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Poker in Belize
For a country with a population of a little over 400,000 people, Belize is definitely punching above its weight in terms of the number of tourists visiting each year. What’s more, increasing numbers are being drawn to this part Central American, part Caribbean paradise as official figures show. In 2019 over half a million visitors headed for the country and the number of overnight cruise visitors reached double this number.
But it’s not surprising when you consider everything that the country has to offer, whatever the visitors’ tastes and interests. That it’s great for water sports is undeniable and the rich Mayan heritage means more than its fair share of ancient temples and other ruins to explore. Then there’s the most extensive cave network in South America which just adds to the appeal.
The country’s easy-going and relaxed atmosphere also makes it an appealing destination for visitors and this liberal approach also extends to the approach to gambling. There are a few casinos in the country, all of which feature poker in some form or another and which act as big draw for holidaymakers looking for some action, not to mention the possibility of some big winnings too.
The country’s poker profile was also greatly raised back in 2011 when native Belizean Badih “Bob” Bounahra made it through to the so-called November 9 in the World Series of Poker Main Event. He came seventh but still managed to bring home $1,314,097 making him something of a national hero.
So where can you try your luck at the tables today? Here are five great options.
The Placencia Casino Poker Room
Placencia, in southern Belize is famous for its beautiful sandy beaches and holiday resorts, and another big attraction is the Plancencia Casino and Sports Bar.
For poker fans, this is a great place to enjoy a regular game against like-minded players. As well as the poker cash games that are available every day, and where they can put their best poker moves and strategies into practice, every month the casino’s poker room also features a very competitive tournament that attracts quality players from quite far afield. Enjoyment is definitely enhanced by the stylish and comfortable location which also has plenty of bars and restaurants for players feeling the need for some refreshment.
Best of all, the hotel and casino are also so keen to help players to visit that there’s even a complimentary shuttle service that’s available to pick them up from anywhere on the peninsula. All it takes is a call to the hotel and they’ll be on their way.
Ramada Belize City Princess Hotel
It may be one of Belize City’s finest hotels, superbly located overlooking the Belize River and within easy reach of The Great Blue Hole and Altun Ha, but these are far from the only reasons to stay. Its casino is arguably the very best that Belize has to offer and it’s also only ten minutes from the airport, making it very convenient to reach.
The poker that’s played in the casino is a local variety called Caribbean Stud. This is unlike Texas Hold’em as it pits the player directly against the dealer, making it’s a sort of a cross between poker and blackjack and a game in which bluffing plays a smaller part in the overall game strategy.
For players who do want to play the world’s most popular poker variant (we’re talking about Texas Hold’em, of course), the good news is that there’s a two-day tournament held at the hotel each March with some very attractive cash prizes up for grabs.
For players who like their poker to be automated then this casino on the beautiful Ambergris Caye is the perfect choice. You’ll find it on the corner of Pescador Drive and Caribena Street in San Pedro and undoubtedly be impressed by the wide selection of video poker games on offer. These give you the best of both worlds with the excitement of a slots game with the judgement and anticipation of poker.
Captain Morgan’s Casino
Also in San Pedro, it’s well worth checking out the video poker machines at Captain Morgan’s Casino. Back in 2018 they also launched a tournament called Billionaire’s Poker lounge to great acclaim. Although the prizes weren’t quite as impressive as the title suggests, they were generous with six winners cashing in. And, while it’s yet to become an annual event, it’s well worth checking out if and when the next tournament is planned to take place.
Princess Hotel and Casino Free Zone
Located in the free zone between the Belize and Mexican borders, the Princess Hotel and Casino offers a warm welcome to players and has no less than four poker tables to enjoy. It’s said to be a favourite venue for serious players – and for those wanting a less intense experience there’s also a good choice of video poker games as well as the chance to try their luck at roulette, blackjack and slots.
While these are the main poker venues in Belize, the country’s relaxed attitude to gambling means that there are many more, if smaller, poker rooms in operation. Generally, they’ll just offer cash games, so if that’s what you’re looking for they could be a good option – ask around to discover where some might be taking place. And, whether you’re a fan of casinos or poker room, one thing’s for sure: anyone wanting to test their poker skills in Belize will never be short of options.

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It's been a wee while since American singer-songwriter, guitarist and, more recently, session-violinist Joan Wasser (or Joan as Policewoman) graced our shores with a tour, but the intensely intimate performer has her air-fare sorted and is coming back to the UK. Naturally, there is also a new album - entitled "The Deep Field", Joan has hinted that the album is about 'a small part of space' and 'cosmic'. Previous collaborator Bryce Goggin has once again been enlisted to produce the songs, 8 of which were completed as long ago as March this year. It gets a release sometime in January.
Meanwhile, the tour begins in February on the 1st in Oxford and continues through many usual cities including Bristol, Nottingham, Manchester and London (at the Barbican - 6th) until touching down in Portsmouth on 13th. Tickets go on sale Friday 5th November and should cost around £15-£20.
In recent years, Joan has been lending her violin-skills to a few esteemed artists such as David Sylvian, The Guillemots and now Lloyd Cole, on his recent "Broken Record" album, as well as releasing her most recent "Covers" set in 2009. "The Deep Field" will be her first self-penned set as Joan as Policewoman since 2008's "To Survive".


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Preeminent sociologist of religion and Tricycle contributor Robert N. Bellah has passed away after complications following a minor surgery. He was 86.
Bellah had most recently served as the Elliot Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, at the University of California at Berkeley. Through his teaching and writing throughout his post there, his ideas spread far beyond the academy to greatly impact our understanding of religion and spirituality in the culture at large. In 2000, he received the National Humanities Medal from President Bill Clinton in recognition of his accomplishments.

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Dr. Mario G. Maldonado Incayawar, a Quichua (Inca) physician, educator, and researcher , will join the R-MWC faculty for the next academic year
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LYNCHBURG – Randolph-Macon Woman’s College has announced its 2006-2007 Quillian Scholar.
Dr. Mario G. Maldonado Incayawar is a Quichua (Inca) physician, educator, and researcher with interests in transcultural psychiatry, indigenous peoples’ mental health, and the neuroscience of the healing process. Dr. Incayawar recently finished an appointment as the Henry R. Luce Associate Professor in Brain, Mind, and Medicine at Pitzer, Claremont, and Harvey Mudd Colleges as well as Claremont Graduate University. For the past six years, he has taught the following courses: (1) Culture and Psychobiology of Pain; (2) Healers, Doctors and the Brain; (3) Amerindian Psychiatry; and (4) Science, Politics, and Alternative Medicine.
Dr. Incayawar is also the founder of Jambihuasi, a culturally adapted, integrative (Quichua and Western medicine) medical service for the Quichuas of the Andes. Jambihuasi has received the support of the United Nations and has been featured in national and international media.
The Quillian Scholar is a permanent faculty position filled annually by visiting international scholars with the purpose of ensuring students and the College community with cross-cultural experiences. Their presence on campus enables the entire R-MWC community to be enriched through classes, lectures, faculty development seminars, and study seminars offered by Quillian Scholars.
CONTACT: Brenda Edson, Director of College Relations

