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Want to earn a little extra money on the side, without compromising your current schedule? Ditch-it, a new app is here to help you get started quickly, and that too without many of the startup costs generally associated with traditional businesses.
Ditch-It is a decentralized local mobile marketplace on the blockchain that enables users to locally buy and sell the things they love for Electroneum cryptocurrency. The platform, to encourage individuals and businesses to have alternative sources of revenue is now running its crowdsale campaign. (ICO)
What is Ditch-It?
The platform aims to decentralize the buying and selling process, creating a strong channel for people to buy and sell goods from one another. By supporting a broad range of cryptocurrencies, the platform has made it incredibly easier for the users to earn cryptocurrency by selling their used stuff. Users can search for the desired goods based on location, find secondhand products and goods as well as services instantly via this crypto classified ad platform.
High Security & Privacy
The platform offers encrypted communication between the users, ensuring maximum privacy and security. The platform rewards the buyers with "crypto-back" bonus. It allows the users to post their ads, promote them using DICH Tokens and post videos of their goods or services.
About the ICO
The Ditch-It ICO has created quite the buzz in the world of digital currencies as investors flock to the best ICO's hoping to cash in on the ground floor and pave the way for their retirement. Analysts have been predicting that this ICO may be among the top ICO's of the year because of the exponential growth of the Ditch-It user base as well as company expansion.
The Ditch-it platform is a novel approach to bring classified ads to the blockchain and benefits from the added advantage of biometric facial recognition security features. Historically, it has been difficult for internet-based platforms to create a currency more convenient than fiat cash as a medium of exchange during secondhand goods sales, the added security and transparency provided by Ditch-it have impressively resolved the challenge.
To learn more about this ICO or purchasing tokens for investment purposes, visit their official website at http://www.ditchit.io
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BitMEX platform now in Trade-mate.io
Nowadays, the monitoring of all the statistics regarding exchange accounts and the management of all the potential forces that can lead to alterations, crucial data for all the traders, has become more accessible thanks to a well-known platform, called Trade-mate.io.
This platform constitutes the project of a very experienced team with significant contributions in the field of automated systems. In this platform, the traders can carry out exchanges either automatically or manually, and they can use Binance and Poloniex crypto exchanges as well. Other than that, the users can also benefit from the BitMEX trading platform via Trade-made.io, making their life easier.
Trading on BitMEX
BitMEX is a trading platform that provides to his users the ability to participate in the financial market worldwide by using the so-called bitcoins. This platform is the first one where investors are provided with crypto derivatives that give the possibility to execute transactions with a higher profit margin, with leverage up to X100.
Although, because of the emerging technical issues during the implementation of BitMEX via API have prevented many large exchange platforms of adopting it, that didn't dissuade the Trade-mate.io of integrated it, widening its users' potentials even more.
Minimizing the risk of loss
Even though the X100 leverage scenario is very attractive to all the traders, the risk of loss must not be overlooked. Even the most experienced traders are not fully protected from such a great risk ratio, as the price of the triggered order is too close to the elimination zone, which can lead to an X100 loss. On the grounds of that, Trade-mate.io has set an X20 limit at the trading leverage to protect its investors from a great loss of their deposits.
Cross-leverage hides big risks, as it uses all the available funds in an account's balance to cover an open position. If the price is moving in the right direction, the leverage will be reduced as well as the collateral due to the accumulated profit. Albeit, in the case, that the leverage will escalate, as a consequence, there will be a total loss of the initial funds. In other words, when the position is opened and the order is liquidated, the entire balance will be reset.
Because of its highly risky nature, the cross-leverage is not recommended for risk-averse investors. It may be advisable for risk-neutral users, as it offers the ability to calculate again the size of the leverage, which will vary within acceptable values.
Because of its high-risk nature, the Trade-mate.io does not support cross-leverage.
Why use Trade-mate.io platform
One of the most important features of the Trade-mate.io platform is the fact that an order is placed with a take profit and stop loss simultaneously and, they can be altered either automatically or manually, providing to the investor with the opportunity to make Smart Trade functions.
A Smart Trading process consists of two types of orders, the limit order, and the market order. In the first case, an order is placed at the price of interest and when it riches the specified level, the order is activated. In this case, the order is pending. In the case of the market order, the purchase or the sale of an instant market asset is made at that moment.
Trailing mode
The trailing mode is a Smart Trade's function that rearranges the orders based on the specified parameters, allowing the trader to minimize the risk and to increase his profits. Trailing mode consists of three orders:
1. Trailing take profit
In this case, the order parameters change the value of floating take profit and the default setting is 1%. As the price attains the level of the determined take profit, the take profit is being automatically moved to the set value until the price is no longer changing.
2. Trailing stop loss
The difference with taking profit is that, in this case, instead of taking profit, the taking loss is the one that is moved as the price increases and it remains stable when the price is decreased.
3. Trailing ladder
Here, as soon as an order is opened, the take profit and stop loss are triggered concurrently. In more detail, when the price approaches the first level of taking profit, the stop loss is moved to the break-even point. This will continue until the price crosses the stop loss line and the sell is activated.
It should be emphasized that this mode is not included in the BitMEX platform or any other crypto exchange.
Edit a task
In the trade-mate.io platform, the traders are also able to edit the current task without canceling it, unlike with other crypto exchange users where the users are obliged to cancel the old task in order to create a new one.
In the Trade-mate platform, the task can be edited before the order is been activated. The traders are able to cancel the task, to change it in case they want to sell cryptocurrency when the price has reached desirable levels or to average it. By this can be benefit traders dealing with leverage, as once they have created an order, they are able to edit it in the meantime, making the whole process more simple.
Last but not least, in this platform, the traders possess the ability to change even the control panel and to make it comfortable for them to use it. They can move the elements in the control panel and adjust them at the most convenient for them positions by just dragging them around the screen.
Copy on BitMEX
BitMEX gives the opportunity to its traders to copy trades from other trades, the so-called auto trading. In addition, traders who execute successful trading on the crypto market, they receive incomes from the subscribers. That's why Trate-mate.io selects only the traders with the highest ratings in order to guide others. Again, for the safety of its users, the leverage for auto trading will be no more than X5. In this way, liquidating balances are prevented.
A-share blockchain stocks rally on hopes of investment explosion
Stocks of many Chinese blockchain technology-related A-share firms rose to the daily limit of 10 percent immediately after stock markets opened on Monday, amid expectations that more capital would be funneled into the sector following official endorsement.
Feitian Technologies Co, a Beijing-based supplier of smart-card-based security solutions and products, saw its stocks rise 10 percent to 14.85 yuan ($2.10). Previously, the company said it had released equipment for the safe storage of blockchain-based digital currency.
Shunya International Martech Beijing Co, a Beijing-based integrated communications firm, also saw its price rise 10 percent to 18.92 yuan.
In September, Shunya announced that one of its joint stock companies specialized in the application of blockchain technology in the real economy, including supply chain finance, smart ports and blockchain-based food traceability management.
Bitcoin's price had reached $9,728.93 as of press time, up roughly 22 percent from Friday, data from Coindesk showed.
Chinese President Xi Jinping urged increased efforts to speed up development in this sector, underscoring the important role of blockchain technology in the new round of technological innovation and industrial transformation.
Following the news, Shenzhen Xunlei Networking Technologies Co soared 107.76 percent to $4.82, its highest daily rise since its listing on Nasdaq in 2014.
In October 2017, Xunlei announced it was transitioning from an online services provider into a blockchain company, and released a blockchain-based product named OneThing Cloud.
Other companies, including Beijing Certificate Authority Co, IT solutions provider Yusys Technologies Co and cryptography technology-based information security equipment provider Westone Information Industry Inc, soared to the daily limit on Monday.
The Chinese president's endorsement of the technology is expected to enhance market appeal for blockchain shares and boost investment, said Yang Delong, chief economist at Shenzhen-based First Seafront Fund Management Co.
"But the application of the technology still has a long way to ago. We need to follow whether or not these public companies really implement the national policy and invest in research and applications," Yang told the Global Times.
