From lakeshore to casino rooftop deck, groups are coming back to Reno and Tahoe
To borrow a phrase from the John Legend song “Green Light,” visitors are showing that they are ready to go back to the renovated meeting spaces and outdoor adventures awaiting in the growing destinations of Reno, Nevada, and nearby Lake Tahoe.
Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority announced in May that the destination is significantly closer to returning to 2020 pre-pandemic levels of occupancy than the national average. Over the first quarter of 2021, booked rooms were only off record highs by 14.7 percent compared to a 31 percent decline recorded nationwide. And room rates actually increased as much as 8 percent. Since the state opened up even more starting June 1, demand could go even higher.
New RSCVA President and CEO Charles Harris attributed the return to leisure travel to the destination’s wide-open spaces, outdoor amenities and proven safety protocols, which research company Destination Analysts found is what “travel intenders” are currently looking for in their first post-Covid trip.
“Reno-Tahoe is well-positioned and well-equipped for eager travelers taking to the roads and airways in 2021,” said Harris. “Northern Nevada has been somewhat insulated due to the destination’s outdoor amenities, arts and culture, and the draw of gaming entertainment. The growth of business travel via an enhanced and diversified economy, along with the phenomenal work to grow and maintain flights at Reno-Tahoe International Airport, is also directly contributing to the relative, sustained success.”
Not far behind those summer vacationers is an influx of booked conferences. At the end of May, Harris announced three prestigious groups coming to town, an economic impact of $18 million.
USA Climbing will bring 500 competitors, representing more than 5,000 room nights for the 2021 Youth National Championships this month. Competitions will be staged at Reno-Sparks Convention Center and Mesa Rim Reno.
In a quick pivot, Airports Council International (ACI) shifted their planned November 2021 Annual Conference & Exhibition from Toronto, due to Covid-related travel restrictions in Canada, to Reno. More than 800 North American airport executives are expected for networking, discussing industry trends and finding solutions to benefit the future of air travel. Officials from the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority are also working closely with ACI on its JumpStart event, which will be held in Reno-Tahoe in June 2022. The group is expected to return to Toronto in 2025.
Shriners International Imperial Session will bring more than 3,500 Shriners and guests to Reno in 2024 for a week-long event that celebrates the work for Shriners Hospitals for Children.
“We’re currently experiencing a pattern where the post-pandemic model for short-term sports event bookings is being replicated by conventions and trade shows. When you look at the short-term recovery, and incorporate the apparent return of traditional, long-term booking windows, this is a wonderful sign for Northern Nevada’s tourism economy and for the travel industry in general,” said Harris.
Smart Meetings looked at the new and renovated properties waiting for returning visitors and found a lot to get excited about.
The Biggest Little City in the World is gaining a reputation as Silicon Valley in the Desert as more than $1 billion is being invested in world-class resorts, entertainment and meetings infrastructure over the next few years.
Companies as diverse as Tesla’s lithium-ion battery Gigafactory, a Chewy.com warehouse and massive medical centers are making their home in the region, increasing demand for meeting experiences.
The city is investing $30 million in infrastructure modernization downtown. The Arch District, by the Biggest Little City sign, is now home to 5,000 guest rooms, 230,000 sq. ft. of meeting space and 12 live entertainment venues. Nearby, Old Brewery District is nurturing an emerging brewery row and Riverwalk District flanks Truckee River with more than 35 restaurants, bars and cafes.
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After finalizing the merger with Eldorado Resorts, Caesars Entertainment is unveiling a $47 million renovation of 1,199 rooms at Silver Legacy Resort Casino this summer. The property is part of what is being rebranded The Row with Eldorado Resort Casino and Circus Circus Reno and will stake out four city blocks with 25 restaurants, 22 bars and 227,000 sq. ft. of casino space.
Grand Sierra Resort and Casino is preparing for the return of festival season, according to Mark McMinn, vice president of meeting and event sales. Reno Rodeo, Hot August Nights and others draw crowds to the property that is in the midst of a multimillion-dollar property enhancement, including the addition of a pool deck and new arrival experience that will greet returning groups to the property’s 200,000 sq. ft. of meeting space and 1,990 guest rooms.
Meanwhile, Atlantis Casino Resort Spa (824 guest rooms and 50,000 sq. ft. of meeting space) announced it’s among the first casino resorts in Nevada to become Sharecare Health Security VERIFIED with Forbes Travel Guide.
CAI Investments is going vertical with construction of a new 270-room Kimpton hotel as part of a mixed-use project with 20,000 sq. ft of meeting space downtown. And Reno Land Inc. is moving ahead with Reno Experience District (RED), a 46-acre master-planned community with luxury apartments, artisan shops, dining and curated entertainment. The open-concept market hall and unnamed 170-room hotel and coworking loft will skirt a two-acre central park with an amphitheater and LED display as part of a tech campus. Expect multiple rooftop lounges at the south end of Midtown.
Now that California and Nevada have lifted Covid restrictions, both sides of Stateline are showing off their hospitality upgrades. The big news? A new, much-anticipated 132,000-square-foot Tahoe South Event Center is starting to take shape near MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa. The $100 million project will host concerts, sporting events and entertainment, supported by 2,200 hotel rooms in the area.
Open for Business
Caesars Entertainment-owned Harrah’s Lake Tahoe’s 512 guest rooms and Harveys Lake Tahoe’s 740 guest rooms were updated as part of a $41 million investment that included upgrades in the 26,600-square-foot conference center at Harrah’s. Up next are 25,000 sq. ft. of meeting spaces at Harvey’s. One improvement that made its debut just before the pandemic slowdown was the opening of a Gordon Ramsay Hell’s Kitchen, which continues the fire-and-ice theme from other cities but with a mountain twist.
Next door, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Lake Tahoe’s 539 guest rooms and 15,000 sq. ft. of meeting space is back in action with live shows on the calendar. Director of Sales Kimberly Templeton sees Lake Tahoe as the perfect return-to-meeting spot because of the fresh-air access, with Lake Tahoe just minutes away from the ballroom.
Nestled between casino and water action is the stately Edgewood Tahoe, where a legendary golf course and 154-room, upscale lodge with 8,000 sq. ft. of meeting space overlook the crystal-clear Alpine reservoir. Diane Rettos, director of group sales, directs meeting professionals to consider the outdoor spaces, as well, since the mountain peaks make marvelous team-building backdrops.
On the California side, Resort at Squaw Creek boasts 405 guest rooms and 33,000 sq. ft. of indoor meeting space and another 14,700 sq. ft. of outdoor space with what Director of Sales Monica Hubert, CFBE, calls nothing short of “the most stunning scenery in North America.” From golf, kayak and mountain bike excursions in the summer to skiing and snowshoeing adventures in the winter, the outdoors is part of the experience year-round. It is part of Hyatt’s Global Care & Cleanliness Commitment and comes with a GBAC STAR accreditation.
Nearby, The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe offers 181 guest rooms and 10,000 sq. ft. of meeting space mid-mountain for ski/hike in-and-out access. A new Lake Club on the North Shore offers an escape for groups of up to 40 guests with an outdoor whirlpool, fireplaces and water sports on the private boat pier.


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Raleigh mom accused of doing drugs around child
A Raleigh woman was arrested early Friday on charges that she had her 3-year-old child in a car where drugs were being used and sold, according to arrest warrants issued by Raleigh police.Posted — Updated
Natasha Renee Davis, 21, of 6156 Saint Giles St. Apt. D, faces charges of felony possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia and misdemeanor child abuse.
Cherise Lenee Simmons, 24, of the same address, was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to sell or distribute, maintaining a vehicle for the purpose of keeping and selling cocaine, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Warrants state that Davis had her 3-year-old in a 1996 Cadillac Eldorado where marijuana was being kept and cocaine was being sold. The custody status of the child wasn't clear.
Both suspects were placed in the Wake County jail. Davis was given a $6,000 secured bond, and Simmons an $11,000 secured bond.
Simmons has two prior convictions for possession with intent to sell or deliver a controlled substances dating from 2007, according to state Department of Correction records.

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Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Common Therapies in Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
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At present, there are many therapies for treating keloids and hypertrophic scars, but there is still a lack of treatments that are relatively balanced in efficacy and safety. The study aims to evaluate comprehensively efficacy and safety of common therapies in keloids and hypertrophic scars.
The literature search was conducted up to May 2019. The traditional meta-analysis was performed on 17 therapies. Bayesian network meta-analysis was conducted on the four most common treatments. The outcome indicators were the numbers of patients with good-to-excellent effect, Vancouver Scar Scale (VSS) and adverse events.
There was no significant difference in the efficacy of triamcinolone acetonide (TAC) compared with other monotherapies except for silicone gel sheet and neodymium-yttrium-aluminum-garnet in primary indicator. The combination therapies were superior to TAC, and the results were consistent after the pooled analysis (RR = 0.522, 95% CI 0.332–0.823). The level of VSS in TAC group was higher than that in 5-flurouracil (5-FU) and TAC + 5-FU group, but lower than that in verapamil (VER) group. And the patients treated with TAC were less safe than those treated with verapamil (P = 0.013). Surface under cumulative ranking ranked verapamil and TAC + 5-FU as the favorable efficacy therapies in terms of primary indicator and ranked TAC + 5-FU as the best therapy for VSS, while VER was ranked as the worst.
This meta-analysis showed that TAC + 5-FU may be the most effective therapy, while verapamil may be a better therapeutic strategy for safety.
Level of Evidence III
This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266.
KeywordsKeloid Hypertrophic scar Treatment Meta-analysis
We thank all patients and healthy subjects who provided the information necessary for our study. We would like to acknowledgement the national natural science foundation of China and Scientific Research Foundation of Translational Medicine of Anhui Province for their financial support.
The study was sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81273169,81573218 and 81773514) and Scientific Research Foundation of Translational Medicine of Anhui Province (2017zhyx03).
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Conflict of interest
All authors state that there is no conflict of interest.
For this type of study, informed consent is not required.
Statement of Human and Animal Rights, or Ethical Approval
This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.
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With this fourth edition, accountants will acquire a practical set of tools and the confidence they need to use them effectively in making business decisions. It better reflects a more conceptual and decision-making approach to the material. The authors follow a "macro- to micro-" strategy by starting with a discussion of real financial statements first, rather than starting with the Accounting Cycle. The objective is to establish how a financial statement communicates the financing, investing, and operating activities of a business to users of accounting information. This motivates accountants by grounding the discussion in the real world, showing them the relevance of the topics covered to their careers.

