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Оdessa, 27 May – 14 June 2013
Theoretical course (46 hours)
Lecture 1
Molecular genetics and molecular microbiology. Modern scientific concepts in molecular microbiology. Biological metronome. Theory of Neutral evolution. Adaptive mutations. The Prokaryote-Eukaryote dichotomy. Modern schemes in classification of Prokaryote and Eukaryote microorganisms and viruses. Domains of life (2 hours).
Lecture 2 and 3
Primary genomes sequence. Methods of primary sequence identification – sequencing. Bacterial genomics. Topology of total bacterial genomes. Orthologs and parologs. Clusters of orthologous genes (COG). The concept of "the smallest" genome. (4 hours).
Lecture 4
Bacterial autonomous genetic elements. Insertion sequences, transposons, restriction-modification systems, plasmids, bacteriophages, pathogenicity islets and islands. Hierarchy and mobility of autonomous genetic elements. Autonomous genetic elements and emergence of new pathogenic bacteria. (2 hours).
Lecture 5
Bacterial viruses. Modern classification of bacteriophages. Tailed phages– order Caudovirales. Temperate and virulent bacteriophages. The strategy of caudoviruses development. Bacterial and Archaea viruses. Phages of enterobacteria and lactic acid bacteria. Phage therapy. (2 hours).
Lecture 6
The genomics of prophages and pathogenisity islands. Phage lysogenic conversion. Phage toxins. Concept of "morones". Pathogeny islands and type III secretion system. (2 hours).
Lecture 7
Defective bacteriophages and. The role in the interbacterial antagonism. The perspectives of bacteriocines usage: typology of bacteria, biocontrol of bacterial populations and cancer therapy. (2 hours).
Lecture 8
Plasmid genomics, Plasmid determinants of pathogenicity. Plasmids based vectors. Molecular genomics of plasmids pTi – C58. Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Transgenic plants. (2 hours).
Lecture 9
Bacterial transposons, IS-elements, integrones and gene cassettes. Formation of bacterial multiple antibiotic resistance. Concept of inner genome transformations – genome engineering. (2 hours).
Lecture 10
Ecology of bacterial viruses. Distribution and role in global metabolism. New methods in bacteriophages ecology. The World Ocean and virioplancton. (2 hours).
Lecture 11
Cluster analysis. Evaluation of objects kinship. The problem of kinship measure adequacy and characteristics of organisms kinship. (2 hours).
Lecture 12
Cluster analyses methods. Direct classification algorithms. Clusters determination. Cluster analysis measuring algorithms used in biology. The criteria for classification quality. (2 hours)
Lecture 13
Numeric taxonomy. Hierarchical algorithms. The use of cluster analyses in numeric taxonomy and phylogeny. (2 hours).
Lectures 1-13 (26 hours) by Members of Institute of Microbiology and Virology NASU (Prof. Tovkach F. I.) and Odessa Mechnykov National University.
Lecture 14-23 (20 hours) VNII of agr. microbiology and others.
Lecture 14
Tikhonovich Y.A. Epispecies genetic systems (2 hours)
Lecture 15
Provorov N.A. Bacterial evolution in the microbe-plant symbiosis system (2 hours)
Lecture 16
Borysov A.U. Legumes and microorganisms mutualisms: genetics, evolution, practical use. (2 hours)
Lecture 17
Andronov E.E. Metagenomics of soil microorganisms community (2 hours)
Lecture 18
Chebotar V.K. Endophytic bacteria of higher plants: role in host development and perspectives for use (2 hours)
Lecture 19
Onischuk O.P. Ecologic genetics of nodule-forming bacteria. (2 hours)
Lecture 20
Belimov A.A. Plants hormone status mediation by microorganisms in stress conditions (2 hours)
Lecture 21
Lugova L.A. (St. Petersburg state university) Molecular genetic aspects and modern methods of plant development biology (2 hours)
Lecture 22
Gogolev U.V. (University of Kazan) Bacterial anti-sense regulatory RNA (2 hours)
Lecture 23
Kamnev A.A. (IBFRM RAN, Saratov) Modern infrared spectroscopy in microbial ecology: methodology and use (2 hours)
Practical course (70 hours)
Laboratory lesson 1
Phages of order Caudovirales. Bacteriophages of Escherichia coli: Т7 (family Podoviridae), lambda (Syphoviridae), Р1 and Т4 (Myoviridae). Classification. Моrphotypes, organization of virions. Virus DNA.
Тitration of phages. Phage plaques, their accordance to morphotype, virion size and the nature of the viruses.
Preparative obtaining of phage particles. The method of fuse lysis of susceptible culture. Concentration of phage particles by PEG-precipitation method (Yamamoto procedure).
Isolation of viral DNA. Rules of work with DNA.
Restriction analysis. Identification of bacterial viruses by restriction patterns of their genomes. (ONU, Sergeeva Zh.U., Krylova K.D., Ivanytsia T.V.)
Laboratory lesson 2
Molecular genetics of temperate coliphage P1. Common and specialized P1-transduction of genetic markers. Plasmid prophage. Phage system of restriction-modification ЕсоР1.
Temperature induction of lysogen E. coli С600 [P1::Tn9 (Cmсts 100)].
Obtaining and testing of Р1-lysogens.
Plasmid profiles of lysogens.
Limitation of lambda bacteriophage productive development in cells of E. coli (Р1) owing to R/М system ЕсоР1.
Lysogenization of Erwinia carotovora cells by phage P1::Tn9.
Incorporation of Tn9 transposone into cryptic plasmid рСА25 of E. carotovora. (ONU, Sergeeva Zh.U., Krylova K.D., Ivanytsia T.V.)
Laboratory lesson 3
Plasmid profiles of bacteria. Form and size of nonchromosomal circled DNA.
Peculiarities of plasmid isolation in gramnegative bacteria from natural ecological niches. Alkaline method of Kado and Liu.
Isolation of plasmid prophage P1 and enterobacterial plasmids F, RP4, pCA25, рСА25::Tn9. Electrophoretic partition of plasmid DNA. Electrophoretic mobility of DNA depends on its size.
Transformation of bacterial cells (method using calcium chloride) (ONU, Sergeeva Zh.U., Krylova K.D., Ivanytsia T.V.)
Laboratory lesson4
Ion Exchange and Size Exclusion Chromatography of virions and their components.
Principles of liquid chromatography. Chromatography of high and low pressure.
Modern equipment for chromatography. Isolation of phage P1 and T7 virions. Analysis of elution profiles. Electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gels. (BIO-RAD, Gyula Csanadi, IMV, Ostapchuk A.M.)
Laboratory lesson 5
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) – synthesis of certain DNA fragment invitro. Types of PCR. PCR-diagnostics of crown gall of grape: revealing of pTi sequences of pathogenic strains of Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Agrobacterium vitis. "Bio-PCR" method in plant disease diagnostics. PCR-laboratory.
Isolation of plasmid DNA by heat lysis of bacterial cells. Reaction mixes for PCR.
Amplification of pTi sequences of Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Agrobacterium vitis strains.
Electrophoresis of PCR products. (ONU, Limanska N.V.)
Laboratory lesson 6
Use of cluster analysis in revealing of relationships. Creation of phylograms using computer programs.
Plural equalization as a preliminary stage in analysis of relationships.
Common program packets used in phylogeny (programs on-line).
Program f or primary sequence analysis and creation phylograms using this program (packet MatLab). (ONU, Vasyleva N.U.)