On October 24, Zhongguancun Science Park announced financial support for the research and development of 2,920 small technology companies, including dozens of blockchain-related firms such as innovative blockchain platform Beijing-based ASCH, one-stop blockchain technology service firm Chinaup and Oracle Chain. Details about the subsidies have not yet been made available.
UNICEF Launches Cryptocurrency Fund
UNICEF will now be able to receive, hold and disburse donations of cryptocurrencies ether and bitcoin, through its newly-established UNICEF Cryptocurrency Fund. In a first for United Nations organizations, UNICEF will use cryptocurrencies to fund open source technology benefiting children and young people around the world.
Under the structure of the UNICEF Cryptocurrency Fund, contributions will be held in their cryptocurrency of contribution, and granted out in the same cryptocurrency.
"This is a new and exciting venture for UNICEF," said Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director. "If digital economies and currencies have the potential to shape the lives of coming generations, it is important that we explore the opportunities they offer. That's why the creation of our Cryptocurrency Fund is a significant and welcome step forward in humanitarian and development work."
The first contributions to the UNICEF Cryptocurrency Fund will be received from the Ethereum Foundation and will benefit three grantees of the UNICEF Innovation Fund – and a project coordinated by the GIGA initiative to connect schools across the world to the internet.
"The Ethereum Foundation is excited to demonstrate the power of what Ethereum and blockchain technology can do for communities around the world. Together with UNICEF, we're taking action with the Cryptofund to improve access to basic needs, rights, and resources," said Aya Miyaguchi, Executive Director of the Ethereum Foundation. "We aim to support the research and development of the Ethereum platform, and to grow the community of those that benefit from a technology that will better countless lives and industries in the years to come. We'd like to thank UNICEF and the UNICEF family of national committees for their leadership as we create real progress together."
The Ethereum Foundation will make its initial donation through the French National Committee for UNICEF.
UNICEF national committees of USA, Australia and New Zealand also accept cryptocurrency.
The launch of the UNICEF Cryptocurrency Fund is part of UNICEF's ongoing work with blockchain technology. UNICEF co-leads the UN Innovation Network with WFP. The network is responsible for researching the potential and pitfalls of blockchain and other emerging technologies.
Cryptocurrency confirmed by the only stable resource on the planet – ERTC
Each of us is familiar with the phenomenon of cryptocurrencies – someone was mining, someone is earning on a change of course, sellers and a buyer, someone is investing their money and now sits on Corvalola, In all cases when no one uses cryptocurrencies to store all their savings. It is all about high volatility and their extreme instability – it is impossible to accurately predict the course, which can change the order in a short time.
At the same time, cryptocurrencies have all the advantages compared to financial money – additional security, low transaction fees, transfer speed, transparency, reliability and independence from external financial institutions. All this is done in accordance with the format of financial relations, which continues to develop dynamically.
Solutions to problems related to the voluntariness and reliability of the contribution to steel – and cryptocurrencies with a stable exchange rate.
Which resource is the most stable? The most sought after and reliable. Which resource is the patron of all existing resources? The situation and other factors affect the dependence on cataclysms. – This is the land. The Genesis 2.0 group of companies has developed the ERTC platform, which includes:
- ERTCoin – stablecoin, confirmed by legal ownership of land
- Private ERTC blockchain in which any device can be a mobile node
- SmartWallet – an electronic wallet on which ERTCoin and other currencies are stored, all transactions and purchases / sales are also carried out
- ERTCoin with legal confirmation of ownership
- The electronic payment system, which provides mobile communications, provides new opportunities and opportunities for paying for goods and services, converting, saving funds and transactions from anywhere in the world.
The issue takes place on the ERTC platform thanks to the Validation process – the procedural verification of land ownership must be confirmed.
Validation takes place in four stages:
- The user uploads a pool of documents confirming his ownership.
- The legal service and AI verify the authenticity of documents and request data in specialized services.
- ERTCoin according to the number of square meters of land
- The user receives half of the issued ERTC in their electronic wallet
Conference participants from 13 countries have already registered more than a million ERTC platforms.
Today, the ERTC team completed the first two stages and has already begun to conclude the third stage – the development of a full-cycle electronic payment system for individuals and legal entities. lack of.
The possibilities of EPS are not limited when purchasing goods, services, geography of participants, jurisdiction and economy, are not determined by geopolitical factors and are dependent on the right field and legal requirements.
A personal online bank, a private block bank with a unique technological mobile network, all these requirements make it possible to confidently assume that the electronic payment system ERTC is a promising medium-term financial one.
The ERTC project represents full-fledged opportunities for interaction with other states – "money", in which virtually any individuals and legal entities are used — using an electronic payment system. cost of commission, convenient and affordable.
ERTC erases the geographical boundary and makes financial interaction of any level safe and comfortable.
Switzerland's FINMA boss fears crypto's 'dark corners,' not Libra
Switzerland is more worried about cryptocurrency projects developing outside official scrutiny than about the Facebook-conceived Libra project, which is being handled with openness, the head of Swiss financial supervisor FINMA said on Tuesday.
"I am much more nervous about projects which develop in a dark corner in the financial system somewhere, spread themselves out through cyber space and one day are too big to be stopped," Branson said at a Bloomberg event in Zurich. "Here is something which is being done transparently."
Three months ago, Facebook announced plans to launch the digital currency in June 2020, sparking intense interest — and more recently, opposition from France and Germany — in what is seen as a bid to drag cryptocurrencies into the mainstream. The project could be delayed amid global scrutiny, Libra officials said last week.
With the Libra Association that oversees the digital coin based in Geneva, Switzerland has been the focus of much of the scrutiny, since Branson's office is among those that will supervise the project.
He reiterated that Libra will be under strict rules that typically apply to banks on top of tough anti-money laundering laws, but that Switzerland would not be putting up extra hurdles in front of the project.
"We are not here to make such projects impossible," Branson said. "We will respond to them with an open mind, with an attitude that same risks require same rules. Our rules and standards are non-negotiable."
Binance Delists Trading Pairs
Binance: to improve liquidity and user trading experience among our wide range of available assets, Binance will remove and cease trading on the following trading pairs (as requested by most project teams) at 2019/09/30 8:00 AM (UTC):
Risk warning: Cryptocurrency trading is subject to high market risk. Please make your trades cautiously. Binance will make best efforts to choose high quality coins, but will not be responsible for your trading losses.
SoFi Introduces Crypto Trading With SoFi Invest
SoFi announced today that it has added crypto trading to its fast-growing SoFi Invest platform, as a response to demand from its over 800,000 members. SoFi Invest is now the first platform to offer automated and active investing with stocks, ETFs, and crypto through a single app.
Individuals can easily buy and sell several cryptocurrencies with straightforward, competitive commissions and no account minimums, as well as track the price movements of the world's most widely-traded digital assets, with more cryptocurrencies to be added in the coming months. SoFi secures all crypto holdings from fraud and theft.
"Feedback from our members has made it clear that a significant percentage are not only interested in learning more about cryptocurrencies but are also already buying and selling crypto," said SoFi CEO Anthony Noto. "We're very pleased to be adding this new product to SoFi Invest, as access, education, and keeping costs low for our members is at the heart of what we do."
SoFi Invest, released to the public earlier this year, offers both automated (robo-advising) and active investing (trading) with no fees on stock trading or account minimums. The launch of crypto trading comes on the heels of SoFi's introduction of its own SoFi-branded ETFs this Spring, which included the first two zero-fee ETFs on the market, as well as Stock Bits: the ability to buy and sell fractional shares in over 100 popular stocks and ETFs ranging from Apple and Amazon, to Alphabet and Tesla*.
PrimeXBT Expands Referral Program and Launches First Offer for Affiliate Partners
PrimeXBT, a bitcoin-based margin trading platform offering up to 500x on crypto, commodities, indices, and forex currencies, has announced an expansion of its wildly successful referral program and the launch of the first-ever offer for affiliate program partners.
Affiliate Programs Invite Clients To Be A Part Of Something Big
Clients interested in earning additional income through PrimeXBT beyond just trading alone will have two lucrative options to choose from: a new CPA offer, or an expanded 4-level referral program.
