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Dance icon Derek Hough has officially returned to the national stage with his dazzling Symphony of Dance tour. This tour promises a fusion of music and dance that will mesmerize audiences. What’s intriguing about the tour is the secret collaboration that brewed behind the scenes. Hough joined forces with fellow Dancing With The Stars icon Mark Ballas to craft the soundtrack for the tour.
Derek Hough Shared Behind The Scenes Making Music With Mark Ballas
Hough recently posted a video showing the trio in a studio experimenting with tunes and sounds. The video received praise from fans of the DWTS judge as well as the retired pro dancer, Ballas.
Hough’s meticulous preparation for the tour began with the re-recording of the music from scratch. The setup featured a recording studio filled with high-quality instruments, demonstrating Hough’s commitment to creating a mesmerizing soundscape.
The collaboration didn’t stop at the recording studio however. It extended to a creative process where the trio played a variety of instruments, with a special focus on guitars.
Ballas and Vahagni, under Hough’s watchful guidance, delved into experimentation, exploring sounds, textures, and rhythms. They were in pursuit of the perfect accompaniment to the awe-inspiring dance performances that are a hallmark of the show. The hours spent experimenting, fine-tuning, and also pushing the boundaries of creativity were all part of the artistic journey.
The result of this creative partnership is a soundtrack that not only complements but elevates the dance performances to new heights. It is both heart-pounding and emotionally charged, setting the stage for a symphony of artistry.
Symphony Of Dance Allows Spectator to Dance With Derek Hough
Hough’s Symphony of Dance tour isn’t just a performance; it’s an invitation for everyone to join in the dance. As a professional dancer and choreographer, Hough firmly believes that the desire to move and groove resides within each one of us. It’s a universal, primal instinct that transcends age and skill level.
Accompanied by his wife, Hayley Erbert, and a talented ensemble of dancers, saxophonists, cellists, and percussionists, Symphony of Dance offers a diverse blend of dance styles, including ballroom, Latin, contemporary, jazz, and also Argentine tango. The central theme revolves around the beautiful synergy between music and dance, creating a symphony that captivates the audience.
Hough’s journey in dance began at a young age, and his illustrious career then spanned everything from starring in musical productions to judging dance competitions. Symphony of Dance not only showcases his extraordinary talent but also carries a heartfelt message: to embrace the joy of dance and let the rhythm of life guide you.


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Brand new studies that were funded by the United States Dept of Energy could create plants that will one day be bright enough to replace street lights. This move would save a lot of energy costs. Currently, energy used for lighting represents around 20 percent of energy consumption worldwide.
Clever Use of Firefly Enzymes
In a recent report posted in the publication called Nano Letters, MIT scientists from the University of California Berkley and Riverside, describes the process where they used nanotechnology to insert enzymes that are found in common fireflies into the leaves of plants so that they will emit light.
Thus far, these scientists have successfully to produced arugula, kale, spinach and even watercress that glows for around 4 hours. Michael Strano, who is the Carbon P. Dubbs Professor of Chemical Engineering from MIT and also senior author of this study noted:
“The vision is to make a plant that will function as a desk lamp—a lamp that you don’t have to plug in. The light is ultimately powered by the energy metabolism of the plant itself.”
These scientists employed three different molecules and packed them in unique nanoparticle carriers that delivered them to appropriate regions of the plants. The ensuing reaction that produced the light also needed an enzyme known as luciferase (which exists in the firefly) which acts on molecules that are called liciferin. There is also another molecule known as co-enzyme A which will help the process move along as it removes a reaction byproduct.
This method has proven to be a lot less laborious and more efficient as compared to attempts in the past to design these glow plants which were based on genetic engineering in order to get the proper chemical reaction. This new method only requires that the leaves be soaked in liquid and then is easily applied to different kinds of plants. Imagine how street lights could be replaced by trees that glow or even using a house plant instead of desk lamp.
This is certainly not the first time that MIT has tinkered with plants. As Strano notes, “Plants can self-repair, they have their own energy, and they are already adapted to the outdoor environment,” all of which makes them ideal for this kind of experimentation using nanobionics. Previously, his lab designed plants that are able to detect explosives, and even plants that are able to monitor current drought conditions.
Presently, the amount of light that is emitted from these plants is equal to around a thousandth of the light level that is need for reading. However, researchers are eager to begin optimizing this new technology. In the future, they are hoping to create brighter light and to come up with an efficient way to spray these nanoparticles directly onto the leaves of plants.
“Our target is to perform one treatment when the plant is a seedling or a mature plant, and have it last for the lifetime of the plant,” Strano pointed out. “Our work very seriously opens up the doorway to streetlamps that are nothing but treated trees, and to indirect lighting around homes.”
Another remarkable feature these scientists have been experimenting with is using a fourth molecule to turn the light off. This would create plants eventually that are able to shut down their light as a response to outside stimuli such as night time and sunlight.
Plant lamps would also have a big impact on the education taking place in developing nations, as popular tech entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa has explained:
“When people in remote parts of India, Africa, South America come home, they can’t study because they don’t have light. This is something we can’t comprehend in America: that you don’t have light, you can’t study, therefore children don’t get education. But this is a common problem in the developing world.”

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Business titans chip in to reduce impact of MERSKorean business leaders have put their heads together to find a way to escape the dark shadow cast on the economy by the outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). They agreed to carry out business activities as initially planned, regardless of the disease, and agreed to cooperate with the government more closely to attract foreign investments.
The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) said Monday its Chairman Park Yong-maan, who is also the Doosan Group chief, met with about 20 KCCI members including Chung Yong-jin, vice chairman of Shinsegae Group, Lee In-won, vice chairman of Lotte Group’s policy headquarters, as well as Samsung Electronics president Park Sang-jin at the Lotte Hotel in Sogong-dong, central Seoul to discuss ways to overcome the so-called “MERS slump.”
Since the outbreak of MERS in late May, businesses in several sectors including tourism, food and entertainment industries have had a hard time attracting customers as the public avoided public outings.
The plans provided by the KCCI include increasing companies’ spending in the local economy and carrying out planned events for attracting investment and employment.
The Daejeon office of the KCCI said the region’s services sector experienced a hard time in attracting customers. Potential investors from China and the Middle East who were scheduled to come to Korea this month delayed their trips. The KCCI’s Busan office reported that the city’s tour business has been shrinking after the MERS outbreak and Incheon is experiencing a similar situation.
In order to deal with such situations, KCCI members agreed to do their best to boost the local economy, saying they will encourage people to take summer vacations in the country. They pledged to buy local specialties as gifts for business partners. They also agreed not to delay any of their business-related events, including foreign investment promotions, and to stick to the schedules for this year’s recruitment process to help the public get over any fears about MERS.
“We need to encourage businesses to boost their consumption in the local community,” said KCCI head Park.
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The President-elect Akufo-Addo has commended his main contender in the December 7, 2020, presidential election, John Mahama for petitioning the Supreme Court over the results.
Akufo-Addo opined that the action of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer will bring an end to weeks of protest by supporters of the party following his declaration as President-elect by the Electoral Commission Chairperson, Jean Mensa.
Speaking in parliament during his final State of the Nation Address to end his first term of office, Nana Akufo-Addo said he was satisfied the election was conducted in a fairly manner despite the allegations raised by the leadership of the NDC.
“I recognise that my main opponent in the election, former President John Mahama, has gone to the Supreme Court to seek its intervention, and grant reliefs that he believes were compromised in the conduct of the elections.
“It is good for the nation that, in the end, he chose the legal path, instead of the pockets of violence that have attended the rejection of the results by his party in the period after the elections,”.
He also used the platform to entreat the citizenry to make a “deliberate decision to invest in the rule of law and uphold the integrity of the institutions of state, so that no person or group of persons take the law into their own hands with impunity.”
Akufo-Addo remarks follows a decision by the NDC’s flagbearer, John Mahama, on Wednesday, December 30, 2020, to file a petition at the Supreme Court to challenge the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election results.
The NDC had said the petition details “serious violations of the 1992 Constitution by the Electoral Commission and its Chairperson and Returning Officer for the Presidential Election, Mrs. Jean Mensa in the conduct of their constitutional and legal responsibility.”
Mr. Mahama is therefore seeking an order from the Supreme Court to the effect that, “the purported declaration of the results of the 2020 Presidential Election on the 9th day of December 2020 is unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect whatsoever.”