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Vegan Zucchini Brownies
These vegan zucchini brownies are incredibly rich and gooey for a decadent dessert with hidden vegetables for added moisture and healthy benefits.
For many there is still a lot of mystery behind what vegans eat. I have been offered fish more than once yet asked, "can vegans eat peanut butter?" just as many times. There actually isn't much secret behind what we eat, and preparing food is really quite easy – you just leave out the animals.
I'm using Vegan MoFo to take an A-Z trip through my pantry to bring you 26 easy recipes to show you that anyone can cook vegan. Eating vegan, well, it's as easy as ABC.
I did it.
Vegan Mofo 2014 has come to an end. Big deep sigh.
Later this week I'll be posting a recap of all 26 recipes. This, by the way, is what 26 recipes look like:
But today I want to talk about tomorrow.
Tomorrow I celebrate my 8th year anniversary of eating and living vegan. I'm fairly sure that many people did not have a lot of faith in me when I began my journey and I don't really blame them. At that point in my life my track record for sticking with big decisions wasn't the best. But that didn't matter to me because I was certain. My decision to transition to a vegan lifestyle came with such conviction that it seemed to be the only way I could possibly live. It continues to be one of the best decisions I have ever made and one that fuels my mind, body, & spirit. If you've never read my series on why I choose vegan, I urge you to do so.
And so I had to end Vegan Mofo and begin my 9th year as a vegan with something sweet and indulgent. Fudge-y, gooey, & oh so rich these vegan zucchini brownies have me looking into the next 8 years with anticipation and excitement.
These vegan zucchini brownies are incredibly rich and gooey for a decadent dessert with hidden vegetables for added moisture and healthy benefits.
Cuisine: Vegan
Keyword: Zucchini Brownies
Servings: 16 brownies
Calories: 220 kcal
Author: Sarah McMinn
- 8 ounces vegan chocolate chips
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) non-dairy butter, cut into 4-6 pieces
- 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cup shredded zucchini
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Line an 8x8 baking pan with parchment paper so that the paper hangs over opposite sides. Spray with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a double boiler (or bowl placed over a pot of steaming water) melt the chocolate and butter completely, stirring occasionally. Remove the chocolate from heat and let cool slightly, about 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a small bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside.
- Place shredded zucchini and applesauce in a blender and blend until pureed, scraping down the sides as necessary.
- Mix the sugar into the cooled chocolate. Once combined, add zucchini/applesauce mixture and stir again. Gently fold in the flour mixture.
- Pour the batter onto the prepared baking sheet and bake for 40-50 minutes. You want the brownies to be slightly under-baked so that a knife inserted in the middle comes out with moist crumbs on it.
- Let cool completely.
- When ready to remove from the pan, pull up on the overhanging parchment paper. Slice into 2" pieces.
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Highlights of Norwich Rising 2015
Sue Lane performing Behind the Wall
About Norwich Rising
Norwich Rising is part of One Billion Rising, a global campaign to end violence against women. Since the campaign was launched, on Valentine's Day in 2012, a small group of people in Norwich organises an annual event in Norwich. The group has got its own web site: norwichrising.wordpress.com.
About this web page
Like all pages on this web site, I set up this page purely to play with recent HTML5 and CSS3 features — in this case viewport units, CSS3's calc() function and rotation (for the page header). It's not meant to work in every web browser under the sun, though it should display fine in recent versions of Firefox and Chrom(e|ium).
The background image used on this web page is by Eloise O'Hare. The poster images for the videos are by sasastro.


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Residential Services
Bay Window Trim Repair in Cincinnati
A bay window is a window that projects outward from the main walls of a home forming a bay in a room. Bay windows are typically made from wood providing the most durable window option for your home, but as with any window, overtime they will incur some damage. Bay windows often are in need of trim repair since they are more exposed to the elements. Excel Services' carpenters can repair any damaged bay window trim on the interior or exterior of your home.
Reasons for Bay Window Trim Repair:
Excel Services' Cincinnati carpenters can repair bay window trim that has been damaged due to:
- Rot
- Mold
- Leaks
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Benefits of Bay Window Trim Repair in Cincinnati
Excel Service's goal is to preserve damaged window trim in order to save homeowners the expense of buying and installing a completely new bay window, which can get expensive. Window trim helps to prevent air escaping from your home thus making the inside of your home warmer or cooler, depending on the time of year, and saving homeowners money on their cooling or heating bill. The trim on bay windows is also a very noticeable home feature that many people admire. If your home is up for sale with damaged window trim, it will be one of the first thing potential buyers will notice, even before stepping into your home. Contact Excel Services' skilled carpenters for bay window trim repair in Cincinnati. Our craftsmen will inspect your windows, provide a cost effective quote, and professionally repair the trim in a timely manner.
Request an Estimate for Bay Window Trim Repair in Cincinnati
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Fannie Mae recognizes that credit and underwriting guidelines alone are not always enough to assess a borrower's readiness for homeownership. Fannie Mae believes that high-quality homeownership education and housing counseling can provide the borrower with the additional information and resources to make informed decisions that support long-term homeownership sustainability.
All education, collection, and counseling efforts must comply with the requirements of applicable federal and state laws, including the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
The following definitions, based on those developed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), apply to these requirements:
Homeownership Education: Education with an established curriculum and instructional goals, provided in a group or classroom setting or via other formats, that covers such homeownership topics as the home-buying process, how to maintain a home, budgeting, and the importance of good credit.
Housing Counseling: One-on-one assistance that addresses unique financial circumstances and housing issues, and focuses on overcoming specific obstacles to achieve housing goals such as
repairing credit,
locating cash for a down payment,
recognizing predatory lending practices,
understanding fair lending and fair housing requirements,
avoiding foreclosure, and
resolving a financial crisis.
All housing counseling involves the creation of a budget and a written action plan, and includes a homeownership education component.
Note: References to the use of a HUD-approved agency include affiliated agencies (as defined in the HUD Housing Counseling Program Handbook) participating in a HUD program through a HUD-approved intermediary or State Housing Finance Agency.
For the following transactions, at least one borrower on the mortgage loan must complete homeownership education prior to loan closing:
if all borrowers on the loan are relying solely on nontraditional credit to qualify, regardless of the loan product or whether the borrowers are first-time home buyers;
HomeReady purchase transactions, when all occupying borrowers are first-time homebuyers; or
purchase transactions with LTV, CLTV, or HCLTV ratios greater than 95%, when all borrowers are first-time homebuyers.
Note: The requirements that apply to purchases also apply to construction-to-permanent transactions that are processed as a purchase.
To meet the homeownership education requirements, borrowers must complete the Framework Homeownership, LLC (Framework®) online education program, unless an exception exists as described below.
The Framework homeownership education program is available in both English and Spanish. It meets the standards defined by both the National Industry Standards for Homeownership Education and Counseling and by HUD. The lender must retain a copy of the certificate of course completion from Framework in the loan file to document that the education requirement was met.
The following exceptions provide alternatives for borrowers to meet the homeownership education requirements using a source other than Framework:
Borrowers for whom online education may not be appropriate
The presence of a disability, lack of Internet access, or other situations may indicate that a borrower is better served through other education modes (for example, in-person classroom education or via a telephone call). In these situations, borrowers should be directed to Framework's toll-free customer service line, from which they can be directed to a HUD-approved counseling agency that can meet their needs. The counseling agency that handles the referral must provide a certificate of completion, and the lender must retain a copy of the certificate in the loan file to document that the education requirement was met. Lenders may contact Fannie Mae for guidance in other situations not addressed above.
Borrowers completing homeownership education or counseling required by a Community Seconds or other down payment assistance provider
If the mortgage loan involves a Community Seconds or other down payment assistance program, and that program requires its own homeownership education course or counseling provided by a HUD-approved counseling agency, the borrower is not required to complete the Framework program. The lender must retain a copy of the certificate issued by the HUD-approved provider to document that the requirement was met.
Borrowers who completed housing counseling prior to execution of the sales contract
Borrowers who already completed housing counseling are not required to complete the Framework program. The lender must retain a copy of the Certificate of Completion of Housing Counseling (Fannie Mae Form 1017), signed by both the counseling recipient and the HUD counselor to document that the requirement was met. See the following section for additional information.
If a borrower opts to work with a counselor, completion of housing counseling will satisfy Fannie Mae's homeownership education requirement, provided it was completed before the borrower executed a sales contract.
Housing counseling must be provided by a HUD-approved counseling agency and meet HUD standards for the delivery of this service. The requirements are described in Form 1017. The form must be signed by both the counseling recipient and the HUD counselor, and the lender must retain a copy of the form in the loan file to document that the requirement was met.
Completion of housing counseling may also provide HomeReady borrowers with additional benefits in terms of qualifying. The loan may also be eligible for a loan-level price adjustment credit. See B5-6-03, HomeReady Mortgage Underwriting Methods and Requirements, for additional information.
Fannie Mae provides additional resources to lenders, borrowers, and nonprofit agencies in support of homeownership education and housing counseling on its website, including:
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), and
Options for locating HUD-approved agencies.
|Homeownership Education
|Housing Counseling
|HUD-approved Counseling Agency
|Method of Delivery
|On-line if provided by Framework, or any method offered
by provider
Note: For borrowers who have a disability, lack of Internet access or other situation where another form of education (other than on-line) may be more appropriate, Framework will provide a referral to a HUD-approved counseling agency that can meet their needs.
|In person, telephonic or video conferencing per HUD standards
|Date Required for Completion
|Prior to loan closing
|Prior to execution of the sales contract
|Required Documentation
|Certificate of Completion of Housing Counseling (Fannie Mae Form 1017), signed by both the counseling recipient and the HUD counselor.
The table below provides references to the Announcements that have been issued and that are related to this topic.
|Issue Date
|Announcement SEL-2019-08
|October 02, 2019
|Announcement SEL-2017–02
|February 28, 2017
|Announcement SEL-2016–08
|October 24, 2016
|Announcement SEL-2016–06
|July 26, 2016
|Announcement SEL-2015–13
|December 15, 2015
|Announcement SEL-2015–10
|September 29, 2015
|Announcement SEL-2015–01
|January 27, 2015
|Announcement SEL-2013–03
|April 9, 2013
|Announcement SEL-2011–03
|March 31, 2011
|Announcement SEL-2010–16
|December 1, 2010


