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Interiores: notes on an exhibition
Pedro Gadanho is the curator and author of the projects presented in the exhibition being held within the scope of the Lisbon Architecture Triennial 2010, under the heading Falemos de Casas [Let's Talk about Houses]. The photographs and videos being shown confront us with the working process of a photographer who specializes in architecture, and of four plastic artists.
The authors and the projects: Fernando Guerra, on the Casa Baltasar, 2007, photography; Filipa César, with the video Stereo on the Galeria Presença, 1998/2002; João Paulo Feliciano, on an apartment in Lisbon, 2001/2010, photographic collage; Daniel Malhão, on the Ellipse Foundation, 2006, photography; and Edgar Martins on the Casa GMG, 2010, photography.
Interiores should be seen as an authorial project that takes place from the inside out. Like a spiral with its epicentre in Pedro Gadanho's architecture production and its ramifications for the work of the artists and of a photographer that form the documented and exhibited corpus. The breadth of this project also includes the publishing of a book with a limited print run. It is important to state that Pedro Gadanho's activity attempts to speak of an architecture beyond the projects he creates, being disseminated into such diverse areas as curatorship, publishing and fiction writing.
Pedro Gadanho's architecture operates on the idea of difference, intimacy and desire, without losing sight of the connection to the cultural and urban context of the spaces on which he reflects and works. This practice of architecture, which is more closely devoted to the entrails and to the life of reserved spaces, has existed alongside the virtuoso practice of interior decoration and the potential of design, which Gadanho knows but resists. This act of resistance shows his reflections on the construction of the place and of its experience, counterpoising the use of the prop or of the object created according to functional and aesthetic standards to the creation of a system of relationships between the dynamic of the use of the inhabitable space and the equipment necessary for this, contaminated by references from the outside world that are involved in architecture, art and everyday objects. Between erudite language and popular language.
The interiors that are shown to us in the form of photography or video are independent works from the descriptive memory of each project, and should be observed as entrances into the process that each one of the authors found for their experience of the spaces. Beyond the proximity or the truth that we seek in each image.
João Silvério, October 2010


2019 was a very unusual year for cinema. Two major franchises came to their long-anticipated ends (though to questionable quality), we experienced one of the most lacklustre blockbuster seasons in a long time, one major studio dominated the cinematic landscape to frightening affect, and two of the worst films of the year both featured digital cats. On the flip-side, it also brought the decade to a close with some incredible classics like 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire', 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' and 'The Irishman', and Bong Joon-ho's masterpiece 'Parasite' became the unexpected critical, commercial and awards success of the year.
Which brings us to 2020.
We already have a few great films on the way that the SWITCH team caught in 2019, including Greta Gerwig's divine 'Little Women' and Sam Mendes' war epic '1917', but what else is on the horizon? As always, here are our picks for the films to get excited about in the next twelve months.
'A HIDDEN LIFE'
A film from 2019 still awaiting release in Australia, but when it's a new film from Terrence Malick, you pay attention. His run of films since his transcendent 'The Tree of Life' in 2011 haven't been as well received as his classics, but early responses suggest this is a majestic and devastating return to form from one of the greatest living filmmakers, here taking on the dense complexity of Nazism and nationalism.
This was on last years' list, and it's truly absurd that we still haven't seen it in Australia yet, but Robert Eggers' follow-up to his shattering debut 'The Witch'
arrive on our screens in February, and if the responses from film festivals and its U.S. release are any indication, this is still a film worth including on this list.
I had absolutely no interest in another Austen adaptation, but then I watched the trailer for this new film from director Autumn de Wilde and screenwriter Eleanor Catton, and I'm totally pumped for this one. Anya Taylor-Joy takes on the title role of Austen's beloved and mischievous heroine, with a cast that includes 'God's Own Country'
breakout Josh O'Connor, Bill Nighy, Miranda Hart and babe Callum Turner. With the period film getting a thrilling revamp thanks to 'The Favourite'
and 'Little Women', this might prove to be one of 2020's biggest surprises.
'NO TIME TO DIE'
The first trailer was an editing nightmare, but hidden behind the choppy cuts were suggestions that this could be a winner, with a new dynamic look to the franchise from director (and babe) Cary Joji Fukunaga. It's also Daniel Craig's last hoorah as 007, has a terrific cast and a screenplay polished off by legitimate genius Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Also, if the pattern is anything to go by, because 'Spectre'
was such a non-event, this should be the opposite.
'WONDER WOMAN 1984'
Personally, my interest in superhero movies is basically over at this point... except for this one. 'Wonder Woman'
(2017) had its faults, but Patty Jenkins' direction was not one of them, and for the follow-up, she seems to have been given free reign to do what she wants. And this can only be a good thing. From the trailer, this looks slick, bombastic and bold, and exactly what the DC films need. We're also keen to check out Cathy Yan's Harley Quinn-centred 'Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn'.
Pixar are also releasing 'Onward!' this year, which looks like a Dreamworks rip-off, but it's 'Soul' that's the more exciting project. Little is known about it, but it heralds the return of Pete Doctor, responsible for the studio's last genuine masterpiece 'Inside Out'
(2015), and this looks to continue his exploration of the machinations of the human heart. It will also be scored by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, and if the prospect of the composers behind 'The Social Network' and 'Watchmen' working on a Pixar film doesn't get you excited, I don't know what will.
'IN THE HEIGHTS'
Lin-Manuel Miranda's beloved musical is an energetic burst of fresh air to the medium, but in the hands of director Jon M. Chu, who knocked it out of the ballpark with his slick approach to 'Crazy Rich Asians'
, this looks like something really special. It also couldn't come at a better time for American audiences; a celebration of diversity and culture with a warning of the dangers of intolerance, classism and racism. And by god, it's been years since 'La La Land'
, so we really are due for a great film musical.
We know it's a spy movie... maybe. We know it deals with palindromes... maybe. We definitely know it has John David Washington, Robert Pattinson and Elizabeth Debicki, but who knows who they're playing. But 'Tenet' is a Christopher Nolan film. And considering his two post-'Dark Knight' films have proven to be amongst his best work, it would be crazy not to be pumped for whatever the hell this will be.
'LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
Edgar Wright's symphonic 'Baby Driver'
proved to be much more divisive than anticipated, but there was little questions of the immense craft of the film, and it certainly hasn't left any doubts as to Wright's immense talent. It looks like the genre-bending filmmaker is turning his eyes to horror with his latest film, which mixes horror and time-travel in what is certainly going to be a singular film event.
After achieving the impossible with 'Blade Runner 2049'
, acclaimed director Denis Villeneuve is taking on maybe the greatest challenge any filmmaker could attempt - to adapt Frank Herbert's sprawling sci-fi masterpiece 'Dune'. All other attempts have failed spectacularly, but Villeneuve might just be the man to shape this monolith into a cinematic form. The insane
cast includes Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Josh Brolin, Dave Bautista, Stellan Skarsgård, Javier Bardem and Charlotte Rampling, all of whom are already singing praises for Villeneuve's singular and uncompromising vision. All things going well, this could be the blockbuster event of 2020.
'WEST SIDE STORY'
Spielberg has been trying to adapt the beloved musical for the screen once again for many years, working with 'Angels in America' playwright Tony Kushner to sharpen its already contemporary edge. Any Spielberg film is an event, but the care he has taken just in regards to ethnicity and gender with this film suggests the legendary director is taking this one very much to heart. There's every possibility this could be a misfire, but just as much that it could be an absolute triumph. My money is on the latter.
We haven't had a feature film from David Fincher since his stunning thriller-comedy 'Gone Girl'
in 2014. That's a long wait from maybe the best director working today, but in 2020 the wait is finally over with this biopic of 'Citizen Kane' screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz, written by Fincher's late father Jack Fincher. Gary Oldman plays the title role, and Reznor and Ross are on scoring duties, but it's Fincher we want to see. Netflix are releasing this, so expect a short cinema release before it hits streaming, and Fincher in all his uncompromising glory.
'HOW DO I LIVE?'
One film though is unquestionably the cinematic event of 2020 - the return of legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki. His 2013 masterpiece 'The Wind Rises'
was supposed to be his final film, but he's come out of retirement one more time with one more story to tell. Details are scarce, suggesting it looks at a teenage boy coming of age, but when asked about the film, producer Toshio Suzuki said that the film was Miyazaki's way of telling his grandson that "Grandpa is moving onto the next world soon but he is leaving this film behind because he loves you." It is hoped that the film will be completed in time for the Tokyo Olympics, so we aren't even sure if it will
be released in 2020, but personally, there is no film on the horizon I could be more excited about.
This is just a small taste of what's to come this next year, which also includes a blessedly smaller slate from Disney, including Marvel films 'Black Widow' and 'Eternals', the live-action remake of 'Mulan', the much-delayed adaptation of 'Artemis Fowl', and their next animated film 'Raya and the Last Dragon'. There's also yet another reboot of 'Ghostbusters', the Kingsman prequel 'The King's Men', the Aretha Franklin biopic 'Respect', and the follow-up to the unexpectedly successful Halloween reboot, 'Halloween Kills'. Keep your ears open also for all the films we don't know about yet, the gems and future classics that will appear out of the festival circuit.
It looks like we have a lot to look forward to in 2020, so make sure you follow all our reviews at SWITCH to see which ones turn out to be classic and which turn out to be duds. Hopefully more the former than the latter.
But hey, at least we'll finally get to see 'The Lighthouse'.