MILLEDGEVILLE — The Baldwin County Board of Education is being encouraged to reconsider implementing a Local Vendor Preference Policy to support Milledgeville-Baldwin County’s resources and recycle money back into the community.
“Anytime you have the opportunity to purchase local, I encourage the school board to do so. It’s such an important part of keeping that fuel of driving local businesses and industry going,” said Travis Strickland, past Partners for Progress Business Development Committee chair and local business advocate who reintroduced the policy to the school board during last week’s regular work session. “Baldwin County needs this; it’s an important piece of the puzzle to get our economy back on the right track.”
School Superintendent Geneva Braziel said the policy will be discussed with the school system’s attorney to receive guidance.
“We have to consult with our attorney and take directions from there,” she said. “Right now, we don’t know if the policy will fit with the school system.”
School board member Lyn Chandler of District 3 hopes representatives from the school system will meet with Strickland to start the process of passing what could be a potential policy.
“I’m in favor of this concept. If nothing is done, then I will make a motion to move forward with this. It benefits our entire community, not just the school board. Local vendors are tax-paying citizens in our community; they’re paying the cost of what we’re doing. The more we can support those businesses, our community prospers and the better off the school system is,” Chandler said. “The down side of the argument would be that it may increase cost. Once you get bids in, there’s a certain margin a local vendor can reduce their price to meet the bid. The negative side of that is it discourages competitive bidding, but the advantages out-weigh the disadvantages.”


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12th Nov 2009
Yeah, I know, I’ve skipped a country. Maybe someday I’ll write about waking up at 5am to spend 8 hours of everyday walking, then going to sleep at 7pm, not eating meat nor drinking coffee or alcohol for 21 days and liking it, but not today.
We’ve been in India for almost a week. We arrived in Delhi last Friday and have been staying with a friend from South America and MSU in the lovely and quiet embassy district of New Delhi. You can get almost anything here: clothes, food, English-language books, dengue. We’ve spent a bit of our time exploring the city and much of it enjoying the quiet existence that is life in Chanakapuri (the embassy area). Stacy took us into the American Community Center, which is run by the US embassy, last Friday for happy hour. At the embassy you can get $2 beers, good coffee, an American style breakfast, and drinkable tap water. Though I don’t know that I’d go for those all at once. Of course, not just anyone can go into the center, you have to be a member, of which we are not. This is probably good news or we’d never see any of Delhi other than what lies between Stacy’s house and the embassy. It’s only two blocks, but to be fair you can see monkeys, huge birds and wild dogs along the way, so there is something.
We’ve also seen a few of the actual tourist attractions around the city. We hired a car for half a day and drove around to some of the older sights in the city. Yesterday, we ventured into Old Delhi to see the Red Fort and a few other places in the area. Being in New Delhi, Tony and I both felt like things were so much more relaxed. The traffic is nothing in comparison to the madness that exists on Chinese roads, and while you do see a fair amount of begging and poverty I hadn’t yet been overwhelmed. If you’re looking to be overwhelmed, just head to Old Delhi.
Old Delhi is loud, chaotic and crowded. As it is the old center of Delhi there are still some amazing buildings from the Mughal empire and more. Of course, in order to see these you have to get past the trash, the groping men, the cars, bikes and motorcycles and the smells. My game for the day was “Name that smell.” Tony didn’t want to play and came up with his own game “Find the woman in Old Delhi”. There were a surprisingly small number of women in the city. I wasn’t so excited with Old Delhi after yesterday and still feel a bit too stressed when we are there. Though today we did go back to go on a walking tour with a guide from Salaam Baalak Trust. More on them next.
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Most of my recent trip to Mexico City was spent researching (i.e., drinking) pulque, an ancient alcoholic beverage made of fermented cactus sap. The resulting article was just published in The Daily.
Pulque is not a drink for the faint of heart. Once used by the Aztecs as a ceremonial beverage, it is made from the fermented sap of the maguey cactus and has a thick, silky texture reminiscent of an alcoholic lassi and a raw flavor that epitomizes the phrase “acquired taste.” Often blended with sugar and various kinds of fruits or vegetables to make flavored “curados,” pulque combines the probiotic kick of kombucha with an intoxicating effect that can feel mildly hallucinogenic. One friend described his first sip as “unsettling.” Another lost the feeling in his fingertips after downing a mug-full.
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Posting has been slow because I recently went back to Mexico City for a visit. Most of my time was spent researching (i.e., drinking) the ancient and unsettling alcoholic beverage called pulque for an upcoming article, but I started off my trip with a visit to a few labs at the Biology Institute at the UNAM, the public university of 250,000 students where I spent the last two years studying comparative literature.
Biology is perhaps the science I am least familiar with; years spent running around physics labs can sadly sort of make you forget about the life sciences. High energy physics, particularly, operates simultaneously at two scales that seem pretty removed from life on Earth: the very small (quarks, neutrinos) and the very large (black holes, the origins of the universe). I was delighted and a bit surprised to see a similar conflation of disparate scales in the Biology Institute labs I visited. By studying the genetics of specific animal populations, my tour guides Noemi Matías Ferrer, a graduate student in biological sciences working on her Ph.D., and Patricia Rosas Escobar, a staff biologist originally from Baja California, are able to learn about entire ecosystems, humans’ effect on the environment, and life on our planet more generally.

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BALI AT ITS BEST
Bali, coined the Island of Gods, has been attracting sun-seekers, surfers and spiritual warriors since the ’70s. Whether it’s the palm trees and white sand beaches, its mountainous volcanic center or the numerous temples the dot the lush landscape, the island’s evocative landscape brings in three million tourists every year. Our travel guide covers it all, from the best boutique hotels to cultural hotspots. Read more here.


