Dreadbit reveals information on Ironcast weapons
Those interested in the upcoming title Ironcast may be wondering what weapons will be utilized. How effective will the Ironcast weapons be in the game?
Well, Dreadbit has decided to talk a bit about them. We already know the basics that were mentioned on the game’s Kickstarter page, which is that the Ironcast weapons in the game’s version of the Victorian era are a curious mix of explosive projectile cannons, missile launchers, and energy weapons.
As for what makes the Ironcast weapons different from each other, the answer lies in each weapon’s statistics. An example shared is one of Ironcast’s simplest weapons, the Light Cannon.
At the top is the name of the weapon and its “MK” rank. There are a total of 5 ranks of each weapon in the game, with the Light Cannon being MK I (Mark I), thus making it the lowest grade of the weapon.
Next up is the manufacturer, which, in the case of this weapon, is none other than Beechwood Munitions, the company belonging to one of the Ironcast Commanders, William Beechwood.
Followed by the manufacturer is the weapon’s rarity. Every system in the game has both Common and Rare versions. Rare versions of the systems and weapons are, as you likely expect, more damaging and/or effective in battle. The one showed is a common item, so it has nothing special.
And then we get into the meat of the information, stats:
* Health points: The amount of damage the system can take before it’s put out of
action. Systems can be repaired with green Repair nodes.
* Damage per shot: As you’d imagine, the amount of damage per shot of this weapon.
Often the amount will be random between two values, to mix things up a little bit.
* Number of shots: Some weapons fire several shots. Others just the one.
* Splash damage: Some weapons fire explosive rounds that will hit the other systems
on the target enemy at the same time. This is called “splash damage” and is applied
to the other 3 locations.
* Average damage: Some basic maths are used to arrive at this value: Shot damage
x number of shots + total splash damage. It’s a rough guide to show you which weapon
is stronger when comparing quickly.
Finally, at the bottom left is the cost to fire the weapon.
Overall the Light Cannon seems to be a decent weapon at first glance. It has pretty consistent damage and will always fire five shots, making it one of the most damaging weapons in the game. Unfortunately, even a weak enemy shield will manage to deflect the majority of the damage from the Light Cannon, thus significantly weakening the weapon’s effectiveness.
The next weapon shared, the Energy Lance, is on the other end of the spectrum. Though it only fires a single shot, it also has much higher damage, making it quite a useful weapon for when the enemy has shields at full strength. That said, unshielded enemies would make this a bit of a waste when compared to the Light Cannon, as the latter would be able to dish out higher average damage.
The final weapon shared was the Pulse Repeater. This weapon is a bit unique out of the Ironcast weapons in that, though it has a rather consistent damage per shot, the number of shots is varied. Unfortunately the Royal Electric scientists couldn’t get the power flow quite right, resulting in the random number of shots.
Overall, the developers claim that it is comparable in use to the Light Cannon. “However,” they add, “you could strike it lucky and land the full ten shots (making for a blistering 150-160 damage in one attack).” They warn, “Alternatively, the weapon could put out a measly five shots, meaning a total damage of only 75-80. Who knows?! That’s part of the fun.”
Dreadbit intends to reveal information on the remaining Ironcast weapons next week, and we’ll keep you informed as they do so.


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Petoskey Downtown Management Board/Downtown Development Authority Board members reached consensus Tuesday on some local controls which they’d want in place in order for the city to expand availability of on-site liquor permits downtown.
“I think there is a lot of opportunity here for economic development, but there are also some things that we need to be cautious about,” said board member David Marvin.
The board may take a final vote on the matter in July, after city staff put together a proposed recommendation based on Tuesday’s input. The downtown board’s stance would serve as an advisory one for the city council, which would have final say on pursuing the new liquor-license arrangements.
The licenses available under the new program would have some differences from those available through the state’s traditional channels.
If the new option is to be made available in Petoskey, one local control which downtown board members would prefer is to limit alcohol service at businesses with those licenses to a “service bar” format. This is geared toward those ordering a drink with their meal and does not provide sit-down beverage service at a bar.
The option for expanded liquor license availability discussed by the board in recent months is provided under Michigan Public Act 501 of 2006. This act offers provisions for “redevelopment” liquor licenses to be made available to businesses that make qualifying capital investments in their facilities. The fee to obtain one of these the liquor licenses would be $20,000, significantly lower than the cost which often is involved for a traditional license.
The state licenses which can be made available based on the 2006 law are in addition to those allowed in a city through the state’s standard, quota-based process. The number of redevelopment licenses available in a given downtown area is dependent upon the scope of recent investments made throughout the business district.
Under this law, cities such as Petoskey which have a downtown development authority can opt to create a “project area” in which these licenses can be provided.
Along with limiting drink service to the “service bar” format, limiting drink service to the hours of 7 a.m.-11 p.m. was another example of the local controls proposed for businesses with redevelopment licenses, as was a review of each application by the downtown board.
The board’s consensus was for number of licenses available through the new channel to be limited to six, with some noting that this could be modified in the future if appropriate.
During the past few months, downtown board members have voiced mixed views on how additional liquor-license availability could impact the business district.
Some have noted potential opportunities to draw additional dining establishments, which could attract additional business traffic to the area during evening hours. Others have questioned whether the downtown could support many additional dining and drinking spots outside of the peak summer season, and whether an influx of these establishments could disrupt the downtown’s business “mix.”


The Triangle remains a national leader in terms of the quality of its children’s hospitals, U.S. News & World Report said Thursday.
The magazine ranked the top 30 children’s hospitals in 10 areas: Cancer, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology, heart and heart surgery, kidney, neonatology, neurology and neurological surgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and urology.
The North Carolina Children’s Hospital at UNC Hospitals was ranked as the No. 9 hospital for pulmonary care and No. 23 in diabetes and endocrinology care.
Duke Children’s Hospital and Health Care was ranked in six categories: No. 18 in cancer, No. 23 in diabetes and endocrinology, No. 30 in gastroenterology, No. 24 in heart and heart surgery, No. 19 in neonatology and No. 20 in pulmonology.
The Triangle’s third children’s hospital, at WakeMed Health & Hospitals, opened last month and was not included in any of the rankings.
The full results of the report will be available in the magazine’s August edition, which hits newsstands in late July.


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Historical Manistee Building in Danger of Falling into Lake Due to Erosion
The Shelter House at Orchard Beach State Park in Manistee sits on a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan, and it’s been there for more than 80 years.
“The history goes back way before that, before it was a state park, it was a very popular beach area for the citizens of Manistee,” says David Povilus, member of the Friends of Orchard Beach State Park.
But Doug Barry, the state park’s supervisor, says the building is in danger of falling into the lake as erosion continues to eat away the soil.
“This shelter building is on a high bluff and we’re actually seeing all of the soils cascading down, of course the waves crashing on it,” says Barry. “I’ve never seen water like this here before and it’s really having a huge impact.”
Barry says one option to save the structure is to armor the shoreline with large boulders, a $4.5M dollar job.
“That’s a huge structure and it was just really quite expensive,” says Barry.
Instead, Barry and a team of engineers decided to relocate the building, which could preserve it for centuries.
“We’ll be putting this building on wheels and we’ll be driving it down the hill, right through the center of the campground.”
The historical building will now sit at the front of the park.
Povilus says, “One of the problems is that it’s located right in the campground and so it kind of limits the kind of activities that you can have.”
He says the shelter house has been a focal point in Manistee for nearly a century, so he’s glad it’s there to stay:
“It’s just a feature of the community that everybody knows about and loves,” says Povilus.
Friends of Orchard Beach State Park are also planning to build a new playground near the new location of the Shelter House. Povilus says the organization is currently applying for grants to make that happen.