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On the Inheritance series (Eragon)
How the Inheritance Cycle Differs from Fantasy Epics in the Past
By Ian Irvine
Late in the twentieth century the world definitively entered the third age of storytelling, and this is changing the way some new authors tell stories, and how young audiences view them. Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle reflects this transition. The first age, oral storytelling, began with tales told around the campfires of hunters and gatherers. It was only after printing became cheap enough that books were widely available and compulsory education ensured most people were literate that the world transitioned to the second age, written storytelling. Written storytelling must have existed since the invention of writing around 5,000 years ago, but only took over as the predominant form when mass-produced books became affordable in the Industrial Revolution. And not everyone was happy about it. Even in Greek and Roman times people complained that writing tales down was ruining the craft of storytelling.
I had the opposite problem. When I first read Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey I didn’t enjoy them much, for the oral storytelling style felt awkward and unfamiliar to me–though I had devoured books from an early age, I had seldom heard tales told. However, I loved The Aeneid, which Virgil had written to be read. Now there is as much angst about the recent move toward digital and visual media that’s making the printed book redundant.1
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I recently decided that I would like to find a pen pal after seeing lots of people on Instagram who receive wonderful ‘happy mail’ through their letterbox from people all around the world, and feeling rather jealous! It was very easy to find people who were looking for pen pals, in fact there are lots of Instagram accounts solely for the purpose of pairing them up! You send them a short message saying a little about yourself and what characteristics you would like in your pen pal, and they then post an advert. I was inundated with requests in just a matter of days. 🙂
Being pretty busy over summer with work and holidays, I decided to only take on two pen pals for the moment. I already feel like I want more so I’m sure the number will grow shortly! One of them is a lovely law student in Brussels, and the other lives in Cheshire and has lots in common with me, including my love for pop punk. 😀
It’s important to consider that there are different types of pen pals, who want to get different things out of the hobby. Some simply write letters explaining the happenings of their day-to-day life, others might want mementos of each others countries and any trips or visits they go on. I have found people who share my love of art and crafts, and so we exchange little craft/stationary items in our letters.
This was the first package I sent to Belgium. (Luckily it all fit inside a reasonably flat envelope and so the postage didn’t cost much at all. If you are concerned by the price of packing though, perhaps find some pen pals in your own country to reduce the cost.)
This was a letter I received from my pen pal in Cheshire, who enclosed some sweet note cards and stickers.
Here is my reply. I made her a sticky note dashboard, filled in some journaling cards, and enclosed stickers and some tea with my letter.
Why not give it a try yourself! It’s a great way to make friends around the world, learn about different countries and cultures, share hobbies and interests, and if you’re like me; it’s so exciting having pretty post arriving for you in the mornings. 🙂

