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Puerto Rico interviews March 18
THE MODERATOR: We'll get started with Puerto Rico manager Edwin Rodriguez.
Q. (Not in English.) What advantage do you have with this day of rest after the five games in six days?
EDWIN RODRIGUEZ: (Not in English.) Well, as far as an advantage, I don't think we have any. At this point, I think that the advantages and disadvantages are not as strongly pronounced. We just came from traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast, from Miami to here, and then there's a change in time zone and all of that. Now we just matched up against a team who has been here for a week resting and we were able to have a victory.
So we don't see as many of those advantages or disadvantages at this point.
Q. (Not in English.) But for a team that has played five games, this rest is good.
EDWIN RODRIGUEZ: (Not in English.) Yes, I understand, and, yeah, it's going to be a relaxing period maybe for them, maybe more of a mental rest than a physical rest. But there's no doubt that it will help.
We were practicing today. We got together as a team, and we'll be ready tomorrow as a team.
Q. (Not in English.) I know it's just thrilling to have that victory yesterday. Talk about it.
EDWIN RODRIGUEZ: (Not in English.) Well, we're going to go with the same philosophy that we have had since we got together the first time, March the 4th. It's day by day. We have had victories, we have had losses, and we have kept with that philosophy.
Last night we celebrated. Today we're going to get together and we're going to celebrate with a dinner together. But we need to keep moving ahead and concentrate. Right after we had finished the game last night, 45 minutes later, we were getting together and coming up with strategies.
Q. (Not in English.) Who is going to be available as far as pitchers?
EDWIN RODRIGUEZ: (Not in English.) Giancarlo Alvarado, Burgos, Cabrera. I would say that almost everyone is available to come out and to play tomorrow.
Q. (Not in English.) We see on the field that the team is very united. What's the dynamic like in the team being together?
EDWIN RODRIGUEZ: (Not in English.) Well, it's that chemistry since the day one that we got together. That chemistry has been developing over time. But we have faced challenges. As a leader here and as a technician, it's hard to keep moving ahead, but we have been able to function as a team and that's what we're seeing.
We're very excited with the results from yesterday. We have had a sacrifice physically and mentally as a team. The boys, having come to this point weren't satisfied with what we have accomplished. We still have one more step to go, but we are happy and the boys are prepared mentally. We are here and we need to finish what we started.
Q. (Not in English.) How satisfactory is it to see how Puerto Rico has turned this thing around? How do they feel in that sense?
EDWIN RODRIGUEZ: (Not in English.) A lot of personal satisfaction as a team and as a people. When we get together, and I'm going to repeat this, the boys are very aware that this is not just a championship, just a sports game. We know what this means for the Puerto Rican people beyond the sports aspect and we're accomplishing that. You can feel that.
The boys feel that, as a team, we have been able to accomplish a mission. It's a huge thrill. It's euphoria. It's not only that we got to the semifinals, but it's that we actually accomplished the goal that we had set for ourselves from the first day.
Q. Talk about his performance in the WBC and then what kind of showcase this is for a guy that's trying to find a job in the Big Leagues.
EDWIN RODRIGUEZ: That's a very good question. J.C. Romero, he's been outstanding since day one and he's amazing. He's showing that the fastball is still there. He's throwing 90, 92, with a very good change‑up, with experience, pitching under pressure. So definitely, I think that there's a lot of clubs out there that are looking for a left‑handed pitcher, left‑handed help, and I would say about 30 clubs are looking for left‑handed pitching help.
So he's in a very good position. He already showed that he still can pitch in the Big Leagues. It was a very good a decision made to be here with us, so that way he can show that he still has two or three years on him.
Q. The two potential opponents that you have, one you know very well, you played already. The other one you probably don't know as well. How much does scouting and knowledge and matchups come into it at this point or does it kind of go out and do your thing?
EDWIN RODRIGUEZ: Well, as you mentioned, we already played Dominican Republic twice and we have been watching those hitters for years, individually and for many years in the Big Leagues. So we have a pretty good idea how to pitch them and we already know who they have in the bullpen. So the Dominican Republic is a matter of, the Dominican Republic team, talking about having an idea who we're going to face. Yeah, I think we feel very comfortable.
With the Netherlands, we have to still have something to decide and to analyze. And I think this game for today, we're going to be watching, and hopefully we can take something out of that.
But, yeah, we are aware that we're lacking information. The information, we still have some reports and videos and all that, but there's some players on that team that we still would like to have more information on.
Q. (Not in English.) Yesterday you were talking about Puerto Rico, the draft, and it's been 20 years that the island hasn't made the adjustments that you discussed. What did you mean by that? What were the mistakes that were made in terms of not making those adjustments for the draft and the impact in the long‑term in this classic?
EDWIN RODRIGUEZ: (Not in English.) Well, the adjustment I was talking about in terms of baseball in Puerto Rico and the team, the adjustments that haven't been made in Puerto Rico in terms of the draft, which has been implemented for 20 years in Puerto Rico, it's more about the development of our youth in Puerto Rico. I wasn't talking per se about the players themselves. I was more talking about the organization that's in charge of youth development. I think that is an area that could be shored up.
I don't think that those errors have been intentional. I think there hasn't been enough education for those trainers and those leagues for a system that's new for them.
But it is time. It's time for some adjustments to be made in terms of the way that the youth are developed in Puerto Rico. That's what I was talking about.
As a people, as an organization, in terms of sports, some adjustments need to be made, and the government has to get involved, sports organizations need to get involved, and the boys themselves, the players, need to get involved.
Q. In regards to baseball in Puerto Rico, I would like to ask you about Roberto Clemente Stadium as far as being an international venue. Could you foresee one of these championship rounds being played there in the future? Is the outcome of this year's tournament have any bearing on that going forward in selecting a venue for the next one of these WBC's?
EDWIN RODRIGUEZ: Yeah, I think that with the way that we have been playing and performing in this tournament, this edition of the WBC, hopefully for the next one, four years from now, Puerto Rico could have one, maybe two rounds there. Why not?
In the first one, the stadium, we had the support of the fans. When you have teams like that they're coming from that area, Latin America, Central America, I can picture a lot of fans flying to Puerto Rico because it's so easy to get there. They're pretty much right in the middle of everything. And I think that it could be a very good option to think about, something to think about, having Puerto Rico be part of that.
