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Heavy rains have been lashing Mannar for several days, causing a flood in the district.
Everyday life has been deeply affected by the deluge.
In particular, people in low-lying areas of some villages, including Santhipuram, Southbar and Jimron Nagar, are amongst the hardest hit by the rains.
Heavy rains in other parts of the district have also caused flash floods.
In August the UN appointed Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its report which higlighted that the world would exceed a global temperature increase of 1.5°C, the stated target of the Paris climate agreement, during this century. The report further warns that unless steps were taken to reduce emissions to zero, global temperatures would likely surpass 2°C. At this stage, “compound” events, such as deadly heatwaves and killer droughts occurring at the same time in the same location, are more likely.
In recent years, the Tamil homeland has been the worst impacted by droughts and flooding. The impact on livelihoods has been further hampered by the increasing military encroachment across the North-East.


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Discover the Excitement of An Oregon Rodeo
The excitement of the rodeo can be found throughout the Beaver State. Slip on a pair of boots and get ready for family fun.
The huge Pendleton Round-Up has been a “must see” event since 1910. The September festivities feature steer roping and bareback riding, as well as numerous festivities like the annual Dress Up Parade.
Chief Joseph Days events are held every July. Crowds head to Eastern Oregon to enjoy the races, parades and classic rodeo events. The Elgin Stampede is another Eastern Oregon event sure to wow rodeo fans. It’s four days in July that feature PRCA rodeo performances, parades, bull riding, and more.
If a trip to Central Oregon is on the books for June, get tickets to the annual Sisters Rodeo. Team roping, steer wrestling and the PRCA-sanctioned Xtreme Bulls are on the schedule.
Molalla Buckeroo PRCA Rodeo is in July. Willamette Valley plays host to bronco riding, fireworks, and live entertainment. The St. Paul Rodeo has been drawing in crowds in late June and July for more than 82 years. And if you are at Myrtle Point at the end of July, the Coos County Fair and Rodeo features barrel events, bulls, and kids’ activities.
Since 1910, the Pendleton Round-Up has been a staple attraction for rodeo fans in northeast Oregon. During the second week each September, the Pendleton Round-Up features classic rodeo events, like steer roping, barrel racing, bareback riding, and calf roping. The Pendleton Round-Up is an officially recognized stop on the PRCA Tour.
The Saturday before the rodeo kicks off, check out the Dress Up Parade, where you'll see a variety of local youth groups show off their hand-made floats, parade style. The Friday during Round-Up Week you'll find the Westward Ho! parade. Because of the popularity, the Pendleton Round-Up also features PBR events, like the Happy Canyon Arena Rodeo.

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The Monstrumologist is by Rick Yancey. The first in Yancey's new Monstrumologist series. This book is for older readers. There is no sex or profanity, but the vocabulary and level of violence is definitely not for young readers. This book is set up to read like a journal. Will Henry is an orphan apprenticed to a monstrumologist, the science of studying monsters. When a grave robber brings the corpse of a young girl entwined with the corpse of a supposedly extinct monster called Anthropophagus to their door, Will and his mentor find themselves in a race against time to hunt these monsters before they kill again. This book is deep and at times slow, yet worth the time invested. The violence is quite intense and the vocabulary might be difficult for young readers.
Ratings: 9th grade - 7 out of 10 - V (violence) - AC (mature thematic content).

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From A to Z, we’ve assembled an exhaustive list of fabrics, materials, and textiles. “V” indicates vegan, “N” for non-vegan, and “N/V” are materials that can be made of both vegan and non-vegan materials (potentially requiring a little extra research to make sure no animals were harmed!).
Most leather comes from the skin of animals raised for meat. Contrary to popular belief, animal skins (along with wool, fur, feathers) are not the byproduct of the meat industry. In fact, a cow’s skin can be the most profitable portion of the cow’s body, making up half of all profits of slaughterhouses that process cattle. Leather is a not a by-product, it is a co-product. This means that leather helps make the meat industry—and animal farming—profitable, which is destroying the planet.


Recently, the Columbia Climate Center had the chance to participate in an event aiming to improve public awareness on climate change. On the weekend of the 6th and 7th of February, the CCC had a table in the Polar Fair in the International Polar Weekend at the American Museum of Natural History. It was a wonderful opportunity to talk with a lot of kids and not-so-kids.
Our activity explored two scenarios for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the likely sea level rise resulting from the melting of the polar ice sheets in Greenland and West Antarctica. The kids could choose between two options: trying very hard to reduce emissions and continuing with business as usual. Sometimes I got a laugh in response when I asked the 6 to 10 year-olds if they drove a lot, but they usually felt the need to explain they didn’t actually have a driver’s license.
Depending on which course of action they chose, we used IPCC results that project the atmospheric GHG emissions to end of century to 450ppm and 850ppm. Then they chose from one of two jars of tokens that reflected the expected probability function for the temperature distribution for each scenario, which we converted into global sea level rise values. When they had chosen a few tokens, they could go to two great online sources to watch the impact of sea level rise at specific locations. One source uses google maps and is fabulous to look at city streets, the other source from the University of Arizona uses red to indicate sea level change and is spectacular for larger geographic areas.
The question that we got most frequently was: when will this happen? And the answer is: we don’t know.
We can tell you that current models that project climate into the future anticipate sea level rises of between 30 and 60 centimeters in the next century. We can tell you that Susan Solomon and coworkers found that even if we reduce emissions rather drastically, sea level is likely to rise at least a meter (3 feet) due to thermal expansion alone Although that’s on the lower end of what might happen, it is still devastating for coastal and deltaic regions.
And we can say that amplifying processes, known among scientists and engineers as positive feedbacks, and among lay people as vicious circles, conspire such that warming leads to melting which in turn leads to more warming and more melting.
We can also tell you that GHGs emitted by our grandparents will still be in the atmosphere in several hundred years, almost half of them will still be there in a 1000 years. Clearly, the decisions we make today will have consequences for climate for such long time periods that it almost would qualify as forever.
We also know that the expected assumption that sea level will rise uniformly throughout the globe is mistaken. In fact, in a recent study, Jerry Mitrovica and colleagues noted that the effect of the gravitational pull of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is such that if it were to collapse, the sea level would rise more in the north Pacific, north Atlantic and southern Indian Ocean. In the case of Washington DC, the sea level rise goes from 5m (15 feet) in the case of uniform sea level rise to 6.3m, almost 19 feet, after applying the the fingerprint of ice change.
We can also say that the models fail to take into account many processes that are responsible for much faster rates of melting of polar ice sheets. Some of these processes are the presence of meltwater atop the ice sheets, the movement of this water through crevasses and the formation of moulins, and the role of subglacial water accelerating the coastward flow of the ice sheets. In a meeting this week of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Richard Alley pointed out that ice sheets are currently modeled as “white mountains“, noting that the rate of melting is unknown. As discussed in the USGS Report on Abrupt Climate Change, when models start incorporating these processes, the projected rates of sea level rise are likely to be much higher than in current models.
But we still don’t know when the sea level might rise to one meter or more. And that lack of knowledge of when underlines the need for continuing research in basic science, including fieldwork, satellite observations, and modeling.
Do we know enough to strongly recommend reducing GHG emissions? Most definitely. Do we know enough to start planning for higher sea levels? Most definitely. See above for the things we do know. But there’s still a long way to go before we can tell you when.