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For a very long time, I nurtured the desire to travel, explore new places, encounter new cultures, dine on an assortment of cuisines and gain a unique connection with the diversity of nature. This desire to visit different countries of the world soon came to fruition in 2016 when I set out on an exploration journey of Europe. I had the premonition that Europe is such a unique continent not only for its cultural and racial diversity but also because it has some sense of historical supremacy for having been the sole region that host the colonial powers that conquered the rest of the world. Landing in the vast European continent through the Charles de Gaulle Airport, I was sure that my conception of the region was not only going to be exciting but also informative and insightful. I considered the trip to be my opportunity of a lifetime to test, confirm, and challenge my beliefs about the inhabitants. I had much theoretical information about the people, their cultures, political ideologies and economic activities hence this was not going to reframe my general view of Europe.
I arrived in France in the cold Christmas weather, and the city of Paris was just what many kinds of literature have depicted it to be; a fascinating city with well light streets, tall buildings with unique historical attachment. I reminisce with nostalgia the first drive through the canals of the city, seeing the great monuments and structures including the Notre Dame Cathedral. From the onset, I learned that city was one of the places in the world that hosts many historic buildings and monuments. The old, as well as modern architectural designs manifested in the constructions, provided a typical impression of how times have changed. The magnificent palaces and cathedrals not only provided a sense of reflection into the long history of European civilizations but also showed the incredibility of the past architects in developing unique designs using the limited techniques to create outstanding facades and interior decor in the buildings.
The streets of Paris, Vienna, London, Madrid, Barcelona, and Amsterdam through which I drove for the period I was in Europe had one unique commonality. They were ever busy with merchants moving from one railway station to the bus terminus and the airport the entire day and night. They reflected an ideal twenty four hour economy which testifies to the strong Eurozone. Shoppers and travelers on transit could quickly enter into fast food outlets, get their meals promptly served and continued with their journey devoid of unnceesary delays. The city of Manchester, Paris, and Rome provided me with a fascinating impression of cultural interactions through various live performances done by artists drawn from different parts of the world. It not only reminded me of the cultural complexity of the continent but also reflected the hospitality of the people. Everyone seemed to be busy pursuing their activities without expressing any form of discrimination whatsoever. In the Paris Opera house where entertainments were done live, I felt a closer attachment to the many cultural heritage that defines the population there.
On my first visit to Spain, it was amazing for someone to get a combo meal at Burger King. In fact, I had the feeling that the meal was cheaper than Diet Coke. I relaxed the differences in market prices of items in the different European markets. Though the countries were sharing the same currency of euro and forming part of the Eurozone, the cost of ordinary retail communities considerably varied. For instance, I could not buy anything in Switzerland since they seemed to be comparatively more expensive than they cost in the United Kingdom. On the other hand, movement in the many cities was simplified by the flexible, diverse, and technologically enhanced methods of paying the fare. In fact, even an ordinary citizen would find it very convenient to move to desired destinations without the limitations of distance. Train terminals lead to motor vehicle terminus which again proceeds to the airports. In Switzerland, horticultural crops such as flowers are thus quickly moved in refrigerated vehicles and train cabins. In fact, I felt the incredibility of nature during one of my visits to the open flowers show in Switzerland. The cold summer weather kept the different colored and scented flowers turgid, and it was just amazing to see how the floriculture industry performs so well in the country.
I could not end my experience of Europe without paying keen attention to the various cultural aspects of the people there. Actually, from what I witnessed on the continent, I would recommend it as an essential destination for a student interested in improving cultural competencies. The old and the young in Europe interacted so freely in open places without age restrictions. Conversations and exchange of pleasantries were characteristically short and casual which made me feel that the Europeans are ever busy with limited time to develop formal relationships with strangers. Despite the fact that they treated everyone with the utmost sense of hospitality, I loathed the casual nature of their interactions. In fact, sometimes I felt like I did not get the attention that I anticipated. One thing which also became clear is that the European's lack the sense of respect for titles. Children just referred to the old using one of their names such as Tom or Jeremy. Titles such as Mr., Dr. or Madam were uncommon. Whereas I thought that being a civilized society such titles would confer respect, I was wrong.
The Europeans with whom I interacted showed a unique sense of industry; they were ever busy doing something bit still they strictly scheduled their time to include leisure. During the weekends, I recall families gathering not only in entertainment places to watch videos but some also went out to swim in the sandy beaches, skiing and watching the beautiful natural scenery which showed their sincere regard for aesthetics, leisure, and natural heritage. In fact, it was uncommon to find people taking jobs on weekends since it offered a time for the families to reunite and thoroughly enjoy the presence of each other.
Ending my trip in Europe at Berlin, I had a moment of reflection on the infamous Berlin conference which culminated in the partition and colonization of various countries in the African continent. For once I felt the supremacy of the Europeans right from Britain to France for having conquered some of the resource-endowed nations of the world including the United States of America. The entire experience was expository and informative. I gained a comprehensive impression of the unique cultures, architectures, history, and economy of Europe. I was able to overcome some of the myths and misconception as well as build an informed idea of the Europeans.
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This is a fun and colourful book that introduces young children to colours and objects in a simple and fun way using the characters Nick and Sue and their favourite colours and objects.
“Nick likes red apples, Sue likes green pears.”
“Nick likes brown bears and black cats, Sue likes black and white cats and black and white hats.”
Each concept is highlighted with simple, fun and colourful illustrations to capture the attention and imagination of little ones.
My daughter loves this book, which was bought as a present and at bedtime we have been known to ask for “more”. That in my mind is a seal of approval and as it’s educational too that’s an added bonus.
It gets our recommendation! Enjoy!
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Take a five-minute walk every half hour for better health
"Even small amounts of walking spread throughout the workday can significantly lower your risk of heart disease and other chronic illnesses."
By Alice Clifford via SWNS
A five-minute walk every half an hour is just the tonic for better health, according to a new study.
Following the regime has the power to lower both blood sugar levels and blood pressure, say scientists.
The Columbia University study shows that taking these specific walking breaks can reduce blood sugar spikes by almost 60 percent compared to sitting all day.
They also leave you feeling less tired and significantly improve your mood.
The 11 participants of the study sat in an ergonomic chair for eight hours and were instructed when to take walking breaks.
They took part in five different regimes. They either walked for one minute every 30 minutes of sitting, one minute after 60 minutes, five minutes every 30, five minutes every 60, or they didn’t walk at all.
Study lead author Professor Keith Diaz, of Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, said: “If we hadn’t compared multiple options and varied the frequency and duration of the exercise, we would have only been able to provide people with our best guesses of the optimal routine.”
The researchers ensured that each person didn’t over or under-exercise.
The participants were allowed to work on laptops, read books, use their phones and were given meals throughout the study.
After all the tests were done it was revealed that the optimal amount of movement was five minutes of walking every 30 minutes.
Taking a walking break every 30 minutes for one minute also provided modest benefits for blood sugar levels throughout the day.
However, walking every 60 minutes for either one minute or five had no positive impact.
The researchers found that walking significantly reduced blood pressure by four to five mmHg compared to sitting all day.
Dr. Diaz said: “This is a sizeable decrease, comparable to the reduction you would expect from exercising daily for six months.”
He added: “The effects on mood and fatigue are important.
“People tend to repeat behaviors that make them feel good and that are enjoyable.”
He added: “What we know now is that for optimal health, you need to move regularly at work, in addition to a daily exercise routine.
“While that may sound impractical, our findings show that even small amounts of walking spread through the workday can significantly lower your risk of heart disease and other chronic illnesses.”
The study was published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, the journal of the American College of Sports Medicine.
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It’s safe to say that Republicans are out of control on the state and federal level. Seriously, how misogynistic is it to ban two Democratic women for voting against a bill? Where is their guarantee of “first amendment rights” as ensured by The Constitution?
A male Republican House leader in Michigan silenced two female Democratic state legislators on Thursday after the pair tried to advance a measure that would have reduced access to vasectomies.
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Majority Floor Leader Jim Stamas (R) was “uncomfortable with me saying vasectomy,” Byrum explained, noting that no one told her why she had been banned or how long it would last. “I can only assume it’s because I stood up for my district and women in Michigan yesterday,” she added.
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The Bradley have many digital Bradley smokers the ones with the 6 rack model allows you to smoke more food in once. The 6 rack Bradley smokers Also, it will help you cook more food than usual and with this, you see the value of the wood bisquettes in the smoking world. Suppose you have used many other electric smokers in past and you aren’t sure what to buy, Bradley electric smokers are a great choice.
Original Bradley Electric Smoker
It produces the professional-quality of smoked and slow-roasted meats, fish, cheese, or vegetables at your home. Good for the beef brisket, ribs or pork shoulders, the versatile Bradley smokers and barbecue gives you an ability to smoke the foods with the cold and hot smoking. It is actually an ideal device for the slow and low-temperature roasting. The Bradley smokers feature the durable steel exterior and with tough powder epoxy touch and polished steel interior that will give you many years of the top smoking performance. With 15″Wx11.5″ Dx 9″ T smoking area gives you plenty of smoking room of 572square inches of the cooking space above four specially made racks that will not tip while pulling out.
The Bradley smokers feature 500watt of cooking element as well as 125watt of the smoking element that actually delivers the maximum cooking temperature 250°. Like all the Bradley smokers, the unit burns simple-to-use Bisquettes (sold separately) that burn very cleanly without any flame as well as self-load in the burner unit.
- Simple front loading design
- The insulated smoking cabinet is used any time of a year
- Simple-to-use controls for the consistent and controlled cooking & smoking.
- Also, comes with the recipe book & built-in thermometer.
- The exterior dimensions of 31″Hx24″ W x14″ D.
- The Bradley smokers box dimensions of 25.5″Hx15″ Wx11.5″ D
- The extra large feet for the stability.
- Hot and Cold smoking
- Needs the side handles move around
- Needs the wheels or castors to roll
Of “Lazy-Q” Bradley smoker appliance it is one of best and the refrigerator style of Bradley smokers. It is controlled thermostatically and will both hot and cold smoke. You get the wide variety of the smoking abilities from the unit. The smoke is made by burning the wood disks, which are added to a unit by the controlled mechanism. You will get very little smoke and you do not need to take care of the fire, which is a great thing. Actually, when it is set you may leave it until the food is ready to eat.
This Bradley electric smoker is the refrigerator shaped of the smoking appliance and this is also electrically powered, and thermostatically controlled as well as uses the hardwood “bisquettes” that will produce more smoke. You may load the unit up at whatever you would like to smoke, and load bisquette dispenser, and turn this on and 8 hours later you will have the barbecue, and smoked fish, and practically anything. Whereas this may not sound like the authentic barbecue, the unit is made to get you as close you may without even having to tend the fire and set vents. It is a perfect appliance for somebody who does not have any time, patience and space for doing it in an old fashioned way. Besides making the barbecue, you may use the Bradley electric smokers for cold smoke fish, such as smoked salmon. You also can use this as the food dryer that will make good jerky and dried fruit. You will have to clean this out well, particularly after fish. You don’t want to mix the smell of fish with other smells. But don’t worry, stainless steel interior will make that very easy.
- Totally self-contained unit
- Smokes (hot/cold), roasts as well as dries
- Versatile cooking appliance
- Uses the Bradley flavor bisquettes that you need to buy