Q. Follow‑up to that one, could you foresee a Major League team playing in Puerto Rico in the future?
EDWIN RODRIGUEZ: I see that very hard to happen. I don't see that happening because of the distance. It is way too far. The closest team from Puerto Rico is Miami and Tampa, and that's national. American, there's only one team. And then the other one is Washington and then Atlanta, and that is way too far to travel. The traveling, it will be very tough.
But other than that, I don't see why not. But I think that they would take that into consideration very seriously.
Q. Berrios, the young arm in your bullpen, he was up warming up last night. I wanted to find out what the situation would have been that you would have gone to him? And also how has he responded, being the youngest player in the tournament, to the veteran players and being around the veteran team right now?
EDWIN RODRIGUEZ: Yes. The first part of the question, yes, I would have gone to him after I saw what happened. I was second‑guessing myself, like after every game, I do that. But we have been doing that for many days. It happened twice. I was pretty much in the same situation and I chose to bring him in and he's been doing fine.
But what happened last night, what didn't happen previously, is a situation and the importance of the game. I went to Fontanez just because he has a little bit more experience, just a little bit. Fontanez is 23. But it was a matter of the way that Fontanez pitched the day before against Dominican Republic. He did good, and that's what I based my decision on that one.
If that would have happened again, knowing the results, yeah, of course I would have brought in Berrios. And Berrios, I mean, he's been handling himself very, very well. It is amazing. I've been not only myself, I mean the whole staff has been very impressed with the way that Berrios has been handling himself, not only on the field but off the field.
And talking to the more experienced guys, he's been amazing. For a guy that he already throws 97, 98, with a Big League change‑up, he already has two Big League pitches, showing that he can handle that kind of pressure, that's amazing.
Q. (Not in English.) You've always been so vocal giving credit to your coaching staff since the beginning. Specifically I was talking about Ricky, about the scouting that you did. It was very intense in terms of Japan. Tell us about that strategy.
EDWIN RODRIGUEZ: (Not in English.) Every time I talk about my technical body, it's not because of a commitment. It's because of what I really feel. Now, one important aspect, when we were coming up with this team was the technical team, and I feel more proud of my technical team that I got together than of the team itself. Because Rick Bones and others, the way that they were able to work on their strategies with such little time.
Right now we don't even know who is going to play tomorrow, and they're already preparing for both teams with a very short time period. Just the way that they're able to prepare, it's only professionals can do that. And in terms of how to prepare the boys, they have done a formidable job.
We have the advantage that some of the boys who have participated in the Asian leagues, Santiago was in Korea, Alvarado was in Japan, another one was in Japan, and from Puerto Rico, too. They called us to tell us how their pitchers are, and that helped us a lot.
They're very methodical. They need time for everything. We had to speed up the game, pitch inside and be very vocal with them, and that was helpful.
THE MODERATOR: All right. Thank you. We'll have Giancarlo Alvarado in shortly.
All right. We'll take questions for Giancarlo.
Q. (Not in English.) How are your nerves doing for tomorrow and how is your preparation been for tomorrow's game?
GIANCARLO ALVARADO: (Not in English.) Honestly, I've been waiting for this for many years. This is an opportunity to open up the series and to close it off for Puerto Rico. I'm really grateful. I'm just going to give a hundred percent for my country.
Q. If you can just talk about this opportunity. You get to showcase your talents on a world stage and to reach the final and to have this opportunity. What does that mean to you?
GIANCARLO ALVARADO: It is a great thing that's ever happened to me. I'm so grateful to God that he gives me opportunity to open, to open the series in Puerto Rico and now close it here. I think it would be a good thing for my country. They need it so badly for the professional baseball.
I am so proud just to be with this team. For me this is a Big League team. And Japan, it's the same thing when I play. And I really appreciate the opportunity. And I feel great.
Q. Talk about that first game. Strong outing against Spain that got things off to a great start for this team and you were a big part of that. Just talk about the confidence you got from that first game.
GIANCARLO ALVARADO: After Javier got hurt, there was an opening, because he was our number one starter. So he got hurt, so I mean they had many names, but they gave me the opportunity. I don't get nervous, I just got to feel the butterflies in my stomach, that's the only thing when I don't feel comfortable. I love it. I don't feel no pressure. Nobody thought that we were going to be here, and we are here. So that's fine for me.
Q. (Not in English.) Explain how this experience has been in this tournament and what does this mean for you as a player and for the people of Puerto Rico.
GIANCARLO ALVARADO: (Not in English.) Puerto Rico needs professional baseball in a big way. We need to really lift our players up. They have been down. I've been watching these games intensely. Baseball and boxing in Puerto Rico are major sports. The biggest thing, I know people are watching this. Everyone knows who we are. And you know what, we're all blessed.
Q. Your pitching for a championship for your country. What experiences in your past can help you with that situation? Does anything compare to it?
GIANCARLO ALVARADO: For us, the Caribbean Series is like a championship for the Latin countries, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Dominican Republic, and Venezuela. A lot of the players in the Big Leagues play there. So I enjoy it. The pressure I feel when I was young, now, every step I got is more, it's more comfortable for me. I feel great. I'm having fun. That's it. I cannot explain it. Because I'm just having fun. Some people may get anxious. I'm just having fun, honestly.
Q. (Not in English.) In this tournament, we have seen players lifting up their game and working on their game. Does that mean that they're representing their country more?
GIANCARLO ALVARADO: (Not in English.) For us, Puerto Rico is the biggest thing. When people put up the flag and people are showing our flag off in the bleachers, it fills us with pride.
When we see our fans there, it's like they're with us and we're really calm. Yesterday we were very relaxed. We had a good chemistry. We have been playing together for 20 years and we're ready for tomorrow's game.
THE MODERATOR: All right. Thank you very much. Appreciate your time.


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Annual Garden Festival organized by Rundāle Palace Museum takes place already from 2007, usually on the last Saturday of June or first Saturday of July. The target audience of the festival includes gardening professionals, garden enthusiasts and other interested public, tourists from both neighbouring and other countries. We always welcome families with children. Festival provides the possibility not only to visit the garden, the park and the palace, but also to discover and acquire new knowledge, enjoy musical and theatrical shows, purchase seedlings of roses and other garden plants, and produce of local craftsmen.
