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J.W.’s News Update:Tuesday June 21, 2011
Good Tuesday, Here are some stories making headlines today:
The city prosecutor in Texarkana Arkansas says Arkansas State Senator Steve Harrelson will not face a criminal charge in connection with a dispute with a man at the home of Harrelson’s ex-wife.
Harrelson had faced possible assualt charges for the May 22 incident in which he allegedly attacked Carey Pessel in the home of Lori Harrelson.
A Texarkana Police report says Harrelson called 911 on May 22nd and said he had been assaulted by Pessel after taking his 6 year old daughter home following a weekend trip. Pessel, Harrelson’s wife and her brother told authorities that Steve Harrelson was the aggressor.
Fewer People purshased previously occupied homes in May, bringin sales down to their lowest level of the year. The National Association of Realtors says home sales sank 3.8% last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.81 million homes, the weakest pace since November of last year.
Congratulations to the Redwater, Texas Crush 10-under softball team which recently won a state championship.


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- 2.36-inch penetration only
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- Far infrared heating
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- Not soft
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Careful selection of stones such as jade and tourmaline makes the pad very effective in the treatment of the muscle pains. Adjustable Velcro strap allows for easy application for the heating pad. Smart control allows you to realize the perfect heating process. You can count on it to achieve the perfect heat therapy.
- Professional heating
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3. UTK Jade Far Infrared Heating Pad – Infrared Hot Therapy for Sciatica & Arthritis
It is an effective infrared heating pad which is highly effective in the treatment of cramps and back pain. Use of natural stones allows emission of the right heat which can play a great role in the management of pain. If you have been affected by muscle pain, the infrared mats play a great role in the management of the pain.
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Sexual side-effects of metastatic prostate cancer treatment
Treatment can affect your sex life in different ways:
Hormone therapy: Erection problems and lower sex drive, due to having less of the male hormone testosterone.
Radiotherapy: Erection problems, producing less or no semen at orgasm. Uncomfortable ejaculation.
All treatments: You may be stressed, depressed, very tired or less confident because of your cancer diagnosis. You may also have other side-effects from treatment or physical changes to your body that make you feel differently about sex.
Treatments to help with erection problems (erectile dysfunction)
Not every man wants treatment for erectile problems. Some men accept the changes in their body and don't feel the need to get treatment. For other men, finding a way to treat their erectile dysfunction is very important. There is no right or wrong way to react – just the way that feels right for you.
The treatment options for erectile dysfunction include tablets, pellets that go into the eye of your penis, injections and vacuum pumps.
We have more information on these and other treatments for sexual side-effects, including erectile dysfunction in our sexual side-effects page
Hints and tips – Sex after metastatic prostate cancer treatment
- Give yourself time to recover, and don’t rush into sex if you don’t feel ready.
- It may help to talk openly to your partner or a counsellor about how you’re feeling.
- Talk to your specialist nurse if you’re worried about your sex life or sexual side-effects. Try not to feel embarrassed. They will be happy to talk to you and give you advice. You can also talk to one of our cancer nurses in confidence. Call Freephone 1800 200 700, email firstname.lastname@example.org or visit a Daffodil Centre.
Will treatment affect my fertility?
Most treatments for prostate cancer are likely to cause infertility. This means you will be unable to father a child in the future. If it is important to you, talk to your doctor about this side-effect before your treatment. If you are having sex and you are fertile, you should use a reliable method of contraception during and for some time after treatment.
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With a stay at Yoshinoso Yukawaya in Yoshino, you'll be minutes from Kinpusenji Temple and close to Mount Yoshino. This ryokan is within the region of Yoshino-Kumano National Park and Ishibutai Tomb.
Make yourself at home in one of the air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms have shower/tub combinations and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include safes, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Satisfy your appetite at a coffee shop/café serving guests of Yoshinoso Yukawaya.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby, luggage storage, and a safe deposit box at the front desk.

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Mystery of Bristol harbour `alien` revealed
London: The mystery of the Bristol harbour `alien`, whose images stormed the social media this week, has been solved.
The alien stunt was the work of the team at TV channel Watch, designed to promote `The Happenings`, a new magic and illusion TV show.
People from Bristol had reported the appearance of a bioluminescent giant squid-like creature pulsing beneath the water in the harbour.
Videos and images of the tentacled alien-like being first appeared on Tuesday.
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PERRY HALL, Md. (WJZ) — Police in Baltimore County arrested a man Thursday afternoon who they say robbed a Perry Hall Chick-fil-A.
Police were called to the Chick-fil-A in the 8800 block of Belair Road shortly after 1 p.m. for a report of a robbery.
According to police, the suspect entered the restaurant and announced an armed robbery. He then allegedly threatened the employees and demanded cash.
Police said the suspect pushed an employee out of his way and tore the drawer out of a cash register. He fled the scene with the cash drawer in a white Hyundai Tucson.
Officers quickly located the suspect on Joppa Road at Avondale Road after receiving tips from witnesses.
The suspect, identified as Parrish Owens, 52, of the 5700 block of Adleigh Avenue, was arrested without further incident.
Owens is charged with robbery, misdemeanor theft and first and second-degree assault. He remains held on no bail status following a bail review hearing.


UMIDIGI seems to be working on a Xiaomi Mi MIX look-alike. If you take a look at the gallery down below, you'll get to see two leaked images of UMIDIGI's allegedly upcoming smartphone, the UMIDIGI C Note, as our source claims it will be called. This smartphone is a spitting image of the Xiaomi Mi MIX, at least from the front, if you flip it over, it looks more like the Huawei Mate 9, than the Xiaomi Mi MIX. This essentially means that it has no bezels above the display, or on its sides, though the phone's display is not on, so we cannot say how thick are its black bars, if they're there at all.
Based on the provided info, the UMIDIGI C Note will be made out of metal, and as you can see, its fingerprint scanner will be placed on the back. Speaking of the back of this device, you'll be able to find a dual camera setup there, and in between the phone's main cameras and the fingerprint scanner lies an LED flash sensor. Unfortunately for us, that is pretty much all the info that we have for the time being, our source did not provide any spec info, or anything of the sort when it comes to this smartphone, we don't even know when will it launch. One thing is for sure, though, this smartphone will be considerably smaller than the Xiaomi Mi MIX, as it looks considerably more compact in the hand, which is easily noticeable if you take a look at the images down below. The Xiaomi Mi MIX comes with a 6.4-inch display, and this phone will definitely sport a smaller display than that, it seems to be smaller than 6 inches.
Based on UMIDIGI's previous offerings, we do believe this handset will be fueled by one of MediaTek's chips. UMIDIGI will opt either for the Helio X30 flagship SoC, or perhaps something from the company's mid-range line, the Helio P25 maybe. This handset will probably ship with 4GB or 6GB of RAM, and it will almost certainly pack in a microSD expansion slot as well. Android 7.0 Nougat will probably come pre-installed on this smartphone, and its power / lock, volume up and volume down buttons are placed on the left side of its body. UMIDIGI will probably release some official UMIDIGI C Note info soon, so stay tuned for that, we'll report back as soon as possible.