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RIM, Nokia, Facebook, Yahoo: Zombie techs live!November 29, 2012: 12:41 PM ET
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Paul R. La Monica. Other than Time Warner, the parent of CNNMoney, and Abbott Laboratories, La Monica does not own positions in any individual stocks.
At one point this year, investors were assuming that the market for mobile devices and advertising began and ended with just two companies: Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG). They were the Home Depot and Lowe's of wireless. Nobody else mattered.
If Apple, Google, IBM (IBM) and Amazon (AMZN) are the new Four Horsemen of Tech, then RIM, Nokia, Facebook and Yahoo are their cousins, the Four Zombies of Tech. The undead walk among us! For the most part, the recent rallies are predicated on the notion that each of these companies will make a bigger splash in mobile.
BlackBerry maker RIM surged more than 5% Thursday after Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock to a buy. This continues a stunning stock rebound for RIM since the summer. Shares more than doubled from their 52-week lows as analysts and investors became more optimistic about the company's upcoming (at long last) release of its BlackBerry 10 operating system.
Nokia has also more than doubled from its low point for a similar reason. Reviews of the company's Lumia smartphone, which runs on Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows Phone operating system, have been very favorable, stirring hopes that strong sales could follow.
The big knock on Facebook following its boondoggle of an IPO in May was that it had no mobile strategy, but shares of Facebook are now up more than 50% from their 52-week low. Much of the excitement revolves around the fact that Facebook has found a way to quickly make money off of mobile advertising. Last month, Facebook announced that 14% of its third-quarter advertising revenue came from mobile, up from almost zero just one quarter earlier.
And then there's Yahoo. The purple portal's stock has shot up more than 30% from its 52-week lows. The main news out of Yahoo over the past few months is that the company lured new CEO Marissa Mayer from Google. (The finalization of the Alibaba transaction helped too.) Yahoo hasn't made any bold moves in mobile just yet, but Mayer has done a good job of making it clear that she thinks mobile is a huge priority. For the time being, Mayer can do no wrong in the eyes of investors. (I've joked that CBS should create a new sitcom called "Everybody Loves Marissa.")
So what should investors in these zombies do now?
You still need to be wary. Apple may be wounded, but it remains a powerhouse. With more than $12o billion in cash and a stock trading at only about 12 times earnings estimates for fiscal 2013, it still is attractive. The recent stock performances of another struggling tech foursome -- Microsoft, Intel (INTC), Dell (DELL) and HP (HPQ) -- show just how hard it is to compete against Apple. (In an homage to Dickens and the holidays, let's call them The Four Tech Ghosts of PC Christmases Past.)
But looking more closely at the not-yet Fab Four of mobile, Facebook appears to have the most promise -- even though it is still an expensive stock, trading at just north of 40 times 2013 earnings estimates.
Facebook has shown concrete improvement in mobile. If that continues, much of the skepticism will dissipate about the company's future ability to be a true profit powerhouse and not just a place where a billion people offer updates about the most minute details of their lives.
Yahoo is intriguing. Mayer is saying all the right things, and morale appears to have improved dramatically as a result. But shares now trade at 16.5 times 2013 earnings estimates. Google trades at about 15 times next year's profit forecasts. Should Yahoo, still very much a turnaround story, deserve a premium to Google? Not right now. Yahoo has to show more signs of growth in mobile before it warrants a higher valuation.
That brings us to RIM and Nokia. Their P/E ratios are non-existent. E stands for earnings -- and both companies are expected to lose money this year and in 2013. Sales are expected to keep declining at Nokia and to grow a meager 1% at RIM in its next fiscal year. Both stocks may have trouble going much higher for the long-term.
Sure, they could continue to have pops, like RIM had today on analyst upgrades. Both stocks are favorite targets of short sellers and are prone to violent squeezes on "good news" like analyst upgrades.
But RIM and Nokia need more than glowing sell-side coverage to stage a meaningful comeback. They have to boost their market share and revenue in the mobile device market. The recent rally looks more like a dead cat (or smartphone) bounce. Investors may have punished the two stocks a little too hard and are now relieved to find that neither company is the Hostess of the tech world just yet.
But just because you aren't dead doesn't mean you're healthy. Nokia at least has a product on the market that people can look at, so its rally is a bit more grounded in reality.
RIM is a different story. The BlackBerry 10 could be the company's savior. But does anyone honestly think that customers who have gotten used to iPhones and Android devices (or even new Windows Phones) will flock back to BlackBerry? The RIM rebound seems eerily reminiscent of the PlayBook hype a few years ago.
Shares of RIM plunged more than 40% between March and September of 2010 on worries that the company was getting into the tablet market too late. Shares then surged 65% by February 2011 on hopes for strong PlayBook sales.
RIM traded at about $53 a share when the PlayBook debuted on April 19, 2011. They now fetch about $12. Need I say more?