Both types of programs have unique benefits that are designed to suit a variety of trader's needs, offering quick payouts and extremely high conversion rates due to the simplicity of signing up to PrimeXBT and the platform's reputation for offering the most advanced tools in the market. PrimeXBT requires no KYC verification, making registration fast and simple.
Either program is ideal for professional traders, bloggers, and more, or the owners of private groups, websites, forums, or other resources. The larger the following or audience, the more income can be generated. Social media influencers or bloggers with over 5K or more active subscribers may be eligible for a special, tailor-made program custom to suit their unique individual needs.
Expansion of Referral Program Following Viral Success
PrimeXBT's referral program has become a viral sensation, fueling the incredible growth of the trading platform's user base, and is now expanding to offer clients even greater earning potential.
The referral program is a 4-level revenue share model. This means that clients will not only earn a 50% revenue share of the monthly trading fees generated by referred users but will continue to earn a portion of the fees from any additional customers the referral brings to the platform – for up to 4 levels of earning.
PrimeXBT Debuts Affiliate Program First CPA Offer
PrimeXBT's CPA offer awards clients with a one-time compensation for each and every individual trader who becomes a registered customer through a shared referral link.
Rather than relying on generating income from trading fees from referred users, traders who select this option can earn a consistent fee, growing their income with each new customer signup.
The most experienced affiliates may be eligible for a special CPA plus rev-share program, offering the best of both worlds, and are encouraged to inquire if interested.
Top 3 PrimeXBT Affiliates Have Earned Over 100 BTC Combined
Proving the runaway success of the PrimeXBT referral program, the three top referrers have earned 49 BTC, 33 BTC, and 26 BTC respectively. That amounts to over 100 BTC across just the top three accounts, or over $1 million generated in additional income through a rev share of referred customer's trading fees.
The more new customers these traders referred, the faster and higher they were able to drive up their earnings.
Trading Platform Rewards Clients Who Refer New Customers
Clients can access an affiliate dashboard within their PrimeXBT account that provides transparent reporting on all referred users and payouts, and download a helpful marketing kit. The affiliate dashboard also allows for easy access to a client's affiliate link and will soon include buttons to easily share affiliate links via social media, right from within the dashboard itself.
Payouts are among the fastest in the industry and can be made through Skrill, Mastercard, Visa, Neteller, or through wire transfer.
A PrimeXBT official spoke of the expansion of the platform's affiliate programs, explaining that "PrimeXBT clients have helped drive the tremendous growth of the platform throughout the year, and we have expanded our affiliate programs as a way to share in our success and reward them for their loyalty." "PrimeXBT is a product customers can proudly recommend to others, helping them to become profitable traders using the platform's advanced trading tools to trade a number of digital or traditional assets," they continued.
More information on PrimeXBT's CPA affiliate program and 4-level referral program can be found at https://primexbt.com/affiliate.
About PrimeXBT
PrimeXBT is a fintech company established in 2018 which offers a Cryptocurrency, FX, Indices and Commodities trading infrastructure with up to 500x leverage for long and short positions, and aggregated liquidity from multiple liquidity providers. The company provides access to real-time market data and a wide range of trading analysis tools while maintaining security, liquidity, and enabling a safe and efficient trading environment for everyone.
China has no timetable to launch digital currency: central bank governor
China's research and development of digital currency has achieved positive progress, but the country has no timetable to launch a digital currency so far, a Chinese official said on Tuesday.
China's "digital currency for electronic payments" design aims to replace part of M0 instead of M1 and M2, and the country's digital currency plan will not change its current path of currency supply, Yi Gang, governor of the People's Bank of China (PBC), told a press conference in Beijing.
There is no timetable for China to launch a digital currency as the PBC needs to research, test, evaluate and prevent risks, the governor said.
M0 money supply is usually defined as currency in circulation, while M1 is calculated as M0 plus demand deposits. M2, known as broad money supply, includes a much broader range.
Yi said that there is no presupposition for a tech roadmap of digital currency R&D, and that blockchain (a digital, public ledger that records online transactions) will be considered to develop a digital currency.
The plan to combine the digital currency with electronic payments aims to activate the Chinese market, Yi said.
If the digital currency is to be used in cross-border business, more regulation requirements relat-ed to anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing and anti-tax havens need to be put in place, according to Yi.
BlockFi Removes Minimums and Fees for Its Crypto Interest Account
BlockFi is excited to announce today that it has dropped all minimums in the BlockFi Interest Account (BIA). BIA clients will no longer have to meet a minimum deposit amount in their Bitcoin, Ether, or GUSD balances in order to earn interest. Additionally, BlockFi has removed the early withdrawal penalty from the account and is now offering one free withdrawal per month to all clients.
When BlockFi first launched the BIA, the price of one Bitcoin was significantly lower than it is today. In March 2019, one Bitcoin cost around $4,000. Since then, the price has more than doubled. Due to client feedback and increasing demand for the BlockFi Interest Account, the company has decided to remove the minimum to earn interest and make its products more widely available to all crypto investors.
"We're thrilled to see the growth in platform activity from crypto investors leveraging our wealth management products. This update to our terms will make our products more widely accessible – which is a key theme of the crypto sector and part of our mission at BlockFi." – Zac Prince, CEO and Founder.
"Earlier this year, we expanded into new markets such as India. By making BIA open to all, we plan to target clients in Latin America, where banking services and credit reporting are limited. U.S.-grade financial products have typically only been available to high net worth individuals in countries like Argentina and Costa Rica. BlockFi's platform leverages blockchain rails to make wealth management products available on a much broader scale." – Flori Marquez, Co-Founder and VP of Operations.
Having recently raised its Series A financing round, led by Valar Ventures, BlockFi is currently focusing its efforts on rapidly scaling its core business, making its current products (BIA and crypto-backed loans) more accessible to a wider crypto audience, and developing new products to expand its addressable market. To this end, BlockFi is actively working on innovative approaches to bring more value to its current clients and crypto investors at large. For example, BlockFi recently added a new feature to the BIA, Interest Payment Flex. With Flex enabled, clients holding Bitcoin, Ether, or GUSD in their BIA can select which of the three offered currencies to receive all their interest in. Dropping the minimums to earn interest is the latest step in this process: this change will allow crypto investors holding any amount of Bitcoin, Ether, or GUSD to benefit from BlockFi's wealth management offerings.
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New "Ivy Bridge" ultrabooks are arriving, and the Sony VAIO T13 (SVT13112FXS) is a nifty example. It's a fast, handsome ultrabook for the value price of $800.
Like a surfer waiting for the right wave, Sony sat out the first generation of ultrabooks. But now there are two new waves hitting the shore: ultrabooks with Intel's third-generation Core "Ivy Bridge" processors; and models with more affordable price tags thanks to the use of conventional hard drives plus small flash caches, as pioneered by last year's Acer Aspire S3 ($899.99 direct, 3.5 stars), instead of solid-state drives. So instead of costing $1,000 and giving you 128GB of storage, the Sony VAIO T13 (model: SVT13112FXS) costs $799.99 (direct) with 500GB, while its Intel Core i5-3317U chip gives it performance that matches or beats the first crop of ultrabooks. Battery life is fine, and fit and finish are wonderfulthe VAIO T13 looks and feels like an executive-status-symbol laptop costing much more.
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What's not to like? Well, hard drives are heavier than SSDs; the T13 weighs 3.33 pounds instead of under 3 poundsalthough we've seen 13.3-inch ultrabooks ranging from the 2.5 pounds of the Toshiba Portege Z835-P370 ($1,049.99 list, 4 stars) to the 3.25 pounds of the Editors' Choice HP Folio 13-1020us ($899.99 list, 4 stars). The keyboard isn't backlita deliberate decision on Sony's part, a company rep told PCMag, for the sake of key travel and typing feel. And video and presentation buffs will bemoan the absence of Intel's Wireless Display (WiDi); connecting the T13 to an HDTV set requires plugging a cable into its HDMI port.
Otherwise, the VAIO T13 is a fast, attractive productivity partner and the best value we've seen in the ultrabook segment so far. If this is what the "Ivy Bridge" generation is going to be like, Intel's goal of bringing ultrabooks from niche to mainstream just might be within reach.