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October 1st rent payments slipped the same day as the passage of a new $2.2 trillion package, a reduced version of the HEROES Act that passed by the House in May. The bill includes emergency rental assistance—a win for apartment operators and renters alike—and extends the CARES Act eviction moratorium.
The multifamily industry has advocated non-stop for emergency rent relief due to a lack of comprehensive rent assistance to support both renters and operators. Just a short month ago, September 1st rent payments had slightly weakened while Americans awaited to receive (reduced) unemployment benefits and held out for a stimulus package.
“We need comprehensive, balanced solutions, not destructive policy that will inflict long-term damage on the nation’s rental housing stock to the detriment of housing providers and the residents they serve.”
In light of the news, it’s time to evaluate how October 1st rent payments have responded.
On the same day the House passed a revised HEROES Act, the percentage of October 1st rent collected dipped 5 percentage points since September, but remains 2 points above the pre-COVID average.
It’s important to consider the trend we’ve observed for first-of-month rent payments. Considered a reliable cohort of renters who typically pay on the first of each month, first-day rent payers have held stronger than throughout the grace period. Although it remained higher than the pre-COVID average, the percentage of rent collected on October 1st sank to the lowest level since COVID struck.
The slimmed-down version of the HEROES Act luckily includes $50 billion in rental assistance, but with the eviction ban extending for another year, the effects would be uncertain for the rental housing industry.
On top of this, millions of renters were set to receive reduced and extended unemployment benefits in August, but some may not receive their bonus until this month. The patchwork of both eviction legislation and emergency rent assistance programs across the nation also further complicates matters. After several rental assistance quickly dried up in states across the country, it remains to be seen whether this rent relief package would be enough.
The percent of total rent collected on the first of the month fell 4 points since September for both Class A and Class B. Despite remaining slightly above the pre-COVID average, the month-over-month decline indicates some level of financial stress among all renters.
When it comes to Class C rent payments, the percent of total rent collected on October 1st decreased 6 points since last month, holding just below the pre-pandemic 3-month trailing average. With strain across all asset classes, it compounds a rife affordable housing crisis.
California renters have been hit hard, and this month has been no different. Compared to September, the percent of rent collected on the first of October dipped 4 points. The Tenant Relief Act without emergency rent relief has been unsuccessful in fully propping up struggling renters.
In Texas, the percent of rent collected on October 1st also fell 4 points month-over-month, but this should hopefully be minimized throughout the remainder of October with Governor Abbott’s allocation of over $171 million in funding from the CARES Act primarily for rental assistance.
Drilling down to major metro areas, the percent of Los Angeles renters who paid full rent on October 1st dropped 2 percentage points since September after its $100M relief fund became overwhelmed with demand. Similarly, the percent of Dallas renters who paid full rent declined 6 points month-over-month with little news on the front of a local rent relief fund.
The news of emergency rent assistance being a part of the new stimulus package is certainly positive, however, it fails to address all measures needed to protect the rental housing industry. The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) is encouraging leaders and lawmakers to take further action:
“Congress needs to hear from our industry about the new federal eviction moratorium and the need for direct rental assistance and stable funding for enhanced unemployment assistance.”
Even though legislators have committed to continue deliberating, it’s unlikely an agreement will be reached before election day. In the meantime, we will monitor rent payment behavior throughout the October grace period along with any new developments in the fight to establish sustainable solutions for America’s apartment housing.
Important statistical note: Despite the measured payment fluctuations based on the sample set, the variance is within normal statistical range. In other words, the changes are not necessarily significant enough to attribute specifically to COVID-19 versus normal fluctuations expected across the data set. Please reference full Methodology below.
Rent payment data is actual transactional data sourced from integrations with property management systems in the multifamily industry.
Analysis includes a 105,070 unit sample from 1,029,428 live units under management by LeaseLock clients. Data is nationwide, representing over half of the NMHC Top 10 property managers in the country and all asset classes (A, B and C). Asset class composition: class A (39%), class B (43%) class C (18%).
All data has been anonymized to remove personally identifiable information for renters and property managers.


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What are Vine weevils?
Vine weevils are one of the most destructive garden pests. Adult Vine weevils are nocturnal and can travel quite long distances to infest your plants. All adult Vine weevils are females and can lay high numbers of eggs that develop into Vine weevil larvae. It is these larvae that can cause the most devastating damage to a wide range of plants as they feed on plant roots. The larvae will kill plants by continued feeding on the roots, and plants may appear as if they need watering when they are infested. Adult Vine weevil will also feed on the leaves of plants and damage will show as notches, or half-moon shaped cuts on the edges of leaves.
What are Vine Weevil Killer Nematodes and how can they help?
Naturally and safely control your Vine weevil infestation with our Vine Weevil Killer Nematodes, which are deadly to the Vine weevil larvae but safe to humans and wildlife. Dragonfli Vine weevil killer contains Steinernema species nematodes. These nematodes enter the larvae via a natural opening, like the mouth, and feed on the contents of the larvae. A natural bacterium is produced by the nematodes inside the larvae, which kills it. Infected larvae will be completely broken down by the nematodes. The nematodes also reproduce inside the larvae, releasing more nematodes into the surrounding area.
When should I apply these nematodes?
We advise applications of Vine Weevil Killer Nematodes between January and May, and again from August to October for outdoor applications. For indoor applications where there is heating, Vine weevil larvae may be found all year round, so treat when required.
Soil, or compost, temperatures should be above 8℃ for optimum application.
In cooler conditions, in the spring and late autumn, Vine Weevil Killer contains a nematode that is active at lower soil, or compost, temperatures. In the summer months Vine Weevil Killer is conversely supplied with a nematode suited to higher temperatures.
Establish a programme for these nematodes and completely control your Vine weevil infestations
We are also able to provide regular programmes of Vine Weevil Killer introductions that will help you apply the nematodes at the time of year they are most likely to be effective. Please contact us for more information in establishing a programme.
How many nematodes do I need?
- One pack of Vine Weevil Killer 5 million nematodes will treat up to 10 square metres
- One pack of Vine Weevil Killer 10 million nematodes will treat up to 20 square metres
- One pack of Vine Weevil Killer 25 million nematodes will treat up to 50 square metres
- One pack of Vine Weevil Killer 50 million Nematodes will make ten watering cans worth of solution to treat an area of up to 100 square metres
What conditions do the nematodes require?
Choose a humid or wet day to apply your Vine Weevil Killer Nematodes. Nematodes are UV-sensitive and will not survive long when exposed to bright, sunny conditions. Apply the nematodes early in the morning or early in the evening in order to utilise the optimum humidity levels. Ensure the soil is moist at time of application.
How do I apply my nematodes?
(The following instruction measurements apply to the 100m2 pack)
1. Open and empty the contents of your 50 million sachet of nematodes into a bucket or container of 5 litres of water and mix thoroughly to make a nematode concentrate solution.
2. Next, take 0.5 litres of nematode concentrate solution and add to an 8 litre watering can and fill with water (or use our Nema Super Sprayer or AquaNemix applicators for optimum nematode application).
3. Water the diluted nematode solution into the infected area with each watering can covering an area of 10m2. 10 watering cans be made up from the 5 litres of nematode solution which can treat a total area of 100m2.
Ensure your soil area is moist for up to 2 weeks after application. This will help the nematodes enter the compost to search and find the Vine weevil larvae.
Full instructions are provided on delivery.
Where can I apply these nematodes?
These tiny microscopic nematodes can be watered into pots and containers. They can also be applied to raised beds, flower beds and borders.
Can I store my nematodes?
You can store unopened nematode packs in a fridge but it is best to ensure you apply your nematodes as soon as possible for the best results.
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GoldenEye 007 is reportedly set to make its way to Nintendo Switch with online multiplayer capabilities and on Xbox with 4K visuals. It is with great excitement that I write this: the new updated version of the much loved 1997 Nintendo 64 first-person shooter is coming very soon.
GoldenEye 007 is Reportedly Set to Make Its Way to Nintendo Switch
The GoldenEye 007 gaming title is not a new face on the Nintendo Switch platform, but it will however be the first time that the game will be coming with an online multiplayer capability as the company in the Tuesday Nintendo Direct Livestream event revealed. The James Bond-themed first-person shooter will be joining switch’s selection of Nintendo 64 classics very soon, the company stated.
GoldenEye 007 Will Be Coming To Xbox Game Pass for Xbox One and Xbox Series X and S
The game also will be coming to Xbox game pass for Xbox one and Xbox series X and S. developer Rare also noted that this very version of the title will include “achievements, 4K resolution, and a smoother framerate.” It is rather still unclear if the visuals of the Nintendo Switch version will be upgraded (as Nintendo’s console normally does not support 4K) or whether it will remain closer to the N64 original. That being said, the switch and Xbox version will be coming out on the same day.
Online Multiplayer of the Game Will Be Exclusive To the Switch Version Alone
In what seems to be an apparent tradeoff, online multiplayer will be exclusive to the Switch version alone as the official 007 website noted. The Xbox version however will be available for free to people who own a digital copy of Rare Replay, which is the 30-game compilation of classics that came out back in 2015.
Goldeneye 007 First Hit the N64 Back In 1997
GoldenEye 007 hit the N64 back in 1997, as a licensed tie-in to the 1995 movie that introduced actor Pierce Brosnan as the legendary British spy and agent.
The game won critical acclaim for its fun single-player campaign at the time and epic split-screen competitive multiplayer, and then became the N64’s third best-selling title with 8.09 million units sold. The game was only topped by games such as Super Mario 64 and Mario Kart 64, which both sold 11.91 million and 9.87 million copies respectively.
Developer Rare also developed Goldeneye follow-up Perfect Dark for N64 in 2000, before the company was then purchased by Microsoft in 2002.
Fans Have Been Expecting a Remaster for Microsoft’s Xbox Series X|S to Be Revealed For Months Now
Fans all over the world have been expecting a remaster for Microsoft’s Xbox Series X and S to be revealed for months now, since achievements for this remaster have leaked many times, so that could happen soon. The game was reportedly planned for a release on Xbox 360 in the late 2010s, and an apparently extended gameplay video made an appearance in 2016. And at the time, Xbox boss Phil Spencer said the licensing rights of the game complicated efforts to get it on the console.
This Year Will Mark the 60th Anniversary of the Bond Movie Franchise
This year will mark the 60th anniversary of the Bond movie franchise with the latest movie in the franchise, No Time to Die now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
The series however at the moment is in a state of flux as fans all over the world are still waiting on the announcement of the successor of Daniel Craig in the Bond role. IO Interactive, developer of the hitman game is also working on its own version of the Bond game.


