to harness the power to manifest whatever reality you set your mind to.
Everything you can think of, already exists for you. If you have a dream or idea of a home you’d love to live in, the activities you want to take part in, the experiences you want to enjoy, they’re there in your mind because they are available to you And they are yours for the taking. It is through our minds and how our thoughts inspire us to take action that our wildest dreams can begin to take shape.
In order to do this exercise, you’ll first want to clear your mind. Set aside time and space where you can let go of all distractions. Light candles, sniff some oils, put on relaxing music, do what you need to do to feel calm and centered and most importantly, breath deeply, over and over and over again. Once you start to feel more grounded and calm. Start to tap into your imagination.
Imagine yourself five years into the future.... you have been transported into your ideal life. You are living your dream! You feel on top of the world — you have reached your largest goals, you have hit your fortune, you are surrounded by people who lift you up, you are fulfilled, and you are experiencing blessings in every area of your life.
So then, how does this feel? Where do you live? What does your home look like? Feel like? What kind of furniture is there? What’s the decor like? Who is with you? What color are the walls? What character does your home have? What’s your favorite room? Where do you go to escape? What do you see outside of your windows? How big are those windows? What do you do with your time there? Who comes to visit you? Do you like to entertain? What do you where? What does your closet look like? Your bathrooms?
Picture all of these things as if they’re happening in the present and write everything down. A day in the life of you. From sunrise to sundown. Hold nothing back, even the things that feel silly or out of reach, they’re there in your mind and heart for a reason. Let your pen flow.
Once you are done this exercise, put all of your thoughts into a day in the life story.....for example....It is Friday morning, I‘m waking up to the most gorgeous sunset overlooking the water of my custom built farmhouse...
Once your entire day is written out with the details of your life and home, read it out loud while recording your voice, you’re creating your own guided meditation that you can listen to and envision and expand on every single day of your life so that you are constantly reminded of your dreams and why you are working to achieve them And then my friend, you will start living them out. This is the first step in manifesting your reality. You’re worth it to take the time to stretch your mind and do this. Your future self will thank you. Xo
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Tallinn Photomonth, one of the largest contemporary art biennial events in Estonia, which this year takes place from October 6 to November 26, has announced the list of participating artists for its main exhibition "Trance."
19 artists from seven different countries are set to participate in the exhibition at Tallinn Art Hall's Lasnamäe Pavilion, many of whom will display their work in Estonia for the first time.
According to curator Ilari Laamanen, "Trance" has an interdisciplinary and cross-generational focus, while each artist brings something unexpected to the exhibition.
"The unusual architecture of the Lasnamäe Pavilion has strongly influenced my curatorial process. The exhibited works will have a direct dialogue with the exhibition space, making it an engaging and multisensory experience," Laamanen said.
"Estonia-based artists Zody Burke, Karel Koplimets, Anu Vahtra, Pire Sova and Ando Naulainen are creating new installations especially for the Photomonth exhibition. It is also a pleasure to feature
work by international practitioners such as Patricia Domínguez, CUSS Group, Laila Majid and Louis Blue Newby in Tallinn for the first time."
"Trance" also questions contemporary life and its domination by the use of different screens. "The exhibition explores how artworks can complicate and aid, the examination of sensory experiences in a technologically mediated world. 'Trance' moves spirally between humane and mechanical, fantastical and factual, allure and absence, in an aim to disorient and reorient the viewer and the viewing situation. The closer the viewer gets to the real, the more imaginary it becomes," Laamanen explained.
"'Trance' can be understood here as a persuasive mass cultural phenomenon on one hand, and as a self-reflective, or even subconscious, experience, on the other," the curator added.
In addition to the main exhibition, the main program of this year's Tallinn Photomonth also includes an artists' film program, which will, for the first time, be part of the Expanded Cinema section of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF).
The film program is curated by Estonian artist and filmmaker Piibe Kolka and New York-based film curator Genevieve Yue. The selected films focus on themes of co-creative methods, collective authorship and sociality. Screenings take place on November 16 and 17 at the Sõprus cinema in Tallinn.
A strong emphasis will continue to be placed on the event's educational program, which is aimed at schoolchildren, as well the display of artworks in urban space.
More information concerning the Tallinn Photomonth '23 film program as well as the satellite and educational programs of will be announced in the coming months.