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Australia’s car dominated cities offer few opportunities for the pedestrian, and although downtown areas provide wide pavements and convenient road crossings, elsewhere pedestrians have to walk further and are rarely given much space. Transport planning hasn’t been on the side of the pedestrian. That may be about to change in Victoria where a confluence of factors is creating increasing recognition of the value of getting Australians to walk more.
More and more Australians are getting bigger, and we don’t mean on the rugby pitches, but amongst the population, and especially children, where as many as one in four are now overweight.
In the state of Victoria, with Melbourne as its capital, a Pedestrian Access strategy has been published and a new organisation, Victoria Walks has been established to lobby local government and encourage local people to establish walking action groups to improve the lot for the pedestrian.
Ben Rossiter is the Executive Officer of Victoria Walks. In the latest episode of Talking Walking, our series of podcasted interviews with people from the world of walking, Ben describes the range of tasks that face this new walking promotion body.
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Admire the mighty MacDougall stronghold built on a huge rock above the Firth of Lorn, in later years a royal castle.
Discover some of the highlights that make the ‘Lantern of the North’ a shining example of Scottish medieval architecture.
March the length of this massive fort built in the wake of the Battle of Culloden to see why it’s served the British Army so well for 250 years.
Learn about 400 years of monastic life in the valley of the Water of Luce.
Discover a history filled with intrigue, murder, torture and treason at this awesome, eerie ruin.
Visit the seat of one of medieval and Renaissance Scotland’s most powerful families, the earls of Huntly.
Cross Scotland’s only lake to reach the peaceful, wooded island chosen as a monastic sanctuary.
Step off the foot ferry into one of Scotland's most sacred sites, founded by St Columba in AD 563.
Admire the unusual mix of architecture in what is one of four great abbeys established in the Scottish Borders in the 1100s.
Visit ‘the noblest of northern castles’ – even ruined, the stronghold of the mighty earls of Mar is a fine example of a 13th-century castle.
Explore a fine castle altered in 1787 to contain the first lighthouse built by the Northern Lighthouse Board.
See in the remains of Sir Thomas MacLellan’s tower house how castle building had evolved by the late 1500s to favour comfort over cannons.

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graphics are really nice, but i think you should remake the engine as it was pretty boring to play. Good effort tho!
Because I say so
Pretty good, but...
There needs to be more sections! Much much more! This isn't that advanced, though some things are concidered advanced like the masking trick. However I think you should include things like advanced shading, bringing characters from paper to life(for non wacom users ;D) animating with layers and folders and so on. But still it's pretty good :)
I never said it was really advanced. This is basically what I was able to figure out with little or no help in the first 14 months with flash. I actually counted 40 odd mini tutorials spread out through the 6 main ones, so there is a lot of stuff covered.
Paper to life is something I could cover in another tutorial. Advanced shading isn't really something you do with flash -- it tends to become extremely tedious, and ultimately unnecessary. Simple shading, however, can have an equal effect without the carpal tunnel.
I don't use a wacom -- I don't know if you had that impression, but I thought I should mention it.
Animating with layers is something you should pick up on within the first few days of getting flash, really. It's not advanced, so much as necessary. I don't use folders -- don't know how -- which would make it difficult to explain.
This deserves front page!
This is the best tutorial i have ever seen! And the bg music is still playing =D Great job! =D
PLEASE MAKE MORE! I love this! It helped me lots! Great job!
Zero, Zero and Zero >:-(
First of there are millions of tutorials already explaining these things (which isn't so bad) but I'm giving you a zero because first of all you took the tutorial from cartoon smart , you put the ball thing from there and put it here and you took a flash file from his site and put it up in your dress up section! If you gave Justin at CartoonSmart the SMALLEST bid of credit I'd give you a 8/10 and 4/5 but right now - 0/10 0/5
You should REALLY add somne sound like in the real game and make people to be able to press the keybord buttons to control the guy. Other than that great! You're my favourine Flash Animationr here at NewGrounds
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Recipe by: Carol Miller-Tutzauer email@example.com 1. Mix the meats with the spices. For sausage links, attach 6 cm sausage casings to the stuffer nozzle on a hand meat grinder. Stuff the casings to desired length, cut the links, and secure the ends with string. 2. Barbecue at .AB 225 110 for 2 hours or slow-smoke at .AB 185 85 for 4 hours. For sausage patties, form the meat mixture into a roll and cover wit wax paper. Slice the roll into patties and peel off the wax paper. Patties be fried or grilled. Difficulty : moderate - patience needed. Precision : measure ingredients.
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Published: Tuesday 24th March 2015 by The News Editor
Police forces have made “disappointingly slow progress” in improving their use of stop and search powers, a watchdog has found.
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) said too many police officers still did not understand the impact of the controversial practice, which affects a “disproportionate” number of black people and those from ethnic minorities.
The watchdog found there was a “surprising lack of interest” among police chiefs about the way strip searches are carried out, particularly on children and other vulnerable people.
There was also “no official record” of how police were conducting traffic stops after a survey by HMIC found black and ethnic minority drivers were more likely to be stopped.
HM Inspector of Constabulary Stephen Otter said: ” Too many police leaders and officers still don’t seem to understand the impact that the use of powers to stop and search people can have on the lives of many people, especially young people and those who are from black and minority ethnic backgrounds.
“This is disappointing because getting it wrong can lead to resentment, anger and, in time, a loss of trust in the police.
“It is well evidenced in lots of reports that one of the triggers for major disorder in this country is this power.
“Doreen Lawrence sits on our external reference group and it is difficult to look her in the face because of the lack of progress that’s been made here.”
A study by HMIC in 2013 found stop and search could have been used illegally one in four times.
Despite making 10 recommendations to improve police use of the powers, good progress had only been made in one area – improving the use of technology to record encounters, the watchdog said.
Mr Otter said there was a “lack of empathy” among police officers about the impact of stop and search.
“Ninety per cent of the time, there is no prosecution, they aren’t criminals,” he said.
“If you were black, it might be easier to empathise because it may have happened to you. It’s much less likely to happen if you are white.
“Is it active discrimination? Is it racial profiling? There’s a lot of research that suggests that’s the case.”
A survey of more than 12,000 police officers found that more than a third felt under pressure to carry out fewer stop and searches, while a quarter said they were under pressure to stop using the power entirely.
The study also found that a “small minority” of officers were arresting people in order to search them so they avoided the “increased scrutiny” of stop and search powers, HMIC said.
“Given that stop and search powers were introduced with the principle aim of avoiding unnecessary arrests, this concerns us gravely,” HMIC said in its report.
“It could falsely indicate that stop and search encounters are reducing and almost certainly place more strain on the fragile relationships that the public have with the police when it comes to being stopped and searched.”
The Home Office launched a best use of stop and search scheme last year, which was part of a range of measures aimed at slashing the overall use of the controversial practice.
It came after HMIC discovered 27% of stop and searches in 2013 did not contain reasonable grounds for suspicion, meaning more than 250,000 of the one million searches conducted each year could have been illegal.
In addition, black and minority ethnic (BME) members of the public were up to six times more likely to be searched than white people.
HMIC said that within three months police forces should require officers to record all searches involving the removal of more than an outer coat, jacket or gloves.
“We don’t know how many children were stopped and strip searched,” Mr Otter said.
“Engagement with the NGOs (non-governmental organisations) who listen to complaints about these things indicates from their view a level of concern that children are being strip searched. And when we talk about children we’re talking about under 18 to quite a young level.”
HMIC has also called for police to begin recording incidents when motorists are stopped over the next year after it found none of the 43 forces in England and Wales had conducted any reviews into whether the power was being used fairly and effectively.
A survey of 10,000 people – including 7,500 drivers – found 47% had been in a vehicle when it had been stopped by police.
The survey showed 7% to 8% of white drivers were stopped in the last two years, compared with 10% to 14% of black and ethnic minority drivers.
Prosecutions were more likely when white drivers were stopped, suggesting black and minority ethnic drivers were more likely to be stopped for no reason, HMIC said.
Deputy Chief Constable Adrian Hanstock, n ational policing lead for stop and search, said: ” It is clear from today’s report from HMIC that progress in improving the way the police service uses stop and search has not been good enough.
” We are committed to ensuring the police service focuses on carrying out these checks fairly and proportionately and that they are intelligence-led.
“We agree with HMIC’s recommendation that there is an urgent need for national training requirements and a clearer definition about what constitutes fair use of stop and search powers. This will give both the public and police officers more confidence that we are using our powers correctly.”
Home Secretary Theresa May said: ” I have been clear that the police use of sensitive stop and search powers must be properly targeted, based on reasonable grounds and accountable to citizens and communities.
“While the number of stops and searches has fallen by a third under this Government, it is clear that police forces have failed to address many of the very serious issues raised by HMIC’s inspection in 2013.
“If the stops and searches do not continue to fall, if the use of these powers does not become more targeted, and stop-to-arrests ratios do not improve, then I will not hesitate to bring in primary legislation to make it happen.”
Published: Tuesday 24th March 2015 by The News Editor