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Science Trust Grants $2.1 Million in Research Funds
To tackle endometriosis, coastal erosion and water contaminants, and develop tools to help preserve bees
- Posted July 22, 2016
Powerful Replacement in Works for Climate-Modeling Computer
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – One of the most powerful computers in the world dedicated to climate change, weather and other earth science research will be replaced in 2017 by an even faster machine, officials announced Monday. The Yellowstone...
- Posted January 11, 2016


In this study, nickel oxide films were prepared through an electrodeposition technique. NiO films were fabricated on Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) supports by cycling the potential between two different sets of limits. The electrodeposition technique which involved using the shorter potential limits was denoted as deposition process 1 and the technique using the wider potential limits was called deposition process 2. Subsequently, the films fabricated by the two deposition process were evaluated as electrochromic materials. The results show that the Colouration Efficiency (CE) values achieved for the deposition process 1 and 2 were 49 cm2 C-1 and 10 cm2 C-1, respectively. The switching times of the film made by the first deposition process were also calculated, as this film showed improved electrochromic capabilities. The coloration and bleaching switching times for this NiO film are 5.7 and 7.4 seconds,respectively. The improved electrochromic results for the film fabricated by deposition process 1 maybe due to the smaller potential deposition window as it produced a thinner film with no traces of sulphate ions on the film’s surface compared to the other NiO film produced by the second electrodeposition technique. The films are characterized by SEM-EDX, Raman spectroscopy and XPS. The regeneration of the bleach state was shown to be hindered. This may be due to conductive pathways involved in the reduction of the coloured state being blocked. Raman spectroscopy was used to determine the presence of both the Ni(OH)2 and NiOOH after the reduction event.


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See, I’ve been thinking about my life lately, and how in love with it I am.
If I can just hold on tonight, I know that nothing, nothing survives.
But it does. It thrives – pain thrives, consequences thrive, fights thrive. These things change our life, they disrupt our courses.
We are all scared of choosing the wrong course, but there is no right one. There is just the process of rearranging. Just like editing, it is about using the right words. On tumblr, I saw this post:
And something clicked.
That is what I live for. For words made flesh, made scars, made so scary that you’re frightened to look forward. That is my life in a cherry pit. Will I survive taking the steps? Will these steps lead me anywhere?
I think that is a pantomime of the ultimate – I don’t want to say journey – question: where are we going, why are we going and will we be happy on the way?
And I think I will be scared shitless on the way. I still haven’t found a way to blend my two loves: writing/editing and teaching children, but maybe I’m trying too hard to turn real life into a metaphor.
Maybe it comes more naturally, like relationships, like sighs. Maybe it comes through words exchanged after you buy a coffee, a professor that gives you a good grade, an opportunity where before was barren space.
There is a sunset that calms all your fears and a morning that irritates them all. A lay-off from a job that you loved doing and an altruistic act that gets you closer to your personal hell. Things aren’t supposed to make sense, but they are beautiful in their nonsensicality.
Truth is often unkind, but it is much kinder told than it is hidden. Honesty is saying that you’re shitting bricks trying to turn into the person you see in front of you when you close your eyes. Being genuine is trying, and being scared that you’re trying.
You will never escape who you are at the end of the night, because morning will come and your happiness will either be there, or not.
I wake up at 6 in the morning now, an hour I previously thought only existed once you gained a platinum-belt-of-adulthood, and I am exhausted. Once I set foot on those outdoor steps, that gallery of space, of childishness; once I set up my platform and sit down with my tea at 7, watch the sunset where a Canadian painter once became who he was, and where I am slowly becoming who I am, I am so content that I cannot help but burst. My face hurts from smiling lately. That is a feeling that I would never exchange for money.
I spent the past year gaining confidence, now, I am learning presence. Direction discloses itself to me after I wake up.
That I still have so much I want to learn, to know, and to explore only reinforces this bubble of happiness that I’ve found. I do not want to leave and I want to leave. I am kind and I am honest. I am full and I am filling. I am here and everywhere.
I feel like a goddess.
And being scared of the will-or-will-not future is just part of my beautiful package.
For now, this is enough. For now, I am reaching.
It’s just a simple line, I can still hear it all of the time.

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The IRS will start accepting 2015 individual income tax returns on January 19, 2016 (IR-2015-139). The starting date is the same for both paper and electronically-filed returns. Paper returns filed before January 19 will not be processed until January 19. The filing deadline for 2015 returns is Monday April 18, 2016, rather than the traditional April 15. The deadline is April 19 in Maine and Massachusetts, because of Patriots Day. The IRS noted that many tax software companies will begin accepting returns earlier in January and will submit the returns when the IRS starts processing them.
Because Congress was not to pass tax legislation until late December 2015, the IRS had not been certain when it would begin the 2016 filing season for 2015 returns. However, despite the tax extenders legislation signed into law on December 18, the IRS announced that it did not foresee any delays. The January 19 date is the normal date for the opening of the filing season for Form 1040.
IRS continues to stress that electronic filing and direct deposit are the fastest and most secure procedures. The IRS estimated that it will issue 90 percent of refunds in 21 days or less.