The artists participating are Sara Bjarland (FI/NL), Zody Burke (US/EE), Patricia Domínguez (CL), Elo-Reet Järv (EE), Karel Koplimets (EE), Laila Majid (AE/UK) & Louis Blue Newby (UK), Norman Orro & Joonas Timmi (EE), Pire Sova & Ando Naulainen
(EE), Viktor Timofeev (LV/US), Anu Vahtra (EE), Jessica Wilson (US) and the artist collective CUSS Group (ZA). Further artists will be announced later this summer.
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“It caught us all by surprise,” Miles Teller shared with THR. “At this point, it’s a different set of circumstances. We’ll see. I honestly haven’t talked to anybody,” he added about returning for the project where he plays Peter.
“Things do change anytime they’re messing with something that was not the original intention,” he continued. “We all signed on for it in hopes that it’d be released in theaters, and we all had every intention of finishing [the franchise].”
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Shot at 25yds/50m/100yds, from a lying down (prone) position; .22 target rifle is the most accurate of target shooting disciplines. The guns are single shot (either bolt action or martini action).
We have 5 positions for 25 yards .22 prone target rifle participating in three main events
- Time Limit
- and Skirmisher
The range is normally dedicated to Prone Target Rifle on Wednesday and Friday evenings between 20:00 and 22:00.
50m and 100 yds events are normally arranged on Saturdays/Sundays at the county range.
Standard ‘Iron’ sights are used for all aspects of this discipline; common manufactures are: Anschutz, Feinwerkbau and BSA.
Detail Time: 60 seconds
Target: NSRA X5 Skirmisher
Course of fire: As many shots as possible within 60 seconds, with no more than two shots on each of the 8 targets, unless 16 scoring shots have been made, in which case you can add a third shot to each target.
Scoring: one point for each ‘hit’, inward scoring.


The first of the Lynx development prototype, in the so-called "basic" configuration.
The basic Lynx No 1, XW835, in flight with the experimental "butterfly" ventral fins.
No 3, XW837, in the hover.
The fifth Lynx completed, XX153, is the first in utility configuration, with Army camouflage and nose fairing extended by 9 in (23 cm).
Project stages in the evolution of the Lynx.
Three-view drawings of the Lynx AH Mk I, showing the lenghtened nose adopted on this version and (lower side view) the Lynx HR Mk 2 with wheeled undercarriage and folding tail rotor.


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By BY WILL BROWN - WBROWN@VICAD.COM
Aug. 8, 2011 at 3:08 a.m.
PORT LAVACA -- It's hard to tangibly quantify enthusiasm, but the Calhoun football program may be an exception to that belief.
As the Sandcrabs took the field Monday afternoon, they were excited during calisthenics, jogged around between periods, and concluded a sharp first day of fall practice.
"Our coastal breeze is a blessing," said Calhoun coach Richard Whitaker. "I thought it went well. The kids were very upbeat and excited."
The Sandcrabs have high expectations for the upcoming season, but Whitaker has reminded them nothing is guaranteed.
"We actually compared this with 2008," Whitaker said. "We were ranked No. 8 in state and lost the district championship.
"Things on paper don't really mean anything. We have four 1,000-yard rushers, but they all have zero yards right now."
One of those rushers is Daniel Brooks, a transfer from Rockdale, who has committed to Oklahoma, and went through the first day of practice with his new teammates.
"I chewed his butt and he did up-downs just like everybody else when we put the ball on the ground," Whitaker said. "The kids are excited about having him and he's excited to be here.
"It's a totally new system for him," Whitaker added. "He has great hands and great feet and we feel like he can help us in the backfield and the secondary."
Whitaker was pleased with his team's ability to retain much of what it learned during spring drills.
"We ran several different sets and they executed pretty well," Whitaker said. "That allows us to focus on conditioning."
Whitaker will get a better idea of where the Sandcrabs stand when they put on pads Friday.
"We came out of spring pretty well knowing our per sonnel," he said. "We still have some kids battling for starting positions. We want to keep that competition going and get them to keep pushing each other.
"You take those guys and put together your team."
Calhoun has won at least nine games for the past five seasons.
The Sandcrabs went 9-4 last season and advanced to the Division II regional playoffs.
Whitaker knows the road to the playoffs has just begun.
"You have to prepare to get to that point," he said. "We're going to have to work hard to get to that position."
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Samantha - Naga Chaitanya Marriage Reception date finalised
Tollywood actor Naga Chaitanya and Tamil actress Samantha - the love birds of the southern cinema are entering wedlock next month in a function in Goa.
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The latest we hear is that the couple is planning to host a grand reception in Hyderabad on 10th October. Whos is who of the cinema industry and celebs from other industries too will likely grace the event.


