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On March 17th, it seems as if the whole world is Irish, with parades, fireworks and other celebrations throughout North America, Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, the Caribbean and beyond.
However, it is Ireland that throws the world's most important party, a four-day festival this year, featuring carnival-style parades, concerts, visual arts and dance events, outdoor theater, exhibitions and even a treasure hunt.
Yet though the day is known for revelry, merrymaking and drinking, it began as a solemn religious holiday marking the death of Ireland's patron saint.
Patrick, whose given name was Maewyn, was born in Wales about A.D. 385. Patrick was a pagan until the age of 16, when he was kidnapped by Irish marauders and sold into slavery. During his captivity, he became closer to God, and when he escaped six years later he went to Gaul, where he studied in a monastery for 12 years and became convinced that his mission was to convert the pagans of Ireland to Christianity.
As bishop of Ireland, he proved quite successful, and though he was arrested several times by the Celtic Druids, he always managed to escape. For 30 years, he traveled throughout Ireland, establishing monasteries and setting up schools and churches. He retired to County Down and died on March 17, A.D. 461 – that day has been commemorated as St. Patrick's Day in Ireland ever since.
For thousands of years, the Irish observed the anniversary of Patrick's death by attending church in the morning, then going home for a hearty meal of cabbage and Irish bacon and generally enjoying the day's relief from the Lenten fast.
When I last visited Ireland some years ago, my coach driver and guide, John, shared his childhood memory of the day. "When I was a boy," he said, "the pubs were closed on St. Patrick's Day, just as they were on Christmas. I went to church with my family, we watched the parade and then we went home to dinner."
I found this information startling, especially in a city where the pubs open as early as 7 a.m. After seeing March 17th celebrations in New York that were positively bacchanalian in nature, I had assumed that it was "more so" in St. Patrick's Ireland.
"But what about all the drinking and partying?" I asked. "Where did that come from?"
"Why, it came from America," John replied sweetly.
And when I did a little research, I discovered that indeed the revelry had come from America, just as the first parade had also originated in America, in 1762. (The first civic and public celebration of the day took place in Boston in 1737.) Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched through New York City on March 17, as a way of celebrating their roots and joining with fellow Irishmen in the army. Over the next few decades, Irish patriotic societies like the Hibernian Society and the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick would hold parades featuring bagpipes and drums.
When the Great Potato Famine hit Ireland in 1845, almost a million poor, uneducated Catholic Irish fled to America to escape starvation. Despised for their religious beliefs and odd accents by American Protestants, the immigrants worked at the most menial of jobs–when they could find any work at all. And when they celebrated their patron saint in America's cities on March 17, they were viewed as drunken louts, and worse.
That changed as the Irish began to organize and create a serious voting bloc known as the "Green Machine," which became an important swing vote for ambitious politicians. The March 17th parades became not only an occasion to show Irish-American strength and solidarity, they became showcases for political candidates of every party and stripe. When President Harry Truman showed up for the parade in 1948, that was a clear signal about the importance of the "Green Machine."
When St. Patrick's Day celebrations grew in number and scope, not only in New York, but also worldwide, Dublin took notice. In 1996, the Irish government began a campaign to promote March 17th as a way of attracting tourists and showcasing Ireland.
Though Dublin has the most extravagant celebrations, it is in the small northern village of Downpatrick, where Patrick is buried, that he is remembered in the traditional way, with ecumenical church services and the laying of a wreath on his grave.
The village will also host its traditional St Patrick's Festival, a seven-day program with dozens of events celebrating the patron saint. On March 17th the annual pilgrimage walk goes from St. Patrick's Church, Saul, to Down Cathedral.
At the Saint Patrick Centre, Downpatrick, the world's only permanent exhibition to St Patrick, there will be a day of family entertainment; the Shamrock Steam Train will operate from Inch Abbey Station to Downpatrick Station.
Whether in the north or the south, from Killarney to Downpatrick, from Cork City to County Donegal, there will be St. Patrick's Day celebrations in all the cities, towns and villages of Ireland. Take your pick, and join other merrymakers wearing the green.
PS If you've ever wondered how the shamrock came to be a traditional March 17th icon, Irish legend has an explanation: Patrick used the shamrock to explain the Trinity to the pagans of his country, by representing how the Father, the Son and the Holy Trinity could exist as separate elements of the same entity. His followers adopted the custom of wearing a shamrock on his feast day.
For more information on visiting Ireland and St. Patrick's Day celebrations throughout the country, visit the Tourism Ireland website and the St. Patrick's Day website.


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The UNESCO – World Heritage with Links has consumed a lot of time! It has thousands of links, each of which must be verified. It takes time finding the proper links and it takes time putting them into an HTML web page and it takes time verifying that all of them are right. It wasn't that these web pages needed to be perfect, no web site can ever be perfect, but it should be without annoying flaws. This site has large numbers of slightly arbitrary decisions, which constantly had to be made, but those are not flaws, unless they interfere with most users' appreciation of the whole experience.
This World Heritage site with links is an organically growing thing, because of the way it is constructed, and will not go out of date. It leans heavily upon the future new input of other people, in the form of Wikipedia improvements, new Flickr photos, new YouTube videos, and new GoogleEarth inputs into the maps overlays. This site is intended as a means of accessing all of these wonderful sites in a uniform and coherent way, which brings the information available in each of those sites from specific locations into a single place. Thus the user can go to almost a thousand wonderful sites in the world and get an in-depth experience of that place before going there. That easily accessible computer experience permits them to get a good idea of what the multitude of places have to offer, without having to go there in person.