If you want to provide world-class customer service, you must create memorable experiences for your guests. Creating memorable experiences requires attentive and personal service.
To outdo the competition, many notable hoteliers have deployed AI-based virtual assistants to reach higher service standards.
At Purple Grids, we have developed a proprietary AI-based intelligent virtual assistant that seamlessly integrates with hotel management systems.
A virtual assistant is a digital concierge, waiter, housekeeper, tour guide, and porter rolled up into a single application. Guests can access the virtual assistant through various apps like Facebook messenger or WhatsApp.
Virtual assistants take care of repetitive or menial tasks that take up lots of administration time. Tasks like answering questions about facilities or booking taxis for guests, among others.
By taking care of simple admin tasks, virtual assistants save hotels a lot of time - and a lot of money.
Many modern virtual assistants incorporate AI into their platforms. AI gives virtual assistants some additional functionality, including:
- Guest engagement through extra channels
- Guest analytics to track guest spending and activity trends
- Bespoke, personalised deals and discounts based on the customer’s historic activity
After guests book hotel rooms, they receive instructions on how to access and use the virtual assistant. The guest can immediately have their queries answered by the assistant to help them plan their trip.
Upon arrival at the hotel, the guest receives a hotel card with a unique QR code. The card tracks their activity and personalises their service throughout their stay.
The guest can access numerous services usually offered by staff through the virtual assistant, including:
- Reception services. This includes checking in and out, extending a stay, or booking a taxi. Guests can also enquire about facility opening times, or book sessions and classes in the spa, gym, or pool.
- Catering, which includes in-room dining services. For example, ordering coffee, food or making a menu enquiry.
- Housekeeping, which includes cleaning requests, ordering extra linen or towels, or requesting a laundry pickup.
Virtual assistants can also keep in touch with guests after they leave. Automated promotion offers are sent out with deals, discounts, and more to retain customers and build brand loyalty.
Virtual assistants can integrate with voice-activated speakers like Alexa, Siri, and Google Voice.
Guests can issue voice commands to access the hotel’s services through compatible speakers in their rooms.
Without needing to even pick up the phone, guests can:
- Ask for a taxi to pick them up
- Book a wakeup call
- Find out when the hotel’s facilities open and close
- Enquire about their current bill, or request a longer stay
- Request fresh linen from housekeeping
There are hundreds of other common queries and requests that a virtual assistant can take care of. If the hotel has smart lightbulbs or blinds, guests can control them through voice commands.
AI virtual assistants offer hotels an affordable way to provide world-class customer service.
Some of the biggest and best hotels in the world are already using virtual assistants.
Marriott hotels use virtual assistants to help their front desk staff respond to queries and requests faster. Likewise, Mercure hotels use virtual assistants to answer guest questions about local attractions.
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“The Suburban Housewives of America must read this article,” he’d tweeted the week before, linking to an opinion column bashing the housing rule. “Biden will destroy your neighborhood and your American Dream. I will preserve it, and make it even better!”
Trump, the only president for whom “unbridled capitalism” could refer to either an economic philosophy or a grammar lesson gone terribly wrong, was telegraphing multiple things with these phrases. One: that Suburban Housewives of America are the demographic that his advisers have told him he needs to wrestle back from Joe Biden to win the election. (In a recent NPR-PBS NewsHour-Marist poll, 66 percent of suburban women said they disapproved of the job Trump was doing overall.) Two: that he assumed this demographic would respond well to barely disguised racial fearmongering. Three: that his understanding of women voters is based on six reruns of “Happy Days” plus a vacuum cleaner ad from 1957.
Who are the Suburban Housewives of America living their Suburban Lifestyle Dreams (SHASLD)?
Trump has provided clues before: “Remember the dishwasher? You’d press it, boom! There’d be like an explosion,” he said at a 2019 Michigan rally. “Now, you press it 12 times. Women tell me . . . you know, they give you four drops of water.” Setting aside the fact that dishwashers are not bombs, Trump would have you believe that the SHASLD (pronounced shazzled), given an audience with the president of the United States, would use that time to complain about their home appliances.
The platonic ideal of a SHASLD is Donna Reed, star of the black-and-white pantheon to domesticity, “The Donna Reed Show.” We know this because when the president wanted to accuse two female journalists of treating him inappropriately (i.e. doing their jobs and asking him questions) he disparaged their “angry” professionalism by quipping, “It wasn’t Donna Reed, I can tell you that.”
Coincidentally, Trump’s tweet about the endangerment of the “Suburban Lifestyle” appeared on the same day as a very different view of the American Dream.
On Wednesday, Michelle Obama debuted her new podcast — a chatty, virtual coffee hour whose first guest was her husband, Barack. For 50 minutes, the former first couple discussed their vision of citizens’ “relationship to our communities and our country” — which really meant, Michelle said, exploring “our place in this world.”
Michelle’s first community was her working-class nuclear family, which, Barack teased, was “the Black ‘Leave it to Beavers.’ ” Her father, Fraser Robinson, worked for the city of Chicago. Her mother, Marian, looked after the home, the two children and the neighborhood, and she volunteered with the PTA — a collection of picket-fence tasks that might fit the president’s job description for a “housewife.”
Suburban? That’s where it gets more complicated.
For Black middle-class families, Michelle said, “the dream was to move to the suburbs.” As a child, she’d fantasized about a house with two stories — which, in her young imagination, signified financial achievement. “ ‘The Brady Bunch’ had stairs,” she said. “ ‘The Partridge Family.’ ” She fantasized about a station wagon and having her own bedroom.
Ultimately, though, the Robinsons never made it to the suburbs. Her father feared that a mortgage would make them house-poor, unable to save for his children’s education. And more importantly: “My father was suspicious of the suburbs because they still weren’t completely welcoming.”
Their new neighbors might be, to use President Trump’s word, “bothered” by the arrival of the Robinson family.
There is nothing that makes Donna Reed’s pursuit of prosperous domesticity more American than Marian Robinson’s pursuit of the same thing — and yet one was allowed to see it as a right, while one had to see it as an impossibility. The Trump family fortune, for what it’s worth, was partially built on this dichotomy: In the 1970s, Trump Management was sued by the Justice Department for racial discrimination in its apartment leasing — acts that reportedly included Trump’s father instructing a rental agent to take the application of a qualified Black prospective tenant, “put it in a drawer and leave it there.” Queens isn’t the suburbs, but it was aspirational for some.
Trump’s vision of the Suburban Housewife is an aproned fantasy that no longer exists, and maybe never did. At least not the way he imagined it. For one thing, the women he’s talking about are today more likely to call themselves stay-at-home moms, work-at-home moms or domestic CEOs.
But the terminology isn’t the issue. The issue is that the “Lifestyle Dream” he’s describing isn’t suburban women’s universal dream, it’s his. It’s a view in which American women should be more “bothered” by “low income” people than they are by inequality and discrimination. It’s a view in which the American Dream belongs to a few, and those few have the duty and right to keep everyone else out. The SHASLDs who live in the suburb of his mind are fantasies. Because they are not real, they have no past. They were never, themselves, struggling to move from a spare bedroom to an apartment, from an apartment to a house with stairs. In real life, of course, the suburbs are populated with plenty of people who have lived out a different Donna Reed fantasy: the one portrayed in “It’s a Wonderful Life,” where she and Jimmy Stewart arrive with bread and wine to welcome an immigrant family to their own proudly purchased first home.
Donald Trump is not really talking about SHASLDs, and he’s not really talking about the suburbs. Neither is Michelle Obama, who later in the podcast described her own parents’ life-lesson this way: “If something good happens to you, if you have an advantage, you don’t hoard it. You share it. You reach out. You give back.”
What they are both talking about is whom America belongs to. And who gets to be a “suburban housewife.” And who has to just be a tired, hard-working mother, looking for a place to live.
Monica Hesse is a columnist writing about gender and its impact on society. For more visit wapo.st/hesse.

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The choice to have a child is usually not a financially-focused decision. And we’re not so crass to suggest that it should be a dominant factor. But the cost of raising a child properly should at least be one of the factors that couples consider before they take the plunge into parenthood. Why? Because raising kids is a very expensive undertaking.
MSN Money claims that the cost of a child is $221k, and that’s only through age 17 (doesn’t include college, which could double the amount) for families earning between $56,870 to $98,470 a year. For higher-income families, the cost skyrockets to almost $370k for rural families and over $400k for urban dwellers. Even lower-income families spend $160k raising a child. No matter the level, raising kids is going to take a big bite out of your finances.
The cost break downs, as well as basic suggestions on how to minimize them, are as follows:
Housing cost through age 17: $53,100 to $126,180. You could ignore one of the basic assumptions used in calculating additional housing costs. You could decide not to move into a larger home.
Food cost through age 17: $29,250 to $44,790. Set strict limits on the more discretionary forms of food spending [such as fast food.]
Transportation cost through age 17: $22,710 to $45,570. Avoid buying a new car. Instead, look into a used car such as a relatively new model that’s coming off of a one- or two-year lease.
Clothing cost through age 17: $10,860 to $18,540. take full advantage to skirt the outlandish expense of buying clothes for your little one(s). Also, seek out some of the thousands of manufacturer outlets across the country where you can buy perfectly good clothes as low as half their original price.
Health care cost through age 17: $12,810 to $19,860. Because much of this expense comes from health insurance premiums, it pays to shop around if you have the option of choosing your insurance carrier.
Child care and education cost through age 17: $20,670 to $77,130. If staying at home full time isn’t feasible, look into forming a cooperative with other parents.
Miscellaneous cost through age 17: $10,470 to $34,590. General cost savings strategies.
These expenses seem a bit over-inflated, and MSN Money recognizes that individual results can vary dramatically (either higher or lower.) However, it’s clear to see that there will be extra expenses associated with raising kids and these costs won’t be trivial. So, before you “go forth and multiply”, it’s probably wise to consider and plan for the expense multiplication that occurs when a family gets larger.
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I had to get a new motherboard and while taking out the old one the wires popped out and now I don't know where to hook up the new connections. please help ASAP. thanks
If you are putting in a new motherboard, the wiring may be different from your old one anyway. It's an easy project wiring up the board, just follow instructions in the manual and you will see the connectors on the wires are labelled HDD LED, POWER etc, so just look in the manual. If no manual find the make of mobo and come back.
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Higher Education and Research Bill opposed
CHENNAI: When the Bar Council of India (BCI) is all set to intensify their protest against the proposed Higher Education and Research Bill, 2011 across the country, Oscar Fernandes, MP and the chairman of the parliamentary standing committee for the ministry of human resource development said the proposed bill is not aimed to put an end to any such bodies in the higher education sector and the bill will widen the possibilities for integrated practices in the sector.
On Monday, the BCI and all state bar councils have decided to intensify their agitation against the new bill, which intends to put an end to the prerogative of the BCI for the inspection of educational institutions in the country imparting law education. Adovate fraternity feels that the manner in which bill has been drafted will only result in marginalizing their representation in the legal education sector and profession.
Despite the University Grants Commission (UGC) was constituted as a statutory body based on UGC Act-1956, several councils for specialised education sectors remained as seperate bodies. The draft of the proposed bill observes that the councils for technical , professional and medical education sectors have focussed attention on the specialised areas of education, but 'it has also led to fragmenttaion of knowledge with different regulatory agencies taking different views on matters of standards and promotion of higher education.'
The Education Commission (Kothari Commission, 1964-66) had also recommended a similar integrated system in the Indian higher education sector representing the entire spectrum of higher education, courses and areas.
The proposed Higher Education and Research Bill, 2011shall consists a chairperson and six members appointed by the president of India, literally replacing the powers of UGC. The Higher Education Commisison will have a general council including the chairperson, selected members, representatives of state higher education councils and research councils.
It will have a dedicated Board of Research Promotion and Innovation and the bill proposes to establish a Higher Education Financial Services Corporation to disburse grants to higher education institutions.


