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The study, carried out by Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox and Dr Carol Coupland, at The University of Nottingham and originally published in the British Journal of General Practice, developed an algorithm to help identify those suffering with gastro-oesophageal cancer at an earlier stage by 'red-flagging' potentially worrying combinations of symptoms and risk factors.
The research team is one of just seven nominees out of 80 entries to make it through to the finals for the prestigious national 2011Royal College of General Practitioners and Novartis Research Paper of the Year Award and is also nominated in the specialist category of Cancer Paper of the Year.
Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox said: "It is a great honour and hugely rewarding to hear that our research has been recognised with a nomination at these prestigious awards, especially given the calibre of the competition.
"While recognition of this kind is indeed gratifying, we hope that our research will continue to make an impact in the longer term by assisting GPs in the incredibly difficult job of spotting this potentially deadly disease and arming them with an effective tool in protecting the health of their patients."
Underlying risk factors
The paper produced by the Nottingham team evaluated the effectiveness of the QCancer® gastro-oesophageal algorithm — which they developed in collaboration with the medical software company ClinRisk — in spotting patients with both the symptoms and underlying risk factors which may make them statistically more likely to have or to develop the common form of cancer.
The research found that the 10 per cent of the patients that the algorithm predicted as most at risk of having the disease accounted for 77 per cent of all the gastro-oesophageal cancer cases diagnosed over the following two years.
Robust and comprehensive
Award panel chair, Professor Frank Sullivan, said: "GPs would be able to incorporate this tool into daily practice as a useful addition to the interventions available to them on this disease. It could also serve to engender a more proactive approach in partnerships with patients who are at risk of gastro-oesophageal cancers."
Department of Health cancer tsar Professor Mike Richards said: "It can be difficult for GPs to assess the risk of a patient having cancer and therefore to know who should be investigated and/or referred to secondary care. QCancer provides a new approach to such risk assessment."
The research has also led to a simple web-based calculator which can be used by patients to check whether they have symptoms that need to be assessed by a doctor.
Record entries
Now in its fifteenth year, the nomination call for the 2011 Research Paper of the Year has attracted 80 entries, more than double the previous year's intake.
Along with the overall 2011 winner, the awards will also include six sub-category winners which are aligned to the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) topic-specific research areas, including diabetes, stroke and primary care, and a seventh category of the Primary Care Research Network.
The authors of the winning paper will be invited to present their research at the annual RCGP and Society for Academic Primary Care Conference which is being held in conjunction with the 2012 RCGP Annual Primary Care Conference in Glasgow in October.
The black tie presentation dinner will be held at The Honourable Artillery Company, Armoury House in London.
EMIS Group* is the UK's leading supplier of healthcare software and related services to GP practices. www.emis-online.com
ClinRisk Ltd is a medical research and software company which provides open and closed source software to implement algorithms in clinical computer systems.
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More than 90 per cent of research at The University of Nottingham is of international quality, according to the most recent Research Assessment Exercise. The University's vision is to be recognised around the world for its signature contributions, especially in global food security, energy & sustainability, and health. The University won a Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 2011, for its research into global food security.
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he loves me… he loves me not…
that's the theme of my "anti-valentine's" prompt today. i don't love valentine's day, but i also don't hate it. like most other holidays in my life i'm indifferent to it (holidays really only get my approval if i get the day off of work and/or get to dress up!). so when thinking of what to paint i did some google searching. there's a lot of valentine's day hate out there! dang. a lot of it is broken hearts and taking-back-the-day-from-corporate-greed-mongers-who-are-guilting-people-into-sales-based-on-chocolatey-professions-of-love-all-while-alienating-single-people.
valentine's day is doing the most!
so i thought of something that is still cute but could potentially be anti: the hope of true love through divine intervention and plucking of flower petals. so each of my fingers is less one flower petal. and just like when doing this in real life the outcome is based on where you start and where you end. is first plucked petal a "he loves me" or a "he loves me not"? so this could either be a manicure in favor of valentines day or against. ;)
for the mani itself i started with one of my favorite sparkly holo's as a base coat and on my silcone mat did a gradient from yellow to orange. when that dried i cut it up (above pic) and glued them on to my nails. i should have tried to alternate the colors more, but i thought the layering would make each petal stand out more than it did.
colors used: kbshimmer pt. young thing, wet n wild french white crème, sally hansen mellow yellow, pop ablaze.

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Currently, readers are preparing for the latest event to storm through the doors of the House of Ideas - "Secret Empire." To help build up momentum as the event draws nearer, Marvel has released a first look at the cover to issue #3 of the series.
Prepare for #SecretEmpire with the first look at issue #3! pic.twitter.com/yuD4dTGKcn— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) March 9, 2017
The cover, illustrated by Mark Brooks, spotlights three of Marvel's quintessential cosmic heroes - Captain Marvel, Nova and Groot - as they battle an army of Chitauri soldiers in the vast emptiness of space.
RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Steve Rogers' Secret Empire Will Face an Uprising
This is just the latest cover reveal for "Secret Empire," with Marvel also debuting the cover for "Secret Empire" #0, the cover for the "Secret Empire: Uprising" one-shot, and an array of variant covers featuring some of the most notorious villains the Marvel Universe has in its arsenal.
"Secret Empire" will follow up on the conclusion of "Civil War II," which saw Steve Rogers - now a double agent working for Hydra after having his reality manipulated by a sentient Cosmic Cube - assume command of S.H.I.E.L.D. Likewise, we know Cap will no longer be working in the shadows, and the series will serve as a culmination of the events from titles such as "Captain America: Sam Wilson" and "Captain America: Steve Rogers."
Written by Nick Spencer, with art by Steve McNiven, "Secret Empire" #0 arrives in stores in April, and issue #1 will debut in May. The series will run through the summer before coming to a close in August.


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Update on the first four stARTup Creative Competition winners
31 January, 2019
When the Arts and Education Council launched the stARTup Creative Competition in partnership with the PNC Foundation in 2017, it was an experiment. As the first four winners continue in their journeys, we checked in to see how winning the competition has advanced their careers and their missions.
Creative Reaction Lab (a 2017 winner), has been able to strengthen its local impact.
"We've been able to connect with community partners, educators, philanthropists and some of the local change agents that have supported us in deepening our work," said Founder and CEO Antionette Carroll.
Creative Reaction Lab has also launched two youth programs: Design to Better [Our Community] Summer Academy and the Community Design Apprenticeship Program. In 2018, A&E partnered with Creative Reaction Lab for the Summer Academy in A&E's arts incubator, the Centene Center for the Arts, and plans to again this summer. In addition to receiving national recognition, they have also brought leaders from institutions like Microsoft, IBM, Facebook, Google and Twitter to engage the local art and design culture.
Who Raised You? Listening Collective (a 2018 winner), founded by Karen (Jia Lian) Yang and Treasure Shields Redmond, continues to create episodes of their self-titled podcast. They hosted a workshop that explored creating ideas, speaking your truth and keeping tech simple.
"From this cohort of seven, we expect life-giving media projects," Yang said.
In the next year, Who Raised You? is looking forward to creating a media project about the Westland Acres community, expanding their work into video and establishing Who Raised You? Listening Collective as a 501(c)(3).
This month, The Makers Program (a 2018 winner), launched a 12-week program where black and Latino artists can find resources and guidance to grow their product-based businesses. The program will culminate with a Makers Mart in April where the participants will introduce their products to the community and local retailers.
"The support, resources and networks made available to me through this experience allowed me to move my program from the idea stage, through development and on to startup," said The Makers Program founder Shayba Muhammad.
FLOW (a 2017 winner) has added an online writing community with opportunities to participate in guided discussion, reflection series and workshops. These online communities provide structure and communication outlets when writers often work solo, furthering FLOW's goal to build community around writing and storytelling.
Founder Amanda Wells shared, "Winning the 2017 stARTup Competition took our ideas about what FLOW could be and put them into motion. The exposure and the support of the Arts and Education Council lent a credibility to the idea that we had to start all of this."
Submissions for the 2019 stARTup Creative Competition close March 1.