Liverpool must overturn a 1-0 deficit at Anfield if it is to reach the EFL Cup final after Southampton claimed a narrow victory Wednesday at St. Mary’s Stadium in the semifinal first leg.
Nathan Redmond’s 20th-minute goal proved the difference for Southampton in a closely fought contest.
Neither side created much in the way of clear goal-scoring opportunities as, in a similar story to their Premier League meeting in November, Southampton’s defensive organization frustrated the Reds.
Philippe Coutinho’s return from injury as a second-half substitute represents a welcome boost for Jurgen Klopp, though, with the German’s team now requiring a second-leg comeback if it is to progress to face either Manchester United or Hull City at Wembley Stadium next month.
Thumbnail photo via LiverpoolFC.com


Gwamile vocational and commercial training institute Mechanical Engineering
The aim of this Course Outline is to provide students intending to join or take any course offered by Gwamile VOCTIM with information related to the trainees carrier.
The web page describes in full the following:
- Occupational Profile
- Training Plan
- General training aims
- Training Outline
- Training Programme
It is expected that candidates will after going through the web page have a clear understanding and make an accurate choice. This is also intended to provide a guide to companies who wish to send their personnel for training and recruit trainees.
The department offers basic and advanced programmes in a three year period.
Metal Fitting and Metal Machining basically Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC).
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE OF A MACHINIST/FITTER
AFTER GOING THROUGH THE UNDERLYING TRAINING PROGRAMME THE MACHINIST/FITTER IS QUALIFIED TO:
- Manufacture and repair parts
- Fit and assemble parts
- Maintain and repair machinery
IN THE AREA OF:
Maintenance and Repair
THEIR TASKS INVOLVE:
- Manufacturing and repairing defective machine parts
- Inspection, maintaining, dismantling alignment, adjustment and assembling of machinery and equipment
THEIR PRIMARY TASKS:
- Reading specifications and drawings.
- Measuring and marking out components
- Setting up and operating machine tools
- Shaping metal components to precise dimensions using lathes, millers, shapes etc.
- Carrying out basis heat treatment and testing of materials
- Lubricating, servicing and maintaining machinery and equipment
- Finding faults, dismantling, inspecting replacing parts and reassembling
- Aligning, adjusting clearances using precision measuring equipment
- Soldering, brazing and welding all broken parts
- Attending basic electric, pneumatic and hydraulic problems
- Heat treating, testing materials
- Observe all safety precautions in the trade
- Apply basic Entrepreneurship skills
The tasks are performed without supervision and include independent planning, execution and control.
The relevant laws, regulations and instructions are to be observed


NEW YORK (AFP) - A new book about sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein, written by journalists who broke the story in 2017, details how his brother pleaded with him get help for his "misbehaviour".
To be released on Tuesday (Sept 10), the book publishes a letter that Bob Weinstein wrote to his brother in 2015, and also unearths new information about how Harvey Weinstein's lawyers tried to silence his alleged victims.
The charges against Harvey Weinstein, one of Hollywood's most powerful movie producers, sparked the global #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct.
"You have brought shame to the family and your company through your misbehaviour," Bob Weinstein wrote in the letter.
"Your reaction was once more to blame the victims.
"If you think nothing is wrong with your misbehaviour... then announce it to your wife and family."
The book, She Said: Breaking The Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite A Movement, was written by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, reporters who helped bring the scandal to light in the pages of The New York Times.
The Times published extracts of the letter ahead of the book's publication.
Bob Weinstein told the authors that he gave up trying to influence his brother's conduct, saying: "I got worn out. I said: 'I surrender, see?'"
Published by Penguin press, the book names alleged victims who had previously not been identified and provides new information about the web of secret legal agreements that kept the allegations hidden.
Harvey Weinstein, 67, has been accused of harassment and assault by more than 80 women, including stars such as Angelina Jolie and Ashley Judd.
A New York judge last month postponed his sexual assault trial until January.


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Hog Roast Moseley is proud to deliver our fine-meat and slow-roasting catering services to the excellent community of Moseley in Birmingham. We provide catering for any and all events, big or small and at any budget, so be sure to give us a call now to bring the fine-taste of Hog Roast Moseley to your weddings, parties, corporate functions, celebrations and so on – you name it and we’ll be there with our high-quality meats that will have everyone salivating at the mouth-wateringly delicious taste and smell. Hog Roast Moseley specialises in, as you might have guessed, our slow-cooked hog roast that we prepare and cook fresh on the day of your event. Our cooking is an event in itself with the spectacle of our mobile spit roast truly igniting any event, and we’re confident the taste matches too! We are also very particular in ensuring that all our meat is the finest available from locally sourced stock.
With quality like this you cannot afford to miss out on our excellent service. Quality is in the name of everything we do, from our expert team to our top of the range meats – we always strive for ever increasing standards. But luckily for you, that extra quality does not come with the price-tag to match, since we always work to your budget and ensure our premium service is affordable. Quite simply we just don’t want anyone to miss out on Hog Roast Moseley!
Quality Guaranteed in Moseley
The team here are an extremely friendly and fun bunch that are devoted to bringing you whatever you need for your day. Our hog roast is a fan favourite that we will always recommend, but we also offer many other flexible options including vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options. Our extensive buffet range and set course menus will always meet the highest standards already set by our famous hog roast, and every dish is assured to go down a treat. We have recommended menu options, but our team are always more than happy to work with you personally to find the right foods for you.
So again, remember that for quality dining at your next event the one and only caterer to call is Hog Roast Moseley!

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06 Mar Amana Tool 5-Pack of Solid Carbide Spektra™ Up-Cut CNC Bits
The manufacturer says that these bits will produce super clean, smooth cuts especially in acrylic materials such as Plexiglas® and Lucite® plus other plastics and wood. The bits are made to strict tolerances from an exclusive carbide grade, and then polished to a mirror finish using a unique Amana process. They are designed to eject chips upward and are ideal for industrial applications and CNC machines. They have a right-hand helix cut. Spektra™ bits have a nanocomposite coating that delivers extreme hardness and heat resistance. The nACo coating is a micro-thin ceramic that lets the tool’s cutting edge retain crucial sharpness and lubricity. This provides longevity and produces cutting results of the highest quality. The coating prevents high heat and oxidation, which are detrimental to cutting tool performance. The multi-colored hues, while attractive, will dissipate upon use and yet the coating will remain fully effective. nACo offers approximately 4,500 Vickers for impressive solid hardness on cutting areas of the tool, which is an increase of up to 2.5 times compared to uncoated bits. The single flute bits in this five-pack (item 51414-K-5) are 3/8” diameter and have a 1-1/8” cutting length. The shank is also 3/8” and the bits are 3” long. They are designed to be used only on CNC machines and routers with automatic feeding. The benefits of their Mirror-Finish include a razor-sharp cutting edge, effortless chip removal, extended tool life, good heat dissipation and an exceptional cut quality. Other sizes are available.


I was surprised to see how much the price of SSD’s (solid state drives) have dropped in price. I decided it was time to replace my slower portable drives with faster SSD ones. One thing I also learned a while ago is that many times it’s cheaper to buy the drive and buy external case to put it in, rather than buying a drive already assembled. I already a couple of generic USB 3.0 external cases that I picked up on sale at Micro Center. So I ordered this Crucial 1TB SSD drive.
Can the external hard drive case make a difference?
I put the SSD in my existing generic USB 3.0 external case. I formatted the drive and and copied the data to it from my existing external drive. All was well. Then I saw an ad for another enclosure by Inateck that claimed to be “Optimized for SSD”. I have seen firmware make a difference in the past with external drive enclosures, so I figured it’s possible that this enclosure could be faster. Since the price was only a few dollars more than generic USB 3.0 enclosures (under $20), I decided to try it and compare. The first thing I noticed that I really liked was the fact that you can install the drive without any tools. The cover comes off/unlocks by sliding it forward. Just plug your drive in and slide the cover back on. Then I saw the thing that I don’t like about this enclosure. I went to plug in my existing USB 3.0 cable that I’ve used on every USB 3.0 drive I’ve ever used only to see that for whatever reason they put a USB 3.0 A connector on the drive (the same one that’s on your computer). Granted they also give you the A to A cable, but it means that I would only be able to use that cable (or one like it) every time I use this drive. I’m still scratching my head over that one.
Next I decided to try a speed test. I had already tested the drive in the old case before taking it out and here are the results.
Then I plugged in the new enclosure with the same drive and and ran the same test and here are the results.
The Bottom Line
Going SSD is definitely the way to go if you’re looking for speed and better reliability over spinning platter drives. While the Inateck enclosure is slightly faster, I’m not sure that it’s worth it because of the weird cable needed to connect the drive.
You can get the Crucial 1TB 6Gbs SSD here.
You can get the Inateck SSD Optimized enclosure here.
You can get a standard/generic USB 3.0 enclosure here.