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2018 Chevy Trax New Model
The 2018 Chevy Trax will get a brand new exterior colour, Satin Steel Grey Metallic. Additionally, hatchback models are now accessible with the diesel engine. The 2018 Chevy Trax received a five-star general safety rating from the NHTSA (out of a attainable 5 stars). In IIHS evaluations, the 2018 Chevy Trax Picture, Release date, and Review has solely been tested in aspect and average entrance overlap influence exams the place it received a Good score (Good is the very best potential rating). It also obtained a Fundamental rating on the IIHS’ front crash prevention test for having an out there ahead collision warning system (Superior is the very best rating for the entrance crash prevention test).
This is the story of the new 2018 Chevy Trax, actually. It’s full of features and demonstrates a sophisticated mechanical prowess, however it’s explicit about things. It’s clinical and exact, in some methods to a fault, but balanced with obvious worth and options. Like the hit man, the 2018 Chevy Trax isn’t any nonsense up entrance, but there’s an underlying warmth and need to please when you get to know it.
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The Masked Singer is so ridiculous and so terrible that it wraps right back around to being one of the most compelling things on television. It’s a reality singing competition that’s barely interested in the words “reality,” “singing,” or “competition.” It’s an excuse for Hollywood to let its freak flag fly, but by “Hollywood,” we mean, “Z-list celebrities you might not have heard of.” And yet it’s undeniably compelling and compulsively watchable in the way that reality shows that blow up in the ratings often are.
The central idea — a bunch of singers in costume perform tunes and a panel of judges (as well as viewers at home) try to guess which famous people are singing based only on a voice — is ludicrous. But the costumes are goofy, the guessing game is fun, and the show feels assembled in the editing room by a 4-year-old who accidentally drank coffee. It’s great, is what we’re saying.
“It’s a tightly paced hour in which the main joys are the good and bad voices, the costumes and the reactions of the judges and the in-studio audience.” Kelly Lawler, USA Today
Metacritic score: 36 out of 100 (but, really, this show defies criticism, so don’t listen to them, America!!!!!)

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Kristy Lee Cook is on the hunt
As a 2008 contestant on "American Idol," country singer Kristy Lee Cook hoped to make a name and a few bucks for herself with her potent pipes.
Little did she know that a lid she wore once on camera would catapult her into a whole new role as a backwoods diva stalking other bucks in the Sunday-morning world of cable television.
Cook, 26, of Eagle Point, is in the midst of her inaugural year of hosting a new hunting show, called "Goin' Country," which airs at 9 a.m. Sundays on Versus.
The show is sponsored by Browning, the firearms and outdoor-equipment giant whose name graced one of Cook's favorite hats, which she wore during one of the Idol segments — despite rules banning contestants from wearing logos.
That moment, Cook says, initiated an arrangement between the singer and the company that eventually led to "Goin' Country."
"I never planned it," Cook says. "I never in a million years thought I'd have a hunting show from that."
"Goin' Country" is only four episodes old, with the fifth of eight episodes shot last winter set to air Sunday.
And thanks in part to a pot-shot from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the show has generated enough viewers and publicity that preparations are already under way to begin filming a second season this fall — including deer and elk hunts planned in some of Cook's old hunting haunts in Southern Oregon.
"We've gotten great response about her from viewers," says Leslie Byxbee, public relations coordinator at New York-based Versus.
Cook has been building on her original 15 minutes of fame since she appeared as a finalist during American Idol's seventh season. A string of country recordings and concerts followed, and now she splits time between Nashville, where she recently signed a new recording deal, and her rural horse ranch here.
But it was that Browning hat with the company's tell-tale deer silhouette — worn during a 30-second interview clip — that replaced her microphone with a rifle.
It's a simple formula — put a country singer in the field with a celebrity and stalk something sexy, whether it's a black buck in Texas, a white-tailed deer in Nebraska or pheasants outside of Chicago.
"You get to go hunt all over the place, stay in great lodges or podunk places, roughing it out," Cook says. "I love seeing the world, and this is a great way to do it."
The show received a public-relations coup when PETA lambasted Cook for her attempt at grabbing "15 minutes of shame," a play on the title of her 2008 hit single "15 Minutes of Shame."
Cook fired back with a defense of hunters. The verbal jousting made headlines from the New York Times to the Los Angeles Times, and the show took off.
"I am who I am," Cook says. "If they don't like it, it's not my fault. I don't tell them how to live.
"Besides," she says, "hunting is part of our heritage."
But it's been a relatively short part of Cook's heritage.
She says she first dabbled in hunting six years ago, strictly as a pedestrian accompanying others in the field.
It wasn't until 2007 that a deal with then-boyfriend Andy Dobner put a gun in her hand.
"He was a big hunter," Cook says of Dobner, now her husband. "He convinced me to hunt. I convinced him to ride horses."
She bought her first hunting license and tags that year, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife records show.
That fall she shot a black bear and a four-point black-tailed buck near her then-home outside Selma, and later added another buck.
"Nobody thought I could do it," she says. "When people think I can't do something, I try to prove them wrong."
ODFW records show she's purchased hunting licenses and various tags ever since, including a tag to bowhunt elk in 2008.
"I was hunting by myself, and the elk weren't there," she says.
This fall, she plans on filming an elk hunt on a ranch near Lake Creek and a blacktail hunt on the same Selma-area ranch where she fired her first shot at a buck.
"There's a lot of deer there, and I know where they're at," Cook says.
And somewhere on her apparel that day will be the silhouetted deer like the one she wore onto the Idol stage three years ago.
"You never know what's going to open up," Cook says. "Put a logo on your shirt, and you're good."
Reach reporter Mark Freeman at 541-776-4470, or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.org.

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It looks like it’s time to meet the humans in this tale of giant monsters.
Earlier today, the official website for the Godzilla anime film trilogy updated with a new key visual for upcoming film Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle (Godzilla: Kessen Kidō Zōshoku Toshi – lit. Fixed Battle Mobile Promotion City). The image is a stitch of nine poster visuals, each of which feature a main character.
The film hits Japanese theaters on May 18. The feature will feature a showdown between MechaGodzilla and Godzilla Earth.
Kobun Shizuno (Knights of Sidonia) and Hiroyuki Seshita (Blame!) is directing the featuers at Polygon Pictures. Gen Urobuchi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Psycho-Pass) is writing the screenplay and sharing series composition duties with Yūsuke Kozaki .
XAI will perform theme song The Sky Falls.
The Japanese voice cast includes:
- Yuko Tani: Kana Hanazawa
- Haruo Sakaki: Mamoru Miyano
- Mulu-Elu Galu-gu: Junichi Suwabe
- Metphies: Takahiro Sakurai
- Martin Lazzari: Tomokazu Sugita
- Adam Bindewald: Yuuki Kaji
- Maina: Reina Ueda
- Miana: Ari Ozawa
The first film in the franchise, titled Godzilla: Monster Planet, hit Japanese theaters on November 17, 2017. Netflix started streaming the feature on January 17.

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Lamasat International was first registered as a manufacturing company back in 2002, Initially the company was producing piping and polypropylene bags but has expanded significantly over the past 15 years.
The Mining sector plays a vital role in the Zambian economy. The biggest mining Companies in Zambia include, Kansanshi, First Quantum, Chambeshi, Mopani, Konkola Copper Mine, Lumwana, and several more.
Lamasat are the key suppliers for a wide range of products to these and other mining companies, with HDPE Pipes as the most requested item. Several kilometers of pipes are supplied every month to be used for the movement of water and slurry in the mining industry sector.
Have a look at some of the services we provide to the mining sector
We are key suppliers of HDPE pipes to mining companies.
We provide various PVC pipes and fittings.
We also supply supra mine pipes to various mining companies.
Stubs and flanges are part of our extensive list of mining services.
We also provide Butt Welding services.
Supply and installation of Acid and Slurry lines for Heap Leach.
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Supply and installation of pumps and piping for Heap Leach Project.
Supply and installation of underground water line.
Contractual supply and installation of pipeline under Sinohydro.


