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Oman or Muscat in Oman is a popular modern age city that has over time adopted various flavors across the world and evolve its own cuisine to meet the needs of a modern working woman's lifestyle.
A little more research on building an Omani meal led me to this combination today.
An exotic Omani Style Biryani (chicken replaced with paneer), Mint yogurt, Almond Stuffed dates and Omani Sherbet
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Aosta railway station
Aosta / Aoste
The passenger building.
|Piazza/Place Innocenzo Manzetti
11100 Aosta/Aoste
Aosta, Aosta Valley
|45°44′03″N 07°19′21″E / 45.73417°N 7.32250°ECoordinates: 45°44′03″N 07°19′21″E / 45.73417°N 7.32250°E
|Operated by
|Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
|98.619 km (61.279 mi)
from Chivasso
|Train operators
|Other information
Aosta railway station (Italian: Stazione di Aosta; French: Gare d'Aoste) is the main station serving the city and comune of Aosta, in the autonomous region of Aosta Valley, northwestern Italy. Opened in 1886, it forms part of the Chivasso–Ivrea–Aosta railway, and is also a junction station for a branch line to nearby Pré-Saint-Didier, in the Valdigne, on the way towards Courmayeur.
The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. Train services to and from the station are operated by Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.
Aosta railway station is situated in the southern part of the city, a few hundred metres (yards) from the central Émile Chanoux square (town hall square), to which it is linked by Avenue Conseil des Commis.
The station has recently been renovated. It is composed of a single building with ticketing, waiting rooms, a cafe bar, a bistro restaurant and a tobacconist. A minor building, adjacent to the main one, is the headquarters of the railway police.
The station yard has eight tracks, of which five are dedicated to passenger trains, and faced by platforms equipped with steel canopies. Recently, Centrostazioni fitted the platforms and the subway to Via Paravera with illuminated signs indicating destinations and schedules.
There is no goods shed at the station. In recent years, the only goods traffic passing through the station has been consignments of slate, widely used for roofing in the Aosta Valley, and cargoes of waste, particularly of scrap metal, from Cogne Aciers spéciaux (CAS), a steelworks located near the station. The scrap metal was destined for foundries, and was transported several days a week by goods trains hauled by two D345 class diesel locomotives (one at each end of the train) or the new D242 class diesel locomotives.
Until 2001-2002, the station was managed in collaboration with military railway engineers (who were involved in the management of the Chivasso–Aosta railway).
Train services[edit]
The station is served by the following services:
- Regional services (Treno regionale) Pré-Saint-Didier - Aosta
- Regional services (Treno regionale) Aosta - Ivrea
|Preceding station
|Following station
toward Pré-Saint-Didier
|Treno regionale
|Treno regionale
toward Ivrea
Passenger and train movements[edit]
The station has about one million passenger movements each year.[1] It is used mainly by students attending colleges in the Aosta Valley, by commuters and by tourists.
The main destinations for passengers are Turin, Chivasso, Ivrea and Pré-Saint-Didier.
Innocent Manzetti square, in front of the station, is the terminus for the majority of Aosta's urban and suburban bus lines.
Near the square is the Georges Carrel parking station, and Aosta bus station, the terminus of the bus lines of the SAVDA company.
See also[edit]
- History of rail transport in Italy
- List of railway stations in Aosta Valley
- Rail transport in Italy
- Railway stations in Italy
- ^ "Flussi Annui nelle 103 Stazioni" [Annual flows at the 103 stations]. Centostazioni website (in Italian). Centostazioni. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aosta railway station.
- History and pictures of Aosta railway station (in Italian)
- Aosta Valley Railway Museum Association website (in French and Italian)
- Les chemins de fer en Vallée d'Aoste (Tour of Mont Blanc by train) (in French)
This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version, and includes information from the French language version, as of December 2010.

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Insidious: The Last Key
The latest chapter in the terrifying series jumps back in time, revealing the origin of psychic Elise and the evil force that has followed her since childhood.
After successfully freeing young Quinn Brenner from the grasp of a nasty spirit in Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015), parapsychologist Elise decided to put retirement on the back-burner and goes into business with Specs and Turner.
As Spectral Sightings, they are a collective force to be reckoned with, and more than qualified to investigate the darkest depths of the undead world.
But, with Elise still haunted by the same mysterious man that has followed her since her childhood days in New Mexico, can she ever truly separate her own life and career from The Further?
The fourth instalment in the terrifying horror franchise is another prequel, set just before the events of Insidious (2010), where we first met the troubled Lambert family.
Insidious: Chapter 4 sees scream-queen Lin Shaye takes centre-stage, as the film delves deep into her past. Shaye has had a long and distinguished career, and made notable appearances countless genre cult classics, such as A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Critters (1986) and Ouija (2014).
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Elie Tahari uses BI tools to grow without adding overhead
Elie Tahari Ltd., one of three Gartner BI Excellence Awards finalists, implemented business intelligence tools that helped the fashion retailer grow without adding overhead.
Elie Tahari may not be a household name, but his work is certainly recognizable. The fashion designer, who came to the United States in the 1970s with no place to live and little money, made his big debut with the tube top, and, yes, that factoid received a round of applause at the Gartner Business Intelligence Summit 2011, held in Los Angeles earlier this month.
Whereas the other two presentations for the Gartner BI Excellence Awards came from big corporations, Elie Tahari's exhibition, given by Director of Business Applications Nihad Aytaman, focused on a midsize business installing what turned into a mature BI project.
Elie Tahari Ltd., a privately held clothing retailer, has just more than 800 employees with 22 retail locations, clothing in 600 free-standing boutiques and all high-end department stores. The retailer's merchandise is also available in 40 countries around the world.
The problem: The Elie Tahari story is not unlike that of many businesses interested in deploying a more sophisticated BI system. Information stored by the fashion retailer was placed into disparate systems. Although all systems were integrated, each had its own set of standards, reporting tools and user interfaces, creating silos. Beyond that, some data was compiled manually, and the process could take days, causing the sales staff, for example, to respond to trends slowly. Existing systems were clunky in reporting the availability of products at specific locations, and communication with the supply chain lagged.
The implementation: In 2005, the organization decided to implement a data warehouse to eliminate the silos and manual processing to create a standardized reporting system. That project included an operational data store (ODS), which acts as a conduit between all reporting systems and the dimensional data warehouse. By implementing both the ODS and data warehouse, all data was collected and stored in the same place, enabling the fashion retailer to have more up-to-date communication with its supply chain. The system removed the need for manual processing, so that the sales staff, for example, could access data quickly and respond to trends faster. The organization also ensured that almost all transactional data flowed into the data warehouse within minutes, a system they refer to as near real time. This, according to Aytaman, allowed store managers to make insightful decisions such as altering buying patterns based on sales data.