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Learn about Fragile X
What is Fragile X?
Fragile X occurs when there is a change, called a mutation, in a single gene called the FMR1 gene. Every human being has this gene. Some people have only a small change in this gene (referred to as a premutation) and may not show any symptoms associated with Fragile X. Persons with the premutation are called carriers and are at risk to develop other related conditions (see FXTAS and FXPOI below). Other people may have bigger changes in the gene (called a full mutation), which can cause the symptoms of Fragile X Syndrome.
Fragile X is inherited, which means it is passed down from parent to child. The changes in the gene can become greater when passed from mother to child, so a woman who has no symptoms related to Fragile X can have a child affected with Fragile X Syndrome. A male carrier can only pass the premutation, and will pass it to all of his daughters, but none of his sons. Fragile X affects people of all ethnicities, races, and socio-economic backgrounds. Fragile X is named because of the appearance of the X chromosome where the gene mutation occurs, not because individuals with the FMR1 mutation are in any way "fragile". Read MoreRead more


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Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews
Ace: July 31, 2012
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance
Source: Free from Library
It's strange and interesting to read about Kate through different eyes, and to get into her best friend Andrea's head. Andrea has her own voice, apparent from the very first page with her enthusiasm and expert knowledge about everything guns and weapons.
Andrea is a fun heroine, and a good match for Kate. She struggles with her past, with her feelings for Raphael, and with the bouda clan. Her determination for independence wars with her desire to save others. As beastkin instead of a shapeshifter, as a former Knight of the Order dismissed because she's not human, she struggles to find a place where she belongs.
The big plot is very similar to the plots in the Kate Daniels books. An ancient Egyptian god decides now is an opportune moment to take back his power and become a god again in thousands of followers' eyes. Another god opposes him and hatches his own schemes for world domination. As Andrea and Raphael, her estranged mate and the alpha male of the bouda clan, investigate the murder of several of Raphael's metal reclamation employees, they uncover both gods' plans and endanger themselves trying to prevent the slavery of thousands of people by said gods. (more…)


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Twist Out on 4c Hair (TWA)
I don't have any rules when it comes to styling my natural hair. Thanks to light density texture that has a mind of its own, I have come to have no expectations at all whenever I style my hair. I am not meticulous either so you won't find me making perfectly straight lines or symmetrical partitions on my hair.


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About Our Recovery Area
For exceptional after surgery and procedure care, The Peer Group for Plastic Surgery has a private recovery room where patients are monitored closely as they rest and recover after their surgery. This area is equipped with a variety of medical monitoring equipment to ensure that our patients are safe and comfortable. Post operative instructions are reviewed with the patient and their care taker prior to discharge so that they can continue their recovery process at home.


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Creamy Coffee Mix
A hint of cinnamon and a little sugar dress up instant coffee granules in this easy blend shared by Jane Fraser. Simply mix with boiling water for a change-of pace morning beverage. "My mother loved it," she writes from her home in Gig Harbor, Washington.
Total TimePrep/Total Time: 10 min.
Makes5 servings (1 cup mix)
- 7 tablespoons instant coffee granules
- 1/4 cup powdered nondairy creamer
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 3 tablespoons nonfat dry milk powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS (for each batch):
- 1 cup boiling water
- Cinnamon sticks, optional
- In a small bowl, combine the first five ingredients; mix well. Store in an airtight container in a cool, dry place for up to 2 months. Yield: 5 batches (about 1 cup total).
- To prepare coffee: Contents of mix may settle during storage. Stir mix before measuring. Place 3 tablespoons coffee mix in a mug; stir in boiling water until blended. Serve with a cinnamon stick if desired.
Nutrition Facts1 cup prepared coffee: 78 calories, 1g fat (0 saturated fat), 1mg cholesterol, 33mg sodium, 16g carbohydrate (11g sugars, 0 fiber), 2g protein.
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Looks nice, wish i could try it today!! I am a huge lover of coffee. Going to order it tonight from http://javatimescaffe.com :)
Apr 24, 2014
We keep this mix available all year! It's foolproof! We don't like cinnamon in our coffee so we leave it out but we love this mix! Five stars all the way!
Dec 29, 2009
I enjoy the cinnamon flavored coffee, but when I try to mix all the ingredients, the cinnamon always floats on the top. It never seems to dissolve enough.


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Ahem. Well, um, today I spent mainly alternating sleeping with lying around groaning and being hungover.
And then after ineffectually putting some small things in a box I sat down heavily on the stairs and had a big cry wailing I dont want to go, this is where I live, I live here, its all too big, its all too much, I cant do it before going and hiding under a duvet and refusing to come out until it all went away for a bit.
Well, we cant all be perfect and organised all the time, right?
I did, however, then get started on some previews and some other stuff that needs to be filed tomorrow, and booked an airport hotel for the night before the flight (because I refuse to let getting to the flight be one more thing for me to be anxious about)(and also we wont have a bed that last night, so, yknow). But still. I did fuck-all useful in terms of moving house, country, continent today. Whoopses.


