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There are all sorts of products and tools veterinarians can invest in. If you have one of these practices and are looking for a non-invasive way to treat things like pain around muscles and joints, LED light therapy tools are showing a lot of promise. Just make sure you take these measures when implementing them into your veterinary practice.
Educate Pet Owners
When you first start relying on LED light therapy tools for pets, the owners of the pets may be a little hesitant. They may not have a lot of knowledge on said devices. That's why you want to provide education on these devices to as many pet owners as you can.
Tell them the benefits and how you plan on using these light therapy tools on their pets, whether it's to treat hip problems or back pain. Show them the science behind these tools too. Then they will be more likely to get on board with your veterinary practice as it continues to evolve in the way it treats animals.
Continue Monitoring Results
You may end up investing a lot of money into LED light therapy tools to treat animals that come into your veterinary practice, but you still need to make sure these devices are having positive results and giving pets great outcomes.
After using these light therapy devices on animals, make sure you tell the owners to follow-up and bring their pets back in so that you can perform a full examination. Then you can see what sort of benefits the LED light therapy devices had and document your results. That's going to help you provide better care to animals at the end of the day.
Consult with Manufacturers Extensively
You may not be too familiar with LED light therapy for animal issues like chronic pain, but that's okay because you'll have every opportunity to consult with manufacturers that make these devices. You want to do this for a while before you implement this new technology into your veterinary practice.
You can see how these machines are supposed to be used and how they need to be maintained, as to stay working great for animals that desperately need LED light therapy.
Veterinary practices now have the ability to treat pain and joint issues with LED light therapy devices. If you're smart about which ones you buy and how they're integrated, you're going to see a lot of amazing things. For more information, reach out to a local supplier, like The Visum Light.

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“ON THE PATH OF CONSTANTIN BRÂNCU?I”
International Group Exhibition Movimento ARS 20/09/2019-20/10/2019
Quando? Terminato domenica 20 ottobre 2019
Dove? Muzeul Judetean Gorj , Târgu Jiu, (Gorj Oltenia)
“ON THE PATH OF CONSTANTIN BRÂNCU?I”
International Group Exhibition
Vernissage 20/09/2019 -17h
"What my work is aiming at is, above all, realism: I pursue the inner, hidden reality, the very essence of objects in their own intrinsic fundamental nature; this is my only deep preoccupation."
On 20 September 2019 a new exhibition of ARS Cultural Movement, “On the Path of Constantin Brâncu?i”, will open in collaboration with the “Muzeul Jude?ean Gorj Alexandru ?tefulescu” Museum, in Târgu Jiu, România.
The Group Show will bring together contemporary artists from around the world, a vibrant art-making community that is working in different media in inventive and factual ways. The exhibition is a celebration of the rich diversity that lies at the core of ARs’ philosophy, and includes works by long-term artists as well as new entries beginning to leave their sign in the Movement. The show will bring together installations, sculptures and 2D works (both painting and digital art), thus creating a rich collection of familiar languages and visual challenges filled with captivating concepts.
As the title implies, the exhibition pays tribute to the artistic spirit of world-celebrated artist Constantin Brâncu?i, offering interesting resonances and correspondences, while searching for the places and the signs of the sculptor. It fosters dialogue between cultures, history and artistic different expressions and mediums. The exhibition represents also an inner voyage into art: beyond their personal and conceptual bonds, each of these artists has developed a highly individual artistic language. The group show merges the plural identities and personal urges of the chosen artists, proposing beauty, reflections on life and the world, and thought-provoking impressions.
Constantin Brâncu?i is regarded as one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. His works are visionary and embody essential and archetypical concepts. Brâncu?i, who at the age of 28 left his Country to walk to Paris, always followed his peculiar independent vision on art, breaking conventions and leaving a vivid mark on the history of Modern art. He firmly believed that "the artist should know how to dig out the being that is within matter," thus creating pieces that conveyed the true essence of the subject matter. The forms are simple, reduced to the fundamental, free from any ornaments to reveal hidden truths. He considered himself not an abstract artist; on the contrary he insisted that his works disclosed the most fundamental nature of reality, "as though they proceeded out from the mass into some perfect and complete existence."
Probably the most known works by Brâncu?i are the several variations of Endless Column, that he often called axis mundi, underlining the connection between heaven and earth. In this series of variations of sculptures, it is evident Brâncu?i's strong attraction to the sacred, the cosmic, and to the idea of infinity, implied by the reiteration of identical shapes. The most famous of his Endless Columns is the one in Tirgu-Jiu, the centerpiece of the three parts memorial dedicated to fallen soldiers in World War I.
About Muzeul Jude?ean Gorj Alexandru ?tefulescu Museum
The Art Museum is a unique space dedicated to paintings belonging to the Flemish and Italian schools, icons, wooden sculpture from the 17th to the 18th centuries, modern Romanian paintings (Mi?u Pop, Corneliu Baba, Vasile Grigore), watercolors (Ion Murariu), admirable studies in coal, pencil and sepia by Vasile Blendea, Iosif Keber and Stefan Popescu, as well as sculptures (Rodica Popescu). The Târgu-Jiu Art Museum operates in the new headquarters located in the Central Park in the heart of Târgu Jiu, not far from the well-known works of Constantin Brâncu?i.
ARS Cultural Movement
ARS is a dynamic and independent Cultural Association. It is a lab of ideas, devoted to contemporary art in different mediums, with its own programming, exhibitions and events; it is a celebration of diversity. ARS Cultural Movement was first conceived by artist and curator Elena Ducu. From its very beginning it has brought together the works of International artists at venues and institutions in Europe and in the USA, including: Bruges (2011- 2012), in the prestigious Garemijn Hall, in the center of the city; Utrecht (2012), at Grachten Gallerie, Napoli, Castel dell’Ovo (2012); ROA Gallery, London (2013), Galerie Thuillier, Parigi (2013). Ward- Nasse Gallery of SOHO, New York (2014). Zurich, Galerie 16b (2015); Florence, Galleria Via dei Fossi (2015), Rome, Galleria Spazio 40 (2016- 2017), Aalst Belgium (2016); Milan, at SpaziArti (2016- 2017); Munich, Galerie Das Fenster (2017 – and later in 2019).
“On the Path of Constantin Brâncu?i” will run from 20 September to 20 October 2019.
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Da Emilia Di Stefano