After that successful implementation, the clothing retailer looked for other ways its BI tools could help cut down on inefficiencies. That led to a renewed focus on metrics in 2007, enabling the company to set targets and identify variances showing trends and health in specific areas or departments.
In 2008, noticing retail controllers were struggling with monthly budget reports because the 22 locations submitted Excel spreadsheets separately, Elie Tahari decided to streamline the process by creating an online portal specifically for that purpose.
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He added that "super users" trained for each department do simple ad hoc query reports. IT maintains the infrastructure, builds the complex reporting tools and implements new modules over the years.


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News of the European Blokart Championship 2017
Results of the European Blokart Championship 2017
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Nuestro tablón de anuncios oficial fue el "spot" más visitado de toda la competición. Todos pendientes de cómo se iba definiendo la clasificación regata a regata.
Travelodge Hotels offers a 15% discount for European Blokart Pilots
September 19, 2017
The Travelodge Barcelona Poblenou is three subway stops from the Landsailing BCN (Maresme-Forum) Centric hotel in Barcelona, located a few…
The races at the European Blokart Championship 2017
July 19, 2017
There will be races in the Production and Performance classes. Each class will be divided into divisions, determined by the weight of the pilot...
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In Barcelona we will have Lieven Marques, Nick Glynn, Chris Moore and Torsten Wullf, with this team nothing can go wrong.
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Club Journalists against Corruption expresses most sincere congratulations on Mr. Antonio Tajani's nomination for President of the European Parliament.
His untiring work and contribution to put emphasis to the European agenda on some of the most important topics for European citizens, are indisputable. It is no accident that due to his activities in the fighting against counterfeiting of goods, fraud and corruption, Mr Tajani was unanimously elected honorary member of Club Journalists against Corruption .
Club JAC strongly supports Mr. Tajani's nomination since the European Parliament needs a president just like him – a person with experience and proven reputation in European structures, one with style of work grounded on transparency and open dialogue with the media.
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An Official HYCM Review Of A Reputed Forex Broker
Contact Info
- Website: www.hycm.com
- Customer Service Tel: +44-208-816-7812
Dealing Room Tel: +44-207-330-9021
- Office address:
- 3rd Floor, 28 Throgmorton Street,
- London EC2N 2AN,
- United Kingdom
HYCM is the Forex brokerage division of Henyep Group, which began operations as a Gold and Silver exchange platform in Hong Kong during the late 70's. HYCM has had an illustrious history in the financial markets and is one of the oldest companies in the industry with more than 35 years of experience to its name. Henyep Capital Markets (HYCM) was formerly known as HY Markets and had made a significant impact in the industry by offering numerous financial products ranging from Forex trading to investments. This HYCM review is designed to offer you better insight into the fine aspects of HYCM Forex trading operations including regulation, trading platforms, payment options, bonuses, and opening an account.
Which HYCM Account Suits My Trading Requirements?
HYCM trading accounts start from $100, and there are no maximum limits prescribed by the broker regarding account equity. Clients are provided a Micro account for the $100 initial deposit, which comes with access to 50 tradable assets and a maximum HYCM leverage of 1:200. The HYCM spreads for the micro account is also higher than the other accounts, and starts from 1.8 pips.
The Standard account with spreads starting from 1.5 pips can be opened using a minimum initial deposit of $1000, and HYCM clients can trade on 120 different financial instruments. Traders also receive trading signals on the Standard account; however, the maximum leverage is reduced to 1:200. A VIP account can be opened for initial deposits greater than $10,000 that has a similar set of conditions to the Standard account, but traders can enjoy certain VIP privileges.
Account funding and withdrawals can be performed through wire transfer, credit cards, WebMoney, UnionPay, or through local funds transfer. HYCM should consider adding more payment options, especially e-wallets such as Skrill and PayPal since modern day traders are shifting their focus away from conventional forms of payments.
Even though HYCM has been around for a few decades, they still don't offer an ECN account, which is a huge surprise. The minimum amount of deposit required for a Micro account is also higher than the conventional Micro accounts available with competing brokers, which can prevent small traders from choosing HYCM as their preferred FX trading partner. HYCM spreads are also significantly higher, especially since other leading STP and market maker brokers offer spreads starting from 1 pip.
Is My Trading Capital Protected With Good HYCM Regulation?
The Henyep Group has its representative offices in several parts of the world. HYCM is primarily situated in the UK, but its branches are scattered across countries such as Cyprus, Hong Kong, Dubai, and Kuwait. HYCM is regulated by the FCA (in the UK) as well as the CySEC (in Cyprus), which are two of the major regulatory agencies in the FX market. HYCM is authorized by the MiFID derivative to offer FX products and services in mainland EU and to the EEA contributors. Therefore, HYCM is a highly reliable broker that guarantees the safety of its clients' funds by keeping the money in segregated accounts in the top banks of EU. HYCM also offers protection under the FSCS and ICF schemes that are designed to compensate traders in the event a broker faces bankruptcy or liquidation. The FCA and CySEC are highly proactive in ensuring that all member firms adhere to the best financial conduct to protect the integrity of the markets. Member companies of EU regulatory agencies are also required to have sound financial statements and should perform routine audits through certified third-party organizations to ensure that the financial reports offer accurate insight into the broker's financial transactions.
HYCM regulation is also enforced by DIFC in Dubai that is mainly aimed to cater to the ultra-rich clientele from the Middle East. DIFC is one of the lesser known regulatory organizations that is highly intent on protecting the welfare of the Middle Eastern investors, which makes it a highly respected authority in the Gulf region.
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HYCM offers a branded trading platform known as the PrimeTrader that provides the entire 120 different assets through a robust and user-friendly trading platform for desktop users. The PrimeTrader was launched only recently, and the platform is still in its initial phase of testing and implementation. Being a new platform, PrimeTrader is bound to have a few bugs and issues. Therefore, it is only recommended for traders who trade with a small percentage of their equity and lower leverage, as it is easy to face significant losses if the platform freezes during high-volatile events.
For more stability in your trading, you can also choose the MT4 terminal as the HYCM platform, which is the best option for professional traders and scalpers without worrying about the platform freezing up during a trade. MT4 is a tried and tested platform, and there are rarely any issues with the software. HYCM mobile trading platforms are merely MT4 apps designed for the iOS and Android devices, as HYCM does not offer any branded mobile trading platform. All trading interfaces are connected to fast and efficient servers, but being a market maker model, traders should expect re-quotes and slippages, as well as extra wide spreads during both low volume and high-volatile sessions.