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Imagery (ih-MUHJ-ree) is a literary strategy that helps authors to construct mental pictures in the minds of readers so that they may more readily understand the actions, people, emotions, and surroundings of a tale. Writers create compelling pictures by being detailed and concrete, and by utilizing language to appeal to the five senses of their readers.
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Imagery in writing, in general, refers to the use of literal or metaphorical language to add symbolism and allow the reader to place themselves in the world of the work of literature. In other words, it uses the senses to help the reader comprehend what is going on and how to react to it. Imagery can be used as a tool for adding depth to a story by bringing out certain aspects of it.
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Imagery is defined as one of the most often used literary strategies that includes the use of descriptive language to appeal to the senses of the readers and elicit a desired emotional reaction. It enables individuals in successfully visualizing the scene and associating themselves with it. The imagery in this passage creates a vivid picture for the readers' minds and makes them feel like they are there on the island with Paul.
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Congressman Horsford: With Landmark Veteran Benefits Bill, Democrats Put People over Politics
LAS VEGAS – Today, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) celebrated the Senate’s passage of historic legislation expanding access to care for Nevada veterans exposed to toxic substances in the line of duty. Championed by Democrats in both Chambers of Congress, the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act overcame widely-condemned Republican obstruction and will now go to the President’s desk to be signed into law. This life-saving legislation extends critical VA benefits to as many as 3.5 million veterans across the country and will recognize toxic exposures as a cost of war that must be covered.
“When they joined our armed forces, our veterans were given a solemn promise by our country that when they came home they would receive care, and I am committed to making good on that sacred obligation,” said Congressman Horsford. “Our sick veterans and their families and caregivers deserve better than to be treated as pawns in a petty political fight, and I am pleased that they will not have to wait any longer for the health care they need. By sending this bill to the President’s desk, we will be protecting the health of those who fought to […]

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They picked the show up in Polly Draper asked her boys to record all the music for the series as an album. After being asked to record an album, the brothers began writing several songs for the show. The songs had a pop style, directed more for younger viewers. Alex was only able to write two songs for the series, due to being 8 at the time. The album released on October 7, , and debuted at 23 on the Billboard Due to the Success of the first season of the show, it was commissioned for a second season.
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It depicts the daily lives of Draper's sons, who lead a faux world-renowned rock band in New York City. As a mockumentary , the storyline is an embellished parody of their real lives, and the fictional presence of a camera is often acknowledged. The show stars Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff , the lead singer-songwriter, and drummer, respectively.

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Seoul's top diplomat said Monday the government explained to Beijing the results of a recent trilateral summit between the leaders of South Korea, the United States and Japan soon after the gathering.
President Yoon Suk Yeol and his U.S. and Japanese counterparts, Joe Biden and Fumio Kishida, respectively, held a summit at the U.S. presidential retreat of Camp David in Maryland last week, where they adopted a series of documents that outlined their commitments to enhance security and economic cooperation in the midst of an intensifying Sino-U.S. global hegemony rivalry.
In an interview with Yonhap News TV, South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin said Seoul "explained in detail" the results of the meeting through diplomatic channels following the Camp David gathering.
In a joint statement following the trilateral summit, Seoul, Washington and Beijing expressed their shared concerns about "actions inconsistent with the rules-based international order," recalling their individually announced positions on the "dangerous and aggressive behavior supporting unlawful maritime claims" by China in the South China Sea.
"In early August in the South China Sea, a Chinese coast guard vessel reportedly fired water cannons at a Philippine vessel. This incident served as an example of such aggressive behavior," Park said.
The minister, however, stressed the trilateral gathering was not conducted "to exclude any particular country or target specific forces."
On bilateral ties with Beijing, Park said Seoul wants to "foster a mature and healthy relationship with China."
"As such a relationship should be built on a foundation of mutual respect and mutual benefit, we intend to maintain a stable relationship with China through communication in the future," Park said.
On the issue of the Fukushima water release, Park said the focus of the tripartite summit was to "discuss common and most important areas of cooperation among the three nations," and that "there was prior consent not to include the contaminated water issue on the agenda" of the summit.
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Hi there. I am new here, I live in Norway, and I am working my way to FI. I am 43 years now and started way to late….. It just came to my mind for real 2,5years ago after having read Mr Moneymoustache`s blog. Fortunately I have been good with money before also so my starting point has been good. I was smart enough to buy a rental apartment 18years ago, with only 12000$ in my pocket to invest which was 1/10 of the price of the property. I actually just sold it as the ROI (I think its the right word for it) was coming down to nothing really. If I took the rent, subtracted the monthly costs and also subtracted what a loan would cost me, and after that subtracted tax the following numbers appeared: The sales value of the apartment after tax was around 300000$ and the sum I would have left every year on the rent was 3750$……..Ok it was payed down so the real numbers were higher, but that is incredibly low returns. It was located in Oslo the capital of Norway, so the price rise have been tremendous the late 18 years. I am all for stocks now. I know they also are priced high at the moment which my 53% return since December 2016 also shows……..The only reason this apartment was the right decision 18 years ago, was the big leverage and the tremendous price growth. It was right then, but it does not have to be right now to do the same. For the stocks I run a very easy in / out of the marked rule, which would give you better sleep, and also historically better rates of return, but more important lower volatility on you portfolio. Try out for yourself the following: Sell the S&P 500 when it is performing under its 365days average, and buy when it crosses over. I do not use the s&P 500 but the obx index in Norway. Even if you calculate in the cost of selling and buying including the spread of the product I am using the results are amazing. I have run through all the data thoroughly since 1983, and the result was that the index gave 44x the investment and the investment in the index gives 77x the investment in this timeframe. The most important findings though is what it means to you when you start withdrawing principal, as you will not experience all the big dips and therefore do not destroy your principal withdrawing through those dips. I hav all the graphs and statistics for it and it really works. The “drawbacks” is that during good times like from 2009 til today you will fall a little short of the index because of some “false” out indications, but who cares when your portfolio return in 2008 was 0% instead of -55%…….To give a little during good times costs so little in comparison to the return you get in the bad times. All is of course done from an account where you do not get taxed for selling and buying as long as you dont withdraw anything.
Now, how do you do it? Building a passive income will require some work up front, but choosing a method that plays to your strengths will yield the most success, and it can even become a fun hobby! Have an aptitude for photography? License your photos to stock photography websites. Or maybe you’ve always wanted to invest? Learn how with a robo-advisor. No matter what your strengths are, we’ve gathered 35 ideas for different ways you can generate passive income and build your wealth.
In June, he put ads on his site with Google Adsense, and within the first hour, earned $1.08 with three clicks. He earned $5 the first day, $7 the second, and then eventually began pulling in $15-$30 a day. In October, he created an ebook exam study guide priced at $19.99. By month’s end, he earned $7,906.55 — more than he had ever previously earned in a month.
I had to get out. I actually had this random Facebook ad come up in my news feed (go figure) and it eventually led me to a webinar that taught on how to start an email marketing business (which is, by the way, the most profitable form of affiliate marketing – or ANY marketing for that matter). I listened through the whole 2 hours, completely mesmerized. By the end of it, I knew what I was going to be focusing on to help my family out of the pit of debt we were in and into a world free of financial stress. I didn’t know if it would actually work, but eventually it lead to EXCESS income!
Some writers favor Infobarrel over the bigger Hubpages because Infobarrel’s earnings program lets you keep a majority of the money that your articles earn. Currently, as a publisher, you are entitled to 75% of the revenue generated from the display ads on your articles. In the past these ads were paid out from Adsense and other advertisers but because not everyone can get a Google Adsense account, Infobarrel now pay directly to writers. All you need now is a PayPal account which can be an advantage if you are just starting out. Also, InfoBarrel forums have a regular thread entitled 'InfoBarrel Earnings Reports’. You might want to check it out if you’re wondering how much money other writers on this site make. The last time I checked, the numbers were fairly low.
Instead of working in the service framework, passive income necessitates that we build (or otherwise acquire) something that inherently contains value, which can then be easily and repeatedly transferred to others with little or no work. Plain and simple, we have to create or buy valuable assets, preferably ones that deliver their value automatically. There are a lot of ways to do this, but they all fall into the 3 categories above, and realistically, a lot of them look like different flavors of the same thing.
Most credit card companies offer sign-up bonuses to entice you to open a credit account with them. As long as you don’t spend money just to hit the minimum balance and always pay your balance on time, this can have a minimal impact on your credit score while earning you hundreds – or even thousands – of dollars a year. Some of the best travel credit cards offer 100,000 points to new accounts when you meet reasonable spending requirements.
Question: You mention receiving $200k of passive income a year, but your chart shows half of that coming from real estate holdings, and reading between the lines it appears that you hold mortgages against those holdings. Then you conclude that $200k/yr of passive income should be enough to live comfortably anywhere in the world. So are you subtracting your real estate expenses (taxes, insurance, mortgage payments, maintenance, remote property management company fees, etc.) when you report your passive income from those properties? Really I think it’s the net (after taxes and everything) that tells us what is left over to “spend” on living, right? When I set up my spreadsheet to retire early at age 47, I calculated the after-tax income I would need to live. Then I compared that to my income streams (estimating tax on the taxable income streams) to measure the surplus/shortfall. Also some good advice from GoCurryCracker: If you can minimize your taxes so you’re in the 15% tax bracket, you can possibly receive tax-free long term capital gains. I agree with your philosophy that time is more important than money as we age. I am not sure I agree with a philosophy that is fixated on needing such a large income, and would rather minimize taxes if it’s all the same on the happiness meter. Furthermore, having 20 plus income sources in the name of diversification adds stress and requires more management (TIME!). I think this is fine for those of us while young, as we have the energy to work hard. But as time becomes more important, the extra headache of managing, planning, and buying/selling our assets becomes a resented hindrance on par with the resentment we felt when working for an employer and fighting traffic each day to go to a job we hated. Every thing we own in actuality owns us, by virtue of its demands on our time and affections, and that includes investments. It also includes our home, and is a good reason for downsizing. As long as we have food on our table, a roof over our heads, and clothes on our bodies, what more do we need? I think we need to consider freeing ourselves from the weight of the chains of managing too many ventures. Personally, I plan on investing in no more than 5 simultaneous ventures ever, with the exception of some IRAs that I just plan to let sit for the next 20 years (and therefore no thought or anxiety required).
You are also free to choose a fund that is based on any index that you want. For example, there are index funds set up for just about every market sector there is — energy, precious metals, banking, emerging markets — you name it. All you have to do is decide that you want to participate, then contribute money and sit back and relax. Your stock portfolio will then be on automatic pilot.
My returns are based on full cash purchase of the properties, as it is hard to compare the attractiveness of properties at different price ranges when only calculating down payment or properties that need very little rehab/updates. I did think about the scores assigned to each factor, but I believe tax deductions are a SIGNIFICANT factor when comparing passive income steams.
Investing in a business: Another good way to generate passive income is to invest in a business --even a small one -- in return for a percentage of the profits - just like Shark Tank, only smaller. Lending $10,000 to a local business that, for example, is working on a mobile app for Apple phones could lead to a passive income-generated share of the profits when that mobile app starts selling like hot cakes.
If you’re familiar with the phrase “don’t put all your eggs in one basket,” you know that it applies to just about any area of your life including—and especially—your finances. In addition to retirement becoming an ever-elusive goal, no one has guaranteed job security so by diversifying your income you can feel more secure about saving for your future. You’ll be less likely to find yourself in credit card debt and happier as a result of being financially secure.
Peer-to-peer lending ($1,440 a year): I've lost interest in P2P lending since returns started coming down. You would think that returns would start going up with a rise in interest rates, but I'm not really seeing this yet. Prosper missed its window for an initial public offering in 2015-16, and LendingClub is just chugging along. I hate it when people default on their debt obligations, which is why I haven't invested large sums of money in P2P. That said, I'm still earning a respectable 7% a year in P2P, which is much better than the stock market is doing so far in 2018!