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Thu: 9:00 am-5:30 pm
Fri: 9:00 am-5:30 pm
Sat: 8:00 am-3:00 pm
Sun: Closed
Orange Park, FL Team
Braxton HicksStore ManagerBio
Cap World in Orange Park, FL is your one stop shop for all your vehicle accessory needs. We have been in business for over 30 years, and are dedicated to giving you quality name brand products at discount prices. Visit our location at 371 Blanding Blvd to view all of our large inventory of truck covers (also known as truck toppers, truck caps, or camper shells), bed liners, running boards, bike racks, ladder racks, floorliners, hitches, and MUCH MORE! As our saying goes, at Cap World we carry "Everything but the Truck!"
Our experienced and talented installation team are available to install or repair all interior and exterior vehicle accessories on site. Call or visit us today for pricing and more information on all the vehicle accessories that we offer.
Car, SUV & Truck Accessories
- Bedliners
- Bed Mats
- Bike Racks
- Bed Rugs
- Bed Slides
- Bug Shields/Bras
- Cab Guards
- Cargo Boxes
- Chrome Trim
- Fender Flares
- Grill Guards
- Hitch Step
- Ladder Racks
- LED Lighting
- Mud Flaps
- Plows
- Rain Guards
- Roof Racks
- Step Bars
- Tool Boxes
- Trailer Hitches
- Wheels and Tires
- Wheel Well Liners
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Truck Bed Covers, Truck Caps & Tonneau Covers
- Aluminum Truck Caps
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- A.R.E. Fiberglass Tonneau Truck Covers
- LEER Tonneau Truck Covers
- Hard Folding Tonneau Covers
- UnderCover Lift Tonneau Covers
- Retractable Tonneau Covers
- Access Roll-up Tonneau Covers
- Soft Folding Tonneau Covers
Hitches & Towing Accessories
- Class II Hitches
- Class III Hitches
- Rear Mounted Hitches
- Front Mounted Hitches
- Hitch Steps
- Ball Mount Hitches
- Wiring for Hitches
- Pintle Hitches
- Weight Distribution Hitches
Open & Enclosed Cargo & Utility Trailers
- Utility Trailers
- Dump Trailers
- Landscape Trailers
- Equipment Trailers
- Car Trailers
- Cargo Trailers
- Construction Trailers
- Motorcycle Trailers
Installation & Repairs
- Truck Cap Installation
- Tonneau Cover Installation
- Spray-on Liner Installation
- Bike Rack Installation
- Cargo Carrier Installation
- Hitch Installation
- Snow Plow Installation
- Running Board Installation
- LED Lighting Installation
- and much more!
Braxton Hicks
I recently joined the Cap World team in January of 2017 when I relocated from Dothan, AL to Jacksonville to be closer to my sister. While I'm new to the team, I have a long history in the automotive aftermarket including working for my father at his truck accessory shop and doing fabrication work for Motobilt, an offroad parts manufacturer. I enjoy helping you outfit your vehicle to make the most out of your activities, whether work, play, or both! When I'm not working, I love to be on the water with my girlfriend Laurel and our mini dachshund Roscoe.


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Career Service
The Career Service of the Alumni & CampusClub keeps close contact with companies and former students of the HNU. Using this network we can offer excellent support in searching for internships or a job.
Students can use our board for jobs and internships to explore the current offers and select them according to different parameters.
Businesses can place advertisements free of charge and recruit future employees for their company.


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The Simpsons Collectible Card Game lets you play with Bart, Homer, Lisa, Mr. Burns and more! Read a review of it right here.
The Simpsons Trading Card Game How-To!Playing the card game is all about challenging your friends to see who can take over Springfield with the help of the peeps from the TV show. You can have Bart, Homer, Lisa, Krusty the Clown, Barney, Chief Wiggums, Apu and even Mr. Burns on your side as you match up characters with locations. Once you score enough locations, you win!
The Simpsons Trading Card Game Woo Hoo!The best thing about The Simpsons TCG is that it's so easy to learn and fast to play. You'll be challenging your friends to games right away and you can play a whole game in just a few minutes. The cards are also awesome - each character has a funny quote, some cards look totally weird, and they're all 100% Simpsons artwork.
The Simpsons Trading Card Game D'oh!The biggest bummer about The Simpsons TCG is that each 'Star' character - Homer, Bart, Mr. Burns and Lisa - can only use action cards that match their color. So, if you only have a Bart deck and you buy a booster pack of cards, you can't use any Homer, Lisa or Mr. Burns cards.
The Simpsons Trading Card Game Final GradeTaking over Springfield has never been this much fun. There are some problems with collecting more cards, but you can trade them to your friends so it's not too bad. The Simpsons TCG is definitely worth playing.
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Today I'm sharing with you four of my all time favorite cookbooks.
I get it, many of you no longer use cookbooks like we all did twenty years ago with the rise of online sites like Pinterest, and allrecipes.com which can provide any 5 star recipe for anything at any time of day but… there are some strange souls still out there, just like myself, who enjoy nothing more than curling up with a real cookbook, in all of its tattered, splattered and mangled glory. I probably own 50+ cookbooks – most purchased at Goodwill or garage sales, including two of the ones mentioned today. All of these can be purchased used on Amazon for under $2.00 – totally worth the pure joy (and tastiness) they'll bring to your life.
- Cooking in the South by Johnnie Gabriel.
I picked up this baby on a trip to Guymon, Oklahoma a few years ago. Johnnie is Paula Dean's cousin so obviously it'll be good. A few of my favorites include, chicken salad, Gabriel's coleslaw, shrimp over white cheddar grits, and the carrot cake – oh my goodness. I've even been able to health up this cake – which will be on a new YouTube video next week – stay tuned! This cookbook goes used for $1.45 on Amazon.
2. Better Homes and Gardens All – Time Favorite Bread Recipes.
You can often find these Better Homes and Gardens gems at garage sales, second hand stores, and next to nothing online, and they have some really great classic, easy, tried and true recipes to offer. I love the sourdough bread recipe which I use for bread, rolls, hamburger buns, and even cinnamon rolls. The cake donuts are also amazing and so simple to make. Any kind of bread you could possibly want to try you will find in these pages. This book, used, is only $.98 cents on Amazon!
3. Currently my number one FAVORITE is Ms. Paltrow's It's All Good.
Gwyneth, a self professed foodie like myself and a bit of a health nut since her dad's terminal cancer diagnosis years ago, has figured out a delicious way to make healthy food taste amazing. You will not be disappointed. Initially, there was a bit of a learning curve and an investment with some of the ingredients like spelt flour, vege-sal or xylitol (a natural sweetener) but once purchased and used, these ingredients which were once unknown often took the place in many of my other recipes as healthier alternatives. So many favorites in this book but forerunners include candy bars (totally good for you!) Korean chicken tacos, chicken burgers, turkey burgers (see a theme here?) and all of her salad dressings are amazing. If you're a mom, there are recipes you'll never touch or if you do you'll sorely regret the decision when serving it at your dinner table (beet soup) but there are many, many recipes that your family will love and beg for such as most of the desserts. You'll feel great serving these because they are totally good for your body. This book used is $2.17 on Amazon.
4. Another Better Homes and Gardens Favorite, Mexican Cookbook.
This gem has been with me for quite some time. Jason and I lived in Detroit when we were first married in 2001. We only stayed here for about 6 months before we realized we wanted to be closer to family, but while here I was employed at the cutest little independent book store. One day while working, I came upon this book and purchased it with what little money we had. It has served me well throughout the years. Love the salsas, step by step tortilla recipes, sangria, margaritas, and a go to meal often includes spanish rice and the rolled tortilla with chicken filling (which I fry in oil to make a version of chimichangas) This book used is $1.20 on Amazon.
I should also mention that I love and own anything The Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond publishes; however, as I've sought out healthier options for my family's meals, her recipes can be a tad bit tricky with all the cream, butter, and cheese (but they sure are tasty).
Just keep livin!