Crafted out of aluminum and magnesium with a burnished silver finish, the 0.7-by-12.7-by-8.9-inch (HWD) T13 is shaped like a book or slab with a beveled front edge rather than a MacBook Air-style wedge. A chrome strip at the rear holds two small feet on its screen hinge that, as you open the lid, lift the keyboard to a slight typing angle on your desk (and dig ever so slightly into your knees with the computer on your lap).
The chiclet-style keyboard lacks dedicated Home, End, PgUp, and PgDn keys but has a nice layout, with Ctrl and Delete in their proper lower left and top right corners, respectively. It does have a good, if fairly firm, typing feelmore reminiscent of the Toshiba ultrabooks' than the HP Folio's. The buttonless touchpad glides and taps smoothly.
The 13.3-inch screen shows a little flex when grasped by the corners but no flimsy feel or jiggle while typing. It offers the same 1,366-by-768 resolution as most ultrabooks, with a highly glossy or reflective surface but sharp colors and ample brightness. The T13's audio isn't the loudest we've heard but still produces enough volume to fill a room, with clear high and middle tones if not a ton of bass.
The VAIO T13 has a good variety of ports, with no clumsy dongles or adapters required. Two USB portsone 2.0, one 3.0 with charging for handheld devicesare on the left side of the chassis. Both HDMI and VGA portsa boon for using a variety of monitors and projectorsand an Ethernet porta boon for office networkingaccompany a headphone/microphone jack and an SD/Memory Stick Pro Duo card slot on the right. For wireless connectivity, both 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are standard; WiDi, as mentioned, is absent, as is the Intel Smart Connect Technology that lets some ultrabooks use a trusted Wi-Fi network to periodically update email or social network posts while the computer's asleep.
Intel's Rapid Storage Technology, by contrast, is present and accounted for, helping the 32GB SSD cache accelerate the 500GB rotating hard drive. The Sony VAIO T13 booted (from switched off to the Windows desktop) in a snappy 27 seconds and awakened from sleep in just 3 seconds in our stopwatch tests; the former is only a few seconds slower than, while the latter is virtually as quick as, fully SSD-based ultrabooks we've tested.
And while buyers of 128GB SSD-equipped ultrabooks are lucky to find 60GB or 70GB of free space when they take their systems out of the box, the Sony offers over 420GB free even with a system recovery partition plus a hefty software preload including Skype, Evernote, a Kaspersky Internet Security trial, and a handful of Sony's own utilities ranging from the VAIO Gate program launcher to a pair of programs for managing photos and videos.
Generally, the VAIO T13's "Ivy Bridge" Intel Core i5 (specifically, a 1.7GHz Intel Core i5-3317U ) behaves like the previous-generation "Sandy Bridge" Core i7 with the same 4GB of RAM. Its Cinebench 11.5 CPU benchmark score of 2.32 ties the Toshiba Portege Z830-S8302 ($1,429 list, 3.5 stars), and its PCMark 7 score of 3,383 is a few points aheadparticularly impressive when you consider that PCMark loves fast SSDs and the VAIO is pitting a 5,400-rpm hard drive with 32GB SSD cache against a full-fledged solid-state drive in the Portege.
The Sony also ran neck and neck with the Toshiba Z830-S8302 in our Handbrake video encoding test (2 minutes 3 seconds versus 1:59), though it fell behind in our Photoshop CS5 image editing test (4:40 versus 4:08). These results, however, were well ahead of those of "Sandy Bridge" Core i5 ultrabooks like the Dell XPS 13 ($999.99 direct, 4 stars), and they absolutely demolished those of what ultrabook shoppers could formerly find for $800a Core i3 model like the HP Folio 13-1029wm ($798 list, 3.5 stars).
The advent of "Ivy Bridge," alas, will not turn ultrabooks into hardcore gaming machines: While a couple of frames per second faster than its predecessors, the Sony managed only 19.5 fps in the DirectX 10 title Crysis and actually finished behind the Dell XPS 13 in the DirectX 9 tests 3DMark06 and Lost Planet 2.
That's a little disappointing, but the T13's battery life is anything but: While we were unable to determine the watt-hour rating of the sealed-within-the-chassis battery, the VAIO kept chugging for a solid 7 hours 18 minutes in our MobileMark 2007 rundown test. That's about an hour and a half less than the PC Labs ultrabook record set by the HP Folio 13-1020us , but the latter has a relatively large and heavy 59Wh battery.
With its fast performance and low price, the Sony VAIO T13 makes a strong argument not only for itself but for the two ultrabook categories we mentioned in the beginningmodels with "Ivy Bridge" processors and with hybrid hard drive/SSD storage systems. We think the former will soon be indispensable, though the latter will always yield to pure SSDs for speed. The T13 also yields to the HP Folio 13-1020us for battery life and keyboard comfort, though at $100 cheaper, it came close to unseating the HP as our ultrabook Editors' Choice.
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The New York City Water Story: An Interactive Animation main content.
Part of the Water: H2O = Life exhibition.
Follow the Journey of the millions of gallons of water a day that sustains one of the biggest cities in the world. New York City has some of the cleanest drinking water, but the system is not without its problems. Watch our interactive animation to learn more about where water comes from, and what happens to it after it goes down the drain.
Emily Lloyd, Commissioner, NYC DEP: New York's water and sewer systems protect public health, the quality of our waterways, and the safety of every resident. Each day our gravity-driven water system delivers fresh, clean water to the taps of more than 9 million New York-ers, and our sewer system manages more than 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater, carrying it to 14 plants citywide for treatment. These systems have been a vital part of New York's history, and are essential for the city's continued growth and prosperity. Though we continue to upgrade and repair these systems, we also need your help. We encourage all New Yorkers to protect our waterways by following the pollution prevention bps described in this interactive exhibit and, most importantly, to enjoy New York City tap water, which is some of the best in the world.
Paul Rush, Deputy Commissioner for the Bureau of Water Supply, NYC DEP: New York City's water supply system is an engineering marvel: a complex, unfiltered, and largely gravity-driven system of reservoirs, aqueducts and dams that delivers clean, quality drinking water to almost half the population of New York State each day. But managing this system can be difficult, particularly as our infrastructure ages and the climate changes. That's why the City is planning for future needs now. Under Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC initiative, we are repairing existing infrastructure, building new systems and working to ensure the long-term sustainability of our upstate supply system through infrastructure rehabilitation and collaborative watershed protection.


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castle, type of fortified dwelling characteristic of the Middle Ages. Fortification of towns had been in practice since antiquity, but in the 9th cent. feudal lords began to develop the private fortress-residence known as the castle. It served the twofold function of residence and fortress because of the conditions of medieval life, in which war was endemic. The site of the castle was preferably on a defensible height. England and France, in general, did not afford such inaccessible locations as did the Rhine valley in Germany.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- The Early Castle
- The Fully Developed Castle
- Bibliography
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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"Lend Me a Tenor," Ken Ludwig's Tony Award-winning comedy, has all the elements of a classic comedic farce.
Mistaken identity — check. Seemingly insurmountable problems — check. Rapid fire entrances and exits — check. Uproariously witty dialogue — check.
"It's a brilliant, well-constructed play," said Warren Kelley, one of the New York actors starring in the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina's production being staged Feb. 7-26 in the Elizabeth Wallace Theatre. "Every role is so well written."
Kelley plays Saunders, impresario of the struggling Cleveland Grand Opera Company. High strung, his nerves go into overdrive when world-famous Italian tenor Tito Merelli arrives in town to sing the lead in a gala performance of Verdi's "Otello."
Hailed by his adoring fans as "Il Stupendo," Merelli is known as much for his roving eye as his high C's. Wary of her husband's womanizing ways, his wife Maria mistakes an autograph seeker hiding in his hotel closet for a secret lover and walks out.
Distraught over her departure, the singer accidentally takes a double dose of tranquilizers and passes out. When Saunders walks in to find his star unconscious, he panics.