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The June 2017 Oregon Regional Economic Indicators was released today. Full report is available here. We thank KeyBank for their generous support of this project.
The ongoing economic expansion continues to be felt in metro areas across the state. Highlights of this month’s report include:
- For all regions covered by this report moving average measures (which smooth monthly volatility) remain above zero, indicating above trend activity. Indeed, all regions remain at fairly high paces of activity consistent with past expansions; evidence of some slowing last year has been largely reversed.
- New home building as measured by residential housing permits remains a relative weak spot in the economy, particularly outside the Portland metro area and central Oregon. Rising home prices indicates that supply has yet to catch up to demand.
- Very low unemployment rates are supporting a large positive contribution across all areas, particularly the Rogue Valley and Salem regions.
- Employment components are also generally positive across the state, and low levels of initial unemployment claims indicate solid job growth will continue.

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Thread lifting can treat most parts of the face, as well as the sagging and wrinkled neck, under chin, décolletage, abdominal area, or the upper arm. The signs of ageing can also be corrected in the jaw line or even the eye area.
Fine Thread Contour (FTC) Therapy is a non-surgical treatment that uses dissolvable threads to rejuvenate and lift sagging skin. Since surgeons have been using these fine threads for more than 40 years, they are absolutely safe. They remain in the skin for about six months and then they are completely absorbed. Collagen fibres are formed instead, lifting, and tightening the tissues. The effect of FTC treatment may last from 12 to 24 months.
The procedure lasts from 20 to 45 minutes. First, we prepare the skin and apply topical anaesthetic (numbing) cream. Then needles of different sizes are inserted into the skin, and when they are taken out, the absorbent fine threads remain inside.
Thread lifts have a relatively low risk of complications and only minor complications occur, but they are usually easily corrected.
FTC therapy is ideal to combine with Botox, HA filling, and PRP therapy.
To lift and tighten the excessively sagging skin tissue, the FTC treatment can be also combined with COG threads. We can achieve a longer lasting and more visible effect with COG threads. They result in immediately noticeable improvement which lasts for 1 to 2 years.

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WILLOWS — Police investigating a possible burglary in progress about 1:30 p.m. Friday on Donnie Lane arrived to find a subject hiding in the backyard.
Police detained him and he was identified as Jesus Salas, 51, of Orland. An on-scene investigation showed that Salas tried to force his way into a garage at the residence and was arrested on suspicion of attempted burglary. During the arrest, it was also determined that Salas had transported methamphetamine to the area.
He was booked into the Glenn County Jail on multiple charges. Police said the owner of the home, also the reporting party, is a member of the Donnie Lane Neighborhood Watch.
Willows police are seeking more streets to join the Neighborhood Watch Program. For more information, contact officer Kely Trent at 934-3456.

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Crack Detection and Analyses Using Resonance Ultrasonic Vibrations in Full-Size Crystalline Silicon Wafers
An experimental approach for fast crack detection and length determination in fullsize solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers using a Resonance Ultrasonic Vibrations (RUV) technique is presented. The RUV method is based on excitation of the longitudinal ultrasonic vibrations in full-size wafers. Using an external piezoelectric transducer combined with a high sensitivity ultrasonic probe and computer controlled data acquisition system, real-time frequency response analysis can be accomplished. On a set of identical crystalline Si wafers with artificially introduced periphery cracks, it was demonstrated that the crack results in a frequency shift in a selected RUV peak to a lower frequency and increases the resonance peak band width. Both characteristics were found to increase with the length of the crack. The frequency shift and bandwidth serve as reliable indicators of the crack appearance in silicon wafers and are suitable for mechanical quality control and fast wafer inspection.
B. Pichaud, A. Claverie, D. Alquier, H. Richter and M. Kittler
A.E. Belyaev et al., "Crack Detection and Analyses Using Resonance Ultrasonic Vibrations in Full-Size Crystalline Silicon Wafers ", Solid State Phenomena, Vols. 108-109, pp. 509-514, 2005


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Interview with Jane Seller at her home in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on July 9, 2002 with Jennifer Elliott as part of the Cumberland County Women During World War Two Oral History Project. Seller discusses growing up during World War II and the various efforts at her elementary school as well as her siblings military service.
Cumberland County has been the home of thousands of individuals and organizations. Each has contributed to its history in ways both small and large. The Gardner Digital Library collects these stories in the Memory Bank. From Oral Histories of locals experiences in World War II to serving local civic organizations to growing up in Carlisle, Silver Springs Township, the West Shore, or Shippensburg, the Memory Bank is a place where the collected stories of Cumberland County can be shared and engaged with to present a fuller history of the County.
Interview of John Sheaffer of the Union Fire Company by Randy Watts on March 25, 2015. The interview focuses on the Union Fire Company and Cumberland Fire Company both in Carlisle, Pennsylvania as well as fire fighting in general.
Interview of Robert E. Shipp Sr. of the Union Fire Company by Randy Watts on March 16, 2015. The interview focuses on the Union Fire Company in Carlisle, Pennsylvania as well as fire fighting in general.
Interview of Mary Ann Shughart by Carolyn Osborn for the Cumberland County Historical Society. Shughart discusses her life including her experiences during World War II while her husband, Dale F. Shughart, was serving in the military.
Interview of Nhan Ai Simms by Amanda Gautier and Megan Osborn on November 1, 2015 for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. The interview focuses on the Simms family and experiences in Carlisle and Cumberland County after Vietnam.
Interview of Dorothy M.Slothower for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library Memory Bank. Slothower discusses growing up in Cumberland County and the former Carlisle Indian School student Jacob Jackson who worked and lived on her family's farm.
Interview with Marian Soutner at her home in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, on July 9, 2002, with Heather Egan as a part of the Cumberland County Women During World War Two Oral History Project. Soutner discusses her involvement with United Service Organization (USO) as well as her families daily efforts during the war including canning, rationing, and growing food.
Interview with Helen Sowers at her home in Mt. Holly Springs Pennsylvania on July 15th 2002 as a part of the Cumberland County Women During World War II Oral History Project. Sowers discusses growing up during the Great Depression in Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania, working in the C. H. Maslands and Sons factory, and as a volunteer airplane spotter in Mount Holly Springs. Sowers also talks about the difficulty of rationing for a large family.
Interview of John Steigleman by Susan Meehan on November 20, 2014. Steigleman discusses his family and growing up in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Additionally, he talks about his later life working at the Dickinson College Physics Department.
Interview of Charles H. Stone by Susan Meehan for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library Memory Bank. Stone discusses growing up in the West Shore area of Cumberland County, his father's box manufacturing company, and his career as a lawyer.


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A LOVELY VINTAGE HAND-CRAFTED PATCHWORK QUILT. Please review all photos to see actual condition.The photos are part of the description. This is a pre-owned item that shows wear. The yellow yarn accents may be a bit frayed.
Also, there are some stains, as shown in the last photo. There are also faint stains along the edging, and a couple of faint oval stains on the yellow fabric. (see last four photos) Quilt comes from a smoke-free home. I inherited this quilt from a relative who was an avid quilt collector. THIS GORGEOUS QUILT IS A GREAT COLLECTIBLE.THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Linens & Textiles\Bed & Bath Linens\Quilts, Bedspreads & Coverlets". The seller is "bargainsgalorerus" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.