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A new startup that transforms pilots into robots has received $100 million in funding.
Reliable Robotics argues that, with many aircraft now being controlled automatically, that pilots are the most expensive aspect of cargo operations. Trucking is a monotonous and uninteresting task, which means it is also the source of most mistakes.
Its technology is intended to handle the taxi, takeoff, landing and parking portions of cargo flights – monitored remotely by licensed pilots in the control centre. it is claimed That autonomous aircraft could save airlines nearly $60 billion per year.
The company claims that it can auto-land on small landing strips in rural or remote areas without any additional infrastructure. In the future, this may extend to a scenario where passengers can also travel in remotely operated aircraft. In 2019, the company conducted an unmanned test flight over a “populated area” without a pilot using a Cessna 172 Skyhawk.
a year laterWith this, the company achieved fully automatic remote landing of the large Cessna 208 Caravan, which can carry up to 14 people.
Self-driving and flying, the technology has many supporters, but it has also been a cause for concern.
In April this year, it was claimed that Tesla’s self-driving technology could be “easily spoofed” when no one is sitting in the driving seat. There have also been reports of
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has also said it is formally investigating Tesla and its partially automated driving system after it failed to find emergency vehicles, including ambulances and fire engines.
As for the planes, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is monitoring Credible and similar companies, but has approved several experimental unmanned craft.
“We appreciate our public-private partnership with the FAA and NASA as we work to integrate our remotely operated aircraft systems into the airspace. We intend to bring unprecedented safety and reliability to today’s commercial aircraft. Reliable Robotics co-founder and CEO Robert Rose was quoted by TechCrunch.
“The close collaboration with our public institutions, strong support from visionary investors and keen interest within the cargo industry further accelerate our mission to expand access to air transportation for all.”
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California is about to find out if taking three decades or more to execute death row inmates will turn out to be the fatal flaw in the state’s long-faltering death penalty system, says the San Jose Mercury News. In a case that may be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court, a federal appeals court on Monday will review a Los Angeles federal judge’s ruling last year declaring California’s “dysfunctional” death penalty unconstitutional because of systemic delays in a state with more than a quarter of the nation’s condemned inmates.
In that ruling, U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney concluded that death sentences in California, with more than 750 condemned killers at San Quentin, have been transformed into “life in prison, with the remote possibility of death.” The showdown amounts to a legal referendum on the nation’s most prolific death penalty state, notorious for filling its death row but failing to carry out executions. California has had just 13 executions overall since 1978, and none in nearly a decade — the result of ongoing legal challenges to the state’s lethal injection method. The case at issue involves condemned killer Ernest Dewayne Jones, on death row for two decades for a 1992 rape and murder. Carney found that delays in cases like Jones’ are “systemic, and the state itself is to blame.”


GoldieBlox and the Spinning Machine
Read along, build along, and spin! This is the story of Goldie and her motley crew of friends. In Goldie's debut story, she decides to build a spinning machine to help her dog, Nacho, chase his tail. Soon, the whole gang wants in on the action. Help Goldie build a belt drive to spin everybody!
- 5 figurines
- 5 wheels
- 10 axles
- 5 blocks
- 5 wahsers
- A crank
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Not for children under 3 years old.


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The pancreas is formed from the ventral and dorsal buds that appear at the foregut-midgut junction at embryonic day (e)9.5 in mice. Over the course of the next 10 days these two clusters of epithelial cells differentiate into the three main cell types in the adult organ: exocrine cells, duct cells, and the hormone-producing islets of Langerhans. The first differentiated islet cells that appear are glucagon positive α-cells at e9.5, β-cells appear a short time later, followed by somatostatin and pancreatic polypeptide producing δ- and PP-cells, respectively.
Stages of β-cell genesis
The first insulin-expressing cells appear just after bud formation. However, they do not express all the markers of adult β-cells, often co-express glucagon and are likely not physiologically equivalent to mature β-cells; thus, we refer to these atypical cells as primary cells. Between e13.5 and e15.5 there is a rapid, synchronized wave of endocrine differentiation in the pancreas known as the “secondary transition.” During this time, the duct structure of the pancreas forms, the first exocrine cells develop, and β-cell neogenesis peaks. The β-cells present at this time express many of the markers of adult cells, but glucose-stimulated insulin secretion is likely absent. During the “secondary transition”, the endocrine progenitor cells undergo marked changes in both morphology and gene expression. The reasons for these changes are unclear, but because of these differences we refer to these cells as secondary progenitors. As neogenesis wanes at around e18.5, the β-cell proliferation rate increases and peaks around P0 at which time adult islets start to form and insulin is secreted. Subsequent increases in β-cell mass are almost exclusively due to changes in the replication rates of existing cells.
Figure 1: Multiple cell fate choices during development from embyonic stem cells to pancreatic beta cells