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On the General Cemetery in Brugge are 81 Commonwealth graves from World War II and one of World War l.
Also rests a Dutch and a Czechoslovakian war grave.
There are also Belgian war graves, graves of deported and political prisoners.
On a large part there are graves of veterans from both wars and the war of Korea.
The cemetery contains a number of memorials to the victims, the old war veterans, deportees and political prisoners.
On another part of the cemetery is a memorial for the German soldiers who are buried in Brugge in the First World War.
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8,000 attend Opera in the Park in Palm Springs
PALM SPRINGS –
About 8,000 residents laid out on the cool grass at Sunrise Park on Sunday as they were serenaded by a group of eight young opera singers at the annual "Opera in the Park" event.
The free concert, hosted by the Palm Springs Opera Guild of the Desert, featured a full professional orchestra and some of the best young opera performers of the west.
For Carol and Gordon Clark of New Hampshire, who are vacationing in Palm Springs for a week, the event was the perfect way to spend some time in the community.
"Even though we don't know anyone, we always meet some nice people along the way," Carol Clark said. "It's just a lovely way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Listening to beautiful music."
The event resembled an enormous community picnic.
Residents sat in lawn chairs, blankets and towels in the thick of the afternoon, some blocking the sun from their faces with large umbrellas. While some munched on bags of chips and popcorn, others dined on wine and cheese, ice cream and everything in between.
Though at the intermission the park was buzzing with excited chatter, the crowd grew completely silent as it watched the singers perform.
The afternoon's program included arias by Verdi, Rossini, Puccini and Mozart.
A few people laid down and closed their eyes and some read books as the opera singers performed in the background.
"It's an opportunity to offer to the people of our community a chance to see professional live performances that are not normally available," said Patty Newman, a member of the opera guild's board of directors.
"It seems to grow enormously year by year."
Newman said the concert, now in its 16th year, has "grown by the thousands."
"They can bring their dogs, they can bring their picnics, they can bring their kids," she said.
Each of the opera singers has ties to the Coachella Valley — they either competed in the opera guild's annual vocal competition or performed in local operative events hosted by the guild.
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Visit this story at DesertSun.com/news to view a video from the Opera at the Park event in Palm Springs.


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Stephan Martinière - Cover art for Dragondrums: A Harper Hall of Pern Novel by Anne McCaffrey, 2015
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You know those days when you just can’t get everything on your “to-do list” done (the one in your head that has 37 items)? While making dinner, you think back on your day: meal plan for the week (check), grocery shopping (check), two loads of laundry washed, folded (check – but still need putting away), dog walked and fed, baby fed and changed (numerous times – check), one chapter of bible study read (check – but still need to answer questions).
And then you sigh, kicking yourself that you didn’t get to the other 30 items. You look around the house and see some groceries still sitting on the counter (oops, forgot to put them away when the baby needed a diaper change). Dinner is going to be 15 minutes later than you hoped and you never even had a chance to take a shower today. You must not be a good wife … mother … friend … Christian …
Really?! What a way to live! And yet, I did that for so many years!
Last week, I was thinking back on my early adult years and remembering those nagging thoughts and guilty feelings. Wow! How I’ve changed!
I reached for my bookshelf and pulled down, “12 ‘Christian’ Beliefs That Can Drive You Crazy: Relief From False Assumptions,” by Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend. I turned to that chapter that made a huge impact in my life about 10 years ago. “Assumption #8: “Shoulds” are good.”
The word should expresses obligation, compulsion, duty. It implies that we have no choice; that if we do other than we should, we are bad or condemned … The problem arises when we do things in order to be good, instead of because of the blessings we will gain by doing them. The problem is doing good things from a sense of obligation instead of out of genuine love.
The book goes on to explain how, even as Christians, we can get stuck emotionally “under the law”, and how to move into living in Christ’s freedom.
That was the beginning of my renewed understanding of the “shoulds” in my life. I realized that I was constantly condemning myself and never quite felt “good enough”. I had many accomplishments – living on my own starting at age 17, gaining employment and putting myself through college, buying cars, graduating summa cum laude, starting my own private music lesson career, and the list goes on. I had a strong work ethic and many friends. Yet I was still secretly unhappy much of the time due to unreal expectations for myself.
Thankfully, I had a breakthrough and God slowly began to change my heart and mind. I learned that being motivated by guilt is based on “wrath at self” (ouch!) due to being under the law of sin. But being motivated by love is based on Godly sorrow and embracing God’s grace and acceptance of me.
How is it that a woman raised in a Christian home can get stuck in such a pointless, painful cycle of self-loathing? Well, we all have imperfect families and imperfect lives.
It’s been a gradual process to unlearn my previous ways of thinking. I began to accept that I could never jeopardize God’s love if I failed his expectations. I began to embrace my positive qualities and not worry so much about the “negative” or “less-than-perfect” ones. I began to live in God’s grace and freedom. I also started setting more realistic expectations for myself.
What a relief!
I believe that escaping my guilt-driven living allowed me to make the choice to step away from a job eight years ago that I had worked so hard to gain, and thought would make me very happy. Unfortunately, that job became my nightmare and my dream was shattered. But instead of continuing on, thinking I had a “duty” to put to good use all the education and hoops I had jumped through to get the job, I released myself and chose to live a life driven by my true desires.
As I sit here typing, I’m looking around our condo. It’s a little messy, I admit. There are many things I could do. But what I choose to do are the things that will contribute to making our home one of joy, peace, and love. My relationships are much more important than things.
I no longer constantly tell myself that I must always be doing or “being” more than I am. I smile (most of the time) and think of all the ways that I am loving life.
I still have some “shoulds” in my life that creep around occasionally, but they have almost faded away and are easily recognizable to me now. Mostly, I am directed by the “want to’s” that are motivated by a desire for God and the life of freedom that He has already given me.
There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:1-2
I’d like to know, what have you been set free from, or what are you working to escape from?