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It's a slightly different year from your trucks but this post I did a while back might help: I included links to the stuff I used in that thread - I'm guessing you need a different bulb but they have several different sizes/types available. If you go the route I did, you WILL need to splice the resistors in to make the LEDs work for the turn signals but it's a very simple process. I know some other folks around here have used LEDs with built in resistance for use with incandescent light housings. I suspect they will chime in soon. I'm not very familiar with those. I'm very happy with the set up I have so far and haven't had any issues with the bulbs or resistors so far. Good luck!
Fair point. I was thinking about it in a more theoretical sense. I was mostly curious what the difference in fuel burn would be with four cylinders firing versus eight. I am sure there are some significant engineering challenges that would come with making it work in practice. Interesting observation. Thanks.
Great info, newdude. Thanks. I have wondered about this question before. I'd be curious to know if there is any fuel savings to be had idling in V4. I'm guessing the engineers thought of that and determined the answer was "no" but still an interesting question.
Armo325 replied to Armo325's topic in 2014 / 2015 / 2016 / 2017 / 2018 Silverado & Sierra Accessories & ModificationsI bought/installed them last October so, unfortunately, I don’t have a ton of time to give you a good long-term review. That said, they have been great so far. Not a single issue. They’ve seen a temperature range from about 0 to 90 degrees since I got them. I’d say they’re maybe a tad brighter than the stock lights. I really like the small “projector” lens on the end of the bulb that puts light straight out. This is anecdotal but I think this feature helps the bulbs perform better in a housing designed for incandescent bulbs.
Armo325 replied to zachburnham's topic in 2014 / 2015 / 2016 / 2017 / 2018 Silverado & Sierra Accessories & ModificationsI did this mod to my 2017 with Klearz lenses. I put a thread here: While I was at it, I replaced the turn signal bulbs (they're white) with amber LEDs and put resistors in to eliminate hyperflash. Klearz has bulbs and resistors you can order (and I did) but I did not like the bulbs they sent. They weren't very bright and one bulb from the first set didn't even work. Instead, I used the Klearz resistors and bought these bulbs from Amazon. I am very happy with them so far. Of note, the marker lights are a amber LED already so they will still be amber even with a clear lens.
As several folks have mentioned, there are a number of possibilities that could be the culprit. That said, I had the EXACT same problem on my 2005 Tahoe with the 4.8. I cleaned everything but that didn't do it. I didn't do a great job with the troubleshooting and started swapping the hard-to-get-to parts parts first. I figured since I had cleaned the MAF sensor and checked for leaks, it must have been deeper in the motor. I changed the intake gasket and knock sensors (only because they're easy to get to with the intake manifold removed) but still had the problem. In the end, the problem was the Mass Air Flow Sensor. I bought a new one from Amazon (reminder: I had the 4.8L motor. The 5.3 might have a different part) and the problem was fixed. It turns out cleaning the MAF sensor wasn't enough. There was a problem internal to the sensor that was causing the codes. A new one did the trick. Good luck and keep us posted.
I'm guessing it's a typo but is that supposed to say you replaced the intake gasket? This is a bit of a guess only using the information provided so far but the vacuum system will have different pressures when under load as opposed to sitting in park, even at the same RPM. I'm guessing a vacuum leak or other air leak somewhere.
davester nailed it. I have nothing to add except to say I did NOT use any RTV on mine. Short of driving in to a lake (something I have managed to avoid thus far), I was confident the valley would not be exposed to water so I chose to skip the sealant.
Not that you want to spend extra money for no reason on the truck but, if you're going to replace the intake gasket, you may want to consider replacing the knock sensors while you're in there. It's easy to do with the intake manifold removed. Here is the valley with the new sensors and sensor wire installed when I did mine. Of note, the new intake gaskets are not yet installed in this photo. I went to Amazon (again) for the parts - two knock sensors and the knock sensor wire. There is some debate on this site (among others) about that. I know the owner's manual says the computer takes in to consideration "driving habits" to determine when it's time to change the oil but I have no idea what that actually means. I don't have access to a GM software engineer that could explain what data feeds the engine oil life display. I can safely say the computer has no idea what type of oil is in the motor but it likely assumes some base-quality motor oil. Not a great answer. Sorry.