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Friday, April 14, 2006
Kowry Kreations… shell of creativity Presents
"Poetry Potter"
Venue: National Library Hall,
Opposite Casino Cinema, Alaogmeji, Yaba, Lagos.
Date: Every last Saturday of the month (April 29th, 2006)
Time: 4 p.m. prompt. No African time, please.
Admission: Free, Free; Free!
Dress Code: Endeavour to come in your native attire.
Details: Poetry will be taken to the highest level at the Fourth Edition of Poetry Potter as Segun Adefila, the choreographer of Crown Troupe of Africa is the Guest Artiste of the Month. And some poem like Yemi Oyewo, Akeem Lasisi and many others will be around to lit the hall with their poetry. Dances will also go alongside poetry and folk tale which will be done by Ropo Ewenla who is also the producer of the programme. Dress Code: Endeavour to come in your native attire. All lovers of Literary existence are invited. Be There!
R.S.V.P: Aderemi Adegbite 08035149337, Ropo Ewenla 08032311574, Lekan Balogun 08027727751 ALL
3 Comments:
- Onyeka George Nwelue said...
I think Aderemi is trying to revive the African culture...if it is dead.
Hey, young Ade!
- Aderemi Adegbite said...
I don't hold issue with somebody who does not his tribe culture talkless of thw whole wonderful Africa. Hence, he should know the different between oracle and diviner!
- Aderemi Adegbite said...
I mean I don't hold issues with somebody who does not know the culture of his tribe talkless of the whole wonderful Africa. Hence, he should know the different between oracle and diviner!


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...she'll just change it!
A few weeks ago I decided to make muffins every Sunday night for the coming week's breakfasts. It's nice to know that everyone is eating breakfast rather than starving until lunch time. And...so far it's working out. Except for one thing...I never use the same recipe twice. I use recipes as a guide, not as law. So I add some of this, add some of that, lessen a bit of this, etc.
Basically, I wing it.
And luckily, the muffins always taste good. But the texture? Well, that's another story.
Week before last I made two dozen muffins...and each muffin must have weighed about 5 pounds. I forgot to add baking powder. And man, were those muffins dense! Tasty. But dense. Chris didn't mind them...thought they were good and filling. I ate them, because I don't like waste. And Ian? He opted out of muffins for breakfast that week.
This past Sunday I made another batch of breakfast muffins. This time I added "berry bits"...frozen bits of strawberries, blueberries and raspberries packaged for smoothies. But really good in a muffin, I must say. I remembered to add the baking powder and even tossed in a little baking soda for good measure (Note to self: read up on what does what in baked goods.).
The result? Tasty. Mixed berries are yummy in muffins. And they had just the right amount of sugar...a mixture of granulated and brown. Texture? Eh. I am finding them to be a bit on the chewy side. Too much baking powder? Shouldn't have added baking soda? Not enough moisture to balance the added flax? Maybe I should only replace half the oil with applesauce rather than all of it? (This is where I'm leaning...especially when adding flax.)
I guess it would make my life easier if I'd just find a recipe, follow it exactly, see if we like it, and if so, then start adding this and adding that and making changes all willy-nilly. Novel idea, eh? But...what fun would that be?
Hey. I'm a risk-taker. What can I say?


