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Austria elected economics professor Alexander Van der Bellen the country's next president by a razor-thin margin, foiling Freedom Party candidate Norbert Hofer's bid to become the first right-wing head of state in western Europe since World War II.
Van der Bellen, who was backed by the Green Party, took 50.3 percent of the votes to 49.7 percent for Hofer, Austria's Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka told reporters in Vienna on Monday. His winning margin over Hofer came down to a little more than 31,000 votes, according to the official result, which is preliminary until June 1 pending possible legal challenges.
Austrian Freedom Party leader Heinz-Christian Strache conceded his party's defeat in a posting on his Facebook page shortly before the official announcement, saying that despite a strong campaign, Hofer had finished "millimeters" short of victory.
The photo finish to Sunday's runoff election laid bare the nation's political divide over fundamental issues like the refugee crisis, relations with the European Union and kick-starting the Austrian economy as it falls behind EU neighbors. Those divisions augur an uphill battle for the government under new Chancellor Christian Kern in the coming months.
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"This all started with a dormant government that refused to push reforms and refused to communicate with the electorate," said Thomas Hofer, a political consultant in Vienna. "The government has to engage in crisis management now, it has to deliver more than expected."
Austria was polarized by the run-off for what is traditionally a ceremonial role, with most Austrians saying the result would amount to a fundamental decision about the country's political future. Van der Bellen has pledged to try and unify the country and overcome the campaign's divisions, while Hofer, 45, had said he would use the authority of a popular mandate to weigh into the nation's politics. His party campaigned on an anti-immigration, European Union-skeptic platform.
"I'll certainly endeavor to build bridges over the trenches that have been dug, to certainly not dig them deeper, and to make an effort to take everybody in this country with me," Van der Bellen told supporters on Sunday.
The election followed four weeks of political upheaval triggered when Hofer, a veteran official of the Freedom Party, came out ahead in the initial round April 24. Neither of the governing parties secured enough support to progress to the next round, triggering the resignation of Chancellor Werner Faymann and his replacement by fellow Social Democrat Kern.
'Encrusted' System
Strache suggested on Sunday that the increased turnout seen in the runoff showed that other parties had rallied around Van der Bellen to keep out his party's candidate. "The entire encrusted political system stood up against Hofer," he said.
"Of course I'm sad today," Hofer said on Facebook. "The effort that went into this campaign isn't lost but is an investment in the future."
Victory for Van der Bellen puts a breakthrough for right-wing populists across Europe on hold. Hofer's party is allied with Marine Le Pen's National Front, the Dutch anti-Islam Freedom Party led by Geert Wilders and the Alternative for Germany party. All are polling strongly ahead of national elections in France, the Netherlands and Germany next year.
Regional results underlined the split between rural and urban voters. Before Monday's count of absentee ballots, Van der Bellen took 61 percent of the vote in Vienna and had a majority in all but one capital of the eight other provinces, including Salzburg, Innsbruck and Graz. Hofer took most rural areas and two working-class districts of Vienna. Sixty percent of men voted for Hofer and an equal number of women for Van der Bellen.
Regardless of the presidential result, "the government has a huge problem," said Peter Filzmaier, a professor of political science at Krems University. "The relaunch with the new chancellor must succeed this time, or else this government is history."
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I decided to take make bag out for a test drive. I wore it to my son's school fair. I was instantly plagued by Moms green with envy. They were in awe over all the pockets and "the colors," one mom excitedly declared "it goes with everything!" I imagined what followed was similar to to the Man's version of testing the waters with his new ride. You know, when a Dad pulls up with the top of the line mini-van and shows off all the bells and whistles, to other curious Dads who are contemplating taking the plunge, in hopes to gain their approval.
The question and answer session continued for a 20 minutes. "Have you tried to wash it yet?" "What other colors does it come in?" "Can you strap it to your stroller?" "Is it heavy?" "Can I try it on?"
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The HP HDX 16 (1370us) is a slick, feature-laden multimedia laptop that does more than just play music and DVDs.
Wide-screen multimedia laptops have almost become a cliché in today's computer marketplace. Most also have at least 4GB of RAM, and similar high-end processors. In an effort to differentiate their multimedia laptop offerings from that of the competition, manufactures are offering cool designs, high-end features, or bleeding-edge performance. Dell for instance, offers a sophisticated design for its Dell Studio XPS 16, our current Editors' Choice. Acer, meanwhile, offers a Blu-ray player in its Aspire 6930G-6723, which retails for less than $1,000. The HP HDX 16-1370us ($1,049.98 list) however, might just be the multimedia player for the gamer.
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The HDX 16 (1370us) is a slick-looking laptop. Its eye-catching, swirling accented, glossy pewter-gray exterior design is echoed on the inside bezel. I particularly like how the design is continued across the laptop's touchpad.
The laptop's edge-to-edge, 16-inch 1,366 by 768 BrightView display provides a clear picture and looks even larger than it is because of the HDX's small bezel. Although it doesn't support full 1080p resolution like the Dell XPS 16t, it provides a clear HD picture and comes with upscaling software that convert standard DVDs for HD playback. It's too bad that the HDX 16 doesn't come with a Blu-ray drive, which would show off the screen's full potential.
The HDX 16-1370us's 2.3GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P7550 processor is not as powerful as the Core 2 Duo P8600 in the Sony VAIO VGN-FW390 or Lenovo IdeaPad Y650. Even so, it didn't finish far behind them on benchmark tests. The 1370us was only about 50 seconds behind the Sony FW390 and Lenovo Y650 in the Windows Media Encoding tests and it beat the Y650 by almost 300 points in our Cinebench R10 tests, though the Sony FW390 beat them both by a fair margin. Although none of these numbers match those of high-end, really fast laptops like the 15-inch MacBook Pro, they are pretty respectable for a multimedia laptop.
Where the 1370 truly excelled was on the gaming tests. Laptops in this category are made to stream and edit video and watch a DVDs; if it can handle some gaming that's usually just a bonus. Not only can the HP 1370 play games, it does it extremely well. Its Nvidia Geforce 130M chipset destroyed all of the other multimedia laptops we compared it against. On the 3D graphics test it scored 20 percent higher than its nearest competitors, the Dell Studio XPS 16 and the HP Pavilion HDX16t. On Crysis tests, the 1370's scores not only crushed all of the multimedia laptopson average 50 percent betterbut they were also on a par with midrange gaming laptops. In fact it scored better than the CyberPower Gamer Xtreme M1 and Gateway P-171XL FX. It's sort of like buying Honda Civic and finding out that if you push 5th gear it can get up to 150.
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Yoga — a centuries old art and science designed to support health, healing and happiness for people of all abilities and backgrounds — is now practiced by over 36 million people in the U.S. According to the 2016 Yoga in America study, another 80 million residents are interested in trying yoga for the first time. And the numbers are likely to grow.
What is yoga?
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Functionally, yoga is a life philosophy that supports humankind, not a religion, and is thus complementary to any faith or belief system. The practices of yoga come from ancient and modern India. Yoga was introduced widely to America in the late 1800s and became popular when a wave of Indian teachers came to the U.S. in the 1960s and 1970s. Since that time, U.S. yoga has continuously evolved and found new ways to reach more people. Beyond the settings of studios, homes and community centers, yoga can now be found in schools, hospitals, senior centers, universities, prisons, offices and organizations.