I drove a 2005 Tahoe for 10 years with the same motor (I also added a Flowmaster 40 - it sounds awesome on that motor) you have. I didn't have the rough idle but I had all kind of codes for lean fuel condition. As txab already mentioned, the intake gasket is a VERY common culprit. In fact, I took the top of the motor apart and discovered that I had the newer, improved gasket and that was NOT the problem. For me it was the mass airflow sensor. I know you said you cleaned it - I cleaned mine, too, but the problem didn't go away until I replaced it. It's a pretty cheap part (I bought mine here from Amazon - it's currently $79.50) and an easy swap. I don't know what the issue was but it was internal to the MAF sensor. Just another possibility to consider. Good luck and keep us posted.
Armo325 replied to amxguy1970's topic in 2014 / 2015 / 2016 / 2017 / 2018 Chevrolet Silverado & GMC Sierra 1500I completely agree with the sentiment of this thread and I'll admit I was guilty of this for a couple months after getting my truck lifted. One thing that surprised me when I was adjusting my headlights was how hard it was to find a level surface (that I could drive on) next to a wall. My driveway is not level and most parking lots have some amount of gradient for drainage. That said, once you find a place to make the adjustments, the process is painfully simple. There's no excuse not to do it. Even a completely stock truck won't stay perfectly aligned indefinitely.
Armo325 replied to Armo325's topic in 2014 / 2015 / 2016 / 2017 / 2018 Silverado & Sierra Accessories & ModificationsI had had a few folks ask what I used for this swap, so here are a couple Amazon links: Bulbs Resistors As you can see, you can get everything you need for $41.97 before tax and shipping. Not too bad if you're looking for an inexpensive mod. Also, it has only been a couple months now but everything is holding up great and I'm still very happy with the look.
Armo325 replied to MotoMedic's topic in 2014 / 2015 / 2016 / 2017 / 2018 Silverado & Sierra Accessories & ModificationsNot to point out the obvious but that link includes a refurbished amp, not new. That would likely explain the price. I have no issue with buying things used but electronic gear, in my mind, only lives so long so I typically buy new when it comes to speaker, amps, etc.
Armo325 replied to Mossyoakglock's topic in 1999-2006 & 2007-2013 Chevrolet Silverado & GMC Sierra 1500I had the exact same issue on my 2005 Tahoe a couple years ago. As you already mentioned, the switch was the culprit. Fortunately, they aren't too expensive and very easy to replace. I didn't replace it for quite a while after the problem started only because it happened so infrequently and didn't affect my daily driving. If it happens again, take a look at the switch. When it happened to me, all of the lights were off on the switch when the "2WD" light should have been illuminated. For me, that was the biggest hint the the issue was in the switch and not elsewhere in the truck.
Armo325 replied to aseibel's topic in 2014 / 2015 / 2016 / 2017 / 2018 Silverado & Sierra Accessories & ModificationsI was going to say something similar. I'd be curious to see the (unbroken) passenger side to see how the control arm angles look. I'm no expert but the photos you posted look like a pretty healthy stretch. Did you get any photos with the UCA in the shot?
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Gone are the days when life stops with retirement. With longer life expectancy, many people can go on living secure, productive and meaningful lives way past their retirement age.
The Employees Provident Fund’s (EPF) annual International Social Security Conference 2016 discussed healthy ageing and establishing age-friendly communities, in addition to exploring the issue of engaging the growing senior generation in the economic and social landscape.
Themed “Active Ageing: Live Long and Prosper” and jointly organised with State Street, a leading provider of financial services to institutional investors, with The Star as the media partner.
A special media roundtable session was held during the conference entitled, “Vibrant Cities, Healthy Communities, Happier People”, with four speakers – EPF’s deputy CEO (Strategy) Tunku Alizakri Alias, 8 80 Cities founder Gil (Guillermo) Penalosa, Smorenberg Corporate Consultancy CEO, and founder of the World Pension Summit Harry Smorenberg and Denmark’s Happiness Research Institute CEO Meik Wiking.
In addition to knowing how to manage your money and having enough money to retire with, there are also other aspects to retirement, such as healthy communities and happiness levels.
Penalosa: We need to create cities that are friendly towards the elderly. One way we evaluate a city is via its city streets. We need to think of the most vulnerable people, the children, older adults, the poor and the handicapped.
Our cities are really horrible for older adults. For example, in Kuala Lumpur, I have been around the city but I haven’t seen a nice sidewalk anywhere … and I’ve been to some of the wealthiest and poorest neighbourhoods. When pedestrians are walking and all the sidewalks are broken and the intersections are not safe, you are telling people they are second class citizens.
In the Netherlands and Denmark, people walk everywhere. More than 40% of the people in Copenhagen ride bicycles as their mode of mobility. Here, not even 1%. And Copenhagen is one of the wealthiest cities in the world, same as Amsterdam.