"It's the biggest night for the opera company and it looks like it might go awry," said Kelley, whose Arts Center credits include "Boeing, Boeing" and "The Full Monty." "He quickly comes up with a plan to save the show."
Enter Max, the opera house gofer. Saunders coaxes his mousey assistant to dress up as Otello in costume, makeup and wig and sing the part for Merelli. Max, who dreams of being an opera star, succeeds admirably — until the real opera star shows up for Act II.
That's when confusion turns to chaos with Otellos coming and going in every direction. To add to the hilarity, a flirtatious soprano with plans of sleeping her way to the top attempts to seduce Max, believing he is Il Stupendo.
"She is not beyond using her feminine wiles to advance her career," said Lauren Pastorek, cast as the diva Diana. "Tito is her ticket to the Met and she will do whatever she needs to do to convince him to help her get to New York."
Then there's Max's girlfriend Maggie, who gets swept away by her idol Tito, only it's really Max.
"Every character goes for broke to get what they want—and none of them has an edit button," said Denise Cormier, playing Merelli's wife Maria. "They say whatever they're thinking."
Like Kelley, Cormier has appeared in two other Arts Center productions: "Cabaret" and "Steel Magnolias." Other returning actors in the cast include Pastorek, who co-starred with Kelley in "Boeing, Boeing," and Scott Evans, best known for his roles as Leo Bloom in "The Producers" and Eliza Doolittle's loves-struck suitor in "My Fair Lady."
In "Lend Me a Tenor," Evans has been cast as Max, a role he has long wanted to play.
"I love this character," Evans said. "He goes through such a huge transformation from doormat to star."
Performances of "Lend Me a Tenor" are at 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday with Sunday shows at 2 p.m. and additional 7 p.m. performances Feb. 19 and 26. Tickets are $44 ($39 for the Feb. 7-9 previews), $31 for children 15 and younger ($27 for the previews), and may be purchased at the box office, online at www.artshhi.com or by phone with a credit card by calling 842-ARTS (2787).


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Kinnikinnick Foods Frozen Pie Crust Recalled
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services received information regarding the recall of Kinnikinnick Frozen Pie Crust because it contains EGG products which may not be indicated on an applied ingredient label.
The product being recalled is: Kinnikinnick Pie Crust (frozen), Weight: 290 g/10 oz Qty/Pkg: 2 UPC: 62013300600 9
The product was distributed throughout the United States. This incorrectly labeled Kinnikinnick Frozen Pie Crust may cause a serious or life-threatening reaction in persons with allergies to eggs.
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Reheating Pasta
Reheating Procedure 1—Re-boil
- Bring pot of water to a boil.
- Find a colander that will fit inside the pot with the portioned pasta and place into the boiling water for 30-45 seconds.
- Shake off excess water, put in hotel pan and serve.
Reheating Procedure 2—sauté, Cook to Order
- Heat olive oil or butter in skillet.
- Sauté vegetables or recipe ingredients.
- Add spices and herbs.
- Add liquid...stocks, broths, cream, wine, tomato sauce, prepared sauce, etc.
- Let all ingredients simmer.
- Add pasta directly to the skillet with the sauce and other ingredients.
- Portion in warm bowl or plate, sprinkle with grated cheese and immediately serve.
This method is used by most fine-dining restaurants, and can also be used for buffet service.


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Car hire gives you the freedom to explore. And because you collect Avios as you drive, you can come back again to seek out any unfinished sights.
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- Choose from cool convertibles to spacious MPVs
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You can book Avis car hire with us in two ways.
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Like Mises, Rothbard has inspired millions with his vision of the free society.
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Read volunteer Mike Earley's article, A Virtuous Circle, about nonprofit volunteering that was published in the Long Island Pulse.
Read about the unexpected benefits of volunteering for Anne Tilly at the SeniorNet Learning Center in Roswell, GA.
View a timeline on the Charity Navigator website that recounts some of the pivotal moments in the development of America's philanthropic sector.
Volunteer at a Learning Center.
SeniorNet's Learning Centers are all run by a group of over 4000 dedicated volunteers who work in a variety of capacities to teach older adults computer and technology skills. To read about some of the common positions on our Learning Center Volunteer descriptions page.
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Volunteer Match Type in your zip code and how far you're willing to travel to see local technology volunteer opportunities.
There are over 500 regional volunteer centers in the United States working to match volunteers with nonprofits and other agencies who need them. To find the center nearest you, visit the Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network website and enter your zip code or state.
Idealist is an interactive site where people and organizations can exchange resources and ideas, locate opportunities and supporters, and take steps toward building a world where all people can lead free and dignified lives. Search for volunteer opportunities at idealist.org.


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Recent News
April 07, 2014
Missouri Firm Recalls Chicken Nugget Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services received information regarding a recall of approximately 75,320 pounds of frozen, fully cooked chicken nugget products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials.
The following products are subject to USDA recall:
- 5-lb. bags of "Tyson Fully Cooked White Meat Chicken Nuggets - #16142-928" with a "Best if Used By" date of "Jan 26 2015" or Feb 16 2015." The manufacturer codes "0264SDL0315 through 19" and "0474SDL0311 through 14" can also be found on the bags. These products were produced Jan. 26, 2014 or Feb. 16, 2014 and shipped nationwide to one retail warehouse club chain.
- 20-lb. bulk packs of "Spare Time Fully Cooked Nugget-Shaped Chicken Breast Pattie Fritters w/Rib Meat - #16142-861" with identifying case codes of "0264SDL0315 through 19" and "0474SDL0311 through 14." These products were produced Jan. 26 and Feb. 16, 2014 and were shipped for institutional use in Indiana and Arkansas.
The product bags bear the establishment number "P-13556." The problem was discovered after the firm received consumer complaints that small pieces of plastic were found in the products.
The full recall including a list of products can be found at www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2014/recall-021-2014-release.


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Product features:
The base is composed by mahogany. The box is made by tempered glass with a frontal opening for the drawers. The structure is made in wood lacquered in black with a high gloss varnish; the drawers are handcrafted and contain wadding and a grey mirror. Handles are made through foundry process.
Arts and Techniques: Carpentry, Foundry, Glass Work, Varnishing, Wadding and Carving.
Materials and Finishes: Mahogany Wood lacquered in black with a high gloss varnish, Grey Glass, Silver Plated Brass, Grey Mirror in Bevelling, Drawers: High gloss black lacquer and leather, glass lacquered in black, lacquered woodwork.
Product Options: High gloss colored lacquer in black or white with a high gloss varnish. Box available in smoked glass or clear glass.
Customization: Custom sizes and colors are available with an upcharge.
Observations for mounting: Contains pads on the base to protect the support area.
Clean and Care: Glass cleaner for the glass part and dry cloth for the drawers, handles and legs.


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(Reuters) - An experimental leukemia drug from Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc eliminated the cancer from the bone marrow of nearly half of patients with a chronic form of the disease who had stopped responding to other drugs, according to a 12-month follow-up of a pivotal drug trial.
The trial of the drug, ponatinib, which involved 444 patients, including 267 with chronic myeloid leukemia who had previously been treated with older drugs, also showed that 56 percent of chronic patients achieved the study's goal of a "major response," meaning the disease had nearly disappeared from the bone marrow.
Ariad earlier this year presented interim results from the trial, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration agreed in October to an expedited review. The agency is slated to decide by March 27 whether to approve ponatinib.
"We expect FDA approval sometime in the first quarter," said Tim Clackson, Ariad's chief scientific officer. He said the company is prepared to immediately launch sales of the drug. "We believe the overall trial data suggests activity in all forms of resistant disease."
Ponatinib is designed to target an abnormal tyrosine kinase that is closely associated with chronic myeloid leukemia and Philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Ariad is also testing the drug in newly diagnosed CML patients. Final results from that trial are expected at the end of 2014, but an interim analysis will occur after half of the trial patients are enrolled, Clackson said.
Around 5,000 U.S. patients are diagnosed with CML each year, and about 2,500 patients will become resistant to their treatment, according to Ariad.
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Internationalization is one the most vital elements of ANQA's activities. The scope of activities aimed at internationalization include but are not limited to the following:
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The National Center for Professional Education Quality Assurance (ANQA) has been admitted to the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR) since 2017 (for 5 years).