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Each person comes to yoga with unique intentions and yoga is intended to meet every person exactly where they are in life. Because there is no "right" or "wrong" way to practice yoga, it is welcoming to everybody who wants to try it. Yoga is also widely accessible. Most people report that they practice yoga in their homes, and you really don't need any fancy equipment, a gym membership, a studio pass or even a yoga mat to participate (though a qualified teacher is essential). Also, there are so many different styles and types of yoga that one is likely to fit your individual needs. For example, if you want to do yoga postures as just a workout, there are a variety of ways to practice "asana" ― the postures ― to help you move your body. If you want to improve your ability to manage stress, there are breathing practices, mindfulness exercises and relaxation techniques that can be used instead of, or in addition to, the postures. And if you want to sing, chant, study texts or otherwise work to open your heart to your loved ones and all those around you, there are practices that will inspire, elevate and nourish your soul. But what makes yoga different from basic exercise, dance class, Pilates, barre or simple deep breathing? The magic of yoga lies in the linking ― the union of bodily movement with the breath and with non-judgmental self-awareness, and with an attitude of self-discovery.
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In the end, practicing yoga in a yoga class teaches us how to navigate the inner world so that we can bring those lessons "off the mat" and into our relationships, communities and families. In class, we practice moving our bodies, training our minds and nourishing our spirit so that we can show up in life as our true selves, which are already perfect and whole.
Yoga teaches us kindness, compassion, gratitude and love toward ourselves so that we may then share that with those around us. For that reason alone, yoga is a philosophy that can help heal our world, and the best thing to do is to try it for yourself and see what happens.
- Practice space should be clean, well-ventilated and free of odor.
- Look for a studio or practice space where the staff, teachers and students are friendly, helpful and kind; if people are acting competitively, being territorial about mat space, or you feel rushed in and out of class, perhaps look for another studio. Yoga teaches patience, tolerance and acceptance. If those traits are not apparent in your space, the yoga there may not be working and you should move on. The best yoga spaces are truly welcoming to everybody.
- Class descriptions should be explicit about whether each class is suitable for beginners.
- Teachers should use inclusive and non-harmful language to ensure all class participants feel welcome and safe.
- Studios and teachers should be clear about what style of yoga they teach in each class; yoga does not need to be mysterious. Look for studios and teachers that are open and honest about what they teach and what they don't. If they don't have time to explain things to a newcomer, move on to a studio that comes from a place of service and heart.
- Teachers should always ask before offering hands-on assistance.
- The best teachers care about you as an individual; even in group classes, listen for an acknowledgement that every body, every breath and every person is different and unique. What is right for you may not be right for the person next to you. So look for invitations to modify and adapt practices to meet your life circumstances.
David Lipsius is President and CEO of Yoga Alliance, the largest international not-for-profit organization serving yoga teachers, yoga schools and practitioners, and the Yoga Alliance Foundation, dedicated to introducing the art and science of yoga to underserved populations. He is a yoga teacher and values-based not-for-profit leader who has studied yoga, Ayurveda and meditation for 17 years.


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Biodun Stephen's latest romantic comedy, Picture Perfect explores the life of a well-off fashion designer, Kunmbi who, by sheer workings of fate, encounters a typical Lagos area boy, Jobe, who helps her in her time of need. He would subsequently become a regular in her life, a pain in her neck, and the reason for many mistakes she would make.
The story of Picture Perfect is one of the least compelling stories by Biodun Stephen. From the woman who has written stories like Tiwa's Baggage and The Visit, the Picture Perfect story comes across as something of a gamble. The writer doesn't appear to know what she wants her characters to do as she writes, so she follows a line of thought and veers into another as the different muses whisper, and the story's title has very little to do with its story, except for that one time when Kunmbi is told she is looking for a picture perfect man. But she really isn't; the film doesn't show her to be superficial or wanting a fairy tale lover. She is just a busy woman who doesn't want to be disturbed. Perhaps if she had indeed fallen for Jobe at all, the title would fly.
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Bolanle Ninalowo as Jobe makes a statement, one like Rita Dominic's statement in The Meeting. It is a career-defining statement, a 'I am no pushover' statement. He embodies Jobe so well, we fall in love. With this role, he grabs a rare opportunity to sell himself as more than just a great body and plenty English. He rocks it and makes us want to listen to him.
Mary Remmy Njoku is a good choice for Kunmbi, even though you can already tell she isn't Yoruba by her Yoruba. Her acting is totally believable all around, and we have a good time watching her character play cat and mouse with Jobe.
Bisola Aiyeola is Kiksy The Friend. She is portrayed as one who doesn't have a life of her own, a sort of feature in her own life. Her character is nearly pointless, but her acting is priceless and gives the movie its extra shine.
Ronke Ojo's one-scene role is a classic, just like her role in Tiwa's Baggage. Here she is a dry gin seller who makes advances at Jobe. She is highly entertaining to watch and should consider taking on bigger roles as she always seems to smash them.
And there is the man with phenomenal talent who plays Jigger.
Picture Perfect, directed by Tope Alake is crazy hilarious, it makes your eyes water from so much laughter. This is its strongest point. It floors even comedy movies with its humour, and you are fed full with amusement in virtually every scene Jobe appears in. This is the feeling you take out from watching this film, the feeling of light-heartedness and joy, that despite the bumpy ride you were on half the time, there is shawarma and ice-cream goodness for your troubles.
Picture Perfect is not without its message, even if this does not seem like the primary message it aims to pass: Everything isn't as it seems. Jobe might drag bus conductors by their belts for fifty naira notes, but he has kindness and responsibility within that probably just wasn't nurtured the right way. He knows to protect himself and to seek consent in matters of sexual relations, he knows to take responsibility for his actions and not take advantage of helpless people. He knows to stand up for himself and other people, those he cares about and strangers in danger, and he knows to listen and respect people's choices. But there are two things he doesn't know: the meaning of philanderer and how to name a child.
The pacing of the film is slow and repetitive in certain places, and the women carrying the same hair for as long as a year take away some believability from the story. The extras are recycled one too many times; we find the same people on the streets, at the bar, with the area boys, everywhere.
Picture Perfect has soothing music and a colourful picture that shows off Lagos. It is a film to enjoy despite its shortcomings, if for nothing at all, at least for Jobe.


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Lawyers for Hasnain Ali (32), a British citizen on trial for drug offences in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have today argued for his acquittal after an ordeal that has included torture, illegal police conduct, and a lack of evidence. Mr Ali faces a potential death sentence if convicted in the Dubai court after today's closing arguments.
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Defense attorney Steve Greenberg is giving his former boss until Tuesday afternoon to issue a public retraction and apology for what he said are "defamatory" statements meant to deflect responsibility for their client's conviction on first-degree murder charges.
In his 15-page letter shared with the media, the former Drew Peterson attorney lashed out at Joel Brodsky, accusing him of leading the legal team like a dictator and fabricating lies to make himself looking better.
Greenberg was fired just days after Peterson was convicted of in the drowning death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.
Greenberg wrote that Brodsky "made one of the greatest mistakes in the history of jurisprudence" when he put Savio's divorce attorney, Harry Smith, on the stand. It was that testimony that jurors later said convinced them to return a guilty verdict.