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A FOUR-year-old boy was filmed running at full speed towards a busy intersection. Police say what happened next was ‘a miracle’.
THE woman filmed having sex with a colleague in their office has flown out of New Zealand to return to her birthplace.
IT’S a $100 billion dollar plan that could change the way the world works. And with everyone on board except the US, what does it mean for us?
ESSENDON’s Jobe Watson has spoken of the “heartbreaking frustration” of the supplements saga after he and his fellow players were found not guilty.
RUSSELL Crowe has revealed a long standing problem he had with the King Of Pop that went on for “two or three f***ing years”.
THE mafia was using the Costa Concordia cruise ship to smuggle cocaine when it capsized — and Italy’s most feared gangsters were furious.
EM RUSCIANO was recently on the receiving end of a disgusting tirade of abuse from a taxi driver. Until one amazing man saved the day.
ONE of our top defence officials was greeted with an unusual sight today when he went to board his Virgin flight, snapping this strange photo and posting it on Twitter.
FROM mirrored ceilings above the Jacuzzi to the massive pool area, take a look inside the eerie home formerly owned by the Baddest Man on the Planet.
THEY are elegant and graceful. Dressed in hijabs and high heels, they look like any other woman, except they were born men. And they’ve caught the attention of extremists.
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BRENTON Sanderson was shattered when he was sacked by the Adelaide Crows at the end of last season. Now, after much soul-searching, he reveals how it went wrong.
Rihanna finally addresses rumours she’s dating Leo, but wasn’t too impressed with the question.
They scored 30/30 but one mistake cost them $10,000
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- Teen arrested over crime spree
- Singapore teen in court over video
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A man will remain in police custody over the stabbing murder of his wife in southern Sydney.
DRAWN from the four corners of the world and covering a huge range of subjects, the winners of the 2015 Sony World Photography Awards have been revealed.
HE TAUNTED authorities to ‘come and get him’ in an expletive-filled YouTube video. And now a 16-year-old is in jail for speaking his mind.
THE Boston bombing trial has exposed in monstrous detail the suffering of victims. But when it came to the damage inflicted on 8yo Martin, jurors broke down and wept. WARNING: Graphic
A SICK nurse admitted raping women in hospital, filming the attacks while his victims lay unconscious, unaware they had been violated.
ALL we can say is, wow. In a cut-out dress that hugged in all the right places, Katie Holmes has stunned onlookers at the New York City premiere of her new film “Woman in Gold”.
HOW often do you look in the mirror and think, I just don’t look good today? This dress makes me look fat, my hair is always messy, and why do my legs have to be so short?
WHEN a group of stray dogs turned up at a woman’s funeral, everyone was perplexed. But it quickly became apparent they were there for the same reason as everybody else.
EVER got to the counter at McDonald’s to order a McMuffin, only to discover it’s 10.40am and you’ve missed out? That agony could be a thing of the past.
A HUGE announcement this morning could change the Aussie ski landscape forever. Costing millions of dollars, is this a game changer for the industry?
A GERMANWINGS captain has been hailed for his efforts to assuage passenger’s fears of flying the day after the horrific downing of Flight 9525.
AN Australian tourist in has been arrested in Thailand after getting “very drunk”, but he doesn’t seem to be too worried. So why did he land into trouble?
ANDY Davidhazy took a photo of himself every day during his 4185km journey from Mexico to Canada. His transformation is incredible.
WITH demonic babies and storms full of the walking dead, the new show from the makers of Sharknado is trying to put the fun back into zombies.
CHART-topping pop recluse Sia has set out a mythical list of demands to tour again. Could Olivia Newton-John be the person to get her back on stage?
PICTURES of a Russian farmer’s newborn lamb with a face ‘like an angry old man with a big nose’ are spreading like wildfire on social media.
WATCH out — an online hacker is selling access to thousands of accounts from companies such as Amazon, Vodafone UK, Uber and Netflix on the dark web.
A BAKING session has landed a 58-year-old man in hospital, and his teenage daughter in trouble after he mistook pot-laced brownies for the regular kind.
IF YOU have been patiently waiting for the next instalment of Microsoft’s hugely popular Halo series, we have some good news and some bad news.
WE’VE all been thrown a weird, curveball question during an interview. But ultimately, getting that job will have a lot more to do with six basic questions. This is how to nail them.
ONE of the Abbott Government’s key reforms appears to have been thrown into further doubt after some key supporters withdrew their support.
THE democracy protests in Hong Kong was supposed to herald in a new era of political freedom. Instead, it had other unintended consequences.
‘I BECAME vice president of a major bank while still in my 20s. I was living the dream. In the space of three minutes, everything in my life changed.’
“DID you hear about that new broom that came out? It’s sweeping the nation.” Watch this office worker unleash two minutes of awesomely bad puns.
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In a recent episode of the excellent podcast ‘Wine Blast’, presented by married Masters of Wine and friends of BI Susie Barrie and Peter Richards, Chardonnay was declared as unquestionably “the BEST white grape.” Whilst they duck in and out of many traditional (Riesling) or ultra-hip (Assyrtiko) varietals the big cheese remains supreme – and there is little doubt that this is correct. Indeed my own little geeky Whatsapp group of fellow wine lovers and professionals had the same discussion and whilst we didn’t agree on all three – which I never thought we would – everyone had Chardonnay at the top of the list. So what makes this particular grape stand out amongst so many alternatives, a good deal of which make some of the world’s greatest wines…?
Despite being the most famous white wine varietal on earth (and arguably the most well-known grape variety full stop) it took the New World to bring ‘Chardonnay’ as a recognisable brand to life. Prior to this, its homeland was in Burgundy where geographical labelling ruled and while complex village and vineyard names were the headline, grape varieties were actually illegal on wine labels (thanks for your help…). The reduction in price and effectiveness of cooler, quicker global transport – not to mention the huge increase in commercial global travel which opened the wider public to new culinary and cultural experiences – an opportunity was created for warmer, more reliable climates to generate vast volumes of flavoursome white wine at an inexpensive price point. Heavens, these people not only put the name of the grape on the label, they often wrote a pithy line telling the buyer what the wine might taste like and even what food to serve it with. Sacre bleu!
Chardonnay was both the winemakers’ and wine lovers’ dream: not only could it produce significant yields where required (i.e. a large volume of potential juice per vine) but when carefully controlled it remained the single best vehicle for expressing the best terroir of each country, region or site. It is the most malleable of grape varieties, dealing equally well with both early and late picking – late enough to create sweet wines in some regions – and either remaining vibrant with its naturally good malic acid content or becoming softer and richer with the use of malolactic fermentation. Its inherent fruit robustness can handle fermentation and or ageing in oak, even new oak, or it can be handled entirely in stainless steel or other neutral vessels. It can be served young or aged, with the best examples going for 50+ years when kept in the right conditions, and we’ve only talked about still wines thus far! It is also a vital ingredient for most of the world’s leading sparkling wines thanks to its combination of intense fruit, high acidity, ageability, and that all-important ability to express the site on which it is grown.
But the Chardonnay ride has not been entirely straightforward. As fashions have changed, Chardonnay has weaved in and out of style. We all have that friend (if we still call them that – maybe acquaintance?) who will say “Oooh, ABC, Anything But Chardonnay” often while accepting a glass of Chablis. Like a movie star who bulks up or sheds weight for each specific role, Chardonnay has been fat, rich and oaky – notably from Australia and California in the 1990s – and lean and intense, more like its Burgundian origins. When done properly, both of these styles can have their place as long as the broader styles are ‘muscular’ rather than ‘flabby’ – i.e. they can be rich and full of tropical flavour as long as they have the essential acid to give then tension and energy – and as long as the leaner styles focus on minerality and have enough fruit concentration to avoid being mean and stringy, as many weaker, over-stretched examples from Europe have been in the past.
Nowadays at the fine wine end of the spectrum, we find that the leaner, more ‘reductive’ wines (a style translated either through the vineyard or winemaking techniques that gives a distinctive gunflint, smoky note) are de rigeur all over the world. Australian and South African vintners have moved further south, closer to the coasts or into the hills to find slower ripening areas; Chilean and Argentine vineyards are pushing into the skies with 5000m of Andean altitude not uncommon, enabling masses of sunshine hours but cooler overall temperatures, and accessing some of the world’s most complex mineral soil structures. In the US, most notably California, we see both sides of the coin with famously rich and unabashed styles brimming with toasty new oak sitting alongside cooler, coastal wines grown in the very extremes of where ripening is even possible both in the upper reaches north of Russian River and further south in the fog-cooled valleys just an hour north of Los Angeles. Much the same is happening in Oregon although they are still on their journey to identifying the best sites and matching them to the best Chardonnay clones – given the quality of what we taste right now, the future looks beyond bright: it looks positively electric.
And then, of course, we have France. Still the home of Chardonnay, where it remains hugely significant in planting volumes in virtually every wine region (bar Bordeaux and Alsace), France has benefited ironically from the international focus on Chardonnay as a brand in itself and many producers even in Burgundy have begun to feature the name on wine labels.
So have we answered the question? Well, perhaps inadvertently. No other grape variety find such success in so many parts of the world and whilst individual regions can deliver wines that perform an absolutely world-class act – Mosel Riesling, Bordeaux Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc, or top South African old-vine Chenin for example – Chardonnay delivers under so many vastly different circumstances. All hail the King!