In Malaysia, people who have cars spend 25%-35% of their income towards mobility. There is nothing that the government can do to improve the financial situations of people more than allowing the households to downsize from two cars to one, or from one to zero. If people are spending so much of their income on mobility, they will have no money to retire.
You need to make the price of cars, parking and gas expensive to encourage the use of public transport and also change the mindset of the status symbol associated with having a car.
One big concern among older adults is social isolation. We need good quality parks within 500m of their homes. Parks will help people develop a sense of belonging and solidarity.
I think we need to build cities differently, and I think that is a big area that Kuala Lumpur and many other Asian cities is failing.
A hundred years ago, we had 200 million people living in cities. Today we have 3.5 billion. In 35 years, we will have seven billion people living in cities. And we are going to have to build as many cities as we have ever done in the history of humanity.
So, in many ways, the wellbeing of older adults is (related) to their savings but just as important is their community, their sidewalks, their neighbourhood, parks and better connection to public transport.
As countries start to build more cities due to urban migration, how important is the need to have cities built properly to cater to the needs of society?
Penalosa: Many cities are facing a health crisis. The problems of health among the older adults is not that they are getting older, because the main cost of health is only (largely incurred) in the last two years of their lives.
But healthcare has to be preventive. Here in Malaysia today, one out of five Malaysians are obese. Of course it is still lower than the United States but it is the highest in Asia. That is a big concern because then there will be problems with heart attacks, respiratory problems, depression and anxiety.
And finally, from the point of economic development, we live in a globalised world where the best people, from carpenters to doctors, can live anywhere they want. So for Malaysia to be competitive, you have to have good quality of life because people (do not like) to be stuck in traffic for one hour in an otherwise 10-minute journey. If people are not going to have parks where they can go to, then they are going to go somewhere else.
You are going to continue growing but the problem is some of the best people are going to move. So that is an issue of economic competitiveness. Quality of life, in my opinion, is the most important tool of economic competitiveness in this century.
Tunku Alizakri: If we have a complete change of mindset in terms of what defines success – like happiness or ability to raise a solid family foundation, ability to take care of yourself – that will drive the development agenda of any government. Then we will start to look at building cities, building lives and transportation systems which are geared towards achieving those sorts of targets. For example, Bhutan has their Gross National Happiness Index.
So we need to change our mindset and targets. I don’t see tangible targets geared towards quality of life, for example.
Penalosa: The reality is there is a gap between the haves and the have-nots. You will never be able to, in the short term, change the (incomes) of everyone. However, in the short term, you can give fantastic public space to everybody. That is something that you have the resources to do, to have proper sidewalks and parks.
With all these, the quality of life is going to improve substantially. The most important symbol of democracy, I think, is the sidewalk. That is where the life of the streets happen.
Tunku Alizakri: I think this is where Malaysia needs to start constructing spaces and infrastructures that promote social network. Research has shown that loneliness is one of the major factors of loss of life. Lonely people actually lose five years of their life expectancy. Kuala Lumpur, for example, is becoming a lonelier city. There are not enough spaces for us to interact and integrate and communicate with one another.
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Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company (NYSE: ABBV) announced today it will be hosting an open casting call seeking people who would like to share their BOTOX® Cosmetic Story. The company continues its commitment to showcase real people and real stories as part of its larger mission to create a more inclusive and authentic dialogue around the decision to receive aesthetic treatments. Building on the success of the original 'See Yourself' campaign, launched in 2021, BOTOX® Cosmetic, is launching
Earlier this month, AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) completed its application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Rinvoq to treat adults with a back arthritis (known as non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis) who previously tried nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) but did not benefit. If eventually approved by the FDA, this would be the fourth approved indication in the U.S. for Rinvoq. Let's take a look at Rinvoq's efficacy in treating patients with this form of back arthritis and the sales potential of the indication for pharma stock AbbVie.


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On Wednesday, Lois Lerner, the IRS official overseeing the tax-exempt organizations office, refused to testify during a hearing on Capitol Hill, and was attacked by some Republicans on the House committee. Her brief appearance was the beginning of a five-hour session marked by angry outbursts and allegations of political motives.
On Thursday, President Obama is expected to explain how the fight against al-Qaida has changed, and how the U.S. will adapt its counter-terrorism policies to the evolving threat. The president will speak at the National Defense University.