"You wafted the greatest case, by ignorance, obduracy, and ineptitude. Your effort to blame me is suggestive of a six-year-old child changing the rules of the game when he falls behind, before taking his ball home, loudly declaring that his opponent cheated instead of appreciating he was just out of his league," Greenberg wrote.
In his letter, Greenberg suggests that the entire legal team, and even Judge Edward Burmila, tried to deter Brodsky from putting Smith on the stand. Greenberg called the move "suicidal to the defense."
Brodsky wouldn't comment Monday if an apology were forthcoming but later issued a statement:
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At QuiBids we're proud to have the great privilege to work with non-profit and charitable organizations around our hometown of Oklahoma City. The majority of our employees either grew up in Oklahoma, were educated in Oklahoma, or both, so partnering with local chapters of major non-profits (and organizations specific to our home) makes volunteering all the more personal and meaningful to us.
We got to get out and help last Saturday by sponsoring the Oklahoma Make-A-Wish Foundation's Walk for Wishes fundraiser at the Oklahoma City Zoo, the proceeds of which go straight to granting wishes for children facing life-threatening illnesses. The weather was about as perfect as early November in Oklahoma can get — ideal conditions to get to support a more than deserving cause. But before we get to the photos from our visit to the zoo, here are a couple of quick numbers on this year's Walk for Wishes!
The number of years that the Make-A-Wish Foundation has now hosted the Walk for Wishes.
Number of people who participated in last year's Walk, walkers and volunteers included.
Number of people who participated this year.
Number of dollars raised at last year's Walk.
Number of dollars raised for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
We got there really early to help set up, which involved laying out bagels, coffee (extremely necessary), and doughnuts for all the volunteers and participants.
The Thunder drumline came out to get the crowd revved up!
The Oklahoma City Bomb Squad was there too, showing people some of the equipment that they use on the job.
Most Walk participants signed up as groups large and small in support of friends or family members with serious illness. Here are a few of them!
Eventually the Thunder cheerleaders joined the drumline dudes to cheer everybody along at the beginning of the walk!
And just like that, the crowd was off to check out the zoo and enjoy some quality time walking together!
We got to meet some of the kids folks were walking for, which was a big deal for us.
And then we spent the rest of the morning hanging out and having fun with the kids, which was super fun because of all the stuff that was going on.
This was our first time as the presenting sponsor for a major event and we're excited to present more in the future! In fact we'd really love to work with the Make-A-Wish Foundation on the Walk every year, so if you're in Oklahoma City keep an eye out for it next November!
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Mawi Pink Crystal and Chain Ring
The Mawi Pink Crystal and Chain Ring is a huge round cocktail ring which is set with a huge central faceted pink Swarovski crystal in a four claw setting. The ring is oversized and features a box chain "wrapping", plated in hematite. The back of the ring is branded "MAWI RETROSPECTIVE".
It is available in one size only, a UK L½, the equvalent of a US 6.
Mawi jewellery, designed by the Indian designer Mawi Keivom, is known for its futuristic and eye catching designs. This cocktail ring would be perfect for teaming with your LBD over the party season and this ring is in fact a reissue of one of Mawi's most popular designs, to celebrate her 10th anniversary as a jewellery designer.
UK based, worldwide delivery is available.
Mawi Pyramid Jewellery Collection
The Mawi Pyramid Jewellery Collection is a lush collection of SS12 jewellery which features a large, central pyramid stone surround by smaller stones in bright colours. In the photo above, the items are (from left to right):
- The Mawi Pyramid Ring
- The Mawi Pyramid Drop Earrings
- The Mawi Pyramid and Pearl Pendant
- The Mawi Pyramid Bracelet
The ring. drop earrings and the bracelet are plated in rose gold, the pendant is rhodium plated.
All the items are available for purchase separately.
The Mawi Pyramid Collection consists of a range of statement jewellery which is coveted by fashionistas across the world. It has statement style that is ideal for adding Mawi's personal brand of glamour to any look. Designed to earn you compliments, it's a great time to update your jewellery box.
UK based, worldwide delivery is available.
Estelle Deve Jewellery – The Perfect Gift
Estelle Deve is a French born jewellery designer who now lives in Melbourne, Australia. She creates statement pieces including rings, pendants and bracelets which have wowed the fashion world to make Estelle one of Australia's leading jewellery designers.
Estelles current collection is on sale at my-wardrobe.com and would make a wonderful gift to yourself or a loved one any time of the year. The collection has an artisanal quality, and many of the pieces in the current collection are inspired by gold nuggets.
Estelle Deve Gold Nugget Ring
Highlights of the collection include the Estelle Deve Gold Ausonia Molten Nugget Ring, a decadent design pictured above right which would an instant and luxe on trend look to your jewellery collection. The ring is set with a (faux) gold nugget and is gold plated.
This ring is small and a fixed size, available in one size only. It is designed to be worn on your little finger or your ring finger.
Estelle Deve Gold Nugget Bracelet and Pendant
Also check out the Estelle Deve Gold Lilas Molten Nugget Bracelet and matching Estelle Deve Gold Cimmerium Molten Nugget Necklace, which match the ring and would add more of her cool style to your collection.
Estelle Deve Gold Solis Set of Two Rings and Estelle Deve Silver Ophyr Set of three rings.
Also available in the collection from my-wardrobe.com are the Estelle Deve Gold Solis set of two rings and the Estelle Deve Silver Ophyr set of three rings.
All the items are available for purchase separately.
Perfect as a Valentine's Day Gift, it's time you got to know this gorgeous new collection of jewellery from Estelle Deve.
UK based, worldwide delivery is available.
Swarovski Louise Black and White Necklace, Bangle and Ring Collection
The Swarovski Louise Black and White Necklace is a stainless steel necklace encrusted at the front with black and white crystal pontiage (see the close up above for the brilliant detail). The clasp for the necklace, which fastens behind the neck, is a simple hook over a stud set with a single black crystal.
The bangle is a similar design to the necklace and again made from stainless steel – but it needs no fastening, simply slipping on over the wrist.
The matching ring is available in three different sizes. The ring is rhodium plated.
All the items are available for purchase separately, so you don't have to buy the whole set if you don't want to.
The Swarovski Louise Black and White necklace is one of the most popular pieces of jewellery at Swarovski this season, and it's easy to see why. I like the length of the necklace, it sits around the base of the neck without needing an expanse of neckline to show it off. Also, black and white goes with absolutely everything, so whatever the occasion, the jewellery is sorted. Add to the mix the matching ring and bangle, and you'll feel fabulously coordinated too. These items would also make great presents.
Worldwide delivery is available.
Swarovski Nirvana Ring
The Swarovski Nirvana Ring is a stunning design, crafted from a huge clear crystal with facets to eyecatchingly reflect the light. The crystal is "lined" with a silver plated inner ring to further enhance the light reflection.
This ring is part of Swarovski's legendary Autumn Winter 2011/ 2012 Wings of Fantasy Collection.
The ring is available in three different sizes.
The Swarovski Nirvana Ring is truly a statement piece of jewellery. It's diamond like sparkle will enhance any outfit and it will truly team with anything, the more glamorous the better.
As far as matching it with other jewellery, I would go for any clear crystal piece either set in a silver plated or a rhodium plated setting – think about Swarovski's Brilliance Set, Nouba Necklace and Bangle, the Nathalie Double Necklace and the Palace Necklace.