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Metals in soils may positively or negatively affect plants as well as soil micro-organisms and mesofauna, depending on their abundance and bioavailability. Atmospheric deposition and biological uplift commonly result in metal enrichment in surface soils, but the relative importance of these processes is not always resolved. Here, we used an integrated approach to study the cycling of phosphorus and a suite of metals from the soil to the canopy (and back) in a temperate watershed. The behavior of elements in these surface soils fell into three categories. First, Al, Fe, V, Co, and Cr showed little to no enrichment in the top soil layers, and their concentrations were determined primarily by soil production fluxes with little influence of either atmospheric inputs or biological activity. Second, P, Cu, Zn and Cd were moderately enriched in surface soils due to a combination of atmospheric deposition and biological uplift. Among the metals we studied, Cu, Zn and Cd concentrations in surface soils were the most sensitive to changes in atmospheric deposition fluxes. Finally, Mo and Mn showed strong enrichment in the top soil layer that could not be explained strictly by either current atmospheric deposition or biological recycling processes, but may reflect both their unique chemistry and remnants of past anthropogenic fluxes. Mn has a long residence time in the soil partly due to intense biological uplift that retains Mn in the top soil layer. Mo, in spite of the high solubility of molybdate, remains in the soil because of strong binding to natural organic matter. This study demonstrates the need to consider simultaneously the vegetation and the soils to understand elemental distribution within soil profiles as well as cycling within watersheds.
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This study was supported by National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant GG-1024553. A. Dere received additional support from NSF GK-12: CarbonEARTH Grant EHR-0947962. The authors acknowledge K. Gaines, J. Wubbels, L. Smith and J. Kissel for green leaf and leaf litter collection and chemical analysis. We also acknowledge the Fall 2009 GEOSC 413 class at Penn State for their work collecting and analyzing samples at the SSHO as well as W. Castro, H. Gong, L. Liermann and J. Williams for analytical assistance. This work was facilitated by NSF Critical Zone Observatory program Grants to CJD (EAR 07-25019) and SLB (EAR 12-39285, EAR 13-31726). This research was conducted in Penn State’s Stone Valley Forest, which is supported and managed by the Penn State’s Forestland Management Office in the College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Sukhoi Su-27: Design and Development of Russia's Super Interceptor (Mil-Tech Series)
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Название: Sukhoi Su-27: Design and Development of Russia's Super Interceptor
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The Sukhoi Su-27 (Сухой Су-27) (NATO reporting name: Flanker) is a twin-engine supermanoeuverable jet fighter designed by the Sukhoi. It was intended as a direct competitor for the large United States fourth generation fighters, with 3,530-kilometre (1,910 nmi) range, heavy armament, sophisticated avionics and high manoeuvrability. The Su-27 most often flies air superiority missions, but is able to perform almost all combat operations. Complementing the smaller MiG-29, the Su-27's closest US counterpart is the F-15 Eagle.