One of the provisions removed from the immigration overhaul bill would have allowed U.S. citizens to sponsor same-sex partners in the green card process. But senators removed that item in order to get conservative support.
The Chicago school board on Wednesday voted to close dozens of schools, despite community protests that the closings disproportionately affect minority students. The Chicago Teachers Union and community activists plan to show their disapproval by campaigning against elected officials who disagreed with them.
College students could end up paying a higher interest rate on their government subsidized loans unless Congress steps in. In a replay of last year's battle, Republicans, Democrats and the Obama administration all have competing proposals. A vote is scheduled in the House of Representatives Thursday. But with no consensus in sight, it's not clear if lawmakers can keep interest rates from doubling on July 1.
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SHE’S a telly A-lister as Line Of Duty’s only female lead – but Vicky McClure likes taking on the sort of tough roles traditionally played by men.
For almost a decade she has played fearless anti-corruption cop Kate Fleming in the BBC1 blockbuster written by Jed Mercurio, who also gave the nation hit police thriller Bodyguard on the same channel.
Now the same production team will deliver new ITV nerve-jangler Trigger Point, a six-part thriller about the work of the Metropolitan Police Bomb Disposal Squad.
Airing next month, it will see Vicky, 38, head the cast as squad operative Lana Washington.
The similarities between Lana and LoD’s Detective Inspector Kate will add to inevitable comparisons between the two shows but Vicky is not worried.
She said: “That’s the kind of roles I love. I’ve sort of fallen into this genre. If I read a script, I often want to play the male’s role because that is the strong, committed role.
“I can’t worry about taking roles that might feel like they’re in a similar vein.
“Lana and Kate are both very strong women. Very brave and committed. But I don’t see them as the same people at all.”
Vicky is keen to point out Lana is not a police officer, even though cops are usually crawling around the tense scenes she is called to.
And it requires a lot more acting to portray the nerves of steel of her new character, as opposed to DI Fleming who regularly grilled bent coppers on LoD.
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Vicky said: “I’m definitely not cut out for the bomb squad. I’m scared to cross the road some-times. People might think I’m hard but I’m not. So I can’t see me doing that.
“What I am is very nosy, though, so in terms of interrogation and asking questions and getting to the truth, I think I’d be alright at that.”
Vicky, who shot to fame on gritty Channel 4 drama This is England, stars in Trigger Point opposite Adrian Lester, who plays fellow operative Joel Nutkins.
They work as a duo to defuse devices in buildings and vehicles and even on people.
The show sees them called out to a London block of council flats which is the home of a suspected bomb-maker.
The scenario may remind many viewers of episode one of LoD, in 2012, when Martin Compston, playing DI Steve Arnott, carried out a similar raid that led to him joining anti-corruption unit AC-12.
But LoD writer Jed, who is executive producer on Trigger Point, is relaxed about any comparisons that may be made.
He just hopes association with LoD, which attracted more than 13million viewers for its finale earlier this year, gets more people watching Trigger Point.
He said: “You know, it’s great if people come to it because they love Vicky from Line Of Duty and they want to see her in this particular role.
“That would be lovely if it gives the show more attention. But I think that the audience will realise that this is a very different piece of work.”
Vicky had to immerse herself in a whole new world of body armour, wire cutters and other technology she had previously never encountered playing LoD’s Kate.
And she loved it.
She said: “It was something I knew very little about. Something I could only imagine would bring a lot of drama. Straight away, I could see there was a lot for me to do.
“It’s always nice to get your teeth into stuff. It just felt different. The subject matter — there’s so much to play with, with the fear.”
But the playful relationship between Trigger Point’s Lana and Adrian means the storylines are not relentlessly dark.
Vicky said: “There’s lighter moments and that taps into that world. There’s that need for relief.” Jed clearly has faith in the show delivering water-cooler moments — discussed the next day in the office — just like LoD and Bodyguard did.
So he was delighted it was decided to air it weekly on ITV and not, as with so many dramas, box-set it on a streaming service.
He said: “There’s still a big section of the audience who love the experience of appointment-to-view TV.
“Something can become a talking point, and people have lots of theories about what’s going to happen next and who’s behind some kind of mystery.
“There’s elements we do have in Trigger Point and it all adds to the shared experience of television viewing.
“The trend is away from that but a substantial section of the audience wants to make up their own mind about when they view, and we want to give them what they want. It’s like we’re turning the clock back to an earlier age of television and I think plenty of people appreciate that.”
Jed is keen to do further runs of Trigger Point.
He said: “If this series goes down well, we’d love to do more. It’s set up to be a returner, and we know how much audiences love thrillers.