This site saves its users time, money, energy. It also helps preserve the environment by not consuming so much natural resources. It makes its users more aware of the wonderful world we live within, and gives them the possibility of choosing those parts which will enhance their personal life experience here on Earth to the best of their own personal ideal choices. This site gives you the opportunity to make really good choices.
To live your life abundantly needs forethought of possibilities.

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Dynamo Playgrounds creates custom designed rope towers and spinning structures.
For a quarter century, we've produced revolutionary designs that promise and deliver the kind of real adventure and excitement that fuels children's imagination.
Rope rockets that reach the stars, Biggo swings that travel the world like flying carpets, Basketball courts that last a lifetime are just a few of the ways that Dynamo has re-ignited playground magic.
Never limited by industry norms, we took the lead and created a new standard in fun and innovation. Revolutionary looks, meticulous attention to detail and a global search for the finest materials and methods have come together to create today's safest playgrounds, that stand apart and are designed to last for generations to come.


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If you are an early Christmas shopper, head to Family Crest Etc for unique gifts for family and friends. Skip the malls and shop online, or head over to the Lodge on the top of Mount Ober in East Tennessee or the new Puzzled Etc store on the Island in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
One of the newest items from Family Crest Etc can be passed down from generation to generation. The Laser Cut Custom Coat-of-Arms with Family Name History measures approximately 12 x 20 and is hand painted and designed especially for you. Order now as it takes about four weeks to deliver.
The Family Crest Etc also carries flags, and one of the newest ones available online and in store is the Presidential Standard banner of the arms or Ireland. With its golden harp on a blue field, these arms have been in use since Henry VIII ruled in the 16th century.
This Christmas surprise your loved ones with unique gifts from Family Crest Etc. You will not be disappointed.


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Batten Disease
(Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis)
by Rick Alan
Batten disease is the most common form of a group of rare disorders known as neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs). Batten disease is an inherited genetic disorder that causes a build-up of lipopigments in the body's tissues. Batten disease refers to a juvenile form of NCL, but the other forms of NCL can also be referred to as Batten disease. The forms of NCL include:
Batten disease is caused by abnormalities in genes that are involved with the production and use of certain bodily proteins. The disease results in a build up of fats and proteins called lipopigments in the cells of the brain, eyes, skin, and other tissues.
Researchers have made progress in identifying the defective enzymes and mutated genes that underlie these disorders, but it is not yet known exactly how the gene mutations cause this build up of lipopigments.
Risk Factors
Since Batten disease is an inherited condition, people at risk include:
Batten disease may cause:
Symptoms of Batten disease are similar in each type of the disease. However, the time of appearance, severity, and rate of progression of symptoms can vary depending on the type of the disease. For example:
Infantile NCL (Santavuori-Haltia disease)—Symptoms begin to appear between 6 months-2 years of age and progress rapidly. Children with this type generally live until age 5, though some survive in a vegetative state a few years longer.
Late infantile NCL (Jansky-Bielschowsky disease)—Symptoms begin to appear between 2-4 years of age and progress rapidly. Children with this type usually live until ages 8-12.
Juvenile NCL (Spielmeyer-Vogt-Sjogren-Batten disease)—Symptoms begin to appear between 5-8 years of age and progress less rapidly. Those with this type usually live until their late teens or early 20s; and in some cases, into their 30s.
Adult NCL (Kufs disease or Party's disease)—Symptoms usually begin to appear before 40 years of age. Symptoms progress slowly and are usually milder. However, this form of the disease usually does shorten a person's life span.
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical and family history. A physical exam will be done. In most cases, the first symptoms involve vision problems. An eye exam may lead to the initial diagnosis.
Other tests may include:
Imaging tests assess internal structures (like the brain) for abnormalities. These tests may include:
An electroencephalogram (EEG) evaluates the electrical activity of the brain.
There is no known treatment that will stop the progression or effects of Batten disease. Treatment will depend on the types of symptoms present. The goal is to ease symptoms. Options include:
Examples include:
Nutritional Support
If there is a high risk of malnutrition or dehydration, a nasogastric tube can be used. It is a long, narrow tube that is placed through the nose and into the stomach. Liquid nutrition, water, and medications can be delivered through the tube.
Other Therapies
Other supportive treatments may include:
There is no known way to prevent Batten disease. If you have Batten disease or have a family history of the disorder, you can talk to a genetic counselor when deciding to have children.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
NIH Office of Rare Diseases Research
About Kids Health—The Hospital for Sick Children
Batten Disease Support and Research Association
Batten disease fact sheet. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke website. Available at: https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Fact-Sheets/Batten-Disease-Fact-Sheet. Updated May 10, 2017. Accessed March 16, 2018.
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How are genetic conditions diagnosed? Genetics Home Reference website. Available at: https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/handbook/consult/diagnosis. Updated March 13, 2018. Accessed March 16, 2018.
Sondhi D, Hackett NR, Apblett RL, Kaminsky SM, Pergolizzi RG, Crystal RG. Feasibility of gene therapy for late neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. Arch Neurol. 2001;58(11):1793-1798.