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The broker used to provide an HYCM bonus for traders making a deposit into their live trading account, but it seems that the broker no longer offers any bonus due to the conflict of interest with clients. Bonuses also make it difficult to make a withdrawal, as traders are required to satisfy all the terms and conditions of the bonus before initiating a withdrawal, and more often than not, traders and their brokers always get into a conflict regarding the applicable rules and policies. Nevertheless, HYCM is following the footsteps of other FX brokers by offering a loyalty program that provides a cash rebate by accumulating certain lot conditions. Such a loyalty bonus program is free of any terms or conditions, which allows clients to withdraw their loyalty bonuses without any strings attached.
Clients can contact HYCM through three different forms of customer support channels, direct phone, email, and live chat. HYCM has been in the business for a long time and is aware of the significance of improving customer satisfaction by listening to their clients. FCA and CySEC regulation also ensures that brokers should resolve customer complaints in a professional manner according to the stipulated rules and guidelines. If you are in the market for a trusted and reliable Forex broker that offers the market maker model, HYCM is a good choice.


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Back in January the Assembly called on local primary school pupils to get out their paints and brushes, show off their artistic talents and submit a piece of original art work for a new and exciting competition led by the Education Service. Young people were given the choice between two themes - 'Remembering the Titanic' and 'My World' - the response was overwhelming.
2,500 pupils from primary schools across Northern Ireland, from Omagh to Ballymena and from Maguiresbridge to Ballytober sent in their mini masterpieces, all hopeful that their art would be chosen to go on display in the Great Hall in Parliament Buildings.
On Friday 30 March – the Great Hall was awash with colour and laughter as the winners arrived to celebrate their success.
Principal Deputy Speaker of the Assembly Francie Molloy MLA, was on hand to present the awards to 22 pupils whose work was selected from the thousands of entries. He admitted that it was a very difficult task for the judging panel as the standard was incredibly high and it was clear to all that artistic talent is not lacking in our local schools.
Winners were awarded with art kits to help them create yet more masterpieces and parents and children were also given a special behind the scenes tour of Parliament Buildings.
Local artists, Clare McComish and Sally Young from the Community Arts Partnership worked with winners on the day to create a unique piece of willow sculpture which has also been given pride of place in the Great Hall. The young people also got a little extra help when Danny Kinahan MLA (winner of the recent MAC MLA Art competition) arrived and couldn't resist lending a hand.
The winning art work will be on display in Parliament Buildings until 27 April – so why not take the opportunity to come see some truly inspiring pieces of art and find out what else the Assembly has to offer. You can also view more winning entries on our flickr site.
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I used to want to be a movie star so I wouldn't have to live in trailers anymore. And now that I make movies, I spend a lot of my life living in trailers.
I would definitely say that I am a very big movie musical fan in general, and I try to see every one that I possibly can - and 'Glee' every week.
Films are amazing. To be a part of a movie is the greatest. It's so historic and exciting.
I'd love to be able to do a really good English movie.
The trouble with movies as a business is that it's an art, and the trouble with movies as art is that it's a business.
In life and in movies, it's a similar challenge, where you have expectations, and you end up in situations that are not meeting your expectations.
I'm used to watching old movies of myself.
Movies are like magic tricks.
I'd done about 10 movies before I decided I wanted to make acting the main thrust of my career.
That movie, 'Airplane!,' what a landmark film it was. It's a great, great movie.
One of the things that I find so exciting about life is that you're constantly surprised. You never know what's going to happen, and it's certainly like that making movies; every once in a while, one will come along that transcends all of your expectations.
I don't have one movie that is my favorite, I have about 25-30 favorites.
My father was so in love with showbiz, all the different aspects - what we're doing here, making the movies, everything about it.
My mom wasn't a movie star.
I hate it when there's a good movie, someone overhypes it and I'm disappointed that I don't like it more.
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Kubernetes is an open-source cluster system for running containers. Without going into a lot of detail, it runs containers for you on a set of nodes and moves those containers if the node is unhealthy for any reason. It has more features than that; you can visit the web site to see them all. All I have to say is that it is a great system to run your containers on. Kubernetes has predefined in-cluster logging that will send the logs from all of the Kubernetes pods you are running to Elasticsearch. This blog will show you how to use the same mechanisms to send the logs over to Loggly with all of the pod/namespace/container name/k8s host tags along with it. We will take their existing work and make a few modifications. For experienced users who wish to skip right to the good stuff, here are the pod files to make that happen.
There are times when you want to be able to easily get the logs from all of the applications that are running on your Kubernetes cluster. The "kubectl" command-line tool is available to tail the logs for you, but that is cumbersome and can create a security issue: It requires direct access to the cluster. Also, you don't have any filtering or searching options. Getting your application logs into Loggly gives you an easy web-based interface where your team can see how your applications are behaving on the cluster, which allows you to lock down direct access to those who need it. It also offers easier searching, alerting, and more. With Loggly search, it's easy to dig into details about an application. For example, the screenshot below shows all the "GET" requests from an HTTP server application. With our Fluentd plugin, we can include all of the relevant Kubernetes tags so we can slice and dice the data in many ways.
In a nutshell here's what we're going to do: Replace the Fluentd image with the configuration for sending the logs to a local Elasticsearch cluster running on Kubernetes with our own Fluentd image with the configuration to send it over to Loggly. This is the Fluentd Kubernetes pod configuration: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-ds.yaml
Instead we are going to turn on this Fluentd Kubernetes pod: https://github.com/sekka1/kubernetes-fluentd-loggly/blob/master/k8s-fluentd-daemonset.yaml
The difference is that we are using another container. This container is the one with the Loggly Fluentd plugin installed (details of what is installed below). We swapped out the configuration from sending the logs to Elasticsearch to Loggly. To send your own Kubernetes logs, the only thing you have to do is replace the Loggly token with your own customer token.
In the "k8s-fluentd-daemonset.yaml" file, look for "YOUR_LOGGLY_TOKEN_HERE" and replace it with your token. You should be familiar with the "kubectl" CLI utility if you are managing a Kubernetes cluster. This is the CLI tool that allows you to control the cluster from the command line. The following command will create the Fluentd Loggly container in your Kubernetes cluster.
kubectl --namespace kube-system create -f
That is it. This will run on all the nodes you have in the Kubernetes cluster and start sending logs over to your Loggly account. If you go into your dashboard, you can search for these logs.
This is a sample log for a zookeeper pod. The important thing to note here is that it has all of the proper tags associated with it:
For those of you who want to know the details, the following section will go through what was changed.
We installed the Fluentd Loggly plugin: https://github.com/sekka1/kubernetes-fluentd-loggly/blob/master/build.sh#L37
Then we used the plugin to send the logs to Loggly: https://github.com/sekka1/kubernetes-fluentd-loggly/blob/master/td-agent.conf#L290
You will notice that the Loggly URL is parameterized. We add in the URL when we start up the Kubernetes pod here: https://github.com/sekka1/kubernetes-fluentd-loggly/blob/master/k8s-fluentd-daemonset.yaml#L27
And this is the line you have to change with your own token information (highlighted when you click the preceding link).