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Double negative means positively black with N.V.
Now, I was told to never bite off more then I could chew
But then you better bite enough for if you don't, my boy, you're blue
Now I wonder, can others see the system that I see
Or do they see and say they blame it on society?
The days of smart enough come to over, just say thousands
And as I live and learn because there's always someone mouthing
Speaking on an issue, praise you or they diss you
Lawnge as strong, they fly by me like Scott tissue
My people, from nigger to negro to man or color,
killed my father and my brother so that you could rape my mother
Now you wonder, why is it through instinct you fear
Wouldn't dare me to stare, one for yourself, you're out of here
Not to worry, to harm your intention of my creed
But to stop your greed and give me what I need
Opportunity, for a life of me
And generations to come with in tranquility
Now harmony, is a total love of things
For those who are inclined or better yet like to sing
But piece of mind it is my right for the spark will ignite
'Till I can catch a cab at the town at midnight
'Till I can be myself and not be thought as worse
'Till I can buy a slice from Howard Beach to the Hearse
'Till I can get the pill without fear of eject
And occupations which I seek I can have if I select
Now if I so select and reach out to make touch
How can you say that I ask for too much?
[ Chorus ]
Don't speak to me if good times are granted 'till I be
Don't tell me of the countries or the hours that you seek
Don't tell me to keep trying, you know I won't agree
Double negative means positively black with N.V.
[ Verse 2 ]
As a player of the game, of the lifetime game I am playing
I bet you're nodding, shake your head to what I am saying
It's keep then but those of men color of
skin could even begin to wonder
What is it to ponder to let another bother
[ Lyrics found at www.mp3lyrics.org/vCP ]
Listen, stay open not dismissing
Lack of vision makes division product no ambition
Wishes which you wish upon which for more you wishes
If I wish not to record steady now then I wash dishes
Wish while I wash, the water hot gets colder
Black I'm saying that in fact the dish gets clean and I get older
Seemly so, the dishes will grow to dishes far beyond me
Lost my wish and broke a dish so now I'm wishy washy
Understand foundation, create my own creation
If dumb and pumping jump, then get no ovation
But only restriction, boom penes a lot of friction
I then wash a dish with out pay. Boom! N.W.A
Think I'm lying? Black I'm crying, so the tear would turn to crystal
Crystals forming on my dishes so I wash until dismissal
Wash until my prints are wrinkled then they let me go
I know not where I'm going so I know not where I go
My people give me money, but the money much too low
For me to meet the match of present day so I still need some dough
Conjure up a suit, I wish that it were cute
Borrow a token and a smoking I begin a wish less hope
Intervening, application leads me on onto frustration
And duration of my time is spent with lack of occupation
Time to go for what I know. I know not of what I wish
but of soap and a towel and some water and a dish
[ Chorus ]
[ Verse 3 ]
But lay o.k. 'cause you can get the play
I pick your style, your smile shown bright about a mile away
But anyway, another day, in the land of shove
Just living in the life of who?
A black man on a green land with a blue skyline
Don't tell me I'm color blind
I'm seeing system is hard to believe in
Underneath the underside I'm underachieving
Bust my ass in school, to be a certified fool
Now intellect of curb is my only tool
But street game is so uncouth
I took the SAT's and that's the sad-ass truth
I'm not gliding but I'm striving hanging on by a
thread and it's called surviving
Hang on, hang on, hang you'all
Walk the street and keep you head so tall
For time is short, no time is bought
You're only in the wrong if you get caught
So kick in doors, bang on walls, shout in halls
Get yours. Get yours.


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Sony unveils new Xperia M smartphone, falls somewhere between mid- to low-range based on specs
Sony debuts new Xperia, nothing to write home about
Sony has just introduced the latest handset in its continuously growing Xperia line of Android devices. The new Xperia M is a mid- to lower-end smartphone that offers users a decently equipped device for a great deal.
The Xperia M features a 4-inch 854x480 display and is powered by QUALCOMM's Snapdragon S4 1GHz dual-core processor coupled with 1GB of RAM. A 1750mAh battery is incorporated, while a five-megapixel Exmor sensor handles your photographic needs.
The phone does feature ClearAudio+ as well as the company's Stamina-Mode which significantly extends battery life. Sony says the Xperia M runs Android 4.1 out of the box and includes NFC and Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity. Unfortunately, there will be no LTE version, but the phone is HSPA+ 3G compatible. Sony says the Xperia M will be rolled out in July with a dual-SIM version following shortly thereafter.
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Summer Solstice with the Revels
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A community celebration held in Norwich VTRead more →
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New Hampshire has no sales tax, no state income tax. There is no local income tax, no county sales tax. So who pays the states bills? Start with $0 sales tax on a new car but tack on something like $450/year for state and local car registration fees.Read more →
Former Pittsburgher Bill Shannon brought his NY toupe to Hanover for an amazing performance. Lucky for all who caught one of his shows. And lucky for me that my son was in town to share in seeing Bill's multimedia dance performance. Way to go Bill! VirtualProvocateurRead more →
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It still surprises me that some of my friends who have used Viber chat messenger on their mobile phones do not know its Desktop version is already available. I decided to write this article so the news can be spread further. I first learned about it about two months ago from my Facebook news feed, one of my acquaintances posted the link for Viber Desktop. Here is the link, by the way, if you want to download it: www.viber.com/products/windows/
Since I have sworn off owning a smartphone or any other mobile phone back in April, you can imagine how ecstatic I was to try out Viber's Desktop version. One important thing you need to know before downloading it and installing it to your PC is that after registering for the Desktop version of the chat messenger, you will receive the 4-digit code on your Viber mobile app.
Messages between Desktop and mobile versions are consolidated and are real-time, of course. No need to worry about missing any text or chat message from your friends and contacts if you tick on "Save messages history when exiting a conversation" from your Viber Desktop Settings > Basics.
Another outstanding feature about the Viber mobile app is the option to merge Facebook contacts (whose mobile numbers aren't yet listed on your Contacts) who are registered with Viber. You can do this right within your smartphone and the changes will be applied to the installed Desktop version.
Emoticons are available on the Viber's Desktop version already, though not as many as on its mobile counterpart. Call is enabled on the desktop version as well.
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Employed To Serve/A Ghost Orchestra
Employed To Serve/A Ghost Orchestra
Woking, England's Employed To Serve and Adelaide, Australia's A Ghost Orchestra team up for this snappy, violent split single.
Employed To Serve show why they have become one of the UK's premier hardcore bands in the 6 months since debut album 'Greyer Than You Remember'. A Ghost Orchestra follow up their 'Vile Hymns' EP with a taste of their forthcoming debut album, due in 2016.....
Track Listing
- That's Interesting, but let's talk about me
- Queenhell


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A Rescued Baby Pygmy Marmoset Gets A Massage
Nininta, a newborn baby Pygmy Marmoset, was abandoned at birth because she was born deaf. After her rescue by an amazing organization called Rare Species Conservatory Foundation (RSCF), she began to thrive and is now living comfortably. Isn't she adorable?!
Mama Dog Found On The Side Of A Dirt Road Pulling A Crate Filled With Her Puppies: Click "Next" below!
Julie Hunt Julie resides in Northern New Jersey with her two kids, two dogs, cat and partner. She has two published books which make excellent trivets if you aren't a fan of poetry. She tolerates people but LOVES animals. If she isn't blogging, she's most likely cuddling with her pups, Paisley and Skyler.