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|Shakespeare's comedy plays with a number of different
types of love and their potential for excess and/or illusion: Orsino (Petrachean,
idealistic love), Olivia (bereavement and intuitive desire), Viola (true, but undisclosed
love), Sir Toby (revelry), Sir Andrew (love of station), Malvolio (self-love), Sebastian
(sudden love) and Antonio (friendship). As we read through some of the following
passages, ask yourself, "What is Shakespeare saying about the nature of love?
Is his message contradictory? Is it convincing?"
- 1.1 (111-12): How does Orsino react to the music of love? Does
his use of Petrachean language for his infatuation seem convincing?
- 2.4 (132, 134): How does Orsino view the state of his love?
What does this say about his understanding of himself and his desires?
- 5.1 (165): What does Orsino's anger reveal about his desire?
(170): Why is it so easy for Orsino to marry Viola?
- 1.5 (119-120): How does Feste prove Olivia to be a fool?
- 3.1 (143): How would you describe Olivia's attraction to Cesario
(Viola)? Is it justified?
- 4.1 (157b-58): What does her pledge to Cesario (Sebastian) show about
her emotional state?
- 4.3 (162): Why does Olivia justify her haste to marry Cesario
- 5.1 (169): According to Sebastian, why is Olivia justified in
marrying him? Do you find his reasoning convincing?
- 1.2 (113): Why is Viola's initial situation in Illyria dangerous?
Why does she trust the captain?
- 1.5 (122, 124): Compare and contrast Cesario's (Viola's) courtier
greeting of Olivia with her own admission of honest love.
- 2.2 (127): How does Viola react to Olivia's desire?
- 2.4 (135): What does Viola's cloaked revelation of her own desire
reveal about her love?
- 5.1 (168): How would characterize the tone and language of Viola's
meeting with Sebastian? What does it reveal about their relationship?
- 1.5 (120): How would you describe Malvolio's self-love? What is
dangerous about it?
- 2.3 (131): What is Maria's view of Malvolio?
- 2.5 (138-139): What do we learn of Malvolio by his reading of the
- 4.2 (158ff.): Is this scene making fun of or torturing Malvolio?
Is he a comic or tragic figure?
- 5.1 (170-71): Is Malvolio's rage justified?
- 3.1 (141): What is Viola's assessment of Feste?
- 2.4 (133) & 5.1 (172): What is the purpose of Feste's songs?
Do they contribute to the message of the play in any way?
- 4.3 (161): How does Sebastian describe his amazement at Olivia's
actions? How are we, then, to assess him?
Sir Toby, Maria, and Sir Andrew:
- What role do these characters play in the comedy? Are they
essential to the overall meaning? [cf. 1.3, 2.3, 2.5, 3.2, 3.4, 4.2]
What is the meaning of the title? (Twelfth Night is
the two week Christmas season leading up to Epiphany.) What is the meaning of the
subtitle, "What You Will"?
How serious is the play's theme? Is this play a
simple farce, a comedy of manners, and/or a romantic comedy?
What is the role of mistakes and mistaken identity in
the play? How essential is it to the humor of the work?
Are the main plot (Orsino, Olivia, Viola) and the
subplot (Sir Toby, Maria, Malvolio) related in a meaningful or incidental way?
Is it significant that this is a play without

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Pain can easily go away if you ignore it. But it’ll always be there. I try my hardest to ignore my pain. But for some odd reason I couldn’t tonight. I looked at the pictures. Something I haven’t done in a while. + I lost control of my emotions + just started balling… I regret looking at them because I know it’s not going to help. But the memories we had together just make me smile yet hurt.
I know 6 months isn’t a lot. But when it’s day in day out with the person. They start to become a part of you. A part you can’t ignore. A part you’ll never forget. Especially when it’s your first love. I’ve told people before that I’ve loved them but I meant it with him. Even what 3.5 months after the break up. I know I loved him. I can’t say that I do now. It’s hard even typing that in here because I don’t know if I’ve thought it through correctly. Let’s just leave that as the unknown.
But man do I miss his goofiness, his hair, gauges, hands. I miss the way he would always correct me. Or yell at me for driving a little fast.
I keep tearing up…telling myself to keep my composure right now, when sometimes we all just need a moment to let out all that we’ve been holding in. It’s been so long that I haven’t cried about him. So long…It surprises me actually. To see how strong I am.
What hurts the most…the memories. Knowing that I won’t create anymore with him. Those memories will always be a part of me that I’m never going to forget. + even though I don’t know if I love him or not. I know he’ll hold a special place in my heart.
My fear…is that I’ll look pathetic to everyone for still caring about him. I just don’t want to look weak or dumb. I had to let this out some how. Someone on tumblr should understand :)


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Lejre by bike
Get on your bike and enjoy the wonderful nature of Lejre. You will not only encounter delightful countryside, but also fascinating history in the form of burial mounds, passage tombs and longhouses.
You can explore on foot, by bike or by car. We recommend a trip to one of the organic farms selling produce or to the breweries at Herslev Bryghus and Hornbeer where you can buy beer. Make a detour to one of the many galleries and studios to view the work of local artists.

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symptoms of a "glutening"
It is important to note that this reaction is not the same as an allergic reaction and will not cause an anaphylactic shock.
Eating gluten by mistake
can lead to symptoms such as;
- Stomach pains
Not all individuals who have been diagnosed with coeliac disease
will experience symptoms if they consume gluten
, as some people who are diagnosed with coeliac disease do not experience the typical symptoms. Research shows that people who don’t experience these symptoms are less likely to follow a strict gluten free diet
, however, this does not mean that the gluten is not causing any damage to their gut. This is why it is very important to continue to eat gluten free food
as you will notice an improvement to your quality of life and in the longer term, you could affect your health.
Help I’ve eaten gluten by mistake
The sensitivity to gluten varies between individuals. Some people with coeliac disease or those who are sensitive to gluten can tolerate higher levels of gluten than others
Read Izzy's acount of eating gluten by mistake. Izzy has been diagnosed with Coeliac disease and Dermatitus Herpetiformis.
What to do if I have eaten gluten?
The important thing is to remember that following a gluten free diet is a learning process.
Preventing gluten contamination
in the future It is important that gluten free foods are not contaminated by gluten during storage and food preparation. Following theses practical measures will greatly reduce any risk.