Taupin P. HuCNS-SC (StemCells). Curr Opin Mol Ther. 2006;8(2):156-163.
What is Batten disease? Batten Disease Support and Research Association website. Available at:
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In 2009, as the United States slid into recession, most people were happy to keep their jobs, much less receive extra money in their paychecks. Not so with the team members of the Bob Barker Company, America's largest supplier of products for detention facilities. That year, when many U.S. employees received an average merit increase of 1.4 percent (if anything), the team members at Bob Barker earned, on average, a 6 percent pay increase, followed the next year by an 8 percent increase. "We had about a 14 percent increase when the average across the country for those two years was about 3.5 to 4 percent," says Robert Barker, president. In fact, the company had experienced a 10 percent decrease in sales but managed a 16 percent increase in net income.
How did they do it? They were using a performance measurement and profit-indexed pay system, which they gave the more direct title of Get Paid! "Normally, when a company goes down 10 percent in sales, their profits drop 40 percent because they have fixed costs. We had the exact opposite experience. That was almost 100 percent credited to the implementation of the profit-indexed pay system," Barker comments.
Developed by Dr. Bill Abernathy, vice president of performance measurement systems at Aubrey Daniels International (ADI), the pay system at the Bob Barker Company applies to every employee— from members of the board of directors to hourly wage earners. "This system is strictly tied to profitability and that protects the company from paying incentives when they don't have the money to do so," says Lori Brody, ADI's director of performance management and incentive pay. Get Paid! makes no allowance for large executive bonuses traditionally distributed regardless of individual performance or a company's financial situation. "Some people say they have a bonus or variable pay program but they actually have a deferred base that is almost a guaranteed payout at certain points," explains Ken Mayhew, human resources director at Bob Barker. "That's not how our system works. You have to produce."
But Mayhew isn't referring solely to producing more products or more sales; he also means that every company employee is encouraged to produce new ideas for costs savings and for making the company more successful. He's talking about treating the company as if it's their own. Since implementing Get Paid! that's exactly what the team members have been doing. After all, they do own 40 percent of the organization's profits above the operating budget and their performance ultimately determines whether or not extra bucks will appear in their personal pay each month.
The Bob Barker Company, a second-generation family owned business, will celebrate its fortieth year of operations next year. Several years ago, the management team initiated a "Transform the Team" project to discover new organizational development strategies and pay structures. "We were asking, 'How can we have a variable pay structure where all employees, not just management, could share in the success of the company?'" says Mayhew. At one point, Barker brought in Abernathy's book Pay for Profit and after much analysis and discussion they decided to give it a go. With Abernathy and Brody's help, the group created an overall balanced scorecard of priority business results for the company and proceeded to formulate scorecards that linked to those results for every functional group in the organization.
Employees had a say in their group goals, but no "low hanging fruit" (as Mayhew puts it) made it to the scorecards. Also, the employees were given a 90-day "burn in" period during which time they could discuss, tweak, and otherwise fine-tune the scorecards, which are also reviewed annually for any necessary modifications. Then the groups decided which behaviors would help them achieve the scorecard results each month. Importantly, the scorecards provide checks and balances that assure the right behaviors come into play. For example, a scorecard metric that pertains to productivity is balanced by other metrics related to quality and safety. "Once we put this pay structure in place, one of our manufacturing teams, for example, was measured on not only how much they produced, but on quality, service level, and whether they had the right products to meet the customer's needs," says Stephanie Allen, vice president of finance and administration. "They implemented changes that increased productivity by over 30 percent."
Bob Barker, just as other organizations, offers market-competitive salaries, but there the similarity with traditional pay systems ends. Employees have regular performance reviews; however, merit increases are not applied to base salary but to the percentage of company profits they may earn. This basis percentage becomes part of an equation that can be multiplied from 0-3 times depending on company profits. "Anybody that had no form of variable or bonus pay, we went in with a minimum of five percent. So no one in the company has less than 5 percent. Say you got a 3 percent merit raise, that 3 percent was converted to your 5, you now have an 8 percent basis which is subject to a multiplier from 0-3., which really means you can make way more money. If you would have made a $2000 bonus for the month and the multiplier was a 2, you just made a $4000 bonus," Mayhew says. "In fact, when we first put the system in, some of the hourly team members who had never had a check with bonus pay, called HR to report what they thought was a mistake."
Of course, since the extra pay depends on profitability, the downside is that in difficult times the multiplier becomes zero, which means no extra pay, but this flexibility also means that the organization hasn't been forced to lay off employees. The monthly multiplier along with factors affecting profitability are posted on the company intranet: a transparent sharing of details that inspires employees to improve their business. Such was the case when the company had to announce a zero multiplier for several months. "Team members were very motivated to find cost saving opportunities in the business both from an operational basis as well as a product cost savings," says Barker. "Our team found over $3 or $4 million worth of product cost savings in one year alone!"
Allen adds, "In the past it would have been someone at the executive level saying you've got to make changes, you've to get inventory down, you've got to cut expenses. Instead, they were coming to us with ideas of here's how I can improve my metrics and help us grow income. This allows us to pay our employees more when we're doing well and have salary automatically self-correct when we're not doing as well."
Another unexpected dynamic arising from the system is that if someone leaves the company, their team members, rather than insist that the position be filled often decide that they can divide the work to save costs. And even though this family owned company has always had a culture of altruism, people seem more willing than ever to help out a co-worker. After all, helping one another helps the company and impacts profitability. (Not surprisingly, the Bob Barker Company has a very low turnover.)