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The heart is unable to regenerate cardiac muscle lost from heart attacks or injury. An advance that could significantly reduce the burden of chronic illness and death from cardiovascular disease would be to regrow damaged heart muscle, thus restoring the organ to pre injury heart function.
Dr. Reza Ardehali, a UCLA associate professor of medicine (cardiology), heads a group of researchers exploring novel therapies to deliver stem cell-derived heart cells to replace scars formed after a heart attack.
Dr. Ardehali’s lab uses multiple approaches for developing stem cell therapies. Their lab uses clonal analysis to determine the proliferative capacity of cardiac cells during development and after injury. This informs the investigators on the 1) cell types responsible for proliferation during development, 2) the extent of cellular expansion during development, and 3) the time period that governs the proliferative characteristics of precursor cells in the heart. These approaches and hypotheses are then tested in genetically modified mice, lineage tracing and fate mapping, and mathematical models.
The lab also use pluripotent stem cell for cardiac regenerative therapies. The lab identifies novel surface markers for purification of pluripotent stem cell (PCS)-derived cardiovascular progenitors (CVPs). The lab seeks to identify surface markers that can be used to prospectively isolate progenitors capable of engraftment into the injured heart and for translational application of PSC-derived cardiovascular progenitors for regenerative purposes. Using a variety of invasive and non-invasive imaging modalities, the lab is investigating the potential electromechanical integration of PSC-derived cardiac cells into the injured hearts of large animals. The long-term goal is to utilize the preclinical data obtained in these studies for future clinical trials of PSC-derived CVPs to treat heart disease.
The Ardehali lab also studies the developmental origin of cardiac fibroblasts using transgenic mouse models to identify the developmental origins of cardiac fibroblasts. In addition, the lab is interested in determining whether the heterogeneity of cardiac fibroblasts has a role in differential response to cardiac injury. The lab is exploring the role of perivascular cells in cardiac fibrosis.
Dr. Ardehali and his team are actively working to make his vision a reality. His collaborators include UCLA stem cell biologists, cardiologists, bioengineers, developmental biologists and cardiac surgeons, among others.
The heart does not possess a robust ability to regenerate and heals by scar formation. Multiple studies have demonstrated that the amount of scar tissue in the heart is an independent predictor of morbidity and mortality. Scar tissue reduces cvardiac function induces the formation of more scar tissue and leads to cardiac arrhythmias and sudden death.
The laboratory of Arjun Deb is devoted to the study of the biology of scar and how scarring can be modulated therapeutically. The spatio-temporal mechanisms regulating scarring are conserved across many organs and “thus the hope is if one can alter scarring in one organ, the therapeutic principles can be applied to other organs” as well says Dr. Arjun Deb, the director of the UCLA cardiovascular theme.
Reversing scarring, or preventing it in the first place, has been one of the major challenges of cardiovascular research, says Dr. Arjun Deb (pictured at right), a professor of medicine (cardiology) and senior author of a UCLA study published in 2014 in Nature. Their group was the first to show that cells in scar tissue retained cellular plasticity for a brief time window and could be manipulated to change the amount of scarring.
More recently, the Deb lab has demonstrated that scars have an inherent ability to control their own size (Yokota et al. Cell 2020). The lab showed that type V collagen , a minor constituent of scar tissue regulated the mechanical properties of the scar tissue and mechanosensitive receptors on fibroblasts sensed changes in mechanical properties of scar tissue to determine the volume of scar to be formed. The lab used small molecules to interfered with such feedback mechanisms and showed scar size could be altered in this manner to therapeutic advantage.
The Vondriska laboratory studies the biology of chromatin and how chromatin reorganization occurs in heart failure. In recent years, the lab has carried out the first chromatin conformation capture experiments in the heart, determining the endogenous organization of the genome in cardiac myocytes. With this blueprint, the lab is answering the following questions: How do transcription neighborhoods form? What is the role of inter-chromosomal interactions and other nuclear features in genomic architecture? How do features of local accessibility relate to local and global architecture?
The lab is determining the structural features required for disease-associated gene expression and investigating how global chromatin accessibility is altered during cardiovascular disease. These studies are targeted to identify diagnostic features of the epigenome that indicate the progression or reversion of disease and to develop strategies to remodel chromatin therapeutically.
The Packard lab studies the biology of atherosclerosis and heart failure with particular emphasis in understanding how chemotherapeutic drugs exert toxic effects on the heart.
The lab integrates molecular and cellular techniques to dissect mechanisms of chemotherapy induced cardiotoxicity as well as designs novel imaging techniques to visualize myocyte contraction in real time. The Packard lab has created a new imaging technology (DIAMOND) that can determine segmental abnormalities in cardiac contraction following administration of chemotherapeutic agents.
The Umar Laboratory’s research is focused on investigating the molecular mechanisms and pathophysiology of primary and secondary forms of pulmonary hypertension and associated right ventricular dysfunction. The lab’s long-term goal is to devise novel regenerative therapies for these cardiopulmonary disorders. They are also interested in investigating novel strategies for perioperative cardiopulmonary organ protection.
Pulmonary hypertension is a chronic pulmonary vascular disease without a definitive cure.
The Umar lab is using state-of-the-art in vivo mouse and rat models, in vitro cell culture systems, and human blood and tissue samples to investigate the molecular mechanisms of the development of primary and secondary pulmonary hypertension. The lab is also investigating adverse structural and electrical remodeling of the right ventricle secondary to pressure overload that often leads to arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death.


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This apartment unit is a studio apartment unit offered for $1475 a month. The residence is situated in the Near South Side district of Chicago. The unit includes hardwood floors, and, laundry. Wood floors give your home a more luxurious feel. The property features laundry and will be ready on December 24, 2012.
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Born in South Africa, in less than 50 years he became the richest man on the planet, who is Elon Musk? The SpaceX and Tesla boss just got his hands on Twitter. Back to your journey.
With Jeff Bezos the founder of Amazon, Mark Zuckerberg the creator of Facebook or Bill Gates the originator of Microsoft, he is one of the most famous entrepreneurs in the world. Elon Musk is the richest. With an estimated fortune of US$ 188.5 billion*, he became the richest man in the world in 2021. At 49 years old.
For young Elon, it all started in 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa. His father is a wealthy South African real estate developer who became the owner of an emerald mine in Zambia, his mother is a Canadian model and nutritionist. When she was 8 years old, her parents divorced. The story goes that young Elon read two books a day and sold a video game show called Blastar for $500 when she was 12 years old. At 17, she left for Canada to study and earned a degree in business. Four years later, she leaves for the United States to study physics and economics**. His father interrupted him, he worked on the sidelines of his studies in Canada and obtained a scholarship in the United States.
PayPal, the source of your fortune
In 1995, Elon Musk founded his first company. Zip2 is a software company that enables the growth of media on the internet. Computer giant Compaq bought it four years later for $341 million. Elon Musk then launched one of the first online banks: X.com. A few months later, it was acquired by its direct competitor to form PayPal, which allows individuals to exchange money. The sale nets him $180 million.
SpaceX, the space adventure
In the early 2000s, Elon Musk discovered that NASA lacked ambition. So he founded the company SpaceX. Year after year, SpaceX develops and produces space launch vehicles, reusable rockets, a cargo ship with the ambition to eventually make the colonization of the planet Mars possible. Since 2012, SpaceX has supplied the International Space Station. And nine years later, it was one of Elon Musk’s launchers, the Falcon 9, that sent Thomas Pesquet to the ISS. On the sidelines of SpaceX, Elon Musk launched the Starlink project, a fleet of orbiting satellites intended to provide Internet access anywhere on Earth.
Tesla, the electric car adventure
In 2004, Elon Musk made the choice to enter the capital of the automaker Tesla. The electric car, he firmly believes in it. Becoming president of Tesla in the late 2000s, he launched an electric sports car before bringing an electric sedan to the auto market. We have to wait until 2018 for the launch of the Tesla Model 3, a model sold around €50,000, much more affordable at the time than the competition.
Hyperloop, the subsonic train adventure
In 2012, Elon Musk chose to invest in passenger transport. He envisioned a subsonic TGV capable of transporting passengers and goods at 1200 km/h in elevated pods thanks to air cushions. The company is called Hyperloop. A test track is planned in Texas. A research and development center is installed at Toulouse-Francazal airport with around thirty engineers in 2018. The announced test track does not see the light of day. This week, the Hyperloop test tunnel at SpaceX’s California headquarters was quietly dismantled. Last summer, Time wrote that Elon Musk’s only real goal with the Hyperloop was to cancel the TGV project in California***.
Twitter, the adventure of social networks
Avid Twitter user Elon Musk first thought about creating a competing network, but ultimately decided to buy back 9.2% of the shares in early 2022. In the spring, he submitted an offer to buy all the shares. Twitter views this as a hostile takeover and activates a protection mechanism. The entrepreneur offers an extraordinary price of 44 billion dollars. Controversy over the many fake Twitter accounts and the financing of the acquisition erupted over the summer. At the end of October, Elon Musk finally buys Twitter for 44 billion and fires the leaders.
behavior that detonates
Their investments – and lesser-known ones like artificial intelligence and neural implants – allow them to know their centers of interest. Impulsive, provocative (he proposed on Twitter to Vladimir Putin “a man-to-man fight”), certain to be right, without limits or taboos, suffering from Asperger syndrome, Elon Musk shakes the codes and is shocked by his behavior in business . He has a small circle of about ten people, including his younger brother Kimbal, who approves his decisions and carries out his orders, details the New York Times****.
Among the causes close to Elon Musk’s heart: libertarianism, a political philosophy according to which a just society must protect the freedom of each individual who must be able to enjoy the maximum of freedom. Hence his desire to give more freedom on Twitter. The businessman is concerned about global warming, despite his many private jet trips. Recently, he said he was worried about declining birth rates that he said could make our civilization disappear.
father of ten children
But who is the man behind the entrepreneur? He is, first of all, the father of… ten children! Their first child died suddenly at the age of ten weeks. He had six children with Canadian novelist Justine Wilson. The couple divorced in 2008 after eight years of marriage. In 2010, he married British actress Taulah Riley. The couple divorced in 2012, remarried in 2013 and divorced again in 2016. In 2017, Elon Musk lived with American actress Amber Heard, ex-girlfriend of actor Johnny Depp. A year later, he is dating Canadian singer Grimes. The couple has two kids. The relationship ends in 2021. That same year, his new partner, Canadian Shivon Zilis, gives birth to twins.
Jack of all trades, adored and hated, brutal in his methods on Twitter in recent days, but at the origin of advances in many tech sectors, Elon Musk remains without a doubt one of the most talented entrepreneurs of his generation.