The Huawei Nova 8 SE has been launched in China in two variants, both powered by Dimensity chipsets. The handset comes with an AMOLED display, 64MP quad-camera setup, and a 3,800 mAh battery with fast-charging support. It comes in colors like Magic Night Black, Dark Blue, Silver Moon Start, and Sakura Snow Clear Sky.
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The Huawei Nova 8 SE arrives with a 6.53-inch FHD+ OLED display with 2400 x 1080 pixels resolution and 100 percent DCI-P3 wide color gamut. There is an in-screen fingerprint scanner for authentication. Under the hood, the Nova 8 SE Standard Edition uses the MediaTek Dimensity 720 5G chipset and the high-end version is equipped with the Dimensity 800U 5G chipset, paired with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of onboard storage. The device runs on EMUI 10.1 based on Android 10.
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On the back, the Huawei Nova 8 SE has a 64MP main camera with f/1.9 aperture, an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera with f/2.4 aperture, and 120-degree field-of-view, a 2MP depth camera, and a 2MP macro camera, both with f/2.4 aperture. The rear cameras support 10x digital zoom, time-lapse, night scene mode, and 4K 30fps HD video recording. On the front panel, the waterdrop notch comes with a 16MP selfie snapper with an f/2.0 aperture. The Huawei Nova 8 SE is powered by a 3,800mAh battery and supports 66W Huawei Super Fast Charge that charges 60% in 15 minutes and 100% in 35 minutes.


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After the IPCC concluded there was no case to answer for misconduct, Surrey Police say they have taken the following actions over the two officers being investigated:
In respect to the actions of Craig Denholm in 2002, the Chief Constable has taken management action and issued words of advice in relation to not assessing some of the material sent to him referring to phone-hacking.
In respect to the actions of Maria Woodall in 2007, the Chief Constable has taken management action and given words of advice in relation to not making the connection between the convictions for phone-hacking in 2007 and the events of 2002.
Surrey Police acknowledged in 2011 that the hacking of Milly Dowler's voicemails should have been investigated and both the former Chief Constable and I have met with and apologised to the Dowler family for the distress this has caused.
This was the largest and most high-profile murder investigation in the country at the time and remains the largest enquiry ever undertaken by Surrey Police. It was right that Milly was the primary focus of the investigation but the matter of phone-hacking should have been revisited at a later stage.
In the report the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said:
"There is no doubt, from our investigation and the evidence gathered by Operation Baronet, that Surrey Police knew in 2002 of the allegation that Milly Dowler’s phone had been hacked by the News of the World (NOTW).
"It is apparent from the evidence that there was knowledge of this at all levels within the investigation team.
"There is equally no doubt that Surrey Police did nothing to investigate it; nobody was arrested or charged in relation to the alleged interception of those messages either in 2002 or subsequently, until the Operation Weeting arrests in 2011."
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) found that former senior officers at Surrey Police were “afflicted by a form of collective amnesia” in relation to the force’s failure to investigate an allegation that the voicemail of Milly Dowler had been hacked by the News of the World.
The IPCC investigation found that there was knowledge of the allegation in 2002 at all levels in Operation Ruby, Surrey Police’s investigation into the abduction and murder of Milly Dowler, but that no action was taken to investigate it.
We will never know what would have happened had Surrey Police carried out an investigation into the hacking of Milly Dowler’s phone in 2002.
We have not been able to uncover any evidence, in documentation or witness statements, of why and by whom that decision was made: former senior officers, in particular, appear to have been afflicted by a form of collective amnesia in relation to the events of 2002. This is perhaps not surprising, given the events of 2011 and the public outcry that the hacking of Milly Dowler’s phone produced.
However, it is scarcely credible that no-one connected to the Milly Dowler investigation recognised the relevance and importance of the information Surrey Police held in 2002 before this was disclosed by Operation Weeting.
Surrey Police has apologised to the Dowler family for their failure and they were right to do so.
Two police officers have been given "words of advice" after an Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigation in to their actions when the News of the World hacked Milly Dowler's mobile phone messages in 2002.
Surrey Police Deputy Chief Constable Craig Denholm and Detective Superintendent Maria Woodall will be given verbal and written warnings.
The pair were referred to the IPCC in November 2012, over accusations that Deputy Chief Constable Denholm knew Milly's phone was being accessed by the News of the World and that Detective Superintendent Woodall over information she provided Surrey Police during an internal investigation.


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Our findings confirmed that women do perceive benevolently sexist men to be more patronizing and more likely to undermine their partners.
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So what made them more attractive to our participants? In their responses, the women in our study rated them as more likely to protect, provide and commit. We then wondered whether these findings could only really be applied to women who are simply OK with old-fashioned gender roles.
We found that strong feminists rated men as more patronizing and undermining than traditional women did. It seems that even staunch feminists may prefer a chivalrous mate who picks up the check on a first date or walks closer to the curb on a sidewalk.
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It might depend on context. A male being overly helpful to a female co-worker in a patronizing way might hurt her ability to project professional competence. Understanding these nuances may allow us to reduce the negative effects of benevolent sexism without requiring women to reject the actual good things that can arise from this behavior.
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Olya Oleinic’s photograph Kyiv 2021 captures the city skyline in black-and-white, foregrounded by water and trees. It’s a rendering of the city as she sees it: a combination of nature and city she describes as peaceful and, as of a few weeks ago, nostalgic. “I feel any photograph from prewar Ukraine right now is nostalgic, a postcard,” Oleinic says.
Transformed by war, today’s Ukraine is unrecognizable. In cities, air-raid sirens sound off ad nauseam. Destruction is widespread, with millions of citizens evacuating or sheltering underground. As the Russian invasion continues to escalate, Oleinic is one of a number of artists with ties to Ukraine who have donated art to fundraisers to benefit relief efforts. Here, two print sales you can support right now.
‘Art for Ukraine,’ NEU Workshop
Munich-based NEU Workshop has assembled a collection of prints that capture the joys and youth culture of prewar Ukraine. Its “Art for Ukraine” series, which includes Oleinic’s Kyiv 2021, explores the quietness of a bygone everyday: women relaxing in fields in Odesa, strangers drinking afternoon tea.
Pictures for Purpose
For their Ukraine print sale, curators for this Netherlands-based organization selected images that evoked themes of freedom, solidarity, and resistance. The collection includes work by many artists with ties to Ukraine, including Daria Svertilova’s idyllic portrait of two women embracing in a southern-Ukrainian estuary and Paolo Ciregia’s photo at a pro-Ukraine demonstration during the occupation of Crimea — a discomfiting reminder that war was brewing even then.
Each print costs $138 and is available for purchase through March 24. Proceeds will go toward World Central Kitchen, which is working to provide fresh meals to refugees and Ukrainians remaining in the country. Contributing artists can also choose to receive up to 25 percent of print-sale proceeds. “Artistic labor shouldn’t constantly be reduced to charity,” says Isabella van Marle, one of the fundraiser’s organizers. While most of the artists have chosen to donate all proceeds, “the model remains a valuable lifeline for some, particularly those artists directly affected by events in Ukraine.”