“They’re a big part of people’s TV experience now.
“It would be great if we’re lucky enough to get to that point.”
But Vicky knows Trigger Point is not the result of mere luck — rather of gifted Jed working with the show’s writer, newcomer Daniel Brierley.
She said: It’s an incredible show that is intelligently written, with very deep characters and all the right ingredients. It’s been a been an absolute joy.”
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Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg consistently make headlines with their charitable donations. However, they’re far from the only ones using their wealth to give back to their communities. A June 2015 Forbes Online article revealed that 89 percent of entrepreneurs donate to charity while 70 percent also invest their time into their chosen causes. While not every business owner gets substantial media recognition, it’s important to highlight charitable entrepreneurs doing good on a local and global scale.
Nana Boateng Osei: Assisting Vision-Impaired People
Nana Boateng Osei might not be a familiar name to many, but this Ghanaian entrepreneur is scoring points for both his company’s socially responsible manufacturing processes and his charitable work aiding vision-impaired people. Osei, the founder of luxury eyewear line Bôhten, was profiled in a February 2016 Mashable piece. The eyewear maker sources reclaimed wood from West Africa for its products and produces them inside a zero-waste facility in Canada.
Osei is also a longtime supporter of Sightsavers, a charity in the United Kingdom devoted to preventing vision loss, restoring sight and promoting social inclusion for people with disabilities. Bôhten’s “The Impact of One” campaign donates to Sightsavers with every pair of eyewear it sells. As the firm’s website explains, this charitable giving benefits recipients in developing nations like Ghana, Osei’s home country.
Kyra Nicole Young: Giving Back to Underprivileged Communities
Necessity became the mother of invention for Kyra Nicole Young when she discovered a lack of beauty products available for her naturally curly hair and dark skin. During her studies at UCLA, she stumbled on the benefits of shea butter, a plant-based fat used in African beauty products since the first century B.C. By experimenting in her own home, Young developed her own line of butter creams, which are organic moisturizers for hair and skin, along with essential oil medleys and exfoliating scrubs.
Today, her company Kyra’s Shea Medleys engages in charitable giving through its “KSM Gives Back” initiative. Inspired by the needs of her home community in South Central Los Angeles, Young’s business donates jars of its butter cream to nonprofits, homeless shelters, charities, and clinics across the United States. To date, the KSM Gives Back program has given over 2,900 butter creams to organizations such as Los Angeles’ Downtown Women’s Center, the Watts Labor Community Action Committee’s Gang Reduction and Youth Development and the Sisters Network, an association for African-American breast cancer survivors.
Eugene Chrinian: Charitable Giving and Faith-Based Philanthropy
New Jersey business owner Eugene Chrinian and his wife Donna assist multiple charities through their Chrinian Foundation. With its stated mission to “help organizations that support family values,” the foundation has lent aid to groups such as the Wounded Warriors Project, a charity assisting military veterans injured during their service. Other beneficiaries have included Family Life, a faith-based organization committed to providing “biblical help for marriage and family relationships” and Christian humanitarian groups such as Jericho Road Men’s Home and World Vision.
The foundation’s work also includes supporting the American Red Cross, an organization best known for its disaster relief efforts, CPR training and blood donation drives. Even so, the Red Cross also supplied services and aid for military personnel and their families. For Armed Forces members on active duty, veterans and their loved ones, the organization runs a wide range of initiatives such as the Coping with Deployment Course, which helps these individuals face the emotional challenges that come with being deployed.
Entrepreneurs Focus on the Greater Good
Since nearly every entrepreneur giving of their time and money, it’s easy for lesser-known names to get lost in the shuffle. From business owners with a local focus to entrepreneurs whose charitable work has global impacts, people like Osei, Young and Chrinian join the Zuckerbergs and Gates of the world committed to philanthropy and the greater good.


Time to recap this most interesting of builds I've done thus far: the Sword of Ahrah, from Dust: An Elysian Tail!
First things first, I made a blueprint after scouring the interwebs for pictures. I would have taken them myself, since I own the game, but my system was (and still is) packed away in the moving pod.
I scaled the sword at three and a half feet long, both for the size of my client and because anything larger than that would have been too unwieldy. Even then, though, the blade section was longer than the foam I have, so I had to make it in two parts.
Now we come to the first of many conundrums for this build. Because it's so bulky, I decided on 4 layers of foam. That meant a lot of cutting at once. Since I needed to do work on the inner layers as well, I needed to keep them all separate from each other. Since I am no good cutting by hand exactly straight, and since I would have to do each piece as identically as possible, box cutters and xacto knives were out of the question. Normally I would reach for my band saw at this point, but guess what?