So where is the referendum for Northern Ireland who has been literally dying to merge with the Republic of Ireland since decades ago when the The Troubles began in the 1960s coming along?
And what is with conducting the largest military training exercise for the British Army in Northern Ireland since the Her Majesty's Armed Force (HMAF) Operation Banner deployment ended on the 31st of July 2007 while voting for the Scottish independence referendum is in progress? Bunch of double standards hypocrites...
ok voting is over and results known. No independence.


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Ali Hajimiri Awarded $6 Million to Develop Self-Healing Circuits
Over the past few decades, the transistors in computer chips have become progressively smaller and faster, allowing upwards of a billion individual transistors to be packed into a single circuit, thus shrinking the size of electronic devices. But these circuits have an intractable design flaw: if just a single transistor fails, the entire circuit also fails. One novel way around the problem is a so-called self-healing circuit. Such circuits are "inspired by biological systems that constantly heal themselves in the presence of random and intentional failures," says Caltech professor Ali Hajimiri.
Changhuei Yang Develops "Microscope on a Chip"
Changhuei Yang, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering, and colleagues have turned science fiction into reality with their development of a super-compact high-resolution microscope, small enough to fit on a finger tip. This "microscopic microscope" operates without lenses but has the magnifyingpower of a top-quality optical microscope, can be used in the field to analyze blood samples for malaria or check water supplies for giardia and other pathogens, and can be mass-produced for around $10.

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The Senate Committee on the Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations is set to invite the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to seek an end to the xenophobic attacks against Nigeria in South Africa.
The Committe said it has become very urgent to take decisive action in putting an end to brazen and fatal attacks on Nigerians in all parts of the world.
In a statement by the Chairman of the Committee, Senator Ajibola Basiru, representing Osun Central Senatorial District, warned that if the Nigerian and South African governments do not take prompt and urgent steps to end the incessant bloodshed it could snowball into conflagration with dire consequences for the two countries.
The lawmaker harped on the need for the Federal Government to take decisive actions to ease the tension of Nigerians at home and relieve the suffering of those in South Africa in the hands of local miscreants and hoodlums parading themselves as patriots to annihilate Nigerians.
However, he warned Nigerians against reprisal attacks on South Africans nationals and investments in Nigeria.


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The organizer has informed us that the demonstration of 02 April 2022 in Paris will be postponed to a later date to be determined. The demonstration will not take place on the mentioned date. The organizer will publish the postponement on his homepage.
- Agreement with the WHO: a fire-threatening situation for Switzerland's sovereignty
- Tagesschau of April 9, 2022: "Warning against extremism".
- Demonstration of 02.04.2022 in Paris POSTPONED.
- Those who give up their freedom because they are promised security in return lose both.
- Criminal complaint filed against National Councilor Fabian Molina

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Wrap the wire protruding from the left around the other wire in the opposite direction you wrapped the first one (start it going towards you) this is what you should look like at this point. If the wire is pulled from both ends (don't actually do this as it causes the splice to deform slightly this is just some neat information) the splice will tighten down on itself.
At this point if you want to make a really strong connection you can solder the splice. If you do this be sure to unplug any electrical components near the splice to prevent any excessive heat from bothering the circuitry in them.
The next step is to apply electrical tape or as I did in this case liquid tape. In MHO liquid tape is much better at sealing out the environment. If you use liquid tape be sure to cover the exposed wires completely and fairly thick (use a couple of coats at least) make sure to let it dry completely (This usually takes a few minutes, longer the colder it is). Then you are done. If you soldered anything and unplugged any components make sure you plug them back in. Enjoy and Happy Motoring!!!


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A world wonder so elusive, most people have decided it must be mythical. Centuries of digging have turned up nothing. The problem is, everyone has been looking in the wrong place. This documentary will prove the Hanging Gardens of Babylon did exist.
Neil Oliver examines the Battersea Shield and Kirkburn Sword as examples of Celtic art in Iron Age Britain.
Neil Oliver meets metallurgist Marcos MartinonTorres who demonstrates how silver was extracted from lead by Romans.
Neil Oliver meets weapons expert Andy Deane who demonstrates the use of the long, iron slashing swords used by Celtic tribes to resist Roman invasions in the first century BC.
Neil Oliver visits a glassmith, who demonstrates how Romans produced glassware in Britain, and later discusses the impact glass windows might have had on Celts.
Neil Oliver meets food historian Sally Grainger who demonstrates how the wealthy cooked and what they ate in Roman Britain.
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Sometimes we just need good food to encourage our spirit as well as feed our body. Feeling a little down or merely a little blah? Check out today’s blog post to give your body and your spirit a food boost! And I’m not talking about reaching for a candy bar!
My container garden, which sits right outside my kitchen door, has produced an abundance of cucumbers and tomatoes this year. There have been plenty of cucumbers for canning sweet Bread and Butter Pickles. And plenty to enjoy fresh–drizzled with olive oil, apple cider vinegar, and salt and pepper to serve as a side dish with any summer supper.
Vying for most scrumptious garden “vegetable,” or some people say “fruit,” is the home grown tomato. I canned some of these also. And for a while I was eating tomatoes with every meal. Even breakfast was a delight out on the patio with a boiled egg, a slice of toast with butter, a mandarin orange and a few freshly picked cherry tomatoes.
However, with lots of green tomatoes on the vine and my interest in canning waning, I decided to take some time recently to prepare Fried Green Tomatoes. Preparation is simple but that and cooking take about an hour; even so their tangy unusual flavor does make it worth the extra effort. Should a family member or friend come by, as happened to me, the effort is doubly rewarding as good food to share is always a pleasure.
Here’s the Fried Green Tomato Recipe straight from one of the children’s books in my Nonny Day Series: SWEET PICKLES AMONG THE MARIGOLDS. Enjoy it here and maybe be tempted to take a peek into this book on amazon.com.
Next, here’s a tomato recipe fixed without much preparation that was a favorite with my children when they were growing up and is now a favorite of my grandchildren. An older child may even enjoy working in the kitchen with you.
Ingredients are listed without quantities as it just depends on how many green tomatoes you have at your disposal. As there were five of us when all of my family was at home and delicious Fried Green Tomatoes were a culinary delight, we counted the total number of slices and divided by five before setting the serving dish on the table. So, for example, I might say, “Twenty slices. You each get four! No more!”
FABULOUS KENTUCKY FRIED GREEN TOMATOES
- green tomatoes sliced about a ¼ inch in thickness
- an egg (or more) well beaten with a fork
- flour with salt and pepper to taste or Kentucky Kernel Flour,
- any vegetable oil (today my favorite is olive oil)
- margarine or butter
Put 3 or 4 skillets on the stove top (depending on how many tomato slices you are going to fry) with about a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil.
While pans and oil are getting hot, dip the tomato slices first in the bowl of a well beaten egg, then dredge the slices in a shallow plate of seasoned flour.
Place tomato slices individually in the hot pans, without over-lapping. Turn slices with a fork several times as slices soften, adding more vegetable oil and a little butter as you near the end of the process. The butter gives the dish a great flavor. But if you add it too soon, the butter will blacken before the slices are done. Warning: you do have to stay right at the stove. No walking away as the slices require diligent attention!
When the tomato slices have softened and there is a golden crust on the outside, remove them from the pan onto a plate lined with a couple of paper towels to drain 2-3 minutes. Place on a serving dish.
Serve warm and bask in warm compliments!
Food to Warm the Spirit as Well as the Body
Connie Carlisle Polley, 2020
2 thoughts on “Give Your Tastebuds This Tomato Treat! (Recipe for Kentucky Fried Green Tomatoes)”
One of my absolute favorite treats. No better fried green tomatoes than Nonny’s! Glad to have this recipe in writing (& photos!). Thank you.
Glad to furnish a written recipe for you!