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ed. Donald Gordon et al.
The Roman fort of Trimontium is renowned internationally thanks to the work of James Curle (1862–1944) who led the excavations of 1905–1910. This volume brings together key sets of his correspondence which cast fresh light on the intellectual networks of the early 20th century, when professional archaeology was still in its infancy. READ MORE
Paperback: £35.00 | eBook: £16.00


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Baroque Tahitian black pearl pendant suspended from twisted and swirled 14kt extra white gold pendant.
pendant approximately 23mm length x 9.6mm width.
The Polynesian legend is romantic and sees the black pearl as representing eternal love. Here, the god Oro is believed to have come down to earth to gift a black pearl oyster to humans on earth.
Baroque pearls are pearls with an irregular, non-spherical shape. Shapes can range from minor aberrations to distinctly ovoid, curved, pinched, or lumpy shapes. Most cultured freshwater pearls are baroque because freshwater pearls are mantle-tissue nucleated instead of bead nucleated.
Interestingly, the imperfections aren’t seen as flaws when it comes to baroque pearls. Rather, they are celebrated for their uniqueness. No two baroque pearls will be exactly alike and every piece of jewelry that utilizes baroque pearls showcases something different.
Baroque pearls are natural which means no two are alike. While I cannot guarantee exact replicas of the gems pictured, I can guarantee that the gem you receive will be unique to you.

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May 13, 2016 in Accessories (F)
[prMac.com] Vancouver, BC, Canada - Flowmotion Entertainment Inc. is happy to announce the availability of its latest game, Food Court Fever 2 : Super Chef 1.0, an exciting restaurant simulation game for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Android devices. The game allows players to carefully study the recipe and cook delicious meals in this fun time management game. The game currently features 70 different levels across 7 locations. The game provides several in-game boosters to serve your customers faster. These can be earned or bought using in-app purchases.
If you had a chance to play the original game and gained confidence in your cooking skills, the sequel allows you to cook and run your restaurant in an all-new-environment, with HD graphics, sound and game play. Food Court Fever 2: Super Chef is feature rich with improvements to provide players with an unparalleled gaming experience.
* Play 70 different levels with increasing star challenge
* Feed the world with 7 different restaurants to master the challenge and unlock
* Tons of different exotic food ingredients to shop and unlock
* Earn coins & gems to decorate your own restaurant
* Plus play mini game challenges
"The newest game from Flowmotion is a cutting edge restaurant simulation game," said Dario Pavan, CEO of Flowmotion Entertainment. "At each level we have introduced new characters and dishes to keep the players engaged and make the game more fun to play. And the players get rewarded for their progress."
* iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
* Requires iOS 6.0 or later
* Universal Application
* 160 MB
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Food Court Fever 2 : Super Chef 1.0 is free, and is available worldwide through the App Store in the Games category. An Android version is available through Google Play. The game offers in-app purchases.
Flowmotion Entertainment Inc. is committed to building fun games that can be enjoyed by the whole family and by boys and girls, men and women, of all age groups - kids, adults, and older generations. The company was founded in 2014, and is a fast growing mobile game studio which has published over 500 games enjoyed by over 5 million people around the world! All Material and Software (C) Copyright 2016 Flowmotion Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.


Oppo A31 Goes Official With Tripple Rear Camera Setup, 4230 mAh Batery and Helio P35 Soc.
The A31 build is polycarbonate, sporting a duo-tone gradient design in Mystic Black and Fantasy White hues. The triple-camera is stacked in your standard run-of-the-mill vertical layout, flanked by a capacitive fingerprint reader mounted on the rear shell.
A modest MediaTek Helio P35 processor sits at the heart of the Oppo A31 2020, rounded off by four gigs of RAM and 128 gigs of native storage that can be expanded with a microSD card. The internals are powered by a 4,230 mAh is powered up via a traditional MicroUSB port. The hardware runs on a slightly dated ColorOS 6.1 running atop Android Pie (9.0).


The RGH6 is a deluxe version of the RGH4, it has a thicker waist belt and the addition of a shoulder pad for extra comfort. This harness is also supplied with quick release buckles. The RGH6 is also complete with extra tool loops which provide additional tool connection. This comfortable work positioning safety harness is designed for operatives who spend a lot of time working at height and in exposed areas.
- Accredited to: EN 361:2002 & EN 358:2018
- Weight: 1.95kg Standard buckles
- Max User Weight: 140kg (when the max. force on the user/anchor is limited to <6kN)
- Material: 45mm water repellent polyester
- Fittings: High tensile steel alloy
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Fast Vessel Segmentation and Tracking in Ultra High-Frequency Ultrasound Images.
Tejas Sudharshan Mathai, Lingbo Jin, Vijay Gorantla, John GaleottiarXiv Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition2018
Ultra High Frequency Ultrasound (UHFUS) enables the visualization of highly deformable small and medium vessels in the hand. Intricate vessel-based measurements, such as intimal wall thickness and vessel wall compliance, require sub-millimeter vessel tracking between B-scans. Our fast GPU-based approach combines the advantages of local phase analysis, a distance-regularized level set, and an Extended Kalman Filter (EKF), to rapidly segment and track the deforming vessel contour. We validated on 35 UHFUS sequences of vessels in the hand, and we show the transferability of the approach to 5 more diverse datasets acquired by a traditional High Frequency Ultrasound (HFUS) machine. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first algorithm capable of rapidly segmenting and tracking deformable vessel contours in 2D UHFUS images. It is also the fastest and most accurate system for 2D HFUS images.


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The Valladolid International Film Festival (SEMINCI), together with the film festivals of Seville, Huelva, Malaga and, for the first time, Sitges, under the collective name of Profestivales21, join forces once again this year to bring the Ventana Cinéfila project to educational centres with a common objective: the cinematographic training of future spectators to broaden their social outlook and aesthetic sensitivity through recently produced European and Latin American films.
United by their belief in the power of cinema as a tool for knowledge, the Profestivales21 alliance launches for the third consecutive year this initiative to work with the educational community in the cinematographic training of viewers from an early age. Schools that wish to participate can register through the SEMINCI website.
Ventana Cinéfila offers, with the collaboration of Filmin, a free online selection of 24 quality titles by contemporary European and Latin American authors that will favour an active and transversal reflection on multiple subjects in the classroom, appealing to the present reality of any student from new and narrative-based approaches.
This online section, designed expressly for schools, is open to all schools who wish to take part in these activities on request. They are available from 6 October to 18 November. The proposal also includes a series of didactic guides on each of the titles and programmes which are available to teachers to enrich the debate in class before and after the viewing.
- ‘Just Charlie’, by Adrián Orr (Spain)
- ‘Lola’, by Laurent Micheli (France)
- ‘Un disfraz para Nicolás’ (A Costume for Nicolas), by Eduardo Rivero (Mexico)
- ‘Obey’, by Jamie Jones (United Kingdom)
- ‘Home Team’, by Carlos Andrés Morelli (Uruguay)
- ‘The Bears Famous Invasion of Sicily’, by Lorenzo Mattotti (Italy/France)
- ‘Away’, by Gints Zilbalodis (Latvia)
LEARNING ABOUT OUR ECOSYSTEM (+3 YEARS):
- ‘Vuela’, by Carlos Gómez-Mira (Spain)
- ‘Ursa, The Song of the Northern Lights’, by Natalia Malykhina (Norway)
- ‘Tourist Trap’, by Vera Van Wolferen (The Netherlands)
- ‘Sunday’, by Neil Stubbings (Switzerland)
- ‘If It Comes from Earth’ by Egely Katakin (Hungary/Argentina)
- ‘The Penguin and the Whale’, by Ezequiel Torres and Pablo Roldán (Argentina)
LEARNING ABOUT OUR ECOSYSTEM (+8 YEARS):
- ‘Packing a Wave’, by Edu Glez (Spain).
- ‘Mora Mora’, by Jurga Šeduikyté (Lithuania)
- ‘Meta’, by Antje Heyn (Germany)
- ‘Melty Hearts’, by Patricio Cisterna and Manuel Cisterna (Chile)
- ‘Footsteps on the wind’, by Maya Sanbar (USA/UK/Brazil)
LEARNING ABOUT DIVERSITY (+3 YEARS):
- ‘Mishou’, by Milen Vitanov (Bulgaria)
- ‘Me, a Monster’ by Belinda Bonan (Spain)
- ‘Franzy’s Soup Kitchen’, by Ana Chubinidze (Spain)
- ‘Aurora’, by Jo Meuris (United States)
- ‘A-Choo’, by Lee Bo-reum (South Korea)
- ‘Bulit Listens To Nature’, by Mikel Urmeneta and Juanjo Elordi (Spain)