Worldwide delivery is available.
Swarovski Chic Purple Blue Ring
The Swarovski Chic Purple Blue Ring is one of Swarovski's best selling designs this season, and it's easy to see why. This chunky ring is lavishly encrusted in crystals which graduate from pink, through to purple, through to indigo, through to turquoise creating a really striking and eye catching effect.
In addition, the crystals are differently sized, creating an impression of randomness, a technique used frequently by Swarovski to create their very own unique designs.
This ring, in a silver coloured rhodium plated setting, is available in 4 different sizes and Swarovski even give you instructions on how to get your correct ring size so you can't go wrong.
This is an interestingly coloured and styled ring from Swarovski, part of their popular 2011 "Wings of Fantasy" collection. The crystals used are the same colours as those in Swarovski's Panache Collection – the necklace, long necklace, earrings and bracelet all team really well with this ring.
This cocktail ring teams well with outfits in dark colours such as purple and burgundy and also pale pastel colours such as pink, nude and aqua.
Worldwide delivery is available.
Swarovski Lychee Small Pendant Gold Plated
The Swarovski Lychee Small Pendant is a gold plated pendant which forms part of Swarovski's gold plated Lychee Jewellery Collection.
The pendant itself is made from crytal pontiage, and takes the form of a fish, which has a moving tail and flippers. It has bulging eyes which stand proud, and it is set on gold-plated chain on which are hanging coloured and clear crystals – perhaps special crystal food after which the crystal fish is swimming!
Also in the collection is the Swarovski Lychee Large Pendant – the small version is 3.5cm high, the large version is 5cm; the matching gold plated Lychee Bangle, Lychee Earrings (for pierced ears) and the Lychee Ring.
Quirky and cute, the Swarovski Lychee Collection of pendants, bracelets, earrings and rings is a real conversation starter. Not only that, but with rich gold plating and encrusted with crystals, they add a touch of luxury to any outfit, be it day or evening wear.
Worldwide delivery is available.
Marc by Marc Jacobs Stack Ring
The Marc by Marc Jacobs Stack Rings are always sought after and available this season in a rose gold heart design or a silver star. The ring is embossed with the circular "Marc by Marc Jacobs" branding underneath the heart and the star.
The rings are beautifully polished and shiny, and add a touch of luxury to any outfit. But (she says, lowering her voice in a conspiratorial way), they only cost £40 each so don't expect them to hang around for long….
Size: the rings are available in sizes S/M or M/L. S is a UK "L", M is a UK "N" and L is a UK "P".
Material: silver plated brass or rose gold plated brass
Style Advice: these rings are cute and girly and ideal for stacking. They're great to wear with party dresses or even day wear, and you can mix and match gold and silver to your heart's content to embrace this season's mixed metallic trend. The heart shaped ring in particularly would make the most romantic Christmas gift.
UK based, worldwide delivery is available.
Astley Clarke Designer Jewellery
Astley Clarke designer jeweller consists of a range of imaginatively designed fine jewellery which is available online. Selected collections are also available at Harrods. It is the jewellery brand of choice for many professional women and celebrities, and counts famous names like Claudia Schiffer and Nicole Kidman amongst its customers.
The thrill of receiving Astley Clarke jewellery cannot be equalled
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Click here to view the range of Astley Clarke Designer Jewellery
The Range
Astley Clarke have a wide range of designer jewellery under the following headings:
- Bridal jewellery – this section contains wedding and engagement rings, together with pearl jewellery and eternity rings.
- Fine jewellery – this section has fine rings, necklaces, bracelets and earrings. The finest metals and exquisite gemstones are used, and the pieces are designed by hand picked jewellery designers.
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- Gemstone jewellery – set with precious or semi-precious gemstones, the gemstone jewellery collection at Astley Clarke contains jewellery encrusted with chalcedony, lapis, amethyst, sapphire, turquoise, moonstone, tourmaline, phrenite, druzy, pink quartz, chrysoprase, tanzanite, chrysoprase, onyz, blue lace agate, carnelian, garnet, blue diamonds, pink sapphires, rhodolite, topaz, aventurine, citrine, ruby and more. You could say that they are ever so slightly fanatical about the array of coloured gemstones that they use in their jewellery.
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Swarovski Laser Golden Long Necklace
The Swarovski Laser Golden Long Necklace is a gold plated necklace set with Swarovski crystals in various shades of white, golden and silver in bezel settings.
There are many matching pieces available to go with this necklace, including the Laser Golden Rings, the Laser Golden Bracelet and the Laser Golden Earrings for pierced ears.
One of the nice things about golden Swarovski crystals is that they add a certain warmth to both your outfit and your complexion, bestowing a golden aura to your neckline. The effect is subtle yet magical.
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Brisbane South PHN plays a key role in working with a range of primary health care services and health professionals, service providers and the community to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of services for patients, particularly those at risk of poor health outcomes.
Our efforts are focused on improving the system for everyone – individuals, families, communities, health professionals, key stakeholders and the primary health sector.
We support the primary health sector in a number of ways:
- we provide support services so health service providers can be better placed to deliver care to patients, keeping them healthy and out of hospital
- we provide workforce development through training and education
- we work with practices to understand and use eHealth systems
- through careful analysis and planning, we help to identify and address health service gaps
- we work with others to purchase or commission health services for local groups most in need, including patients with complex chronic conditions or mental illness.
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SpotOnHealth HealthPathways provides clinicians in the greater Brisbane south catchment with web-based information outlining the assessment, management and referral of more than 550 conditions.
Brisbane South PHN works in partnership with our local communities and health care providers to improve health and wellbeing across the Brisbane south region.
We serve our community through supporting primary health care, which includes services provided by general practice, allied health services, community health and community pharmacies.
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The dollar is dragging again, and the real is returning to earth. Here's your Tuesday FX fix.
Japan's finance minister warned against speculative yen buying after the yen rose sharply against the dollar overnight. [WSJ]
A Chinese forex regulator warned about the risks of excessive dollar holdings, and the dollar weakened.[fxstreet.com]
In fact,nobody likes the dollar. Again. [WSJ]
Eurogroup's Jean-Claude Juncker said the euro is overvalued, but it's trading up anyway. [ibtimes.com]
Could the eurozone be amplifying crises rather than muting them? [FT]
The Brazilian real weakened on concerns about Europe and a domestic political scandal. [WSJ]
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[X]Changing Perspectives
An interactive system for multi-stakeholder discussions
The design-research project "Embodied Design for Participatory Spaces" focuses on collaborations between municipalities and citizens around public issues. We designed [X]Changing Perspectives ([X]CP): an interactive system for multi-stakeholder discussions with 6 to 120 participants.
[X]CP is an interactive system consisting of 15 tables with integrated visual tracking technology, 6 interactive tokens per table with icons, equipped with a Neopixel LED ring, a capacitive sensor and an AR marker, and one online real-time visualisation that shows all token touches, movements and their traces.
Inspired by the work of Hummels and Van Dijk [Seven principles for Embodied Sensemaking, 2015], the focus of the design was on providing scaffolds and traces for embodied sensemaking, by enriching conversations with tangible input (scaffolds) and visible outcome (traces) of the conversations. The design was intended to bring out different perspectives and enrich deliberative conversation with embodied and social cognition and, in doing so, establish Participatory Sensemaking- in multi-stakeholder settings.