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Sequel is a bad word in Hollywood, on par with any bigoted slur or profanity. Hell, some situations welcome profanity in tinsel town, but the word sequel gets no love.
How do I know? An aside: while once working for a Hollywood studio that shall remain nameless, I referred to three of the sequel films we had in production as such. My supervisor turned on me with burning eyes, correcting me: "Ok, we don't do sequels here. We have franchises."
Said franchise has since bit the dust, along with so many others. The truth is, Hollywood loves sequels, and seldom launches a film without ideas for further entries in the pipeline. A good number of them, however, never quite achieved enough success to garner another outing.
These ten are among the most notorious.
10 X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Incoherent Mess Up
Yes, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, besides having one of the most awkward titles ever, is technically a sequel to the first three X-Men movies. See, at the time it was produced, Fox Studios had done their best to stifle the franchise with X-Men: The Last Stand, which had capped off the series into a ham-fisted trilogy. Fox, thinking audiences only wanted to see Wolverine (how wrong they were), decided to spin the character off into his own series of movies, and injected popular characters Deadpool and Gambit into the story. Should the film had proven successful, Fox could then create spin-off spin-offs with Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool and Taylor Kitsch (there he is again!) as Gambit.
Post-Mortem: The movie made a mess of the X-Men continuity and lacking a coherent narrative doomed it to a lukewarm reception. Sensing their misstep, Fox retooled a proposed Magneto spin-off into X-Men First Class and made Wolverine and Deadpool movies unrelated to this one. Days of Future Past reinvigorated the X-Men universe, and proved that audiences tend to prefer mutant team-ups to solo films.
9 Dune - Violent Movie Turned Parents Aways
Universal made a bid to take over the Star Wars market with this adaptation of Frank Herbert's bestseller. It made sense: the book had spawned a whole series and had a devoted fan base. What didn't make sense was who they hired to direct: art house darling David Lynch who had never made a Hollywood film before, had no experience with special effects and hadn't even read the original novel! The film bombed hard, and Lynch has shied away from mainstream films since, usually refusing to even discuss Dune.
Post-Mortem: Lynch obviously had no idea what to do with the material, and while the movie has an incredible cast and some brilliant production design, it's downright incoherent and ugly to watch. Attempts to market the film--which featured rape, murder, genocide, heart plugs, torture, drugs and a man milking a cat--to kids actually kept families away. Theatres tried to make the film easier to follow by handing out "cheat sheets" which helped explain the plot, to no avail. Maybe that's why attempts at a big screen remake of Dune always hit a wall?
8 Tron: Legacy - Nice Visuals, But Everything Else...
The original Tron flopped at the box office, but later became a cult film for its prophetic story and groundbreaking effects. Disney took a gamble on the property again with this much-hyped sequel-reboot. Despite a healthy take at the box office and glut of merchandise, the film proved a commercial and critical disappointment. The studio dithered for years about making a sequel before a series of expensive flops (including Tomorrowland, The Lone Ranger and John Carter), put the series on ice.
Post-Mortem: In terms of production value, Tron: Legacy is a monumental achievement, boasting some of the most breathtaking effects, art direction and design in recent memory. Daft Punk should have won an Oscar for their score, which remains widely influential along with the rest of the visuals. Casting a dull leading man in Garrett Hedlund as a boring lead character weighed down the film as a whole, and director Joe Kosinski struggled to construct the plot. Extensive re shoots and edits by John Lasseter and the Pixar Animation writing team might have made the story easier to follow, but it couldn't buoy it enough to make it good.
7 The Shadow - Tried To Mimic 1989's Batman Success
1989's Batman tried to usher in a new era of comic book films. Instead, the 1990s saw numerous flaccid attempts to mimic Batman's success without finding any real success of their own. Chief among them: The Shadow, a big-budget incarnation of the famous pulp hero. Boasting an all-star cast--Alec Baldwin, Ian McKellen, Tim Curry, Peter Boyle and Jonathan Winters--as well as the standard tie-in merchandise blitz, the movie should have been a hit, or at least a good movie! Instead, despite the cast, an excellent script by David Koepp and a fine score by Jerry Goldsmith, it never takes flight.
Post-Mortem: The Shadow didn't quite have the built-in audience of a character like Batman, and director Russell Mulcahy didn't have the finesse to master the dark tone or form an engaging narrative.
6 The Golden Compass - Second Rate LOTR Wannabe
New Line Cinema desperately wanted another Lord of the Rings-style epic, and with The Hobbit tied up in development Hell, they banked on Phillip Pullman's lauded His Dark Materials as their next big fantasy hit. One problem though (among many): the books had a reputation as the anti-Narnia series--a trilogy that actually denounced organized religion, in particular the Catholic church, as the main thrust of the story. The reputation alone elicited a boycott before the movie even hit theatres, and a lukewarm critical reception condemned the US box office haul to withering numbers. Despite a strong international take, New Line declared bankruptcy.
Post-Mortem: In fairness, the movie actually isn't that bad. Most likely, director Chris Weitz didn't have the professional clout to oppose New Line's edicts, which demanded that the director cut 20 minutes of the film so as not to end on a cliffhanger. Unfortunately, the cuts included the very climax of the movie which pulled the story together. Without it, the rest of the film just doesn't make much sense.
5 John Carter - We Don't Need Another Star Wars-type Movie
Disney tried to launch their own Star Wars-style sci-fi series with this movie, based on the pulp works of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Director Andrew Stanton, hot off the success of Wall-E, decided to take a step into live-action filmmaking, which proved disastrous: while a great visualist, Stanton was used to micro-managing animated productions. Production delays caused budget overruns. Star Taylor Kitsch, hyped as the next Brad Pitt, didn't have the charisma to carry the film, and Disney's marketing department had trouble promoting a film with such a nondescript title.
Post-Mortem: Disney had tried for years to launch the John Carter series, offering the property to numerous directors, including Robert Zemeckis. After the failure of the film, a reporter once asked Zemekis why he turned down the movie. His reply: "George [Lucas] already pillaged all that." He was right: the story of John Carter proved horribly dated, and movies like Star Wars had drawn on similar themes to make the story more relevant to modern audiences.
4 Battleship - Board Games Never Make Good Movies
Speaking of Taylor Kitsch, he also headlines the DOA adaptation of Battleship, our next entry on this list. Based on the success of Transformers, Universal Pictures wanted in on the toy-to-film craze. Unfortunately they invested in the Milton Bradley board game library, and set about turning the likes of Monopoly, Pictionary and CandyLand into films.
They started with Battleship, an adaptation directed by acclaimed filmmaker Peter Berg. The result was a disaster: an overproduced piece of sci-fi dreck that combined the most banal elements of Top Gun and Independence Day.
Post-Mortem: Berg probably wasn't up to the challenge of directing an effects driven alien invasion tale on the high seas. That said, board games don't lend themselves to movies at all, so the project was doomed from the get-go.
3 Dick Tracy - A Disney Comic Book Movie Failure
Disney tried to get on the comic book train started by Batman with this Warren Beatty-directed mystery, which, in fairness, is actually a pretty good movie. Like The Shadow, however, Dick Tracy proved a dated character. A lack of action setpieces didn't endear it to a summer crowd expecting spectacle, and while a box-office success, it didn't spawn any sequels.
Post-Mortem: Beatty's salary and creative control demands caused a rift between he and Disney, even before the film hit cinemas. Though it did solid business, budget overruns and heavy promotional costs didn't warrant an immediate sequel.
2 The Rocketeer - Disney Is Hard Headed
Not learning from the Dick Tracy mess, Disney soldiered on in an attempt to create a viable superhero franchise with this relic of the 1990s. Based on the nostalgic cult comic, the studio lavished an enormous budget on the movie, but immediately ran into issues of tone: Rocketeer comics had always played on adult themes of violence and sexuality, while Disney wanted more of a marketable family film. Director Joe Johnson vetoed casting Johnny Depp in the title role in favor of Billy Campbell. The finished release met with a mixed reception, both critically and financially.
Post-Mortem: Campbell didn't have the star charisma to attract a sizable audience, and the compromised tone of the movie--somewhat adult, somewhat cartoony, somewhat superheroeish--made it a frustrating piece.
1 Willow - Lucas Channels His Inner Tolkien
George Lucas tried to do J.R.R. Tolkien with this adult sword and sorcery piece, one of the first major films for director Ron Howard. Much-hyped, lavishly produced, and featuring a respected cast, it earned critical praise for its visuals, but derision for its story. Parents, in general, objected to seeing a baby in constant danger, and in general to the level of violence in the film, which might have doomed it to moderate box office receipts.
Post-Mortem: Lucas and Howard had intended the film to start a new trilogy of fantasy films, though the middling reception stalled the sequels. Eventually, Howard and Lucas gravitated to other projects. Willow remains something of a nostalgic curio, but only to cult fans.Source: imdb.com


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SINGAPORE - Fifteen people were arrested for their suspected involvement in loan sharking activities on Wednesday (Jan 27). Two women and 13 men, aged between 22 and 59, were arrested in in two separate operations, police said on Thursday. (Jan 28)
In the first operation, officers from the Criminal Investigation Department and Police Intelligence Department conducted simultaneous raids at multiple locations and arrested six suspects.
They were believed to be 'runners' who collected repayments and disbursed loans to borrowers.
A laptop, thumb drive, mobile phones, Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards, internet banking dongles, bank transaction slips and over $13,000 in cash were also seized.
In the second operation, officers from the Clementi Police Division arrested nine on suspicion of assisting loanshark syndicates. Preliminary investigations revealed one suspect as a 'runner' who helped to procure ATM cards from debtors, and another as having provided false contact information when obtaining loans from loan sharks.
Investigations under the National Registration Act will be carried out against the said suspect for failing to report the change of address, the police said.
The remaining seven suspects are believed to have opened bank accounts and provided their ATM cards and Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) to loan sharks to facilitate their unlicensed moneylending businesses.
Three of the suspects arrested will be charged in court on Friday (Jan 29) with offences under the Moneylenders Act, while investigations are ongoing for the rest.
Police advised the public to dial '999' or call the X-Ah Long hotline on 1800-924-5664 if they suspect or know of anyone who may be involved in illegal loan sharking activities.


text: My baby great niece will be turning one the end of this month. I'm so excited to have been asked to make her little "Look Who's 1" onesie for her to wear at her party. I took a pic of her party plates and made her onesie to match. With the #1 being "sparkly" …… per her Mommy's request. 💕. I do love my girls!! 💕 See the plate photo below followed by the onesie I made to go along with the party theme.


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An Ohio air show resumed this morning after a fatal crash.
Pilot Charlie Schwenker and veteran stuntwoman Jane Wicker were killed on Saturday when their plane crashed in front of thousands of spectators. The Ohio Air Show was cancelled for the remainder of the day but resumed this morning after a moment of silence to honor the fallen aviators.
John King, president of the Flying Circus Airshow, said: "As a pilot, you accept the fact that accidents do happen — it's an accepted risk we take … They were both dedicated to flying and the act. They were true, ultimate professionals. I don't know of anyone who could have done any better than what they were doing."
Air show general manager Brenda Kerfoot said that she was hesitant to resume the air show on Sunday. Kerfoot said that she talked to Schwenker and Wicker's family members and decided that the two aviators would have wanted the show to go on.
Kerfoot said: "This is what Jane and Charlie would have wanted. They want you to have a safe show and go out there and do what you do best."'
The cause of the crash is unknown at this time but it is being investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board.
Wicker, 44, became a wingwalker in 1990 because she thought that it would be fun. A message on her site reads: "There is nothing that feels more exhilarating or freer to me than the wind and sky rushing by me as the earth rolls around my head … I'm alive up there. To soar like a bird and touch the sky puts me in a place where I feel I totally belong. It's the only thing I've done that I've never questioned, never hesitated about and always felt was my destiny."