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He has now evolved into an accomplished performer and coach!
Let’s find out how he did it and his thoughts about this inspiring journey…
1) We understand that you were a guitar student turned coach! Could you share with us a little more about this amazing journey?
The journey started when I was 18. I was a total beginner in music back then and wanted to choose a music school to learn the guitar.
At that time, my brother was learning the pop piano in Hark Music and he recommended me to learn in Hark Music. Since then, I have been practicing the guitar every day even until today!
2) When did you decide to play the guitar professionally?
It started when I joined the Hark Performing Team after learning in Hark Music for a year. I started off as an amateur guitarist and would volunteer to perform whenever there was an opportunity.
Since then, I was exposed to numerous performing opportunities and gained valuable experiences. After accumulating more experiences over the years, I was then approached by Hark Music to be a coach.
3) Has anyone discouraged your decision in being a musician as an impractical one? What would you like to say to them now?
Yes, especially my family. However, they’ve stopped asking, when they realised I was having a steady stream of income from my teaching and performances.
4) What do you enjoy most about being a guitar coach?
I enjoy it because I can share my knowledge & passion with my students. I hope I can nurture my students to be a professional and hopefully become a coach at Hark one day!
Most of my students started learning with zero knowledge in music. When I see them performing during their student breakthrough performance, the sense of satisfaction is awesome!
5) What do you love most being a part of the Hark Music family?
Everyone is fun here! It’s a place whereby I can find people that share the same passion.
6) Who is your favourite guitarist and how has he/she inspired you to become who you are today?
My favorite guitarist is John Mayer. I feel that he totally redefines the way how I thought the guitar should be played. His techniques, guitar solos and voice are amazing!
7) What would you like to share with others out there who have the same goals of becoming a Musician?
It is tough being a musician, especially in Singapore. Apart from having the discipline to practice daily, most musicians also need to deal with the initial stage of not having much income. However, if you truly aspire to be a musician, I would say just stay true to your passion.
8) What are the 3 most important music apps that every musician should have? Songbook. An application where you can get your guitar chords.
Tempo slow: It allows you to slow down the song to practise.
Metronome: The most neglicted yet crucial application to practise on your tempo.
9) They say that the guitar is like a “wife” to every guitarist, what are your thoughts about this statement?|
Every guitar sounds and feels different. I have tried guitars which are way more pricier than my current guitar but I still prefer mine. It’s just like my wife, no other woman is comparable to her!
10) If you had a choice, would you still have chosen the guitar as compared to other music instruments? Why?
Perhaps I will choose the piano! I feel that the piano can impress (girls) more than the guitar? Haha!
Check out this video of Coach Michael playing the guitar for local singer Chriz Tong as she sings this medley of her own songs!


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Associate Professor, Princeton Neuroscience Institute
Research in the Niv lab focuses on the neural and computational processes underlying reinforcement learning and decision-making — the ongoing day-to-day processes by which we learn from trial and error, without explicit instructions, to predict future events and to act upon the environment so as to maximize reward and minimize punishment. We use computational modeling and analytical tools in combination with human functional imaging, with an emphasis on model-based experimentation. In particular, we are interested in normative explanations of behavior: models that offer a principled understanding of why our brain mechanisms use the computational algorithms that they do, and in what sense, if at all, these are optimal. In our hands, the main goal of computational models is not to simulate the system, but rather to understand what high-level computations is that system realizing, and what functionality do these computations fulfill. Some questions that we are particularly interested in are: How does the brain identify which are the critical aspects of a task that should be represented and learned about? How do we determine when one piece of experience is similar to another (generalization) and thus the information from both should be combined (learning), versus two different situations that should be encoded separately (discrimination; memory)? What is the nature of the interaction between attention systems in the prefrontal cortex and reinforcement learning systems in the basal ganglia?

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The chance of moving the date for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is high, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said.
Support Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, clarified that this was a direct result of the failure of at any rate 600,000 up-and-comers who have demonstrated revenue to take part, to enroll for the assessment planned to hold between June 5 and 19.
Talking at a virtual gathering with 2021 UTME panel individuals on Friday, he revealed that 1.1 million competitors have so far enlisted for the 2021 UTME, and the board expected around 1.9 million enrollments toward the finish of the activity.
The JAMB supervisor noticed that while 50% of the competitors have effectively enlisted without issue, there was a need to convey everybody along.
He expressed that toward the finish of the gathering with the partners, they would settle on if to move the test forward.
“The chance of moving the test forward is still high, yet that will be resolved after our gathering with partners,” said Professor Oloyede.
He added, “This is on the grounds that around 600,000 up-and-comers who have demonstrated revenue in the test are yet to enroll. There is a need to offer everybody the chance.”