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Whether you’re inquiring the crush on a romantic date, inquiring someone for turn in wedding or giving flirty late-night hookup demand to a dating application match, gender and love are all about connection. Therefore naturally, getting your attempt to connect slapped out with some form of “no” is a crummy thing experiencing.
Dependent on what your feelings with this individual tend to be and everything happened to be asking, you could register that rejection in another of two means: limited pain or a soul-crushing hit. But since unpleasant as obtaining turned down can be, the only real surefire way of preventing hearing “no” is never put yourself on the market â¦ and is a silly solution to live. Every man, in spite of how handsome, wealthy or lovely, are going to be denied eventually. And realistically, you will hear it often times in your life, in very different steps from completely different folks.
Rejection is a regular and healthy element of internet dating â it shows that folks have viewpoints, choices and requirements. We have beenn’t merely internet dating both off ease, kindness, civility or pity. Which means if you ask somebody aside who doesn’t discuss the same passions, they will capture you down.
Because of this, it’s to your advantage to find out how to handle rejection if it happens to you. Versus having a temper fit, to be able to jump back once again with sophistication don’t simply suggest you are a adult person â in addition will help the internet dating customers eventually.
Unfortunately, guys have an uniquely terrible reputation when considering dealing with enchanting rejection (especially from ladies). Be it an over-inflated feeling of self or social conditioning across need for romantic success, men’s responses to getting rejected can vary wildly by using severe language on a Tinder match would youn’t answer fast enough to prolonged harassment, stalking, assault and also, in acute cases, murder.
So why the hell do guys get so mad when it comes to being rejected?
“males make the bad choice to respond with violence or outrage since they’ve misinterpreted what alleged rejection ways,” states matchmaking advisor Connell Barrett. “They think that when someone rejects all of them, that individual says, âYou’re insufficient. You’re beneath myself.'”
That organization of rejection with belittling is a strong one that arises time after time in pop music society â in flicks and television, the man acquiring rejected is usually enabled to hunt pathetic and weakened; hardly ever is a good looking and desirable man turned down for not a great match. At the same time, the hero in tale frequently faces a preliminary rejection before his determination ultimately pays off. While which may produce a remarkable story, it will make for a fairly bad model based on how to approach the dating online game.
“If a person feels he is losing that feeling of worth or worth, in a depraved means, the guy feels powerful and powerful when he’s mad or violent,” includes Barrett. “in fact, an individual denies you, they truly are merely proclaiming that their passionate requirements are not becoming met. It isn’t a personal value wisdom. It’s about unmet needs.”
The person who’s flipping you straight down might notice that their needs won’t be achieved, but according to Jor-El Caraballo, a commitment counselor and co-creator of Viva health, the one becoming declined often senses that his needs aren’t being came across, either.
“i do believe that lots of males respond to getting rejected with physical violence and anger because our company is trained to trust, by many people areas in society, that situations normally participate in all of us,” claims Caraballo. “As soon as we are faced with rejection, it’s a blow to your egos and certainly will be very distressing. As soon as we believe eligible for a person’s interest, and that is coupled with too little training of how to deal with unfavorable feelings, those responses will come call at hostile bursts.”
Imagine if a lady approached you in a bar and requested if she could get you a glass or two. “No, thanks,” you say. “I’m just waiting around for a buddy.”
The chance that scenario would resulted in girl becoming vocally or literally abusive is most likely pretty low. She’dn’t explode â she’d appreciate your own reaction and disappear. The inverse, alternatively, is all too typical.
“The worst outcome of dealing with rejection defectively happens when men are aggressive with females,” says Barrett. “Women encounter 4.8 intimate-partner-related assaults on a yearly basis, in line with the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.It needs to prevent, and it’s really up to males that happen to be vulnerable to violence to possess an awareness change. Violence has never been OK.”
This may look that an individual man overreacting to getting rejected is actually an isolated event, however when men are aggressive or abusive, especially to comparative visitors that have no stake within their well-being, these tales have discussed. That affects how exactly we, as a society, approach relationship.
“In my opinion it really is very noticeable that failure to control a person’s fury or dissatisfaction after a rejection makes females (many males) very wary and fearful of males,” notes Caraballo. “This can lead to the persistence of this label of males becoming aggravated, aggressive beings, which greatly limits just how easily accessible we’re to those we desire as lovers.”
The primary reason a random woman is safeguarded whenever you approach the girl regarding road isn’t really because what you are doing is actually naturally weird … it is because she’s little idea the way you’ll react if the woman response is not what you want to hear.
If getting crazy is the incorrect reaction to getting turned down, just how in the event you address getting informed “no”?
“i love to reframe rejection as exactly what it is: feedback,” says Caraballo. “each other is suggesting that the two of you aren’t an in shape long-term, or maybe they are letting you know that the characters don’t dovetail the way that he or she requires. That’s not a personal indictment for you. It’s simply details.”
While which theoretically genuine, that doesn’t fundamentally make it easier to leave from becoming rejected, whether on line or in individual.
“When facing getting rejected, or insufficient recognition, it’s hard for people never to internalize mental poison about our own self-worth,” says Caraballo. “getting rejected introduces the existential crisis of âalone-ness,’ basically very painful and challenging disregard. Highly emotional encounters, like rejection, get kept in the mind and continue to be truth be told there because of the amygdala, part of the brain that attaches meaning to have. If you are somebody who has battled with getting rejected, and therefore gets reinforced in various situations so that it gains definition and significance â in tiny steps â that rejection becomes all of our pervading psychological tale.”
Definition, using one rejection extra-hard can result in the next one hurting further â plus the then one, in addition to subsequent and so forth. It’s not hard to observe that sort of chain impulse could lead to a man losing it eventually, certainly using what bad emotion on a single individual.
Caraballo’s advice? Keep a rejection small â or even nice.
“the easiest method to manage getting rejected would be to say âOK’ and then leave,” he says. “move ahead. Any convincing or else, regardless of if not supposed to be so, will come down as intimidating or aggressive. When someone says any type of âno’ or ânot curious,’ it is not your job to persuade all of them of your own really worth. Since difficult since it is, reduce your losings, keep that world and carry out what you must carry out being deal with the pain of rejection â not thereon man or woman’s time.”
Barrett, at the same time, notes that we now have items to be hopeful about.
“Remember that there’s a good amount of matchmaking possibilities available to you,” the guy clarifies. “Rejection can harm so much because men might feel he’s got hardly any top-notch choices. [But] after you realize you will never use up all your wonderful individuals to time, and you’ll usually have a lot more to supply, you find self-confidence from within of your self, and you will brush-off getting rejected and state, âOK, after that!'”
As with several circumstances in daily life, how to grasp something will be obtain knowledge. When considering rejection, that means, well, getting denied a lot more.
“i believe that an essential thing understand is the fact that all of us experience romantic rejection, and in addition we get declined for many explanations,” says Caraballo. “It may possibly be about our appearances, all of our character, interests â a whole variety of situations. But, while that rejection feels horrible, simply know it doesn’t remove who you are as individuals. Getting declined by someone does not mean you are unlikable or unlovable; it really suggests you used to ben’t a great fit for this person.”
Barrett agrees the takeaway must not be about what you do not have or performed wrong, but merely there wasn’t a match involving the both of you.
“perchance you failed to relate to all of them sufficient, or failed to cause them to feel truly special or gorgeous, or did not appreciate them adequate,” he notes. “Rejection takes place when requirements aren’t getting fulfilled. It isn’t really a judgment on the well worth as a man. Perchance you just need to much better know very well what folks desire in a relationship â really love, hookup, regard, experiencing special.”
Please remember: Feeling a sense of sadness don’t push you to be any a reduced amount of men. Cannot take those feelings, and enable yourself to deal with the rejection head-on.
“i believe that, like other some other encounters, we often tell people who their emotions do not make a difference and additionally they should âjust conquer it.'” says Caraballo. “we have to provide ourselves room to reel from pain of getting rejected. Its OK to feel like that. Everybody encounters it, and it’s difficult. As opposed to feeling as if you must immediately drive by, be sort to your self. Take a moment to really cure and eat the wounds and acquire back available as soon as you feel just like you’re sufficiently strong to grab the risk again.”
He contributes that should you’re fighting self-worth with regards to online dating and romantic getting rejected, therapy may possibly not be an awful idea. Barrett, at the same time, notes that getting rejected, because painful because it’s, could possibly be the start of another, good story for your family.
“Imagine getting refused or dumped as the opportunity for development and self-enhancement,” he recommends. “the majority of males see rejection as something goes wrong with you. We notice it as something takes place obtainable. In the event that you made blunders that generated the rejection, study from all of them and start to become a better guy, a significantly better dater, an improved sweetheart. If you’re denied, think about, âHow is this happening for me? Exactly what quality can come from it?’ That question can reframe the experience as a way to come to be an improved guy.”
Plus, taking a rejection without belittling the other person communicates you are a stand-up guy â which, if they have a single friend they feel may be a lot more designed for you, my work on your side over time. At the very least, they will not be on offer writing on what a jerk you happen to be.
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Christina contacted me about planning newborn photos for baby Elana shortly after Christmas. Elana was actually due Christmas time; however, she was born a month early, and only now was she ready to come to a studio for her first photo session in Maryland.
As a reminder of this beautiful Christmas miracle, Christina chose subtle holiday colors — they all wore cranberry or olive, which looked gorgeous with their complexion! Mom wanted to incorporate some shades of purple – her favorite color – as well as some neutrals.
Beautiful little Elana slept through her entire session, and only opened her eyes to give a little cry when she got hungry in the middle. The big brother Nate was not yet two years old, and needed a bit of convincing to pose with his newborn sister, and we got several poses of the siblings together!
I love how Elana is smiling while Christina is holding her; I always feel so blessed to capture newborn baby smiles! One of my other favorites is the photo where Elana is in the basket with cranberry wool stuffing; she looks so cozy and content in there!
Are you planning newborn photos in Maryland in the near future? The best time to reach out to a newborn photographer is in your second semester, so that you can be sure to find an open spot on the studio calendar, and you have the chance to plan for the color, style, and details that will make your custom newborn portraits treasured forever!


The proposed wellness center on McKay Avenue will create less of a financial burden on the city than a city park, according to a fiscal impact analysis conducted by a California real estate advisory firm.
The City of Alameda announced on Feb. 22 that it will be preparing an environmental impact report (EIR) on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) project for a health clinic and columbarium at Alameda Point. The VA completed its environmental review for the project in 2013. The deadline for commenting on what the city should evaluate is tomorrow, Friday, March 22.
I am often asked questions like, “What does the Black community think about [insert some random issue]?” I usually respond, “I am not Alameda’s Negro spokesman.” And, I don’t know if Alameda still has a Black community.
Since the 1990s, forced migration, displacement, along with class dynamics and demographic changes, have complicated the continuity and sense of a “Black community” in Alameda.
Following the retirement of Alameda City Attorney Janet Kern last December, the City of Alameda began a recruitment process for a new City Attorney. From the 15 applications received, the top four candidates were invited to interview with the City Council. At the conclusion of those interviews, Yibin Shen was identified as the top candidate.