[X]CP was designed to be used in multi-stakeholders settings, e.g. in participatory decision-making sessions, such as shown in figure 2, and was tested in 12 real-life cases with 30 to 120 participants. It is part of a PSS that includes the invitation, data analysis and evaluation process before and after the [X]CP session.
Participatory Sensemaking in Interactions between Multi-Stakeholders
In Western Europe, the complexity created by globalisation and technological developments is increasingly being recognized in people's daily lives. The aftermath of the economic crisis of 2008 has left Western Europe with decentralisation, budget cuts and retracting welfare states (e.g. Big Society in the UK). Today's public issues bring different stakeholders together to rise to these challenges by local multi-disciplinary collaborations (e.g. in deliberative democracy). However, the conflicting stakes, different backgrounds and shifting roles and responsibilities of the stakeholders in public issues ask for new ways of collaborating and interacting in those multi-stakeholder settings.
In our research we aim to design for Participatory Sensemaking in interactions between multi-stakeholders around public issues. To this end, we designed [X]Changing Perspectives ([X]CP): an interactive system consisting of tangible markers on round tables and a visual representation for multi-stakeholder discussions with 6 to 110 participants.
The main research question of the PhD project is: 'by what aspects of Product Service System (PSS) [X]Changing Perspectives can we achieve Participatory Sensemaking in Multi-Stakeholder Dynamics around Public Issues?'. The term 'PSS' refers to the development of a service to implement the design intervention in context. The term 'Participatory Sensemaking' refers to our theoretical view on what kind of interactions we aim to trigger. The term 'public issues' carries in it the tension between System and Lifeworld and 'multi-stakeholder dynamics' refers to the context of participation wherein diverse or even conflicting expertise, experience and perspectives play a role.
The most important sub-question is: "How can Participatory Sensemaking be operationalised so that it can be observed, measured and attributed to PSS aspects?" This is the focus for ongoing work. We adopt a Research through Design approach. Through several hands-on explorations and iterations 'in the wild' (with pressing public issues and real stakeholders) we reflect on the role of designed artefacts and service elements in generating Participatory Sensemaking.
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Related Publications
In press: Philemonne Jaasma, Evert Wolters, Joep Frens, Ambra Trotto, Caroline Hummels. 2017. [X]Changing Perspectives: an interactive system for participatory sensemaking. In Proceedings of the 2017 conference on Designing interactive systems (DIS '17).
In press: Philemonne Jaasma, Evert Wolters, Joep Frens, Caroline Hummels. 2017. [X]Changing Perspectives: enriching multi-stakeholder deliberation with embodiment in participatory society. CeDEM17 Proceedings of the International Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 2017 (pp. xxx-xxx) Krems, Austria.
Philemonne Jaasma and Evert Wolters. 2017. [X]Changing Perspectives: Designing a Product Service System for Participatory Sensemaking in Multi- Stakeholder Dynamics around Public Issues. In Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI '17). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 711-715. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3024969.3025041
Jaasma, P., & Wolters, E. (2015). Embodied Co-Design for Sharing Governance in Society. CeDEM15 Proceedings of the International Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 2015 (pp. 425-428) Krems, Austria.
Philémonne Jaasma, Evert Wolters, Joep Frens, Caroline Hummels, and Ambra Trotto. 2017. [X]Changing Perspectives: An Interactive System for Participatory Sensemaking. In Proceedings of the 2017 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS '17). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 259-269. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3064663.3064796


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The NCSF Court
Most of our community and social activities are at local groups called "courts", usually in conjunction with — but independent of — neighborhood parishes. They elect officers, plan and carry out programs and events, and offer help to those in need. Volunteer members provide leadership, plan social and charitable activities, organize youth programs, and work for the betterment of their parishes, schools, and communities.


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A dedication to life
A gracious night,
So fine;
Stars aglow,
Honour moon so swell;
Mereley not wanting content,
Bearing in mind,
Believing something amiss virtue;
Grandour thoughts atrocious;
Much love of living;
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Enamored life.
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Beginning to dance exemplify,
In the Splendor of Life.
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slow virus
Slow Viruses
Slow viruses
Historically, the term "slow virus infections" was coined for a poorly defined group of seemingly viral diseases which were later found to be caused by several quite different conventional viruses , also unconventional infectious agents. They nevertheless shared the properties of causing diseases with long incubation periods and a protracted course of illness, affecting largely the central nervous and/or the lymph system and usually culminating in death. The slow virus concept was first introduced by the Icelandic physician Bjorn Sigurdsson (1913–1959) in 1954. He and his co-workers had made pioneering studies on slow diseases in sheep including maedivisna and scrapie. Maedi is a slowly progressive interstitial pneumonia of adult sheep while visna is a slow, progressive encephalomyelitis and the same virus, belonging, to the lentivirus subgroup of retroviruses , was found to be responsible for both conditions.
Since the original isolation of the maedi-visna virus, concern with slow viral infections, both in animals and in humans, has grown. Research on sheep lentiviruses and their pathogenesis has continued to this day and received an important impetus in the 1980s with the recognition of the devastating condition in humans known as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS ). AIDS shared many of the attributes of slow virus infections in animals and led virologists to suspect, then to identify, the lentivirus causing AIDS: the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV . Questions posed by Bjorn Sigurdsson's work on maedi-visna also became the central pathogenic questions of HIV disease. For example: how and where does HIV persist despite an initially robust and long-sustained immune response? How does HIV actually destroy the tissues it infects? Why do these events unfold so slowly? Final answers to all these questions have still not been found and there is much research still to be done on the lentiviruses but Sigurdsson's contribution to HIV research through the study of maedi-visna is now recognized.
Other slow virus infections of humans due by conventional viruses include progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) caused by the JC papovavirus. This is an opportunistic infection in hosts that have defective cell-mediated immunity and the majority of human cases now occur in HIV 1 infected individuals. Patients present with progressive multifocal signs including visual loss, aphasia (difficulty speaking), seizures, dementia, personality changes, gait problems, and less commonly, cerebellar, brain stem, and spinal cord features. Death occurs within weeks to months of clinical onset. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), another slow infection, has been identified as a rare consequence of chronic persistant infection by the measles (rubella) virus, causing an insidious syndrome of behavioral changes in young children. Patients develop motor abnormalities, in particular myoclonic jerks, and ultimately become mute, quadriplegic, and in rigid stupor. SSPE is found worldwide with a frequency of one case per million per year. Progressive rubella panencephalitis is another very rare slow virus infection of children and young people caused by the same virus. Most patients have a history of congenital or acquired rubella and the clinical course is more protracted than in SSPE with progressive neurologic deficit occurring over several years. A third slow virus of humans that has had some publicity in recent years is the human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV ) types 1 and 2 which are associated with adult T-cell leukemia. It was initially thought that the causative agent of AIDS was related to HTLV though it later became clear that whereas HTLV 1 and 2 are both oncogenic ("cancer producing") retroviruses, HIV belongs to the lentivirus sub-group.