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22-JAN-2016: The Faculty of Medicine, Aligarh Muslim University recently organized an 'Orientation Programme' for the interns of the 2011 Batch of J N Medical College and Z A Dental College to give them an understanding of applying, consolidating and expanding their clinical knowledge and skills. The 'Orientation Programme' was aimed at helping the interns in progressively increasing their responsibility for providing safe and high quality patient care.
After inaugurating the Orientation Programme, the Aligarh Muslim University Pro Vice Chancellor, Brigadier S Ahmad Ali (retd) also inaugurated the simulation lab equipments for cardio pulmonary resuscitation. The Pro Vice Chancellor inaugurated the equipments of the simulation lab for CPR by performing resuscitation on the mannequin.
The students were divided into small groups, were shown steps of CPR, and were encouraged to do hands on training on the mannequins and new gadgets like the pocket CPR device.
The Pro Vice Chancellor emphasized that with their academics, the interns should also take part in sports and engage in a healthy physical routine.
Professor Shahjahan Bano, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Prof Tamkin Khan, Department of Gynecology explained the interns their responsibilities while addressing at the Programme.
During the Programme, Prof Tariq Mansoor, Principal and CMS of JNMC said that this programme will make the interns understand in details the daily procedures in various wards of a hospital.
Prof R K Tiwari, Principal, Z A Dental College said that internships help medical graduates to become good doctors.
Prof Seema Hakim, Chairman, Department of Gynecology and Co-ordinator, Medical Education Unit gave the introduction and outline of programme in her address.
'The importance of blood in saving lives and its sampling, transfusion awareness and reaction' were explained by Prof S H Arif.
'Necessity of efficient communication skills' was demonstrated through a wonderful skit and presentation by Dr Zehra Mohsin.
While explaining the concepts of infection prevention through simple yet effective measures like hand washing and scrubbing, Prof Haris M Khan and Dr Mehr Rizvi also illustrated ways of bio-medical waste disposal.
Prof Haris also spoke on various legislations related to waste management and highlighted the facilities present at JNMCH for proper waste disposal.
Prof M Amanullah Khan and Dr Shahbaz H Faridi talked about 'Stabilising the patient.... Identifying and managing a surgical emergency' during their address to the interns.'
Prof M K A Sherwani addressed the gathering on 'Trauma and Accidents: What is Expected from Interns'.
Prof H S Khan gave tips to the interns on giving referrals to the patients during the talk on 'How to quickly arrive at a diagnosis' during the programme.
Prof Afzal Anees spoke on 'Responsibilities of interns in wards: Observe, learn and seizing opportunity'. He also talked about psychomotor aspects and attitude of interns.
In the post lunch session Dr Ruhi Khan and Dr Lubna Zafar spoke on 'Record keeping: Role of an intern' while Dr M kaleem talked about Medico-legal case in emergency.
Dr S Moied Ahmed, Dr Shahna Ali with their team explained the CPR- cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, its steps and benefits to the interns.
Prof Abdul Quadir, Prof M A Khan were also present on the occasion.
The inaugural ceremony was hosted by Dr Shahna Ali.
Related PicturesAMU PVC performing the CPR at the Orientation programme at JNMC