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Open to new members from anywhere around New Castle, PA.
∙ Open till Labor Day with extra days if it's warm.
∙ Members can rent out our facilities for parties.
∙ Wifi around the pool. Work from the pool this summer!
∙ Enjoy 4th of July Fireworks from the pool.
∙ Plenty of annual events: Live Entertainment, Movie Nights, Cookouts! Test
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∙ Located next to Pearson Park: enjoy tennis, basketball and baseball then hit the pool!
∙ Two diving boards and a new spiral slide!
∙ Our snack bar makes it easy to feed the kids without leaving the pool.
∙ Relax on our brand new lounge chairs, and tables
∙ Annual Dog Swim every summer!
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Enjoy live music throughout the summer
Regular cookouts, BBQ's, and family events
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5 Things I'm Loving Right Now
Painting my nails and then adding some glitter to my ring finger… thanks to Chelsea for this fun idea!
My new Matt and Nat wallet that I got on sale. It's vegan! And so cute!
These amazing oxfords from Payless.. must. own.
This great circle skirt that Chelsea used as inspiration for some sewing projects for me!! SO exciting..
Having breakfast with Mr. Best Things. Getting in all the time I can with him before I leave for my next show..
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BuzzFeed's Ivor Tossell gave us this road map of Trump three weeks ago:
5 stages of Trump thinkpiece: 1. Ha Ha, Trump 2. Why Trump Can't Win 3. Explaining Trump 4. We Must Respect Real America 5. Oh God, Oh God
— Ivor Tossell (@ivortossell) July 25, 2015
I'll be damned if Weigel's not firmly on Stage 4 right now.
A few hours before Donald Trump's plane landed, 20 minutes south of where he would speak, people gathered outside the Flint Assembly Plant to take a peek into the past. Some of them were retired, reuniting with friends. All of them remembered how there used to be more to the place.
"I worked at Plant 36," said Jerry Hubbard, who retired in 2001, after outlasting his part of the vast "Buick City" complex that was dismantled as the auto jobs left. "It's all gone. It's all limestone. You can't rape a place like that. General Motors jobs made this place."
Only one presidential candidate seemed to care: Donald Trump. "A lot of what he says hits a chord with me," said Hubbard. "Immigration and jobs going to China — this area's really suffered from that. I just like somebody that stands up for what he speaks about."
Trump's rise and persistence as a presidential candidate has been credited to name recognition, to voter anger and to a specific contempt for the Republican Party establishment. But he is also the candidate talking most directly about the loss of manufacturing jobs to foreign countries.
In the Democratic race, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has adopted a similar theme, but Trump's appeal here captured something that went beyond policy: a brew of impossible nostalgia coupled with a pledge to destroy other countries, most notably China, in negotiations. On Twitter, "Make America Great Again" is a goofy, meme-ready slogan, best displayed on ironic hats. There are places, such as Michigan, where it makes real sense.
Never underestimate the power of inchoate rage, properly harnessed. Even if it's by Mr. von Clownstick here. How long he can ride this beast, well, who knows, but there's going to be a lot of damage in its wake.


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Scottish tennis star Andy Murray may have just landed his teammate in a lot of trouble, by seemingly revealing on international television that he was dating two girls at once.
In an interview following Great Britain's 3-1 win over the U.S. in the Davis Cup in Glasgow, Scotland, Eurosport presenter Annabel Croft asked the team about their celebration plans.
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Murray said his teammate Dominic Inglot "had a little girlfriend on the go" in Glasgow and so would be celebrating with her.
"You've actually landed me in this," replied Inglot, "I actually have a girlfriend who is watching this!"
Cue a lot of nervous laughing.
But Inglot later tweeted that the whole thing was just a bit of banter. Well, he would say that wouldn't he.
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You'll be able to hunt down the Deviljho and partake in the Spring Fest once the update goes live on March 22 for PS4 and Xbox One. A lumbering bipedal brute wyvern, the Deviljho strikes a threatening figure and is prone to interrupting and attacking hunters who are in the middle of quests that have nothing to do with him - very similar to " Monster Hunter World's " Bazelgeuse.
Broadcom had planned since a year ago to relocate its legal headquarters to the United States, avoiding the need for a CFIUS review. U.S. regulators have in recent weeks expressed concerns that the takeover could cause the United States to fall behind China in the race to develop 5G networks.
The service was being offered in Dallas, San Jose, Denver, Phoenix, Tampa and Orlando. "We're going to try and accelerate this program as fast as we can", said Tom Ward, Walmart US' vice president of digital operations. About 1,200 Walmart stores across the country have grocery pick-up with 1,000 more planned to be added this year. Now, however, Walmart has devised a slick new work-around, according to today's Wall Street Journal: New Yorkers may balk at Walmart being physically ...
First up are the victor, Shadow Tactics , and strategy-RPG Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation . "We're also happy to announce that all eight titles from Indie Amplifier will be made available for free over the next few months", said Twitch .
Last year, Google generated $95.4 billion in ad revenue, up 20 percent from 2016. Google took down more than 3.2bn "bad ads" previous year in an effort to prevent its huge advertising network from being used for nefarious purposes, up from the 1.7bn it removed in 2016.
Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus were launched in China a year ago and Redmi 5 Plus has been introduced in India as the Redmi Note 5 . Xiaomi is hosting an online launch event at 3pm IST on Wednesday where all the details related to price, specifications, and first sale date of the smartphone will be revealed.
Most of Hawking's life was spent in a wheelchair, crippled by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a form of motor neuron disease. The best-known theoretical physicist of his time, Hawking wrote so lucidly of the mysteries of space, time and black holes that his book, " A Brief History of Time ", became an worldwide bestseller, making him one of science's biggest celebrities since Albert Einstein.
To access the new theme, tap your account icon on the top right, select " Settings ", then select "Dark Theme". If any app actually needed a dark mode, it might be the YouTube app , which can be blindingly bright in a dark room. The dark theme as well accentuates the colours in the app, drawing the true colours of the videos out. With the Dark Mode, essentially all of the White you see in the UI will be turned Black, making for a much darker browsing and viewing experience.
All women who already use the Fitbit app will have access to these new health-tracking features, so you don't need to buy a Versa. Fitbit promises at least 4 days of battery life for what it says is "the lightest metal smartwatch in the USA market".
The update has also updated the suggested friend functionality to include the player's Facebook and Twitter friends who have also linked a Switch to their social media profiles. Another improvement that Nintendo included in version 5.0.0 has to do with downloaded games. EF Games will bring you more information on GameMaker Studio 2 Nintendo Switch edition and the games it powers as it is released.
Self-contained open worlds showcase the individual afterlives of the various undead pharaohs, which can be fast-traveled to once they are discovered. The Shadows are physical manifestations of the undead pharaohs, and every so often, they'll randomly appear as time-limited bosses and go on a rampage.
Meanwhile the president has ratcheted up the pressure on Canada and Mexico as they negotiate a new NAFTA trade deal, saying the two could avoid being caught in his planned hefty tariffs on steel and aluminium imports if they ceded ground to Washington .
To celebrate Mario Day (Mar 10), you can now have the famous plumber as your navigator in Google Maps for a week. Instead of the boring arrow, you will now see Mario in his red kart but that is not all. He'll be a constant companion wherever you're driving this week- to work, to school, or the curry house. Ensure that you have the most recent form of Google Maps introduced on the off chance that you need to attempt this update today.
As Variety reports, users can find the option to "Suggest an edit" by clicking on the three dots found on the right side of any song or artist entry in the streaming desktop app. Apple Inc's streaming music service now has 38 million paid subscribers, up from 36 million in February, the company said on Monday. "We've also seen that listeners are eager to describe the music they're passionate about in ways beyond traditional concepts like genre and mood".
Apparently a minion with " Echo " can be played multiple times in the same turn. Curious players can keep up with the now announced cards here. Along with a bevy of new cards, Witchwood will also introduce a new Echo keyword. A new free Monster Hunt single player mode, simiar to Kobolds & Catacombs' Dungeon Run, which will challenge players to eight continuous hard battles, leading into a big boss fight.
Microsoft has been supporting Xbox One by introducing new features and now Microsoft has revealed another feature coming to Xbox One X and Xbox One S and that is FreeSync Display support. Microsoft dropped some big news during the season premiere of its "Xbox Inside" show, which it streamed online over the weekend. I am excited to try it out.
Apple Inc will buy digital magazine service Texture, which lets users read titles for a monthly subscription fee, the iPhone maker said on Monday. It's not clear if Apple will charge users to access these magazines, as Texture now charges $9.99 a month for the service.
Ford has produced special edition Mustangs on a number of occasions, most recently for the 2016-17 model years. Ford did not release pricing information for the 2019 California Special. On downshifts, the engine rpm instantly kicks up to smooth out the transition between gears. Ford has also announced the addition of an available 1,000 watt B&O Play audio system across the GT lineup.
The app which introduced the "delete for everyone" feature previous year, allowed people to delete messages seven minutes after it was sent. Report states that WhatsApp has now improved its maths so it now finds a message in the database having the same ID as that of the evoke message request, it first goes through the data of the message saved in the database.
Everybody knows that the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus were launched in 2017. That's two days before the Korean OEM's Turkish branch expects to be able to deliver the UI enhancements and revisions, possibly signaling a wide-scale global rollout in a much smaller window than the Galaxy S8 duo.
Right now, it's unclear what the hold up is on cross-platform play between the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, other than that it's a business decision by Sony. Last week, Epic Games announced that the hit base-building battle royale title will be making its way to mobile devices. Sign-ups for the "Fortnite" Battle Royale Mode is now available for iOS users.
Dean Wade sat out last Friday during the team's semifinal loss in the Big 12 Tournament. It'll be interesting to watch him go head to head with Alabama star Collin Sexton , who has emerged as a lottery pick for the 2018 NBA Draft. Rhode Island, (25-7, 15-3), the Atlantic 10 regular season champs will take on 10-seed Oklahoma Thursday in Pittsburgh. Virginia Tech is well coached by Buzz Williams.
You have a go and you get penalised, so you don't want to go in again. England must match Ireland's result against Scotland in their clash with France in Paris to keep the championship alive until the final weekend, when Eddie Jones' men will host Schmidt's outfit at Twickenham.
The pressure will be on both Antonio Conte and Roy Hodgson as they search for their first Premier League victory in nearly a month. If they play as well as they did in the first half at United last month there is a possibility Eden Hazard or Willian may find something to smile about.
If that wasn't bad enough, two Cricket South Africa executives chose to take a picture with fans donning the masks clearly used to bait Warner, whose wife Candice was controversially pictured in a bathroom cubicle with the New Zealand rugby star back in 2007.
In the meantime, all sanctions and maximum pressure must remain'. Tensions over North Korea rose to their highest in years in 2017, and the Trump administration has warned that all options are on the table, including military ones, in dealing with Pyongyang, which has pursued its weapons programs in defiance of ever tougher United Nations sanctions.
The stock increased 0.55% or $0.57 during the last trading session, reaching $103.48. The fund owned 5,739 shares of the electric vehicle producer's stock after purchasing an additional 610 shares during the period. Carret Asset Management Ltd holds 0.12% or 7,770 shares. Bb&T Corporation invested in 644 shares. Benjamin F Edwards holds 546 shares. Pinnacle Associate holds 0.02% or 2,407 shares.
California's top-two primary system is living up to its "jungle primary" nickname more than this spring than ever, with dozens of candidates vying in both statewide and district races across the state for rare, elusive spots on the November general election ballot.
Before Juno reached its target in 2016, it was not known whether the colourful bands wrapped around Jupiter were just a pretty surface phenomenon, or whether they were enormous deep layers penetrating down into the abyss below. Juno's Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument can measure the planet's heat percolating through the atmosphere, probing the weather systems up to 45 miles (72 kilometers) below, day or night.
You can now see some of these posts for artists like Sia , Lorde , Steve Aoki . According to Google , any musician with a Featured Panel can get verified to gain access to start posting to their Featured Panel. This new feature is rolling our worldwide to all search users and to any musician whose search results include a Google Search Knowledge Panel. This new concept is made possible through Google Posts , a way for artists to streamline the way they update fans with music, tour ...