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Where we make our productsAll of Van Aken's products are made in the U.S.A. Clay, paint, and liquid products are compounded, assembled and packaged in our North Charleston factory. This facility also houses our office, lab, and warehouse. Tools and displays involving injection molding are produced in a separate facility a few miles away. 90% of ingredients and components originate from the U.S.A. 10% are split between Europe, Japan, and Korea.
How we make clay
Van Aken's Plastalina, Claytoon, and Protolina are oil-based, non-hardening modeling compounds. Because these products contain wax instead of water, each remains pliable and can be used over and over again. These modeling clays are smooth and do not stick to the hands and fingers, unless they are very warm.
These non-hardening modeling compounds are made by combining various waxes with different properties---ranging from soft to hard and from plastic to brittle---and melting them until well blended in a steel vat. White marble dust and pigments are added to the melted wax and mixed together with an industrial "dough kneader".
Van Aken's Kato Polyclay, on the other hand, is a plastic-based, oven-hardening modeling compound. The process begins by blending a variety of plastic resins with plasticizers, filler, and colored pigments. The mixture is then kneaded to uniformly incorporate all ingredients in the batch.
When the batch is complete, a sample is tested by our chemist to ensure Van Aken's strict quality control requirements for density, penetration, elongation, and color have been met. After approval, the clay is put on pallets in large 'lumps' to await the next step.
The cured lumps of clay are then put into a machine, which extrudes the material, and cuts it to size. The bars of clay are wrapped in clear cellophane. This shows off the clay's vibrant colors, but is also a minimal and biodegradable form of packaging.
Cartons are packed with the clay according to size, and they are put into the warehouse to await shipment to retailers, schools, and animation studios around the world!
How we make paint
Tempera is a liquid painting medium in which pigment is mixed with a water-soluble binder. The word 'tempera' comes from the Latin "temperare" (to mingle, to temper), so really any paint is tempered paint, because pigment is not paint unless it is suspended in a liquid medium or binder so that it can be applied to a ground with a brush.
Van Aken's tempera paint is made by combining organic, and/or synthetic, ingredients in particular formulations or recipes. Every recipe is designed to create different colors, or qualities (like brushability, durability, color uniformity, opacity, brightness, and body) in the paint.
The raw materials are combined in a steel vat with a high-speed disperser (imagine a 2 ton milkshake blender). This color mixture is called a 'batch'. A sample from every batch is tested in our laboratory by our chemist for viscosity (thickness), pH (acidity), color, and weight.
The batch of approved paint goes to the filling line to be automatically dispensed into various size plastic bottles. Then the bottles of paint move along a conveyor to the capping machine, where each gets a cap. Labels describing the color, size, use applications, and the AP non-toxic seal are put on before being boxed according to type of paint, size, and color. The cartons are put into the warehouse to await shipment around the globe!


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A New Beetle Cabrio, left, and a Golf VII photographed in the elevators of the storage of German Volkswagen car producer in Wolfsburg, northern Germany, Thursday Match 14, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa, Sebastian Kahnert)
BERLIN -- Germany's Volkswagen AG says it's recalling some 600,000 Caddy delivery vehicles worldwide to repair a problem with their rear doors.
The automaker, Europe's largest, said in an email sent to The Associated Press on Thursday that the vehicles affected were models built between November 2003 and January 2013.
The company says 589,000 Caddy vehicles may be fitted with a damaged pin that holds on the gas-pressure dampers that slow the closing of the rear hatch-type door. If the pin becomes detached, the company says the door can fall unexpectedly.
Volkswagen says the defect doesn't affect Caddy vehicles with folding rear doors that are fixed to the sides, and that vehicle owners affected will be informed.
The Caddy is not sold in North America.


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Glad to see there is a forum out here for blasts. I also own a VW GTI and I know there is lots of knowledge out there on forums.
I recently purchased a 01 Blast that had been sitting for awhile with only 1036 miles, got it for a great deal. trying to get everything cleaned up and the bike running well again.