Each festival is dedicated to particular subject related to activities of Rundāle Palace Museum. Festivals in the recent years have been dedicated to roses, tulips and other bulb flowers, tree collections and historical orangeries, parters, fountain, the Green Theatre, hunting as well as entertainment in 18th Century. This year the Garden Festival is dedicated to the subject 'Arbours in a Baroque Garden'.
Programme* of the Garden Festival 'Arbours in a Baroque Garden'
|11:00 - 18:00
|Square in the central alleyway
|Green theatre
|Children's play 'The Princess and the Pea', followed by games (Dita Balčus' Theatre)
|Main stage
|Opening ceremony. Welcome speech by Laura Lūse, Director of RPM
|A handover ceremony of the flag of Flower Friends to collaboration partners
|Performance by the Society of the Garrison of the Jasna Góra Fortress (Stowarzyszenie Garnizon Fortecy Częstochowskiej) in Częstochowa (Poland)
|Entertaining and enlightening performance 'Arbours in a Baroque Garden' featuring the creative collective 'Spiediens'
|Green theatre
|Children's play 'The Princess and the Pea', followed by games (Dita Balčus' Theatre)
|Main stage
|Closing performance featuring the band 'Tautumeitas'
|All through the day
|Lilly bosquet
|Games and creative workshops for children
|Garden alleyways
|Homemade market
|West side apple-tree orchard
|Historical re-enactment of the mid-18th century (military camp, Court of the Grand Duke, infantrymen training march, hairdressers' show, dance and game show) by the Society of the Garrison of the Jasna Góra Fortress (Stowarzyszenie Garnizon Fortecy Częstochowskiej) in Częstochowa (Poland)
Information about the period represented by the historical reconstruction can be read here!
* Programme is subject to change
At 12:00; 14:00 and 16:00 guided tours of the French Garden together with the Museum's staff (tours in Latvian).
Visiting the garden and joining in with the Festival's activities will leave you with unforgettable impressions about the beauty of the French Garden at Rundāle Palace amid the enchanted display of roses in full bloom.
- adults 6.00 EUR
- pensioners 3.00 EUR
- pupils 1.00 EUR
During the festival tickets will be available at several sales locations in the palace and the palace compound.
To save your time and avoid lengthy queuing, please, make use of teh possibility to purchase e-ticket!
Festival's guests and participants will be allowed to leave and re-enter the territory of the French Garden if they obtain a wristband from the Information tent, which will indicate their role as a participant and confirm they hold a valid ticket!
Wristbands may be checked during the festival. If checkup officer finds wristband invalid, visitor shall be asked to leave the park area.
It is forbidden to transfer the wristband to another person. Only wristband fixed around the wrist shall be considered valid to enter the Garden Festival and stay there. Tampered, damaged (torn, cut, sewn, glued, wristbands with damaged security locks), loosely fixed (wristbands that can be removed from the hand without damaging) wristbands shall be considered invalid.
From Rīga through Bauska
From Rīga – 67 km along the road A7 to Bauska, from Bauska to Pilsrundāle – 12 km along the road P103.
From Rīga through Jelgava
From Rīga – 47 km along the road A8 to Jelgava, from Jelgava to Pilsrundāle – 43 km along the road A8 to Eleja and from Eleja by road P103 to Pilsrundāle.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT: Bus traffic "Rīga – Bauska", then "Bauska – Rundāle – Svitene", "Bauska – Jelgava" (via Eleja or Jaunsvirlauka), "Bauska – Dobele" or "Bauska – Bērstele"
Direction Rīga – Bauska – Rīga
Direction Bauska – Rundāle – Bauska
Public mobile WCs shall be available during the festivities. Placement of the lavatories is shown on a diagram, on site in the garden there shall be direction signs erected.
Smoking shall be permitted at specially indicated locations only (please, follow the direction signs and see the locus indicated on the diagram).
Please, take into account the forecast weather! In the event, the rain has been forecast raincoats might become handy (use of umbrellas is not advisable to prevent disturbing others), whereas in case of hot sun – drinking water and head-dress. We also recommend to chose footwear appropriate for gravel paths and lawn.
There shall be a medical doctor available at the festival venue and necessary medical assistance shall be provided (follow the direction signs).
We encourage everybody to be tolerant and kind towards others – including when queuing for snacks or other merchandise.

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I know it was meant to be intense, but it came across as campy. And funny. Those slow-motion scenes of the group walking over the hill made me laugh out loud. And then, all of those serious discussions so that everyone on Team Rick could resolve their issues. Tyrese and Carol make up about that time Carol murdered his girlfriend. Rick and Carol make up for that time Rick abandoned Carol in the wilderness. These are fairly intense transgressions, but forgiveness is easily granted in all cases. Rick and Tara even exchange knucks. She was involved in the attack on the prison, but that fact is instantly forgotten.
I like the idea of Father Gabriel, and I think his storyline could go somewhere good. I also like that Rick is pretty much back to himself. I was not a fan of emo-kid Rick, although "stuff and thangs" will always be one of my favorite moments of the series. Speaking of Rick, now that he has been reunited with Judith, several issues come to mind: 1. Where do they find such cute baby clothes during a zombie apocalypse? and 2. Judith appears to be a ginger; Rick, Shane, and Lori are all brunettes. Sgt. Abraham Ford is a ginger. Perhaps Lori was a greater skank than anyone had previously imagined.
SPOILER ALERT. Bob. Or, as Chris Hardwick mentioned on The Talking Dead, #Bob-B-Q. This was intended to be dramatic and terrifying. I giggled. The camera pans away. The missing leg is evident. I choke on my Pop Tarts because my first response is uncontrollable laughter (cookie dough, in case you were wondering). Maybe because Garreth's dialogue is so terrible: it was something to the effect that Bob tasted better than he looked. Really? If there were really a pack of man-hunting cannibals roaming the zombie-infested woods, I sincerely doubt that they would keep someone alive so that a prepared speech could be shared with this individual while his leg is consumed. Not that The Walking Dead is at all steeped in reality, I had just hoped that the cannibalism would at least be more convincing.