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“The U.S. would possibly simply soundless relieve us learn what other products they would maybe maybe export to China, bid, energy sources, be pleased petrol, natural fuel and coal. 2nd, the U.S. has excessive tech products which can simply also be exported to China,” he talked about.
That advice used to be in accordance with what U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has talked about on the U.S. come to cutting back the artificial deficit. Rising China’s believe of U.S. goods, versus requiring China to promote much less, had “more bang for the buck” for the U.S. economy, Ross talked about.
Wei added that it used to be critical to China and the U.S. to “work together to bake an even bigger economic cake” that allowed both to succor.
As for Brandstad’s declare that the U.S. desired to peek China extra commence its markets for autos and food exports, Wei acknowledged that China’s dapper center class meant that there used to be increasing set aside a question to for excessive quality agricultural products nonetheless cautioned that tariffs had been not a neatly-behaved high-tail.
“It would be immediate-sighted to inaugurate up a substitute war by imposing tariffs correct thanks to the artificial deficit. I be troubled that the U.S. authorities would possibly make a execrable step and lose its opportunity within the extensive Chinese market. That can maybe make Ambassador Branstad very upset,” he talked about.
Whereas the Trump administration has made slashing the U.S. substitute deficit with China a precedence, the U.S. enterprise community is moreover hoping for trends in more longstanding points.
“We would hold to peek growth on one of the well-known most systemic challenges, one of the well-known most market gain admission to points, one of the well-known most on the wait on of-the-border points, be pleased records flows,” Jeremie Waterman, vp for Greater China on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, told CNBC.
“We acknowledge that for this administration, deficit gash price is moreover a precedence and it can maybe foolhardy to mirror that that portion would not moreover be segment of the equipment. However the advantages of that more or much less deficit gash price is doubtless to be immediate-lived, and it be very doubtless that we’d be wait on in six or 9 months again [with] the artificial deficit on the a linked level if there would possibly be not systemic reform,” Waterman talked about.
— CNBC’s Eunice Yoon and Kayla Tausche contributed reporting.
Correction: This fable has been updated to mirror that Wei Jianguo is the govt. deputy director of the China Heart for International Financial Exchanges.


As Double Trouble drummer Chris Layton told me of first experiencing Stevie Ray Vaughan’s extraordinary guitar talent from outside an Austin nightclub, I had to smile. Like Chris, I had not actually seen the young blues guitarist either the first time I heard him play live, but the memory is burned into my mind nonetheless. It was February 4, 1984 and I was part of the live regional network broadcast interviews of the myriad of performers at the annual Charlie Daniels Volunteer Jam backstage at Nashville’s War Memorial Auditorium. Over ten years the Volunteer Jam had grown into an annual pilgrimage by the biggest names then in American rock music, featuring in one night the Charlie Daniels Band and guests including the Marshall Tucker Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Brothers Band, the Outlaws, plus Billy Joel, Emmylou Harris, Ted Nugent, and James Brown!
Now this young Texas trio, who had defied all musical trends in 1983 with their critically-received debut album Texas Flood , had just taken the stage midway through the star-studded evening. From my vantage point at the broadcast table in the backstage area separated by a wall directly behind the stage, we could not see the band or the 10,000 fans packed into the auditorium, but we could hear this huge sound. Slowly, as the wah-wah staccato of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s guitar beat out a march duplicated by the bass drum, whispers of astonishment began to ripple through the backstage crowd of musicians and media guests: “He’s doing Hendrix ! “ And then the realization hit me. ”He’s doing ‘Voodoo Child ‘! “ I muttered aloud in astonishment to no one in particular. You have to understand that prior to this night, no one did Hendrix, for two very simple reasons : 1) 99.8% of the world’s guitar players were not proficient enough to play his stuff, and 2) the precious few that actually could would have been publicly condemned for rock sacrilege. So I’m thinking, “Oh great, this new guy Stevie Ray Vaughan has decided to commit career suicide here at the Super Bowl of Southern Rock in front of his peers, the national press, ten thousand in the audience , and untold millions listening live on radio. Then he’ll walk off stage and straight to our broadcast table for a live interview, and I’ll have to pretend that we all did not just witness musical blasphemy.”
Except that’s not what happened. That night, that stage, that performance changed so much. Sure, it introduced Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble to the national spotlight in a most memorable way. It literally introduced him to me later that night, which would serve me well when I moved to his Dallas hometown ten days later where we continued a professional relationship until his tragic death August 27, 1990. But what that performance taught me was that rock critics, record and radio execs, and other media “gatekeepers” cannot limit music, cannot determine which are sacred cows, cannot anoint only certain musicians worthy or intentions pure. And even though these self-appointed (and self-important) “experts” will try endlessly to convince us otherwise, great music is boundless, and to attempt to limit it rather than celebrate it is to miss the point of music altogether. -Redbeard