An unconventional agent causing slow infections has now been identified as a non-viral "proteinaceous, infectious" agent, or prion. Prions give rise to the group of diseases now called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. In animals these include scrapie in sheep and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cows. Human prion infections include rare dementing diseases like kuru, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker (GSS) syndrome, and fatal familial insomnia (FFI). The prion agent is replicated without provoking any antibody response, appears not to have any recognizable nucleic acid component, and is resistant to conventional inactivation techniques for infectious agents. Current evidence suggests that the prion protein is an abnormal isoform of a normal host encoded protein known as PrP, which is coded on the short arm of chromosome 20. Prions appear to "replicate" by a novel form of protein-protein information transfer, the abnormal PrP seemingly inducing the normal protein to undergo a structural change into the abnormal form. Most pathological changes observed with transmissible spongiform encephalopathies are confined to the brain; however, scrapie-induced disorders of the pancreas have also been described. The neuropathology sometimes shows a dramatic spongiform disruption of brain tissue but may also be subtle and non-characteristic, even at the terminal stages of the disease. In the latter cases, diagnosis has to rely on features like clinical signs, transmissibility, detection of abnormal PrP or identification of mutations in the PrP gene .
In humans, prion diseases may be sporadic, acquired or inherited. Iatrogenic transmissions of the prion have occurred following medical procedures such as pituitary growth hormone injections, where the hormone source was contaminated with prion tissue, or corneal transplants, where a patient accidentally received an infected cornea. The first recognized human prion disease was kuru, which emerged among the South Fore people of New Guinea and is now generally thought to have been transmitted by the practice of ritual cannibalism. CJD is today the most common human prion disease occurring worldwide with a frequency of about one per million per year. The peak incidence occurs in older people between the ages 55 and 65 although recently a "new variant" has emerged in the U.K., which affects individuals at a much earlier age. It is widely believed that the new variant CJD is closely related to the variety causing BSE in cattle and may be contracted by the ingestion of infected beef.
Inherited prion disease can arise from specific point mutations in the PrP gene. Perhaps 10–15% of CJD cases are familial with an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance. Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome is another rare familial condition that is vertically transmitted in an apparently autosomal dominant way. As with other prion diseases it can be horizontally transmitted to non-human primates and rodents through intracerebral inoculation of brain homogenates from patients with the disease. The exact incidence of the syndrome is unknown but is estimated to be between one and ten per hundred million per year and the condition appears to be an allelic variant of familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Fatal familial insomnia is the third most common inherited human prion disease. The region of the brain most affected in this condition is the thalamus which monitors sleep patterns. The symptoms of the disease are characterized by progressive insomnia and, as with other prion diseases, eventual motor signs.
See also Viral genetics
slow virus
slow virus, technically a virus, such as a lentivirus, that causes symptoms in an infected host long after the original infection and progresses slowly. Although many viruses fit this description, the term slow virus is usually reserved for the first recognized lentiviruses, such as the virus that causes visna (a disease of sheep). A slow virus was proposed as a cause for those diseases now generally recognized as prion diseases (e.g., Creutzfeld-Jacob disease and scrapie).


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The Members of Norco Fire Company
The Norco Fire Company is composed of dedicated volunteers who serve North Coventry Township in Chester County and its surrounding neighbors. First organized in 1951, the fire hall was built in 1955 on Route 724 near Route 100. Below is a list of its current officers and more information.
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Dr. Wojciech Jadwisienczak
Associate Professor Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, OHIO
Dr. Jadwisienczak primarily focuses on fundamental properties of wide band gap semiconductors for optoelectronics. Specifically, he is involved with spectroscopy of III-nitrides doped with lanthanides. Recently, he initiated work on development of solid state deep UV light sources for germicidal applications an photo-chemistry of water. Dr. Jadwisienczak received a M.S. degree in microelectronics from Nicolas Copernicus University, Poland in 1995 and a Ph.D. degree for the study of III-nitride semiconductors from Ohio University in 2001. Since 2001 he has been affiliated at different professorship ranks with the School of EECS in the Russ College of Engineering and Technology at Ohio University. He is a member of American Physical Society, Materials Research Society (MRS) and Optical Society of America. He has published more than 50 scientific papers and is a recipient of the Young Scientist Award, E-MRS 2000, Strasbourg, France, the 2001 Smith Memorial Engineering Award, Ohio University, and the 2011 NSF CAREER award.
Below is a list of five publications relevant to the proposed research.
- A. Khan, S. Khan, and W. M. Jadwisienczak, "One Step Growth of ZnO Nano-Tetrapods by Simple Thermal Evaporation Process: Structural and Optical Properties," Scien. Adv. Mat., Vol. 2 572 (2010).
- W. M. Jadwisienczak, R. Palai, J. Wang, H. Tanaka , J. Wu, H. Huhtinen, and A. Anders, "Optical Activity of Ferromagnetic Ytterbium Doped III-Nitride Epilayers," Phys. Stat. Sol. (c), Vol. 8 2185 (2010).
- W. M. Jadwisienczak, J. Wang, H. Tanaka, J. Wu, A. Rivera, R. Palai, H. Huhttinen, and A. Anders, "Optical and Magnetic Properties of GaN Epilayers Implanted with Ytterbium," J. of Rare Earth, Vol. 28 931 (2010).
- W. M. Jadwisienczak, K. Wisniewski, M. Spencer, T. Thomas, and D. Ingram, "Optical Properties, Luminescence Quenching Mechanism, and Radiation Hardness of Eu-doped GaN Red Powder Phosphor," Radiation Measur., 45, 500-504 (2010).
- T. Koubaa, M. Dammak, M. Kammoun, W. M. Jadwisienczak, and H. J. Lozykowski, "Crystal Field and Zeeman parameters of Substitutional Yb3+ Ion in GaN," J. Alloys and Compounds, Vol.496, 56–60 (2010).


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Multiplying points in the plane
It is easy to add points in the plane "coordinatewise", that is, by writing (x,y)+(z,w)=(x+z,y+w). This even has a very nice geometric interpretation: completing the parallelogram with first three corners (0,0), (x,y), and (z,w). But it isn't easy to multiply points because the simple rule (x,y)*(z,w)=(xz,yw) doesn't allow division. In this activity we looked for something better.


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Keppel House offers the perfect accommodation to recharge your batteries and enjoy all the island has to offer. This two-storey, solar powered house is set among large shade trees on the southern end of Fisherman's Beach, with the beach and Keppel Bay at your doorstep. It is a fully equipped open plan house ideally suited to the island's subtropical climate. It sleeps up to 6 people.
There is a queen size bed and single bed in the large room upstairs with adjacent deck, and a queen size bed and single bed downstairs plus two bathrooms. Verandas outside the lounge room and kitchen offer plenty of shady outdoor living. Barbecue, TV, DVD player, all linen, towels and blankets are provided. Bring your food and beverages – then settle in and relax into island living. We're friendly, but we don't take dogs/pets.


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According to the Elmhurst College, the body stores lipids in cells through special types of connective tissue called adipose tissue or depot fat. Adipose tissue cells contain fat globules of triglycerides. Triglycerides make up as much as 90 percent of the cell volume.
The Brooklyn College states that the adipose tissue lies three layers beneath the skin, and it consists of adipocytes, which are specialized cells embedded in a mesh of collagen fibers. Its major role is to function as a fuel tank that stores lipids and triglycerides. The two types of adipose tissue are white and brown tissues. White adipose tissue is more common, although the distribution of both tissues is not uniform.