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Rolled aperitifs smoked salmon and goat cheese
We would like somethings fresh, gourmet and easy to make, I get a good idea Rolled aperitifs smoked salmon and goat cheese. What do you think about it ? Take you bag and go to get our ingredients to make it.
Rillettes Salmon and Tuna, a perfect appetizer
A perfect recipe to make a quick appetizers for your party. It's fresh and tasty, you just need some toast and voilà. This recipe gave by my best friend's mother and with some changes from me. I hope you will enjoy this lovely appetizer : rillettes salmon and tuna!


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- Budget-26 cr
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Gautam nanda budget break down
Gautam nanda is an expensive film directed by sampath nandi starring gopichand and hansika.
It is made with a whooping budget of 26 cr. The film already recovered 5 cr from its non theatrical rights.
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Retired elementary educational administrator; political & social advocate more
I am in my 60's and just retired from public education in 2013. I was an elementary school principal (pre-K through grade 5.) I did this for 12 years and left because of problems in the district. I am a lead of an OFA group in the western suburbs of Chicago. I am divorced and have two children who are adults and live in a different state and different country.
I have a masters degree and some post graduate work and hope to go back to finish my EdD in education with an emphasis on racial equality in the classroom.
Martin Luther King is a personal hero as well as most of those who worked for him during the early years and currently.
Shows The Rachel Maddow Show, All In with Chris Hayes
People Karen Finney, Rachel Maddow, Chris Hayes
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The Hotel Castello is located in the quiet village centre of Tignale at Lake Garda, inside the historical walls of a fortress dating back to the year 900 AD. In this historical building, the Berlanda family welcomes you in a well-kept and elegant ambiance – ideal for enjoyable and relaxing holidays. On one side you will have a wonderful view of Lake Garda; on the other side there is the worth-seeing pilgrimage church Madonna di Montecastello.
Our guests are offered 15 cosy rooms. They are partially located in the main building as well as in an annex building that is situated 5 m from the hotel. The rooms in the main building have been recently renovated and offer wooden furniture and wooden floors. Some rooms have a balcony, but you can enjoy a dreamlike panoramic view from all of them – from Malcesine to Sirmione. All rooms have radio, satellite TV, telephone, safe, central heating, WLAN and a bathroom with shower and hairdryer. The kitchen is run by Paolo, the younger of the host brothers, preparing typical Italian delicacies and specialities of the region. On the restaurant terrace, you will enjoy a wonderful view of Lake Garda and Tignale.
The wellness area of Hotel Castello in Tignale is inside a historical stable, with typical vaulted ceilings and dry-stone walls. The historical character ensures the very special charm of the well-being oasis. The wellness area offers a sauna, a steam bath, a whirlpool for 4 persons and a multifunctional shower: the perfect place for relaxing and regenerating after a hike, motorcycling or mountain biking.