With a few changes we were able to easily change out the entire backend logging system of where Kubernetes sends all of the cluster logs and send it over to Loggly. This shows that Kubernetes has done a very good job of building a modular system.
Garland Kan Garland Kan helps customers run large-scale, reliable applications on Amazon Web Services (AWS) by working with engineers and architects to design, build, optimize, and operate infrastructure in the cloud. His specialties are Docker, Kubernetes, systems automation, security, and migrating workloads to container-based workloads. In addition to helping customers build and deploy applications, he writes various blogs to help the community to use Docker-based infrastructures.
I tried to install Loggly in a Kubernetes cluster but when I start the k8s-fluentd-daemonset.yaml the pods start and then get deleted. Also the instructions above says to replace the fluentd-ds.yaml with the k8s-fluentd-daemonset.yaml but does not give any info on how to do that.
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Shana Tova Everyone! May your New Year be filled with peace, joy and happiness.
On Rosh HaShana its traditional to enjoy honey and apples. This image is a modern twist on that theme and was inspired by my students who are permanently attached to their ipods.
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In my review of Stormhaven Rising, the first volume of the "Atlas and the Winds" series, I briefly noted comparisons between that novel and the first sci fi classic about an asteroid destroying the earth, the 1933 When Worlds Collide.
I have far fewer comparisons between the first book's sequel, After When Worlds Collide, and Prometheus and The Dragon. The 1934 sequel was pure fantasy with amazing remains of a vanished alien civilization left behind on another planet for the human survivors to inhabit. True, the various bands of humans from different countries brought with them dangerous ideological conflicts from their now dead home planet. The same is true of Prometheus, although on a far more complex scale.
From the beginning of Prometheus, the Chinese and Americans battle each other both on the moon and on earth as each think they have the real hope of throwing the coming asteroid off course. Each, due to both arrogance and technological issues, cancel out each other's efforts. At the same time, other conflicts flare up on earth and between various lunar colonies. On earth, an alliance between the Russians and Arab states seek to destroy Israel, but this union breaks down and threatens the stability of the Russian/Arab moon colony. An insane American evangelist enflames thousands of followers to destroy all spacecraft taking potential survivors to the moon as he thinks unbelievers should simply accept the will of God and die in the coming apocalypse. The Americans don't like the idea of the Stormhaven colony having an equal voice in the future as they feel the Stormhaven base doesn't have legitimate international standing. In short, in the precious time left before the asteroid hit, humanity is its own worst enemy.
Author Eric Michael Craig does an excellent job providing characters who represent the multiple perspectives and widely differing agendas of a number of nations, scientists, political and military leaders, as well as religious groups. He also provides a large number of interpersonal relationships of those desperate to survive on the moon, those who try to create safe havens on earth, or those spreading terrestrial and lunar havoc based on self-defeating motives. As with volume one, Craig is especially good with his explanations of scientific advances, vivid settings, and sadly too many believable human tensions. Without giving anything away, the concluding chapters include so much emotional punch that readers may well be breathless by the time they read the bonus chapter from the next book, Shadows in the Sun.
Certainly, it's best to read Stormhaven Rising before diving into Prometheus. If you're like me, you'll want to go beyond these two novels, read book three, and look forward to the rest of the series coming out in 2017. To me, Eric Michael Craig undeniably deserves to be lauded as an important new voice in science fiction.
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Eduardo Saverin
Nationality: Brazilian
Famous: IT & Software Entrepreneurs Brazilian Men
Age: 37 Years, 37 Year Old Males
Sun Sign: Pisces
Also Known As: Eduardo Luiz Saverin
Born in: So Paulo, Brazil
Famous as: Entrepreneur
Spouse/Ex-: Elaine Andriejanssen (m. 2015)
father: Roberto Saverin
mother: Sandra Saverin
siblings: Alexandre Saverin
Founder/Co-Founder: Facebook, Inc.
education: Harvard University
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Eduardo Saverin is one of the co-founders of Facebook along with Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Hughes, Dustin Moskovitz and Andrew McCollum. He is a Brazilian Internet Entrepreneur and an active angel investor. He was a hot topic in media when he renounced his U.S. citizenship in 2009. It was alleged he renounced U.S. citizenship to avoid capital gains taxes. He currently lives in Singapore, where he moved in 2009. In 2015, he co-founded the 'B Capital Group' Other than Facebook, his major investments include B Capital Group, Ninja Van, Aporta, Lyft, Qwiki, Jumio and others. According to Forbes, Eduardo Saverin had a net worth of $7.2 billion as of 2015. In 2015, he owned around 53 million Facebook shares. In 2010, he, along with Mexican entrepreneur Aldo Alvarez, co-founded Aporta, an online portal for charity. 'The Social Network', a film based on Facebook, shows his role in creation of Facebook and his relationship with Mark Zuckerberg.