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Did you know the psychic industry has grown 52% since 2005 and in 2018 reached $2.2 billion in revenue? Psychics have become a type of life coach for people, and they rely on them for future predictions so they can take away advice for times ahead.
Am I psychic? You may be asking yourself this question or have thought about it in the past. Keep reading, and we will guide you through tapping into your psychic abilities.
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Psychics have entered the realm of self-care. Some psychics are using their powers for the greater good.
Traditional psychics still predict the future and communicate with dead relatives, but they have also gone in the direction of helping people figure out what they want in life.
They have taken on the form of a life coach to help channel energy in people to learn how to trust themselves and their intuition.
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Have you ever had a psychic experience where you knew something and couldn’t remember why or how you knew it?
Everyone has a psychic ability in one sense or another. Your psychic abilities will shine through as your intuition or gut feeling.
Your inner abilities come from a creative muscle that uses your body to communicate with you by receiving information from the whole
However, this only happens if you’re ready and open to it. We are going to walk through a few ways you can embrace these skills.
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There are ways you can develop and enhance your psychic abilities.
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Be open: The number one reason that people’s psychic abilities are shut down or don’t come to the forefront is because of fear. People are scared of their natural power.
It’s essential to be open and allow for these psychic abilities to shine through and use them as a way of navigating through life. Make a declaration out loud to the universe that you are ready to accept these abilities.
Practice: You can start by practicing reading people’s energy. IF you get a bad feeling from someone for no reason, this is your psychic intuition. You can strengthen this skill by looking past people’s appearance or how they’re talking.
It would help if you focused in on their energy. You can do this by being in the person’s presence and taking in how you feel about them and how this reflects on them. Then, you will be able to see in conversation if your intuition is correct.
Predict: You can practice your clairvoyance or psychic seeing. You can do this by before you go somewhere you’ve never been to, such as a new store, close your eyes before you go and declare you want to see it. Then draw what you see in your mind, and you can later compare your drawing to what you saw.
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Illness is up as the winter season reaches its peak, particularly in children. Cases are increasing around the United States for the common cold, seasonal flu, and COVID-19, and while these cases have not been life-threatening, they have been debilitating for some individuals. It’s for this reason that sales of over-the-counter cold medicine, particularly fever and pain reducers, are up, so much so that pharmacies are having trouble keeping up.
Both CVS and Walgreens have announced that for an indeterminate period, they will be limiting the number of children’s pain and fever medicines customers can buy in a single transaction. Walgreens has placed a six-item limit on online purchases, while CVS is limiting both online and in-person purchases to just two.
“Due to increased demand and various supplier challenges, over-the-counter pediatric fever reducing products are seeing constraint across the country,” Walgreens said in a statement, adding that the limit was imposed “in an effort to help support availability and avoid excess purchases.”
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“Supplies of these products are being replenished as quickly as possible, and there is not a widespread shortage in the US. However, with demand for children’s pain and fever medicines reaching unprecedented levels following this early and severe flu season (along with cases of RSV and COVID), we understand why some retailers have adjusted to impose limits on purchases,” the Consumer Healthcare Products Association said in a statement.
“While CHPA member companies are running manufacturing facilities 24-7 to meet demand, we will continue to encourage consumers to buy only what they need, so other families can find and purchase the medicines they are seeking.”
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NIH launches first phase of $9.8 million competition to accelerate development of neuromodulation therapies
The National Institutes of Health has launched the first phase of the Neuromod Prize, a $9.8 million competition to accelerate the development of neuromodulation therapies — targeted treatments that adjust nerve activity to improve organ function. The competition seeks scientists, engineers, and clinicians to submit novel concepts and clinical development plans to demonstrate solutions for precisely stimulating the peripheral nervous system to treat disease and improve human health. The first phase of the competition will award up to $800,000. NIH plans to launch a second phase awarding up to $4 million, and a third phase awarding up to $5 million, subject to the availability of funds. Details of the requirements and registration for phases 2 and 3 are expected to be announced at a future time. NIH is launching only phase 1 at this time.
The Neuromod Prize is part of the Stimulating Peripheral Activity to Relieve Conditions (SPARC) program from the NIH Common Fund. SPARC has made significant progress elevating neuromodulation as a therapeutic approach, closing fundamental knowledge gaps, and offering tools that enable open science and innovation. With this competition, NIH hopes to bridge the gap between early-stage research and clinical use for solutions capable of independently targeting multiple functions involving the internal organs of the body.
The nervous system plays a role in all bodily functions, so neuromodulation therapies have the potential to treat a variety of health conditions, ranging from gastrointestinal disorders to heart failure, through targeted regulation of the nerves that connect with all parts of the body. Recent innovations in device technology and improved understanding of the interactions between the nervous system and target tissues and organs have led to a breakthrough moment in the field. As decades of research are applied in new ways, innovators are identifying novel neuromodulation approaches that are capable of selectively targeting multiple organs and functions.
“Through the Neuromod Prize, we’re asking potential solvers to use the foundational knowledge and technologies that have come out of our SPARC program and take it to the next level with their innovative concepts and ideas,” said James M. Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, which oversees the NIH Common Fund. “This competition is an exciting opportunity to come up with tangible plans for harnessing the power of the body’s electrical system to help transform treatments for millions of people living with chronic or acute illnesses.”
Phase 1 participants will submit concept papers describing their proposed therapeutic approaches and their plans for conducting proof-of-concept studies, rationales for therapeutic use, and expectations for clinical impact. To learn more, potential participants can join a virtual information session on February 7, 2022. Submissions through an online portal are due by 4:59 p.m. EDT on April 28, 2022.
A judging panel will select up to eight quarterfinalists to receive a share of the up to $800,000 first-phase prize pool. NIH subsequently plans to launch a second and a third phase, which will be announced at a later date. Phase 1 quarterfinalists will be exclusively invited to participate in the second phase, anticipated to take place starting in 2022, which will translate the winning ideas into preclinical studies. Semifinalist winners from the second phase will be eligible to compete in the final phase, expected to launch in 2023, moving their preclinical work into advanced translational and clinical studies as a critical step towards the regulatory approvals needed to bring new neuromodulation therapies to market.
Learn more about the Neuromod Prize at neuromodprize.com.
About the NIH Common Fund: The Common Fund is a special source of funding within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that supports a series of bold scientific programs that catalyze discovery across all biomedical and behavioral research. Common Fund programs accelerate emerging science, enhance the biomedical research workforce, remove research roadblocks, or support high-risk high-reward science in ways that no other entity is likely or able to do. The Common Fund is managed by the Office of Strategic Coordination within the Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives in the NIH Office of the Director.
About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov.
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Diamond Pendant Lamp by Fabbian
Both classic and contemporary, this exquisite pendant lamp will cast elegant light in the surroundings creating an alluring ambiance. The spherical diffuser in transparent glass housing the lightbulb (not included) is embellished with a timeless diamond texture. This charming lighting design is offered in another size measuring ø 18 x H 16 cm.
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Victory Liner offers access to northern festivals and tourist attractions
MANILA, Philippines – Travelers limited to weekend getaways and short vacations can experience exotic fun with less than 24 hours on hand by going north of Manila. Colorful and quirky celebrations that don’t require long travel time include the festivals of Bulacan, Pampanga, Zambales, Isabela, Pangasinan, and Benguet, offering festive music, boisterous merrymaking, vibrant spectacles, scrumptious food, and a dose of local culture with just a few hours of road travel.
The Sto. Niño Festival, Malolos, Bulacan. Start the year by attending a festival celebrating the Holy Child Jesus, or the Sto. Niño. Witness a grand procession of hundreds of Sto. Niño statues creatively dressed in different costumes such as a shepherd, a policeman, a king, and a basketball player. The largest Sto. Niño festival in Luzon is celebrated on the last Sunday of January.
Bambanti Festival, Isabela. Bambanti” means scarecrow, and that is what you will find in this popular festival hundreds of beautifully crafted and colorfully adorned scarecrows, plus festively costumed dancers, parade floats, music, and fireworks all contribute to the feverish, glittering tone of the biggest annual event in Isabela. The four-day festival is held in the last days of January.
Panagbenga Festival, Baguio City. Who has not heard of Baguio’s famous flower festival? Gaze in awe at a long parade of gigantic flower floats while enjoying the colorful dance routines, marching bands, and the crisp, cool air that is the trademark of the Philippines’ summer capital, Baguio City. Panagbenga 2014 starts on Feb. 1 with a grand opening parade and ends with a closing ceremony on March 3.
Mango Festival, Iba, Zambales. Join the street dancing, watch a float parade, and gorge yourself on golden sweet mangoes touted to be the best in the country at the annual Mango Festival held in Iba, Zambales. Final schedules have yet to be publicized by the organizers for this year’s festival, but the event is regularly held in March or April every year.
The Hot Air Balloon Festival, Clark, Pampanga. The sky’s the limit at the biggest annual aviation event in the country. This well-attended international event features whimsical hot air balloons of various colors and shapes, a showcase of rockets and radio-guided glider models, kite-flying activities, ultra-light formation flying, and skydiving shows. The four-day event will be held from April 10 to 13 at the Clark Freeport Zone.
Tanduyong Festival, San Jose City, Nueva Ecija. Tanduyong is a kind of onion, and San Jose City is the Onion Capital of the Philippines. So every year, on the fourth Sunday of April, the residents of the city come out en masse on the streets, dancing to exotic rhythms and wearing colorful native costumes. The festival is highlighted by cultural shows, beauty contests, and agri-trade fairs.
Paynauen Festival, Iba, Zambales. The lively Paynauen festival is held annually on the last week of April at Iba, Zambales. It is filled with beauty pageants, street dancing, boat and carabao racing, seaside activities such as sand castle building and kite flying, and a one-of-a-kind duyan parade, where you can see the local beauties carried in creatively dressed-up hammocks, or duyan.
Bangus Festival, Dagupan City. We all know about the Bangus Festival of Dagupan, home of the best-tasting bangus in the world.” This year, Dagupan is creating its own local dance step called the guilon-guilon, which depicts how bangus are harvested from a fishpond. The guilon-guilon will be introduced to the whole of Dagupan through a dance contest. The contestants will be judged during a street parade and a plaza performance at the festival, to be held in April 2014.
Pista’y Dayat, Lingayen. Get your last hurrah in April by attending the biggest annual celebration in Pangasinan. Pista’y Dayat is a two-week festival that brings together the whole of Pangasinan in a grand parade that features the province’s nine best-known festivals: the Sawali Festival of Labrador, Binongey of Anda, the Puto Festival of Calasiao, the Mango and Bamboo Festival of San Carlos, the Sugpo Festival of Binmaley, the Longganisa Festival of Alaminos, the Pandan Festival of Mapandan, the Galicayo Festival of Manaog, and the Pista’y Dayat itself of Lingayen. It’s like attending nine feasts in one, with beautiful Lingayen beach providing the perfect backdrop for other activities such as beachside games, trade fairs, concerts, and talent competitions.
Pattaraday Festival, Santiago City. This jubilant celebration of Santiago City’s founding anniversary is held from May 1 to 5. Take advantage of the Labor Day holiday to drop by Isabela and see for yourself why the Pattaraday Festival is a Hall of Fame awardee in the Search for Best Tourism Event in the Philippines.
Libad Festival, Pampanga. Few people like to go out during the rainy month of June, but if you don’t mind getting drenched for the sake of travel and adventure, join the Libad fluvial procession, where Pampangeños take a boat ride to accompany the antique miraculous image of St. Peter on a very wet but joyful procession along Rio Grande de Pampanga. The feast day of St. Peter is on June 29, but the festivities are held on June 28.
Manyaman Festival, Pampanga. Every July 29, Pampanga asserts its claim to being the top gastronomic destination in the Philippines in the Manyaman Festival, which showcases the best of Kapampangan culture, products, and most of all, food! It’s the one event of the year the Filipino foodie should never miss.
Pavvurulun Festival, Tuguegarao. Join the most-awaited festival in Tuguegarao City from Aug. 8-16 for a weeklong celebration that features food festivals, horse and carabao races, boat races, band competitions, concerts, and a Ms. Tuguegarao beauty pageant.
Singkaban Festival, Malolos, Bulacan. Savor the gentle beauty of Bulacan’s culture, the purity of its Filipino language, and most of all, the quiet allure of its attractive and intelligent women recipients of high praise from no less than the country’s revered hero, Dr. Jose Rizal in a one-of-a-kind celebration that features not just a colorful parade but also a balagtasan showdown, kundiman singing contests, a parade of Bulakeña beauties, and a reenactment of the Malolos Congress, an important historical event that marks the writing of the first Philippine constitution.
Olongapo Mardi Gras, Olongapo City. If street parties are your thing, don’t miss the Olongapo Mardi Gras, one of the biggest, most festive annual street parties in the country. The venue is Olongapo’s entertainment center, Magsaysay Drive. The party features live bands and DJs for a three-day non-stop dance party that will start in the latter weeks of October. Exact dates are yet to be announced.
Binabayani Festival, Masinloc, Zambales. The Binabayani Festival has a twofold objective: to depict an ancient battle between Christians and Aetas, and to give thanks for a bountiful harvest in the province. It has often been called the Zambales Ati-atihan. It is celebrated every Nov. 30, which also happens to be Bonifacio Day, so you can take advantage of the holiday to join in the Zambales celebration.
Pagayaya Festival, Ilagan, Isabela. There’s nothing like another food fest to close the year. The Pagayaya Festival, held in Isabela, is actually a gathering of five provinces Batanes, Cagayan, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, and of course, Isabela to showcase their respective products and cultures. Not only will this give you the opportunity to shop around for some very interesting gifts, but you can also expect an overflow of food to mark the annual four-week suspension of your healthy eating habits.
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I've always been a big fan of the dramatised PG Wodehouse audiobooks, but Nigel Lambert does an equally brilliant job portraying dozens of different characters, from doddery Lord Emsworth to forceful Lady Constance, taking in numerous nieces and ne-er do wells along the way with apparent effortlessness. The stories are a summery delight. Fans of Wodehouse should definitely not miss this.
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I've enjoyed reading P. G. Wodehouse, but listening to Nigel Lambert flawlessly personify all the characters was a far superior experience. As a collection of short stories, Lambert has to create voices for a large number of characters, since the cast changes from story to story. He seems to be channeling Wodehouse himself.
Well worth your time.
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For Blandings Castle fans, the first story is priceless.The rest are amuzing but have a hard act to follow. The reading is flawless.
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The BBC’s sci-fi drama Doomwatch hit the screens at the beginning of the 1970s, which accounts for its apocalyptic message. In an era of rapid advances, Doomwatch took cutting-edge science and theorised harrowing worst-case scenarios.
It was set in Doomwatch, the fictitious government department for the observation and measurement of scientific work. Calling in Doomwatch was, as one ministerial type puts it, “standard procedure in situations of potential technological hazard”.
Every week it investigated a new threat, from genetic modification and sonic terrorism to mind control and censorship, at its peak reaching 13.6m avid viewers. The show’s creators, Dr Christopher “Kit” Pedler and Gerry Davis, had previously collaborated on Doctor Who, where they created the Cybermen. Pedler was an environmental activist and published scientist, and his demand for authenticity pushed Doomwatch into plausibly terrifying areas.
The first episode, The Plastic Eaters, deals with a manmade virus designed to break down plastics for disposal. Of course, the virus has already contaminated a passenger jet, causing it to crash. Doomwatch has to neutralise it, and sharpish – as one of the team discovers he’s on a flight that is infected.
In the most popular episode, Invasion, a North Yorkshire village is evacuated and all its livestock destroyed when an indestructible manufactured disease is accidentally released. Coaches packed with shellshocked villagers pass the military vehicles sent to disinfect the area on the narrow cobbled streets. Such stark, memorable imagery is Doomwatch’s stock-in-trade.
Headed by Nobel prizewinner Dr Spencer Quist, a scientist who still feels guilty about working on the first atomic bomb, the team comprised action man lothario Dr John Ridge, boffin John Bradbury and bright young chemist Toby Wren – the show’s breakout star, a rail-thin Robert Powell, who quickly became a heartthrob despite, as one TV critic put it at the time, “looking like a haunted parking meter”. Eventually, the ranks swelled with the addition of Dr Anne Tarrant and Dr Fay Chantry (as the producers realised they had relegated most of their female characters to tea-making duties).
The casual sexism and paranoia aren’t the only signs that this is a product of the 70s. If flimsy sets and harsh video effects are a dealbreaker, Doomwatch is not for you. Taken out of context, scenes in which the actors jump around with fake rats stitched to their trousers – to show an attack of flesh-eating rodents – look silly. But in the notorious episode Tomorrow, The Rat, they are horrific and effective, especially after a (thankfully offscreen) moment when the deadly creatures pounce on a toddler in a pushchair.
Only half of the 38 episodes still exist – the rest were wiped, which was the BBC’s short-sighted practice back then. To make up for it, we do get the most controversial episode, Sex and Violence, where the team investigate “moral pollution”. This was not aired at the time because characters were clear send-ups of public figures, such as reactionary busybody Mary Whitehouse (played by future EastEnder June Brown, who gets such great lines as “I’m not having my son taught in school about penises and vaginasby longhaired perverts”) and a Cliff Richard-alike with the lawsuit-baiting name of Dick Burns. It was worth the 45-year wait.