The Brooklyn College notes that the primary function of white adipose tissue is to gather, store and release lipids. Additionally, it acts as a protective cushion and provides a layer of insulation against too much heat loss. As lipids are poor heat conductors, adipose cells are necessary to keep the body warm. Even a thin layer of adipose cells keeps the body warm. Around 80 percent of average white adipose tissue is lipid. Of this percentage, approximately 90 percent is composed of the six triglycerides: palmitoleic, palmitic, linoleic, oleic, stearic and myristic acid. Free fatty acids, mono-glycerides, di-glycerides and cholesterol are also stored.


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Three types of event participants & clients. Each with their notebook (and the commission story on the back)
The Google For Entrepreneurs team filled out Dreame's vision form: 5 questions to articulate their vision 10 years from now. Dreame's artist in Jaen in Bordeaux interpreted their vision into a beautiful artwork (left) and additionally added their answers and his interpretation superimposed on the artwork (right)
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I'M A Celebrity star Ola Jordan got the giggles over the word 'anus' during a hilarious chat about the show's infamous bushtucker trials.
The dancer was quizzed about the challenge's gruesome dinner tasks, and she couldn't stop laughing.
Ola was asked about the Bushtucker Trials in a chat before she entered the jungle, which was shown on the ITV2 spin-off show last night.
The dancer was questioned over whether she was rather eat crocodile penis, kangaroo testicle or ostrich anus.
Ola got the giggle at the mention of the word 'anus' and said: "Anus! Whose anus?..."
She struggled to contain her laughter as she added: "Anus! I don't care who's anus it is."
Scarlett Moffatt and Carol Vorderman were the first stars who had to undergo the gruesome task after they were chose in a public vote.
Speaking about being chosen, Scarlett says: "I don't know why but when I woke up this morning, I had like a Mystic Meg moment and I just knew that I would be doing the Bushtucker Trial. I just knew."
She then worries about what the eating task could entail, and said: "It might be an anus muffin or sommatt."
But the Gogglebox star does say that if there was a bit of garnish on the side, she'd be fine: "I love a bit of garnish."
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Scarlett added that she was hopeful and thought she might be OK doing the challenge: "One of my favourite foods is doner meat and that's a doner, it isn't even like a real animal. I don't know what I'm eating when I that so I think I'll be fine on this Trial."
Carol tried to devise a strategy, and said: "We've got to imagine we've been walking through the desert for days and we're really starving and we'll eat anything."
She then added in the Bush Telegraph: "How bad can it be? Get it down you. Do you have to swallow?"


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The Romans were a superstitious lot. While stories of ghosts and werewolves were more prevalent among society's lower ranks, thinkers and politicians were also influenced by voodoo science. Pliny the Elder's conviction that blindness could be prevented by carrying a live fly in a white cloth suddenly sounds less quaint in the light of developments at HM Treasury.
George Osborne has been accused by the International Monetary Fund of "playing with fire", unemployment is up and the rationale for extreme austerity lies in ruins. With the US study on which the Chancellor's thinking is based rendered meaningless by a spreadsheet error, Mr Osborne might as well, it seems, devise economic policy by reading tea leaves or studying the entrails of a goat.
Tomorrow, the Government's Nostradamus must endure GDP figures showing that Britain is either in a triple-dip recession or, more probably, stagnating. As if all that were not bad enough, Mr Osborne is facing mutiny from ministers asked to find another £11.5 billion in spending cuts for 2015/16.
Any omen-conscious Roman would see this chronicle of doom as a boost for Ed Miliband. A study to be released next week by the Resolution Foundation shows that almost half the public expects to be worse off by the 2015 election, with nearly one in six thinking recovery will either take more than a decade or will never happen.
Yet Labour is also in trouble. Although Tony Blair's warning that it must not become a protest party was intended as constructive, according to one ally, a "clumsy" chorus of grandees increased the pressure on Mr Miliband. With poll leads eroding, only Baroness Thatcher's funeral rescued Labour from a pasting on welfare that the Tories seem certain to harp on about all the way to the election.
Mr Miliband does not look ruffled. On the local campaign trail, taking questions from his soapbox, he bears little resemblance to the fledgling leader on whom no hopes rested. Ed Miliband was the wrong brother, with the wrong prospectus (too Left-wing), the wrong friends (have you met Len McCluskey?), installed at the wrong time in the electoral cycle to have any chance of victory.
Zero expectation, at first a blessing, now serves Mr Miliband less well. Far from being hapless or indecisive, he is the steeliest of politicians. After his recent operation on a badly broken wrist, doctors told him that he had an unusually high pain threshold. That capacity for endurance is political as well as physical.
It is instructive, therefore, that he has revealed a sign of restiveness. The announcement of a commission on Andy Burnham's excellent plan to integrate health and social care startled those who had not expected such a bold scheme to be fast-tracked so soon, if at all. Questions on how a revolution can be achieved without yet more structural upheaval are unresolved, and Mr Miliband's assurance that "billions" can be saved ignores the fact that proper social care must be paid for by voluntary social insurance or the compulsory levy, through an estate tax or other means, that Mr Burnham favours.
None the less, the plan is vital, given that growing care needs will leave an annual funding gap of £29 billion by 2020. It is also manna for a Labour leader able to seize on what one shadow cabinet minister calls a "Blue Peter policy – one we made earlier". While pre-packaged big ideas are rare, Mr Miliband urgently needs more something-for-nothing policies showing how to govern on a shoestring.
Reports that Labour plans to outspend the Tories have been met by Ed Balls with as much enthusiasm as the flu bug that almost stopped him running the London marathon. No spending decisions have been taken, and none is envisaged until the state of the nation's finances becomes clearer.
Instead the shadow chancellor plans to pillory Mr Osborne for "the spending review that should never have happened". But, whatever Mr Osborne's failures, the June spending round setting the post-election framework will make the question of what the Eds would do in office ever harder to sidestep.
The review, however brutal, will let Mr Osborne set the agenda. What, he will ask from now until election day, would Labour do instead? Big spending promises, as Labour knows, are electoral suicide. But equally, as Andrew Harrop, of the Fabians, will point out in a forthcoming article, remaining laced inside the Osborne corset would mean that non-ringfenced areas, such as police, local government and justice, face cuts of 35 per cent by 2017. Unless Labour goes into the election on a pledge to decimate the public realm, such cutbacks are unthinkable.
The only solution, as the Eds know, is to become the illusionists of British politics and conjure up more with less. As Mr Burnham has shown, the magic circle approach is not impossible. Labour has already made the case – though not yet powerfully enough to get the voters' ear – that more house-building and a compulsory jobs guarantee to get young people into work would, in both cases, boost the economy and cut the welfare bill.
It now needs to show – as Canada has done – that saving money can produce genuine social dividends across a range of issues. On crime, for example, Mr Miliband should promise that he will jail far fewer non-violent offenders. The shadow justice secretary, Sadiq Khan, makes just that argument in a paper co-written for the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) with the US conservative Pat Nolan, who explains why rock-solid Republicans have ditched their passion for incarceration with great social and financial benefits.
On perks for richer pensioners, Labour should beat David Cameron, hamstrung by his election pledges, and promise now to axe them. Similarly, with the defence budget facing swingeing cuts, Britain cannot afford or justify a (wholly unnecessary) like-for-like Trident replacement, and the time has come for Mr Miliband to say so.