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- Eduardo Saverin was born Eduardo Luiz Saverin in a Jewish family in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 19, 1982.He had two other siblings. His father, Robert Saverin, was a successful industrialist who worked in clothing, shipping and real estate. Eduardo's mother was a psychologist.Eduardo is known for his entrepreneurial skills which can be traced back into his family. His Romanian born grandfather, Eugenio Saverin, founded the popular kids wear chain retail stores, Tip Top.In his early childhood, his family moved to Rio de Janeiro and then finally settled in Miami, Florida in 1993.Eduardo completed his primary education from the Gulliver Preparatory School, Miami. Later, he undertook his undergraduate degree in one of the Ivy League Colleges in Harvard. He was a member of the Phoenix S. K. Club and presided over Harvard Investment Association.He is also an active member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity, which was established to develop leadership for the Jewish community.It is believed that he made around $300,000 while he was just an undergrad due to the lax in Brazil's insider trading regulations.He graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in Economics with great distinction in the year 2006.His life changed when he first met Mark Zuckerberg at Harvard and decided to help him with thefacebook.com.Continue Reading BelowRecommended Lists:
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- Eduardo met Mark in his junior year at Harvard. Mark had an idea for a social networking site cum online directory for Harvard students, but needed financial support to develop it.Seeing that Mark had a brilliant idea that was worth investing in, Eduardo agreed to support him. Mark never saw thefacebook.com as a way to create money. In fact, Mark's only intention was to create an innovative website that could connect people. However, his approach was unknown to Eduardo and he had the vision to make money through this website. Thus, he decided to fund Mark's business and joined him as a co-founder funding all his servers and other necessities.After successfully launching Facebook at Harvard, the co-founders decided to expand it beyond its limitations. Thus, they decided to move to Palo Alto, California. However, Saverin went to New York to undertake an internship at the Lehman brothers in 2004.Saverin was supposed to work on getting funds, setting up a company, and making a business model during the course of his internship. Saverin, thus, became Facebook's first Chief Finance Officer.However, Saverin was found to have run unauthorized ads on Facebook, without the knowledge of Mark Zuckerberg. He even developed the Joboozle, which was a job board site.This led to a severe conflict between Zuckerberg and Saverin and when Eduardo failed to provide Facebook with the required funding, Mark had to find other investors.Sean Parker took Eduardo's place for finding funds for Facebook. Peter Thiel, another investor who came in contact with Mark through Sean, helped Mark in cutting off Eduardo.To cut Saverin off, Zuckerberg formed a new company named Facebook, a Delaware corporation, and then distributed its new shares to everyone other than Saverin.Eduardo had to sign an agreement that made Mark the sole director of Facebook.Continue Reading BelowThe conflict led to Facebook cutting him off its co-founders list. However, later, after Eduardo approached the media, Facebook retained Eduardo as a co-founder in their list alongside Mark, Dustin Moskovitz, and two others. An out of court agreement between Eduardo and Facebook prevented Eduardo to let anything out about Facebook in the media.In 2010, Eduardo, along with Aldo Alvarez, a Mexican reporter, co-founded Aporta. It is an online portal for charity.In 2016, he closed deals of over $140 million in Asia, which included the ones for the startup Ninja Van.Awards & Achievements
- He co-founded Facebook along with Mark Zuckerberg and 3 others. He was the Financial Head and the Chief Finance Officer in Facebook.He made heavy investment in the Singapore based online retailer, Redmart.He made bold investments in Uber, Lyft and other car rental services like Flightcar and Silvercar.He was announced as one of the most brilliant business minds and a billionaire by Forbes.Personal Life & Legacy
- Eduardo Saverin is married to Elaine Andriejanssen, a girl from a business oriented family, owning several businesses in Massachusetts. She is Chinese Indonesian. They got engaged on 27th March 2014, and tied the knot on June 25tj, 2015 at the French Riviera.Eduardo lives in his multi-million dollar condo in Singapore. He is always connected with the world using his iPhone, iPad and three MacBooks.Continue Reading BelowHe has a thing for weather forecast and one of his three Macs keep on running weather softwares. His hobby for weather forecast about tsunamis and Hurricanes deepened when the hurricane Andrew hit South Florida in 1992.Saverin found the media's eye as a 13-year old, when he beat a chess grandmaster in a match in Orlando.Eduardo is a shy and yet a very strong willed man. His business mind is what makes him special.He renounced his US citizenship in 2009. It is believed that he did it to evade the heavy taxes that were lodged onto him after huge gains from Facebook investments. However, he claims that he always wanted to stay in Singapore and that he can pay only as much taxes to the US government as much as he owes to them.Even after the controversial removal of Eduardo from Facebook, he still believes in Mark and admires him. He states that Mark has always been a visionary and since day one he was committed to Facebook more than anybody else.Eduardo likes to keep a low profile on social networking sites.When asked about the movie, The Social Network, he states that it is a Hollywood fantasy and that the movie is exaggerated.Trivia
- Eduardo's net worth is around $8.8 billion.He is venture capitalist and provides huge capitals to potential startups.He has liquidated his Facebook shares to investors like Digital Sky Technologies and Sharespost.He was portrayed by Andrew Garfield in the 2010 movie, The Social Network. Andrew's role earned him a BAFTA and a Golden Globe nomination.He is the co-founder of the B Capital Group.Translate Wiki to Spanish, French, Hindi, Portuguese
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McLaren driver Fernando Alonso has admitted that he considered quitting F1 at the end of 2017 to pursue his dream of winning motorsport's unofficial triple crown.
In an interview with F1 Racing magazine, Alonso revealed he thought about ending his grand prix career to try to add Indianapolis 500 and Le Mans 24 Hours victories to his two Monaco GP wins.
Alonso contested the Indy 500 last year and will combine his 2018 F1 programme with a Toyota World Endurance Championship campaign that will include his Le Mans debut.
'Yes, I did think about the possibility of changing series and stopping Formula 1,' he told F1 Racing. 'After I did the Indy 500 last year, when I came back there were a couple of races in Austria, Silverstone, when I thought, 'Maybe next year I could try a different series; I could do full commitment to the triple crown and do Indy and Le Mans and maybe that's the best thing.
'But I felt it was not the time for me to step out – not right now, not after these results, not with this feeling. I knew I would regret it for the rest of my life and that I would have this bad taste for the rest of my racing career. So definitely I still want to succeed. There is unfinished business for me and McLaren together. And I think this year is the time all these things will change. I feel pretty sure about that.'
Alonso skipped the Monaco Grand Prix to race at Indy last year as McLaren sought to keep its star driver motivated during a dismal third season with Honda engines. McLaren has now switched to Renault power for 2018, and Alonso hopes he can move away from racing 'with no hope'.
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Will. i. am. hosted yesterday's Global Citizen Festival. This man is he definition of success. From music to business, he knows exactly what he's doing.
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Last week I spent a fantastic day in the Gloucestershire countryside with the wonderful Damien and Julie Lovegrove on a Shooting Weddings workshop. Alex and Sarah our models for the day were endlessly patient and looked stunning. We shot into the light, played with off-camera flash, put the groom in a dungeon and discovered dingle! I think the results speak for themselves. These are some of my favourite images that I created on the day, but I keep thinking of more that I love and should have included – I can feel another post coming on already!
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Bonds trainer Greg Anderson subpoenaed in perjury probe / Investigation widens into whether Giants slugger lied about using banned drugs
Greg Anderson, Barry Bonds' weight trainer and a confessed steroid dealer, has been subpoenaed to testify in a widening investigation into whether the Giants slugger lied under oath in 2003 when he denied using banned drugs, The Chronicle has learned.
Anderson has been summoned to appear before a federal grand jury in U.S. District Court in San Francisco as part of a probe into whether Bonds committed perjury when he told another grand jury that he had never used steroids, said two sources familiar with the case.
In addition to Anderson, the grand jury will seek testimony from James Valente, another co-conspirator from the BALCO case, according to two sources.
The sources asked not to be quoted by name because of the sensitivity of the grand jury probe.
The subpoenas to Anderson and Valente suggest the grand jury is moving rapidly in an effort to evaluate evidence that could lead to an indictment of Bonds, baseball's reigning home run king. On Thursday, Bonds' physician, Dr. Arthur Ting, and Giants athletic trainer Stan Conte are expected to testify before the grand jury.
Neither Anderson's attorney, J. Tony Serra, nor Bonds' lawyer, Michael Rains, could be reached for comment. Bonds declined to comment when asked about the report after the Giants game Tuesday night.