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'Owambe' by @symplysimi
Colour: Hint of Afro High life sounds and rhythms
Genre: HighLife
Song structure: Standard
Intro-> Verse 1-> Pre chorus-> Chorus -> Verse 2 ->Pre chorus->Chorus -> Mid 8-> Pre chorus-> Chorus -> Outro
Energy: Well Spread and even energy across verses but more dominant during Choruses
Loudness: -8 LUFs
Tempo: 106 bpm
Bass: Very rhythmic bass lines
Percussion: some sounds of conga, shakers, wood block,omele, talking drum, cowbell
Drums: Constant controlling basic Kick, floor toms, well placed rolls, cymbals
Keys: Distinct sweet Piano, leads the song with a good
Guitar: Striking and very active guitar blends and use, with delightful chords and solos
Strings: soft and very little
Synth: NA
Brass/Woodwind: Present especially during choruses
Artificial Sounds, Fx: NA
Main Vocals:
Simi's voice: audible and clean
Backup Voxs
Back up vocals: harmonized vocals including Simi's
Adlibs well placed at needed areas
Compression : Song and instruments appear slightly compressed having some headroom
0-500 hz : Well avoided conflict between the kick and bass. Punchy rise in some areas ( especially when the kick and bass come in)
500hz- 2khz : Quite a number of mid instruments including the vocals. Normal peaks within this area
2khz -5 Khz : Well filtered peaks
5khz- 20Khz: Tapered off high frequencies here
Reverb: Smooth and a bit stage-like that
Delay:very controlled and contained, sweetly heard in parts of the chorus
Stereo/Pan effects : Good balance of stereo effects
Mastering dynamics : Solid
Multiband dynamics : Bass , Mids , Tops well balanced
Clipping and Distortion: was able to push between 3-4db more
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World's Largest Alzheimer's Survey Reveals Most Adults Believe a Cure Will be Developed in Their Lifetime
From a Sample of Over 10,000 Adults, 62 Percent are Worried They may Develop Alzheimer's Disease and 91 Percent Believe the Solution to Tackling Diseases Lies in Medical Research(1)
79 Percent are Willing to Take Part in Medical Research, but Three-Quarters (75 Percent) Have no Idea how to get Involved(1)
This World Alzheimer's Month, in Association With Alzheimer's Disease International, Amgen, Novartis and Banner Alzheimer's Institute are Raising Awareness About how to get Involved in Alzheimer's Research
Sep 17, 2018, 16:30 ET
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Sept. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN), Novartis and Banner Alzheimer's Institute (BAI), in association with Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI), today announced results from the largest global survey to date investigating perceptions of Alzheimer's disease. Findings show that most adults (62 percent) are worried they may develop Alzheimer's, while nearly the same proportion believe it is likely a cure will be developed in their lifetime (60 percent).1 This World Alzheimer's Month, Amgen, Novartis, BAI and ADI are raising awareness about how volunteers can take part in clinical studies to benefit Alzheimer's research, potentially themselves and future generations.
To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: https://www.multivu.com/players/English/8004557-amgen-global-alzheimers-disease-awareness-survey/.
Alzheimer's is the leading cause of dementia, a disease affecting 50 million people worldwide and projected to triple by 2050.2 The survey of more than 10,000 people across 10 countries revealed that 91 percent believe the solution to tackling diseases lies in medical research, and 79 percent are willing to participate.1 However, three-quarters (75 percent) have no idea how to get involved in medical research.1 In addition, 78 percent of adults are willing to get genetically tested to identify their potential risk of developing Alzheimer's.1
"At present, there is no cure and limited treatment options for Alzheimer's, but this survey clearly shows that people are willing to participate in research to help treat and to hopefully find a cure," said Paola Barbarino, chief executive officer at ADI. "We need to demystify and remove awareness barriers to participation in medical research, making all suitable candidates aware of how they can get involved."
Worldwide, more than 400 clinical studies are recruiting in Alzheimer's.3 However, slow enrollment is a costly and common obstacle that undermines medical research.4 There is a need for more people to volunteer to advance scientific discovery.
"The results from this survey clearly demonstrate the need to raise awareness about clinical studies globally," said Pierre N. Tariot, M.D., director of BAI and co-director of the Alzheimer's Prevention Initiative (API). "Aside from funding, the greatest challenge in finding a way to treat, slow, or prevent Alzheimer's is the recruitment and retention of study participants. Scientists are making great progress in the fight against this disease, but an estimated 80 percent of studies fail to meet recruitment goals on time, which delays critically important research."
September 2018 marks the 7th World Alzheimer's Month and represents a chance for people to raise awareness, fundraise and find out more about how they can participate in research. In addition to the global survey results, ADI will also launch their World Alzheimer Report 2018 entitled The state of the art of dementia research: new frontiers, which looks at the hopes and aspirations, the barriers and enablers to improving dementia research globally. More information on the report can be found here https://www.alz.co.uk/worldreport2018.
"Amgen, along with Novartis, Banner Alzheimer's Institute and Alzheimer's Disease International, is committed to raising awareness of how to enroll in Alzheimer's research to empower patients and healthy volunteers," said David M. Reese, M.D., executive vice president of Research and Development at Amgen. "Alzheimer's research often does not get the attention and support it deserves. These survey results illustrate the significant public worry about developing Alzheimer's and reinforce the need to raise greater awareness of how people can participate in clinical studies to contribute to Alzheimer's research."
Amgen is currently enrolling volunteers for clinical trials in Alzheimer's research. Additional information about clinical trials is widely available online and from local patient advocacy groups. Details of Alzheimer's clinical studies can be found on the ADI website www.alz.co.uk/clinical-trials/find and the Alzheimer's Prevention Registry www.endALZnow.org/. Studies can also be found within the ClinicalTrials.gov study database, https://clinicaltrials.gov, under the search criteria 'Recruiting' and 'Alzheimer Disease'.
About the Survey
The survey was conducted online by The Harris Poll on behalf of Amgen, Novartis and BAI, among 10,095 adults 18+ living in Argentina, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, UK and the U.S. The survey was conducted between July 25 and Aug. 21, 2018. Figures for age by gender, income, education, race/ethnicity (Canada and U.S. only), region, size of household, marital status, and employment status were weighted where necessary to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the population.