All Things Fallen, formed in the year 2017 by Markus Sigfridsson (of the Darkwater, Harmony and Lance King fame), have recorded their 2nd Studio album “Shadow Way ” which is due to be released on the 3rd June under the Blackoak Record label. It’s mixed and mastered by Dennis Koehne and will be distributed by Beyond the Storm Productions worldwide. The band onboarded Raphael Dafras (of the Edu Falschi and Almah fame) on bass with guest appearance by Maria Grigoryeva on Violin and Ulrik Arturén on Backing vocals.
The band states that, “Old fans of melodic atmospheric metal will enjoy this album, which is melancholic, melodic and has a darker vibe than the first album. It flirts with the 70 ́s Rainbow style but with a modern production. The lyrics of All Things Fallen often deals with contemporary events and issues in our world, but often from a metaphoric stance. A perfect album for fans of atmospheric and progressive metal and bands like Evergrey, Soen, Pain of Salvation and Darkwater.”
While this was my first time listening to ATF, I went ahead with an acquiescent mindset. The album opens up with “The Sentinel” which blares on with a chunky guitar riff with a hint of flutes lingering in the backdrop. The vocals remain clean throughout the breadth of the song, and have subdued seconds embedded well within the mix. The song builds on ambient elements as it progresses and changes course midway which brings about an enigmatic arrangement of the song. With “Rebirth” the band takes an aggressive stance at the onset, carries forth with hymn-like lyrics paired with flaring guitar riffs and a catchy chorus which parallels an eclectic guitar solo. The crunchy guitar riffs drive the song and set the stage for everyone else to follow. One of the longest and craziest guitar riffing that follows is a true hallmark of the progressive genre, that one is sure to remember. What an amazing feat!
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DIY Miniature Flower Pots for Fairy Gardens
This sweet little fairy garden accessory is so simple to make it almost doesn’t warrant it’s own tutorial, but it’s also too cute to just gloss over!
These miniature flower pots were the PERFECT finishing touch for this little wheelbarrow fairy garden:
I was struggling to come up with great accessories for this garden because the house is actually SO small.
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Most of the accessories I have on hand – or even can think of to make, are just SLIGHTLY bigger than this house allows. I’m not OVERLY picky about scale, but I don’t want things to look ridiculous either.
(I like to be able to SORT of believe the fairies could be hiding just around the corner!)
Then I remembered these itty-bitty flower pots I’d picked up at Micheal’s one day (you can also get them on Amazon, or make them from polymer clay.)
They were the PERFECT size to be “large” pots of flowers outside this tiny house.
All you need to make miniature pots of flowers for a fairy garden:
- Some sort of miniature container
- a few springs of fake plants
- a scissors
- a glue gun
Trim (very small) bits of plant, and fill the container with hot glue… and press the plants into the glue!
(You might want to sort of try and hold them in place prior to gluing to see if you need more or fewer plants, and to make sure it looks how you want it to.)
I wanted color for this particular garden because it’s a succulent garden and was lacking color in my opinion, but you could make these into cascading pots of greenery quite easily. (I might just have to try that soon!)
I was SO pleased with how they turned out!
I thought about painting the pots – you know, bright blue with white stripes, or pink with yellow polka dots – anything like that would be sweet! I just didn’t have the time, but I will paint the next set of mini potted plants I make for a fairy garden!
Alternatively, if you have time for a more involved project, you could make tiny flowers out of polymer clay – I made this little succulent last week and it is SO cute (in my opinion lol). Click here for the full tutorial on making mini polymer clay potted plants!
(PS, if you love miniature pots of flowers, you will probably love miniature baskets of veggies!)

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An obstacle-detection and GPS-enabled navigation wearable for the visually impaired.
Pull weather information from WeatherUnderground and display it on the Onion Omega 2+ OLED.
Building on and up! Using the lessons learned from the first tracker computer, we combine a bit of everything in this code.
Spending $1,000 on suspension repairs because the city failed to fix the potholes? This project makes sure that never happens again.
A powerful Maritime Instrument & Display Controller, based on UDOO Neo, acting as a navigator, chart plotter, wireless NMEA multiplexer & ?
Robot-tank PiTanq now can use GPS to reach a point on a map!
When out of cell range, you need a watch that lasts more then 24 hours and can radio for help. Pebble Time with SurvivalStrap is here.
Kayaking GPS: speed, time, latitude, longitude, distance and azimuth to waypoints, odometer, tide clock, battery monitoring.
An environmental monitoring system using a Nano, with GPS, BME680, VEML6070, MiCS-5524, BH1750, a 128x64 OLED, and NeoPixels.
My car has been stolen! Turn it off with your smart phone wherever you are.
A low-cost GSM GPS tracker being built on Collaborizm.
Parachute velocity is a metric that hasn't been properly measured in the skydiving community. The Parachute Speedometer does just that.
Part 2 incorporates a GPS receiver, 10 DOF IMU, and Ultrasonic distance sensor to be used for flight controls.
Designed a system which would ensure high navigation solution integrity even in an environment with poor or no GPS/Satellite navigation sign
Send MQTT updates to Adafruit.io using a FONA module and Hologram.io's SIM Card.
Go running with only one device - your smartwatch - and still enjoy all your music, GPS tracking, and more!
Walking stick and range finder using an ultrasonic sensor with GPS.
Build a GPS WiFi cam triggered by a distance sensor.
A compact box with atmospheric and GPS modules, designed to collect city wide data and to display it on a website.
This is a GPS tracker which displays all the positional data on the OLED display. A button helps the user to interact with a UI on the OLED.
A maritime autonomous robot boat for remove plastic debris and litter, for harbours, rivers, lakes and open waters of oceans.
Here we demonstrate how to build fundamental CanSat electronics using a Cmod A7 FPGA board.
Hi Alexa, what is my GPS location? Building an Arduino+GPS device powered by Alexa that can identify and send device location.
DAWA is a lap timer and data acquisition device made with Arduino for motorcycles (v6).