Valente's lawyer, Ann Moorman, would neither confirm nor deny that her client had been subpoenaed. But Moorman said that if the government were seeking Valente's testimony, she would find it "very disturbing," given that the BALCO vice president had made a plea agreement with the prosecutors and was trying to move on with his life.
Anderson served three months in jail and is on three months' house arrest after pleading guilty in the case. Valente served no jail time and is on probation.
Valente served as a liaison between BALCO and Anderson in providing performance-enhancing drugs to baseball players, according to Valente's statement to federal investigators.
The Bonds perjury probe is described by sources as an offshoot of the BALCO steroids conspiracy case. In that case, Anderson, Valente, BALCO founder Victor Conte and track coach Remi Korchemny were accused of participating in an international conspiracy to corrupt sports by providing undetectable steroids to elite athletes. The drugs were distributed by the Burlingame-based Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative, a nutritional supplements concern.
In the fall of 2003, in the early stages of the BALCO investigation, a grand jury subpoenaed about 30 elite athletes who had been customers of BALCO -- Bonds among them.
In December 2003, Bonds told the BALCO grand jury that he had never used steroids.
But in his testimony, he acknowledged that Anderson had supplied him with flaxseed oil and arthritis balm -- substances that matched the description of "the clear" and "the cream," two undetectable BALCO drugs.
The sources said federal investigators believed Bonds had lied under oath because documents seized in government raids on BALCO and on his trainer's home reflected Bonds' longtime use of banned drugs.
Anderson is Bonds' boyhood friend and former Little League teammate. He reconnected with Bonds after the 1998 baseball season and became Bonds' personal weight trainer. When the Giants' new ballpark opened in 2000, Bonds brought Anderson into the Giants' clubhouse.
According to grand jury testimony and statements to federal investigators in the BALCO case, Anderson supplied performance-enhancing drugs to several big league ballplayers, including Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffield of the New York Yankees, as well as former Giants Benito Santiago, Armando Rios and Bobby Estalella. Those athletes told the BALCO grand jury they met Anderson through Bonds and received drugs from the trainer.
In a 2003 statement to federal agents, Anderson acknowledged providing banned drugs to several big league stars. But he refused to discuss Bonds, terminating the interview by saying, "I don't want to go to jail."
As The Chronicle has previously reported, a recording made without Anderson's knowledge in 2003 also reflects his deep involvement in steroid dealing. On the recording, Anderson said he had been using steroids for 16 years -- dating back to his days as a collegiate baseball player in Kansas -- and then said he was providing an undetectable steroid to Bonds to help the Giants star pass Major League Baseball's steroid test in the early weeks of the 2003 season.
At the time Anderson pleaded guilty in the BALCO case, federal prosecutors did not require him to testify against Bonds or any other clients. Legal experts said that, by law, he could still be subpoenaed to testify before the grand jury about his life as a steroid dealer. But because of the constitutional protection against double jeopardy, Anderson himself could not be prosecuted in connection with his testimony, unless he lied under oath.
The grand jury has been investigating the issue of Bonds and perjury since March 2005. At that time, a former girlfriend of Bonds, Kimberly Bell, told the grand jury that Bonds had confided in her in 2000 that he had used steroids beginning in 1999.


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We saw two shows during the recent CMJ Festival, one of which was the Decemberists' sold out show at the Hammerstein Ballroom. Now, we are not as passionate as the most steadfast Decemberists defenders who treat Colin Meloy like he is some kind of pop messiah. Nor are we as simple-minded as to call him, as others have, a hack with a pocket thesaurus. We think the Decemberists are a perfectly fine pop band that has written and performed some perfectly lovely songs generally always with perfectly wonderful melodies. Heck, for their ability to actually come up with a melody alone, we applaud them.
However, a recent article written by the Village Voice's Chris Ott about the show we attended brings the pro-/anti- Decemberists debate to a whole new level, basically to that of "I hate you so much, you stupid, stupid, stupidface." We have rarely seen a review as angry as this one and seemingly on a personal level. Meaning, we LUVS it.
But wait—there's more!
Should you choose to read the review, and you should, be sure to stick around for the comments which should be read from the bottom of the page up. That's where you'll be able to find out what one of Colin Meloy's ex-girlfriends thinks of the article. And how Chris Ott feels about how one of Colin Meloy's ex-girlfriends feel about the article. And how one poster named "PSouthern" bitch slaps them both.
O, Valencia, indeed!


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The Bougainville Referendum Commission is targeting the enrolment of hundreds of Bougainvilleans living in remote mining and agricultural communities in PNG for the next fortnight until 19 July 2019.
Chief Referendum Officer, Mauricio Claudio said it had identified large groups of Bougainvilleans up to 1,000 living and working at remote areas who have been unable to reach their provincial PNG Electoral Office, but were eligible to enrol.
The Commission has identified Lihir Island; Ramu, Madang; Ok Tedi Town and Pogera as the four largest communities it had the resources to reach. "Bougainvilleans living in these areas, despite their remoteness, are strongly engaged in the referendum," Claudio said.
The Commission is currently working with Bougainville associations, community leaders and employers in each of the four remote locations to provide for a few days for enrolment. It encouraged people to check the Commission's facebook page and media for information.
"Despite the previous enrolment extension, we are still getting information that Bougainvilleans have not yet enrolled and
we urgently encourage them to go to their provincial PNG Electoral Office in the provincial capital."
"While everyone wants a good referendum roll, all parties including the BRC are keen to see the referendum vote take place as soon as possible. We are balancing both these demands, to deliver both an inclusive referendum and credible referendum."
The Commission's first estimates are that approximately 9,000 enrolment forms have been completed outside Bougainville, while an intensive and extended village by village process within Bougainville has seen nearly 50,000 new forms completed – however these would all need to be checked and verified, and some were still being transported back to Bougainville. The original 2015 Election Roll had 174,000 enrolments. "We have been delighted by the response of Bougainvilleans, both in Bougainville and outside Bougainville, who have never enrolled to vote in an election before, now putting their name on the referendum roll," Mr Claudio said.
"Thank you to everyone who has been active to get themselves to an enrolment location. It is now the task of the Commission, through our three AROs and regional officers, to go through all forms, quality check, data entry and then cross check all names."
A preliminary Referendum Roll will be on public display in all Wards in Bougainville.
"People will have one last chance to check their name, correct misspellings and add their name if it's still not on the roll. It is our strong desire to use this people for Bougainvilleans to tell if the roll is good, and make any final corrections and additions to ensure all and only eligible voters can vote on polling day."
For anyone in Bougainville not yet on the roll, go to your BRC regional centre in Buka, Arawa and Buin – check if you are already on the roll, and if not, fill out an enrolment form.