Get Paid! It isn't all about the bottom line at the Bob Barker Company; it's about a company culture of giving back and sharing the benefits of good performance. Barker states that, pragmatically, if businesses aren't using this type of pay process, they are leaving a lot of money on the table, but adds "I think that a lot of people underestimate the ability of team members to contribute to the success of the business. By empowering individuals to make improvements in how they do their work and also allowing them to participate in the benefits of making those improvements, you provide an incentive that draws out creative ideas from people about how to drive the business more and more effectively. We want to pay above and beyond what the market pays, but we want to pay that because we are achieving well above market productivity and that makes sense for both the team members and the business."
"Start simple. Start with a few scorecards; don't make it too complicated initially. Get the system implemented and get it off the ground. Then you can start adding metrics, individual scorecards, and so on. This brings better alignment and better focus. The upfront work and training is definitely worth it and will bring great benefits."
Stephanie Allen
Vice president of finance and administration
The Bob Barker Company
"It takes some time for people to fully understand this system, but once people get it, they get it. They understand how their actions directly impact the overall success of the business. Spend a lot of time educating your people about how the program works and then be really transparent with folks about the things that are affecting financial performance."
Robert Barker
The Bob Barker Company
"Whether you are a public or private company you have to have an absolute commitment from all stakeholders and an awful lot of conversations with your leadership team as to what will work best for your company and how you will modify the pay system to fit your culture. Another thing we did was to show team members here's what you would have made last year if you'd been on this system versus the traditional system. Believe me, it was a big difference and that was the biggest seller of the program."
Ken Mayhew
Director of Human Resources
The Bob Barker Company
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Phuket Golf courses are world class. International tournements have been held on several here with top names coming to compete along the greens and fairways. So why not give it a go yourself? Teeing off isn't as expensive as you'd imagine and the courses are fabulously lush with unforgettable tropical views as well as some of the most attractive (female) caddies you've ever seen. And that can't be bad...
- Phuket FantaSea Cultural Theme Park
- Phi Phi Islands Tour with Express Boat
- James Bond Island Full-Day Tour via Big Boat
- Coral & Racha Islands Full-Day Tour
- Whitewater Rafting & 4-Wheel-Drive Adventure
- Sea Kayaking at Ang Thong Marine Park
- Flying Hanuman Ziplining Experience
- Canoeing Excursion in Phang Nga Bay with Thai Buffet Lunch
- Introduction to City Tour
- John Gray's Cave Canoeing Tour in Phang Nga Bay
Blue Canyon Country Club
Blue Canyon Country Club, the venue of the Johnnie Walker Classic in 1994 and 1998 (when Tiger Woods won it) and the Honda Classic in 1996, was awarded 'Best Championship Course in Asia' in 2001 by Asian Golf Magazine as well as Best Course in Thailand.
The par 72 course features many lakes, mature trees and smooth fairways as well as bunkers in unusual settings and is designed for golfers of all levels and skills. If your ball fails to reach the putting area, don't be too upset: Both Greg Norman and Nick Faldo suffered the same fate some years back.
• Top international course
• Mere minutes from the airport
• Many facilities
Laguna Phuket Golf Club
Laguna Phuket Golf Club, formerly the Banyan Tree Phuket Golf Club has had all its greens reshaped and the once flat course now features several inclines. Laguna Phuket Golf Club is ranked among the top 10 in Asia and is a favourite of Nick Faldo. This 18-hole leafy course also features a full-length driving range, practice bunkers and a chipping area.
Despite the recent changes it is not too difficult to play here and a modern electric drinks and cold towels cart is available at all time. Close by there is excellent accommodation at the Banyan Tree, Sheraton Grande, Allamanda, Dusit Laguna Resort Hotel and Laguna Beach Hotel.
• In Top Ten Asian Golf Resorts
• Excellent accommodation close by
• Challenging
Loch Palm Golf Club
Loch Palm Golf Club is built around Crystal Lake, the largest body of water on any Phuket golf course. Loch Palm has smooth slopes and dramatic elevation changes. It will take you across and around ravines and plateaus, testing skills at many levels of play.
The course has recently undergone extensive renovations so expect the unexpected on this 18-hole par 72 course that winds between lakes and trees and which takes you both uphill and downhill. The 6,555-yard course is well worth trying out and features a large clubhouse for that after-game drink.
• Newly renovated
• Compact course
• Good for all levels
Mission Hills Golf Resort
Mission Hills Golf Resort is the newest addition to Phuket's amazing golf courses. Situated in the northeast of the island where most of the island's mangroves are to be found, Mission Hills was conceived by Nicklaus Design and features large white-sand bunkers, Sea-Isle grassed fairways and beautiful views out over Phang Nga Bay as well as 6,686 yards of golfing bliss.
After your 19th-hole experience why not chill out in the spa? For real Mission Hills fans there is excellent onsite accommodation in the form of Mission Hills Phuket Golf Resort and Spa.
• On-course accommodation
• Excellent facilities
• New course
Phuket Country Club
Phuket Country Club was the original championship-standard golf course in Phuket. It is located in the middle of the island almost exactly equidistant from Phuket Town and Patong Beach. There are actually two sections to the course: one nine-hole part and an 18-hole course on the other side of the road with a clubhouse for each.