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This is Block 81's archive of past articles. Once in a while we may add more, but it's rare.
Block 81 is a design studio producing beautifully crafted websites and brands for independent businesses and startups.
March 22, 2016
I'm a neat-freak. At least when it comes to my office and the files we need for our day-to-day work. Somehow at the beginning of my career I made it through a few years of no real organization for client project files. I chalk it up to not knowing any better. It really didn't take that long for it to drive me up the wall and find a standard I could implement regularly. And that's what this article is about: how we organize our project files here at Block 81.
Admittedly, we're a core team of two and I'm usually the one in charge of all that so I pretty much can set this up however I want. It's a perk of being the one in charge. But as we look to grow this year and beyond, it's important to standardize now rather than wait until our larger future team is wondering where that one file went for that one client. The focus here, then, is to keep things as consistent and predictable as possible while leaving some room for a tad of flexibility.
Let's start with the basic client folder:
Pretty straightforward, eh? Just the client company name. That's it. So let's dive deeper into the Acme Inc. folder:
Each client could have any number of project folders – it all depends on the work we're doing for them. Since the majority of work we do is web design and development, for the purposes of this article, we're going to stick to one project.
So what are the two folders shown above?
Looking inside the website project folder for Acme Inc., we see the following sub-folders:
The design folder can vary if the design for a web project is being created by an agency that hired us. That said, we try and stick to the following organization:
The IA/UX folder can contain a variety of subfolders and files depending on our role in the project (sometimes we're contracted by larger agencies to do just development, for example, and they produce all the IA/UX deliverables). Like the design folder though, we try to stick to a consistent organization.
How folders and files are named is just as important as the organization itself. For the most part, subfolders are named as you see in the previous images. Folders with an underscore prefix contain the underscore so that they stay toward the top of the respective parent folder. The global assets folder is a perfect example of this. Keeping it toward the top makes it super easy to find global assets that need to be included in any project. Same with the _Business folder within the project.
The only folder that has a pretty strict naming convention is the project folder itself:
Essentially, the project folder name becomes the project code or number made up of the following (sans last bullet).
We name our files a bit differently depending on the kind of file.
As you may have caught earlier, we design in Sketch. The name of the whole Sketch file doesn't matter too much, but for consistency we tend to do something like this:
Pretty simple. What's more critical with our Sketch design files is how we name the artboards themselves since those get exported for client presentation. For that we use this formula:
Notice that we don't include a version number. That's because, as mentioned previously, we store them all in folders for that particular design version round. For other files that get delivered to clients, we do use a version number:
Other types of files may not need version numbers, such as notes. For those kinds of files, we use a date stamping method:
We use the yy/mm/dd format for the date stamp so that the files stay in chronological order. Additionally, there may be variations to this naming convention depending on the file. It generally fits that model though.
This method isn't the end-all, be-all of file organization of course. Just like people organize their offices and workspaces in a variety of ways, there are many different ways of organizing your files. Our system isn't perfect by any means, but it could be a good starting point if you haven't really been using a consistent system. The key is to be consistent so that you can find just about any file quickly. Do you have a specific system or method organize your files? Tweet at us!


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Ever since I can remember, clocks have held a fascination for me. As a child I would sit entranced listening to the ticking of a wall mounted or grandfather clock, The hypnotic tick tock combined with the movement of the pendulum transporting me to another world.
During my career I have worked in Westminster, and when the office windows where open, and the wind was in the right direction, the chimes of Big Ben reached my ears, . I feel lucky to have heard this historic timepiece, not merely on news broadcasts but also during my time working in Westminster.
Given my interest in clocks, I was pleased to come across David K. Leff's essay, "The Timeless Power of Public Clocks", in which the author discusses the enduring hold communal timepieces exert over us.
In my recently published collection of poetry, "My Old Clock I Wind", the passing of time is (as suggested by the title) a key theme running through the book. "My Old Clock" is available (in ebook format) from Amazon and can be found HERE.
It is also available from the publisher in both print and electronic formats and can be found here, http://moyhill.com/clock/.
For a recording of me reading the title poem "My Old Clock I Wind" please visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG-TzllCqkg.


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Neuspa 4x4 ATV
This product was discontinued in 2014 and is no longer available. It is unlikely to return to our store.
Why was it discontinued?
The Neuspa was originally created in 2006. Second Life was a very different world in 2006. There was no mesh, there was no sculpted prims, and the scripting language was substantially more primitive than it is now. What this means is that old objects don't look as good as newer creations and their scripts have substantially higher resource usage to accomplish the same task that a newer script could do much easier. The only way to fix this is to regularly rewrite the scripts to keep them updated, and regularly rebuild the vehicle to match modern standards. This just isn't something that we have the time do currently, as our primary focus is on games. As the vehicle is not up to the standards of something we feel comfortable selling in our store, it was removed.
Why don't you update it then?
As we mentioned before, it is simply a lack of time. Our primary focus has always been on creating games, not vehicles. Back when the Neuspa was created, we had around 3 games and the Neuspa was created as a side hobby project. Today we have over 25 games. As a result of the popularity of our game systems, we had to discontinue non-gaming products from our store to focus on our core business mission.
Can I buy a Neuspa from you anyway?
No. We do not sell the Neuspa in the store or 'under the table.' To do so would be a irresponsible at this stage. The Neuspa has 73 scripts in it which is a HUGE amount of lag to put on any sim for a single vehicle. For comparison, that's the equivalent of having 6 of our games going at the same time.
The Neuspa is very old, very ugly, and it's a massive resource hog. Nobody should be using this vehicle anymore. I'm sure there must be many fun, modern vehicles in Second Life to enjoy from talented creators whose focus is vehicles, and you should buy from them instead.


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News and Observer Editorial: Coal Ash Bill A Weak Remedy
The News and Observer has an editorial harshly criticizing the coal ash bill that was finally passed by the General Assembly this week. Not only does the bill allow Duke Energy to leave in place most of its coal ash pits, but it also allows the utility to raise rates to pay for the mess they created. From their editorial,
The Coal Ash Management Act that won final approval by the Republican-led General Assembly Wednesday is better than the Republicans' previous approach to leaking coal ash pits. Namely, "Let's adjourn and do nothing."
But this something is not much better than nothing. Essentially, Senate Bill 729 proposes to solve the coal ash problem by declaring it not a problem. Or, at least not an urgent problem. Only four of Duke Energy's 14 coal ash sites are designated for cleanup by 2019. What to do with the rest would depend on risk assessments by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and approval by a commission whose members would be appointed by the legislature and the governor.
Addressing the problem with a commission delays action. It also assures that the "solution" will be the product of lobbying and the legislature's prevailing desire to side with business interests over the interests, and in this case the health, of state residents. We need look no further than the state's Mining and Safety Commission's pro-fracking approach to safety issues to know how this even more politicized coal ash commission would work.
The bill makes it obvious just how broken, to borrow the governor's term, environmental regulation is in North Carolina. It requires that the Department of Environment and Natural resources to have its coal ash decisions approved by a commission. The House's lead negotiator on the measure, Rep. Chuck McGrady, R-Henderson, said the state's environmental regulators can't regulate coal ash directly because, "There's ongoing criminal investigations right now." A federal grand jury is investigating DENR's actions related to coal ash.
Tellingly, this weak bill fails to address the issue at the heart of the coal ash mess: Who will pay for the cleanup?
McGrady said this dodge was necessary. "If we had put the cost issue in this bill, we wouldn't be cleaning these up, because we'd still be debating the cost issue," he said.
There's no cost issue with most North Carolinians. A June poll of 500 voters by TelOpinion Research, found that 77 percent of the respondents said Duke Energy shareholders should pay, 10 percent said the state should pay and 6 percent said customers should pay.
Duke Energy saved money for decades by taking the cheap and reckless route of dumping some 100 million tons coal ash into 33 unlined pits at 14 power plants. Environmental groups long warned that the approach was letting polluted water leak from the pits into groundwater. Those warnings got state and national attention on Feb. 2 when a pipe beneath a pit broke and 40,000 tons of coal ash spilled into the Dan River.
Now the urgency of the moment has passed, and Republican lawmakers are moving toward measures so modest that most of the pits will continue to leak for years. Indeed, at least one Republican leader wondered aloud Wednesday whether coal ash – a byproduct of coal-burning power plants that is tainted with lead, mercury, arsenic and other toxins – is worth the worry.
The public is united on this issue, Duke Energy shareholders, not ratepayers, should pay to clean up ALL of the coal ash pits. After spending millions on political contributions, Duke Energy is getting what it paid for.
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FIRST Certified Professional Development is an immersive learning experience that will help you acquire or strengthen your facilitation skills for project-based learning curriculum and 21st century skills such as creativity, problem solving, and teamwork in an active learning environment. Each course is led by a FIRST Certified Teacher Trainer and provides the necessary tools to bring FIRST programs to your classroom or as a structured afterschool program. Certificates for 14 CEU's are provided at the completion of training for each FIRST program.
Over the two-day period (14 hours) you'll gain insight on how to achieve STEM learning objectives using learning tools and resources provided by FIRST, as well as the confidence and tools to:
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The 2008 Digital Future Project, conducted by the Center for the Digital Future at the USC Annenberg School for Communication, identified several trends pertaining to Web usage, including increasing online community membership and the role of the Internet in the political process. Among the findings:
• 80% of surveyed Internet users ages 17 and older consider the Internet to be an important source of information for them;
• Membership in online communities has more than doubled in only three years. 54% of online community members log into their community at least once a day;
• 75% of online community members said they use the Internet to participate in communities related to social causes, with 40% saying that they use the Internet at least monthly to participate in such communities;
• 87% are participating in social causes that are new to them since their involvement in online communities began;
• 55% of users say they feel as strongly about their online communities as they do about their real-world communities;
• 64% agree that the Internet has become important for political campaigns; and,
• Only 22% believe that the Internet is a tool to encourage public officials to care more about what people think, while only 28% agree that using the Internet gives people more of a say in what government does.
In the current project, these percentages of Internet users were involved in these activities at least weekly:
• E-mail (96%)
• Internet surfing without a specific destination (71%)
• Looking for news (60%)
• Finding product information (43%)
• Conducting online banking or other financial services (38%)
• Instant messaging (37%)
• Playing online games (35%)
• Searching for humorous content (25%)
Source: Center for the Digital Future