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The DLS is now offering our users a file sharing service similar to dropbox. Here you can securly share files that may be too large to send via e-mail. You have the ability to set an expiration date for the link that is used to share the file and you can also password protect the file. We recommend using either Internet Explorer or Chrome browser for this service but Firefox should work as well. To request access please contact the DLS Helpdesk. Below please find step by step on using Cloudbox.
1) To access cloudbox please open a browser window and visit https://cloudbox.dls.rutgers.edu this will bring you to the login screen below:
2) Here you can log in with your DLS username and password, which will then bring you to the window below. Once you are there you want to go to the top right hand corner where it says Jump to and click the drop down arrow and choose File Sharing (see below):
3) Once you have clicke don file sharing here you can start the process of uploading files. Click on Send files on the top left (see below):
4) Here you will specify all the details about what you are sending and to which reciepients, see below example, all the fields are pretty self explanatory. Once you are done with the details below click Next:
5) Here you will upload the files you want to share. Please note the highlighted detail below:
When you click browse, you will have the option tp upload a new file from your computer or share a file that you already have in cloudbox
6) once the upload is complete you should then see the below confirmation page:


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Peep Lynxxx's second video for his single "Alabukun" which features R&B sensation Banky W. The sultry video features Banky W. and premieres just in-time for Valentine's Day.
"Alabukun" was directed by Tom Robson and Syndik8 Films (Lynxxx's Production Company) and tells the story of a man taking away his lover's pain (Alabukun is a very strong aspirin in powder form that can releive migraines, pains & #myfave – TIPSY-NESS/HANGOVERS).
The song was produced by Syndik8 affiliated producer, Ola Babs, and is the fourth single from Lynxxx's debut album "This is Lynxxx", which dropped in December 2010. Btw, hope una don buy am – "This is Lynxxx" boasts amazing sounds from stellar producer, Ikon and a slew of hit makers including Wizkid, R2Bees, Saucekid, Naeto C and Mo'Cheddah.
The Pepsi endorsed artist chose to premiere his video just in-time for Valentine's Day as a special treat for his female fans across Africa. "'Alabukun' is the perfect song for the month of February because it's simply a time when people celebrate love and affection," says Lynxxx. "It's a tasteful video for the grown and sexy, and I hope the audience has as much fun watching it as I did shooting it."
As a bonus treat for all Lynxxx fans, download his new BlackBerry theme created / powered by Panaramic Entertainment.
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Septoplasty - correction of nasal septum - functional nose correction
Operation of nasal septum is one of very important segments in nose surgery. There are two reasons that indicate the necessity for operation of septum:
First reason is heavy nose breathing caused by nasal septum deviation. It needs to be mentioned here that there is no perfectly straight septum. During the examination, we have to determine whether the septum is deformed up to the point that it significantly blocks nasal holes. If not, nose operation will not solve the main problem – heavy breathing. Therefore, we must look for the causes of heavy breathing elsewhere, for example look for allergies, nonallergic rhinitis, etc.
The second reason that calls for a septum operation is aesthetic nose surgery. If the nose is asymmetrical, meaning not in the central position but bends to one side, the most likely cause of this deformation is irregular and deformed nasal septum, which pulls the outer nose to one side.
In order to reposition the nose in the central position, beside the standard aesthetic nose operation, we usually need to place the nasal septum to the central position. These situations require combination of standard rhinoplasty and nasal septum correction.


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Since I decided to post about Mike I thought I'd add this as well. I'm sure you will recognized a rather well know General (Stormin Norman) in the story.My take on this story, is simple. Whether you choose to believe that a cover up had taken place or not, one thing is clear the pain & suffering endured by the family is real and doesn't ever really go away.What this story also shows very well is how people who choose to involve themselves in a story strictly for personal or political gain simply make it worse for the family, when what they really deserve is the truth. Anyone see any parallels to Benghazi?http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1976/oct/14/friendl...B
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I am a World-Class, Platinum Mixing and Mastering Engineer, an expert Recordist and a creative and organized Producer. I have my High-Quality Mixing Room with a Hybrid Pro Tools HD and Analog Summing, plus selected analog and digital outboard. And I have a very special recording space available for my clients to capture a Motown style sound. I also have strong collaborations with many World-Class recording studios all around Europe including London, Paris, Berlin, Cologne, Bruxelles and Rome and I frequently record and mix there, if the budget allows it.
My professional career started in 1975 as Guitar Player, touring and doing recording sessions in Naples. In 1975 I also put together my first home studio around a Teac multi-track tape, a Revox A77 (still in use today) and a small Teac Model2 class A mixer plus two Sennheiser MD421.
Apart from my career as Touring and Session Musician and part of the Neapolitan music scene, one of the most prolific in Italy, I've been part of several bands including Pino Daniele band, Eugenio Bennato band, Nino Buonocore band and Zooming On The Zoo band. With that band signed in 1985 a major contract with the Casablanca label, part of the Polygram group and released several records also producing it.
In 1982 I started to apply my experience as recordist into commercial recording studios and in 1994 I did my first project as a Mix Engineer and this was the start of a very successful Engineering career that took half ot my artistic and creative life. I am also a very expert programmer and arranger and my multi-faceted competence led me to a collaboration with one of the best recording studios in the world, one that stormed the music industry in The Capri Digital Studio, the most advanced recording studio in the world at the time, asked me to join the staff and by 1992 I was Chief Engineer and House Recordist, Mixed and Producer. In the ten years I worked there I worked with many Artist and Bands including Aerosmith, Roxette, Inxs, Power Station, Secret Garden, Tomoyasu Hotei, Fito Paez, Wet wet wet, Pascal Obispo, Lorena McKennit and many others.
In 1999 I left the studio to go Free Lance and worked with Peter Maffay (GER), Karim Kacel (FRA), Petru Guelfucci (COR), Zucchero (ITA), Enzo Avitabile (ITA) and many others.
Please feel free to contact me to have more information about my work or go to my website www.maxsound.it to be informed of my latest works.


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The Neuroscience Center at Bayonet Point provides a full range of services for the prevention, detection, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke and other neurological disorders. Our Board Certified neurologists, neurosurgeons and interventional neuroradiologists provide high level quality care typically found only at an academic medical center. Our approach gives new hope to patients struggling with health conditions that affect the brain, spine, and nervous system, such as stroke, aneurysm, epilepsy, and brain tumors.
The Neuroscience Center at Bayonet Point boasts one of the area's most comprehensive stroke programs.
- Our Emergency Room staff work closely with county Emergency Medical Services to ensure our team of experts is ready when patients arrive.
- Teleneurology services put Board Certified Neurologists immediately at the bedside to provide rapid diagnosis and treatment for stroke patients.
- Biplane angiography equipment in our Neurointerventional Suite, takes advanced three dimensional images to diagnose neurological conditions. This greatly extends the window of time for the treatment of ischemic events.