The API is an international collaborative research effort formed to launch a new era of Alzheimer's prevention research. Led by the BAI, the API conducts prevention trials in cognitively healthy people at increased genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease. It will continue to establish the brain imaging, biological and cognitive measurements needed to rapidly test promising prevention therapies and provide registries to support enrollment in future prevention trials. API is intended to provide the scientific means, accelerated approval pathway with the cooperation of the regulatory agencies and enrollment resources needed to evaluate the range of promising Alzheimer's prevention therapies and find ones that work. For more information, go to www.alzheimerspreventioninitiative.com
About the Amgen and Novartis Neuroscience Collaboration
In August 2015, Novartis entered into a global collaboration with Amgen to develop and commercialize pioneering treatments in the field of migraine and Alzheimer's disease.
About Amgen
Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology.
Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.
For more information, visit www.amgen.com and follow us on www.twitter.com/amgen.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements that are based on the current expectations and beliefs of Amgen. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including estimates of revenues, operating margins, capital expenditures, cash, other financial metrics, expected legal, arbitration, political, regulatory or clinical results or practices, customer and prescriber patterns or practices, reimbursement activities and outcomes and other such estimates and results. Forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties, including those discussed below and more fully described in the Securities and Exchange Commission reports filed by Amgen, including our most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequent periodic reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K. Unless otherwise noted, Amgen is providing this information as of the date of this news release and does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this document as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed and actual results may differ materially from those we project. Discovery or identification of new product candidates or development of new indications for existing products cannot be guaranteed and movement from concept to product is uncertain; consequently, there can be no guarantee that any particular product candidate or development of a new indication for an existing product will be successful and become a commercial product. Further, preclinical results do not guarantee safe and effective performance of product candidates in humans. The complexity of the human body cannot be perfectly, or sometimes, even adequately modeled by computer or cell culture systems or animal models. The length of time that it takes for us to complete clinical trials and obtain regulatory approval for product marketing has in the past varied and we expect similar variability in the future. Even when clinical trials are successful, regulatory authorities may question the sufficiency for approval of the trial endpoints we have selected. We develop product candidates internally and through licensing collaborations, partnerships and joint ventures. Product candidates that are derived from relationships may be subject to disputes between the parties or may prove to be not as effective or as safe as we may have believed at the time of entering into such relationship. Also, we or others could identify safety, side effects or manufacturing problems with our products, including our devices, after they are on the market.
Our results may be affected by our ability to successfully market both new and existing products domestically and internationally, clinical and regulatory developments involving current and future products, sales growth of recently launched products, competition from other products including biosimilars, difficulties or delays in manufacturing our products and global economic conditions. In addition, sales of our products are affected by pricing pressure, political and public scrutiny and reimbursement policies imposed by third-party payers, including governments, private insurance plans and managed care providers and may be affected by regulatory, clinical and guideline developments and domestic and international trends toward managed care and healthcare cost containment. Furthermore, our research, testing, pricing, marketing and other operations are subject to extensive regulation by domestic and foreign government regulatory authorities. Our business may be impacted by government investigations, litigation and product liability claims. In addition, our business may be impacted by the adoption of new tax legislation or exposure to additional tax liabilities. If we fail to meet the compliance obligations in the corporate integrity agreement between us and the U.S. government, we could become subject to significant sanctions. Further, while we routinely obtain patents for our products and technology, the protection offered by our patents and patent applications may be challenged, invalidated or circumvented by our competitors, or we may fail to prevail in present and future intellectual property litigation. We perform a substantial amount of our commercial manufacturing activities at a few key facilities, including in Puerto Rico, and also depend on third parties for a portion of our manufacturing activities, and limits on supply may constrain sales of certain of our current products and product candidate development. In addition, we compete with other companies with respect to many of our marketed products as well as for the discovery and development of new products. Further, some raw materials, medical devices and component parts for our products are supplied by sole third-party suppliers. Certain of our distributors, customers and payers have substantial purchasing leverage in their dealings with us. The discovery of significant problems with a product similar to one of our products that implicate an entire class of products could have a material adverse effect on sales of the affected products and on our business and results of operations. Our efforts to acquire other companies or products and to integrate the operations of companies we have acquired may not be successful. A breakdown, cyberattack or information security breach could compromise the confidentiality, integrity and availability of our systems and our data security. We are increasingly dependent on information technology systems, infrastructure and data security. Our stock price is volatile and may be affected by a number of events. Our business performance could affect or limit the ability of our Board of Directors to declare a dividend or our ability to pay a dividend or repurchase our common stock. We may not be able to access the capital and credit markets on terms that are favorable to us, or at all.
CONTACT: Amgen, Thousand Oaks
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1. Data on file. August 2018.
2. Dementia fact sheet December 2017; World Health Organisation: http://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/dementia Accessed August 2018.
3. ClinicalTrials.gov: //clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?recrs=ab&cond=Alzheimer+Disease&term=&cntry=&state=&city=&dist=. Accessed August 2018.
4. Clin Transl Sci. 2015 Dec; 8(6): 647–654.
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It was a stroke of luck that there weren't any Saw's BBQ ribs left in my fridge this morning because I certainly would have eaten them. Cold. What I am about to write cannot be overstated: Saw's BBQ ribs are the best I have had in Birmingham.
Available at retail for some time, Mike Wilson's tangy Saw's BBQ Sauce can now be found at the source. Located on Oxmoor Road in Edgewood in the former Broadway Barbecue space, Saw's is a cozy, slighly smokier version of Miss Myra's in Cahaba Heights.
So far, I have tried the ribs, chicken and white sauce, pulled pork, turnip greens, and the macaroni and cheese. Saw's ribs offer a stark contrast to many of the other options in the city. I visited the restaurant twice, about two weeks apart, and found the ribs consistent in their tenderness, tanginess , and heft. Saw's serves up a rib plate of four ribs and two sides, $9, of which I gladly took two ribs and one side home. The chicken and white sauce and pulled pork share the ribs' supple juiciness.
The quality and depth of flavor of the main dishes overshadow the sides. The turnip greens are my side of choice thus far, doused with Saw's sweet and acidic sauce. The mac'n'cheese is a bit disappointing for its blandness.