ARARAT (ARMENIAN COORDINATION AGENCY "UNIVERSITY – EMPLOYER") is a three-year national project, under the priority of Higher Education and Society, EACEA N° 25/2011, 5th call and Structural Measures action. The wider objective of the project is to ameliorate the relevance of higher education to ever-changing labour market needs through establishment and operationalization of universities-employers cooperation nexus in Armenia.
ALIGN (Achieving and checking the alignment between academic programmes and qualification frameworks) is a three-year multi-country project within the scope of EACEA N° 35/2012, 6th Call National Priorities for Joint Projects in Governance Reform. The wider objective of the project is to enhance the intelligibility, consistency and transferability of qualifications through establishment of mechanisms for higher education institutions to achieve alignment of academic programmes with national qualification frameworks and for quality assurance agencies to check such alignment.
GOVERN (Fostering Autonomy and Accountability: Development of State-of-the-art HE Management System for Efficient Changes in Line with Bologna Principles) is a three-year national project, under the priority of Governance Reform, EACEA N° 35/2012, 6th call and Structural Measures action. The wider objective is to enable application of the state-of-the-art management system at Armenian HEIs for promoting effective and efficient structural changes in line with Bologna agenda thus enhancing HEIs autonomy and accountability.
HEN-GEAR: Higher Education Network for Human Capital Assessment and Graduates Employability in Armenia. The project aims at uphold the higher education reforms and modernization process in place in Eastern Neighbouring Area, by addressing quality assessment and support of graduates' employability in the country of Armenia
MAHATMA: Master in Higher Education Management: Developing Leaders for Managing Educational Transformation
MAHATMA (MASTER IN HIGHER EDUCATION MANAGEMENT: DEVELOPING LEADERS FOR MANAGING EDUCATIONAL TRANSFORMATION) is a three-year multi-country joint project, under the EACEA NQ 2512011, 5th call and Curricular Reform action.
MAHATMA'S wider objective is to promote transformation of higher education management in Armenia and Georgia through introduction of a new Master's programme/professional development courses in higher education management.
MathGeAr: Modernization of Mathematics curricula for Engineering and Natural Sciences studies in South Caucasian Universities by introducing modern educational technologies
The overall objective of the project is to improve the quality of STEM education in South Caucasian region by modernizing and improving the curricula in the field of Mathematics
Picasa (Promoting Internationalization of Heis in Eastern Neighbourhood Countries through Cultural and Structural Adaptations) is a three-year multicounty project, under the Regional Priority for Governance Reform, EACEA N° 35/2012, 6th call, Structural Measures action. The wider objective is to promote recognition of Eastern Neighbouring Area HE systems - Armenian, Georgia, Belarus and Ukraine - through development and integration of internationalization dimensions into structural and cultural components of HEIs management.
TNE_QA (PROMOTING QUALITY AND RECOGNITION OF TRANSNATIONAL EDUCATION IN ARMENIA AND GEORGIA) is a three-year multi-country project, under the priority of Governance Reform, EACEA N° 35/2012, 6th call, National Priorities and Structural Measures action. The wider objective is to enhance quality, and promote regulation and recognition of transnational education provisions in Armenia and Georgia through establishing internal Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and external (EQA) quality assurance mechanisms in line with OECD/UNESCO guidelines.
VERITAS (STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE THIRD CYCLE BASED ON SALZBURG PRINCIPLES) is a three-year national project, under the priority of Governance Reform, EACEA N° 35/2012, 6th call and Structural Measures action. The wider objective of the project is to ameliorate doctoral education in Armenian Higher Education System through alignment with European Qualifications Framework and Salzburg Principles.
The project Promoting Internationalization and Comparability of Quality Assurance in Higher Education (PICQA) (2010 – 2013) aims at enhancing the quality of higher education in Armenia and Georgia by promoting internal and external quality assurance systems which are acceptable both regionally and internationally.
DIUSAS: Development and Integration of University Self-assessment Systems2 years (2010 – 2012).
The aim of the project is to develop a university self-assessment system with the aim to establish a culture that values quality in service provisions.
The ESPAQ (Enhancing Students Participation in Quality Assurance in Armenian HE) project tackles one of the core challenges of Armenian higher education related to the quality of its provision and outcomes, through engaging the students into processes of quality assurance (QA) and enhancement of their learning experience.
C3QA (Promoting internationalization of research through establishment and operationalization of Cycle 3 Quality Assurance System in line with the European Integration Agenda) is a three-year cross-regional and multi-partner structural project under EAC/A04/2015 call and Key Action 2 – Capacity Building in the Field of Higher Education.
Its wider objective is to contribute to the establishment of a knowledge-based society in Armenia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Mongolia through the launch and operationalization of a robust quality assurance system for internationalization of Cycle 3 programs.
Developing a European Approach for Comprehensive QA of (European) University Networks – EUniQ is a 2-year project (2019-2021) coordinated by NVAO.
The EUniQ project supports QA agencies in addressing evolving methodological challenges. It intends to provide a roadmap for QA agencies to jointly develop QA methodologies, from a needs analysis to a developed QA approach.
The developed QA framework will be tested through four pilot assessments of European Universities.


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50 Things That Prove Canada Is a Unique Country
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What country holds annual bathtub races and has a prepared landing pod for UFOs? Also, it has a place where there are so many snakes that they look like spaghetti on your plate! Do you know where you can see the most cheerful town in the world? It\'s called Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! Yep, just like that, with two \"ha\'s\" and two exclamation marks! Still no idea? This country produces more than 70% of all maple syrup in the world! Several of the most popular superheroes, such as Wolverine and Superman, were created there. Yes, you nailed it: this awesome country is Canada, and here are 50 cool facts about this place! Other videos you might like: Rush Hour in Different Countries Like You've Never Seen It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I5B3laBtfc& 10 Countries That Have Extremely Different Concepts of Male Beauty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf_wBKnhKFM& 15 Strange Things That Seem Normal Only In South Korea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT0xEelCd-I& TIMESTAMPS: Canadian Apology Act 0:37 The most cheerful town in the world 1:23 Polar Bear Jail 1:46 Bathtub racing 2:17 The most dramatic weather change 2:47 Canada\'s national sport (it\'s not hockey) 3:06 Santa Claus is Canadian 3:46 The first landing pad for UFOs 5:20 More than 3 million lakes! 5:46 The national animal of Canada 7:25 License plates shaped like a polar bear 8:28 $1-million coin 9:13 Fish instead of candles 10:00 One of the most popular dishes in Canada 11:20 The second largest French-speaking city 11:53 #canada #canadafacts #brightside Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/ SUMMARY: - Can...


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The Architectural Records, Inventories, and Information Systems for Conservation (ARIS) course was designed to lead to better-informed conservation decisions through the use of appropriate tools and techniques of documentation. Specific objectives included understanding emerging technologies, organizing data for easy access and use, and applying the most appropriate form of recording for conservation.
The first ARIS course, inspired by the documentation component of ICCROM's Architectural Conservation courses, was created and led by ICCROM in 2003. The GCI's partnership began in 2005 and courses jointly sponsored by the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) and the Getty Conservation Institute were held in:
This advanced international course in architectural conservation, heritage recording, and information management was unique among conservation training courses because it examined the conservation of built heritage through the use of high-technology documentation tools and through easy-to-use techniques and research. The course looks at the proper use of these technologies to ensure that the tool selection is determined by conservation needs. In addition to instructor-led sessions, participants learn through peer presentations, lectures, exchanges, and the preparation of reports.
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30 in 30: Bruins lineup stocked with veteran talentby Corey Masisak
The Boston Bruins were two wins shy of a second championship in three seasons and are positioned to make another run at the Stanley Cup in 2013-14.
There was some turnover this offseason: Five of the 18 skaters who appeared in at least 14 of the Bruins' 23 Stanley Cup Playoff games are no longer with the team. Nathan Horton, Jaromir Jagr and Andrew Ference signed elsewhere as free agents. Tyler Seguin and Rich Peverley were traded to the Dallas Stars.