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Galleria Borghese or Borghese Gallery is most well-known for the masterpieces of the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680). One of his most acclaimed works exhibited in the museum is the life-size marble statue of Apollo and Daphne (as seen in the picture above). The lifelikeness and the dramatic depiction of the couple took my breath away. I could literally stare at the beautiful faces of Apollo and Daphne for hours. The sculpture is exemplary of Baroque art in the 17th century.
Apart from the Bernini's sculptures, the museum holds an important collection of paintings by the Old Masters including Titian, Caravaggio, and Raphael. Titian is my favorite artist so I was really happy to find his work in Galleria Borghese. It was indeed satisfying to see Titian's ambiguous painting Sacred and Profane Love (1514) in the flesh. Some other significant paintings are Deposition by Raphael, Danäe by Correggio, and Boy with a Basket of Fruit by Caravaggio.
A trip to Galleria Borghese would be a perfect day out whenever the weather is pleasant. The museum is located near the Borghese Garden, one of the most beautiful gardens in Rome. After spending two hours looking at art, you might want to take a walk and enjoy the tranquil view of the Villa Borghese Lake. Even better, have fun with friends and row a boat on the lake! Who could resist such a relaxing day out?
My museum tip: make a reservation in advance because there are strict timing slots for visiting Galleria Borghese.
General museum tip: On the first Sunday of each month, state museums and archaeological sites offer free entries for everyone. Some of the most important ones are Colosseum and Roman Forum/Palatine, Museo Nazionale Romano (Palazzo Massimo, Palazzo Altemps, Crypta Balbi, Terme di Diocleziano), The Borghese Gallery (booking required), Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica-Palazzo Barberini, and Galleria Nazionale Arte Moderna. A full list of the participating museums can be found on this website.
Interested in the classical beauty of Galleria Borghese? Why don't you check out another important museum in Rome: The Capitoline Museums? (Unfortunately, the Capitoline Museums is not part of the Free Sunday Museum program)
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Wohin ? (2xCD, Album, Promo). This project of his, over the years, has gone from just Carmina Burana's greatest hits given a modern twist to where we now find it: taking the classical concepts and theories of yester-century and applying them to where we're at now. It is an unnerving realization to understand how little has changed in the intervening years. Oh, serfdom may have been outlawed and titles long forgotten but there can be no denying that the rigidly defined societies of those days still exist
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By Liezle Basa Inigo
The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office No. 02 (DA RFO 02), together the City and Municipal Agriculturists (C/MAs) of Cagayan, started the Plant, Plant, Plant Program (PPPP) and other agricultural programs amid the COVID19 pandemic.
Narciso A. Edillo, Regional Executive Director Narciso A. Edillo said that the objective of the program is to intensify food production within respective areas’ cropping systems such as through crop-livestock integration.
As a directive by Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar. Also, teach households to raise free range chicken and practice crop-rotation in their farms.
The initiative of the agency is to practice backyard gardening as effective measure to prevent hunger among the family in observance of the community quarantine.
The DA RFO 2 started distribution of assorted vegetable seeds and seedlings in Cagayan Valley.
“We’re still thankful even in this trying times because our farmers are continuously providing food to the Filipino people. And as a way of helping them, DA management allocates 5,000 pesos cash assistance to rice farmers enrolled in the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) maintaining a farm of .5 to 2 hectares,” Edillo stressed.(Liezle Basa Inigo)
CAPTION; Prior to distribution of seedling from DA, a Civilian Volunteer started to purchase their own assorted seedlings for distribution in their barangay to help residents for the backyard gardening.
For more information, visit the Department of Agriculture – Region 2.

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Chad Childers has been a music lover since his parents dragged him along to an Aerosmith/Bachman Turner Overdrive show as an infant. His love of music turned into a career in the mid-90s when he left a job in the Midwest as a librarian and moved to California to intern for Westwood One Radio. That led to work researching for Casey Kasem's countdown shows, writing and producing the alternative and active rock-related prep services SpinFax, The Fax, and Rip, Read and Rock as well as doing interviews across all music and entertainment formats.
Shinedown to Bring Out B-Sides, Deep Cuts During 2020 ‘Deep Dive’ Tour
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Driving into the parking lot of Yee-Haw Brewing Company, it’s easy to tell the brewery is packed. Parking is hard to come by even on a night of rain. One squeezes in where their car can fit and dashes for the door.
Upon opening the door, cheers, music and chatter drown out the noise of the rain. Filling in between chairs and people, a small table near the outside dining area features apparel and the reason for the the gathering.
David Cohen, program manager, and Jillian Laux, development officer with Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards of Asheville, greet everyone with a smile.
“The event tonight is to celebrate the passage of the Tennessee Wilderness Act,” said Cohen. “It was included in the Farm Bill that passed just before the new year, and we are here to celebrate the new 20,000 acres of wilderness in our backyard.”
It has been a decades-long fight for some for the protections that come with the wilderness designation.
Bill Hodge, Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards’ executive director, and his wife Laura, campaign coordinator for Tennessee Wild, were major players in the passage of this bill. Bill took a moment to recognize his wife, who he says was instrumental in getting the legislation through the last hurdles.
“We want to say thanks for coming to the celebration,” Hodge said to the crowd. “It has been an incredible few weeks since the Farm Bill passed ... It took a very, very, very long time. Going back to the 1970s when wilderness was first recommended in the state of Tennessee ... there are a couple folks in the room that go back that far.”
Bill went on to recognize many that were in attendance. Tri-Cities locals Jerry Greer, former Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association president, and Kayla Carter, outdoor development manager for Northeast Tennessee Regional Economic Partnership, both were specially recognized. The list also included Sen. Lamar Alexander, U.S. Rep. Phil Roe and many others.
Laura said in an interview, “The last wilderness designation in Tennessee was in the 1980s. Some of the challenges were the fact that it was introduced five times, or because Congress failed to act. It would be introduced and it would be assigned to a committee and sometimes the congressional period would end before it would even get a hearing.”
According to Laura, legislation that is introduced, and not approved before the end of the congressional session, must be introduced again next session. This was the challenge the Farm Bill faced. More often than not it would fail to be signed, more out of a lack of action than opposition.
The importance of celebrating the protection of 20,000 acres in Northeast Tennessee was agreed upon by many as a way to make the public more aware. Many feel that the decline in maintenance and use is generational, and that something must be done to change the tide.
“I think that one thing important for everybody to know is that wilderness is not selective,” Laura said, “That public land is your land. Somebody in California owns this land as much as somebody here in Tennessee and vice versa. Tennesseans own public land in California and all over the country.”
Cohen and Laux share this sentiment.
They, like many others in the room, are adamant advocates for the continued use of wilderness lands and could not say enough about the celebration. They are both young and are the next generation of stewards, the ones Bill and Laura are happy to see invigorated for the future.
“One of the biggest things that make it important,” said Cohen, “is to make people aware that they have this in their backyard. They are public lands, we all own them.”
Cohen went on to say, “On a scale of 1 to 10, this is a 10. This exceeds our expectations. Johnson City is such a cool town. Every time I come here I am really impressed with this downtown and the way it is just developing and becoming a really cool place.”


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Welcome to the Detroit Region
Learn more about each of GEMs core initiatives and how they are working together to support and grow the Detroit regions mobility leadership, inclusivity, and capabilities.
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You can now stay up-to-date on all things Global Epicenter
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The Global Epicenter of Mobility is a signature program led by the Detroit Regional Partnership that is designed to create a smart, secure, sustainable, and inclusive advanced-mobility industry in Southeast Michigan, made possible by a four-year U.S. E.D.A. Build Back Better Regional Challenge grant award.
The Detroit Regional Partnership is a public-private economic development partnership focused on marketing and business attraction for the 11-county Detroit region.