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Challenges and Gains in Cyber Security [video]
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Cybersecurity is now at the forefront of Homeland Security threats. Antonio Scurlock, (Senior Cybersecurity Strategist Enhance Shared Situational Awareness (ESSA) Portfolio Lead Office of Strategy, Policy, & Plans National Protection and Programs Directorate) talks about the challenges and gains made in cybersecurity and cybersecurity programs over the years.
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PHILADELPHIA - The Yankees aren't the champs of baseball again, again and at last, because the current champs got up Monday night at Citizens Bank Park, at least to one knee. They got up and came back, came back from Johnny Damon running at them the way he did and Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada hitting them the way they did in the ninth inning of Game 4. A.J. Burnett had nothing, Cliff Lee had just enough, Chase Utley hit two more. If the Yankees are going to win No. 27, they will do it at home. They will do it at the new Stadium, Wednesday night or Thursday night. Maybe that is the way it was supposed to be, the new Stadium getting to see it all.
The Yankees made a run at them, oh, you know they did. A-Rod doubled home a couple in the eighth, making it three RBI for the night, 18 for the postseason. Robinson Cano hit a sacrifice fly and A-Rod scored and it was 8-5 Phillies. The Yankees kept coming in the ninth, two on and nobody out. But Capt. Jeter hit into a double play against Ryan Madson - Monday night's Philadelphia closer - and Mark Teixeira struck out as the potential tying run and it ended 8-6 Phillies.
Johnny Damon was on first when Teixeira struck out, Damon having worked his way back from 0-2 against Madson the way he had against Brad Lidge the night before. Damon was asked in front of his locker if he thought the Yankees were coming back again, coming all the way back in Game 5, maybe all the way to the title.
"Absolutely," he said.
Damon smiled and said, "We always battle. We never give up. There's always that chance for us."
Then he said, "Unfortunately, we got behind 8-2."
The Yankees got too far behind for once. The Phillies' new closer did the job this time. The Phillies hung on at home in Game 5 the way the Angels did that at home in the American League Championship Series. The Yankees won the pennant at home. Now they will try to win it all for the first time in nine years, give the ball to Andy Pettitte and ask him to bring them all the way home. They will ask him to do that against Chase Utley, who looks like he wants to carry the Phillies the rest of the way.
Utley has now hit five home runs in this World Series in five games, tying him with Reggie Jackson in World Series history. The first one, in the bottom of the first, two on and nobody out against A.J. Burnett, was a no-doubter to right and made it 3-1. The next one, off Phil Coke in the bottom of the seventh, looked like it wanted to go find a space station. Then Raul Ibanez hit one even harder off Coke, off the facing of the second deck, off a Chrysler sign out there that reads, "Drive 'em outta here."
The Phillies suffered the worst kind of loss on Sunday night, when they had the chance to even the Series, even the Series and come back with Lee in Game 5. Then Damon ran himself into Yankee lore and A-Rod and Jorge Posada hit the champs into a 3-1 hole. They started to climb out of that hole last night. Barely. Because you knew they were ready to go until Jeter hit into that double play. You knew. Maybe Jeter should have gotten a save along with Madson.
There Pedro Martinez was in the Phillies clubhouse as the first wave of media people went looking for him at his locker. He started across the room and saw the crowd and then turned and walked in the other direction and made a motion like he wanted to shoo everybody away, like flies. Then he raised his arms over his head and smiled and crossed them, in what did not seem like a universal symbol of love and peace and brotherhood. Pedro with five days' rest, trying to go on memory again, against Pettitte on three days' rest. Pedro trying to shut down A-Rod the way Pettitte will have to find a way against Chase Utley.
In the interview room, Utley was asked about all the home runs against the Yankees.
"At some point I'll look back and see what a special moment it is," Utley said. "But right now our object is to win two more games."
Even with Lee pitching into the eighth, even though the Phillies seemed to have been winning this game forever, from the time Utley hit Burnett's fastball over the right-field wall, they saw the Yankees come at them.
"Thankfully we scored a lot of runs," Cliff Lee said.
They asked Lee if he could pitch again in this World Series if he had to.
"As far as my availability," he said, "I'm available."
First comes Pedro against the Yankees Wednesday night. It happened because the Phillies hit and kept hitting last night, two from Utley, a bomb from Ibanez, a ninth inning from Madson that was a save of the Phillies' whole season. The season comes back to Yankee Stadium now. The last time the Yankees won a World Series at home was 1999. Now they try to do it again. They try to close out the opening season at the new place in style, with No. 27.