With some 27 bunkers in hilly surroundings and only one water-free hole, it can seem frightening but in reality it's not and is a relatively easy course.
• Good location
• Not too challenging
• Reasonable rates
Red Mountain Golf Course
The Red Mountain Golf Course is Phuket's newest. Surrounded by lush tropical rainforest, Red Mountain is also the highest Tee-off point on the island and subsequently has wide and sweeping views out over Chalong and Phang Nga Bays.
Giddying drops and dazzling contours make this Phuket's hilliest course and, like many other courses on the island, the site was once a tin mine. The course is a lesson in variety, with both large and small greens and natural local grasses have been preserved in some rough areas to complete the natural look. Fairways and tees are grassed with Seashore Paspalum; a popular turf being used at other Thailand championship courses.
• Brand new course
• Wonderful panoramic views
• Clever, challenging design


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Fast, effective and fun - 12WBT's workout videos are the full package, designed to give you results! Workouts like "Earn your burn" "Resist and Persist" and "Burning Bridges" will have you working up a sweat and burning those calories. It's like a group fitness class in the comfort of your own home!
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YAY!…Kookie has finally finished her latest shoes!!..After a long and hard work (believe me I've witnessed), they're out. Talk about this spring/summer (rl) trends, these have all the elements that define them. Not the kind you see out there in sl, where the super high heels are intrinsically associated to less classy shoes, Kookie's 'chic heels' have a well balanced edge to them, while corporating the trendy features we see in high pumps and heels in rl atm. They can be sweet, sexy, trendy and classy at the same time, depending on what you choose to wear. Gah, I absolutely love them and…omg, toes?..Yes, indeed but done in such a delicate/discrete and simple way even the most ceptic will like them. Trust me (and the pictures hopefully) they're that good. So obviously, this look is totally inspired on them and I hope you like it ❤ Uma
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Hair – 'Sasha bun soil' by (P-K) Polina's first hair and if i may say 'prototype' I just wanted to show it off. so cute.
Skin – 'Mia sunrise skin 010' by ..::MAI::..
Jacket – 'Short Jacket "Bette" Teal' by =Dela*= (told you I was gonna do another outfit with it XD)
Top – 'Silky black cocktail dress' (modded to fit as a top) by Nylon Outfitters
Skirt – (part of) 'Keiko tunic dress – black' by Armidi
Leggings – 'leggings grayscale 3' by [LeLutka]
Shoes – 'Chic Heels -ink' by *Kookie*
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URBY Wanderlust Passport Holder – Travel Accessory for Every Traveller
Travelling is a wonderful activity; especially it's more a comfort when this activity is hassle – free. So when you are travelling, you need some travelling accessories, travelling kits/organizers which can help you in organizing your travelling stuff. It can be your bag. A bag in which you can pack all your important things, your clothes, your favourite novel, your camera etc. Now, you are all packed with that big travelling bag and left for airport to catch a flight to Hawaii or Thailand. You are at the security check and the security person asks you your passport/boarding passes or other document. And then you realized that you placed everything in a small pouch somewhere in the bag itself and you opened your bag and turned it upside down. Such an embarrassing moment it will be for you. Passport or other such documents are very important. Especially when you a visiting a foreign land, you can be asked to produce your passport, ID card any time by police or security people. A passport holder is all what you need in which you can put your passport; you can put your cards, or some extra cash for emergency.
A Passport Holder Specially Designed for Your Every Requirement
Do you enjoy travelling with style and swag? Your style defines your personality and you must have something unique in your personality. In this age of smart technology, things are getting reduced in terms of their sizes but are giving more benefits regardless of their sizes. And in such fast moving generation, a stylish passport holder is a personality feature of every globetrotter. Here, we are talking about this wonderfully crafted, designed to meet out your requirements, URBY Wanderlust Passport Holder
URBY Wanderlust Passport Holder – Designed for Wanderlusts
URBY has come up with some of the most jaw – dropping designs in passport holders. They have a wide range of handsome passport cases which have mesmerizing looks. UBRY has sent us one of their passport holders and asked a product review for the same which we will do in this post here. From a wide range of passport holders which are available on their website (http://www.urby.in), the one which we have got is Wanderlust Passport Holder Onyx Black. Now let us talk something about the specifications of this beautifully designed passport holder.
Now with these passport holders designed by URBY, you can redefine your style. These are tough these are water- proof and these are aesthetically awesome.
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The First Experience of URBY Wanderlust Passport Holder
When I received the passport holder by URBY, I was really impressed to see the packing of the product. As we know, packing is as important as the product is. So, it comes in a hard cardboard packing. When you open it, there is a string cotton pouch and inside this pouch, is the thing which we have been looking for. I must say that the packing is fabulous. The box has UBRY mentioned on it. What made me happy was that this beautiful passport holder has my name mentioned on it. So, you can customize it and can have for your own or can gift to someone else with their name written on it.
URBY Wanderlust passport holder is handcrafted in premium quality croc embossed leather which you can feel when you touch it. To give a soft touch inside the passport holder, suede material has been used. There is a large size sleeve for your passport on the right side and three card holder pockets. The case also has got some extra pockets for cash or some other documents such as tickets or passes or your other important travel documents. There is an extra pouch on the outside. Ergonomically and aesthetically, URBY has prepared this product keeping your all travel needs in mind. When you hold the pock in your hands, you can feel the classy touch on it. The size of this passport holder is 13.5cm in length, 9.5 cm in width and 0.2cm in height.