Other than the bland mac'n'cheese, the only recommendation I'd have for Saw's is that they beef up their buns. The white sauce rendered the chicken bbq sandwich soggy and inedible almost instantly. To repeat: delicious sauce, wonderful chicken, but the bun could use some work. That said, Saw's is off to a great start. Check them out here:
1008 Oxmoor Road
Homewood, AL 35209
Dan is the producer of 'Ham Sandwich. He's never eaten ribs cold, but he would. Read about his cooking adventures as Skip on The Gourmetro and learn about his work on aisle-9.net.


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This week, the fitness app Freeletics launched the 'Dare to be Free' Truck that will be making stops to numerous locations with athlete Christian Wade and model Lisa Ramos in NYC before touring the U.S. The 24-foot truck is a custom-built fitness space equipped with a self-run treadmill, squat rack, boxes, chin up bar, battle ropes, kettle bells and gym…Find out more »


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Please note : This help page is not for the latest version of Enterprise Architect. The latest help can be found here.
The Cardinality Values tab of the UML Types dialog enables you to add, modify and delete values in the default cardinality list.
The cardinality values are used to define the multiplicity of source and target elements in relationships. This is the range of instances of the role that can be active in the relationship; for example, one employee can be assigned to tasks; for the target role you define the range of instances (such as tasks) the employee could be assigned to.
The cardinality values are also used to define the multiplicity of a Classifying element; that is, the number of instances of the element that can exist. For example, the Class element Building Walls might have a multiplicity of 2..n, meaning that at least two walls must exist (to support the roof) but there can be many walls if the building design required it.
The values have the following formats:
- *, or 0..* - zero, one or many instances
- 0..n - zero or up to n instances, but no more than n
- n - exactly n instances
- n..* - n, or more than n instances.
To access this dialog, select the Settings | UML menu option. Click on the Cardinality Values tab.
To add a new cardinality value, click on the New button. To modify an existing value, click on it in the Cardinality list.
In the Cardinality field, type the required cardinality value. Click on the Save button.
You can transport these cardinality values between models, using the Export Reference Data and Import Reference Data options on the Tools menu.


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Do you like travelling? Would not it be wonderful to receives a commission to travel? I think this is the dream for a lot of, who wish to unshackle themselves from a 9-5 job and go and see the world. You'll be able to virtually picture yourself sitting on a white sandy seaside, cocktail in hand with the sun glinting on the turquoise water. If it simply seems like a far-fetched daydream, it does not must be. I want to share with you 25 companies which pay folks to write down about their travels. Some of these are travel corporations, and others are magazines or on-line publications which have a travel section and buy from freelance writers. Thanks all!! please continue feedback and share what you'd like to know extra about. My experience is that they're normally friendly, they're vacationers identical to you but hesitant to speak to someone who in a group. Overall: The fuel equation seems to be pretty much a draw. This is what tipped us over the edge with the van and made us keen to present it a strive.
I wish there have been a option to lower electricity costs for everybody, not simply those that reside in an RV. Seriously, persons are endangering their health going without heat and air conditioning as a result of they simply can't afford the costs. You've got received some great concepts and I hope they are going to be helpful for RV-dwellers.
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The most successful pet conditions I have seen are those the place people maintain very small canine , wash and groom them repeatedly and take them out solely to do their business. inventive suggestions, my favourite is the RFID travel bag. Learned a couple of things here today, thanks! That candy cane trying pillow could be very interesting. Thanks for sharing. Good lens!
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As data continues to span across the four corners of the globe, lawmakers worldwide strive to keep up the pace with regulations. The European Union has the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which provides comprehensive protections over private consumer data.
Filed under: data, data privacy, data protection, data security, information governance
Collecting electronically stored information is a common practice for eDiscovery practitioners in today's digital world. One of the things that makes this task more difficult over time is the overwhelming amount of new and emerging technologies constantly entering the market.
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Data security is a hot global topic right now. New laws that closely regulate data security practices seem to be popping up everywhere in order to account for all of the data people transmit electronically daily. Attorneys have been tightening their practices to protect confidential data and advising their clients to do the same. However, some organisations may not be aware that they could be liable for data breaches perpetrated by their employees – even in seemingly unrelated situations.
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Everyone knows about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR is the EU's new privacy regime in the region. Over a year has passed since its implementation and organizations are discovering how strict EU countries will enforce the law. One main provision of the GDPR is for organizations to have security measures in place that will safeguard private consumer data.
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I am only going to get in one practice this week. Monday was a moon day, so the studio was closed. Tuesday, I didn't get out of work until way too late. Wednesday, I had a meeting to go to in the LA area that began at 11:00. I was able to do mysore at 7:00 then scoot up and get to the meeting just a few minutes late. Driving for two hours, then sitting in a meeting for three and a half hours, then driving back for another two hours is not the most ideal post-practice activity, but at least it was post-practice activity. No practice today or tomorrow because of work constraints again. Possible practice Saturday, but not Sunday. Looks like I'm having to start paying the piper for all those "extra" practices I got in a few weeks ago.
Wednesday's practice was the first time I have tried to do all of the first series, all of my allocated second series poses and also do the newly added Viparita Chakrasana and Vrschikasana. The only aspect of the backbend sequence that I'm not doing is the unassisted drop backs. I'm still convinced that I'll die, or worse, if I try them. Intellectually, I know I can do them but viscerally I feel there is great risk. They'll come eventually when I actually start trying to do them, but I'm willing to tilt at other windmills for now.
I was expecting that doing my full practice would tire me out so that I would be even worse at doing those two new postures than I was on the other two times I tried them. That wasn't the case though. I had my usual degree of fatigue, but didn't feel empty. I actually pressed through my arms and hands pretty well. I didn't have my arms give out at all, though one time I was a little weak on one side, causing me to do a Leaning Tower of Pisa impersonation. While I couldn't really parse out what was going on, it did feel like the person assisting me was doing more of the work for me, holding me up, lowering me and lifting me more than Tim did. In a way, that's good. It gives me a chance to feel the desired arc of movement, to approximate the necessary degree of flexion in going over, to learn how to keep the center of balance in the right spot to avoid stalling out on the way back up. It was kind of a walk-through rather than a dress rehearsal. With Tim, I get the sense that he will support me as needed, but only that. The expectation is that I'll do as much of it as possible, ideally getting better and more independent each time. I'd rather take that approach but I realize I need to be guided a bit, at least until I can develop some sense of what I do and what I need to do.