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This is split in 2 parts. most of the fighting is in pt 2. This is my first flash that I made. it took about 2 months on and off.
Prince Rhones journey through the wastelands is from a story I've been writing for a long time. This is only a small part of it so dont try to make to much sense of it. Just a fight scene that I decided to animate to learn flash. U might notice the animation techniques changing through part 1 and 2, as I learnt more about flash as I went along.

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India’s First Electric Cruiser Launched
Apart from the Earth Energy Evolve R, the Evolve Z electric naked bike and the Glyde Plus electric scooter have also been launched
- Earth Energy EV is a Mumbai-based startup.
- Glyde Plus will be available from mid-February onwards.
- Evolve R and Evolve Z will be available from April onwards.
- Prices start from Rs 92,000 on-road.
Founded in 2017, Mumbai-based electric vehicle startup Earth Energy EV has kicked things off in 2021 by launching three electric vehicles -- Earth Energy Glyde Plus electric scooter, Evolve Z naked electric bike, and the first-in-segment electric cruiser, the Evolve R. The Glyde Plus e-scooter is priced at Rs 92,000 whereas the Evolve Z is pegged at Rs 1.30 lakh. The range-topping Evolve Z costs Rs 1.42 lakh all-inclusive, on-road.
Earth Energy EV has seven dealerships (in Mumbai) and plans to expand to 45 dealerships by the end of this year. It will prioritise cities like Pune, Nashik, Vadodara, and Surat, followed by other major cities across the country. While the electric scooter will be available from mid-February, the two electric motorcycles will be on sale from April. Bookings are open for Rs 1,000 (refundable).
All the three EVs get a 5-inch LCD instrument cluster with smartphone connectivity, live location, vehicle tracking, theft protection, and turn-by-turn navigation as standard. The console shows crucial details, including battery information, realtime range, speed, and turn-by-turn navigation arrows. You also get a ‘dark’ mode and all-LED lights. The scooter is provided with CBS as standard, whereas the electric bikes feature ABS for better safety. Take a look at the specifications of the three electric two-wheelers:
None of the two-wheelers come with a removable battery, but the company claims their products are compatible with every type of public charging system.
Underpinnings on all the three include a telescopic front fork, twin rear shock absorbers, and disc brakes on both ends. The company offers a complimentary charging station. Every Earth Energy EV dealership will have three conventional charging points and one fast-charging system -- all of which can be used for free in the first year, followed by a nominal fee thereafter. The electric two-wheelers come with a three-and-a-half-year warranty as standard, with the option to pay a little more and avail another two years. If you're interested in electric scooters, you might want to check out our road test review of Ampere Magnus Pro e-scooter.
Earth Energy claims their electric two-wheelers are made in India with 96 percent localisation. The EVs are manufactured on the outskirts of Mumbai. While current production capacity is 12,000 units in a year, Earth Energy says it would soon touch 65,000 units annually, with the help of a new plant they’re hoping to set up in the future.
All in all, the Glyde Plus and Evolve Z seem promising, considering the features offered at a competitive price point. But brand awareness and outreach will have to play a pivotal role if it were to topple the likes of the Bajaj Chetak electric scooter and the Revolt RV 400. The Evolve R, on the other hand, is the only electric cruiser available in India. Only time will tell if can make a name for itself. Until then, stay tuned.


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Adele has finished work on her third album.
The "Skyfall" singer has been busy in the studio, and fans won't have to wait long for her much-anticipated new record with reports it has been completed and is ready for release.
"The album is written, recorded and finished. Theoretically it could be released tomorrow if she wanted," a source said.
It is said Adele and her label are considering bringing out the album with little fanfare and no "publicity campaign," in a similar way to how Beyonce released her self-titled record earlier this year. "The plan is to release internationally on iTunes as a complete surprise without any previous promotion or build-up publicity campaign. The shock tactics worked amazingly well for Beyonce and the feeling is Adele's new album is so widely anticipated it doesn't need a long promotional build-up," the insider added.
Pharrell Williams is streaming his new album G I R L online for free.
The "Get Lucky" hitmaker says he is "happy to share" an early preview of his second studio album, ahead of its official release on March 3, and all the tracks have been made available to listen to on iTunes radio.
Taking to Twitter, Pharrell wrote, "Thankful for the opportunity to share my new album with everyone [sic]."
The ten-track follow-up to Pharrell's 2006 debut In My Mind features his Oscar-nominated hit, "Happy," along with a collaboration with Justin Timberlake on the track "Brand New," while Alicia Keys teams up with the star for "Know Who You Are." Pharrell, 40, worked with Miley Cyrus on her controversial #Bangerz album last year she has returned the favor by lending her vocals to his song "Come Get It Bae."
"We're too smart for our own good. We're at the point where the simplicity of buying a CD and the specialness has gone. I think it's a shame. The whole process of buying a record was so special."
- Britney Spears reflects on the demise of records and CDs.
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Beyonce recorded "about 80 songs" for her surprise album.
The 32-year-old singer released her self-titled record earlier this month following a year of hard work, and she admits she had a hard job of whittling the tracks down to a selected amount.
Speaking in her Part 3 Run 'N Gun video chat on YouTube, she said, "When I started picking the songs that I gravitated towards, because I recorded about 80 songs, it was the songs that were more effortless to me that stuck around." The album features a collaboration with her husband Jay Z - whom she shares two-year-old daughter Blue Ivy with - on the song "Drunk in Love," and she believes the track worked well because they just had fun: "I kind of free-styled the verse, and Jay went in and he started flowing out his verse. We just kinda had a party. It was so great, because it wasn't about any ego, we weren't trying to make a hit record. we were just having fun. and I think you can hear that in the record."
Beyonce was "really nervous" about the surprise release of her self-titled LP.
The "Drunk in Love" singer, who is celebrating selling more than one million copies of her fifth studio record, admits it was a "huge risk" releasing it without any prior promotion. She answered fans' questions via her Instagram account at the weekend at a screening for the record's accompanying music videos.
"I was terrified. I was so scared. I already envisioned like the worst things that could happen. Honestly, I was at a point where I felt like, you know, everything feels the same. That's how I felt and if I could not challenge that, then maybe it's time for me to do something else or develop more artists, which is something I want to do," she posted. "I just hope that I continue to move forward and challenge myself, and I think now that I've become a mother, I just want my legacy to inspire people."
Meanwhile, retailers such as Amazon and American company Target are refusing to stock Beyonce after it was released exclusively on iTunes. The digital giant were given a one week exclusive window to sell the 14-song, 17-video album, which features contributions from Drake, Jay Z and Justin Timberlake.
Beyonce's surprise fifth album has become the fastest-selling record in iTunes history.
The self-titled record, which was released without any warning last week, shifting 828,773 copies in just three days. The majority of those sales came from America, where it has racked up 617,213 sales since Friday.
Beyonce's own first-week sales record was also broken, after her 2006 second record B'day sold 541,000 copies in seven days.
The "Love On Top" hitmaker stealth-released the record exclusively on iTunes, shocking fans by unveiling 14 new songs and 17 videos without any promotion.
The 31-year-old said she was inspired by Michael Jackson's Thriller video premiere in 1983, which is why she made such a "visual" record: "I miss that immersive experience. Now people only listen to a few seconds of a song on their iPods and they don't really invest in the whole experience. It's all about the single, and the hype. I felt like, I don't want anybody to get the message when my record is coming out. I just want this to come out when it's ready and from me to my fans."
Beyonce has surprised fans by releasing her fifth studio album on iTunes today.
The "Grown Woman" singer shocked her loyal fan base - who have been eagerly anticipating her new record for some time - by unveiling her self-titled "visual album" exclusively on iTunes in the early hours of Friday morning.
The record, which is being labelled as Part 1, features 14 songs and 17 accompanying music videos. Collaborations on the album include Beyonce's husband Jay-Z, her daughter Blue Ivy Carter, rapper Drake, Justin Timberlake, and her former Destiny's Child bandmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams.
Beyonce announced the album on Instagram with a teaser video, which she simply captioned, "Surprise!"
Lady Gaga is launching a free app to coincide with her ARTPOP album's release. The 27-year-old singer revealed details about the new interactive app during a Twitter chat with fans, explaining it can be downloaded via iTunes and Google Play from November 11, the same day as her third studio album goes on sale.
"The ARTPOP app is Free, available in App Stores on your device. You can purchase the music through the ARTPOP app once it's downloaded," she wrote on Twitter. "Or you can purchase the album at the music store+download the free app separately at the app store. -GAGA (sic)," she added.
The rumored Twitter Music service has become a reality, launching this morning. Twitter #music seems to be a natural step for the service, which sees hundreds of millions of users regularly discussing music on the service, as well as a bunch of popular musicians as well. Twitter #music aims to help you find music you'll like, based on your Twitter activity. You can access #music through a web browser, and there's also a new dedicated #music iOS app that lets you easily view and listen to music that's popular and trending on Twitter, undiscovered artists, music that it knows you like, and a #NowPlaying area that shows what others are listening to.
One important note here is that Twitter #music isn't a streaming music service. Instead, it's a layer that allows you to access your Rdio, Spotify, and iTunes tracks, using Twitter #music as your navigation mechanism. You simply connect your accounts to #music, and you are all set. The iOS app is slick, and we hear the Android version will be on its way soon. You can download Twitter #music for iPhone now.
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iTunes is allowing everyone to stream the new Justin Timberlake album, The 20/20 Experience (his first in 7 years!) for free, right now. The album release date is March 19th, but you can play it right now in its entirety, a full week early. The only catch? The album is pretty much one full track, so you can't skip around or put a song on repeat. Head on over to iTunes to listen to the 20/20 Experience.
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Microsoft Corp. is set to unveil a security service for its Windows 10 OS that is targeted for large businesses. It will help big companies detect unusual behaviors on their networks and alert them when there are security threats and hackers.
This new service can compare with the security features of its rivals Symantec Corp. and FireEye.
The new security service is called Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection. It is already being tested in the internal networks of Microsoft and some selected customers. Some parts of the software code will be included in the latest versions of Windows 10.
The product's release date as well as its pricing has not been finalized yet, according to Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft VP for Windows and devices. This security system was not offered to the public for beta testing yet.
But for big commercial enterprises this product offers a 'post-breach' system of detecting attacks through machine-learning capabilities. According to Terry Myerson, executive VP for Windows and Devices Group at Microsoft, if the system has been compromised, detection will be quick with this security feature.
The service can even check the breach status of a PC in the previous six months.
According to a company announcement, "Simplified investigation tools replace the need to explore raw logs by exposing process, file, URL and network connection events for a specific machine or across the enterprise."
The software giant has taken this initiative to enhance Windows security with the government and private businesses which are searching for better ways to secure sensitive data considering the many high-profile hacks that were perpetuated in recent years.
In an interview, Mehdi said that the U.S. Department of Defense will upgrade their Windows computers to the current software for its top quality security features.
This new Windows security system depends on in-house security experts as well as algorithms and analysis built from huge volumes of the software company's security data.


Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C. and head of the conservative Freedom Caucus, called the administration’s new measure for compromise “a solid idea.”
“We remain open minded and willing to look at details for the plan, so we’re hopeful,” Meadows said after emerging from his group’s meeting with Pence Monday night. “We are encouraged by at least the idea — intrigued by the idea — but would certainly need a whole lot more information before we take action in support or opposition.”
The compromise Pence and the moderate members of the House discussed — and that Pence has taken to the conservative members on the Hill — would give states the opportunity to issue a waiver so they don’t have to impose those requirements on the condition that states show that getting rid of the insurance regulations, such as essential health benefits, will lower the cost of premiums, according to a Republican aide.
The compromise would not allow states to waive those requirements for dependents under 26 or allow an opt-out for pre-existing conditions or impose lifetime spending caps.
Most any negotiations might be an improvement over last month’s failed attempt at a fait accompli.


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Karolina Pliskova is a well-known Czechoslovakian tennis player. She is a phenomenal tennis player and former World No. 1 in singles.
Wiki, Bio, Age, Family, Siblings, Childhood & Education
Karolina Pliskova was born in Louny, Czechoslovakia, on March 21, 1992. As of 2022, she will be 40 years old. Radek Pliskova is her father’s name, while Martina Pliskova is her mother’s. He also has a sister called Kristyna Pliskova. She is of Czechoslovak origin and follows the Christian faith. Furthermore, she is of mixed race. Her zodiac sign is Aries, according to astrology.
In terms of formal education, she completed her education at a local school in her hometown. She also completed her further education at the university level.
Karolina Pliskova’s Height, Weight, and Body Dimensions
Karolina Pliskova is really attractive and has a wonderful personality. The tennis player is around 6 feet and 1 inch tall. She weighs 72 kg. Furthermore, when it comes to general body measurements, the figures are 35 inches bust, 25 inches waist, and 35 inches hips. Her eyes are blue, and her hair is golden in tone.
Karolina Pliskova’s Profession & Career
Karolina Pliskova is a well-known tennis player. She began playing tennis at a young age and aspired to have a successful career in it. She was a junior Grand Slam champion despite not yet being a professional. In 2010, she won the Australian Open junior championship. She then competed in the French Open in 2012. In 2013, she won her maiden WTA championship at the Malaysian Open.
Continuing her quest, she reached another Grand Slam final at the 2016 U.S. Open. Similarly, in 2017, she was ranked one in the WTA rankings on June 17th. The incredible player continued to play and wow as she returned to the Australian Open 2020. She has won 16 singles and 5 doubles wins on the WTA Tour, as well as 10 singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Tour. She is still having wonderful games to this day.
Karolina Pliskova’s Salary and Net Worth
Karolina Pliskova has a good lifestyle with her family. As of today, she is famous and wealthy as a result of her efforts. Furthermore, as of 2022, her entire net worth is estimated to be around $15 million US dollars.
Karolina Pliskova’s Husband, Marriage & Relationship
Moving on to Karolina Pliskova’s love and private life, she is married. Michal Hrdlicka, her husband, proposed to her in 2018. He works as a television host. They live a comfortable lifestyle and do not have any children. Aside from that, she has no other relationships. While she is open about her gender preferences. And, as of today, she has had no contentious incidents.
Karolina Pliskova’s Social Media(Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)
Karolina Pliskova is active on social media as well. She has a Facebook account under her own name with over 249k followers. She also has an Instagram account under the handle @karolinapliskova with 444k followers. Moreover, her Twitter account @KaPliskova has 233.6k followers.
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I love Cantonese food. I went out for a delicious Dim Sum dinner tonight. For those of you who don`t know, Dim Sum means "snack" in Cantonese. People in Hon Kong would snack on Dim Sum with cups of tea. But in Taiwan, Dim Sum is so popular, a lot of restaurants have Dim Sum all day long. Anyway, we ordered bicolored dumplings with vegetarian filling, rice sheet noodles filled with prawn, stir fried beef noodles, lobster dumplings, pickled cucumber, steamed wheat buns filled with salted egg and pork, and fried turnip cake.
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Everyone knows that the best episodes of Planet Earth are the ones where the BBC’s intrepid cameras plunge the depths of the ocean—like sticking your head in a very expensive aquarium and opening your eyes without fear of a fish eating your eyeballs.
Deadline reports that Planet Earth: Blue Planet II, which has already aired in many other parts of the world, will premiere on a whole mess of channels in January, including BBC America, AMC, IFC, WE tv, and SundanceTV, which means you have plenty of time to prepare the essentials for a Planet Earth: Blue Planet II watch-party for one: a teensy ball of marijuana, a large amount of very cold water, and a snack of your choosing—crudité, or maybe some nachos. Your life, pal!
The ocean episodes of Planet Earth rule because the ocean is soothing and also scary. A lot of truly terrifying creatures with mouths for eyes and tiny knives for teeth live down there but so do sea otters, orcas, and dolphins—the rubbery, sexually active nerds of the sea. Here’s a selection of some of the fucked-up shit that this series will explore: “methane volcaones erupting with bubbles the size of basketballs;” fish called leaping blennies that live mostly on land(what!); animals that somehow live “under a pressure equivalent to 50 jumbo jets stacked on top of one another.”
I lack the mental capacity to fully comprehend that last bit about the pressure and the animals that live under those constraints, but I imagine they are somehow engineered so that their transparent, cartilaginous bodies do not implode so they can go to work and such.
As someone who has watched Planet Earth: Blue Planet more times than I’d like to admit, I can say with great certainty that I will be tuning the HECK in for this sick-ass nature documentary extravaganza celebrating the awesome, fearsome nature of my dream forever home—the goddamn ocean.


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Section 7. Worker Rights
d. Discrimination with Respect to Employment and Occupation
The law prohibits discrimination regarding age, religion, ethnicity, race, sex, gender, disability, language, sexual orientation, social status, or “other status” but does not specifically prohibit discrimination based on HIV status. Relevant inspection bodies provide for the protection of migrant workers against abuses from private employment agencies. The Central Office of Labor, Social Affairs and Family and the Trade Business Office may cancel or suspend the business license of violators and impose penalties which are sufficient to deter violations. Employers discriminated against members of the Romani minority.
In May the Constitutional Court awarded 2,000 euros ($2,200) in compensation to a Romani man who since 2016 had sought redress for racial discrimination in employment after an employment agency specifically told him they were not hiring Roma. The Constitutional Court ruled proceedings were unduly delayed and criticized the district court in Trnava for not setting the first court hearing until almost four years after the lawsuit was originally filed.
The government continued implementing a program to increase the motivation of the long-term unemployed Roma to find jobs. The Operational Program–Human Resources for 2014-20 included as one of its priorities the integration of marginalized Romani communities in the labor market through educational measures. In January the government released a report prepared by the Ministry of Finance showing that Romani jobseekers were less likely to benefit from effective active labor market measures, particularly further training and requalification, compared to the non-Romani population of jobseekers. Activists frequently alleged that employers refused to hire Roma, and an estimated 70 percent of Roma from socially excluded communities were unemployed. NGOs working with Roma from such communities reported that, while job applications by Roma were often successful during the initial phase of selection, in a majority of cases employers rejected the applicants once they found they were Roma. Rejected job applicants rarely pursued discrimination cases through the courts, and if they did, these proceedings resulted in excessive and undue delays; even successful cases awarded minimal financial compensation, as in the May Constitutional Court ruling noted above.
Despite having attained higher levels of education than men, women faced an employment gap of approximately 13 percent and only 33 percent of entrepreneurs were women. Experts noted motherhood negatively affected career prospects due to long maternity and parental leave and a lack of preschool facilities and flexible work arrangements. Women earned on average 18 percent less than their male colleagues according to a 2017 survey by the personnel agency Trexima.