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URBY has a 15 days cash back with no question asked policy (the policy doesn't work for customized products). The company also provides you quality assurance and product repairing for first 12 months that with no charge. Plus, you can get any of the products customized on nominal charges which mean you can get your name written on the product. They have quick delivery that is also free of cost. We have already seen products like this from several other companies available both online and offline. The point here is about the dealing and the customer satisfaction. Second point here that we must notice is quality and satisfaction priority of the customer. This start up deals and caters all the requirements which a general traveller must face every now and then. The time when we received the product the way it was expected to be arriving in the most of the quick time, mere the first look of the product will impress you.
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We have already mentioned the dimensions of the product. This passport holder is exclusively designed for business, professional travellers.
Product Review – URBY Wanderlust Passport Holder
The product is finely made. The material is of high quality which gives you a professional look. An amazing gift for the corporate people, this passport holder has been beautifully handcrafted to deliver the best satisfaction to the people. Now the concern that we have been thinking is it good to buy this when there are several other products of almost the same quality available in the market. When it comes to the customer satisfaction, URBY is a start-up company and it takes care of every issue/query which a customer can possibly have. For this, they are providing free delivery of the product. They give a one year (12 Months) free repair of your product. This means if there is any problem with your product, you can contact them and they will repair it with no charge. Thus you can have it repaired free of cost.
We have already discussed its dimension. There are several other products of the same domain available on the company's website where from you can choose and get it customized. There is a nominal charge of INR 150 per order (as per the information given on the official website of the company). The company takes at least three to four days to ship the product at your address. When it comes to getting the passport holder customized, the company takes one more day to perform this task. And you can have your names or anything that you want mentioned on the passport holder.
You can also gift a customized passport holder to any of your friend. If any of your friends is a traveller, this passport holder can be the best option which you can gift him on his next coming birthday. Or maybe he is about to visit some other country, this can be amazing gift for him/her.


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Art-Te Company
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It says something that the major music stores are stocking some major Mexican and Latin American music stars. But Robert Highsmith, the bilingual walking encyclopedia of Art-Te, says they're more expensive than little-guy aficionados like him. He believes they bow to record companies' pressure to keep the cost of CDs high. "But I decide what price I charge. The small stores can do that. Partly because we don't have to pay advertising bills like the chain stores do." His modest shop at Tenth and Broadway bulges with everything from Ricky Martin to
the still-hot banda music, to Norteño groups like Los Tigres del Norte. You can find their 1972 hit "Contrabando" and 1989's "Corridos Prohibidos" (all songs about smuggling you-know-what from there to here). But even Highsmith has to charge higher prices for bigger stars. The normal $12 CD leaps to $18 for the likes of Ricky Martin.
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Benchmark Checklist
All of the benchmarks within this checklist must be completed at a satisfactory (M--for Met or E--for Exceed) level before the end of the quarter for a student to receive a grade. If any are marked incomplete than they will receive a grade of I (incomplete) for their quarterly grade.
Unit #1
Unification of the Hawaiian Islands
The first unit of study is the unification of the Hawaiian Islands. Following this unit you should be able to identify the key people and events that led to the unification of the Hawaiian Islands.
Formative Assessments
Summative Assessment(s)
Unit #2
Foreigners Arrive in Hawaii
This unit of study deals with the social, political, and economic changes to the lives of the people of Hawaii brought about by the arrival of foreigners.
Formative Assessments
These worksheets need to be done in class because they require the textbook.
Summative Assessment: Postcards
Students are to assume the role of each of the four groups of foreigners that arrived in Hawaii. Then they are to write a postcard to a loved one that details their lives and the changes (social, political, and economic) that the Island of Hawaii had to make because of their arrival.
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So no Kate Bush, well no physical Bush just a primary school maths unit sculpture being constructed to a pretty horrific remix of running up that hill. Instead the closing ceremony organiser…dunno who he was he never directed any Oscar winning films…decided to put Emelie Sande on stage like 100 fucking times, love her dont get me wrong but i know i wasnt the only one going 'Emelie again? Not Ms Dynamite, Pixie Lott (god Forbid), Adele (she was probably to expensive), Leona Lewis (hello shes international), Kate Nash (clutching at straws here) Jessie J?!? Oh no wait she was there singing how its not about the money dripping in a diamond flesh suit and riding around in a Bentley. Kudos to Annie Lennox on a Goth Pirate ship, The Spice Girls on Taxis, John Lennon & Freddie Mercury from the grave and very much so to George Michael i dont care what anyone says. Yeah the new single isnt his best and maybe should have been edited down into a verse, chorus, outro but over 23 million people in the UK alone heard it, thats some serious promotion. How anyone can have a go at him for trying to make a quick buck when the draconian Olympic Marketing restrictions (that banned the use of words such as 'gold' 'summer' and 'games') have prevented anyone but the official sponsors doing just that, is in my opinion kinda ridiculous. Leave the man alone, your only jealous cause he has kinky sex and still smokes pot…basically living the teenage dream, FREEDOM!
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Not in a good mood today, the ankle is pissing me off and the codeine has worn off severely, have made the decision to drink instead of drug the pain away thanks to yesterdays shenanigans! Slept in the cot for most of journey from Cologne, im thinking until im better its the only comfortable place to be in the van with my leg up!