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In an admiring review of their 2004 album Margarine Eclipse, Spin magazine hailed Stereolab as one of pop's 50 most influential ensembles.Read more
In an admiring review of their 2004 album Margarine Eclipse, Spin magazine hailed Stereolab as one of pop's 50 most influential ensembles. "No one can do beautiful, energising crossover pop like Stereolab," concurred The Independent, while a US writer, one Eric Greenwood, echoed the sentiments of thousands of 'Lab devotees when describing the band's enduring appeal thus: "The formula has never been broken; it's only tweaked slightly with each new album, and I never want it to end." Indeed, over fifteen prolific years of qualitatively consistent output, Stereolab have accrued a vast, peerless cache of work, hallmarked by a unique, carefully evolving but instantly recognizable sonic signature. In addition to over a dozen glittering LPs, their back catalogue is littered with fan-pleasing gems: limited editions, one-off collaborations, split singles et al. In the process they've galvanised an extensive, staunchly loyal international fanbase; become a byword for playful, stylish excellence; struck a blow for the feminisation of rock and booked a permanent seat at experimental pop's high table. All of which is not bad for a group who eschew many of the established calling cards of rock 'careerism' in favour of dedication to a singular, picturesque muse. To all intents and purposes, Stereolab continue to inhabit some hermetic parallel universe forever redolent with the innocent-yet-glamorous promise of space age futurism and timeless radical chic; their essential fluorescence blissfully unsullied by the dreary spreadsheet certainties of the modern music industry. Theirs is a rich, overflowing palette, readily able to blur the gulf between Os Mutantes and the BBC Radiophonic Orchestra; merge Krzysztof Komeda with the Velvet Underground, Francoise Hardy with Neu! and Burt Bacharach with Esquivel. A super-deluxe blend, in other words, with ingredients plucked assiduously from pop's coolest outposts: 50's lounge pop, Rive Gauche chanson, Brazilian tropicalia, North American art rock, East European film music, Krautrock. hi-fi test recordings, library music and more. Somehow they distil these apparently incongruent components into an ageless exotica that is all their own. Their song titles alone are evocative exercises in arcane modernism: John Cage Bubblegum, Lo Boob Oscillator, Jaunty Monty And The Bubbles Of Silence, Motorotor Scalatron, Ticker-tape Of The Unconscious, Suggestion Diabolique and the like - designations that are evocative, smart, mischievous and, like the music they frame, somehow impossibly sophisticated yet beguilingly childlike. Ditto a litany of vivid, graphically alluring, naively modish record sleeves. Stereolab owe their genesis to C86 generation indie janglers McCarthy, helmed by East London record obsessive Tim Gane. As McCarthy fizzled out at the turn of the '90s, so Gane began a relationship with French-born singer Laetitia Sadier, the latter contributing to McCarthy's final recordings. The pair quickly regrouped, launching Stereolab in 1991 with Faith Healers' drummer Joe Dilworth, ex-Chills bassist Martin Kean and singer Gina Morris. The band released a clutch of singles (sold by mail order, on tour, or through London's Rough Trade shop) which were corralled by Too Pure Records in 1992 and released as the LP Switched On. The wider world was thus introduced to Sadier's stately, impassive vocal style (Nico by way of Jane Birkin and Laurie Anderson) essaying incisive disquisitions on the ennui of consumer culture. Inspired by Mai '68 polity and French Situationist philosophy (rather than the oft-quoted 'Marxism'), Sadier's voice wafting cerebral Gallic cool over the band's insistent dronescapes, instantly established one of modern pop's most distinctive sonic marques. Indeed, to many, Stereolab seemed to have arrived ready formed; the perfect retro-futurist art band with impeccable influences and polemical power to add. Equally full-bodied debut-proper Peng! also hit the racks in '92 just as the band was evolving into a formidable live entity, welcoming Australian harmony vocalist/guitarist Mary Hansen and drummer Andy Ramsay as core 'Lab technicians. Further limited edition singles and EPs ensued, helping cement a burgeoning cult following. With an unquenchable appetite for touring, Stereolab were already eyeing the globe and, on the back of one such EP - The Groop Played Space Age Bachelor Pad Music EP - signed to Elektra/Warner Bros for worldwide releases in 1993. 'The Groop' now featured bassist Duncan Brown and ex-Microdisney multi-instrumentalist Sean O'Hagan who helped graft an urbane, faux-'50s lounge quality onto the band's already trademark motorik chassis, broadening their appeal still further. Stereolab's own bespoke indie label, Duophonic Super 45s, had been initiated in 1991 as a conduit for their early singles. 1993 saw a split Super 45s 10"(with Nurse With Wound) entitled Crumb Duck and the sister Duophonic Ultra High Frequency Discs would henceforth become the band's UK home imprint. (Duophonic would later release music by the likes of La Bradford, Tortoise, Broadcast and Gane and O'Hagan's sometime splinter group Turn On). Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements – their major label Elektra/Duophonic debut - followed in late 1994. It remains one of the band's best loved longplayers, with all eighteen minutes of the cyclic, luminescent Jenny Ondioline at its core. A significant college hit throughout North America, the album also consolidated flourishing European and Japanese fanbases. Stereolab's soon became the underground name to drop and the band capitalized with 1994's Mars Audiac Quintet. - a showcase for Sadier and Hansen's preternaturally intertwined vocal descants. Mars… was another transatlantic indie hit, boasted a new keyboardist, Katherine Gifford, and prefaced a deviation from beat combo chug in the shape of 1995's Music For The Amorphous Body – an EP created for an interactive installation by artist Charles Long. If nothing else, the EP confirmed Stereolab's enviable position: significant enough 'alternative rock' sellers to make a healthy living which in turn allowed scope for lateral experimentation. In the case of Music For… this meant a playground of intricate string arrangements and measured keyboard melodies that were more restrained than the band's established signature. Its limited edition run of 10,000 nonetheless sold out in a day and graced many a critics' end-of-year 'best of' charts. Stereolab's second volume of collected miscellanea, jauntily entitled Refried Ectoplasm (Switched On, Volume. 2), appeared later that year (on Duophonic in the UK and Drag City in the US) and crept into the mainstream UK Top 30 after the band toured successfully with Pulp. Around the same time Morgan Lohte replaced keyboardist Gifford and a bold new phase of Stereolab recording began. Decamping to Chicago to work with Tortoise mainstay/producer John McEntire, the band added ultramodern jazz, Latin and funk nuances to their already esoteric template, along with the lush string arrangements of (now only occasional 'Lab contributor and full time High Lama) Sean O'Hagan, creating a luxuriant, multi-textured sound. The resulting Emperor Tomato Ketchup (named after a cult 1970 movie by Japanese director Shuji Terayama) - the band's fourth full length album in five years - was released in the spring of 1996 and proved to be their biggest critical success to date ("the most addictive music of the moment" according to The Guardian). A copious cavalcade of delightful mood swings, it bristled with instant pop tunes like Cybele's Reverie punctuated by eerie Krautscapes like of Olv 26 and the cranked up combo swagger of Noise Of Carpet. With Richard Harrison taking over from Duncan Brown on bass, the succeeding Dots And Loops, released in 1997, proved another fine collection, this time easing off on the avant-funk pedal in favour of lavish brass, a swinging bossa nova feel and carefully crafted arrangements. Mostly recorded in Chicago with John McEntire once more at the helm, part of the record was also cut in Düsseldorf with Andi Toma and Jan St Werner of maverick electronic duo Mouse On Mars. Mood music and '60s French pop influences were also more keenly felt here, with Sadier and Hansen's cooing vocal synergy once more in excelsis. As was the norm, the band toured extensively in support. A comparative hiatus then followed, mainly to facilitate the birth of Gane and Sadier's first child. In the interim a third volume of rarity ephemera – Aluminium Tunes (Switched On, Vol. 3) was released, featuring holy grail-like tracks from the long deleted Amorphous Body Centre EP. An unprecedented two year gap between studio albums (interrupted by a brace of anticipatory singles, including a one-off collaboration with French chanteuse Brigitte Fontaine) had fans feverishly anticipating September 1999's Cobra And Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night. With a triumvirate of producers (John McEntire, Sean O'Hagan and Chicagoan enfant terrible, polymath and sometime Sonic Youth bassist Jim O'Rourke) the album was essentially created by committee. While it didn't expand the Stereolab universe quite as much as the more demanding aficionados had hoped, it proved another undeniably opulent confection of gorgeous vocal timbres and shimmering, pointillist arrangements (O'Rourke's lovely strings in particular). A breathless 5-star review from Uncut and approving notices elsewhere reinforced the impression that Stereolab had now attained 'beloved institution' status. Recorded in London at the turn of the Millennium, the mini-album The First Of The Microbe Hunters, ushered in 21st century Stereolab and a new bass player, Simon Johns both of which were baptized as the band toured Japan and North and South America. Influenced by outer space-friendly classical composers Gustav Holst and Olivier Messiaen, the band's seventh full studio album, Sound-Dust, appeared in September 2001, preceded by a bewitching four track EP, Captain Easychord. Recorded mostly in Chicago with the 'avant-Celts' - Messrs McEntire, O'Rourke and O'Hagan - once again at the helm, both collections were robust additions to the 'Lab canon. 2002 saw the release of a sprawling 32-track, double CD collection of BBC radio sessions, an album, Socialism Ou Barbarie, by Laetitia Sadier's side project, Monade and the end of Morgane Lhote's tenure in the band. The BBC collection provided an apt moment of stock-taking, spanning, as it did, a prolific decade of Stereolab history from July 1991 to August 2001. Construction of a new recording nerve centre – christened Instant 0, located 30 Kilometres north of Bordeaux – was now in full swing and this ought to have marked a valuable period of battery-charging for Stereolab. Sadly, tragedy was to strike in December with the death of Mary Hansen in a London cycling accident. After a justifiable period of grieving, the group chose to soldier on and honour their recording commitments. The new studio was completed and though Gane and Sadier's relationship was now at an end, Stereolab were in positive mood and set about recording fresh material with a renewed dynamism. Released in early 2004, the celebratory EP Instant 0 In The Universe was the first public proof of this. The album Margarine Eclipse followed in February, to a hail of critical hyperbole ("Stereolab continue to make space-dusted muzak that pleasures the cranium the way only synthetic-pulsed pop can" remarked X-Ray magazine, typically) and generally warm 'welcome back' vibes abounded. Most reviewers noted the poignant track Feel And Triple - an elegy to the much-missed Hansen. The album was proof positive of Stereolab's redoubtable staying power - something borne out later in the year when the band signed a new worldwide licensing deal for their Duophonic imprint with Too Pure/Beggars Group – the place, essentially, where they'd started in 1992 ("back to the future" the NME dubbed it). Preceded by a timely reissue of the first Too Pure Switched On compilation in late February 2005 and another Monade album, A Few Steps More, in March, the other first fruits of this enticing new chapter in Stereolab's fourteen-year odyssey was the spectacularly titled Oscillons From The Anti-Sun, a sumptuous, three-CD-plus-DVD box set. Compiling tracks from the band's rare Duophonic EPs and singles as well as concert and TV appearances, the handsome rarities trove appeared that April. In typically prodigious 'Lab fashion, a sextet of impressive, limited edition 7"s swiftly followed, compiled on the spring 2006 album Fab Four Suture which proved that Stereolab, as BBC Collective put it, "still combine avant-garde grooves with celestial chimes like no one else". Subsequently Laetitia Sadier, based back in France, went to work on a third Monade album – Monstre Cosmic (it would prove to be an early 2008 critical triumph) while the now Berlin-resident Tim Gane teamed up with Sean O'Hagan to write and record the lovely soundtrack to French director Marc Fitoussi's acclaimed 2007 film La Vie d'Artiste. Sessions for an eleventh Stereolab album were due to begin in the spring of 2007, just as Gane was finishing up his soundtrack duties. With no time to go away and compose, the new record began as "a series of about seventy tiny drum loops" on top of which he would dub improvised chord sequences using piano and vibraphone, "building them up from there – later slowing the tracks down or speeding them up - a totally new way of doing songs for us…" With typical prolificacy, the band laboured over the summer at Instant 0, helping transform these blueprints into 32 luminous new songs, with keyboardist/technician Joe Watson manning the mixing desk. Half the new repertoire was selected for the forthcoming Chemical Chords opus (Gane is currently mixing the remainder for future releases) – an album which, for all the breathless spontaneity of its invention, is arguably the band's tautest, most highly focused work this century. Being released by Duophonic UHF Disks / 4AD, it's a collection of "purposefully short, dense, fast pop songs," according to Gane, brimming with Motown-like drums, O'Hagan's finest baroque-pop brass and string arrangements and etched with some of Sadier's most eloquent, mellifluous vocal performances to date, it is, nonetheless, classic Stereolab; like all their best work, a perfect equipoise between an implausibly cool past and a shamelessly exotic future.