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James sent me this link to a cool new hard drive enclosure, called Drobo, that takes enterprise-level raid and makes it available at at a consumer level.
You can hot-swap up to 4 drives and the "robot" knows how to move data around to give you full capacity, on the fly, without shutdown. Watch their video […]
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Drobo, storage robot
April 9th, 2007 · 1 Comment
James sent me this link to a cool new hard drive enclosure, called Drobo, that takes enterprise-level raid and makes it available at at a consumer level.
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Best Calculator I've ever used on a mobile phone
February 13th, 2007 · 3 Comments
And the app, called Calcium, is free. It has a permanent place on the Active Apps of my Nokia Nseries phone now. The calculator uses the joypad to map the plus, minus, divide, multiply and equal keys so that your data entry speeds up super fast.
Download it from mtvoid.com and install it on your Series […]
How to use your Nokia 3G phone with your Mac on the M1 network
February 12th, 2007 · 8 Comments
For those of you Singapore M1 users who want to use your Nokia 3G phone, like the N73 or N93, as a bluetooth modem with your Mac laptop, here are the settings. I use my Macbook (OS 10.4.8) with a Nokia N93. I noticed that it was next to impossible to find Mac settings in […]
One of the better MP4 players from China
February 5th, 2007 · 20 Comments
Update: one of our readers (Thanks Kosmikos!) sent us this link to get the right software converters for this player:
I've got the same player, had the same conversion issue. The converter can be found here
It's called Mini-Mac. Need to use screen resolution 320×240. Even though manual says resolution is 220×176. If you use other resolution […]
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The Koss Portapro: Great Portable Cans
February 5th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Since I started podcasting, one of the things I buy a lot of are headphones. You end up with headphones for all kinds of purposes, depending you need them for casual listening or for monitoring sound in the studio.
And let me tell you, once you start using good ones, you cannot go back to crappy […]
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Within the scope of this course, students will receive introductory courses during the first two weeks of the semester covering the topics of learning outcomes and objectives of the cooperative education and evaluation of the work experience. Following this, students are installed to the jobs where they are obliged to work two days a week. Students daily summarize what is done in a journal and provide a report by the end of the semester which they also have to present and defend in front of the jury.