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Modern, cinematic, dramatic and emotional. Written in the style of film composers like Olafur Arnalds. Features piano, cellos, violins, acoustic bass, and percussion. Perfect for film, tv, documentaries and any cinematic productions.
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An ambient, pensive, and slightly mysterious track with a sense of melancholy and perhaps sadness, or of a developing, unfolding story. Perhaps rojects dealing with loss, grief, love and sadness. Reflective piece of music to go well with any drama scene.
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Silicone elastomers, also known as silicone rubbers, are a class of thermoplastic or thermosetting polymers that have gained widespread use in recent decades due to their unique properties and versatility.
What are Silicone Elastomers?
Silicone elastomers are polymers composed of silicone—a chain of alternating silicone and oxygen atoms, with organic side chains attached to the silicone atoms. They are produced through polycondensation reactions or hydrosilylation curing reactions from precursors like silicone fluids or Resins.
The main structural units that give silicone elastomers their distinct properties are polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) backbones. PDMS backbones consist of repeating units of (CH3)2SiO that make the polymers highly flexible and amorphous at room temperature. The methyl groups that branch off from the silicone atoms make silicone elastomers thermally and chemically stable while also imparting hydrophobicity.
Some key properties of silicone elastomers that have made them an essential engineering material include:
- Heat resistance: Silicone elastomers can operate continuously in temperatures ranging from -55°C to 300°C. This makes them suitable for high-temperature applications.
- Weatherability: They are highly resistant to UV light breakdown and damage from exposure to sunlight, ozone, moisture and extreme pH levels.
- Flexibility: Silicone elastomers maintain pliability over a wide temperature range due to the flexibility of PDMS backbones.
- Biocompatibility: They are considered biologically inert and are used in numerous medical applications.
- Electrical insulation: Silicone elastomers have low dielectric constants and dissipation factors, making them great electrical and thermal insulators.
- Chemical resistance: They are not readily attacked by many organic solvents, acids, alkalis etc. rendering the polymers highly chemically resistant.
Major Application Areas
Thanks to their unique profile of properties, silicone elastomers have found numerous applications across various industries:
- Construction: Used in sealants, caulks, weatherproofing coatings and glass glazing sealants due to high weatherability.
- Automotive: Found in hoses, belts, gaskets, grease seals etc. owing to heat resistance and flexibility.
- Medical: Approved for use in prosthetics, wound care products, implants, drug delivery systems etc. given biocompatibility.
- Electrical: Used for potting, encapsulating and insulating applications like in motors, sensors due to great dielectric properties.
- Consumer goods: Enters into production of kitchen appliances, hair dryers etc. due to stablenature.
- Industrial: Adopted in tubes, diaphragms, rollers etc. for their chemical resistance.
Common Formulations and Processing
Silicone Elastomers formulations are commercially available in various two-component, addition cure systems. Pre-mixed and filled kits are also found containing catalyst, crosslinker and fillers. Curing can be accomplished in press molding or liquid injection molding. Extrusion is used to form tubing, profiles and seals using malleable silicone elastomer formulations. Understanding crosslinking chemistry and catalyst systems allows controlling the curing process.
Silicone elastomers have established themselves as a major synthetic polymer category due to their unique combination of properties. With advancements in catalyst technologies and new formulations, their performance characteristics will continue to improve. Emerging applications include use as dielectric elastomers in artificial muscles and smartRobotics. Biomaterial applications are growing due to increased biocompatibility. Overall, silicone elastomers will remain an essential material for the future as demands in high-performance industries intensify.
Silicone elastomers are highly specialized polymers with molecular structures rendering them heat resistant, weatherable, flexible and chemically inert. These distinctive material attributes have enabled their widespread usage in diversified industries from construction to medicine. As a versatile engineering material, silicone elastomers have moved from strength to strength over the years and continue making progress. Their future certainly looks bright with more enhancements and new adoption on the anvil.
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Samsung Galaxy Camera
Nikon beat Samsung to the punch
with an Android-powered camera, but the Galaxy Camera raises the bar by running the new Android 4.1 "Jellybean" OS on a 4.8-inch touch screen, as opposed to the Nikon S800c's relatively ancient Android 2.3.
The big question here is whether the Galaxy Camera's
16-megapixel point-and-shoot will deliver competitive image quality. If so, the Galaxy Camera becomes a unique combination of high-quality camera and small tablet. We can’t wait to see.


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Driving sober is one resolution you really can’t afford to break. Let’s work together to continue to share the importance of driving sober. Drunk driving isn’t the only risk on the road: Drug-impaired driving is also a concern. If drivers are impaired by any substance—alcohol or drugs—they should not get behind the wheel of a vehicle.
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*Over the past 5 years in North Dakota, 295 people have died in alcohol-related crashes.
*In North Dakota in 2017, approximately 1 in 6 adult arrests were for DUI and about 50% of motor vehicle fatalities were alcohol-related.

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You open it up and your heart sinks into the pit of your stomach as you read those three phrases: Discover to Vacate. Trustee Anita Smith Palmer mentioned on the webcast that she had reservations in regards to the Bridgewater funding because T. Britton Harris IV, Texas Academics’ CIO, briefly worked at the company. Wage Garnishment in Texas is possible when you owe alimony, taxes, scholar loans or have an out of state employer. Now Harvest Credit score Administration has a much longer time to collect and is in a a lot stronger place to assortment extra money from the patron.
I’ve no concern of this, so now I simply get hold up calls 5 to 10 times a day, utilizing a distinct number always. In an at-will employment State in America, with out a contract with the employee, an employer could do nearly as he happy; however credit checks for jobs and promotions are becoming unlawful, inflicting grounds for lawsuits. Other product and company names proven may be emblems of their respective house owners.
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Also, the bill removes the requirement that the state Division of Shopper and Enterprise Providers approve new branches and clarifies that foster children are eligible for membership. Management should notice extreme issues with worker’s getting along with others and intervene professionally with a referral to the Employee Assistance Program for consultation and assist or the Skilled Improvement Program for training like consciousness and communications education.
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The former New York Yankees baseball player, 43, began dating the pop superstar in February 2017, and was determined to make an impression on his stunning new multi-talented girlfriend.
Jennifer discussed how they celebrated their first romantic holiday together on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", and revealed she initially didn't think that Alex was interested in her.
"I remember I was doing my show in Vegas and I got to Vegas and I was tired and there was all these flowers and chocolates and a cake and everything and I was like, 'Who sent me all that?' I didn't know who it was kind of, because it was kind of new," she shared.
"But it was really nice because it made me feel like, 'Oh, you like me!'"
"I think people think that, but honestly it's not like that," she smiled, before admitting that if the former sports star had just given her a dozen roses, she would be happy. "If that's what he wants to give me. I would appreciate it no matter what."
The couple, who sweetly celebrated their two-year anniversary recently, are also dedicated when it comes to giving gifts.
"We're kind of generous gift givers, I think. I mean, you know, we work hard," the mother-of-two explained.
However, Jennifer confessed she wasn't organised, and hadn't bought Alex anything for Valentine's Day, February 14.
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Israeli study makes mainstream the already-known correlation between vitamin D and infection severity
14x risk of a severe infection if a person has deficient vitamin D level. According to another study from April 2020, risk of death from Covid 10x when the person has deficient vitamin D.
Yet not talked about by governments. Only vaccines.
Ivor Cummins comments that high vitamin D levels (or even adequate) is not just about taking lots of vitamin D pills, but rather is about eating an actually healthy diet of good foods, and also getting sun (up to a light pinkness not burning skin). But vitamin D pills are helpful in raising vitamin D levels, obviously.
Cummins says a comfortable level of vitamin D that makes for a decent immune system function is around at least 30ng/ml.
People used to have better vitamin D levels than now, according to Cummins. The percentage of vitaminD-deficient white people basically halved to 30% and black people went form like 10% to like 2% (melanin versus sun to produce vitamin D) between like 1991 and like 2002. Mexicans and other tawny people are in between whites and blacks.
D3 half-life (from vitamin D pills or from sun) is a day or two. Ie daily routine is important for vitamin D (you can't just superboost it one per week or something and expect results that will work every day in between these superboosts). When you eat the pills, it goes to your liver to be converted to the active metabolite 25-OHD. For a vitamin D-deficient person, they might need 5000 - 10,000 IU of the vitamin pills per day.