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TEE is a multifaceted band. The performers behind it check in from time to time. Among them are Xavier Lopez, Mathieu Calleja, Mathieu Garrouste, Thomas Goguelin, Matthieu Gayon or Pierre Triscos. The idea of an orchestra was born from the diversity of instrumentation used: a wide range of analog tape recorders and digital diverted, bow on cymbal, "no-input" feedback with small mixers, prepared guitar, turntables, prepared piano, patch MAX / MSP. This diversity of sources, often processed, mix and clash to create an infinite variety of sounds.
This insane ensemble takes up the challenge of creating a complex flow – albeit consistent : a chaotic mix of continuous layers, a waterfall of "objets sonores".
At times minimal, at times extremely dense, the sound of Trashvortex Electronic Set is never the same. Focused on the energy of the moment, the group joins to produce massive forms, and to introduce into this machinic trance a confusion of tones. Knowing who produced which sound does not matter anymore: the audience and the band are equal spectators of their transformation, pioneers of the musical chaos thus born.


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Beijingers have a lot of traditions, but one of the most fun newer traditions has to be summer's heatwave migrations to Ikea, with everyone sleeping in the beds, enjoying swedish meatballs and 1 kuai ice cream, and reveling in their air conditioning. This week's major heat wave may be running out of steam, but we still have a couple months of potential health issues with heat waves.
Heat waves should be considered as a medical emergency; during some recent heat waves in France and other countries, thousands of people have died. Most of the deaths were from elderly people in non-air conditioned homes and thus dying of heat stroke or other complications. Many of us have probably felt the more common but less serious heat exhaustion, with symptoms of dizziness, weakness, nausea, headaches, among others.
The American Family Physician journal has a nice review article for you to review (Management of Heatstroke and Heat Exhaustion) which talks about the different clinical levels of the much more common heat exhaustion, and the much more serious heat stroke:
…Classic heatstroke is caused by environmental exposure and results in core hyperthermia above 40°C (104°F). This condition primarily occurs in the elderly and those with chronic illness. Classic heatstroke can develop slowly over several days and can present with minimally elevated core temperatures. It is associated with central nervous system dysfunction including delirium, convulsions, and coma, making it difficult to distinguish from sepsis. These manifestations are thought to be an encephalopathic response to a systemic inflammatory cascade.
Exertional heatstroke is a condition primarily affecting younger, active persons. It is characterized by rapid onset—developing in hours—and frequently is associated with high core temperatures.
Heat exhaustion is a more common and less extreme manifestation of heat-related illness in which the core temperature is between 37°C (98.6°F) and 40°C. Symptoms of heat exhaustion are milder than those of heatstroke, and include dizziness, thirst, weakness, headache, and malaise. Patients with heat exhaustion lack the profound central nervous system derangement found in those with heatstroke. Their symptoms typically resolve promptly with proper hydration and cooling….
As for treatment, we've probably all seen TV shows showing heat stroke people being put into cold baths — but the better choice is simpler, with evaporation therapy, by simply toweling off or spraying yourself with water, and adding a fan if possible. This is the quickest way to cool off. But the #1 treatment remains hydration. And definitely go see your doctor if you or a loved one (especially elderly or very young) feel really dehydrated — or especially if you or they have any serious mental status changes like delerium or lethargy.
And don't forget the obvious choice of avoiding major heat in the first place, and immediately finding cool spots if you start to feel symptoms of heat exhaustion. A couple nights ago my apartment complex playground was eerily empty at dinnertime, but since it was still 41 degrees, parents were making wise decisions for their kids by keeping them inside.
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Located in a very popular bar area of Prishtina called "kafet e vogla" (small cafes) The Beergarden Pub brings a bit of everything together. It is a very cozy place with a very warm and welcoming ambience, or as their saying goes "if you don't feel at home here, we'll be very surprised" (just imagine that being said in a very heavy Scottish accent 🙂 )
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As with all music created by Deuter, it is magnificent; whether it is gentle and melodious or more energetic, it reaches out to touch the soul, to heal, to bring peace, comfort and tranquillity to the listener.
'Hands of Love' can be likened to silk on the skin, a deeply sensuous feel which engages as soon as it is felt, as does this serenely enchanting, reflective work.
Created to work with Reiki, a Japanese healing technique focusing on stress and relaxation, it is also an extremely comprehensive listening piece for anyone who simply enjoys incredible music created by the divine through the talents and abilities of man.
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Perfect for that evening in when you simply wish to let the stress of the everyday world go; equally as healing and relaxing for use with any healing techniques, as the gentle notes reach a level which cannot be reached by hands alone, only music, to begin to create the healing and comfort that is sought.
Dueter lives in the forest, works surrounded by natures beauty, is a Reiki practitioner and the undisputed creator of music now known world-wide as 'new age'. He is undoubtedly a master of and in his craft; with this latest release he has once again delivered what he has always strived to achieve, music that will heal and touch the deepest recesses of the heart.
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EASTON, Mass. (June 1, 2012) - Stonehill College junior forward Dana Borges (Taunton, Mass./Coyle & Cassidy) is currently taking part in a two-week political science course offered at the College by Professor Peter Ubertaccio called Politics in Washington.
The course, which ends Saturday, has taken Borges to many important places in Washington, D.C. Here are some highlights of Borges' trip.
Athletic Communications (AC): Dana, can you talk about why you decided to take this course and why it was important?
Dana Borges (DB): The purpose of this class is to give us a hands on experience of all the various aspects that make Washington run. As a hockey player, this was an experience that I could not pass up. Because we play both semesters I am not able to study abroad but this allowed me to have the same experience. The class is run by Peter Ubertaccio and he has developed a great schedule for seminars everyday. We visit about three places daily to hear from different speakers on various topics.
AC: What have been the highlights of your trip thus far?
DB: For me, the highlights of the trip have included touring the West Wing of the White House, meeting Senators Kerry and Brown, and also going to the Bureau of Diplomatic Security. Stepping into tho West Wing of the White House was a surreal experience as many people do not get to gaze into the Oval Office. It was also to my surprise that we were able to not only meet our Senators, but we were also able to ask them questions during their very busy days.
AC: Have you learned anything else on the trip that you would like to share?
DB: Diplomatic Security taught me about another federal law enforcement agency that I am striving to be apart of one day. I have learned so much about other various topics that have helped broaden my horizons. I am thankful for Profesor Ubertaccio and Stonehill for providing me with this opportunity.
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Scientists in Oxford hope to block cancer relapse by using state-of-the-art technology to find and study the 'chemotherapy-resistant' cancer cells and genes that cause relapse in the most common aggressive leukaemia in the UK.
The majority of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) cases are diagnosed in older patients, where patients over 60 years of age have a cure rate of only 5%. With cancer relapse affecting many of these patients and causing such a poor prognosis, research into its prevention is greatly required.
Professor Paresh Vyas and his team at the University of Oxford have been awarded £195,000 by Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research to track down the genes that cause cancer cells to become 'chemo-resistant'. These cells are not killed by chemotherapy and later come back, causing relapse of AML.
The team will study the gene mutations of the 'chemo-resistant' cells using cutting-edge 'gene sequencing' technology.
In identifying the 'relapse-driving' cells, the team hope to apply their work to the clinic where AML patients could be screened for the cells. This would make it possible to identify those 'destined' to relapse and provide them with treatment to counter this.
Professor Paresh Vyas, head of the team at the University of Oxford, said: "By finding the gene mutations and the 'chemo-resistant' cells that cause cancer relapse we can understand the very foundations of the problem. During this research we'll be looking for new drug targets to improve treatment for those affected by cancer relapse in AML."
The team will separate the cells that cause relapse from other blood cells using a high-tech 'cell sorting' machine. They will then test these cells to find the gene mutations that make them resistant to chemotherapy treatment.
Identifying patients before they relapse will allow doctors the time and foresight to give life-saving stem cell transplants, addressing the problem before it affects the patient.
Professor Chris Bunce, Research Director at Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research, said: "This research will hopefully improve the outlook for patients with AML, a cancer for which there have been very few effective drugs developed in the past 30 years."