Crosby out indefinitely with broken jaw
Sidney Crosby is out indefinitely with a broken jaw, the Penguins announced Sunday afternoon.
Crosby, the NHL scoring leader and MVP favorite, was injured on his first shift Saturday afternoon in the Penguins' 2-0 home win over the New York Islanders.
A puck, deflected off the stick blade of defenseman Brooks Orpik, caught Crosby near the mouth in the first period, and he was taken to UPMC Presbyterian hospital for oral surgery.
The Penguins released no other details, and general manager Ray Shero was not available for comment.
Winners of 15 in a row, the Penguins (28-8-0, 56 points) did not practice Sunday. They will play Buffalo at Consol Energy Center on Tuesday night.
Crosby has scored 15 goals, and his 56 points were 10 more than second-place Steven Stamkos of Tampa Bay before games played Sunday.
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I think he will add a little grit. but who knows if the injuries may get to him as well.he only played 35 games last season. I dont know how healthy he will stay but it sounds good so far.. hopefully we can keep him off of the IR list.DETROIT -- The Red Wings on Wednesday added the defenseman they've been seeking.
Danny Markov, who will turn 30 on Sunday, signed a one-year deal worth approximately $2.2 million. He played in 59 games with the Predators last season and had 11 assists and no goals.
But it's not offense the Wings were looking for from Markov, but a tough defensive presence.
"He's tough to play against," general manager Ken Holland said. "He has a reputation as an agitator, and he brings a different dimension to our team. He's a top-four defenseman who can play a lot of minutes, and we expect he'll be a good fit for our team."
Markov has been slowed by injuries throughout his career and missed time last season because of ankle, knee and groin problems.
One reason for the injuries, though, is Markov's physical style. He loves to make highlight-reel hits, he's good at blocking shots and he is known as one of the gritty players in the league.
"He gets hurt because of the way he plays," Holland said.
The Wings will be Markov's sixth team, and fifth in the last five years. He played for the Maple Leafs, Coyotes, Hurricanes, Flyers and Predators.
Said Holland: "If Danny finds that this is a situation he likes, and we like the way he fits in, we told them (Markov and his agent) we would talk about a longer deal."
Markov joins Nicklas Lidstrom, Mathieu Schneider, Niklas Kronwall, Chris Chelios, Andreas Lilja and Brett Lebda on defense. Markov likely will be in that corps with Lidstrom, Schneider and Kronwall. Chelios, Lilja and Lebda will share the third pairing.
With the defense in place, Holland remains on the lookout for a goaltender and more scoring on the wing, especially with the departure of Brendan Shanahan (40 goals) to free agency.
Winger Anson Carter (Michigan State) could be a possibility if he drops his demand for a multiyear deal approaching $3 million per season.
As for goaltending, Holland said the Wings will be patient in their search for a starter to pair with Chris Osgood.
Dominik Hasek and Manny Legace, both former Wings, are the lone unrestricted free agents of note, and the team hasn't expressed much interest in either.
"We're plugging away," Holland said of his pursuit of a goalie.