There was a small covey of people who came into class a few minutes after I got going with my postures. Since the spaces along the walls were already filled, they set up in the middle of the room, fairly close to me. I didn't recognize them but my wife later said she had met one of them last year. They all had nice practices, with most of them doing second series on that day. Since they appeared to be a group, after class I asked the teacher who they were and where they were from. He said they were all from Wyoming. He said they were planning on studying with Tim for the month and were camping at a nearby beach campground while they were in town. That's about as fundamental as it gets. Drive across the country and camp at the beach for a month to study Ashtanga with Tim.
I went to pranayama class that same morning. Since Tim wasn't leading, I knew that the retentions and the lengths of the breaths would probably be easier to handle. I was able to get through without any extra breaths. I had thought one of Tim's classes that I went to last week was going to be an easy one. It seemed like the retentions in the first third of the class were really short. I figured he planned on doing an abbreviated class and then would do some chanting. As we moved into the alternate nostril stuff though, it got harder for me and I ended up having to blow my nose a couple of times (a less than subtle way of sneaking an extra breath or two). It ended up being a normal class. It's interesting to look at what it is that throws me off. Usually, it's not that I'm sitting there slowing running out of endurance in a retention. There's usually some error in controlling the movement of air in the inhale or less commonly the exhale. The air is sometimes sucked in too quickly in the beginning, causing a "running out of room" sensation that prevents a smooth, prolonged inhalation of the desired length. Having to stop the inhalation prematurely makes the retention harder and the subsequent exhalation and its retention harder still. If I can't get the rhythm and control back in the next round with a relaxed inhalation that relieves the sensation that I'm getting too much CO2 built up, I end up having to give in and take a breath sometime soon thereafter. The control of the diaphragm is the part that comes with practice, especially on the hard days with the longer breaths. Longer breaths with average retention lengths is harder than average breath lengths with longer retentions.
I'm starting to see a few more AYRI logo-ed mysore rugs around the studio, as more people drift back from studying with Guruji. I have one but I didn't earn it the old fashioned way. My teacher brought one back from his recent trip to study with Guruji and gave it to me for Christmas to replace an old worn out rug that he got tired of seeing me practice on. I use it in a rotation of three rugs that lets me wash them each time I practice without wearing any one rug out too much from constant washing and drying. I feel guilty with it though so I put it down so the logo is upside down and at the back of my mat. That's my signal that it was obtained but not earned.
Not a whole lot to record lately since there's not a whole lot of yoga happening. I may have to start filling in with glimpses into my personal life, as per my wife's suggestion. Something about only writing about my practice in my Ashtanga practice journal doesn't sit right with her. She likes the other bloggers' stuff better. The way I see it, taken as an aggregate, the ashtanga blogs are a meta-blog. Each version a different view inside.
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October 5, 2017, from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
A lecture by Prof. Tyler Bickford (University of Pittsburgh)Â
Presented by Bard Ehtnomusicology, The IDEA Fund, Experimental Humanities, and American Studies
Date:Â Thursday, October 5 at 5:30 pm in RKC 103
Based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork at an elementary school in New England, this talk explores the politics and poetics of childrenâs everyday performances of mass media texts in school contexts. Elementary schools are places where the expressive environment is tightly regulated. But because schoolsâ pedagogical emphasis on literacy privileges language and communication as a field of action, expressive repertoires from popular music and entertainment media provide a powerful resource for children to challenge adult authority and claim childhood as a space of opposition, intimacy, and solidarity. An ethnographic perspective on the situated everyday activities in which children engage with poetic, musical, and narrative texts reveals that, in the âwildâ of everyday school life, mass media texts circulate in fragmentary and partial forms, as snippets, tropes, half-remembered quotations, puns, improvisations, and momentary performances that are powerful in part because of their ephemerality and incompleteness. In their everyday performances, children put forward a poetics tightly linked to new media formsâdrawn from the internet,mobile music devices, video games, and social mediaâto politicize and complicate the bureaucratic regime of school literacy and adulthood. In doing so, childrenâs performances point to new ways of thinking about the social structures that organize schools.


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Does the Constant Contact blog accept guest posts? I write about communication and presentation skills and believe that my posts could help Constant Contact customers improve their skills.
Thank you.
Gilda Bonanno
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Constant Contact always welcomes customers that wish to help others by sharing their experiences and best practices. However, I am not 100% sure about guest posts/blogs. I will pass your information along to a different team for a second opinion.
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I run our Blog here in the User Community that is utilized by our Solution Providers and ALEs. I'd be happy to talk with you one-on-one to see if this Blog is something you'd be interested in writing for.
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Yes, the blog looks interesting and I'd like to talk with you about it.
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Most large OSS communities are formed with individuals from diverse backgrounds from all over the world. They may be from different regions, cultures, etc. but they're working towards the same set of goals: improve and promote the use of open source software (OSS). Active participants are highly passionate towards improving the free and open source software. They invest their personal time because they genuinely care about OSS and want to help other people and the community in general, even though they might not directly benefit from doing so.
A well established OSS community will usually have an official code-of-conduct document. This is the most important document that every single participant is expected to thoroughly read and follow. Contributor Covenant is a famous code-of-conduct that several open source projects adopt. OSS communities take code-of-conduct very seriously and you should always feel free to seek a clarification or report a violation.
There are several important things to consider when you're participating in a OSS community by asking a question. The points mentioned below will usually not be a part of code-of-conduct but they might help you in being a successful and respected participant.
Be polite: Consider being polite to everyone you interact with, no matter how new or experienced you are to a technology or community. If you don't understand or agree with something, try to seek clearance. Do not be snarky or try to attack another individual or the community. You will get a faster response if you form your query in a way that others would want to answer. Most participatants want to help and talk to someone who is trying to participate.
Research: It is possible that your query was already asked. Perform a quick search and if there is an existing topic/thread/bug, consider adding your thoughts there.
Be precise: Try to form your query in a precise manner. Explain what you have already tried and provide the details that you think could be relevant. It might take some time and effort to do so, but remember that others might be investing their personal time to help you.