Alarm in Labour ranks over its setbacks are coupled with relief that any complacency has been dissipated. Watching early signs of disarray, it is easy for voters not only to underestimate Mr Miliband but to misread him. The problem is not, as many suppose, that he is too nervous to act but that he is nerveless – content to play out the poker game of this long Parliament at the pace and to the strategy of his choosing.
His sudden decision to expedite Mr Burnham's health plan may indicate a change of tactics that many will welcome. "Ed needs to put a spring in the party's step," says one loyalist. The anxiety, even for Mr Miliband's staunch admirers, is that, far from shifting the centre ground, he risks drowning in a morass of Mr Osborne's devising.
Labour, undecided on whether to choose fiscal neutrality or to spend more, albeit with tough rules on deficit reduction, cannot afford the luxury of endless time. As one of the party's wisest observers says, the longer the hiatus lasts, the greater the likelihood that Mr Miliband becomes shackled to Coalition cuts. Voters sick of the dead hand of Osborne may well accept a Labour offer pitched slightly to the Left, but they will not elect a party of pseudo-Tories.


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Château Haut Brion Rouge 2015 (Case 6x75cl)
100 Points - Neal Martin
"The 2015 Haut-Brion is a blend of 50% Merlot, 42% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8% Cabernet Franc picked between 8 September and 5 October. Of course, it showed majestically out of barrel, so pressure was on in bottle. Deep in color, the bouquet is a real showstopper: blackberry, raspberry, sage, black olive and warm gravel...this is a profoundly complex bouquet that is nuanced and beautifully delineated. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin and ample freshness, but don't be deceived because this is a very structured Haut-Brion built for the long-term. Remarkably the 14.9% alcohol is completely disguised. It feels incredibly long, and yet instead of fanning out, it shuts down the door on the finish. It is a behemoth of a wine, one that is up there with the legends of the past. Anticipated maturity: 2025 - 2070."


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In early March, grass and stones were removed from the boulevard.
In early April, three boxes were constructed.
Tiny plants and larger ones were already growing in the middle of May. Silver whirly-gigs and bamboo were placed to keep birds and cats away.
A lush veggie garden, complete with a plot of corn, is thriving in mid July.
Local Sea Scallops in Dashi Broth
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The series was also informed by Matthew Stover's novelized coverage of the same time period, including his adaptation of Revenge of the Sith and, more particularly, the original novel, Dark Lord. It is therefore notable for being a strong example of the level of integration between the film, novel, and comic book versions of Star Wars, typical of LucasBooks following the theatrical release of The Phantom Menace.
It starred a young Darth Vader and his Emperor, along with Jedi-in-hiding Dass Jennir.
The initial storyline was called "The Path to Nowhere", a name which, in press releases, was originally attached to the title as a whole.
However, the indicia makes clear that not only is the name of the series simply, Star Wars: Dark Times, but that each issue is actually dual numbered as a part of Star Wars: Republic.
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Something with both good and bad qualities.
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- noun idiomatic A thing which has good and bad parts, but is overall spoilt by the bad.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From a cartoon published in the British humor magazine Punch in 1895 about a curate who, having been served a bad egg by his bishop, said that parts of it were excellent.]
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From an 1895 cartoon in Punch, in which a timid curate assures his host, the bishop, that "parts" of his bad egg are excellent.
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Something having both good and bad parts.
[From a cartoon in Punch magazine (London, UK) in which a timid curate (a junior clergy member), when served a stale egg at a bishop's table, tries to assure his host that parts of the egg were edible:
"One act of sportsmanship by London Irish and a moment's opportunism by Saracens separated these two sides after a curate's egg of a match."
David Llewellyn; Saracens 24 London Irish 20; The Independent (London, UK);Nov 25, 2007.


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GPIO edge detection in python
Alex Butler
Has anyone made advances with edge/event detection and interrupt handling in python for the Omega2? I am looking for something similar to the event detect and threaded callbacks in the Raspberry Pi GPIO module.
I have seen the gpioirq example, though my python-fu is not yet strong enough to wrap this up and use it.
Any ideas? Failing this, has anyone got a good routine for reading rotary encoders with reasonable accuracy?
Douglas Kryder
@Alex-Butler you might get some useful info from this page,
Daniel Bachmann
Is there something new about that?
I also need a Edge detection.


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About Lendahand
We are a fast-growing and award-winning online impact investment platform. Our office is located right in the center of Rotterdam, the liveliest city in the Netherlands.
Our web app allows investors to fund awesome companies and projects in emerging markets, thereby alleviating poverty. Through our platform, people can provide funding to non-bank financial institutions and fin-techs in +- 20 emerging countries such as Uganda, Mozambique, Georgia, and Colombia or renewable energy companies, mostly active in Sub Sahara Africa.
Lendahand has found market fit and is in the scale up phase. Three years ago, we raised €10,000 per month, at the moment that is well over €1,500,000 per month. We expect to continue this steep growth curve, which translates into €35 million in new investments in 2019!
Our team currently consists of some 16 people. They are a happy and diverse mix of ex-bankers, internationals, coffee drinkers, marketeers, engineers and avocado eaters. All of them capable, eager and loving their work. Currently, we are looking for:
We do not work with recruitment agencies; acquisition based on these vacancies is not appreciated.
Ruby Developer
distance_of_time_in_words_to_now("June 2017") ago we brought the development of our platform in-house. Since then we made great leaps in modernizing and building our platform. We have plenty of ideas and opportunities for which we need you to help us realize them.
We have an up to date stack with high test coverage, a sharp focus on quality, CD, modern monitoring and logging tools.
The location of employment is Rotterdam, we are looking for someone either from the Netherlands or willing to relocate.
What we offer
- Work in a small team, your voice and work matters
- Cash salary: We'll be honest, it's not the highest in the market, but it's fine
- Participation: you will get a very interesting package of options and/or shares. Every team member is owner of the company
- Yearly educational budget to be allocated by you
- Branch out into growth, finance, UX, design, containerization, crypto if that's where your interests lie
- A fun and flexible environment where you keep on learning and growing.
- Change the world, nothing less
What we are looking for
- Understanding fundamentals of domain driven design
- Strong knowledge of Ruby on and off Rails (or experience with another language and willing to learn)
- Curious and like to keep up with current web technologies
- You take pride in the code you deliver and ownership once it runs on production (which will be very fast after merging your PR)
- The job will be backend heavy, but any front end experience and affinity is a plus
- Experience with containers, docker, kubernetes, is a plus.
Legal Creative
Do you want to be part of the most awesome team at Lendahand?
At the moment the Legal Team consists of 1 legal eagle and is in desperate need of an extra pair of wings. We have great ambitions and we want to make sure that they are legally well embedded within the legal framework that we - as a MiFID licensed investment firm - are operating in. You will have your own main focus areas, with overlap with our current legal person where and when feasible. Your main focus points will be financial and regulatory law, designing and setting up several new investment structures. We move fast and go where few have gone before, so you need to be able to keep up with us and feel comfortable coming up with creative - but sustainable - solutions.What will it be like?
We are a young scale-up, so the environment is kinda chaotic and full of energy. Luckily you can escape that chaos every now and then by traveling to the relevant countries where you establish partnerships and remove roadblocks. You will not do the heavy lifting alone. The team is at your service, from the tech guys to the company's founder. It's that kind of environment ;-)