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The Song Is You was shortlisted for the 2009 St. Francis College Literary Prize.
And named a New York Times Notable Book.
And a best book of the year by:
The Washington Post.The A/V Club (The Onion).
He has managed, in four very different books in vastly divergent settings, to harness his flights of language to serve his imagination, and his imagination to serve literature.... The Song Is You takes on loneliness, alienation, middle age and what it means to feel passé and weighted down by your past...Yet despite these sober concerns, Phillips' sparkling prose makes for a seriously fun read.
Life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy for those who think, and for those of us who try to think and feel, The Song Is You captures the flip sides of life at middle age pretty much perfectly. Arthur Phillips is that rare thing among fiction writers, a wise guy who's also wise.
– Kurt Andersen, author of Heyday, founder of Spy Magazine, host of Studio 360
If novelists were labeled zoologically, Arthur Phillips would fall naturally into the dolphin family: his writing is playful, cerebral, likable, wide-ranging and inventive.... The whole novel zings with fresh insight and inspired writing.The Song Is You is smaller, more focused and more character-driven than Phillips’s earlier books, and it’s not only a welcome new direction, but also a novel impossible to put down.
– Kate Christensen, The New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice)
Phillips has achieved what only the best novelists can--he's written a book where the beauty of the prose is matched by the depth of characterization and the fluid movement of the plot. The Song Is You is complex and rhapsodic, heart-wrenching and satisfying, an absolute pleasure to read.
–Tasha Alexander, Bookpage
Phillips constantly foils the reader's expectations, opening with what seems to be a more or less inocuous, generational romantic comedy, only to transform it into a rich and melancholy rhapsody....This heady novel deserves a chorus of praise.
– Raphaelle Leyris, Le Monde des Livres (France)
Phillips' skills as a novelist are on full display in this poignant, sensitively depicted romance.
– Julie Hale, Bookpage
A story of love and art in which the two are confused and jealously compete. And as in The Red Shoes, but so rarely in other works of art, it's the art-making that carries the most power and mystery... An intricately constructed pas de deux that is both surprising and convincing throughout. It's Phillips's first novel set in the present since Prague, and in its artful structure, style, and heart it's a match for that smart and charming debut.
–Tom Nissley, Amazon (Best of April)
The Song Is You isn’t the first book to wax rhapsodic about the powers and pleasures of the lowly iPod, but it may be the best.... Phillips simply describes their folly and makes it beautiful. A.
– Ellen Wernecke, AV Club (The Onion)
Some books, like some songs, invade you slowly...Julian's inaction reaches Hamlet-like proportions, but the book is also strangely suspenseful. (91/100).
– Montana Wojczuk, Paste Magazine
...first-rate novel about music, memory and identity
– David Daley, Louisville Courier-Journal (Top Books of 2009)
If Phillips is an exceptional novelist and storyteller - and he certainly is both - he is also a first-rate music writer. Better still, he's the opposite of a music snob: an unapologetic fan and relentless champion of songs famous and unknown.
– Jake Cline, Blurt
...clarity, wisdom, and heartache.
– Splendora (What to Read)
A daringly original look at love in the age of online music.
Challenges are novelist Arthur Phillips’s stock in trade. His novels are reliably ingenious affairs, intricately plotted, full of blind-spot reversals, and how’d-he-do-that exercises in style.... Writing about music is hard, but Phillips is a writer who’s up to the job.
– Taylor Antrim, The Daily Beast
A reflection upon ego, identity, and the sources of art....The soundless rhythm of language must carry [Phillips's] day, which, in occasional poignancy, it does.
– Art Winslow, Los Angeles Times
A moving look at grief and a comic take on obsession and the meaning of celebrity.
– Dylan Foley, NJ Star-Ledger
This is a book, at its core, about the effervescent intimacy of music — how a song pegs a certain place, memory or feeling and how, by listening, you can move back and forth in time, becoming for a brief period the person you once were... Phillips is a ferociously smart writer — wise, entertaining, hyper articulate — and "The Song Is You" embodies all of these qualities.
– Edward Nawotka, Austin American
Phillips navigates an ostensibly arid present that turns out to be richly human, filled with unexpected grace.... Phillips's descriptions of his characters are filled with startling intensity.
– Marie Arana, The Washington Post (Critic's Choice)
Phillips never writes the same book twice, which makes him a favorite of critics, a problem for his publishers. The Song is You is an audaciously romantic novel.... a dual portrait of the artist as both a young man and a middle-aged man; as sensual mystery; as life lesson.... a continually surprising novel about passion, fantasy, sex and marriage that is itself passionate.
– Scott Eyman, Akron Beacon Journal
His tone is often dark and cruel, but also hilarious, forgiving, and sweet. It's a unique mix that ultimately adds up to a rewarding read.
– Jessica Armbruster, CityPages
Phillips is the best Jeopardy! champion ever to write a novel, and the best novelist ever to retire undefeated on Jeopardy!
– Ken Jennings, Jeopardy! king
Phillips takes amazing risks with the plot....But anyone who was ever a member of a garage band or who has memorized swaths of High Fidelity will probably love The Song Is You....A brilliant take on the music scene and a melancholy meditation on song.
– Yvonne Zipp, Christian Science Monitor
With his characteristic playfulness and inventiveness, however, Phillips elevates his story to the realm of literary fantasy and musical meditation in terms that will speak to readers and music lovers alike.
– Norah Piehl, Bookreporter
A Brief Encounter for the iPod generation and a must-read for anyone who's ever fallen for a pop singer.
– Time Out Sydney (Australia)
Fans of Phillips...will find...the gorgeously constructed prose for which all his books have been praised....The Song Is You showcases Phillips' gift for plumbing the depths of grief and emotional fragility. His love of music, including the profound song lyrics he creates for Cait, is a delight.
– Carol Memmott, USA Today
His true writing gift...is being able to sift through the brain matter and distil his thoughts in written form so they read as pure and powerful truths about love and loss, men and women, intimacy and oblivion.
– Trent Dalton, Brisbane Courier Mail (Australia)
[Phillips] accomplishes something as well as any writer ever has. He beautifully conveys the irresistible pull of pop music... He absolutely nails those brief seconds of shock and joy when the perfect song pops up through the headphones.
– Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
Among the very few novels I can think of where musical descriptions approach poetry.
– Tim Riley, author and music critic.
Phillips’ latest marvel is as much a discussion of greater psychological explorations—the meaning of life, the definition of success—as it is about music’s relation to our deepest selves.... He knows how to frame the story perfectly....It is the genuine article—a perfect symphony of clever writing, taut storyline and soulful exploration delivered through one beautiful package.
– Poornima Apte, MostlyFiction.com
Sharply plotted...subtle study of intimacy, security, and courtship in the digital age.
– Melbourne Herald Sun (Australia)
It’s hard to spell out exactly why we swoon during some songs and not others, but Phillips really captures it, nuances and all. It’s quite jaw-dropping.... His prose is gorgeous, too, and his knack for fleshing out tiny nuances and observations about emotions is on par with Richard Price... one of the best novels I’ve read in a long time.
– Jason Panella, Pop Damage
Thankfully far from predictable.... Phillips writes with the precision and silkiness of Truman Capote.
– Heather McCormack, Library Journal
A television commercial director strikes up a bizarre relationship with the object of his infatuation in Phillips's enthralling fourth novel.... Phillips is in top form and does a brilliant job of transcribing the barrage of Julian's sensory data into cool and flexible prose. This is a triumphant return for Phillips.
– Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
One is almost ready to swear never to read another "rock-novel". Then one recalls one of the best American novels of 2009... a masterpiece of swing and subtlety.