Jarome Iginla was signed to replace either Horton or Jagr, and Loui Eriksson, the prize in the Dallas deal, likely will replace the other. The Bruins will have a new-look third line, but the "Merlot Line" is back.
Under-valued: Loui Eriksson -- His 0.60 points-per-game, minus-9 rating and 2.17 shots per-per-game last season were his lowest in five years. A change of scenery and playing alongside Patrice Bergeron could be exactly what helps this 28-year-old wing bounce back.
Over-valued: David Krejci -- Krejci posted an NHL-best 26 points in the playoffs, but outside of his 73-point performance in 2008-09 he has never eclipsed the 62-point mark. The forward doesn't shoot or score enough, won't record a lot of penalty minutes, and doesn't rack up power-play points -- don't overpay for his playoff heroics.
Sleeper: Dougie Hamilton -- Most will be looking at Torey Krug as a sleeper defenseman after his playoff totals, but Hamilton possesses immense upside (17 goals, 72 points in 50 games in the OHL in 2011-12). His minutes likely will increase (17:07 per game last year) and so would his production (five goals, 11 assists in 42 games).
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The Bruins have three young defensemen who saw action in the postseason, and a combination of Dougie Hamilton, Torey Krug and Matt Bartkowski will absorb Ference's responsibilities. Tuukka Rask signed a monster contract extension, and Chad Johnson was added to be his new backup in goal.
Boston should begin the 2013-14 season as the favorite in the Atlantic Division and one of two or three teams most likely to represent the Eastern Conference in the Stanley Cup Final.
Here is the projected 2013-14 lineup for the Bruins:
Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - Loui Eriksson
Milan Lucic - David Krejci - Jarome Iginla
Carl Soderberg - Chris Kelly - Reilly Smith
Daniel Paille - Gregory Campbell - Shawn Thornton
Dennis Seidenberg - Dougie Hamilton
NOTES: Eriksson, a strong defensive player, seems a natural fit next to perennial Selke Trophy candidate Bergeron and Marchand on a line that could dominate teams in plenty of advanced statistical categories. That would mean Iginla plays with Krejci and Lucic in the spot vacated by Horton.
Smith, the other player added in the trade with the Stars, could fit on the third line. He, Soderburg and Caron could be pushed for roster spots by prospects Ryan Spooner and Jared Knight. Paille or Thornton could move up a line if needed, but coach Claude Julien would probably like to keep them with Gregory Campbell on the "Merlot Line," so named for the color of their practice jerseys.
Julien likes to put Chara and Seidenberg together during the playoffs, but they often skate apart at even strength during the regular season. Hamilton played in seven postseason games, but expect the Bruins to give him a long look during camp in a top-four role; he has the most upside of the younger players on the blue line.
Joe Morrow, who was traded from the Pittsburgh Penguins to Dallas for Brenden Morrow then to Boston in the Eriksson-Seguin deal, could push for a roster spot.


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Senior • 2013
Rowed the seventh seat for the second varsity, earning three wins ... Rowed the second seat for the lightweight four second-place finish at the IRA National Championship.
• 2012
Rowed for the varsity eight all season … Helped the varsity eight take bronze at the IRA National Championships, the first medal the Radcliffe lightweight crew has captured since 2006 … Contributed to third-place finish at the EAWRC Sprint, the lightweight varsity's third straight bronze … Rowed in win over Princeton to reclaim the Class of 1999 Cup for the first time since 2009 … Topped MIT by over 30 seconds in a lightweight crew sweep to take the Muri Cup … Finished third against No. 2 Wisconsin and No. 1 Stanford in the grand final of a six-team regatta on the Charles River … Contributed to win over Georgetown.
Sophmore • 2011
Raced with the second varsity eight and helped the varsity four capture a bronze medal at the IRA National Championships … Helped the second varsity eight finish second at the EAWRC Sprints … Contributed to second varsity dual wins against the Buffalo varsity and the MIT, Princeton and Stanford second varsities.
Freshman •
Rowed in the third seat of the varsity eight for most of the season … Helped the Black and White place fourth at the IRA National Championships … Contributed to second-place team finish at EAWRC Sprints, as well as third-place varsity finish for Radcliffe's first Sprints varsity medal in four years … Helped Radcliffe capture Muri Cup against MIT and Class of 2004 Cup against Georgetown … Also had a hand in varsity wins against Bucknell and Buffalo.
Before Harvard
Member of the alpine ski team at Newton South … Earned Bronze and Silver Awards as a Girl Scout.


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A man filed a $220 million lawsuit today claiming that New York Police Department officers robbed him of his civil rights by sodomizing him with a baton in a subway station.
Michael Mineo, a body piercer who works in a tattoo parlor, spelled out his allegations in graphic terms after exiting federal court in Brooklyn with his lawyers.
"I'm embarrassed," the 24-year-old told reporters. "I didn't ask for this to happen to me. ... I'm a man. I was raped by four men who held me down and put a baton in my rectum. How am I supposed to feel?"
The suit against the city, NYPD and four officers alleges the patrolmen conspired to violate Mineo's rights on Oct. 15 with a "willfully malicious and vicious assault." It says the attack caused "extreme physical, mental and emotional harm and distress" and "exposed the plaintiff to public scandal and disgrace."
The city Law Department said it would "thoroughly review" the court papers but declined to comment further.
Three officers named as defendants in the suit were charged last year in a criminal indictment. Officer Richard Kern pleaded not guilty to sexual abuse and assault; and Alex Cruz and Andrew Morales pleaded not guilty to hindering prosecution and official misconduct on suspicion of covering up a crime. All three have vehemently denied the any wrongdoing.
Prosecutors allege that Kern and Morales spotted Mineo outside the subway station smoking marijuana. After they sought to stop him, he fled into the station, jumped a turnstile, ran toward the platform and hurdled another turnstile before he was pinned, handcuffed near a token booth and searched for drugs, they said.
With Mineo in a "helpless position" with his pants down, Kern took out a retractable baton and shoved it into the victim's buttocks, prosecutor said. The baton pierced Mineo's underwear, tore his rectum and drew blood, they said.
To cover his tracks and with the other officers' knowledge, Kern wrote Mineo "a bogus summons" that was purposely backdated so it would be invalid, then warned him to keep quiet or face a felony, prosecutors said.
Police initially questioned Mineo's account and allowed the officers to stay on duty. But the case gained momentum in late October after Mineo's lawyers went public with his allegations and the district attorney launched a grand jury investigation.
If convicted, Kern could face up to 25 years in prison; the others could face up to four years.
The case brings to mind the infamous 1997 incident in which Haitian immigrant Abner Louima was sodomized with a plunger in a Brooklyn stationhouse. NYPD Officer Justin Volpe later pleaded guilty in the attack and was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Four other cops were also charged in that case, but only one, Charles Schwarz, was convicted and sentenced to prison.
New York settled a civil suit with Louima for $8.5 million.


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Just Dance 3 - Wii
Release Date:October 07, 2011
Also on:Nintendo Wii PS3 Xbox 360
Viewing USA:Also on UK.
Just Dance 3 is an enjoyable game when played alone and really shines when you bring it out at a party. It's pretty easy to pickup and learn and should definitely be considered by those who are looking for a great social game to entertain themselves along with their friends and family.
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Do you like to Dance? Are you good at dancing? You only have to answer yes to the first question in order to really enjoy Just Dance 3 on the Wii. I admit that I have not played the previous 2 Just Dance games, I just assume they run pretty much along the same lines, but I was more than satisfied with my experience in playing Just Dance 3. If you don't wish to dance you can always sing along with the on screen lyrics turning the game into a karaoke machine. Or you can watch the background imagery change as others are put through individually choreographed dance routines.
Just Dance 3 has its controls scheme sorted out pretty solidly. All the player has to do is use the wii-mote to mimic what they see on the screen in front of them. This simple gesturing is all that is required so why bother to even dance at all when you could just sit there and only move your arm? The simple answer is that it's not that much fun doing that, and the bigger answer is why would you buy a dance game and not actually dance? Get out there and have some fun with it! Unlike Dance Central for the Kinect, the motion detection of Just Dance 3 is far more forgiving. Dance Central is a better game for learning how to dance but can also be quite frustrating. Just Dance 3 is a better game that anyone can just pick up and play without worrying too much about their performance adversely affecting their enjoyment.