The ROA statistics website offers access to project related data.
Education and Labour Market Project (POA)
Funded by: Ministry of Education,
Culture and Science (OCW), the UWV Werkbedrijf, the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV), the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom
Relations (BZK), the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW), the
foundation for the Co-operation Vocational Education, Training and the Labour
Market (SBB) and Randstad Nederland.
This project focuses on the match between education and occupation, the substitution processes in the labour market, and generates the mid-term forecasts for the labour market perspectives for about 100 educational programmes and occupations, 35 labour market regions and 21 industry sectors in the Netherlands.
Using a variety of data and own econometric models we forecast labour demand (i.e., expansion, replacement and substitution demand) and supply (i.e., influx of graduates in into the labour market) ROA computes early warning indicators for imbalances on the labour market. Our labour market forecasts are updated every other year.
These early warning indicators are useful to the youth when considering their educational and occupational choice, to the unemployed and unemployed placement office when considering retraining or career changes, to employers in their hiring policy and to policy makers who are concerned about the optimality of the match between educational demand and supply on the labour market.
As part of this project, we produce an online statistical database containing our labour market forecasts and actual labour market information, the ‘Arbeidsmarktinformatiesysteem (AIS)’.
Available online database, juli 2022:
-information available on detailedlevels of education and occupation.
-access available for project funders.
-access available for others after registration, please contact Sander Dijksman
School-leaver Surveys (SIS)
Since the early nineties the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) has conducted research among recent school-leavers in most sectors of education in the Netherlands. The surveys among different groups of school-leavers have been strongly standardized, and the resulting data has been integrated into a single School-leavers Information System (SIS). This system is designed to function as a monitoring instrument for the transition from school to work, covering the full breadth of the Dutch education system. ROA bears the responsibility for the design, implementation and management of SIS. The field work for the various surveys is conducted by DESAN Research Solutions in Amsterdam.
Available online database:


Plumbing and its standards
Much of the plumbing work in populated areas is regulated by government or quasi-government agencies due to the direct impact on the public's health, safety, and welfare. Plumbing installation and repair work on residences and other buildings generally must be done according to plumbing and building codes to protect the inhabitants of the buildings and to ensure safe, quality construction to future buyers. If permits are required for work, plumbing contractors typically secure them from the authorities on behalf of home or building owners.
In the United Kingdom the professional body is the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (educational charity status) and it is true that the trade still remains virtually ungoverned; there are no systems in place to monitor or control the activities of unqualified plumbers or those home owners who choose to undertake installation and maintenance works themselves, despite the health and safety issues which arise from such works when they are undertaken incorrectly; see Health Aspects of Plumbing (HAP) published jointly by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Plumbing Council (WPC). WPC has subsequently appointed a representative to the World Health Organization to take forward various projects related to Health Aspects of Plumbing.
Caring for the finance company hydraulic
Determinant for the development of a specific hydraulic plant is the fact that in the vicinity there are any other such establishments. Therefore, keeping the hydraulic activity should be supported by a review of the market research and identification of needs of people living near the plant owned hydraulic. In addition, you should make a detailed plan for the development of their own hydraulic plant and take care of his finances. The primary way of taking care of these finances is to decide on the execution only such orders, the execution of which will not be a big problem. In addition, the need to employ only the necessary number of employees and carefully account for the Tax Office.
hydraulic assistance for residents of different localities
Hydraulic works carried out in the towns of different sizes have different scope. They can be carried out on behalf of local authorities, if any part of the village needs to be connected to the municipal sewer system or the village was flooded by torrential rains. At the same time the hydraulic assistance can apply the owners of private houses, in which there have been some failures. Depending on the type of failure, they can order the execution of hydraulic works in normal mode, or call the emergency hydraulic. Such hydraulic ambulance is able to reach a flooded home, even during the weekend. While minor work will be done by appointment convenient for the homeowner term.


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OverviewBigben Interactive GmbH is a German sister company of Bigben Interactive S.A. of France.
They started as a distributor for game console accessories, but in 2001 they began distributing software as well.
They are official distributor for Ascaron (of Anstoss and The Patrician fame) as well as official Sega Dreamcast distributor. They also have licensed and released some games on their own.
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Karol G Apologizes To Offended Fans After She Uses Her Bulldog To Support Black Lives Matter
Yesterday, the Colombian singer, Karol G, apologized after social media users became enraged when she used her dog in an attempt to express her support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Page Six reported today that the 29-year-old performing artist took to her Twitter on the 1st of June to post a black and white photograph of her French Bulldog. In her native Spanish language, she wrote in the caption of the photo that it was the perfect example of black and white working together.
Even though her intentions were good, many people weren’t pleased with the fact that she used her dog as a means to support the movement. One Twitter user described her as “tone-deaf,” and urged someone to “educate her.”
Another person went on to apologize on the behalf of Karol G, stating that she really did use a picture of a dog to portray the black community. Other people, on the other hand, argued in her favor and said that the photo meant well and was cute.
— KAROL G (@karolg) June 1, 2020
Not long after Twitter users came for Karol G, the performing artist deleted the tweet and released an apology in which she expressed remorse for using her dog to convey her thoughts.
Karol G went on to say that what she meant to say is there is only one “race,” and she thinks racism is “terrible.” Additionally, Karol G expressed her support for the protests happening around the world at the moment.
This all comes after the death of George Floyd while under police custody in Minneapolis last Monday. The event took place not long after the United States began reopening states one-by-one depending on the severity of COVID-19 in the state and city.
The protests have also sparked action among other members of the music community, including The Weeknd, who revealed he was donating a half-million dollars to a number of pro-black organizations, including Black Lives Matter.
The Weeknd joined the likes of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, Kehlani, and a few others.

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25 October , 2019 Fdiindia
For More Than $500 Million of FDI, GOI Will Assign a Relationship Manager
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) is aiming to introduce new reforms in the foreign direct investment mechanism in India in order to attract more equity inflows into the country.
Now, if you are a foreign investor who invests more than $500 million in an Indian business, you will get a designated person who will facilitate all clearances- right from the Centre to local bodies.
Previously, there have been several complaints by oversea investors who said their plans were hindered because of numerous clearances. As a solution to this, the department for promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIIT) joined hands with invest India in order to come up with a new mechanism that will encourage investors to invest in the country.
Guruprasad Mohapatra, secretary of DPIIT said at an event on Monday, “Very soon, we will be announcing it. Within Invest India, another format in which we actually do hand-holding from investment query that anybody makes to operationalizing it in the field”
While this new step has been discussed with Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, a formal approval is yet to come.
Foreign direct investment is a critical driver of economic growth and in order to attract more oversea investors, the government of India has taken several reforms in FDI policies across sectors like digital media, single brand retail trade, contract manufacturing, and coal mining.
These reforms come after India witnessed a drop of 1 per cent in foreign direct investments for the first time in 6 years in the fiscal year 2018-19.


An upscale office park located in suburban Chicago
Greenspoint Office Park is an upscale, class A office park with over half a million square feet of rentable space, located in suburban Chicago. The park is comprised of three buildings; Vistex Pointe, Greenspoint I and Greenspoint III. All of the buildings have been awarded LEED Certification (Gold Level - Greenspoint I & Vistex Pointe / Silver Level - Greenspoint III) by the U.S. Green Building Council.
The Greenspoint Office Park is a unique corporate destination that provides immediate interstate access and proximity to executive housing, hotels and restaurants. The Properties are exceptionally well located at the interchange of I-90 and Barrington Road providing immediate interstate access.The Properties are within minutes of some of Chicagoland's most affluent communities including Barrington, Barrington Hills, Inverness and Kildeer. The office park has extensive landscaping throughout highlighted by a central lake and walking paths.
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Gettin' To The Money: Love Can Wait
The code that we lived by was to get money and love could wait...That was until four special women entered our lives....
Jaton was the youngest with a reckless mouth and trigger finger that was always itchin. He and Capri were good friends but also had that bond that no one could break. Jaton would do anything for Capri she was his weakness
Since he was young Raafi was taught the values of strength and family. Although he witnessed the devotion between his mother and father, The streets was his first Love and the rush it brought hardened his heart and gave him tunnel vision to making paper.
Xavion thought killing his father would set him and his mother free but instead it made the first woman he ever loved resent him. From there his heart turned cold and he chose to focus on the one thing that never disappoints . . . Money. That is until a random fling shows him there’s more to life.
Jairo also known as Cinco has always lived by the motto money, power, respect! Even though the streets was his first love, he went to school graduating with honors. Jairo was now the DA with connections everywhere.
Jairo never thought love would find its way to him but it did and turned him. Finally coming out of a situation he didn’t have the want or need to settle down until he meets someone that changes his mind... but is she too good to be true?
Jaton, Raafi, Jairo and, Xavion have a created a stout bond and developed an operation that was intangible. They knew Love was a weakness and along with their lucrative business they built a wall around their heart. Little do they know somethings are out of their control the minute love pops up into their life.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Chainlink Labs, the organization developing the global standard powering mainstream blockchain adoption, today announced that Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO, has signed on as a strategic advisor to guide the team working to build a world powered by truth.
By their nature, blockchains and the smart contracts built atop them are unable to connect with real-world data and systems. Chainlink solves this problem through the use of oracle networks that pull and aggregate data from the real world in order to trigger smart contracts built on blockchains. Made up of independent node operators like Deutsche Telekom's T-Systems, Swisscom, the Associated Press, and more, the Chainlink Network is responsible for triggering and securing more than $80 billion worth of value locked in smart contracts and applications built atop numerous leading blockchains.
"Blockchain networks and Chainlink oracles are at a crucial inflection point in terms of growth and adoption. Eric's experience and insights around building global software platforms for next-generation innovation will be invaluable as we help developers and institutions usher in a new age of economic fairness and transparency." said Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov.
A business leader and software engineer, Schmidt previously served as Google's chief executive officer from 2001 to 2011, growing the company from an early Silicon Valley startup to arguably the most important technology company on the planet. Under his leadership, Google dramatically scaled its infrastructure, conducted a successful $23 billion IPO, launched popular product offerings like Gmail, Google Maps, Chrome, Adsense, and Fiber, and acquired key technologies and services like YouTube and Android. Additionally, Schmidt served as chairman of Google until 2015, as chairman of the Department of Defense's Innovation board, and as chairman of the National Security Commission on Artificial I...