– Bruno Juffin, Les Inrockuptibles (France)
A betrayed husband’s fascination with a charismatic singer is given several intriguing twists in this subtle fourth novel from the versatile Phillips.... The novel’s clashing harmonies seduce and fascinate. And Phillips still looks like the best American novelist to have emerged during the present decade.
– Kirkus Reviews
A heartbreaking ode to tragedy, isolation, longing, and... healing. A–
– Aly Semigran, Entertainment Weekly
What kind of relationship can a fan have with a star?.... This is the love story for the iPod generation.... some of the most inspired musical commentary that you will find in any book... the elegance of the narrative draws the reader in deeper at every stage. Perhaps most admirable is the novelist’s ability to weave a story that is simultaneously humorous and dramatic, dreamy and melancholy.... a book that goes into my favorites list, flagged for frequent repetition on random shuffle.
– Ted Gioia, Blogcritics.org
[Phillips] hits a pitch-perfect note in this heartbreakingly lyrical novel.... Phillips [captures] both the tenor of our times and the fragility of contemporary connections.
– Margaret Flanagan, Booklist
The novel unfolds in prose lush with metaphor and neologistic observation.
– Laura Miller, Salon (Must Read: Fiction We Love)
Highly contemporary and yet somehow timeless, The Song is You is a wise, articulate, stunning novel that eloquently illuminates that mysterious and beautiful junction where love, grief, and pop music intersect.
– Jonathan Tropper, author of This Is Where I Leave You
Phillips’s best writing achieves an elaborate, gratifying precision, combining a naturally flamboyant style with neat, observational wit. This quality is sharpest in some of the character portraits and delectable set pieces that animate this novel... beautiful evocation of music’s consoling power to blur the borders between art, artist, and consumer.
– The New Yorker
Somebody had to do it, write the great American iPod novel, and we're lucky that it is someone with some talent...One of the greatest obsessions in contemporary American literature since Scott Spencer's novel "Endless Love."... I think Arthur Phillips is one subtle writer. I think that he's dealing quietly with big themes such as illusion versus reality and also offers wonderfully satirical moments on making commercials, failing rock stars, playing "Jeopardy!" and some piercing, painful moments on what it's like to be aging in youth culture and some extraordinary takes on contemporary sexual mores... He also writes extraordinarily well about grief.
– Alan Cheuse, Chicago Tribune and All Things Considered (NPR)
Phillips’ novel is a little piece of perfection in a wildly imperfect world.... This is a wonderful book, especially if you have ever been fully in thrall to popular music.... Phillips is as much wizard as writer...Darkly comic, and sometimes just flatout funny ... marvelously creative, spectacularly inventive, Phillips is, most of all, original.... No longer just “someone to watch,” he’s now become a benchmark for comparison. ...This is the kind of novel you wait for, mostly in vain. Now that it has arrived, Phillips takes his place, at least on this reader’s shelf, with the likes of Zadie Smith, Jonathan Lethem, and the late David Foster Wallace — 21st century authors, in short, who can simply blow you away with what’s happening on their pages.
– Margaret Sullivan, Buffalo News
[Phillips poses] heart-shattering questions about all we are losing as our mania for self-promotion via virtual identities is erasing our foothold on humanity after several centuries of rationalism... Phillips has risked much, and won nearly the whole game. The reader will come away exhilarated, by glimpses that suffice for the whole, by patterns that elude the makers, by a cycle of consummation that eludes the voracious realist...In The Song Is You, Arthur Phillips has inscribed a 21st century myth of courtly love, as only he can. Phillips' sharp prose style, shunning any fuzziness, forces the reader to confront his best hopes and worst fears about the most transcendent of human experiences.
– Anis Shivani, St. Petersburg Times
At the heart of The Song is You is a wise and clear-eyed exploration of the ways that the enchantments of youth turn stale – how gravity, in the mantle of heartbreak, imposes itself on even the most blessed of lives.Phillips’ set-up to that end is more than a little ingenious.
– Sam Sacks, Open Letters Monthly
Phillips...is neither a grandstanding genre-hopper nor a writer with a pet topic, and this may have slightly limited his fame. But he’s become the kind of writer you should snap up off a shelf no matter what his latest quarry happens to be. BUY IT.
– Mark Graham, New York Magazine
Phillips has a perceptive eye for the precarious nature of vocal genius... Someone should ensure that Amy Winehouse receives a copy straight away.
– Alfred Hickling, Guardian (U.K.)
[The Song Is You] is another little monster of ambition: a kind of delicate and concave meditation on
memory and romantic mystification in the age of the Internet, and an extremely rare example of fiction plausibly describing the effects of pop music on our lives.
– Chronic'Art (France)
– Scott Indrisek, Time Out New York
The passages about songwriting or close listening ring with authenticity without sounding pretentious. The author's passion is infectious, and compels one to put on a pair of headphones, crack the spine and press play.
– Wyatt Williams, CL Atlanta
Phillips's way of describing things is so haunting you want to crawl inside the sentences and take comfort in their perfect metaphors and canny allusions... readers willing to follow Phillips and his riffs on life, happiness, children, marriage, professional success and failure and other subjects of the heart will be well-rewarded, not only by the noir, twisted plotting but by the naked emotion and his extreme literary gift.
– Patricia Zohn, Huffington Post
It's been a while since an opening sentence hooked me like this one did: "Julian Donahue's father was on a Billie Holiday record." The nine pages that follow compose a riveting prologue.... At its heart, this is a story about how music affects us emotionally and psychologically; how we obsess over it, surrender to it; how the artists who create it cast a spell over us. It's a lesson about why music matters in our lives.... Phillips offers genuinely astute insights into the aesthetics of making music and why it plays such a powerful role in chronicling our lives, regardless if the inspiration comes from Cait O'Dwyer or Lady Day.
– Jay Trachtenberg, Austin Chronicle
There's something very timeless in this book. I found it to be a beautiful novel... Magnificent.
– Nathalie Crom, Telerama (France)
A subtle, elegant, rhythmic book.
– Frédéric Ferney, La Revue (France)
The swing is there: in dense writing, rhythmic construction, and couplets more devious than expected. A rock and roll ballad with poisonous charm, which depicts with vitriol the cruelties of the New York art scene.
– Anne Berthod, La Vie (France)
Phillips’s sentimentality is gossamer light... At times achingly sad, the meandering, descriptive prose is also laced with touches of black humour.... The writing is engaging, witty and timed to perfection. The tempo quickens and slows, building emotion to a crescendo and waning gracefully.... Philips skilfully pierces novelistic convention and pat stereotypes to reveal the pathos and humour of flawed humanity.
– Janette Currie, The Literateur (U.K.)
By the end, I'd surrendered to its slow and sneaky pace, its oblique eroticism, its self-conscious but undeniable cleverness, and, yes, even become a grudging fan of its author... Creating an alienated (and alienating) protagonist is always a risky business. But Phillips deftly pulls off this balancing act, infusing his secondary characters with vitality.
– Julie Wittes Schlack, Boston Globe
The novel is full of surprises, tenderness, memories that grab the throat. Phillips rehabilitates courtly love
with a rock soundtrack. The mixture results in something tender and heartbreaking, like American movies of the '70s... Play it again, Mr. Phillips.
– Eric Neuhoff, Le Figaro Littéraire (France)
His writing is just that much pleasure.He has written one of those bang-on novels that captures the intimacies of music and its power in life.
– Kirk Lapointe, Victoria Times (Canada)
What could easily come across as contrivance truly sings...Phillips nails the advances and retreats of this first decade of the century and how we relate to each other.
– Kara Sirmans, Book Studio/WETA
A keenly observed tale of modern love. Lyrical.
– Gold Coast Bulletin (Australia)
...a brilliant tale of iPod love.
– Austin Chronicle