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Mamata’s petition, filed in Calcutta high court yesterday, was assigned to Justice Kausik Chanda and has been adjourned till June 24.
In a letter to the secretary of the acting Chief Justice, the chief minister’s counsel expressed apprehension about the likelihood of bias on the part of the judge concerned as Mamata “had objected to the confirmation of the Hon’ble Judge as a Permanent Judge of the Hon’ble High Court at Calcutta.”
Claiming that Mamata Banerjee has been made aware that Justice Kausik Chanda was “an active member of the BJP” and since the adjudication of the election petition will have political ramifications, it has been prayed that the matter be assigned to another judge by the acting Chief Justice, who is the master of roster, the letter stated.
Mamata’s counsel urged that the letter be placed before the acting Chief Justice forthwith “for necessary re-assignment of Election Petition so as to avoid any prejudice and/or presumption of prejudice”.
See what we found👇Matters where Justice Kaushik Chanda has appeared for the Bharatiya Janata Party before the Cal… https://t.co/QNwXPGdKHx
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Meanwhile, a section of lawyers staged a protest in front of the high court over Justice Chanda being assigned to hear the election petition by the Trinamool Congress supremo.
“We have no personal ill-feeling or allegation against the judge, but he was associated with a particular political party,” one of the lawyers said.
The judge should recuse himself from hearing Banerjee’s plea, he added.
Calcutta high court takes up four election petitions by TMC candidates
Meanwhile, following into Mamata’s footsteps, four other Trinamool leaders, who lost the assembly elections, petitioned the Calcutta high court.
Their pleas were heard before four different benches of the high court.
Challenging the election of BJP’s Biswanath Karak from Goghat, TMC candidate Manas Majumdar moved the high court.
Justice Suvra Ghosh, noting the presence of the petitioner in person before the court in virtual mode, directed the issuance of notice to the respondents and fixed the matter for hearing on July 9.
Taking up Shantiram Mahato’s petition against BJP’s Baneswar Mahato, who was declared winner by the EC from Balarampur, Justice Subhasis Dasgupta said the matter will be taken up for hearing on July 15.
The court directed that pending decision in the case, the documents, election papers and devices connected with the polls under challenge be preserved by the concerned authority.
Justice Bibek Chaudhuri, hearing another petition by TMC candidate Alo Rani Sarkar challenging the election of BJP’s Swapan Majumdar from Bongaon Dakshin, said that notice be issued to him within two weeks from the date of this order, asking him to submit affidavit-in-opposition, if any.
The matter will appear in the list on July 16.
Hearing in TMC candidate Sangram Kumar Dolai’s petition challenging the election of Ashoke Dinda from Moyna was adjourned by Justice Tirthankar Ghosh to June 25, when the matter will be taken up for hearing.
(With inputs from PTI)


LAHORE:Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Saturday said that no one would be allowed to create hindrance in the legitimate work of elected representative of the province.
He was talking to members of National and Provincial Assemblies who met him at the CM’s Office and discussed the progress of various development projects, public welfare schemes and solutions to public problems in their respective constituencies.
The Chief Minister issued orders on the spot to resolve the issues of their constituencies. He said that development work would be carried out in their constituencies on priority basis. He assured them that his doors were always open for the people and he was always available to serve the public. “We do not believe in chanting hollow slogans like previous rulers did,” he added. He said that the incumbent government was serving the people with wholeheartedly and would continue to do so.
The Chief Minister assured that the problems in the constituencies of the MNAs would be resolved on priority basis as they were very respectable for him as well. Coordination with the MNAs would be improved, he added.
State Minister Sahibzada Mehboob Sultan and MNAs Ghulam Bibi Bharwana and Amir Sultan Cheema while MPAs Muhammad Nadeem Qureshi, Shehbaz Ahmed and Chaudhry Ijaz Hussain met the chief minister.