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Elfyn Evans shares the lead of the FIA World Rally Championship tonight, after becoming the first British driver to win Rally Sweden. Before today, only six nationalities had won the traditional winter round of the series, with 64 victories out of 70 events going to either Swedish or Finnish drivers. Colin McRae came close by finishing second in 1992, but in a brilliant performance Evans led this year’s event from start to finish to leave Sweden tied at the top of the drivers’ standings with Thierry Neuville.
Cardiff City fans have been told they will soon be cheering Kieffer Moore again – even though his two goals slowed the Bluebirds’ promotion push. Moore scored twice for Wigan in their 2-2 draw at the Cardiff City Stadium, where the 6ft 7in Wales striker has yet to find the net for his adopted country. But the player who scored vital away goals for Ryan Giggs’ side on their way to successful qualification for the Euro 2020 finals, will soon have supporters in the capital cheering for him, according to Wigan manager Paul Cook.
Elfyn Evans is on the brink of joining an elite club of non-Scandinavian drivers to have won Rally Sweden, as he takes a 17.2 second lead into tomorrow shortened final day of the event. The Toyota driver, who has led the event from the start, set three more fastest stage times today to double his lead over reigning world champion Ott Tänak (Hyundai). Only a very short day tomorrow stands between Evans and his second win in the FIA World Rally Championship.
Steve Cooper admits time is running out on Swansea City's hopes of a play-off spot as he launched a scathing attack on his side's defending. The Swansea boss saw his side come from behind three times to take the lead at Hull City. But the final defensive lapse allowed Tigers sub Tom Eaves to snatch a draw five minutes into injury-time.
With such a shortened route, every driver had to be super-fast out of the blocks today if they were to stand any chance of winning Rally Sweden – and fastest of all was Elfyn Evans, who leads the event for the first time in his career tonight. Evans set a blistering time on the opening stage, completing it 1.1 seconds quicker than Ott Tänak (Hyundai) and 2.9 seconds fastest than his Toyota team-mate and six time world champion Sébastien Ogier. And Evans never lost that lead all day, setting another fastest time on stage three and two second quickest times on stages two and four to lead Tänak (the reigning world champion and last year’s Rally Sweden winner) by 8.5 seconds.
Good enough to beat the rest of the world, twice, Wales’ former world champion triathlete Helen Jenkins has never allowed her path to be blocked by obstacles. So, why should two kids and surgery on her spine get in the way of her comeback, as she tells Graham Thomas. Helen Jenkins plans to race again in April – having proved that anything is possible if you’re determined stay active and impress the kids. For most of us that might mean keeping in reasonable shape as the years pass in order to enjoy life to the full with the family.
A teenage race-walker is organising his own para athletics meeting in Cardiff to give fellow disability athletes the opportunity to compete against each other. Daniel McKerlich, who competes in the T20 category for people with learning difficulties, has spotted a need for a competition in Wales exclusively for disabled athletes. The 19-year-old hopes his Para Athletics Event 2020 will attract some of Britain's top para athletes as they prepare for the Tokyo Paralympics and go in search of qualifying standards.
Newly crowned champions Mountain Ash Comprehensive School plan to defend their RCT Schools Netball title next year – kitted out in new gear. The year 11 girls won the tournament for the first time to carry off the trophy and £250 prize money - sponsored by Netball Universe - which they intend to put to good use by buying new team dresses. After watching her side beat runners-up Treorchy Comprehensive School 11-8 after extra-time in a thrilling final, Mountain Ash coach Lynsey Morgan said: “We’ll be using the prize money to buy netball dresses, which the girls are excited about.
Steve Cooper admitted his Swansea City side blew an opportunity as they failed to climb back into the Championship play-off places following defeat at Stoke City. They Swans went down 2-0 and remain seventh in the table after just two victories in their last six league matches. They have only... Read More
Ashley Williams can remind Wales fans he still has plenty to offer Ryan Giggs when he returns to Swansea City tonight. The Wales captain – who has lost his starting place for the national side after also struggling to be selected at club level – is poised to lead a... Read More
Swansea City's Deadline Day Discount - Ayew, Fernandez And Clucas Sold But Only Declan John Comes In
Swansea City’s deadline day dealings left them with cash in the bank, an old boy from Cardiff City – but desperately short of central defenders. The Swans made just one signing, taking Wales international full-back Declan John from Rangers for an undisclosed fee. But four players left the club –... Read More
Sam Clucas could be on his way out of Swansea City with Burnley confident they can land the midfielder for around £12m. Clucas joined the Swans from Hull City a year ago and made 29 Premier League appearances last season. But after an encouraging start, his form became inconsistent and... Read More
Carlos Carvalhal admits he will not... Read More
Magic was the one thing Carlos Carvalhal said could not be delivered on becoming Swansea City manager. Yet one month into his reign, it is hard not to spot a strange alchemy being worked in south Wales. Strikers who could not score are suddenly finding the net, midfielders once booed... Read More

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Altered behavior due to prenatal smoke exposure was examined in 25 neonates born from smoking mothers who consumed at least 5 cigarettes/d during the entire gestation. Data were compared with 25 matched neonates born from nonsmoking mothers. Neonatal behavior was evaluated using the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (BNBAS). Antenatal exposure to tobacco smoke at the end of the pregnancy was determined by measurement of urinary cotinine. Newborns from smoking mothers showed significant lower scores in various BNBAS items compared with neonates from nonsmoking mothers. A strong correlation was observed between infant irritability and urinary cotinine in newborns from smoker and nonsmoking mothers and with number of daily smoked cigarettes and maternal nicotine daily intake of infants exposed to active maternal smoking. Linear regression analysis showed that urinary cotinine was the best predictor of infant irritability (r = 0.727). The latter was also associated to the neonate's low level of attention and poor response to inanimate auditory stimuli. Among infants from nonsmoking mothers, paternal smoking significantly correlated with infant urinary cotinine and infant irritability, being also the best predictor of irritability (r = 0.364). Neonatal behavior can be significantly altered in a dose-dependent manner even after modest prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke. © International Pediatrics Research Foundation, Inc. 2007. All Rights Reserved.
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Gideon Glick, Lindsay Mendez, and Significant Other Stars Meet the Press
Joshua Harmon's acclaimed play makes its Broadway debut.
Roundabout Underground: Making a Cut-Throat Industry Work for Young Playwrights
How two of Broadway's star writers, Stephen Karam and Joshua Harmon, kicked off their careers deep below Times Square.
Rebecca Naomi Jones Joins Cast of Significant Other on Broadway
Gideon Glick, Lindsay Mendez, and more reprise their roles from the off-Broadway run.
Speakeasy Stage Ready to Tie the Knot With Significant Other
Performances of the comedy from Bad Jews scribe Joshua Harmon begin tonight.
Broadway-Bound Significant Other Sets Romantic First-Preview Date
Joshua Harmon's dramatic comedy is directed by Trip Cullman.
Joshua Harmon's Significant Other Will Move to Broadway
The comedy-drama premiered at Roundabout Theatre Company's Laura Pels Theatre.

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There's a "good chance" the Hawks will re-sign point guard Shelvin Mack to a second 10-day contract after his first deal expires this weekend, a source tells Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Twitter link). Vivlamore says Mack's contract is up Sunday, but the Hawks announced his signing on March 6th, meaning the 10-day deal would expire after tonight. Either way, it appears the point guard will be with Atlanta for at least a little while longer.
Mack has appeared in four games for a total of 28 minutes so far with the Hawks, his third NBA team this season. He was with the Sixers on a pair of 10-day contracts, but Philadelphia opted not to keep him for the rest of the year after he totaled just seven minutes during stay there. The Wizards, who drafted him 34th overall in 2011, waived him at the end of training camp and brought him back on Christmas. The 23-year-old Butler product averaged 5.3 points and 3.3 assists in 20.1 minutes per game in seven contests this year for Washington, which dropped him in January, just before his contract would have become guaranteed for the rest of the season.
Mack is occupying the 15th and final roster spot for Atlanta, so if the Hawks do what the Sixers and Wizards have resisted doing and keep him for the rest of the season, they couldn't pick up anyone else this year without waiving someone on a guaranteed contract.