Wow, had to really stretch for that one. I started looking into BAGL because I like their eateries and they are small enough to grow fast. Alas, they seem to have some money problems. But my research led me to a review of Panera, with a much broader menu and at a different stage where growth is possible, now on the bottom line where it was on the top line for the previous decade. Watching both, and will see what happens.
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Usually punny headline spinning off of The Blues Brothers, and if you don’t get it it is my bad, not yours.
I could have made a really quick 20% if I had pulled the trigger on the June 20 plummet first thing in the morning, but I missed it and it climbed. I thought it may bounce again the next day and set a limit, and it bounced lower than I expected and not as high back up as I had hoped.
Now my hopes are pinned on the wisdom of a Fool who sees at least a 25% upside over the 3 to 6 months.
Looking at the LVS chart over the last few years, periodic growth leaps appear to have an occasional $40 fall back support point. Hoping to jump into the next one without being reminded why the windows don’t open in Vegas hotels.
This thought brought to me by news of an expanded stock buy back program delivered through my Yahoo News Alert.


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Los Angeles: Daria Tessler at Skylight Books
April 18, 2019 @ 7:30 pm PDT
Daria Tessler discusses her new graphic novel Cult of the Ibis. This exquisite, mostly-silent novel takes place in a fantasy cityscape loosely inspired by German Expressionist film. It tells the story of an occultist getaway driver who, after escaping with the loot from a bank robbery gone wrong, orders a build-your-own homunculus kit and goes on the lam. Steeped in architecture and atmosphere, Tessler’s vividly intricate cartooning fuels this strange and gripping yarn, which is packaged in a gorgeous hardcover design.

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It was a pleasant day to begin with. The rain the night before brought the temperatures down and made the humidity almost non-existent. It was a spur of the moment decision to take the kids to a beach yesterday. Something we hadn’t done for a while. And it was A’s first ‘beach’ outing.
And what a great idea it turned out to be. The beach we went to is a lake side beach nestled in the Catoctin Mountains. The drive up to it was simply gorgeous with years old oaks, maples and poplar trees majestically towering over the winding mountain road, the sun peeking in and out of them as if playing hide and seek with us.
We got there around 1p and to our utter delight the parking lot wasn’t packed and there weren’t too many people. On our last visit, it was a struggle finding a spot! We found ourselves a nice picnic table by the lake and decided to grab our lunch before we hit the cool, inviting water. Lunch was KFC that we picked on our way there. The kids woke up hungry from their naps and were thrilled to find chicken, mashed potato and corn waiting for them. They ate without much fuss- D excited about finishing up his lunch and getting into his swim gear.
We went quite prepared for the trip- took everything we needed to take. And I must commend ourselves for that considering we only had maybe half an hour to pack and get ready. Hubby dear pulled out the folding chairs and umbrella, while I grabbed the ice box with drinks, the bag with swimwear, towels and sunscreen and off we went to frolic and bask in the sun-kissed water.
The water was cooler than expected but it didn’t take us long to get used to it. A was a bit hesitant in the beginning but in a few minutes she took to the water like a fish. Looking absolutely adorable in her newly acquired swimsuit, she kept pulling up sand in her hand and loved watching it being washed away by the water. She kept saying ‘more peas (please)’ indicating me to put more sand in her tiny little hand. D treaded in slowly after much observation and evaluation, just like he does with almost everything else. But once he was in the water, there was no looking back. He was having a time of his life.
We spent a good chunk of our time in the water. It was simply a beautiful day to be in it and watch the beauty around us. The lake is surrounded by green, luscious mountains on every side, cocooning us thus making the place even more charming and breathtaking. There was a light breeze, the air was filled with children’s squeals and laughter, people chattering, BBQs sizzling and yet there was a calmness in it that was absolutely relaxing.
It was a perfect outing on a perfect day. But just as all good things come to an end, so did our day at the beach. As expected, D was quite upset about leaving. He wanted to stay on until night time and watch the snakes (something we told him to make him leave). Evidently, it backfired! He sulked the whole way and then dozed off only to wake up right before dinner time. By the end of it all, both kids were completely wiped out but immensely enjoyed their Sunday outing.
Hubby dear and I have decided that we should do this more often. Not just beach outings but 'impromptu' trips – not much planning but packing ourselves quickly and heading off to some place nice without a care in the world.


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BAGHDAD – A mosque raided by security forces in southern Baghdad contained a workshop to rig suicide car bombs, with seven vehicles ready for terror attacks, an Iraqi Defense Ministry official said Sunday.
Car bombings and remote-controlled roadside blasts have become routine in the Iraqi capital in recent weeks, including a blast Sunday that wounded two U.S. soldiers…National guard forces raided the Sunni Muslim Al Yassen Mosque in the southern Baghdad area of Abu Dshir on Saturday, said Gen. Saleh Sarhan of the Defense Ministry. In addition to seven cars rigged with explosives, the guardsmen found 30 rocket-propelled grenades, high-powered rifles, mortars and remote control detonators, Sarhan said.
”The national guard arrested the imam of the mosque,” Sarhan said, and detained an additional 18 people suspected of involvement in the car bombings.
Anti-U.S. insurgents used 60 mosques in the city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, to stockpile weapons and provide cover during a U.S.-led offensive against the city earlier this month, the U.S. military says. One of the mosques was described as a general arms depot capable of equipping insurgents across much of Iraq.
I noticed that two weeks ago, our troops in Fallujah reportedly discovered an SUV registered in Texas at a similar car-bomb factory. Former Army Special Forces officer and blogger Dignan noted:
When my unit was conducting vehicle checkpoint operations is Iraq we came upon numerous vehicles with Texas registration. We would take pictures of the registration stickers for later investigation. Seems pretty clear how this particular vehicle got to Fallujah: stolen in TX, taken across the border into Mexico, put in a sea-land container and then placed on a ship, shipped to Egypt/Lebanon/Jordon and sold on the black market, bought by terrorist, driven to Iraq.
This didn’t make the front-page news, either.blog comments powered by Disqus
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Of course: Obama pins blame for colossal failure of his ‘arm & train Syrian rebels’ plan on GOP and… Hillary
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US Marketing Director Barack Obama: We need ‘better ideas’ and ‘more compelling vision’ to compete against ISIS, Inc.
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- Demolition plan OK'd in southern Ohio uranium plant cleanup Updated: Jul-31-15 12:09 pm
COLUMBUS, Ohio - State and federal agencies have agreed on a plan for demolishing huge buildings and other facilities from a Cold War-era uranium plant in southern Ohio.
- Mississippi delegation attacks carbon dioxide limits Updated: Jul-23-15 11:55 am
JACKSON, Mississippi - All members of Mississippi's congressional delegation say new federal carbon dioxide reduction goals are prohibitively expensive and unattainable, despite significant investments to improve air quality in the state.
- USDA: Bird flu vaccine works on chickens; testing on turkeys Updated: Jul-22-15 6:35 pm
DES MOINES, Iowa - Scientists have developed a vaccine strain that has tested 100 percent effective in protecting chickens from bird flu and testing is underway to see if it also protects turkeys, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told the House Agriculture Committee at a hearing on Wednesday.
- Methane hot spot prompts delegation to ask for quick action Updated: Jul-20-15 4:10 pm
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - Members of New Mexico's congressional delegation on Monday pointed to a hot spot of the potent global-warming gas methane over part of the American Southwest, saying federal officials need to move quickly on reviewing new rules for curbing waste in oil and gas production.
- House passes another bill to stem California drought Updated: Jul-16-15 5:57 pm
WASHINGTON - The House on Thursday passed GOP-led legislation designed to bring more water to California's farm belt amid a severe and lengthy drought.
- Under fire for data breach, Obama personnel chief steps down Updated: Jul-10-15 6:47 pm
WASHINGTON - The embattled head of the government's personnel office abruptly stepped down Friday, bowing to mounting pressure following the unprecedented breach of private information her agency was entrusted to protect.
- Pence elevates revenue chief of staff to commissioner Updated: Jul-06-15 11:38 am
INDIANAPOLIS - An attorney who once served as Indiana's public access counselor has been tapped as the new commissioner for the state Department of Revenue.