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About 100 Sattahip-area students planted mangrove trees and learned how to protect nature at a Khet Udomsak environmental youth camp.
Deputy Mayor Suphachai Nimanong opened the camp for pupils from Khaokhunmaath School Aug. 16 at the Royal Thai Marine Corps’ Reconnaissance Battalion headquarters. The camp’s aim was to increase awareness about the importance of natural resources and recognize the problems facing the environment.
Youngsters learn the best ways to preserve the environment at a Khet Udomsak environmental youth camp.
“Thailand is filled with diverse and beautiful natural resources and they are the main attractions for tourists,” Suphachai said. “But today, these resources are deteriorating due to the imbalance in nature caused by humans. Therefore, it is the duty of all citizens to protect and conserve nature, starting with raising awareness and realizing the value of natural resources as well as the consequences of destroying the environment.”
The students and city workers together planted 50 mangrove trees in the marshes at the Reconnaissance Battalion to wrap up the “Do Good for Earth” camp.


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Electroanatomic-mapping-guided cardioneuroablation versus combined approach for vasovagal syncope: a cross-sectional observational study
This study was designed to assess the effectiveness of electroanatomic-mapping (EAM)-guided cardioneuroablation (CNA) vs combined approach for vasovagal syncope (VVS).
Twenty patients with VVS refractory to standard treatments World Health Organization underwent CNA in our establishment were registered within the study. Twelve of those patients underwent recently introduced EAM-guided CNA mistreatment signal-based approach whereas eight patients underwent combined CNA employing a combination of high-frequency stimulation and spectral analysis. each atria and sinus coronarius were divided into seven segments to reason distribution of ganglionated plexi in ablation sites. Clinical responses were evaluated and compared in terms of prodromic symptoms and syncope repetition rates. Electrophysiological parameters and vital sign variability (HRV) analysis were accustomed value procedural response.
Procedural endpoints were achieved altogether cases with none serious adverse events. Compared with the combined approach cluster, EAM-guided CNA was associated with a shorter procedure and radiology times (p
Acceleration Index Predicts Efficacy of Orthostatic Training on Vasovagal Syncope in Children
To explore the worth of the acceleration index as a predictor of therapeutic response to vertical coaching in kids with vasovagal syncope (VVS).
Thirty-three kids with VVS were recruited and treated with vertical coaching. The therapeutic response of every patient was evaluated once three months of treatment. A Pearson correlation was calculated between the acceleration index and also the severity of VVS. the worth of the acceleration index in predicting the therapeutic response to vertical coaching was assessed by analysis of the receiver in operation graphical record.
Among the thirty three kids with VVS, twenty were found to be responders and also the remaining were nonresponders. The mean acceleration index was considerably lower in responders compared with nonresponders (21.10 ± 6.61 vs 31.36 ± 9.00; P = .001) and it absolutely was negatively correlative with positive time interval within the head-up tilt take a look at, with heartbeat pressure level and with heartbeat blood pressure at positive time interval within the head-up tilt take a look at (P
Greater early epinephrine rise with head‐up posture: A marker of increased syncope susceptibility in vasovagal fainters
Head‐up tilt (HUT) is wide used for diagnostic analysis of patients with suspected vasovagal syncope (VVS), however additionally offers a chance to check VVS pathophysiology. during this regard, it’s best-known that plasma internal secretion (Epi) levels and Epi/norepinephrine (NE) quantitative relation are markedly enlarged from baseline at the time of HUT‐induced VVS. However, whether or not these changes contribute to VVS condition remains unsure.
We hypothesized that if catecholamines contributed to VVS directly, then a larger increase of plasma self-report personality inventory and Epi/NE quantitative relation early throughout HUT would be related to shorter time to syncope.
The patient population comprised thirty three people (14 men, 43 ± 2 years) with suspected VVS in whom 70° HUT reproduced symptoms. blood vessel self-report personality inventory and NE concentrations were collected at baseline (supine) and 2 minutes of HUT. Linear, exponential, and multiple correlation were wont to access the association between dynamic internal secretion levels and time to syncope.
Mean ± SD time to positive HUT was eleven (7.6) minutes. Higher plasma self-report personality inventory levels (pg/mL) each at baseline and at 2 minutes upright related to with shorter time to syncope (baseline, R = −0.35, P = 0.048; and 2 minutes, R = −0.58, P = 0.001). Similarly, a larger Epi/NE quantitative relation at 2 minutes head‐up related to with earlier time to syncope (R = −0.49, P = 0.007). These relationships remained vital once adjusting for age and sex (P = 0.006 and 0.02, respectively).
Greater self-report personality inventory levels and Epi/NE quantitative relation early throughout HUT were related to shorter time to VVS, suggesting a doable contribution to VVS condition.
The complexity of hemodynamic response to the tilt test with and without nitroglycerine provocation in patients with vasovagal syncope
The paper presents a comparison of vasovagal syndrome prevalence during a be tilt table take a look at between patients with a positive results of passive tilt test and people with a positive result once pharmacologic provocation. The study cluster consisted of eighty patients: fifty seven patients WHO older syncope within the passive section of the take a look at (43 girls (aged: thirty five.6 ± 16.2) and fourteen men (aged: forty one.7 ± 15.6) and twenty three patients WHO older syncope once pharmacologic provocation (17 girls (age: thirty two.3 ± 12) and half dozen men (age: 43 ± 15). the most investigation was supported the assessment of monitored signals complexity: pulse rate, pressure and stroke volume. The analysis of quality in chosen mensuration phases was performed with Sample Entropy. The investigation showed that the reactions of involuntary system throughout tilt take a look at and before syncope are similar for positive results of passive tilt test and positive result of tilt test with provocation. The variations in supine position occurred solely in analysis supported ohmic resistance mensuration (SV: p = 0.01). important variations were denoted for all signals simply before the syncope (RRI, sBP, dBP: p = 0,00001 and SV: p = 0.01). In analysis of signals quality the numerous variations occurred simply before the syncope for Sample Entropy of pressure (SampEn (sBP): p = 0.0008, SampEn (dBP): p = 0,0001).
Outcomes of Fast-track Outpatient Clinic for Rhythm and Conduction Disorders: Focus on Postural Tachycardia Syndrome and Literature Review
Aims: to focus on the outcomes of nurse-led fast-track patient clinic for rhythm and conductivity disturbances yielding patients with bodily property cardiac arrhythmia syndrome.
Patients and Methods: within the setting of fast-track nurse-led patient clinic for rhythm and conductivity disturbances of 483 Caucasian subjects UN agency were evaluated for palpitation, presyncope and syncope, fatigue and dyspnoea between might 2014 and August 2016. Analysis for exclusion of any viscus cause enclosed medical record, physical examination, resting cardiogram, laboratory testing, Holter recording, exercise tolerance testing (ETT), diagnostic procedure (TTE), and once bodily property cardiac arrhythmia syndrome (PoTS) was suspected a head-up tilt check (HUT) was performed. During HUT, ECG, encephalogram, pressure was recorded.
Results: centered on patients with PoTS, among forty seven (46 F and one M) subjects UN agency underwent HUT, 10 patients (mean age forty two.1, vary 22-62 years) had PoTS. Patients had a cluster of symptoms and given with a history of presyncope and syncope (n = 7), fatigue (n = 5), mood amendment (n = 5), palpitation (n = 5), nausea (n = 4) and exercise intolerance (n = 3). Resting reclining cardiogram delineate regular sinus rhythm altogether. diagnostic procedure findings were traditional. ETT was traditional in nine and inconclusive in one. Holter recording unconcealed traditional rhythm variation and sinus cardiac arrhythmia (n= 8). PoTS was confirmed throughout HUT check altogether ten subjects. totally different non-pharmacological measures and trials of medicine regimens were initiated.
Conclusions: Fast-track patient clinics for rhythm and conductivity disturbances might cause earlier recognition of PoTS. once PoTS is timely diagnosed, tailored management could also be established.
 Aksu, T., Guler, T.E., Mutluer, F.O., Bozyel, S., Golcuk, S.E. and Yalin, K., 2019. Electroanatomic-mapping-guided cardioneuroablation versus combined approach for vasovagal syncope: a cross-sectional observational study. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, 54(2), pp.177-188. (Web Link)
 Tao, C., Li, X., Tang, C., Jin, H. and Du, J., 2019. Acceleration Index Predicts Efficacy of Orthostatic Training on Vasovagal Syncope in Children. The Journal of pediatrics, 207, pp.54-58. (Web Link)
 Kohno, R., Detloff, B.L., Chen, L.Y., Norby, F.L. and Benditt, D.G., 2019. Greater early epinephrine rise with head‐up posture: a marker of increased syncope susceptibility in vasovagal fainters. Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology, 30(3), pp.289-296. (Web Link)
 The complexity of hemodynamic response to the tilt test with and without nitroglycerine provocation in patients with vasovagal syncope
Scientific Reportsvolume 8, Article number: 14554 (2018) (Web Link)
 A. M. Said, S. and Bloo, R. (2018) “Outcomes of Fast-track Outpatient Clinic for Rhythm and Conduction Disorders: Focus on Postural Tachycardia Syndrome and Literature Review”, Asian Journal of Cardiology Research, 1(1), pp. 1-22. Available at: http://www.journalajcr.com/index.php/AJCR/article/view/24807 (Accessed: 21May2019).(Web Link)