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In yet another shocking suicide by a youngster in the city, a 20-year-old ITI student hanged himself while on a live video call with a girl, who had reportedly rejected his love proposal here, on Wednesday. A 20-year-old student committed suicide by hanging while on a video call with his lover at Vinayak Nagar in Neredmet on Wednesday morning. The victim, Ajmeer Sagar (20), was pursuing a course at an Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in the city.
According to the police, Ajmer Sagar, a native of Sircilla District, was living at his elder sister’s house in Vinayak Nagar. He was an ITI second year student at a government institute in Sanathnagar. The incident was around 10.45 am on Wednesday when Sagar’s sister and relatives went to their village.
Sagar was alone at home and the incident came to light when the owner of the house found his body hanging a few hours later. Incidentally, this is the second such incident in less than a month. On February 18, a management student committed suicide while on a video call with her boyfriend at a hostel at Kompally. The youth was in a relationship with a 19-year-old girl, pursuing B Sc (Nursing) course. Though the couple wanted to get married and even tried to elope in January, their parents foiled their plan and refused to accept their relationship. “Recently, Sagar’s family started looking for a bride for him.
“After his sister and relatives left home, Sagar was alone. Sagar’s sister contacted the house owner and said that he was not answering her calls. He then went to check and found the body hanging,” said J Venkat Reddy, Sub-Inspector, Neredmet.
Police, who booked a case based on a complaint lodged by Sagar’s mother Rajavva, have recovered a WhatsApp video call that was made and recorded from Sagar’s mobile phone. The video shows Sagar talking to a minor girl, who is believed to have rejected his proposal, and then committing suicide as she and another girl watch in shock.
Neredmet Inspector M Jagadish Chander said Sagar was in love with the girl, but she had rejected his proposal and their parents too had said no to the same. Following this, Sagar had gone into depression and had several times expressed disappointment with his family for rejecting his love. Chander said the 2-minute video recorded during the call using an app on the phone.
On Wednesday morning, he texted his girlfriend saying he will be happy to die in front of her. He then did a WhatsApp video call to the girl and committed suicide by hanging during their chat,” Neredmet sub-inspector P Nagaraju said. The 2.04-minute video call went viral on social media in which two girls were seen talking to him and observing him when he stood on a chair to commit suicide by hanging. Initially, the girls seemed shocked and amused, thinking it was a prank, however, later one of them was heard screaming. As he was not responding to her calls, the victim’s sister rushed home from her workplace and discovered his body hanging from the ceiling. Later, she informed police around 10.30am. Police suspect Sagar might have committed suicide an hour earlier. The body was shifted to Gandhi Hospital for an autopsy. Police have registered a case under Section 174 of the CrPC.
“The girl was watching him when Sagar hanged himself. Along with her, there was another girl too, who is seen waiving her hand asking him not to take the extreme step,” he said, adding that the mobile phone was sent to the Telangana Forensic Science Laboratory for examination.
Police said relatives of both parties were contacted and further investigation was on. The body was meanwhile handed over to the family after autopsy at Gandhi Hospital morgue on Thursday.
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Here we go again with more profiles recreating the sound of a Friedman BE 100 – it’s the BE Evolved from Live Ready Sound! And it not your standard BE 100 either, it’s a modded according to the info on Live Ready Sounds webpage: “This head was custom modded to have a Depth dial with a 3 way frequency selection, variable negative feed back dial and a gain stage mod to give more clarity and a little less compression to the gain.”
A little extra you could say! A plethora of cabs and mic’s have been used to capture this unique amplifier, you better see the info, again of course on Live Ready Sounds webpage – link provided further down!
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Is it a bird? Or a plane?! No, it’s Mattfigs new Kemper profile pack – the JTM45! Based on a classic Marshall amplifier model this is bound to give you a genuine Marshall sound. The first iteration of the Marshall came out in 1963 (according to Wikipedia, Marshall claims 1962!), more or less copying the Fender Bassman. Now that is a cool amp but Marshall is Marshall, like it or hate it!
You will find a good variation in this profile pack, if I should give you my personal recommendation it is to try raising the Clarity (amp)parameter. That is not exclusive for these profiles – many times when I feel I am a bit disatisfied with a profile, if the Clarity parameter is set to zero; boosting it gives a good return in many cases.
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With that name it might not be totally obvious that this profile pack recreates the sound from a PRS Archon 100 for your Kemper Profiling Amp. Or maybe it’s just me being silly… anyways, this Have Guitar’s demo of this fine pack from Deadlight Studio!
So this Kemper profile pack isn’t that biggest but that doesn’t necessary mean a bad thing, you still get a nice round-up of sounds – from clean to dripping gain. 20 Merged profiles, according to Deadlight Studio a “pretty dark amp” but I don’t know if I would say that about the profiles. (Hint: I wouldn’t say that about these profiles!) More information in the video and of course in the link to Deadlight Studio provided below.
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So, here it is – ToneJunies “mystery amp” – a Marshall Purple Plexi from 1968! Those plexi’s are rare and costly… I have seen prices starting at around 6000 USD and going up to 25K!!! So, I don’t know what ToneJunkie paid but I suppose they had to shell out an impressive amount of green ones to aquire this one!
This is also (as far as I know) the largest pack from ToneJunkie with over 100 Kemper profiles included in the pack, both studio and directs. From clean to hard driven, all very organic in sound and a dynamic feeling provided through careful profiling.
The amp is profiled with different signal chains comprised of 1966, 1968, and 1969 Celestion Speaker models and vintage Amprex, Tungram, Mullard Tubes. If it’s plexi you need it is plexi you get with this awesome profile pack! To spice things up I have used ToneCity’s pedals Sweet Cream and Wild Fire to add some extra energy here and there.
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Here’s a nice pack from ToneJunkie – the 65 Twin Verb Kemper profile pack! The pack recreates the sound from a Fender 1965 Twin Reverb, known for its huge, full, warm and bright cleans. You get 40 Studio and 17 Direct profiles for your Kemper in this pack.
As always ToneJunkie provides dynamic and varied profiles and this pack makes no difference in that. Just don’t expect any high gain bonanza because that is just not what ToneJunkie is about!
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If you’re looking for a vintage Zeppelinesque tone then this might be the Kemper profile pack for you: Supro Black Magick from Gold Lion Studio! This pack contains 20 Studio profiles ranging from low to medium gain!
The Supro Black Magick amplifier is a recreation of the same amp that Jimmy Page used. Quote from Supros webpage; “a recreation of one of Rock & Roll music’s holy-grail amplifiers. This all-tube, high-gain blues machine hearkens back to the dimensions, cosmetics and circuitry of the Supro amps from 1959, just like the one loaned by Jimmy Page to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum.”
The profiles are dynamic and they are really sensitive to your pick attack, pick loosely for an almost clean tone then attack harder for a vintage roar! Very nice indeed!
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Time to demo the Dirtfwood Purple Nightmare from G1 Productions! The sounds is in the name – High Gain is what this profile pack is all about. Actually I do believe that is kinda what the original amp is all about as well!
The Driftwood amplifiers seems to be awesome beasts and that is reflected in these profiles! They are expensive but judging from the sound they are worth it. The Purpe Nightmare even comes with a built-in Tube Screamer! If you wanna read more about the amp I have provided the link to the product page at Driftwood amps, below.
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Time to test out a new profile pack from Live Ready Sound – Martian 2000! This pack recreates the sound from a Marshall DSL100 JCM2000 and yes, it keeps the usual high standards we’re used to see from Live Ready Sound!
The first version of this pack comes with 57 studio profiles and 11 direct profiles, created with a bunch of different mic’s and speakers… check out the link below for more information on this profile pack.
The Marshall JCM2000 seems to be well regarded by guitarists by looking at the discussions online. Judging from these profiles, well I can just concure – it sure sounds sweet to me!
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This is a demo of the VX Kraken from Peter’s Crazy Profile! Note that this amp/these profiles are just one part of Peter’s Kemper Profiles Mega Pack!! The Mega Pack has over 600 profiles and performances and cab – you get the whole pack for less than $10!!!
These profiles recreates the sound from a Victory VX Kraken amplifier. This is a no bull metal amp that has two channels – gain and more gain. Isn’t that just beautiful? Victory Amps describes the amp as “A 50-watt box of glorious gain for hard rock, metal, extended-range and progressive players”. For more info on the actual amp, check out the links below.
I know a lot of people has been asking for a good pack profiles that recreates the Kraken and this might be it for you. I also know the character of the amp is hard to capture with the Kemper – I haven’t played a real Kraken but this sure sounds good to me.
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Charlie Robins’ promo for Klangkarussell's ‘Netzwerk (Falls Like Rain)’ will turn your legs to jelly. The young British director enlisted Ukrainian daredevil Mustang Wanted to free-climb his way around Belgrade, Serbia. And while bits of it are downright terrifying (just wait until he transcends a crane with a GoPro strapped to his head), the whole thing is properly stunning. And so it’s fitting that it earned Robins a spot on this year’s Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors’ Showcase. LBB’s Addison Capper chatted with him to talk daring drone-work, phobias of heights and sweaty palms.
LBB> What inspired you to make a film about free-climbing? Why was Netzwerk the perfect fit for the idea?
Charlie Robins> I wanted to make a video that turned people giddy. I'd seen a load of free-climbing videos on Youtube and they all made my palms sweat. I thought this would make a unique music video that people would share around the world, something that sticks with you after watching it. Netzwerk came through to me and I knew it would be a perfect fit. Lyrically its about looking to the sky which works for obvious reasons but there was also a sense of scale and space to the track which added another level to the video.
LBB> You worked with Ukrainian daredevil Mustang Wanted - how did you get him involved? What’s he like off of camera?
CR> I had been keeping an eye on mustang wanted for a while on YouTube. His videos are absolutely terrifying and i just knew i had to make something with him. I watched a documentary the featured him a while back and the next day i sent him an email asking if he would be interested in making a music video should the right project turn up. After various emails in broken English he said yes. Off camera he was a really sweet, quiet guy. He doesn't speak a word of English so he brought his friend with him to translate. He listens to classical music, eats well, doesn't drink, smoke or do drugs and occasionally gets involved in lower league Ukrainian football riots. He was utterly focused when he moved, not a thread of fear in him. There was something emotionless about the way he operated which helps when you are risking your life for the sake of a terrifying rush.
LBB> How did you capture the higher shots? For example, the leg-wobblingly frightening scene atop the crane… Did you use a drone? If so, that thing is flying close to Mustang!
CR> We had a drone with a pilot called Dragon. Some of those shots were filmed hovering half a meter from Mustangs face while he stood on top of the tallest building in Belgrade, a moment that will stick with me for a good while i'm sure. One gust of wind and that would have been that. i had to pretend i was watching Youtube.
For the cranes shots mustang and his friend climbed armed with Gopros and canon 5Ds. Due to the illegal nature of what he does we couldn't be up there with him, thank god!
LBB> Did you give Mustang much direction or did he more just do his thing?
CR> My only direction to Mustang was to do his thing but to do it safely. He would get on set and immediately look up. We would turn around for 5 mins and he'd be scaling the walls or hanging off 200ft drops. If anything trying to contain his compulsion to climb was the hardest thing to deal with.
LBB> I need to ask… how are you with heights?
CR> Shit. I discovered this halfway up a shoddy ladder. Mustang laughed at me.
LBB> You shot in Belgrade - there’s something beautiful about the city’s industrious look. Why was it the perfect location?
CR> It was important that I had a graphic and harsh look to the locations. The Eastern Block is the most amazing place if you are after a cold, concrete world. We initially wanted to shoot in Ukraine but the whole Crimea thing had literally just kicked off and getting into there was a no go. Belgrade was a great fit. The buildings looked brutal and imposing and incredible from the sky. I want to go back there, so many beautiful and unique locations.
LBB> What were the trickiest components and how did you overcome them?
CR> The general feeling of fear among the crew. We shot for 2 days and I don't think there was a real moment of relaxed calm. Every time we turned over was literally a matter of life and death. Mustang just had to lose concentration once. We all became great at pretending it wasn't happening.
LBB> What projects are you working on right now that are exciting you? What does the rest of the year hold for you?
CR> I'm off to Tahiti at the end of June to shoot a very special music video with some incredible free-divers. Its a very exciting project and one that has been some time in the making. Beyond that i'm trying to gently break into commercials and and of course travel more. I'm desperate to get out to Mongolia.
LBB> You were featured on the NDS this year and got to collaborate with a heap of well-regarded directors. How’s the experience been for you?
CR> This has been both a massive honour and nerve wracking experience. It is something I'm extremely proud of. I'm still waiting for someone to tell me its all a big joke. The NDS is a huge deal so to be asked to take part is amazing! Its nice to be recognised for some the of hard work we have been putting in over the last year. Being a director you need thick skin but nods of approval like this make it all worth while.
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text: Today in the news they said that half of all the Cancers could be eliminated by putting into practice life style changes. Well hey!!!! Hello……I been saying that for the past ten years or so now. But thing one has to remember is that we also have to change the way we are manufacturing our food. Eliminate all the preservatives, pesticides, hormone injections, flu shots, most antibiotics and over three quarters off all prescription drugs. Not to forget all the fast foods we have on the market today. Then one has to eliminate the way we treat cancer and other diseases, like chemo and radiation and things like that. These ways are not the answer. The statistics are there for all to see, just that most don’t take the time to look.. Most listen to what we are told, instead of doing what should be done and what is right. Folks I keep saying this. The answers are right in front of you. Don’t be fooled, take the blinders off your eyes and start taking your life back. No one knows your body better than you do, no one. My Opinion Only.