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By Yola Verbruggen - Myanmar Times
A global meeting on drugs failed to deliver a highly anticipated shift from a punitive approach to narcotics, disappointing Myanmar advocacy groups.
The outcome of the UN General Assembly Special Session on drugs held last week in New York instead resulted in a draft resolution that brings little new to the table, experts said.
Nang Pann Ei, a coordinator of the Drug Policy Advocacy Groups, called the UNGASS meeting significant because Myanmar civil society was able to speak up for opium farmers facing the constant threat of crop eradication. But she voiced disappointment about the resulting policy document, saying it has “some serious gaps”.
“It did not mention harm reduction specifically, and decriminalisation of drug use and abolishing the death penalty for drug-related offenses was not mentioned,” she said. “This will impact Myanmar drug policies, which will still stick to repressive drug laws and not change to 100 percent human rights-based drug policies for the affected communities.”
“We hoped UNGASS would help change these outdated and repressive policies, but this unfortunately did not happen,” she added.
Click here to read the full article.
Keep up-to-date with drug policy developments by subscribing to the IDPC Monthly Alert.
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Coinbase, a Cryptocurrency exchange made its highly anticipated debut on Nasdaq on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, becoming the first company devoted entirely to cryptocurrency to enter the US stock exchange.
The IPO of Coinbase Global today was a big turning point for the cryptocurrency business. It had a rousing debut on Wall Street with the digital currency exchange’s stock growing as high as $429, giving it a market cap of $100 billion for a brief period of time.
According to analysts, retail trading accounts for 90% of Coinbase’s income, with the majority of trading taking place in the United States and focusing mainly on the two main cryptos: Bitcoin and ETHUSD. Dubbed the most talked-about IPO on Wall Street, Coinbase resumed trading on the Nasdaq Composite Index today under the ticker “COIN.”
What this means
Given Coinbase’s reception, Crypto optimists insist Bitcoin will not go anywhere in the near future, but will instead become more mainstream. They see the Bitcoin craze as the “start of a new era” in the digital currency world, rather than a passing phase.
Due to Bitcoin’s young and unpredictable existence, investors and public corporations are also wary of investing in it. However, as long as the currency’s popularity is sustained, the bubble hypothesis can be debunked as control and acceptance of the currency spreads further down the line, according to analysts.
It is important to note that Coinbase has a strong correlation with Bitcoin and as it benefits from its bullish run, it can also be hit by a downturn in the market.
What you should know
- Coinbase has become popular amongst cryptocurrency optimists since being founded in 2012, for providing an easier way to exchange shares of digital currencies.
- Coinbase announced last week that its first-quarter sales jumped 847% to $1.8 billion and that it currently has 56 million confirmed customers.
- Coinbase is now one of the largest publicly traded firms in the United States, with a market cap of more than $100 billion.
- Only 83 companies in the S&P 500 index have a market value greater than $100 billion.
- The combined market value of Nasdaq Inc., which operates the Nasdaq Stock Market, and Intercontinental Exchange, which owns the New York Stock Exchange, is greater than Coinbase’s.


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作 者：Rico Rodriguez
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"I love to entertain people and make them laugh. Whether through Manny or by just being myself, making people laugh is the greatest feeling in the world. Getting an opportunity to do that at my age has taught me a lot. So, I started this journal as a reminder of the most important real and 'reel' life lessons that I hope to never forget. "
Barely into his teen years, Rico Rodriguez is living his dream, playing the hilarious and infectious character Manny Delgado on ABC's Emmy Award-winning sitcom Modern Family. As his on-screen alter ego, Rico dispenses wisdom with a maturity far beyond his age. In Reel Life Lessons...So Far, he shares his own thoughts about growing up, facing life's challenges, and the importance of family.


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The Flesh & Blood Trading Card game by Legendary Studios of Auckland, New Zealand finally made its debut in October 2019 with the release of the Welcome to Rathe Booster box. The game had been in development for seven years prior to being released.
Here's a little from Legendary studios about it
"Flesh and Blood rewards good decisions, not good luck. With our game, we seek to challenge the fundamental laws of TCG card evaluation and deck building philosophies. It’s highly interactive, with action beginning from the very first turn. The game is built around a unique resource system, underpinning an innovative combat dynamic which has been rigorously tested by competitive TCG fanatics."
Titan Cards offer a number of products from the Flesh & Blood Trading Card Game including Booster Boxes and Theme Decks.

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What Happened to the Sunburned Grape Plant Article? (Click here)
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Environmental Editor / Staff Reporter
The sunlight has been the engine of the annual grape production in Napa Valley for six thousand years.
The native grapes, Vitis californica ,were abundant along the creeks and water ways and springs of what would become the Napa Valley and the major water way named by the County Supervisors was changed from creek to a river to help in infill and settlement.
The native grape was a favorite of the Wappo Indians who climbed the bay, alder and cottonwood trees to pick the berries that grew 30 feet skyward along the creeks.
The Vitis vines circled the trunks and limbs of the stream side canopy as the ranged skyward in source of sunlight to sustain there providence to this very day.
The current Napa board of supervisors have embraced infill and unrestricted growth of a beautiful valley and now want to double the roads to allow more vehicles to pollute the valley to ruination of agriculture and the so called Napa Valley Experience.
The sewage flows freely to the Napa River slowly killing the very canopy that supported thousands of years of Vitis californica grapes.
The endless vehicular traffic daily poisons the very vines that are the cultivated engine of the wine industry as the cloned grapes endure a growing matrix of airborne pollutants deposited by the success of Napa Valley as a destination for all to see...
These visitors view it from limousine's, buses,motor homes, motorcycles,cars and trucks.
The sum of all the current daily pollution and the aerial spraying of the chemtrails has now gotten a foothold on the potential ruination of a once prolific agricultural valley that supported grapes for over six thousand years...
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Sheriff: Man out of the hospital, charged with firing at deputies
Published 10:40 am Thursday, November 3, 2016
By Shavonne Walker
ROCKWELL — A Rockwell man who fired at Rowan authorities a week ago has been released from the hospital and is now facing felony assault charges.
Robert Dean Ashby, 71, of the 6900 block of Old Beatty Ford Road, was charged with two counts felony assault with a deadly weapon on a law enforcement officer and one count of misdemeanor resist, delay, obstruct an officer.
Rowan deputies went to the residence to assist EMS after a 911 call for a 71-year-old who was “acting out of his head.” The caller told officials they were afraid of the man. When authorities arrived, the family and EMS were trying to coax the man out of the home.
A family member said Ashby was armed with a handgun. Two deputies moved away from a door and moments later the man fired a .45-caliber handgun.
Ashby eventually came out of the home and was taken to the hospital for medical treatment.
He remains in the Rowan County Detention Center under a $50,000 secured bond.
— Shavonne Walker

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