The song track listing is the key to any rhythm based music and dance game and can make or break it. Just Dance 3 has a solid more than forty songs that offer a wide range and variety and so there is a little something for almost everyone, there is enough diversity so that nearly all tastes in modern popular music and dance are represented. Also the game's achievement system offers you more songs once you excel at dancing to the songs initially provided. This system is a sensible way to reward players who put a little more effort into their performances. The addition of several songs to download on the Wii-store ensure that players can keep their playlists fresh.
Multiplayer is easily the biggest strength Just Dance 3 has to offer. The duet mode allows up to 4 players with 4 different sets of dance moves to hit the floor, making it great for parties of nearly any size.
The Just sweat mode offers a style aimed more at fitness through dance and allows the player to throw themselves into the music and get sweat points in return. While sweat points aren't exactly an accurate measure of calories burnt, they do at least offer a numeric system that someone can use as a gauge or comparison. Other modes include Classic, Medley and Simon Says.
Overall, Just Dance 3 is an enjoyable game when played alone and really shines when you bring it out at a party. It's pretty easy to pickup and learn and should definitely be considered by those who are looking for a great social game to entertain themselves along with their friends and family.
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rypell1985 wrote:Thanks everyone for chiming in! I read online that sometimes they will take a guess at the NT of the gender...anyone have the tech guess at theirs?
Karen...I spoke with my OB about wanting to keep a close eye on my cervix because I don't want to find out when it's too late that there's something wrong. He said that because we will be doing so many ultrasounds he will check it often and stitch it of need-be. However, my last ultrasound was at 8 weeks and my next (aside from the NT) is at 20...does this seem right or should I push to have it checked earlier??
zoegirl wrote:I agree with everyone about having the OB check cervix before 20 weeks and not wait for a "reason." It is not an invasive test and not difficult, so why not? I have read too many stories of women who were discovered to be contracting, dilating, or effacing earlier than 20 weeks. If my OB won't do it I will find one who will. After everything I have been thru to get pregnant with these babies i am NOT going to lose them because some OB doesn't feel like taking the trouble to check!!
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As Seth Meyers moves from "Saturday Night Live" to "Late Night" Monday, it's tempting to imagine how his "Weekend Update" foil Stefon might introduce the new gig: Welcome to New York's hottest new club – "Seth."
Meyers' version of "Late Night" hopefully will be devoid of the menagerie of freaks and perverse behavior pulsing through Stefon's after-hours adventures. But Meyers arrives Monday night with the opportunity to make his own mark in a fairly exclusive club.
He's just the fourth host in the 32-year history of "Late Night," a program third in longevity behind fellow NBC comedy franchises "The Tonight Show" and "SNL." All three previous hosts turned "Late Night" into launching pads to different levels of stardom.
David Letterman left in 1992 after losing his bid to replace Johnny Carson on "The Tonight Show" to Jay Leno, and began his ongoing two decade-plus reign on CBS' "Late Show." Conan O'Brien, like Meyers a former "SNL" writer, served 16 years on "Late Night" before getting and losing "The Tonight Show," and eventually landing in the 11 p.m. slot on TBS. Jimmy Fallon, another "SNL" vet, just started on "The Tonight Show" after nearly five years on "Late Night," the shortest stint yet.
Meyers presumably has nowhere to go for quite some time, which is not a bad thing. His predecessors all benefitted from the late perch to experiment and find their talk show rhythm.
Meyers, best known for his role on "Weekend Update," faces a steep challenge as he goes from producing a 10-minute segment about 22 times a season, to an hour-long weeknight show that runs year-round, repeats aside.
While he's displayed some broader appeal hosting the ESPY Awards and the White House Correspondents Dinner, Meyers is largely untested as an interviewer. Still, he got training of sorts on "Weekend Update," dealing with the likes of Stefon, Drunk Uncle and The Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation with at a Party. Like Carson, he's confident enough to let others get the laughs.
Meyers also has shown he's comfortable sharing the stage with "SNL" colleagues, like Amy Poehler and Cecily Strong, who bookended his eight-plus-season "Weekend Update" run as co-anchors. Look for similar chemistry Is former "SNL" player Fred Armisen who steps in as Meyers' "Late Night" bandleader.
Vice President Biden is set to be Meyers' first guest Monday, an appropriate choice on two counts. It's a signal that Meyers will continue the political-driven topical humor that characterized much of his "Weekend Update" tenure. Second, being host of "Late Night" is a lot like being the vice president of after-hours comedy: Bigger things are hoped for down the line. But there's no guarantee of succession, only the opportunity to provide a few laughs along the way.
As Meyers prepares to join the "Late Night" club, check out a promo below:
Jere Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is also the author of "Raising a Beatle Baby: How John, Paul, George and Ringo Helped us Come Together as a Family." Follow him on Twitter.


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Big Oil hashes out issues with state-run firms
VIENNA, AUSTRIA - Big Oil met national oil Thursday during an OPEC-sponsored conference of the world's most powerful companies, from Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch-Shell to Saudi Aramco and Venezuela's PDVSA.
Analysts have been complaining that the oil market is looking for leadership but getting rhetoric. After a daylong session on the industry's future, it is easy to understand why market watchers are frustrated.
Philosophies clashed as Exxon Mobil Chairman Lee Raymond rebuked some OPEC nations for imposing drilling limits, while Saudi Arabia's oil minister, Ali al-Naimi, defended his country's state-owned oil company, saying it could meet future challenges.
Raymond said,"The future need for petroleum energy will be such that restrictions, in whatever form and wherever imposed, will jeopardize the provision of adequate energy supplies to world consumers."
Al-Naimi, who has 40 years of ties with Saudi Aramco, insisted the kingdom's oil company is efficient and can procure any technical expertise needed to overhaul its fields.
"Don't question our ability to deliver," he said.
Tables are turningState-owned oil companies control 80 percent of the world's reserves and account for two-thirds of oil production.
"In the next decade, relations between national oil companies and major independent oil companies will be even more vital but probably even more strained," said Vahan Zanoyan, President of PFC Energy, a Washington-based consultancy.
Zanoyan urged state-owned oil companies to ditch their 1970s-style hands-off-our-oil attitude and chastised Western oil companies' invader attitude that casts national oil companies as impediments to access.
The president of Malaysian-owned Petronas, Tan Sri Dato Sri Mohd Hassan Marican, echoed the sentiment, saying, "We have no choice but to adopt a more global outlook or be left behind."
In its 30-year history, Petronas, has ventured outside its borders and partnered with state-owned, as well as independent, energy outfits. It gets 35 percent of its revenues and 25 percent of its oil reserves from outside Malaysia.
Zanoyan predicted life could get hard for independent oil companies, even the well-capitalized supermajors because the key factor for any oil company today is access to so-called aboveground resources, such as investment dollars and advanced technologies.
Zanoyan explained that during the 1970s, national oil companies dominated the oil market because they held the underground resources atop most of the world's reserves. During the '80s, Big Oil wrestled the upper hand from OPEC by controlling those crucial aboveground resources. Until now.
The tables are turning again, he said. National oil companies have begun to get access to the production expertise while maintaining control.
Helping each otherIn general, government oil companies do not like to take exploration risk, a necessarily evil when scouting for new hydrocarbon sources. Partnering with independent oil companies is one way state-owned oil companies can reduce their risk.
But Zanoyan said that before more substantive long-term deals can emerge in this investment climate, state-owned oil companies have to revisit their unfavorable lease agreements.
"It's a generalization, but many deals between government-owned and independent oil companies assume a barrel of oil will sell for between $15 and $20. So despite current crude prices that persist above $40, independent oil companies often don't see any additional earnings once the price rises above $25."
According to Zanoyan, that profit goes to the state-owned companies.
There is a risk-reward ratio where investment becomes possible, he said.
For the first time, producing governments have a real choice to make.


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