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"Black Women Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement." By Zita Allen
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At the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, all the speeches were delivered by men.
The women sat behind them on stage and massed in front on the Mall.
But despite their absence from centerstage and the positions of power, women were the backbone of the civil rights movement.
new book, "Black Women Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement," covers not only the best known giants of the movement like Rosa Parks, Ella Baker, Constance Baker Motley and, of course, Fannie Lou Hamer.
also brings in representatives of the thousands of rank-and-file women who ran the mimeo machines, distributed the leaflets, demonstrated in the streets and housed the out-of-town cadres, often at risk of their jobs, homes and even lives.
They also pressured the ministers and local black leadership to support the ever more militant and confrontational tactics of the mass movement.
By writing about the unsung heroines of the civil rights movement, Allen
has produced a concise history at the local level.
It tracks the movement in hot spots and campaigns like the school boycotts, the Cambridge movement, Freedom Summer and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's challenge to the Democratic Party in 1964.
By writing about this level of activity, Allen
captures the danger, fear and brutal prison conditions overcome by these women civil rights leaders as well as the struggles within the movement over levels of nonviolent confrontation and militance.
has also produced a concise grassroots history of the immense contributions of women to the civil rights movement that will inspire readers young and old.
Allen -- who is associate editor of the Public Employee Press -- will conduct a book discussion and signing of "Black Women of the Civil Rights Movement.
The event -- sponsored by the DC 37 Education Fund and the DC 37 Women's Committee
as part of its spring authors series -- will be held on Monday, March 31, in Room 4 at union headquarters, starting at 6 p.m.
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A leading constitutional lawyer in Montreal says there will be a legal challenge against Bill 96, Quebec’s proposed law to protect the French language in the province.
The controversial law is expected to pass the National Assembly this week.
Civil rights attorney Julius Gray said he expected to participate in the legal challenge, but could not yet say which groups would participate.
“I hope to be part of the challenge to the UN like we did with Bill 178,” said Grey, who said the bill went too far and violated constitutional and fundamental rights. .
“This battle will not be over until the highest international courts have spoken.”
The bill would reform several Quebec laws, including the Charter of the French Language, affecting everything from education and health to the rights of immigrants to be served in other languages.
It has been criticized on several fronts, notably for its use of the notwithstanding clause, which allows a province to override fundamental freedoms guaranteed by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Rather than applying the section to specific sections of the bill, the government applied it to the entire bill, protecting every aspect of this far-reaching law from Charter legal challenges.
Despite the roadblock, Gray says he’s confident parts of the proposed law could be challenged on other grounds.
The Quebec Community Groups Network criticized the bill for numerous reasons, in part for infringing on citizens’ right to privacy, dramatically reducing the ability to receive public services in English, and for imposing fines for talking about languages other than French at work.
“Make no mistake. The complexity of Bill 96 is intentional,” the Quebec Community Groups Network wrote in a statement about the bill. It connects English-speaking groups across Quebec.
“This controversial legislation amends the Charter of the French language, 24 other provincial laws, a regulation and the Constitution Act of 1867”, writes the network. “The government, it seems, is hoping that Quebecers don’t pay attention to detail.”
The minister responsible for the French language in Quebec, Simon Jolin-Barrette, vigorously defended the bill in the face of criticism, calling it reasonable, balanced and necessary “to ensure the adequate protection of the French language” in the province.
The law discriminates not only against English speakers, but also against French speakers, Gray said.
If passed, the law would cap the number of French students allowed to study in English-speaking CEGEPs. Young Francophones looking to learn English, often for professional reasons, will be at a disadvantage, he says.
“Francophones are the big losers,” said Gray.
The proposed law would also require students in English-language CEGEPs to take more French courses than are currently required.
“There is absolutely no rationality behind this law. The whole explanation given that French is in danger is wrong,” Gray added.


Supergroup Black Country Communion Releases First Official Music Video for Featured Track "Man In The Middle"
Black Country Communion features rock legends Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham, Joe Bonamassa and Derek Sherinian New album "2" comes out June 14, 2011
LOS ANGELES, June 7, 2011 -- Black Country Communion – the English-American hard rock group featuring vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Trapeze), drummer Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin), keyboardistDerek Sherinian (Dream Theater) and blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa – have released their official music video for featured track "Man In The Middle." It can be viewed here.
"Man In The Middle" is Track 2 off Black Country Communion's highly anticipated sophomore album "2," which will be officially released and available in stores in the UK and Europe through Mascot Records on Monday, June 13 followed by aNorth America release on Tuesday, June 14 through Bonamassa's own J&R Adventures label. Fans can currently pre-order the album on the band's website www.bccommunion.com and download a free MP3 of the "The Outsider" here: http://bit.ly/bccommunion.
The video for "Man In The Middle" was directed by Davin Maske and produced by Accurate Productions. Filmed all over Los Angeles, the video features in-studio footage of the band intercut with Hughes cruising around in a cherry red 1965 Ford Thunderbird through the hills of Hollywood, down the Sunset Strip, and along California's iconic Highway 1.
Hughes had planned to film a video for "Man In The Middle" since the song's inception. "While writing 'Man In The Middle,'" saidHughes, "I had a clear vision that this song needed to be filmed. Once again we had a film crew in the studio, and we shot some extra footage on location for the vocals, as the song is very visual. It's Rock 'n Roll."
Black Country Communion played their first live gigs last December – a pair of sold-out shows in London and Wolverhampton. Both shows earned rave reviews with The Birmingham Mail calling the band's performance "rip-roaring" and "breath-taking." Due to high demand from US fans for a set of live stateside performances, the band booked a number of summer dates beginning June 9 in San Diego, CA; followed by dates in Anaheim, CA; Salt Lake City, UT; St. Louis, MO; Indianapolis, IN;Hampton Beach, NH; Sayreville, NJ; and Washington, D.C. The band then heads across the Atlantic for multiple dates inEurope and the UK. Check out footage of the band playing live here: http://bit.ly/bccommunion.
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by Shawn Proctor
*Winning not guaranteed.
In project management, the key is to begin with the end in mind. So maybe I should have foreseen that my flash story “A Good Egg” would be a winner of the 2017 Podcastle Flash Fiction Contest and would go on to become published by Flash Fiction Online as a reprint. Unfortunately, writing with the end goal in mind has never worked for me.
Instead, here’s a template I follow when entering any fiction contest:
Learn the Rules, Follow the Rules:
After being a fan of Escape Artists for years, I heard Podcastle was hosting a flash fiction contest, so I joined the forum to learn more. I didn’t have an idea yet. I needed to know how the contest was held and whether I could compete. That means knowing the story’s length, deadline, format, submission method, and judging criteria.
I’ve learned long ago that it’s better to not compete than to disqualify myself or submit an entry that doesn’t meet my own standards.
Ideation is Not a Straight Path:
The creative process is different for many people. Some need the rush of impending doom–I mean, a deadline. Others go for walks, work out, or sit in silent contemplation. But my ideation, the process of forming an idea, usually needs something unexpected or new to introduce itself.
In this case, ideation came in the form of a Snapple cap, which contained “Real Facts.” (Their quotation marks, not mine.) One morning I read “Real Fact” #1334: “Nowhere in the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme does it say that Humpty Dumpty is an egg.” The riddle stuck in my brain: why was I convinced it was about an egg anyway?
Research the Story, Research the Contest:
I spent a few hours reading everything Humpty Dumpty. The more I read, the more I wondered. If Humpty was an egg, how did he fall? Who was the king at the end? Perhaps it was the recent royal weddings, but I began to picture my egg protagonist at a marriage ceremony. In my early draft, Humpty was heartbroken that the princess was getting married.
As I kept thinking over my small, rough story concept, I read entries from other Escape Artists podcasts, especially winning stories. I noticed the elements and themes that stood out or repeated. Luckily, my still-rough idea about Humpty didn’t appear to have been done before. Yet re-tellings are somewhat common, so mine couldn’t simply tell the expected scenario about Humpty.
Revise, Expand, Cut, Compress
Once I had a draft that was around the 500-word limit, I shared it with my beta readers. The initial responses were good, but I kept thinking about that king. Why would the king be so desperate to put fix Humpty? What if the “breaking” from the rhyme was emotional? A new idea became obvious–the future king had been in love with Humpty, not the princess.
I expanded the section where Humpty talks to the king as well as the relationship between the Humpty and the princess. When the story had everything I wanted, I took my editing blade and cut every sentence that didn’t advance the story and characters. When I felt I couldn’t stand to cut anymore, I kept finding new places to trim. What I didn’t cut was compressed.
Polish and Rethink
Even when a story seems done, I know that there are places that could be improved. For some people, it’s dialogue tags. For me, it’s titles, beginnings, and endings. While I thought my beginning was effective, I kept redrafting the end to make it hit harder. To make sure it was clear and felt like the action went beyond the last sentence.
I also made lists of titles. Then one morning I was listening to a podcast and the host mentioned that a character in a film was “a good egg.” I felt my ears perk up. Turns out “a good egg” is an old-fashioned term meaning a good person with good standards. Just like my protagonist, who is a literal egg.
Sometimes you find the right title. This time the right title found me.
Play by the Rules
The contest had several rounds, and Podcastle‘s forums strictly regulate voting procedures. You should vote for your own story, but you must not influence others to vote for you or reveal yourself as the author of a story.
During several of the EA fiction contests, the moderators had sussed out situations where contestants had used friends or family or technology to manipulate voting. Cheaters get disqualified. The point is cheating means never knowing how far the story may have gotten on its own merit. My story, “A Good Egg,” never placed first in any round during the contest. It advanced by narrow margins, ultimately placing third out of 196 stories. Two other stories in the finals were only three votes behind. Turned out “A Good Egg” was more like a tough cookie.
Be Gracious and Listen Well
The tricky part about a fiction contest–whether or not it is judged in closed sessions or open to the public–is there’s no way of knowing what could happen. I entered the very next contest hosted by Pseudopod with a story that had followed a similar process…it was eliminated in the first round.
Still, the feedback in the forum helped me understand what had gone well and what needed to be improved. And I know that it will help me keep improving the stories that I write. And my goal is always to write a darn good story that grabs the reader and won’t let go. After all, an original, engaging story is always the best way to compete well and (sometimes!) win. And it can take you places that you never expected when you twisted opened a random bottle of raspberry ice tea.
Shawn Proctor’s writing has been published in several literary journals and anthologies, including Podcastle, Flash Fiction Online, Daily Science Fiction, and Galaxy’s Edge. He is also the 2018 Champion of WYRM’s Gauntlet, a multi-round indie writing contest.