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Sanctuary is the second book in The Dark Days Series by Christopher Cole. After the zombies attacked Fort Denver, Sonny and his friends Ashley and Carrie had no other choice but to run for their lives. Miserable and scared out of their minds, they found refuge at Fort Gold Rush. They were safe as long as they were inside the city, but nothing was as they expected it to be in the city. Before they even knew what was happening, Sonny and his friends had to train to become the next soldiers that would protect the city from the hordes of zombies and creatures that roamed everywhere outside the city walls. The task was hard, but Sonny, Ashley, and Carrie were ready to face the challenges that might come their way. But would they survive the training process? Were they meant to be the next protectors or the next victims?
What a brilliant new installment in The Dark Days series! Sonny grew up and became a protector for his friends, but I loved how the three of them stuck together to support each other. Sanctuary was all about their progress as characters and highlighted how far they had come. They weren’t scared little kids anymore. They were resilient, ready to fight, and move forward. Sonny was sharper, more calculating, and a better leader for his friends. I enjoyed reading the tough-love relationship he formed with Grim. That relationship really shaped Sonny’s character and gave it depth. I really liked how Christopher Cole gave us different narratives to make the story personal and allowed readers to form a connection with different characters. I enjoyed Grim’s chapters, but Nathan’s voice was great too. Sanctuary is phenomenal and highly recommended.

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Stevie Wonder To Perform 2 Classic Albums At Annual Benefit Concert
Stevie Wonder will host his annual House Full Of Toys benefit concert at Staples Center in Los Angeles on December 10. The legendary musician will perform two of his classic 1970s albums in full at the 21st edition of the charity event.
Wonder will lead his band through complete renditions of his 1972 landmark LP Talking Book and his equally impressive 1973 follow-up Innervisions. The former featured such Wonder hits as “You Are The Sunshine Of My Life” and “Superstition,” while the latter boasted such favorites as “Higher Ground” and “Living For The City.”
“Even though House Full of Toys will be celebrating 21 years, the joy of giving in the spirit of song will make this night such pleasured fun for the old and young,” said Wonder in a statement.
Wonder previously led complete performances of his 1976 album Songs In The Key Of Life at the 2013 and 2014 benefit concerts. The 2017 House Full Of Toys concert will feature musical director Rickey Minor and a number of additional performers who will be revealed at a later date. Tickets go on sale this Friday, October 27 via this link.


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Walnut Cake is a delicious easy recipe. the cake is so soft and fluffy! Recipe also for a lovely vanilla frosting. You can make this as a round cake or a loaf instructions for both. Freezer friendly too. This would also make a nice cake for the holidays
I made these and used cream cheese frosting to fill the Velvet Sandwich Cookies: A delicious way of serving red velvet cake.as fun sandwich cookies! Tastes great and makes for a nice addition to any dessert tray.
The smells and flavours of gingerbread is something that Christmas cannot do without. As a matter of fact, anytime in the two months leading up to Christmas is a great time to start infusing your baking with the nutmeg, cloves,…
Lemon, Pound Cake, Recipe I got this recipe years ago from a local television show. I love the mild lemon flavor that this cake has. It isn’t the over powering mouth puckering lemon flavor li… (Summer Bake Recipes)