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The cryptocurrency market is so huge that it’s confusing to most of us. The global crypto market cap is $2.44T right now. The value of the currencies fluctuates every now and then. But there must be a way to predict its prices, right?
We will use time-series data for cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple and predict crypto prices in this article. Given the market uncertainty surrounding various cryptocurrency prices, we decided to test a simple neural network on publicly accessible data (till 2018) to see whether we could predict crypto prices with fair accuracy without using any significant computational resources. CoinMarketCap provided the data for this test.
How to collect cryptocurrency data?
The total crypto market volume over the last 24 hours is $231.54 Billion, indicating an 8.28% decrease. Devi’s overall volume is reported at $18.43 billion now, 7.96 per cent of the total 24-hour volume in the crypto market. The overall value of all stable coins is now $180.71B, which reflects 78.05 per cent of the total 24-hour volume of the crypto market. (Till May 10, 2021)
The data for each currency is from the day it was introduced or when it began to generate any market value till 2018. For Bitcoin (BTC), the data ranges from April 28, 2013, to the fiscal year 2018. And, it is from August 7, 2015, for Ethereum (ETH).
Understand cryptocurrency terms
There are a total of six major features in the data. The following are the descriptions for them:
- Close Price – This is the currency’s market close price for that specific day;
- Open Price – This is the currency’s market open price for that particular day;
- High Price – It is the day’s highest currency price;
- Low Price – It is the day’s lowest currency price;
- Volume – The volume of currency traded on that particular day.
- Market Cap – The overall market capitalization of a currency on that particular day. It can differ tremendously on any given day, depending on market fluctuations.
Correlation Between The Cryptocurrencies
To begin with, let us analyze the relationship between some of these cryptocurrencies.
According to Cryptowatch, the correlation between the cryptos is described as, “Positively correlated variables tend to move together, negatively correlated variables move inversely to each other, and uncorrelated variables move independently of each other.”
Here’s what the chart looks like for the last 7 days.
Here the green ones indicate a positive value, i.e., a positive correlation between two variables, whereas the red ones indicate a negative correlation or a negative value.
These values are called the Pearson Correlation Coefficient. It quantifies the estimated strength of the linear association between two variables. And it ranges from +1 to -1. However, it’s unlikely to get a coefficient of +1 which means a perfect linear correlation. Besides, -1 indicates a negative linear correlation. This chart indicates the change in correlation between the cryptocurrencies over time.
Now, by using the data collected from CoinMarketCap, let’s see if we can predict the prices of the cryptos.
Using The LSTM Neural Network To Predict “Close Prices”
Overall, to predict “close prices” using an LSTM neural network, we followed the following steps.
- Using Keras, build an LSTM model
- Normalize data by MinMaxScaler from Scikit-Learn
- Re-frame data for supervised learning using Pandas
- Train the LSTM model on a training data set
- Close price testing/prediction
Given that we’re dealing with time series analysis, LSTM is an excellent choice. Long short-term memory (LSTM) units (or blocks) are the foundations for layers of Recurrent Neural Network (RNN). An LSTM network is an RNN comprised of LSTM units.
The word “long short-term memory” alludes to the fact that LSTM is a model for short-term memory that can last for a long time. An LSTM is well-suited to characterize, process, and forecast time series with uncertain time lags between major events. When training traditional RNNs, LSTMs were designed to deal with the exploding and vanishing gradient problem. In many applications, LSTM’s relative insensitivity to gap length gives it an advantage over alternative RNNs, hidden Markov models, and other sequence learning methods.
Felix A. GersDouglas, EckJürgen, and Schmidhuber’s 2001 paper Applying LSTM to Time Series Predictable through Time-Window Approaches demonstrate the promising effects of LSTM on time series data. The authors of the paper demonstrated LSTM solving two difficult time-series challenges. Firstly, they tried to solve the Mackey-Glass Series. Secondly, they addressed another problem, the Chaotic Laser Data (Set A). Both data sets are considered benchmarks for time-series analysis. For more details, click here! In our model, we are creating a simple LSTM in Keras. Keras is a deep learning framework and high-level API wrapper that runs on top of Tensorflow or Caffe2. It also makes use of GPU capabilities. As a result, it is an excellent alternative for basic models.
Building the cryptocurrency model
Our model architecture is straightforward. It has 75 to 80 neurons in its network. The Adam optimizer is being used here to optimize the loss function, which will be the Mean Absolute Error (MAE). Commonly people use RMSE (Root Mean Square Error), but we will stick with the traditional method.
The code snippet below shows how to build an LSTM model with Keras.
# design network model = Sequential() model.add(LSTM(80, input_shape=(train_X.shape, train_X.shape))) model.add(Dense(1)) model.compile(loss='mae', optimizer='adam') history = model.fit(train_X, train_y, epochs=50, batch_size=32, validation_data = (tesst_X, test_y), verbose=2, shuffle=False) # plot history pyplot.plot(history,history['loss'], label = 'train') pyplot.ploy(history.history['val_loss'], label = 'test') pyplot.legend() pyplot.show()
Now that we have data and a model, let’s dive right in for the next steps.
Normalizing the price data
We have data with different values ranging from 10,000 USD to 216740000000 USD for Market Cap. This is not a suitable model to understand. So, we’ll use Scikit-Learn to normalize our data by using MinMaxScaler.
The code above normalizes the Bitcoin data to a zero mean and a standard deviation of one.
Re-framing Data For Supervised Learning
Since the data is time-series, we must prepare it in such a way that we can forecast the next day’s close price as output for the current day’s data. We are using the function shown below to create the data.
When we apply the above function to our Bitcoin data, we get newly re-framed data, and the first five outputs of the re-framed data are shown below in the normalized form.
Training The LSTM Model
We now have our model, as well as the prepared data. It’s time to train the model to see how well it does on the testing dataset. We will train the LSTM model for 50 epochs (number of training iterations) in a batch size of 32. The loss would then be plotted against epochs for both the train and test sets. The Bitcoin plot looks like this:
We will use the following code to test our model:
Predict cryptocurrency prices results
We used the data publicly accessible till 2018 and predicted the following results.
Bitcoin price prediction
According to our tests, Bitcoin close prices from 22 to 27 January 2018, and comparing them to actual close prices on those days, the chart looks like this.
According to the data presented above, our prediction model worked fairly well, with expected close prices and actual close prices differing by 0 to 5.1 percent. The largest difference is approximately $586, with a percentage difference of approximately 5.1 percent as compared to the actual close price.
Ethereum price prediction
We also predicted for Ethereum from 21 January to 27 January 2018 to see how this test performs on unseen data. So this is what we get for Ethereum in the table below.
As seen above, the difference between the actual and expected close prices ranges from 0% to 7.4%.
Ripple price prediction
On Ripple data, we trained the same LSTM model. The results are shown in the table below.
Again, the overall difference between actual and expected prices ranges between 0 and 5.6 percent.
There’s another such tool called Fibonacci retracement. Let’s find out what it is and how it works.
Fibonacci Retracement Price Prediction
Fibonacci retracement is used to detect potential trend reversals, such as when a growing market will decline or a declining market will rise. As a result, it indicates the potential entry point in a trade. You can sell if you can predict the price will fall with a level of certainty. You can buy if you can predict with an assurance that the price will grow.
The Fibonacci sequence is the foundation of Fibonacci retracement. Except for the first two numbers, 0 and 1, the Fibonacci sequence is a set of numbers obtained from adding the previous two numbers in the series.
The sequence is: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610……
The prediction Process
Divide each number in the series by the number that is two places higher in the sequence than itself. For instance, divide 2 by 5, 5 by 13, and divide 13 by 34, and so on. You get the gist of it. Even if you’re not Sherlock Holmes, you can tell that all of the answers are really close to .382. So, just keep the number.382 in mind.
Divide each number in the series by the number that follows it in the sequence. For example, divide 5 by 8, 8 by 13, 55 by 89, and so on. You’re getting closer to another magical number,.618.
The Fibonacci retracement is used on a bullish or bearish run. When applying on a bullish run, you choose the lowest point or the potential start of the run. Take a look at the graph below.
Likewise, select the highest point where the bullish run stopped. Such as:
When you use a Fibonacci retracement on a candlestick graph, you will notice a sequence of numbers on the y-axis.
As you can see, the price was falling until it reached 0.382 level and then reversed.
According to experts, the best point of entry into a trade is between 0.618 and 0.786; this is the ideal trade entry point.
Similar trends apply to bear markets too.
You need to keep in mind that none of these methods/tools will give the right results every time. You need to be always updated.
We showed how deep learning could be used to predict cryptocurrency prices using time series data. We used a simple LSTM network. Bidirectional LSTM networks can also be used; the training model can be run for a longer period of time and fine-tuned for greater precision. To predict outcomes, a similar approach can be used with other financial time series data.
We also showed how we could use Fibonacci Retracement to predict the best entry point. All these will work as long as you are well informed about the currencies. No method is fool-proof. But with the help of this article, you should be able to predict the prices of cryptocurrencies with a fair level of accuracy.

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Filo Sofi Arts invites you to celebrate with us as we launch our Digital Première of the work of Iris Scott. Please join us for The Big Wonderful, presented in collaboration with Burnet Fine Art.
The virtual event will take place at 12 pm EST Tuesday, May 26, when we will also celebrate Iris’ birthday. Access to a digital viewing room will be extended after the event. Click here to register.
Rejoice with us in all that is big. Iris’ canvases stretch on for yards, immersing us in their rich chromoscapes. Filo Sofi Arts is taking this opportunity to transition to a new kind of immersion with a digital reception featuring a conversation between artist, curator, and philosopher.
Filo Sofi’s mission is to bring artists and philosophers together into collaboration and discourse. At The Big Wonderful Virtual Première, come with a childlike curiosity to explore our dramatic departure from the sameness of our current reality.
“While the value of finger painting may have been questionable prior to Scott’s arrival, the works here are those of an artist who has cultivated a technique to new and unprecedented heights,” Aruta said.
The Big Wonderful constitutes a return, a homecoming for and in art. Though planned before the COVID-19 pandemic, The Big Wonderful somehow anticipates the turning-inward our world is experiencing now, a return to and transcendence beyond the vulnerability, rebelliousness, and wonder we could find in childhood, when our geographic range was limited — but our imaginations were not. Now, The Big Wonderful invites us to celebrate this return, not naïvely, but as a return after a long journey into night; a morning’s return to daylight, to laughter, to a joy all the more significant because it is a joy made conscious of its precarity and therefore, of its preciousness.
These works were inspired by Iris Scott’s recent relocation to New Mexico, where she is now sheltering at home, inspired by her surroundings.
“In this isolation, separated from society, I can hear the animals talking again, and they are saying: paint us, paint us…paint the strange, the wonderful, the joyous, and the mad creatures, paint the desert flooded by the sea,” Scott said. “Art associated with nature often gets called childlike, cuddly, warm, pretty, feminine — all the dirty words that I love. I am here to assert the legitimacy of instinctualist aesthetics, to be the champion of art that appeals to children and adults who want to feel wonder.”
The Big Wonderful invites us to take a moment to let all that is big and wonderful in this world wash over us — and we invite you to explore Scott’s work and instinctualist aesthetics philosophy in an hour-long digital reception.