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TOLEDO (WTOL) - Scattered snow flurries will continue through the morning with heavier snow expected west of Toledo. Temperatures will slowly rise through the 20s. Steadier but still light snow continue through lunch and into the afternoon. Watch for slick spots on roads, especially on bridges and overpasses.
Most will see less than a half inch of accumulation. Highs today will struggle to reach the lower 30s.
Tonight temperatures will slowly rise through the lower 30s with a rain/snow mix picking up after midnight with some lingering by sunrise.
Friday will start with a light rain/snow mix and slowly dry out through the afternoon. Temperatures will begin to rise too, with highs near 40 degrees!
This Weekend: Big warm up as highs climb into the lower 50s, but soaking showers will take over much of Saturday afternoon.


The landmarked Lower East Side building is being restored
Construction is still ongoing at the former Jarmulowsky Bank Building on the corner of Orchard and Allen Streets, but the intended function of the completed, fully restored building may be changing. Bowery Boogie reports that "a reliable source" says that DLJ Real Estate Partners is now seeking partners to transform the landmarked building into an office space rather than a hotel; apparently the developer emailed industry insiders confirming the switch.
A 10,000-square-foot addition that would house offices was already in the works, but until recently, plans called for turning the gorgeous old building into a 100-room luxury lodging (that may or may not have been helmed by Taavo Somer). The building is currently being restored to its former glory, including bringing back its 50-foot cupola and polishing up some of its original details.
- Jarmulowsky Bank Owner Aborts Hotel, Decides on ‘Creative Office Space’ Instead [BB]
- Jarmulowsky Bank Building Takes Step Toward Life as a Hotel [Curbed]
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What is wrist pain?
The wrist is the complex joint between the forearm and hand. Wrist pain is not only a common symptom but it can occur for a number of reasons. It can occur suddenly (acute wrist pain), as due to a simple injury or a fracture, or it may come on insidiously and be present for a longer time (chronic wrist pain), as in arthritis, ganglion, or repetitive stress or overuse, including carpal tunnel syndrome. The wrist joint is made up of a number of bones, ligaments, and muscles. There are also three important nerves that cross the wrist from the forearm to the hand. Pain may emanate from any disease or damage of these structures.
There are eight bones that make up the wrist known as the carpus or carpal bones. These eight carpal bones are arranged in two rows – proximal and distal.
Proximal row lying next to the forearm bones :
Distal row lying next to the hand bones :
The bones of the wrist joint are connected to one another by a number of ligaments, of which the radial or lateral collateral ligament and the ulnar or medial collateral ligament are the two largest ones. The flexor retinaculum is the continuation of the deep fascia of the forearm which attaches to the carpal bones. The space thus formed between the carpal bones and the flexor retinaculum is known as the carpal tunnel. Various tendons run through the carpal tunnel. The most important structure within the carpal tunnel is the median nerve, which when compressed produces symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome.
The wrist joint is made up of several joints.
- Radiocarpal joint – the 2 long bones of the forearm are the radius and ulna. The radius lies towards the thumb and the ulna towards the little finger. At the distal end (the part farthest away from the body), the articular disc binds the radius to the ulna and carpal bones, and separates the distal ulna from the carpal bones. The proximal carpal bones and the distal end of the radius form the radiocarpal joint.
- Intercarpal joints – thesel joints are formed between the proximal and distal rows of carpal bones.
- Carpometacarpal joints – the distal row of the carpal bones with the proximal portion of the metacarpal bones of the hand form the carpometacarpal joints.
The muscles acting on the wrist joint are situated in the forearm and end in tendons which cross the joint and end on the hand. The muscles allow a range of movements such as flexion, extension, abduction or radial deviation, and adduction or ulnar deviation.
Nerves and Blood Vessels
The three important nerves that cross the wrist from the forearm to supply the hand are the radial, median, and ulnar nerve.
- The radial nerve supplies the back of the hand from the thumb to the middle finger.
- The median nerve supplies the thumb, index, and middle finger and the inner half of the ring finger.
- The ulnar nerve supplies little finger and the outer half of the ring finger.
Blood supply is through the radial and ulnar arteries.
Wrist Pain Symptoms
The symptoms often point to the cause of wrist pain. Wrist pain may be of varying intensity and can be dull, sharp, stabbing, aching, or burning.
It is usually unilateral (in one wrist) but may be bilateral (in both wrists). There may be tenderness meaning pain when the wrist is touched. Wrist pain can only be present or worsen with pain although in some cases it is present even at rest. Other symptoms that may accompany wrist pain includes :
- Tingling or numbness.
- Signs of injury such as bruises.
- Muscle weakness.
- Reduced mobility of the joint.
- Obvious deformity of the wrist.
- Redness, warmth, or swelling over the wrist.
- Pain in the shoulder, arm, hand, or fingers.
Causes of Wrist Pain
Wrist pain may be caused by a variety of problems, usually arising due to damage to the structures that comprise the wrist joint. The common causes of wrist pain are :
- Injury – bruising and swelling are common signs of injury. Injury may also result in fracture, the most common fracture of the wrist being Colles’ fracture or distal radius fracture, which usually occurs due to falling on an outstretched hand. It commonly occurs in elderly people but is also seen in sportsmen, skiers and bikers. Besides bruising and swelling, there will be pain, tenderness, and deformity of the wrist.
- Inflammatory causes such as tendonitis and bursitis.
- Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease, where the body’s immune system attacks its own healthy tissues. It results in inflammation of the joints and surrounding tissues. Rheumatoid arthritis of the wrist is common. One or both wrists may be affected. Middle-aged women are more likely to be affected. Morning stiffness, joint pain, and deformity are common symptoms.
- Osteoarthritis may affect the wrist but is less common. It is likely to occur with age and may cause pain, swelling, and stiffness of the joint.
- Carpal tunnel syndrome – symptoms develop due to compression of the median nerve as it passes through the carpal tunnel. Along with wrist pain, there may be symptoms of tingling, numbness, and pain in the areas supplied by the median nerve, as well as muscle wasting and weakness in the hands. Repetitive movements of the wrist is the most common cause, such as typing on a computer keyboard, sewing, using a vibrating tool, or playing handball. Pregnancy, hypothyroidism, diabetes, obesity, and rheumatoid arthritis are some of the risk factors for its development.
- Repetitive stress or overuse may also result in wrist pain, without carpal tunnel syndrome.
- Ganglion cyst is a swelling that may form around the wrist joint. Although usually painless, there may be slight discomfort and pain.
- Infection of the wrist which is more likely to arise when microbes enter through a break in the skin or a piercing injury. Less likely it may arise from microbes reaching the wrist through the bloodstream.
Other less common causes of wrist pain are :
- Dupuytren’s contracture.
- Trigger finger or trigger thumb.
- Kienbock’s disease.
Diagnosis of Wrist Pain
Initial diagnosis will be based on history and physical examination. Subsequently other tests may be necessary such as :
- CT scan
- Bone scan
- Nerve function tests
Treatment of Wrist Pain
Treatment will depend upon the cause of wrist pain, keeping in mind the age and general health of the patient.
- Rest to the joint.
- Cold compress, ice, and elastic bandage may give relief in minor injuries.
- Wrist support with wrist braces.
- Medication for pain relief and treatment of underlying condition.
- Cortisone injections for inflammation may be given in some cases.
- Surgery for fracture, carpal tunnel syndrome, tendon or ligament repair.
- Arthroscopic wrist surgery may be done for treatment of ligament injuries, ganglion cysts, and some specific types of wrist fractures.