- Patients at the Neuroscience Center will recover in the comfort of their own room and be cared for by our specialized NIHSS certified nursing staff.
Every hour counts. Save your brain!
The only 24/7 Emergency Care for Interventional Stroke Treatment, in Pasco, Hernando and Citrus Counties.


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The Arnold Rim Trail is a new non-motorized, multi-use trail adjacent to the communities of Arnold and Avery along Highway 4 in Calaveras County. The trail intersects the 8,000 acre US Forest Service Interface area that includes Penny Pines, Cougar Rock, the San Antonio Falls overlook, scenic San Antonio Creek and White Pines Community Park and Lake.
The long-term plan is to tie-in to the truly magnificent public lands including the Calaveras Big Trees State Park and the designated National Wild and Scenic Stanislaus River canyon. When completed the trail will cover an approximately 30-40 mile continuous loop.
Currently, the first 17.5 miles of the Arnold Rim Trail is available on the website.


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Social media is challenging us to answer an important business question: What matters more – advertising or sales?
For some time we've argued that search is over. But that hasn't stopped millions of dollars from pouring into the never-ending quest for the mythical Page One position on Google. We suppose there remains someone, somewhere who can't recall the name of a single real estate company without the aid of a search engine. Last we heard, the two people who hadn't yet switched from AOL had heard of REALTOR.COM and Zillow. So let's be honest: does anyone really start by typing for "homes in our town" on the web?
Even if Vulcans landed tomorrow, they'd have a tricorder with an geo-enabled app to find the nearest open house.
Millions of people go days without ever using a search engine, yet remain fully connected to the internet. Smartphone and tablet users perform a full day's work without ever Binging or Googling anybody (for which human resource departments are endlessly thankful). You can find a hotel, flight or coffee shop using a task-specific app like TripAdvisor. Sure, we might Google for the name of an author or an article or a research statistic. But to shop? I can honestly say that I pretty much know the sites I'm going to look at before I begin, whether it's cars, clothes, travel or what my neighbor's asking for his home.
And if it's really complicated – like medical, legal or professional, I would hardly trust a computer to direct me. Not when I can simply ask my friends.
A quick story to illustrate: After a particularly rainy spring in New England, we found ourselves in need of a replacement window in our bathroom. Had this beenPreSocialEra (PSE) times, I'd have Googled for "replacement windows," then opened six tabs in my browser. But this is 2011, so I solved the problem without a computer or a search engine. From my smartphone, I posted this on Facebook:
Problem solved. Thanks to my SOI, not your SEO.
The moral of the story: Search can never compare with trust. People trust people more than they trust computers, even supersmart ones. This isn't news, exactly. We used to do it by group-emailing our friends. Social media just makes it easier, and perhaps broadens our reach. All without ever encountering a Page One ranked website.
Consumer Reports. The Kelley Blue Book. The Farmers Almanac. We've always trusted recommendations from friends when it comes to big decisions. TripAdvisor. Yelp. Angie's List. We've even learned to trust people we don't know. That's why infomercials and testimonials still work.
Once the people involved are actually known to us, as they are in social media sites, new search habits are quickly formed. No SEO algorithm can ever compare to a simple cry for help. That's the secret sauce to socially-influenced search results, and search engines know it: Witness how desperate they are to integrate social content into their search results.
Unfortunately, too many marketing departments remain Deeply Devout Search Engine Optimizers. Sure, social is getting some play, but SEO and pay-per-click campaigns still dominate most marketing budgets. Even Apple knows its success depends more upon good word of mouth than big banner ads.
One good Tweet is worth a thousand Page One rankings.
Working your SOI is easy. A blog, tweet or helpful comment on Facebook. No massive marketing expense or constantly adjusted optimization campaign. Email, text, even (gasp) picking up the phone. Selling to your sphere of influence costs little; but it pays a lot.
Research consistently proves it: Most real estate sellers find their agent from a personal referral (41%). Past clients comprise the second largest source of business (21%). Less than 4% of sellers found their agent through a website search. Disbelieve it at your own peril.
So focus on SOI, not SEO. Reaching past clients and friends of your friends is what it means to sell real estate, not advertise it. Master your sphere of influence and your success will last longer than the typical time it takes to fall from First Page grace. Better still, you won't have to start over again every day trying to reach the top, either.


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WASHINGTON-U.S. Supreme Court justices reject former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura's attempt to restore a $1.8 million award an appeals court gave him.
Without comment, justices said on Monday, Jan. 9, they would not change a federal appeals court decision that erased a lower court ruling that Ventura is due the money after being defamed by author Chris Kyle in "American Sniper."
Ventura had celebrated his lower court victory by a 2014 jury, but now has two straight defeats. His case still could be heard in a new federal trial in Minnesota.
Last summer, a three-judge appeals court panel overturned the jury decision.
The issue was that Kyle, who died after writing the book, wrote in "American Sniper" that he had hit a former Navy SEAL in a bar. Kyle later identified that person as Ventura, who belonged to a team that pre-dated the SEALs.
The appeals court did not decide whether Kyle lied in his book; rather, the judges looked into comments by Ventura lawyers that they decided meant Kyle's estate could not receive a fair trial.
In a 2016 comment, Ventura said he spent $1 million in the case.


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TIBCO Mashery API Developer Blog
New Feature: Developer Classes
We are happy to announce the release of our new Developer Class feature in the Developer Portal! This new feature allows our customers to segment their developers on any number of factors and then manage their access limits by class. Additionally, once your keys are grouped into a class, you may also completely disable access to an entire class at the click of a button. This is especially useful in periods where you are over capacity and you wish to give your most critical applications as much capacity as possible.
You may segment your developers in a number of ways. Two examples being:
- By strategic importance – you have developers internally using your API, strategic partners using your APIs, and a public access for anyone for free.
- Premium support – some users get access for free, others pay for additional call volume.
Lets walk through an example – here is a screen showing three classes – Internal, Partner, and Public. Each class can have settings such as:
- Name and description
- Which API services to include in the class
- The rate and throttle limit. Remember, rate governs the calls per day, and throttle governs the calls per second.
- Option to allow overrides on the rate and throttle limit.
Once setup, you can manage developers and group them in such classes. This second screenshot shows a list of keys and what class each key is assigned. Remember a user could have multiple keys:
That's it! Once a key is attached to a class, the access limits set on the class will be applied to the key. No more managing limits at each key level.
Additionally, we have added a number of API methods that allow you to manage developer classes. The API allows methods to:
- Create a developer class
- Edit settings of a developer class
- Delete a developer class
- Assign user to a developer class
- Block all users from a developer class
If you have questions or need help implementing this feature, please contact our support team.
The Mashery Product Team