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SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist's Odds 'n Sods— a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from "HJL".
Redefining Assault Weapons
"Assault Weapons" isn't actually a class of arms- It's an entirely political term usually used by the military to describe small arms used by them. Sometimes, it means select-fire, sometimes it means short barreled semi-auto or it can mean any number of things that civilians can't own. But since it's not a real class of arms, politicians have decided that they can make it mean whatever they want. This week a ballot initiative took effect in Washington that defined pretty much every semi-automatic rifle as an "assault weapon" and made it illegal for anyone under 21 to buy. Remember the old saying…"First they came for…"? Well, now their coming for yours. Thanks to GG for the link.
Collecting Water From Air
Reader DSV sent in this article on some research being done to further the idea of collecting water from the humidity in the air. There are some small inefficient products on the market already, but further research is being done in this area in the hopes of producing clean water on a large scale. Examples abound of nature using this tactic to keep animals and plants adapted to semi-arid deserts alive and the research is aimed at mimicking these processes. Who knows, maybe one day you won't have to have a well in these areas.
Amazon and the FBI
The FBI is now piloting Amazon's facial matching software – Amazon Rekognition – as a means to sift through the mountains of surveillance video that they routinely collect. Apparently, when the FBI investigates a situation, they collect every bit of camera footage that they can, sifting it for possible clues. In the Las Vegas shooting, they collected over a petabye of data from security cameras and cellphones. With so much video footage, they are unable to dedicate the manpower to reviewing every frame so they are looking for ways to examine the footage that requires minimal manpower. The downside, of course, is that the line between government and private is starting to blur. Thanks to G.P. for the link.
Nano-chips in Currency
Australia has been talking about this for a while, but it looks like they are now moving forward with the concept. Authorities are now attempting to track the underground economy and barter by inserting nano-chips in $50 and $100 bills. It should be readily apparent to anyone reading the article that this isn't really about cracking down on illegal activities, but instead, tracking every singe transaction so that the government can get their drop of blood. They don't want you to move any money without them getting some of it. If a private individual or company did this, they'd call it racketeering. The government hates competition though.
Leaving NJ
A resident of New Jersey sent us this article on the top five reasons why people are leaving New Jersey. The top four reasons are exactly what I would expect- High property taxes, a failing pension system, regulations, and corruption. The fifth reason was kind of surprising to me. Apparently tolls used to be collected for the building and maintenance of roads. Now tolls are collected specifically for tollbooths. There is nothing quite like being taxed for the privilege of paying taxes.
El Nino has been doing it's thing for the last couple of months and the usual routine is that things start calming down after the first of the year. Apparently this year is going to be different though. According to this article, there are a number of storms amassing off the west coast getting ready to pummel North America. It has picked up the nickname of "StormFest". Hang on to your hat. It would appear that there will be plenty of rain, snow and wind this year. The upside is that much of the west is currently under drought conditions and these storms may provide the snowpack necessary to alleviate this.
Projecting Power
Interestingly enough, Iran is starting to project power away from their region. Starting in March, the Iranian navy has announced that they will be deploying warships to the Atlantic Ocean. The suspicion is that they warships are being deployed in support of the many clandestine operatives that Iran has deployed around the globe. While there is nothing inherently wrong about what they are doing (many nations including Russia, China and the U.S. routinely do this), it does show the intent of the terrorist supporting government to extend the reach of its current power, expanding it from a regional power to a global power.
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The two candidates running for Mississippi lieutenant governor engaged in a civil discussion about Medicaid expansion and other issues during a televised statewide debate. The 30-minute forum Thursday evening will probably be the only chance for many voters to do a side-by-side comparison of the nominees. Democrat Jay Hughes of Oxford is a first-term state representative, and Republican Delbert Hosemann ...Read More »
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Hosemann announces bid for Mississippi lt. governor
Mississippi's third-term Republican secretary of state says he's running for lieutenant governor. Delbert Hosemann is announcing his candidacy at events around the state, including one Wednesday in the Jackson suburb of Richland. The 71-year-old Hosemann is an attorney who grew up in Vicksburg and lives in Jackson. The current lieutenant governor, Republican Tate Reeves of Flowood, cannot seek a third ...Read More »
Former Legislative Director Upchurch is new chief of staff at Secretary of State's Office
Nathan Upchurch, Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann's long-time Legislative Director, recently assumed the Agency's Chief of Staff role. A native of Kosciusko, Upchurch earned a bachelor's degree in Political Science from Mississippi State University. Since 2013, Upchurch has been the Secretary of State's Legislative Director. Among other responsibilities, Upchurch developed the policy and legislative agenda for the Agency, assisted in ...Read More »
BOBBY HARRISON: Hosemann could be wild card in scripted race for governor
Most believe the script – as least for the lead actors – already has been written for the 2019 statewide elections. Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves of Rankin County in suburban Jackson and Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood of Houston in Northeast Mississippi will be the lead candidates for their respective parties for the open gubernatorial seat. There could be ...Read More »
Mississippi already shares some voter info with other states
Mississippi's top elections official says he is consistent by sharing some voter information with other states while also telling a national group to "jump in the Gulf of Mexico" as it requests similar data. Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann told The Associated Press on Friday that Mississippi has participated since at least 2009 in the Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program . Thirty ...Read More »
Hosemann: 'Mississippi's elections are not rigged'
Mississippi's secretary of state says absentee voting is disappointingly down from the last presidential election, and turnout might be below 50 percent. Delbert Hosemann also repeated many times during a news conference Tuesday that Mississippi's elections are not rigged and cannot be hacked because voting machines don't connect to the internet. In his words, "The Russians are not going to ...Read More »
Firm to partially reimburse customers for investment losses
The Mississippi secretary of state says investment firm Morgan Stanley will return up to $4.2 million to partially reimburse customers who had "inordinate losses" because a portfolio manager allegedly used high-risk investments for people who hadn't agreed to them. Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann says the firm agreed to resolve an investigation by the securities division of his office. In ...Read More »
Analysis: Early voting could make you a liar in Mississippi
Mississippi lawmakers this year rejected a proposal to stop making liars of their fellow citizens, at least when it comes to early voting. Current state law allows any registered voter who is disabled or at least 65 years old to cast an absentee ballot before election day. Anyone else needs an excuse, such as being out of town on election ...Read More »
State's 'Y'all' website pulling visitors worldwide
By LYNN LOFTON A website by the Secretary of State's office to promote economic development in Mississippi has attracted a large number of visitors since its Sept. 30 launch. The site, www.YallBusiness.sos.ms.gov, brings together economic, census and consumer data into one comprehensive website. It also has a link on the main Secretary of State website. Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann ...Read More »
Mississippi Secretary of State fines Oxford House
JACKSON — The secretary of state's office has ordered a Maryland-based organization that finds homes for recovering alcoholics and former drug addicts to stop soliciting donations in Mississippi. Oxford House Inc. is based in a Silver Spring, Maryland. It operates about 15 group homes in Mississippi. The Clarion-Ledger reports that the secretary of state's office levied a $1,000 fine to ...Read More »


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All the members of the Faculty of Medicine will work togather to provide students of the Graduate School of Medicine with education. Some faculty members will also take charge of instructing students of the Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, and the Graduate School of International Infectious Diseases, which have been newly established. With this reorganization, under the philosophies of the Graduate School of Medicine "to lead the world with cutting-edge research in medical science" and "to equip the next generation of medical researchers and medical professionals with a strong sense of ethics and a well-rounded character to contribute to the health and welfare of humanity", we set our educational goal to nurture individuals who possess high ethical standards and highly specialized knowledge regarding medicine, life science and social medicine (public health) as well as research and teaching or practical capabilities.
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Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Can You Ever Forgive Me? stars Melissa McCarthy in a rare dramatic role as writer-turned-forger Lee Israel.
The cliche of the impoverished and unappreciated writer may be a familiar one, but biographer-turned-fraudster Lee Israel is no ordinary failed scribe.
Her story provides rich material for director Marielle Heller's new film Can You Ever Forgive Me?, in which Melissa McCarthy moves away from her usual comedy outings to star as Israel.
With a likeable star known for comedy roles, audiences could be forgiven for thinking Heller will find a sympathetic side to a person known for her abrasiveness - but nothing could be further than the truth.
Israel's career hit a rut in the late 1980s after a failed book on beauty icon Estee Lauder.
Embittered, angry, and so short of cash she can't afford rent on her squalid apartment or vet's bills for her beloved cat (and only friend) Jersey, she hits upon a money-making scheme while researching a disastrous plan to write a book about showgirl Fanny Brice.
After stealing a letter belonging to Brice while rooting through an archive and discovering her own humorous addition greatly increases its value, she begins forging letters from famous wits, including Noel Coward and Dorothy Parker (whose invented sign-off gives the movie its title), and selling them to unscrupulous or naive booksellers and dealers.
McCarthy is a revelation as the film's central uber-grouch - a person who, despite her profession requiring her to understand the lives of others, genuinely hates people.
One brilliant early scene sees her gatecrash a party hosted by her agent (Jane Curtin) simply to complain about her lack of work, express her fury at the success of her fellow guest, the novelist Tom Clancy, while guzzling booze and stealing toilet roll and a winter coat.
It's when Israel meets flamboyant homosexual down-and-out Jack Hock (Richard E. Grant) that Can You Ever Forgive Me? really comes alive though.
Despite being irredeemably selfish in very different ways - Hock's primary interest in his next fix, chemical or sexual, while Israel is so uninterested in the niceties of life that piles of cat poo sit under her bed - they bond over their love of drink and outcast status in a lovingly-recreated New York City.
She then involves him in her forgery scheme after dealers begin to become suspicious as to how she has come into possession of so many spectacular missives penned by iconic figures (her forgeries eventually totalled around 400) - attention that in turn draws in the FBI and forces her to change her modus operandi to stealing real letters from archives.
The chemistry between the film's two co-stars is superb, as both sparkle with hate-filled wit, while hinting at the underlying sadness that fuelled Israel's temper and Hock's self-destructive tendencies.
Several scenes are genuinely touching, with Israel's aborted friendship (and possible romance) with Anna, a bookseller she is defrauding with her letters, and her connection with her ex-girlfriend Elaine (Anna Deavere Smith) showing what her anger at the world has cost her.
Grant, who has received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance, channels the devil-may-care charm that he exhibited three decades ago as the title character in Withnail & I.
Just as in that film, he pulls off the remarkable trick of being hilariously acerbic throughout, but gradually revealing the emptiness that often lies behind a risque lifestyle.
Although we see both characters' vulnerabilities this is not a tale of redemption.
Can You Ever Forgive Me? is based on Israel's unrepentant memoir of the same name.
It's a book in which she expressed pride at her crimes rather than remorse, claiming that her letters were often better than the real thing and gave people what they wanted.
It's a sentiment Heller's film doesn't entirely endorse - but an important theme is how the superficiality that ended her writing career as publishing trends moved towards self-promotion rather than painstaking research, also enabled her success as a forger.
Sad, funny, unforgiving of its subject, but also the world that spat her out and turned a brilliant writer into a skilled forger, Can You Ever Forgive Me? is a must-see.
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