Quite a mellow evening apart from my twitter apology from Rory for calling me a bitch and the gig in which we changed up the set a little and got another killer reaction from the crowd. Its mad fun playing for Shikari fans their well up for new music the merch is selling and everybody's happy at the end of the night! I would have liked to go out and explore what this city had to offer but walking isnt the easiest right now and i have to be able to jump around for half an hour every evening onstage which means foot up whenever im off..
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Thinking out loud
Hmmm what a year its been, from last Feb to right now. I woke up this morning, ok this afternoon with about a million things on my mind all to do with tomorrow's fatefull event…my birthday. So many things have changed in a year my location, my status, my socialising, my body, my mind and all of them i feel have taught alot about myself which i didnt know, even after all these years. (more…)
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- People in the crowd don't seem to know how to dance
- Yes i have heard of Venetian Snares
- UG *cough* ly
Hanging with boys
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The company rolling out Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN), nbn, has successfully clocked up speeds of 8Gbps over 30 metres of copper cable in an XG-FAST lab trial conducted with technology partner, Nokia.
According to nbn, this data transmission speed works out to be around 900 times faster than the average broadband speed of 8.5Mbps being delivered to Australians in the second the quarter of 2016, according to figures in Akamai's State of the Internet Report.
The company said its latest trial makes it the third network operator in the global market to run lab trials of XG-FAST technology, following in the footsteps of the UK's BT last year, and Germany's Deutch Telekom in February.
The trial with Nokia also helps to bolster the argument behind nbn's reliance on the country's existing copper network for the remainder of its network rollout, which is set to be finalised by 2020.
Nokia and nbn were able to achieve peak aggregate speeds of up to 5Gbps over lengths of twisted-pair copper of up to 70 metres during the trials. This is roughly three times the average length of copper lead-in needed from pit to premises, according to the company.
The XG-FAST technology can be deployed across a range of scenarios in the field, a valuable trait in nbn's Multi-Technology Mix network rollout model, which is aimed at making the greatest use of existing infrastructure and thus lowering overall construction costs.
According to nbn, XG-FAST can be used to deliver services to Multi-Dwelling Units in a Fibre-to-the-Building (FttB) scenario, or via a Distribution Point Unit in a Fibre-to-the-Curb (FttC)-based network – also known as Fibre-to-the-Distribution Point (FttDP).
The trial comes at a convenient time, with nbn announcing its intention to deploy FttC services to approximately 700,000 premises on the NBN, many of which would potentially be ideal candidates for XG-FAST technology deployment.
Since its inception, the NBN rollout has become a political football, with Labor's initial Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) approach being viewed by many as unreservedly superior in terms of speed and service, compared to the Liberal government's current Multi-Technology Mix approach.
XG-FAST and other similar technologies provide a way for the current model to ensure increasing speed capabilities as the rollout wears on, and represents a way to upgrade the network beyond its 2020 completion date.
Certainly, Nokia's fixed network business group president, Federico Guillen, thinks the technology will help nbn get new life out of the existing copper network into the future.
"nbn's flexible approach to network architecture makes it perfectly suited to future upgrades based on emerging technologies like XG-FAST, which is designed to provide high-quality, multi-gigabit broadband over short cable distances," Guillen said.
For nbn CTO, Dennis Steiger, even though the XG-FAST technology is still in its very early stages of development, the lab trial demonstrates the potential that the technology offers the company.
"XG-FAST gives us the potential ability to deliver multi-gigabit speeds over copper lines – virtually on a par with what is currently available on Fibre-to-the-Premises – but at a lower cost and time to deploy," Steiger said.
"While our core goal remains to connect eight million premises to the NBN by 2020, we are keeping a close eye on new technologies like XG-FAST to ensure we can meet the future bandwidth demands of Australian broadband users."
The use of XG-FAST and similar technologies aimed at pushing ever more quantities of data through copper wire will give the copper network a new lease on life and is likely to make the use of existing copper infrastructure increasingly desirable to nbn as the rollout continues.
This could be a good thing in terms of NBN connection cost over time, according to Intelligent Business Research Services advisor and former Gartner analyst, Geoff Johnson, even if it is ultimately unlikely to deliver better broadband prices for end customers further down the track.
"It will improve the cost structure somewhat," Johnson told ARN. "nbn will have contracts with its installers, such as Visionstream, that tend to have a declining price trend. You should get better at this stuff as you build more. And these technologies will help to drive the connection cost trend down."
The G.fast DSL protocol – which is set to be adopted by nearly 30 million end users globally by 2021 if a new Ovum report jointly sponsored by nbn and BT is to be believed – and FttDP are complementary technologies, according to Johnson.
As such, their use – along with the future use of XG-FAST – should help to incrementally reduce the cost of construction over time. This, however, won't necessarily translate to lower service costs for resellers and end customers.
"The problem is that you're going to have this new cost that's going to be spread across the whole country, and everyone's going to be obliged through the regulated wholesale monopoly to take NBN services at that basis for internet service provider competition. And that's expensive," Johnson said.
According to forecasts in nbn's 2016 corporate plan, the cost for brownfields FttP network connection is estimated at $4400 per premises, while FttN connection is slated to be approximately $2300 per premises.