text: Instead of embarrassing themselves like they did last year with a live press conference, Konami decided to go a safer route and control every aspect of the release. But "safer" wasn't exactly the smart choice. In the video that was released to GameTrailers, Konami announced what it had planned for the rest of the year. Sure, there were some surprises, but overall it was pretty lackluster. In fact, it was bad.


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Unite General Secretary Len McCluskey has welcomed the move towards resolution, after conciliatory service Acas announced they would hold talks on the tanker fuel strike, this Wednesday. Mr McCluskey said:
"We welcome this development and thank Acas for their efforts to pull both sides together. We believe these matters can be resolved through meaningful negotiations. But to give these talks a chance of success, there must be an immediate end to mischievous briefing against the drivers.
"These talks must be given the best chance of succeeding. The issues facing this industry are serious. It is beholden on all parties now to work constructively to solve them."
The conciliatory service Acas has announced that talks aimed at resolving the fuel tanker drivers' dispute will be held on Wednesday.
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Preparations are due to start today for talks to resolve the fuel tanker drivers' dispute which lead to panic petrol buying across the UK.


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I will focus on the hiking trails, but note that this park also has facilities for camping. The park has miles of hiking trails which can be rated as easy. The trails are well maintained. A couple.... more
I will focus on the hiking trails, but note that this park also has facilities for camping. The park has miles of hiking trails which can be rated as easy. The trails are well maintained. A couple.... more »
Beautiful park. Stayed 2 nights in October. Nice, level, pull-thru sites for big rigs. Spacious camping sites with grass. Lots of hiking trails. The weather was beautiful. Quiet area. The park was...
Beautiful park. Stayed 2 nights in October. Nice, level, pull-thru sites for big rigs. Spacious camping sites with grass. Lots of hiking trails. The weather was beautiful. Quiet area. The park was... more »
This is a pretty good state park for being so close to Houston. There's probably a little less activities than some of the larger parks (IE, no where to swim), but it's pretty great for being so close to Houston. We went on a hike, and some of the trails were closed. Not sure if that was because they were flooded out or something though. Most of the trails are pretty easy walks. We went with two kids (3 and 5), and there was no issues. We did make our way to the river, and that's a cool site to see. We drove by the tent camping spots, and this is the main reason I gave it a 4. Those spots are pretty close to each other. Not really any camping privacy. Update: if you want to camp, be I would recommend the "walk in" tent camping spots (near the group camping). There's no showers (bathrooms only), but the slots are more secluded and quiet in the evenings. All the other spots seemed to be right on top of each other while we walked around (took cub scouts on some hikes).
Less than 30 minutes from Houston. It's small, quiet, but very nice! The trails are shorter, easier than most. This park is perfect when you want to go to a state park, but not travel far and don't feel like changing into some traditional hiking gear. Get up, go do a light hike, enjoy nature and company, then go home when you get your fix.
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A nationwide state of emergency has been declared by the prime minister’s office and a curfew has been imposed in the Western Province in Sri Lanka.
Last night, Sri Lanka’s president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country after months of turmoil culminated in protesters converging on the presidential palace. He has agreed to resign today.
In recent days, protesters have occupied several government buildings demanding their top leaders step down, showing their anger over a three-month economic crisis.
People have flocked to the presidential palace – swimming in the pool, marvelling at the paintings and lounging on the beds piled high with pillows.
On Wednesday, groups could be seen scaling the wall and entering the office as the crowds roared in support, cheering them on and waving the Sri Lankan flag.
Police stationed outside the prime minister’s office fired several rounds of tear gas and a military helicopter briefly
circled overhead, but protesters appeared undeterred and finally surged into the compound.
Protesters have now taken over the country’s national TV broadcaster, Rupavahini.
Bhasura Wickremesinghe, a 24-year-old student of maritime electrical engineering, who came with friends, said the president fleeing the country was a “timid act”.
“I’m not celebrating. There’s no point celebrating. We have nothing in this country at the moment.”
Mr Rajapaksa left the country in a military jet bound for the Maldives with his wife and two bodyguards.
Sri Lanka’s parliamentary speaker said Mr Rajapaksa appointed prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as acting president, enabling him to carry out presidential responsibilities.
Protesters have vowed to occupy the official buildings until the top leaders are gone and are calling for the resignation of the prime minister.
Sri Lankan lawmakers agreed to elect a new president next week but have struggled to decide on the makeup of a new government to lift the bankrupt country out of economic and political collapse.
The new president will serve the remainder of Mr Rajapaksa’s term, which ends in 2024, and could potentially appoint a new prime minister, who would then have to be approved by parliament.
However, the promised resignations have not put an end to the crisis.
At one point, protesters also burned the prime minister’s private home.
The economic crisis in Sri Lanka has triggered severe food and fuel shortages resulting in people queuing for hours to buy supplies.


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April 25 – May 2 is National Immunization Awareness Week!
This week we look at how important vaccinations are for everyone.
Here are some things you can do this week:
- Talk to your doctor, nurse, pharmacist or local public health unit about staying up-to-date with immunizations.
- Join I Boost Immunity to help raise awareness about the value of immunization.
- Visit the Northern Health Matters blog during the week for information on HPV, 18-month boosters, and more!
Thanks to immunization programs across Canada, vaccine-preventable diseases now cause less than 5% of all deaths across the country. Over 100 years ago, these diseases were the leading cause of death worldwide.
As more people are immunized, the disease risk for everyone is reduced.
How can you boost immunity this week?