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Enjoy this authentic Mexican meal! Top your handmade corn sopes with ground beef, red cabbage pico de gallo, green salsa, red salsa, shredded cheese, sour cream, lettuce, onions and cilantro. Served with refried beans and flavorful orange rice.
Ground Beef (ground beef, garlic, onion, gluten free soy sauce (water, soybean, salt, sugar), cumin, black pepper)
Sopes (corn flour, vegetable shortening, salt, baking powder, water)
Refried Beans (pinto beans, onion, garlic, salt, vegetable oil)
Orange Rice (jasmine rice, vegetable oil, onion, tomato, salt)
Red Cabbage Pico de Gallo (tomato, onion, cilantro, lime, red cabbage, salt, black pepper)
Green Salsa (jalapeños, tomatillos, salt, black pepper, water, cilantro, garlic)
Red Salsa (arbol peppers, tomatillos, salt, black pepper, water)
Shredded Cheese (monterey jack cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, enzymes), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, enzymes, annatto), asadero cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, citric acid, enzymes), queso quesadilla cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, vinegar, citric acid), potato starch)
Sour Cream (cultured cream)
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The equivalent circuit of transformer is a circuit representation of equations that describes the performance of the device. The equivalent circuit of transformer is used to predetermine the behavior of the transformer under various operating conditions. It can be drawn if the equations describing its behavior are known.
The voltage equations derived in the phasor diagram of a practical transformer, E2 = V2 + I2R2 + jI2X2 and V1 = -E1 + I1R1 + jI1X1 describe the transformer’s performance under load and help arrive at the transformer equivalent circuit. From these equations, it is understood that the equivalent circuit of transformer consists of a combination of resistances, inductances, voltage, etc.
The equivalent circuit of a transformer having a transformation ratio K = E2/E1 is shown in the figure below.
Under the no-load condition, the applied voltage in primary winding V1 gets dropped resulting in a reduction of primary induced emf E1. This is because the no-load current I0 is responsible for the production of iron loss and magnetic flux in the core. The effect of iron loss is represented by pure resistance R0 and magnetic flux is represented by pure reactance X0, both connected in parallel across the primary.
The value of R0 and X0 can be calculated as, R0 = E1 / Iw and X0 = E1 / Im, where Iw and Im are the working (or iron loss) component and magnetizing component respectively.
Equivalent circuit of transformer referred to primary
To obtain the equivalent circuit of transformer referred to as primary, all the parameters such as voltage, current, resistance, and reactance in the secondary side are transferred to the primary side using the transformation ratio(K), as shown in the figure below.
While transferring the secondary parameters to the primary side, it is important to note the equivalent resistance and reactance referred to primary, where the resistances and reactances are divided by K2, voltages are divided by K, and currents are multiplied by K.
In the above circuit,
Since the no-load current is only 3-5% of the rated primary current. So I2‘ is approximately equal to I1. Hence the equivalent circuit can be simplified by transferring the exciting branch(R0 and X0) to the left position of the circuit, as shown below. It can be called an approximate equivalent circuit of transformer.
The above circuit can be further simplified by combining the resistance and reactances, i.e., R01 = R1 + R2‘ and X01 = X1 + X2‘. Here Z01 = R01 + jX01. The magnitude of impedance can be calculated as,
. The obtained circuit shown below is the exact equivalent circuit of transformer referred to primary.
Since the no-load current is very small, removing the parallel branch from the exact equivalent circuit will not include any significant error in the behavior of the transformer under the loaded condition.
Thus further simplification is done to the equivalent circuit of transformer by neglecting the parallel branch consisting of R0 and X0. The simplified circuit is redrawn as follows.
Equivalent circuit of transformer referred to secondary
Similarly, the exact equivalent circuit of transformer referred to as secondary can be obtained in the same way, which is drawn below.


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If you want a kiss from your spouse when you come home, go buy the right home. With recent home prices skyrocketing, many developers and home owners have converted multi-families into condo units. This can be a great alternative to the traditional big condo complexes without the headaches of dealing with a single family or an intrusive condo association.
If you are buying a condo, there are different rules for the number of units in a complex. Small complexes are four units and under, and big complexes are five units and greater and also have different requirements. To keep things simple, I am going to be discussing small complexes four units and under.
Here is what you need to know when you are buying a condo and the complex has less than four units
Owner Occupancy: Only one unit can be investor. This means if it is a four unit complex three have to be owner occupied.
Legal Review: No legal review of the condo documents, including condo budget is necessary. Your lender might ask for the condo budget, but it will not affect the condo approval.

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The engraving machine on Mirtels T60120 stone
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The engraving machine on a stone of Mirtels T60120 is intended for an engraving of portraits and texts on monuments.
The Mirtels T60120 machine has a working zone of 600х1200 mm. The average time of an engraving of a portrait 20kh30sm makes 35 minutes at portrait quality.
The machine carries out an engraving to percussions of a way an engraving needle with a diamond tip. On the T60120 machine the system of tracking roughness of a surface of a stone is installed that reduces influences on quality of the image of roughness of a surface. The T60120 machine has the high speed of an engraving in comparison with analogs, has a reliable design.
By means of the engraving Mirtels T60120 machine you will be able to make qualitative images on different types of stones.
The machine engraves such stones as Karelian a gabbro diabase, Chinese a gabbro, gabbro Ukrainian, basalt, a dolerite and other types of stones.
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|Working zone, mm||600x1200|
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The machine carries out an engraving with high quality.
Upon purchase of the machine at our office, our experts will provide free training and will render necessary consultations in process of emergence of questions during work with the engraving machine on a stone.
Upon remote purchase you will be able independently to master work with the machine as complete with the engraving machine there are free of charge training materials and instructions.
Our engraving machines on a stone will bring you success in realization of business of an engraving of portraits and inscriptions on a stone and will help with implementation of your ideas.
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Hockey Day Celebrated Across Minnesota The all-day celebration of Minnesota's official sport is underway across the State of Hockey on Saturday. Outdoor hockey is at its finest at picturesque Handke Pit in Elk River. Mayor John Dietz says it's a special venue with a lot of history. "You know, it's kind of a rebirth of how the sport was born. It's just a unique type of thing," Dietz said.


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Our stay at Hele Barton in October was the second visit of the year.In March we stayed in the Cider Barn which was very comfortable.The visit in October was an upgrade to a different level -- bearing in mind that the Cider Barn was excellent--- this accomodation was something else ! The giant 4 poster bed was nearly too large for me ( Being a midget at 6 foot 5 inches tall !) We were totally spoilt by the whirlpool bath, and the log burner stove made for cosy evenings watching the television.It was one of those places that you were wishing you get back to,forget those Cornish beaches ,the Hayloft is 'Where it's at !'.
Rachael and family always had time to chat, ( that's because there were no problems to sort out )and even the dogs came to say hello.
All in all extremely enjoyable and can't wait to return next year.
Well done to all the people who made the week so enjoyable.
Susan and Dave Beech
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The Valiants begin their FA Cup campaign when they welcome Kings Lynn Town to Vale Park tomorrow, as they look to keep their winning run going, and make it four wins on the bounce. The match officials for the fixture have been confirmed and can be found below:
David Richardson, will take charge of the game, his third match so far this season, after having taken charge of 23 games last season.
National League: 15 (19/20)
Premier League 2: 8 (19/20) 2 (20/21)
Richardson has never officiated a Vale game before. In the 23 games he officiated last season, he has issued 60 yellow cards and six red cards. So far this season he has handed out nine yellow cards and two red cards.
His assistants will be Kevin Morris & Peter Gooch, with Steven Copeland taking on the role as fourth official.