Remember how my console is packed away? Yeah. Every single one of my tools/power tools is too. No band saw, no scroll saw, no belt sander, no nothing. So, I went and got a cheap electric knife, something I could use and throw away when it's done because I knew the torture I was about to put it through would kill it utterly. What I didn't anticipate was how quickly it would die.
Yep, that's right: cut out the bottom bit of the blade, and a small part of the upper bit, and gave out on me. Thing still turned on, but the blades wouldn't move. After trying to figure out what else I could do, I splurged a little and grabbed a coping saw, along with the cheapest dremel I could get since I knew I needed it soon. Not pretty, but the saw got the job done finally.
Now I could start on the inner workings. I grabbed a dowel that was lying around, cut it down, marked out where it would slide in and support as the blade's tang, and cut the trench out with a box cutter.
I then glued two layers of each side together, keeping the halves separate since there was still a little more work to do inside. Since the client wanted it to light up, I went out and got some turquoise acrylic, then traced a small section out for where the runes would go.
I would have preferred to cut out each rune and install them that way, but I don't have access to a laser cutter, and there was no way I could hand cut such intricate details out of two layers of foam - twice - to install them. Not only that, but the foam is malleable, whereas the acrylic is not, and given that this was a big sword going to an anime convention I didn't want to risk them popping out. So, I opted to cut a larger section out with the coping saw, to give it more surface area to glue.
I traced that larger piece onto each half, and cut them out. Part of the dowel stuck out into these sections, which would make things easier for the lights. I also cut out the cross-guard, and wrapped the end of the dowel in foam for the grip.
Once the fit was right, I made a stencil for the runes and cut them into the protective sheet on the acrylic. Once I removed the larger area, this left behind the rune shapes, which saved me from having to re-tape them later just to do the same thing.
Since I didn't want to replace all my soldering stuff, I decided to get a string of prewired LEDs attached to a battery pack, which had an on/off switch. Made things simpler, and man those lights were bright! Glad of it though, since I needed as much light as possible to make it through the opaque acrylic to be seen.
Secured the lights and acrylic panels in with hot glue, then glued the blade together along with the hilt/dowel. In hindsight, I should have waited to install the hilt, but there it is.
Now the real fun begins! Remember those lines on the blade? I marked those out so I knew exactly how far I had to bevel it down. This took ages with the dremel, and literally covered me head to toe in foam dust. Thank goodness for goggles and a respirator!
Now it's reeeeeally starting to look like a proper sword! You can see that I also took the dremel to the grip, to give it the wavy look of the game model. From here, I took my xacto knife and scored in the pattern at the base of the blade, then took a heat gun to it to separate the cuts and make a nice etching. I also made the snake-head pommel, did the same trick to etch the eyes, and attached it. Finally, I took a bit of craft foam and used it to cover the battery pack in the hilt, accessible via a small bit of velcro.
Home stretch! Time for one of my favorite parts: painting. Threw on several layers of black Plasti Dip, as a base.
Then painted the cross guard and pommel a goldish bronze, let it set, and taped it up. Once that was ready, I covered the blade with an automotive silver paint, which gave it a nice shine.
Taped it up some more, then covered the central part of the blade with a nice, deep blue metallic paint. Once that all set, all the tape came off, plus the rest of the protective paper from the acrylic!
You can still see the seam where the acrylic meets the foam, which I tried to hide as best as I could but still never fully worked. The biggest issue was going from a solid piece of acrylic to the softer foam, but I also should have waited to put the two layers together until I had evenly glued in the acrylic piece. Oh well.... Hand painted in the yellow filigree on the blade, using the etched lines as a guide. Also did the red gems in the blade and pommel, and threw a basic black wash over the silver of the blade to give it a little bit of weathering.
Once that was all done, I could add the finishing touches: the wrap. Got a simple brown lace from Walmart, glued one end down, wrapped the grip up to the top and wrapped the hilt, then went back down with the excess and glued it down too. Worked perfectly!
Really happy with how this turned out, even with the visible acrylic edge and the craft foam cover that refused to stay down, and a seam on the top opening after everything was done. Given how I had to use tools I wasn't used to, having to go without the tools I would have liked to use, and still turning out how it did makes me feel really good about how my skills are improving.
Hope you guys liked this build! Here's a send-off of some outdoor pics I took to show off the details a bit better.