Read the documentation: Read and search the documentation, maybe your query is already explained in the docs. If you think something was missing or diffcult to understand, try to contribute by improving the documentation.
Be patient: Do not expect your query to be answered as soon as possible. Other participants may be from a different timezone, on vacation, busy with other commitments, etc. OSS communities are stateless and participants change all the time. Do not try to demand a response but it is perfectly fine to bump an old post which hasn't been answered.
Be responsive: If someone asks for more details or clarifications to your query, be quick in adding more details.
Avoid direct display of frustration: If you're frustuated with something because it doesn't work in a the way you think it should, consider forming your query in a constructive manner.


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On March 29, 2016, the Horological Society of New York commemorated its 150th anniversary with a gala celebration at the General Society Library in Midtown Manhattan. Highlights included the presentation of a proclamation by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio naming the day Horological Society of New York Day, a proclamation from the German government honoring HSNY's German heritage, and the gifting of a beautiful ship's bell clock to HSNY by the American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute and Chelsea Clock.
As part of the evening's festivities, longtime HSNY member and trustee Hans Weber was presented with the Howard Fass Award. Mr. Weber has been a member for over 50 years, and even attended HSNY's 100th anniversary in 1966! All in all, it was an incredible night, bringing together a diverse group of collectors and industry professionals to celebrate New York City's horological tradition.
Additional photos are available on HSNY's website.
Photos: Atom Moore
HODINKEE is a sponsor of the Horological Society of New York.


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Friday, December 9, 2016
GPS event helped parent learn new social media trends
The Glenbard Parent Series: (GPS) Navigating Healthy Families presented Tweens,Teens and the Tech Trends of Today with Liz Repking on Thursday, December 8 at the Community Consolidated School District 93 in Bloomingdale
Liz Repking and Lynn Dugan
Glenbard West parent Lynn Dugan shared the following takeaway: "I hope to teach my teens to make good decisions regarding social media and cyberspace in general but the landscape is challenging because it is ever-changing. Of course, we need to model good online behavior and help kids understand 'What goes online stays online.' This presentation gave me a chance to learn new things (have you heard of Kik?) and equipped me for the important dialogue I want to continue with my kids."
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To get to know what wat is what and more, check out our Insider's guide to Luang Prabang (Laos), thanks to Pookie Suraban Phueakma, Leisure Concierge, Sofitel Luang Prabang.
What is the one thing people should know about your city before visiting?
Luang Prabang is deeply rooted in Buddhism, and you need to wear appropriate attire for entering temples; no sleeveless shirts or short skirts are allowed in temples and most museums.
What are three things visitors should do to really see the best of your city?
1. Tak Baat alms-giving: Every morning at 6am, more than 200 monks from 30 temples march on the main streets of Luang Prabang to receive offerings from locals, a tradition that has been going on since the 14th century. Offering the monks the traditional sticky rice is an essential experience.
2. Royal Palace Museum: You have to witness the Royal Palace, which was once home to royals before the communists took over. The palace features exhibits, artefacts and showcases the life of a bygone era.
3. Baci ceremony: Attend this local ceremony conducted on special occasions such as weddings and homecomings. Laotians believe the body has 32 organs (kwans) and when you travel here and there, some are left behind. This ceremony calls upon all the kwans to return to your body and establish equilibrium. The ceremony is done by village elders with prayers and a shot of Lao-Lao rice whiskey.
Is there an experience that only locals know about?
It's not what you'd normally associate with Laos, but locals play a lot of pétanque, perfect for a little competition before a post-match drink. It became popular after a 17-year-old Laotian won gold at the 2001 Southeast Asian Games.
Where do locals like to eat and drink?
Real locals eat at home with the entire family. There are a few village elders who open their homes to visitors during baci ceremonies, followed by a shared dinner with their family.
What do you recommend doing for the perfect Sunday in your city?
Take a bike ride around town, stop by the French boulangerie Le Banneton for great croissants and Lao coffee. Pass by Wat Xien Tong for some photos and prayers, then grab some Lao-style beef noodle soup at Pho Wat Saen. Fend off the heat with ice-cream at the old royal ice-cream parlour turned hotel, 3 Nagas MGallery by Sofitel. Top off the evening with a buffalo tasting platter at Governor's Grill, set amidst a lush botanical garden once belonging to the French governors.


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Saturday, 23 January 2016
Honesty Is No Excuse - Thin Lizzy - Philip Lynott - (1971)
Honesty is no Excuse from Thin Lizzy's debut album "Thin Lizzy". Video is a collection of early Thin Lizzy photos, some solo shots of Phil and finally his statue and headstone in Dublin.
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My favorite Thin Lizzy song and one of my all-time favorite guitar breaks. That guitar break is the essence of all that is Celtic in a few seconds of shifting, harmonized and syncopated sound metaphors.ReplyDelete
"Boys are Back in Town" and "Róisín Dubh (Black Rose): A Rock Legend" are a close second and third.
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The microsystem technologies market for healthcare applications looks promising, it explains, and should reach $6.6 billion by 2018.
The devices considered in the BioMEMS 2013 report are pressure sensors, silicon microphones, accelerometers, gyroscopes, optical MEMS and Image sensors, microfluidic chips, micro-dispensers for drug delivery, flow meters, infrared temperature sensors, emerging MEMS (RFID, Strain sensors, Energy Harvesting).
Yole Développement's report provides a market description, the main device and system manufacturers, current market data, and forecasts. Additionally, main technological trends are reviewed. It finds that the BioMEMS market will almost triple in size over the next five years, with mobile care applications contributing significantly to this impressive growth.
The report also notes that microsystems integration is fast becoming a key added-value for system manufacturers.
Microsystem devices have become increasingly visible in the healthcare market by serving as solutions adapted to the requirements of various applications. The usefulness of these devices is two-fold: for one, they improve medical device performance for the patient; and secondly, they offer competitive advantages to system manufacturers.
Microsystem devices have applications in four key healthcare markets: pharmaceutical; in-vitro diagnostics; medical devices; and medical home care.
The BioMEMS 2013 report also pays particular attention to Chinese microsystems players, as a number of new players have recently entered the market.