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Zimbabwean music export, Buffalo Souljah unlocks a new dance single titled “Gals Dem.“
Buffalo Souljah taps with Nigerian heavyweight rapper, Ice Prince who did justice to the track.
With production credit from GT Beats.
Listen and share your thoughts below:
Also check out more songs from Buffalo Souljah’s profile on NaijaVibes;


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Victoria and David Beckham's son, 16-year-old Brooklyn Beckham, recently alerted his followers to a new Instagram user they should be following -- the family dog Olive. Going by "olivebeckham23," the adorable black Cocker Spaniel's first post is Brooklyn cuddling with him.
"This is my owner I'm just helping him with his Christmas homework," the caption reads.
As of Tuesday, Olive already has over 50,000 followers. Still, she's hardly the first celeb pet to take Instagram by storm -- Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney's French bulldog, Miss Asia Kinney, has 200,000 followers, and even modeled for Coach in June.


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We found 16 adult nephrologists near Danvers, MA.
Dr. Jeffrey Rubel practices adult nephrology in Beverly, MA. In addition to English, Dr. Rubel (or staff) speaks French. He also offers interpreting services for his patients. His areas of expertise consist of diabetes, kidney stones, and hypertension (high blood pressure). His professional affiliations include Beverly Hospital and Atrius Health. After attending Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons for medical school, he completed his residency training at Brigham and Women's Hospital. His patients gave him an average rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars. Dr. Rubel takes Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Cigna, Medicaid, and more. Dr. Rubel is accepting new patients.
Clinical interests: Kidney Stones, Hypertension, Diabetes, Chronic Kidney Disease
Dr. Cynthia Sfeir's specialty is adult nephrology. Areas of expertise for Dr. Sfeir include kidney stones, hypertension (high blood pressure), and diabetic nephropathy. Dr. Sfeir honors several insurance carriers, including Cigna, Aetna, and Medicaid. She attended Saint Joseph University of Beirut for medical school and subsequently trained at Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center and Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital for residency. Dr. Sfeir (or staff) is conversant in Arabic and French. Her hospital/clinic affiliations include Beverly Hospital and Atrius Health. Dr. Sfeir has an open panel.
Clinical interests: Kidney Stones, Diabetic Nephropathy, Hypertension, Chronic Kidney Disease
Dr. Ana Stankovic is a specialist in adult nephrology. The average patient rating for Dr. Stankovic is 5.0 stars out of 5. Dr. Stankovic honors Most Insurance Plans, Medicaid, and Medicare insurance. She graduated from Brown University, Alpert Medical School. Her medical residency was performed at Mount Auburn Hospital. She has received professional recognition including the following: Fellow of the American Society of Hypertension, Certified Clinical Hypertension Specialist; Diplomate, Certified in Health Care Quality and Management (CHCQM-ABQAURP); and Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Stankovic's practice is open to new patients.
Dr. Kevin Koshy practices adult nephrology. His professional affiliations include NSMC Union Hospital and NSMC Salem Hospital. Dr. Koshy graduated from the University of Kerala. He accepts Medicaid and Medicare insurance. Awards and/or distinctions he has received include Assistant Clinical Professor; Boston University, Since; and Elected Fellow Of American College Of Physicians. He is accepting new patients.
Dr. Kelly Burdge is a nephrologist in Danvers, MA. She is an in-network provider for Medicaid and Medicare insurance. After completing medical school at Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine, she performed her residency at Ohio State University Medical Center. Dr. Burdge has received professional recognition including the following: Aoa. She is affiliated with NSMC Union Hospital. She is accepting new patients.
Dr. Mitchell Jacobson practices adult nephrology. Dr. Jacobson accepts Medicaid and Medicare insurance. He studied medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University. He is affiliated with Salem Hospital and NSMC Union Hospital. He welcomes new patients.
Dr. Atif Jensen's medical specialty is adult nephrology. Dr. Jensen is professionally affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital. He studied medicine at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He honors Medicare insurance.
Dr. Robert Canova is an adult nephrology specialist in Peabody, MA. Dr. Canova offers interpreting services for his patients. His professional affiliations include NSMC Union Hospital and NSMC Salem Hospital. He attended medical school at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He completed his residency training at St. Vincent's Hospital. Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Medicaid, and Medicare are among the insurance carriers that Dr. Canova accepts. New patients are welcome to contact his office for an appointment.
Dr. Anne Jennings is an adult nephrology specialist in Beverly, MA and Danvers, MA. She is in-network for several insurance carriers, including Neighborhood Health Plan, Prudential (PruCare), and Cigna. She attended Tufts University School of Medicine and subsequently trained at Tufts Medical Center for residency. Dr. Jennings has received the following distinction: Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. She is professionally affiliated with Salem Hospital and North Shore Medical Center (NSMC). Dr. Jennings is open to new patients.
Dr. Ivana Lazich is a Peabody, MA physician who specializes in adult nephrology. Dr. Lazich accepts Medicare insurance. She graduated from the University of Belgrade School of Medicine. For her professional training, Dr. Lazich completed a residency program at Northshore University Health System. Dr. Lazich is affiliated with Salem Hospital. She has a closed panel.
Dr. Parag Vohra is a hospitalist. Dr. Vohra attended Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences and Maulana Azad Medical College and then went on to complete his residency at Queens Hospital Center. He accepts Medicare insurance. He is professionally affiliated with Lahey Hospital & Medical Center and Beverly Hospital. He is accepting new patients.
Dr. David Lebwohl works as an adult nephrologist. He attended Harvard Medical School and then went on to complete his residency at Duke University Medical Center. He is an in-network provider for Medicaid insurance. Dr. Lebwohl has received the following distinction: Phi Beta Kappa. Unfortunately, he is not currently accepting new patients.
Dr. Dipak Sheth works as a nephrologist in Beverly, MA. He is affiliated with NSMC Union Hospital and NSMC Salem Hospital. Dr. Sheth is in-network for Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Medicaid, and Tufts Health Plan insurance. He is open to new patients. He is a graduate of Calcutta National Medical College and the University of Calcutta.