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Bathroom Art Galleries
Reflections on Broadsides, Poem Cards
and Literary Artifacts of The 70’s and 80’s
by Pat Nolan
The bathrooms in these transient student garrets served as galleries of an equally transient art thumbtacked to the water stained walls becoming themselves water stained, pin holed, snail tracked, foxed, and smudged, not worth much except as bookmarks for memories.
Went looking for something. Couldn’t find it. It was gone or put someplace where it won’t be found. Found other things in the mess of pulling out and putting back. A stash of broadsides and poem cards dating from the late 60’s/early 70’s and 80’s wrapped loosely in a cardboard carapace fell from where I was wedging something back in. They were items I had not seen in quite some time though I immediately recognized them for what they were and where they had fit into my life those many years ago. They were bathroom art.
I lived in some low rent student ghetto accommodations attending college on the GI Bill, from a rooming house on Cannery Row to an early century former dry goods store converted to a duplex with a water closet (literarily) and shared tenant shower. This was in Monterey, late 60’s. In Oakland in the ’70 I lived in a tiny (tiny) apartment that leaked water along the bottom of the bedroom wall. Later, while attending Sonoma State University (then merely a college), one kitchen wall in the country rental leaked streams of water from above the windows. All had in common small dismal bathrooms with rusty accessories, moldy showers, and peeling paint. To liven up the squalid monotony, I hung posters and handbills announcing protests, gatherings, music festivals, poetry readings, and various kinds of literary ephemera held in place by a thumbtack or a strip of tape. The bathrooms in these transient student garrets served as galleries of an equally transient art thumbtacked to the water stained walls becoming themselves water stained, pin holed, snail tracked, foxed, and smudged, not worth much except as bookmarks for memories.
The resurgence of letterpress art and craft printing of the late 60’s and early 70’s and the esthetic of the poem on the page found an outlet in the counterculture literary world and was brought to a peak of excellence with David Hazelwood’s Auerhahn Press, and Clifford Burke’s Cranium Press, to name just a few in the Bay Area. Following the letterpress approach of esthetically pleasing production were Holbrook Teter’s Zephyrus Image, also of San Francisco, Allan Kornblum’s Toothpaste Press out of Iowa City, and Ken Michelowski’s Alternative Press from Grindstone City, Michigan. They were not the only ones involved in reviving the art of fine handset printing by producing exquisite limited edition poetry books, but they were the ones I had most frequent contact with—the tip of the iceberg perhaps, but certainly a fine representation. In the process or as a byproduct of these carefully crafted literary editions, broadsides and poem cards were also printed for special or whimsical occasions—the Richard Nixon Memorial Flyswatter from Zephyrus Image being just one example—and freely disseminated to all who would care to have one. I was fortunate to be at the right place at the right time or on the right mailing list to be on the receiving end of a lot of literary ephemera, some of which I chose, in my wild and no less impetuous youth, to pin to the wall as a badge of my literary cred or just plain good luck.
Dublin—wood or linoleum print, red ink, 5×8 (12.7×20.32cm) on print paper by artist Bob Duvall, c.1969, Monterey, CA. Bob was the art editor for the student literary magazine at Monterey Peninsula College for which I edited two issues. The magazine had previously been known as e.g. The first year I changed the name to The Brand New Testament. The second year I renamed it Dog Bite after an incident on campus. Instead of a saddle stitch offset edition from a local job printer, I brought the material for two issues to be letterpress printed and produced by Clifford Burke’s Cranium Press as a portfolio of broadsheets. Bob said the image was supposed to be James Joyce. I always thought it looked like me. I used to have those kinds of sideburns. Note pinhole top center.
A Cranium Press Free Poem 4×5 (10.16×12.7cm) printed offset when Cranium Press was located on Schrader Street in the Haight, included as an insert for Hollow Orange 4 edited by Clifford Burke, ‘67/’68. Referred to as “You are a great. . .” or the Cindy Riedel poem, it is a reproduction of Steve Carey’s scrawl along with the picture of a high school girlfriend. Steve lived one block over on Stanyan Street. I partied there once after the Richard Brautigan happening at Glide Memorial. Lew Welch showed up to deliver a sermon. Bill Bathurst and I unintentionally traded eye glasses. But that’s another story. I’m just glad he wasn’t Robert Creeley. The three holes at the top indicate that this item had occupied at least that many postings and from the water stains, likely in bathrooms.
Things To Do Today, Ted Berrigan, placard, 5.25×9 (13.33×22.86cm), offset, early 70’s, signed (or facsimile?). I was publishing a mimeo poetry magazine, the end (& variations thereof), out of my apartment in Oakland at the time. I had solicited some poems from Ted Berrigan and Alice Notley which I published in the second issue, The Living End. Poetry magazines in those days were mediums of exchange. Similar to a chain letter they generated a lot of interesting mail. I began receiving items in the mail from Ted and people Ted knew. This is one of them. It has a single pinhole at the top center, and one to the right near the bottom. I probably had it pinned to the wall near my typewriter and bookshelves (not a bathroom item). The second hole indicates that I had overlapped another poetry artifact on to it, possibly the following item.
Moroccan Variations, Clark Coolidge 3.5×20 (8.89×50.8cm), printed on beige chrome stock at Cranium Press, commissioned by Bill Berkson for Big Sky in 1971. Folded for storage. Single tack hole at top testifies that it too occupied the space of my literary accouterments. Coolidge was associated with the New York School poets and was one of a group of young poets published by Harper & Row back then. The other two I remember were Dick Gallup and Tom Clark.
Playing It Out, Charles Bukowski, 5×7.5 (12.7×19.05cm), letterpress on dark green stock by Toothpaste Press, printed for Bookslinger at the ABA, Dallas, 1983. A fine example of Allan Kornblum’s presswork. Another item that found its way to my mailbox, this time at my permanent abode along the Russian River. Not pinned so an odd piece that ended up in that bundle.
After Ling Ching Chao, Anne Waldman 5.75×10.25 (14.6×26.03cm), letterpress on rag paper, faint watermark imprint of eagle feather (?). From Anne Waldman’s Toothpaste Press book, Make Up on Empty Space. Printed for 9th New York Book Fair, May 1983. Number 88 of 175. Probably arrived in the mail with the previous item, and another example of fine press work.
The Woman & The Child Disguised, Jean Follain, 6×11 (15.24×27.94cm), letterpress on light coffee stock, printed in the Collins Street basement at Cranium Press for an Open Printing Saturday on a Vandercook Proof Press, design and execution by Clifford Burke, c.1971 One of my early Jean Follain (1903-1971) translations (more of an approximations). Three pinholes, water stains, and snail track. Obviously a mainstay in the bathroom art gallery.
Spel Against Demons, Gary Snyder, 11.25×17.25 (28.57×43.81cm) printed letterpress at Cranium Press, 1971. From the pinholes in each corner and water stained edges likely occupied a central position in every one of my bathrooms from the time of its acquisition. Folded for storage.
Fourth of July, Mary Norbert Korte, 7×13 (17.78×33.02cm), printed letterpress by Holbrook Teter as a Hermes Free Poem, 4 July 1970. Clifford Burke trained Holbrook Teter on the platen press and linotype machine at his shop on Collins during the production of the two issues of the literary magazine from Monterey Peninsula College in ’69 and ’70. Holbrook along with the artist Michael Myer went on to found Zephyrus Image Press. Hermes Free Press was an adjunct for the dissemination of free poems, broadsides, and literary ephemera. Mary Norbert Korte was an activist, poet, teacher, and a Catholic nun who found inspiration at the Berkeley Poetry Conference of 1965. Leaving the convent in 1968, she continued to write and teach poetry eventually moving from Berkeley to the redwood valleys of Mendocino County.
Scenes Along The Road, Tom Clark, 6×12 (15.24×30.48cm), offset, a free poem from Seattle, May 1971 published by Michael Waiter’s Toothpick, Lisbon, and the Orcas Islands poetry magazine. From the single pinhole this poem probably held a privileged place on the wall near my typewriter. Arthur Akamura is undoubtedly the artist Arthur Okamura and places the composition during Mr. Clark’s residency in Bolinas, land of the lost poets. Pinhole at top center.
Larry Fagin & Lewis Warsh reading at The Bishop’s Coffeehouse in Oakland, July 6, 1970. 8.5×11 (21.59×27.94cm) xeroxed on newsprint. Pinholes and water stains testify to pride of place in the bathroom art gallery. For a brief time I hosted a reading series at The Bishop’s Coffeehouse in downtown Oakland. Bill Berkson, Scott Cohen, and Clive Matson were some of the poets who read for that series. Larry Fagin was visiting Bolinas, the new watering hole and refuge for New York School poets—what Ed Sanders called a “psychedelic Peyton Place.” Lewis Warsh was living down the road in Stinson Beach sharing a place with Tom Veitch. Both poets eventually returned to live on the East Coast.
Michael Brownstein & Anne Waldman reading at the Intersection, SF, Tuesday Sept 14, 1970 (?) 8.5×11 (21.59×27.94cm). I recall this as a rather uneventful reading. Michael and Anne both read well. There was one heckler, however. When Anne asked me afterwards if I knew who it was I told her, “Baudelaire.” This was an early incursion of New York School poets into the Bay Area and they were not always well received by the entrenched Frisco poets, particularly the North Beach scene. The Tom Clark reading introduced by Ted Berrigan is a case in point. The illustration looks to be by George Schneeman or someone imitating his minimalist style. Tack holes at each corner and one in the top center as well as water stains easily places this item as a perennial in the gallery of humid air and ephemeral artifacts.
Good Bye, Monte Rio, Michael-Sean Lazarchuk, scrap newsprint, 7.5×14 (19.05×35.56cm), Olympia table model (West German manufacture), black ribbon, signed and dated. Left on the typewriter after one of Sean’s visits to Monte Rio in 1975. I kept it pinned to the wall in my office where I could see it at a glance. Sean made many visits to these environs after that date but this goodbye poem resonates with his lighthearted humanity years after his passing in 2008 and his abandoning the literary scene in the early 80’s. If I were still tacking poems to the wall, this one would be the first to go up.
This odd assortment of ephemera, some examples of fine craft poetry printing, brought to mind events in which I participated and items I received from connecting with poets and presses with a stake in presenting the poem with finesse and craft on the page. Unlike the pieces (shards more like) offered here, most are stored in archive bags in airtight containers, carefully set aside and valued for what they are, artifacts of a pre-digital style and esthetic. Archived, however, they remain out of sight, out of mind. It took a search for something quite unrelated to accidentally uncover this set of dusty forgotten literary relics and belatedly berate myself for not taking better care to preserve them. Tacked to my walls they were a daily reminder of my involvement, even if only peripherally, in the Bay Area literary scene of the 70’s and 80’s.
Although most texts today reside in the electronic ether of cyberspace, the art of letterpress printing remains seductively tactile and has its fair share of practitioners unafraid to get their fingers smudged or delight in the precise bite of cold steel on fine paper. Antique presses, such as the 18th Century Stanhope iron press, are salvaged and restored and put to work as the brilliantly uncomplicated machinery they are. Words, sentences, stanzas, paragraphs, pages are painstakingly assembled at the type case by printers in inky aprons transfixed by the task at hand.
Digital texts and on demand printing allow for expedient egalitarian simulacra, some never moving beyond the pixel grid of a computer display, but they don’t hold a candle, even a battery powered one, to the printed object into which hours, a precious commodity, have been applied to the esthetically pleasing results of fine print artistry. Fortunately there are still havens and refuges from the overshadowing digital noise where the tradition of letterpress printing continues its meaningful work. I have to count myself fortunate to have among my correspondents and associates a few esthetes of the craft of ink and steel, and to have remained on the receiving end of their meticulous creations. They are no longer tacked to the walls, and if hung at all, framed behind glass, not in the bathroom.
Here is a slideshow of the items if you’re not interested in scrolling through the text again.
Pat Nolan’s most recent book of poems is Exile In Paradise (Nualláin House, Publishers, 2017). His poetry, prose, and translations have appeared in magazines and anthologies in North America, Europe, and Asia. He is the author of numerous poetry selections and three novels. A volume of selected poems is scheduled for release in early 2018.
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The almighty Mitsubishi Lancer EVO. Once Subaru’s biggest rival and now an extinct breed. Back in the day the Lancer Evolution and the Impreza WRX STi were the two names that came to mind when it came to performance cars. Their storied rivalry that lasted a quarter century recently ended when Mitsubishi released the final 2015 year model Lancer Evo X, which looks almost exactly the same as the previous model, dating back 2008.
Though this Mitsubishi is actually the Lancer EVO VIII, the body type is legendary and will always have a place in the hearts of performance enthusiasts. To me, it’s the perfect body to showcase as an itasha car.
These LED license plate lights are high power super bright 24-SMD LED lights that also have built in CAN-bus load resistors so that you won’t have to deal with that pesky error message on the dashboard that plagues so many luxury European car owners. These LED license plate lamps are an OEM replacement that fits newer BMW models that have the factory 2-LED license plate lamps and even the older BMW models that only have the incandescent bulbs.


Meet the Taurus RT 856 T.O.R.O.: steel frame, three-inch barrel and the world's first revolver ready to receive optical sights.
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Two years ago, on a rainy May morning, my late husband, U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, and I had the honor of being given a tour by Mayor Bloomberg and 9/11 museum Director Alice Greenwald of the memorial at Ground Zero and the ongoing construction below ground of the future museum. We were both deeply moved, and Dan brought his unique perspective to what we were viewing and felt strongly it was a place deserving of proper funding. More than 70 years ago, Dan was a 17-year old civil defense medical aide, a first responder to the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. After that dark day, the government of the United States designated all Japanese-Americans to be "4C," enemy aliens, because of their Japanese ancestry. More.
The 9/11 Museum An American shrine

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5 tracks added
-Abu Dhabi- 2 DRS zones, 2 DRS detection point
-Texas- 2 DRS zone, 2 DRS detection point
-Brazil- 2 DRS zones, 2 DRS detection point
-Hockenheim- just disabled DRS for non-DRS zones in practice and quali
-Valencia- just disabled DRS for non-DRS zones in practice and quali
-2013 DRS track maps updated
Sorry, no new tracks for now. Just a bug fix.
-Spa- fix for bug where DRS zone 1 is activated in race even if car in front is more than 1 second away.
Please let me know if you still encounter the issue.
-2 tracks added
-Montreal- only 1 DRS detection point
-2013 DRS track maps now in PDF format
IMPORTANT: for Montreal and Hungaroring, you need to edit the database for DRS zone 2 to work.
a. open database
b. open track_model
c. remove tick for montreal and hungaroring, under drs_double_detection, then save.
-3 tracks added:
-Safety Car Fix coordinates now included
-Credits and thanks to Safety Car Fix creators (Roberto Costa, WillsB3, driveroz247 and Remydeleeuw)
-2013 DRS track maps now included in package (taken from Formula1.com)
DRS detection point fix for Silverstone and Sepang
-fixed issue with Silverstone DRS detection point 2 when cars need to be within 0.001 to 0.500 sec. to get DRS. Now works within 0.001 to 1.000 sec.
-adjusted Sepang DRS detection point 1 and 2 to work closer at 0.001 to 1.000 sec.
(time range are approximate values)