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Mia and the Lightcasters
Mia and the Lightcasters - Janelle McCurdy
Spark School Book Awards shortlisted book in 9+ category.
"Mia lives in a city that is under constant darkness, the moon being their light. She has always dreamed of being an umbra tamer following in the footsteps of her parents. Unfortunately, she has a bad experience with a wild umbra and it completely changes her mind. However, events soon change the once peaceful city and Mia has no choice but to travel to the City of Light to seek help. But, with only her little brother, friend and one umbra tamer to accompany her, Mia has to overcome her fears quickly in order to save her parents and her beloved city.
It’s an exciting adventure story full of twists and turns and a fantastic start to what will be a great series. I am really looking forward to the next one.
I’m struggling to decide which book to vote for in this category as they are all different but fantastic reads!"
Rollercoaster Boy - Lisa Thompson
Spark School Book Awards shortlisted book in 9+ category.
Sunday Times' Children's Book of the Week
"Todd and Laurie’s dad is either happy and on top of the world or is tired and sleeps all the time. When he is happy, he decides to take them to the Paradise Hotel for a holiday as he recalls how luxurious it was when he last visited. However, on arrival, they can see it is run down and is a bit of a dump. Dad goes to bed.
Todd and Laurie have the run of the place and meet Patrick, who is there with his father and Scout, who is the owner’s daughter. She tells them of a mysterious night when a famous novelist disappeared from inside a locked room. The four of them set about solving the mystery together.
The holiday is full of twists and turns explaining everything from Todd’s point of view as the older brother. He’s trying to balance looking after his dad, his little sister and solving a potentially life-changing mystery.
Another brilliant short-listed book by SPARK!"
How to be more Hedgehog
How to be More Hedgehog – Anne Marie Conway
SPARK Book Award shortlisted book in 9+ category.
"The main character Lily has a stammer. There are certain letters, which cause her a lot of difficulty. A video of her practising for a class presentation is posted online and her nightmare starts. Many unkind/thoughtless comments are left and she finds out even her close friends are making fun of her. Lily’s confidence dives and she wants to run away and stay with her dad in Scotland. Something her dad says makes her stop and think and she realises that running away is not the answer. Her stammer will still be there.
The book clearly explains Lily’s feelings throughout. It also shows how brave and determined she is to become more hedgehog.
A real page-turner. I read it in a weekend."
The Boy at the Back of the Class and the Lion Above the Door
The Boy at the Back of the Class and the Lion Above the Door – Onjali Q Rauf
Onjali’s books are representative of the population and discuss issues around diversity.
The Boy at the Back of the Class is written from the perspective of a 9 year old child who notices there is a boy at the back of the class who doesn’t speak. Once learning more about his story, they discover he is a refugee who has run away from home and doesn’t know where his family are. This group of 4 friends come up with a plan to help him…
It’s a moving story told with heart and humour.
WINNER OF THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD 2019
WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2019
SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2019
The Lion Above the Door - Onjali Q Rauf
This is also told through the eyes of a 9 year old.
Leo and Sangeeta stand out at school because they are different. Leo’s family come from Singapore and Sangeeta’s come from India. The class go on a school trip and Leo discovers that someone else has the exact same name as him written in stone on a cathedral wall. He becomes desperate to know who this Leo is and he and his friends start to investigate.
This is a story about missing histories told with the same humour and heart of Onjali Q Rauf’s first book.
I have thoroughly loved both these books and am looking forward to reading more by her. It’s good to show more representation of our diverse population in children’s literature and Onjali Q Rauf does it incredibly well. Miss Mann
The Adventures on Trains
The Adventures on Trains series by MG Leonard and Sam Sedgman: The Highland Falcon Thief, Kidnap on the California Comet, Murder on the Safari Star, Danger at Dead Man's Pass, Sabotage on the Solar Express, the Arctic Railway Assassin.
A couple of years ago, we had an author talk at the school from Sam Sedgman. In that same year, The Highland Falcon Thief, the first book of the series, won the British Book Awards Children's Fiction category.
The stories follow the adventures of a boy called Harrison Beck who travels on trains with his uncle Nat. Each time they embark on these adventures, there is a mystery to solve. Hal uses his skill at drawing to help solve these mysteries as he captures things going on within his sketches. The books have lots of plot twists and very clever endings!
The books are suitable for KS2 children.
I'm on the fifth book and I have really enjoyed all of them. Hopefully more will keep coming.
Einstein the Penguin
This is such a heart-warming, lovely adventure story about Einstein the Penguin. The dynamics between the characters in the family are so relatable, especially the dynamics between the brother and the sister. The character of Einstein the penguin is lovely and I’m sure everyone would love Einstein to come and stay with them after this read.
It is a good book for children in KS2, who read independently but also a good read aloud for other children.
A well written story that makes you smile!
Future Hero: Race to Fire Mountain
This is a story about a boy who doesn't feel like he fits the stereotype as he's not into sport but art. He has these fantastical images in his head that he draws of another world and ends up being transported there to connect with his ancestors and help save Ulfrika. This is a diverse, adventurous story which would appeal to children who love the superhero franchises that are so popular. The second book is already out too!
I absolutely loved it!
- Miss Mann