Repair (replaced HDD) Details Approximately 2 weeks ago I had to send my computer away to the Acer repair team because of a defective HDD. Nov 6, 2013 #25 (You must log in or sign up to reply here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 2 1 2 Next > Similar Topics Wireless connected but no After Windows detected the "new" hardware, it connected to my home network, and the problem never came back. select the security tab. have a peek at these guys
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I successfully cloned my 500GB HDD to a Samsung EVO 250GB using the provided Samsung Data Migration software. From here, check the available updates, looking out for anything related to your wireless card. Also you said all this was working prior.
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Nov 6, 2013 #22 Dee Rhymz TS Member Topic Starter Lewl, never mind what I said, now my computer won't shut down. Installed New Hard Drive And Cannot Connect To Internet After Win8 finds your "new" hardware, see if you see it in available wireless networks ( assuming your router is set to broadcast it's SSID), and try to connect. Does it sound plausible? Get the answer Best answer quilciriNov 17, 2013, 6:44 PM Ok, that's definitely not "everything".
What is going on? You can then use PAINT to trim to suit, and save it as a JPG format file. Every time I attempt to connect via WiFi, I am shown a "limited" connection. I need WiFi.
Hope this helps. http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f108/wireless-doesnt-work-after-swapping-out-the-hard-drive-573419.html Any errors in Device Manager? New Hard Drive Won't Connect To Internet etaf replied Mar 18, 2017 at 4:08 AM mkv files ali3500 replied Mar 18, 2017 at 3:41 AM Loading... New Hard Drive No Internet Drivers What Is A Wireless "Dead Zone" And How To Eliminate It?
I was previously able to connect to WiFi on the original hard drive; in terms of hardware, nothing else has changed. More about the author Okay if you don't see WiFi in the BIOS listed then they have crippled BIOS. Test Your Bandwidth For instance, there is a chance that some other device is eating up your bandwidth Does Your WiFi Speed Drop? What can I do with my 1 yr warranty? New Hard Drive No Network Adapter
The OP would need to snap image of the system board and case. You might try clicking Start>Connect to & find your wi fi connection & go from there. Switching the router off and on or rebooting the computer does not help. check my blog or read our Welcome Guide to learn how to use this site.
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i am having a problem with my laptop which has a broken wi-fi switch key yet using windows 7. Installing it will either be a case of running and waiting for the wizard to do its work, or the download will extract the relevant files into a folder on your C:\ What gives? One has suppose to have the image recovery with the chipset/drivers whatever ACER using.
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I fixed wifi connection by changing power options on battery mode. I just replaced a battery and Hard drive on my laptop. solved Replaced Hard Drive but Windows 10 won't install solved Replaced hard drive on laptop so operating system gone can I use........ I don't remember the WiFi properties itself having listed connections in it, TheHawk, so I'll just say: I see everything exactly how any functioning pc or laptop would show it you.
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For example: Tomatoes are cheap in July and will be expensive in January, you can’t buy them in July and take delivery in January, since they will spoil before you can take advantage of January’s high prices. The July price will reflect tomato supply and demand in July. The forward price for January will reflect the market’s expectations of supply and demand in January. July tomatoes are effectively a different commodity from January tomatoes.
• Call Options – Give the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy the underlying at the stated strike price within a specific period of time. Conversely, the seller of a call option is obligated to deliver a long position in the underlying futures contract from the strike price should the buyer opt to exercise the option. Essentially, this means that the seller would be forced to take a short position in the market upon expiration.
Like futures markets, options markets can be traded in both directions (up or down). If a trader thinks that the market will go up, they will buy a Call option, and if they think that the market will go down, they will buy a Put option. There are also options strategies that involve buying both a Call and a Put, and in this case, the trader does not care which direction the market moves.
With this strategy, the trader's risk can either be conservative or risky depending on their preference (which is a definite plus). For iron condors, the position of the trade is non-directional, which means the asset (like a stock) can either go up or down - so, there is profit potential for a fairly wide range. To use this kind of strategy, sell a put and buy another put at a lower strike price (essentially, a put spread), and combine it by buying a call and selling a call at a higher strike price (a call spread). These calls and puts are short.
A longer expiration is also useful because the option can retain time value, even if the stock trades below the strike price. An option’s time value decays as expiration approaches, and options buyers don’t want to watch their purchased options decline in value, potentially expiring worthless if the stock finishes below the strike price. If a trade has gone against them, they can usually still sell any time value remaining on the option — and this is more likely if the option contract is longer.
As an example, let's say a farmer is expecting to produce 1,000,000 bushels of soybeans in the next 12 months. Typically, soybean futures contracts include the quantity of 5,000 bushels. The farmer's break-even point on a bushel of soybeans is $10 per bushel meaning $10 is the minimum price needed to cover the costs of producing the soybeans. The farmer sees that a one-year futures contract for soybeans is currently priced at $15 per bushel.
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The price you pay for an option, called the premium, has two components: intrinsic value and time value. Intrinsic value is the difference between the strike price and the share price, if the stock price is above the strike. Time value is whatever is left, and factors in how volatile the stock is, the time to expiration and interest rates, among other elements. For example, suppose you have a $100 call option while the stock costs $110. Let’s assume the option’s premium is $15. The intrinsic value is $10 ($110 minus $100), while time value is $5.
With respect to an option, this cost is known as the premium. It is the price of the option contract. In our home example, the deposit might be $20,000 that the buyer pays the developer. Let’s say two years have passed, and now the developments are built and zoning has been approved. The home buyer exercises the option and buys the home for $400,000 because that is the contract purchased.
With options markets, as with futures markets, long and short refer to the buying and selling of one or more contracts, but unlike futures markets, they do not refer to the direction of the trade. For example, if a futures trade is entered by buying a contract, the trade is a long trade, and the trader wants the price to go up, but with options, a trade can be entered by buying a Put contract, and is still a long trade, even though the trader wants the price to go down. The following chart may help explain this further:
Combinations are trades constructed with both a call and a put. There is a special type of combination known as a “synthetic.” The point of a synthetic is to create an options position that behaves like an underlying asset, but without actually controlling the asset. Why not just buy the stock? Maybe some legal or regulatory reason restricts you from owning it. But you may be allowed to create a synthetic position using options.
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All investors should know how to trade options and have a portion of their portfolio set aside for option trades. Not only do options provide great opportunities for leveraged plays; they can also help you earn larger profits with a smaller amount of cash outlay. What’s more, option strategies can help you hedge your portfolio and limit potential downside risk.
The contract specifications are specified for one contract, so the tick value shown above is the tick value per contract. If a trade is made with more than one contract, then the tick value is increased accordingly. For example, a trade made on the ZG options market with three contracts would have an equivalent tick value of 3 X $10 = $30, which would mean that for every 0.1 change in price, the trade's profit or loss would change by $30.
A long options trade is entered by buying an options contract and paying the premium to the options seller. If the market then moves in the desired direction, the options contract will come into profit (in the money). There are two different ways that an in the money option can be turned into realized profit. The first is to sell the contract (as with futures contracts) and keep the difference between the buying and selling prices as the profit. Selling an options contract to exit a long trade is safe because the sale is of an already owned contract.
As an example, let's say an initial margin amount of $3,700 allows an investor to enter into a futures contract for 1,000 barrels of oil valued at $45,000—with oil priced at $45 per barrel. If the price of oil is trading at $60 at the contract's expiry, the investor has a $15 gain or a $15,000 profit. The trades would settle through the investor's brokerage account crediting the net difference of the two contracts. Most futures contracts will be cash settled, but some contracts will settle with the delivery of the underlying asset to a centralized processing warehouse.
If there’s a company you’ve had your eye on and you believe the stock price is going to rise, a “call” option gives you the right to purchase shares at a specified price at a later date. If your prediction pans out you get to buy the stock for less than it’s selling for on the open market. If it doesn’t, your financial losses are limited to the price of the contract.
An option is a contract that allows (but doesn't require) an investor to buy or sell an underlying instrument like a security, ETF or even index at a predetermined price over a certain period of time. Buying and selling options is done on the options market, which trades contracts based on securities. Buying an option that allows you to buy shares at a later time is called a "call option," whereas buying an option that allows you to sell shares at a later time is called a "put option."


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„VREME 244’33’’ – IVA.lab”
11. 6 – 4. 7. 2020.
Kulturni centar Beograda // Likovna galerija, Galerija Podroom
Vođenje poslušajte ovde.
Umetnici: Rand Bejruti, Miloš Bojović, Anica Vučetić, Dragana Žarevac, Dejan Klement, Ivan Petrović, Mirjana Boba Stojadinović, Slobodan Stošić, Miloš Tomić, Vladimir Tomić, Joana Turkan, Mia Ćuk, Sesilija Belen Sandoval, Efim Graboj, Retro Future
Kustoskinja: Slađana Petrović Varagić
Autorka zvučnog vođenja/podkasta: Mirjana Boba Stojadinović
* Napomena: jezik vođenja je mešan srpski i engleski
00’55“ Slađana Petrović Varagić
12’48“ Miloš Tomić
18’45“ Mia Ćuk
24’44“ Dragana Žarevac
30’38“ Mirjana Boba Stojadinović
35’37“ Miloš Bojović
40’39“ Vladimir Tomić
44’16“ Joana Turkan (Ioana Turcan)
48’37“ Ivan Petrović
53’15“ Rand Bejruti (Rand Beiruty)
54’55“ Retro Future
57’33“ Dejan Klement
1°01’27“ Anica Vučetić
1°4’18“ Slobodan Stošić
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Dreaming Days by Ketsa is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.
Seeing You Again by Ketsa is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.
Day Trips by Ketsa is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.
Life Illusion by Ketsa is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.
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Additional material from Cecilia Belen Sandoval and Efim Graboy:
Introduce yourself – what is your work in general about?
We are two filmmakers, Cecilia Belen Sandoval from Argentina and Efim Graboy from Israel.
What approach did you take towards your chosen work theme?
We just fall in love and had this great moment captured in our cameras. It was not intential, we just decided to film simultaniosaly.
Later on both of us had a desire to share our lives to each other through audiovisual letters, while we separeted by the distance between our contries.
We felt it would be a very theraputic proccess for both of us.
Why is video artform important for you? What does video-art express that differentiates it from other art mediums?
It is a language of expression, we can capture real moments and feeling and translate it to cinematic language.
How did Corona quarantine influence your artwork?
It did not.