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MEG-11 IMPORTANT QUESTION OF Block-6 J.D. Salinger The Catcher In The Rye
Discuss Salinger ‘s personality and his work.
Give a brief summary of the plot of The Catcher In The Rye.
Critically analyse the plot of the novel.
What are the special features of the prescribed novel.
Discuss the theme of pastorality in the novel.
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough CupcakesDid you see the "DOUGH" part of that? Yep, anyone can make chocolate cupcakes. And most people can make chocolate chip cupcakes. But hold! on! to! your! belts! this baby has DOUGH in it. Ok, HUSH! to all you people who pretend you don't eat the dough. I know you do....and if you really don't, you WISH you did. You're missing out on one of God's most amazing creations. D...o...u...g...h. (said in my most dreamy voice.)
So here's the scoop (pun intended):
- Make your favorite white/vanilla cupcake recipe. I like Wilton's Vanilla Bean or French Vanilla. (I tried this with chocolate, it wasn't as good). Pour batter in wrappers in muffin tin. WAIT! Don't bake them yet!
- Make your favorite chocolate chip cookie dough recipe. I like this one. But it helps if you use mini chocolate chips. WAIT! Don't bake these either!
- Freeze the dough in small balls. Or if you want to be like calorie-loving ME, you'll make a quadruple batch (oh yes, I do) and freeze them in balls to always have cookie dough around to
- Drop a dough ball down into each cupcake batter in the muffin tin.
- Bake according to cupcake directions. If you want to have a kinda doughy bite in the middle, place the FROZEN cookie dough in the cupcake batter. If you want a more solid cookie bite in the middle (more of a cakey consistency), put the dough ball in chilled, but not frozen.
3 sticks softened butter (don't judge)
3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Combine the butter and brown sugar in a mixing bowl and cream on medium-high speed until light and fluffy. Beat in the powdered sugar until smooth. Beat in the salt, milk, and vanilla extract until smooth and combined.
Sprinkle with mini chocolate chips. I'm not joking - best cupcakes ever. You can play with the proportions of dough-cake. And when you make these and your eyes roll up into the top of your head as you sink your little teeth into this masterpiece of caloric wonderfulness, think of me. And bring me one.
(Thanks, Tish, for the heads up on this amazing recipe.)


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Paul McCartney’s new album will probably be called ‘Egypt Station’
As Neil Finn once sang… now we’re getting somewhere! For the last week, Paul McCartney has been posting rather annoying ‘tease’ images on his instagram and twitter accounts, which appear to be to do with his long-awaited new album. Today at 5pm (BST) the apparent title was made clear. Macca’s new album will (almost certainly) be called Egypt Station!
Seems like a weird title but if you do a bit of digging, you will see that McCartney painted a picture called Egypt Station many years ago and signed lithographs were offered for sale.
A previous artwork of Paul’s called ‘Egypt Station’.
But that’s all we know… for now. I’m not sure anything else will ‘happen’ today, but if it does, SDE readers will be amongst the first to know. Check out the twitter animation below which has a ‘soundtrack’ too.
#PaulMcCartney #EgyptStation pic.twitter.com/40o6Mo81lB
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While the world waits eagerly for a safe and effective vaccine to prevent infections from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers also are focusing on better understanding how SARS-CoV-2 attacks the body in the search for other means of stopping its devastating impact. The key to one possibility--blocking a protein that enables the virus to turn the immune system against healthy cells--has been identified in a recent study by a team of Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers. Based on their findings, the researchers believe that inhibiting the protein, known as factor D (image), also will curtail the potentially deadly inflammatory reactions that many patients have to the virus. Making the discovery even more exciting is the fact that there may already be drugs in development and testing for other diseases that can do the required blocking. The study was published online on September 2, 2020, in Blood. The open-access article is titled “Direct Activation of the Alternative Complement Pathway by SARS-CoV-2 Spike Proteins Is Blocked by Factor D Inhibition.” Scientists already know that spike proteins on the surface of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are the means by which it attaches to cells targeted for infection. To do this, the spikes first grab hold of heparan sulfate, a large, complex sugar molecule found on the surfaces of cells in the lungs, blood vessels, and smooth muscle making up most organs. Facilitated by its initial binding with heparan sulfate, SARS-CoV-2 then uses another cell-surface component, the protein known as angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), as its doorway into the attacked cell. The Johns Hopkins Medicine team discovered that when SARS-CoV-2 ties up heparan sulfate, it prevents factor H from using the sugar molecule to bind with cells.
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When it comes to scoring flight deals, you might think you have to buy them way in advance, but you might be able to score a deal closer to your travel date. When it comes to booking flights for the holidays, I have always assumed the best time to book is with at least two or three months advance. However, it seems that this information may not be true, according to some recent data analysis reports.
If you haven't booked your flight for the holidays yet, you actually might end up paying less than people who have already booked. According to data gathered by Adobe and sent to Elite Daily, "holding off until December to book Christmas flights" may mean savings for you. Adobe Digital Insights (ADI) uses Adobe Analytics to "analyze over 1 trillion visits to websites, including many of the world's leading travel sites from 2018 to 2019."
ADI projects that flights for Christmas, Dec. 25, will end up going down in cost by as much as 13% the first week of December. But Vivek Pandya, managing analyst of ADI, also warns you not to wait too long. "Prices will jump back up [8%] the week prior to the holiday." So, make sure you have your tickets before Dec. 18.
Adobe isn't the only company that has verified the best time of year to travel for Christmas. Expedia also analyzed thousands of holiday bookings to help travelers out during the stressful time of year. According to Expedia's press release, the cheapest time to buy flight tickets for Christmas travel is between Nov. 23 through Dec. 9. In fact, the company states that "booking during this window saved travelers around 15%." Expedia's advice is to book at least "two weeks to a month in advance of travel."
To further support that this window is a better time to purchase airline tickets, Expedia says it's estimated that people who book their flights "91-plus days out" ended up paying 15% more than what they could have saved if they booked during that end of November through early December time slot.
If you're planning on traveling for Thanksgiving, you will most likely be paying more at Christmas. ADI confirms that "ticket prices for the week leading up to Christmas are nearly 17% more expensive than the week leading up to Thanksgiving." Yikes. In that case, it's probably best to follow the time frame window that both of these companies suggest. Basically, as long as you don't wait to buy until right before the holiday, you should hopefully be able to find some kind of deal.
Of course, it's always a good idea to grab a cheap flight whenever you see it, especially if you know it's a good deal for the area you're heading to.