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Masanobu graduated from momoyama high school general education in 2006. And while it is a computer software, its thanks to those peoples creations that the vocaloids themselves have gone on to have their own selfstanding personas. Tokyo artistanimator hiraoka masanobu has a busy commercial practice that includes directing music videos and illustrating uniqlo ads, but its his personal animation projects that we cant get enough of. I attempted to make a looping piece of animation using 12 separate paintings. It was a lot less polished, and that kinda made it more unpredictable.
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Apr 18, 2015 nine different artists contributed to this animated music video for us musician dan deacons single when i was done dying. Stopmotion animation using clay and puppets follows a musician and hit cat traveling the world and learning about music in different cultures while spreading their own songs. Nine different artists contributed to this animated music video for us musician dan deacons single when i was done dying. Japanese animators characters melt together with stunning flow. Thinking animation is an online animation portal where animators can inspire, share, and study. Hiraoka masanobu production short story which has a whole song underneath it. Masanobu, originally from kyoto, learns animation by himself and graduates the digital hollywood university in tokyo in 2006. See more ideas about animation, motion design and motion graphics. Masanobu hiraoka jp is an animation director, designer and illustrator. The best parts no doubt though, were the recurring animation sequences when the security guard spaced out and the visuals kicked in. The definitive top 5 anime ops of 2016 whats in a year. Short animation by masanobu hiraoka with music and sound design by aimar. Sign up for your own profile on github, the best place to host code, manage projects, and build software alongside 40 million developers. I would create some live animation during the fest, write a report, and do a live animation battle with the incredibly talented masanobu hiraoka.
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We used your short animation land in our nature episode and have been slightly obsessed with your work ever since. Japanese directoranimator masanobu hiraokas latest short film, titled simply my new animation, is a hypnotic study of division and collision. Fukuoka masanobu, 2 february 19 16 august 2008 was a japanese farmer and philosopher celebrated for his natural farming and revegetation of desertified lands. He begins freelancing as an animator in 2010 chasing his passion. After his graduation from momoyama high school in 2006, he started to work in quite ordinary jobs. Composermusician dan deacon bromst, america teams up with directoreditor dave hughes off the air adult swim to create a 22 minute music video odyssey that takes viewers on a skewed trip through the american landscape and beyond. But during this time hes always had this dream of being an animator. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Animation for a new pair of wireless speaker by focal animation pour une nouvelle paire denceintes sans fil. News, shorts, and everything else in the world of animation. Its quite sad possibly the most ambitiously animated and unconventional op of the year, even more so than mob psycho, has gone unnoticed by so many.
The latest, land, features the woozy, colorful style that has become hiraokas signature. He was a proponent of notill, noherbicide grain cultivation farming methods traditional to many indigenous cultures, from which he created a particular method of farming. Diverse and relatable characters accompanied by an awkward studio audience. Through several years of selfstudy, masanobu hiraoka has acquired outstanding skills in animation and. He graduated from university in 2010 and then started work as a freelancer in tokyo. Mar 30, 2015 animation anthony schepperd caleb wood chad vangaalen colin white dan deacon dimitri stankowicz jake fried kokofreakbean masanobu hiraoka psychedelia psychedelic taras. Bruma architect method le cabanon records release 14 september 20 for the first release of le cabanon records, bruma presents architect method, a concept ep based on micromodulation of pure tonalities sine and sculpture of full spectral signal. In inspiration, animated shorts, hand drawn, independent film making. Short animation directed by masanobu hiraoka featuring the song smoke and mirrors by sean lennon. Nov 24, 2017 on the table masanobu hiraoka duration.923 538 425 1222 1225 1389 535 302 387 1108 1504 353 338 1364 1435 1415 63 1269 1027 338 924 225 212 10 991 1083 1392 1436 862 520

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Coronation Street’s Brian Capron admitted his wife threw his BAFTA out of the house because he was getting “too big headed” after ITV success.
The award-winning actor played the role of Richard Hillman on the Cobbles from 2001 to 2003 and is known for attempting to take the lives of the entire Platt family.
During his evil reign of terror, the infamous serial killer took the lives of Patricia Hillman and Maxine Peacock before confessing his crimes to Gail and trying to drive the family into the canal, but he was the only one who met his watery end.
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His portrayal of the TV villain earned him a spot in legendary TV history, with the storyline bagging a whopping 14 television awards in addition to making history as the first soap storyline to win a BAFTA.
Now, in an exclusive interview with Daily Star, the former soap star admitted how his wife Jacqueline Bucknell got her own back after putting up with his inflated ego for too long.
Since he left the role back in 2003, the actor confessed that fame soon went to his head which caused tension in his marriage.
He explained: “[After the awards ceremony] They gave me a special one which I’ve got at home, but I had a row with my wife over it because she thought I had gotten too big headed so she threw it in the garden, so it’s a bent BAFTA now.
“Funny things happen to you when you get a little bit famous, you get a little bit full of yourself but hopefully I've lost that now.
The actor went on to thank ITV bosses for giving him the award-winning role which he credits to have kept him working in the acting industry to this day.
He said: “I did 200 episodes in just less than two years and it was very, very pressured but very exciting because we had a fabulous writer at the time and we took my storyline right up there.
“And I'm still acting because of it, I'm still in the business because of that role, so it was a lovely time and it was the first time that a [soap] storyline won a BAFTA so I'm very proud of that.”
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Looking back at his time on the show, he recalled how much went into creating the now iconic canal scene for Richard’s final ending.
The actor admitted: “It was a wonderful, wonderful time and obviously the stunt at the end was fantastic in the canal. I hoped that it was going to be far more exciting because I didn’t realise how good it was going to be.
“But we got a bomb team in to do that, we had five cars to do it and it was just a fabulous, fabulous stunt to do and it was also kind of dirty and ripe in this canal for his demise.”
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Although it seems silly to consider the 2018 iPhone whilst we are still deep in rumors about the iPhone 8, Apple as a company works on much longer timelines.
As such, ‘The Bell’ (via Korea Herald) is reporting that Apple has agreed a deal with Samsung to supply OLED panels for the ‘iPhone 9’. The report claims the phones will include larger 5.28-inch and 6.46-inch OLED displays …
For the iPhone 8, we are expecting a radical new form factor made out of stainless steel and glass, with the design focusing on a near bezel-less 5.8-inch OLED screen on the front face.
It seems logical that Apple would continue to use OLED in the generation after that as well, although the suggestion of entirely-new screen sizes is surprising.
The report said the iPhone 9 is expected to come in two OLED models — 5.28- and 6.46-inch display sizes. Samsung’s OLED shipment is also likely to be more than double at 180 million units.
“Other details such as screen design and functions could be adjusted considering the phone is still under development.”
The very specific claims of 5.28-inch and 6.46-inch screen dimensions are interesting in that, if true, Apple would be introducing another change in iPhone form factor in 2018. Contrast that scenario to the iPhone 7, which uses the same general chassis design as the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s.
For this year, we are expecting Apple to announce two iterative updates to the 4.7-inch iPhone 7 and 5.5-inch iPhone 7 Plus alongside the radical new ‘iPhone 8’.
Whilst these ‘7s phones’ will use LCD panels this year, the notion of two new OLED panel sizes for next year could mean that Apple transitions to an all-OLED iPhone lineup as soon as next year.
For iPhone 8, Samsung has reportedly signed a deal with Apple to make more than 70 million OLED screens in 2017. The report from today says that Samsung’s OLED shipments to Apple could ‘more than double’ to 180 million units in 2018.
We would definitely take any reports about 2018 iPhones with a lot of skepticism at this point, but note that early reports about next-next-generation phones have turned out to be accurate in the past.
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Your PC’s Printer May Leave You Vulnerable To Hackers
Researchers from Columbia University have found a critical vulnerability in computer printers that could open any network up to a hacker attack.
No reported attacks from the vulnerability have been reported. But that isn't because it hasn't happened. It just hasn't been discovered yet.
The researchers found a common flaw in most printers firmware. Firmware is the internal software that controls whatever piece of technology it is installed in. Apparently many companies, including industry leader Hewlett Packard, have been building printers with firmware that doesn't not require a security certificate before being installed.
An informed hacker need only upload malicious firmware to the printer. Since printers nowadays are defacto computers themselves and seen as just another computer on your network it is easy to gain access and control of your whole network.
But the danger doesn't stop there. The researchers also identified a way in which some printers could be made to catch fire remotely. Presenting a very real world danger straight from the cyber one.
Expect to hear more information in the coming days on the recently identified computer vulnerability. And if you have a home printer, stay tuned.