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Corn farmers are about to see their hard work pay off.
"Corn is tassling and silking now."
But before that, they have a major problem to take care of...a disease known as Northern Corn Leaf Blight
"It can cause a yield loss, that's the problem. You get enough lesions on those leaves and you can have yield loss," Rome Ethredge said. Ethredge is the Seminole County Extension Agent.
Farmers have to face this disease annually, but this year is different.
"We're worried because it came in very early this year," Ethredge said.
"There's a chance that this disease could be very very severe given the type of weather that we've had and the type of management that we've got, if we do not control it early," Dewey Lee said. Lee is a professor at the University of Georgia and is a Corn Agronomist.
And just how does this affect the corn crop?
"You block out the ability of the plant to make the photosenthate or sugars to produce a good ear."
Extension agents also have suggestions for combating this disease.
"We suggest a good fungicide," Ethredge said. "Use it with at least two ingredients of that fungicide for short term and long term control of plant disease."
But this isn't just a Georgia problem.
"Corn growers in southeast Alabama and in the panhandle of Florida should be very concerned about it," Lee said.
If you are facing this problem, both Ethredge and Lee hope you keep an ear out to prevent this from affecting you.

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We shouldn’t let lockdown ruin the opportunity to spoil Mum with love and presents, so this Mother’s Day it’s all about getting creative and thinking outside the box. Although many of us won’t be able to celebrate Mother’s Day together, there are still plenty of ways you can create a memorable experience for her and make her feel extra-special. In this blog post, we have 5 ideas on how to celebrate Mother’s Day from the comfort of your own home.
Spring is just around the corner and we have lots of exciting new jewellery to show you, as some of our brands have now launched their Spring 2021 collections! Take a look at what lovely new jewellery these brands have to offer and find the perfect piece to add to your Spring wardrobe!
All mums are superheroes and deserve the best gift this Mother’s Day! They may not technically wear a fancy cape or fly around in the clouds, but they still have the ability to make everything better. They are strong, fearless and will always be there for you no matter what, so I think it’s about time we show them just how special they are with a gift from our Mother’s Day gift selection.
Italian excellence, innovative craftsmanship and creative passion. These values collaborate together to form one jewellery brand: Nomination. Even today, this much-loved brand is still a family owned and operated business, and has become a world leader in gold and stainless steel jewellery.
Give a warm welcome to our newest brand addition, Rachel Jackson London. This brand is right up your street if you are a lover of fabulous statement jewellery, fashion, female empowerment and feeling good! Jewellery that has the power to make you feel sassy, stylish and unstoppable; designed to encourage feel-good vibes, by stacking and styling you are able to create your own unique look. Not only is the jewellery great for layering, they have a signature aesthetic as the designs are inspired by Art Deco and geometry. Featuring sleek, simple and streamlined shapes, this style makes each piece visually pleasing and stand out from all other jewellery.


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An excerpt from the first chapter of Star Wars: Thrawn by Timothy Zahn shows off Thrawn’s intelligence as well as namedrops a Jedi from The Clone Wars.
Thrawn throws off the Empire’s guard from the very beginning, as an excerpt from the first chapter of his upcoming novel reveals.
In an exclusive excerpt of Star Wars: Thrawn from Daily Express, Thrawn has his first (or one of his first) encounter with the Empire. Three Imperial officers speak with him. The first is Eli, the character who introduces Thrawn to Emperor Palpatine in an excerpt released by USA Today. The second is Parck, Eli’s commanding officer and the captain of the ship. The final Imperial is not described physically; but her or his name, Barris, is curiously similar to the name of one fans of The Clone Wars series are familiar with.
That character is Barriss Offee: a Jedi who sabotaged the Jedi Temple in The Clone Wars series and then tried to frame Ahsoka Tano for her crimes. Daily Express spells the name as “Barris,” but the missing “s” could simply be a typo. The spellings are just too similar to discount as coincidental.
Image Credit: Lucasfilm
Whoever she or he is, Barris in the excerpt is not described physically, nor does she or he speak. Barris is only mentioned twice: the first time as a part of the group going to meet Thrawn, the second time when she/he glares at Eli for speaking out of turn. There is nothing but the name to suggest this character is Barriss Offee. But that may be the point: Lucasfilm may not want to confirm that Barriss joined the Empire until Thrawn releases in April.
It wouldn’t be surprising if Barriss joined the Empire. During the Clone Wars era, she thought her fellow Jedi were corrupt for taking part in the war. At the same time, however, she herself resorted to violence by sabotaging the Jedi Temple. It probably wouldn’t take much work on Emperor Palpatine’s or Vader’s part to persuade such a misguided individual to take up their cause.
Image Credit: Del Rey Books
As for Thrawn, he is as disarming as ever, as befits him for his first encounter with the arrogant Empire. His appearance is not yet as regal as his crisp white uniform on the book’s cover above. Instead of military dress, he wears skins and hides. He also admits to being more comfortable speaking a language called Sy Bisti instead of Basic. But none of these facts take away from his intelligence, which is blatantly clear to the three Imperials present.
To read the full excerpt, head to Daily Express.
Star Wars: Thrawn by Timothy Zahn releases in hardback and e-book formats on April 11.


Cat expands engine remanufacturing
By Patrick Hill10 February 2009
Caterpillar has expanded downwards its remanufactured engine offering to the 15 to 134 kW range. The engines, found in high-volume products such as mini-excavators and skid-steer loaders, are remanufactured at Cat facilities in the UK and France and are available worldwide.
Caterpillar said the move had been prompted by demand from dealers and customers after it stopped production of Tier 1 and 2 certified engines. The company told IRN that equipment owners want complete engine repair options for those engines.
The smaller engines are used in wheeled excavators, compact wheel loaders, small and medium excavators, skid steer loaders, multi-terrain loaders, and small tractors and tracked loaders. Remanufactured engines for back hoe loaders have been available for some time.
Caterpillar said owners of smaller machines now can "get the engine back running, with the same-as new quality and warranty - for a fraction of the equivalent new engine price. The remanufactured engine components offer excellent value to machine owners with fast repair turn-around, superior quality and reliability, and lower repair costs."
Caterpillar has been offering remanufactured, "same-as-new condition" parts for more than 30 years.


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In light of the snow on the ground and what remains in the forecast for the rest of the season, the Hicksville Water District (HWD) is stressing the importance of keeping fire hydrants clear, especially as several feet of snow continue to line local roadways. Keeping hydrants free of snow, ice, or any other winter debris can save first responders valuable time for their response to an emergency situation.
“The community’s collective safety should always be a priority, and we are always willing to work with residents and local business owners in order to ensure it,” HWD Chairman Karl Schweitzer said. “Clearing just three feet around a fire hydrant can save the fire department such valuable time, and it protects both you and your neighbors from any potential devastating delays during a response to a fire emergency.”
Hicksville residents can “adopt” a fire hydrant nearby in order to take on the responsibility to report any hydrant issues and keep it clear after and during snowstorms. In case of a potential emergency, clearing approximately here feet around a hydrant provides both firefighters and HWD staff with easy access and location during these inclement winter weather conditions.
The HWD also asks its residents to consider assisting those in the community who are unable to clear their own fire hydrants without assistance. These can be neighbors, friends, or even family members who need your help to prepare in case of an emergency. Residents who have left their homes for the winter season are asked to notify a neighbor so they can ensure the hydrant gets cleared.
Contact the Hicksville Water District at 516-931-0184 or visit www.hicksvillewater.org if you have any further questions.