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The new generation e-currency E-Dinar Coin (ecological decentralized revolution, EDR) has been given to works worldwide. More than 180K customers have already become owners of the cryptocurrency and invested around $10 mln. into its development. E-Dinar developers have made a...
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We are pleased to publish the latest news on the hyips online below and start with update from INV Coin, added to HyipNews listing 5 days ago. The admin of the program reports FaceBook group has been opened for public lately. Any member can join the group and share the payment...
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Earlier this month hackers entered the secured authentication system at Bitfinex exchange and stole around $70 million worth of the virtual currency. This theft has become the second largest by an exchange since hackers took roughly $350 million in bitcoins at MtGox exchange in...
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Get some time to read the Hyip Information Survey #511 published on Thursday. The worst news for the hyip investors today is the closure of Coince hyip, which used to be one of industry leaders for quite a while and today we can see the program is closed. Other six Hyips...
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The Distracting Problem With The Term 'Disruption'
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When Uber's talked about in the news, one word tends to come up a lot. Just listen to these headlines Invasion of The Taxi Snatchers, Uber Leads an Industry's Disruption, or The Uber Disruptor: What Rideshares Can Teach You About Disrupting The Market. And here's one more Let's All Stop Saying Disrupt Right This Instant. That headline is from Kevin Roose in New York Magazine. Now he's a senior editor at the TV and digital network Fusion and he feels the same way. And Kevin, why? What's the deal with the word disrupt?
KEVIN ROOSE: Well, disrupt actually has a very specific meaning. It dates back to a book written by a Harvard Business School professor named Clayton Christensen in 1997, but these days it's used to sort of mean cool. It just means anything that's sort of vaguely new or interesting and so it's lost a lot of its specific context in the ways that people used to use it.
CORNISH: What was the original definition?
ROOSE: The original definition is something akin to a very specific business theory that states that there are some markets in which new entrants attack the low end of the market and move up the chain and eventually displace the old company that used to make stuff in that market. So a good example would be Kodak being disrupted by new digital photo startups, or the taxi industry being disrupted by Uber.
CORNISH: So every industry has its jargon. I mean, why do we care what buzzwords tech companies are using to sell themselves?
ROOSE: Well, often people in the tech industry will use disruption or disrupt as a way to divide people who are pro-tech from people who are anti-tech. If you object to Uber and its practices or any of the things that it's done, they will say well, you're on the side of the disrupted. You're not pro-disruption. And I think that really casts a sort of fig leaf over a lot of the other issues. There are reasons to be opposed to what these companies are doing that have nothing to do with opposing progress or new technology, but when you brand everything as disruption versus disrupted, you then get a sort of a free pass and all the rest of those issues.
CORNISH: So the idea is that when someone throws this term around basically it forces the critics into a corner, right? Like, then they'd essentially be saying, I'm against innovation.
ROOSE: Exactly, exactly. It makes those people who would object to some parts of Uber or Airbnb or any of these other companies that are supposedly disruptive - it makes them all sound like they're just Luddites who hate technology and progress and don't want anything to do with it.
CORNISH: And true, disruptive technologies do come with lots of legal questions, right?
ROOSE: Absolutely. I mean, what you're doing is challenging an incumbent in an industry that's pretty well-defined. So that is a part of disruption, but it's not the whole thing and usually now in Silicon Valley when someone says disruptive, all it means is that they're trying to sell you something.
CORNISH: That's Kevin Roose, senior editor at the TV and digital network, Fusion. Kevin, thanks so much.
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Evan Johns says the last two and a half years have been a long journey for his band, Hurt. “There was a lot of not eating, yelling, and screaming, ‘I don’t know what I’m going to do, man,’” Johns reports. “We just kept moving forward, though, believing in the music and passing out different demos. All of a sudden Capital was interested.” Johns adds that even while they were recording demos and sending them out, he and the lead singer were still putting together the band.
Capital came on board in July of 2005, although Hurt had recorded their debut on their own. “You can call it a demo,” Johns says. “But the record company loved it. They said, ‘Let’s just get it mixed and mastered and put it out there.’”
Among Evan’s favorite tracks are “Danse Russe.” “I love how melodic it is,” he admits. “It was really fun doing the drum tracks on that one. I got to mess around with all sorts of recording techniques. I’m a big fan of mallets on toms. I was also using brushes, samples–all sorts of stuff. I did a lot of that on ‘House Carpenter’ and ‘Forever,’ too. The whole recording process of the drums was trial and error, with no preconceived ideas. I got a lot of that from watching my dad [famed producer Andy Johns]. He would try all sorts of things while recording drums.” Advertisement
Twenty-five-year-old Evan began playing drums at four, and whenever he visited his father at “the office,” he was drawn to the drums. “Back in the ’80s, drummers were really into big drumkits, and there were a lot of things to hit. It was the most fun time of my life.”
Johns says he enjoyed watching such drummers as Gregg Bissonette with Joe Satriani, Fred Coury from Cinderella, and Alex Van Halen. “I would just sit and stare at Alex’s drumkit and watch all the different miking techniques. I can remember when Alex was using ride cymbals for top hi-hats. I was always going into my ‘study,’ as we called it, and practicing drums so I could become one of the club and hang out with the adults.”


Taiwan has made significant progress in the past 30 years in terms of human rights protection, Amnesty International (AI) secretary-general Salil Shetty said yesterday.
However, he said there is still room for improvement — especially when it comes to police brutality and the use of torture against peaceful demonstrators.
On his first visit to Taiwan, Shetty said it does not feel like an unfamiliar country, because AI, along with other global human rights organizations, have worked with Taiwan before, including efforts to rescue political prisoners during the Martial Law era.
After several days in the country, which has included traveling down to Greater Kaohsiung, Shetty said he has enjoyed Taiwan’s landscape and people’s dynamism and energy, especially when it comes to human rights issues.
“I believe events in the past two or three months, such as the Sunflower movement, have been helpful in raising public awareness and increasing involvement in human rights campaigns,” Shetty said in an interview with the Taipei Times yesterday.
However, when it comes to how the government responded to those demonstrations, Shetty shakes his head.
“We haven’t made detailed research, but from all the assessments we’ve made so far, there have been several cases in which the police have used excessive force in crowd control, especially when facing peaceful, sitting demonstrators,” he said. “In a democratic society, peaceful assembly is a fundamental right of the people — it is also stated in the Taiwanese Constitution — and it is the government’s responsibility to protect it.”
“The use of public spaces for public protests is a legitimate use, as long as it’s for peaceful demonstration,” he added.
Shetty said that, for instance, the use of water cannons against peaceful demonstrators is in violation of international human rights standards. “There is a set of UN guidelines for police handling of public protests, which especially stresses the point that all measures must be ‘necessary’ and ‘proportional,’” he said.
Shetty said he brought up the issue in a meeting with Vice President Wu Den-yih (吳敦義) on Friday and called on the government to take immediate action on allegations and complaints of excessive use of force by the police, as well as provide better training for police crowd control and revise the Assembly and Parade Act (集會遊行法), which falls outside of international standards.
Speaking about the death of late army corporal Hung Chung-chiu (洪仲丘) and the cases of death-row inmates Cheng Hsing-tse (鄭性澤) and Chiu Ho-shun (邱和順), Shetty said the three cases show that — long after Martial Law was lifted in 1987 — torture still exists in the nation, since Hung died of torture, while Cheng and Chiu have both said that they were tortured to extract the confessions that led to their death sentence.
“Besides the issue of torture, reforms should be made in giving prisoners proper medical treatment — for instance, your former president Chen Shui-bian [陳水扁] is suffering because he has not received proper treatment,” Shetty said.
“Overcrowding in most prisons is also not good for prisoners’ health,” he added.
Shetty said that although Wu listened to him closely and expressed agreement, he remains skeptical about whether the vice president is serious about making changes.
“In AI, we go by actions, not words,” he added.