Johnson said that, regardless of the advances provided by the likes of G-fast and XG-FAST, and any resulting fall in connection cost per premises, service costs are set to remain relatively high compared to many of Australia's closest neighbours.
According to an upcoming research paper by Johnson, the NBN's funding method and construction costs will create broadband access with far higher prices than other countries, such as New Zealand. This will, in turn, lead to lower adoption in Australia than in other regions.
"In New Zealand, the government put a subsidy in place up front, and they're [New Zealanders] paying so little for the faster speed; they are seeing much higher take up, at about 60 per cent. Take up is lower in Australia because the price is higher and speed is nothing to write home about," he said.
Closer to home, Johnson expects to see many Australians opt for the NBN's lower, 25Mbps speed option rather than the higher 50Mbps or 100Mbps options simply because of the price difference. This could, in turn, throw out nbn's long-term business plan, which requires a certain number of customers to eventually take up the faster service.
A big part of the underlying issue, according to Johnson, is the NBN's funding model as an "off-budget," "commercial" government enterprise, rather than an "on-budget" entity.
"Although national wholesale coverage is likely to be achieved by 2020, its funding model makes access 'not cheap' and not compelling," Johnson said.
Johnson mentioned that, at some point, the NBN project's funding model will need to change in order for it to meet its long-term targets.
"Present or future governments will need to change the funding model of NBN Co [nbn] in order to hit end-user penetration targets, but are unlikely to do so until the lack of revenue becomes extreme and its ability to be privatised is threatened. This means that access network budgeting will also remain an issue for business," he said.
For nbn CEO, Bill Morrow, the future looks bright. The company is in talks to secure non-government finances, and usage trends going forward look set to create some wiggle room on prices for resellers.
As long as data consumption continues to grow at 30 per cent each year, the average revenue per user is expected to go up – meaning nbn resellers will eventually have a lower unit price to work with, and could potentially pass savings onto end-customers.
"The cost per megabit per second actually comes down as usage goes up. This is part of our dimension-based pricing discount structure that we implemented recently," Morrow said in August.
"Retailers can therefore push more data and make it more affordable to end users because they will have a lower unit price as they go forward. We know that the network can handle far more consumption that exists today without changing anything on the speed levels.
"[Consumers] have room to purchase up, to have higher speeds, to be able to accommodate the growth that we have in this plan out to 2020," he said.


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"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself." ANDY WARHOL
2018 has already become one of the most turbulent years in my 13-year long career in wildlife photography. I've had to take a little 'timeout' to reflect and evaluate. Along with stuff going on outside of my photography world (that I'm not discussing here), I've also made some huge changes within.
Farewell Social Media
You may have read on my blog that I've decided to pull the plug on my social media accounts. I want to expand on that, just a little, from a business perspective. On reflection, I think social networks definitely work for some, but they're certainly not a 'cure all' solution and there are other ways. Also, not all 'social platforms' are equal. LinkedIn, for example, generates actual tangible real-life connections, that I just do not find elsewhere (online).
Success with social media, from my point of view, all depends on your photography business model and whether you have a network that you engage with. I have one friend that uses Social Media purely for its 'paid advertising' reach and accepts the cost. I have another that said "Social what!?" Many more caught in a middling state of flux, not really sure whether it's doing anything for them, apart from staving off boredom at home or in the hide.
Most of my 'traffic' flows from this blog and from Google searches directly. When I look at the analytics for the social platforms, the traffic flowing to my sites (the place where business happens) is almost non-existent – next to zero for Instagram and a few click-throughs from posted blogs on Twitter. OK, social media might be raising 'brand awareness' but that is an extremely difficult measure to quantify. It might be my negative slant, but it does feel rather like a big con. Like "The Emperor's New Clothes" We're told this is what we need to do to stay current, be relevant in a digital age, be successful, be popular, or whatever… But is it really?
Considering the amount of time and effort required to maintain an 'adequate' online presence across the many social platforms, the ROI is non-existent – for me anyway. Maybe I'm doing it wrong. Maybe, I just had tens of thousands of ghost account followers. Who knows?
Business aside, I guess, I'm really too much of a private person to constantly want to share 'news' about myself. It never felt comfortable. I like 'old skool' and I like to keep in touch face-to-face over a coffee or a pint, or via a thoughtful email – rather than the very shouty, trumpet-blowing 'look at me' medium. I digress.
Farewell Getty Images™. Thanks for the 25%!?
Something that has become very clear to me is that 'the image' has been aggressively devalued, since I entered in the industry as a pro in 2005. Why? Quite simply, there is a glut of imagery, a surplus of photography. It's just supply and demand economics – whenever there is a surplus in supply, prices will inevitably fall, especially when there is so much free content. Hard copy publishing is worth less, the stock libraries are paying even less, if that's possible!?
If I have a future in photography, it is not as a 'stock photographer'. Especially one supplying the monopolising Getty Images. In the early years, it was a very useful revenue stream. Now…? Well, it's laughable. Seriously, what is the point when you see statements values for less than £1.00!? No thanks. That's just a slap in the face. It's not worth the time it takes to complete a W8-BEN. So, going with the theme of change, I've terminated my Getty Images™ Contributor Agreement.
Oh no! I won't be able to have the "I am a Getty Images Artist" logo on my correspondence… I shall weep. On the plus side, I can once again market my own work. Exclusive Agreements really are complete and total bollocks! My images are also represented by FLPA but it's a non-exclusive agreement, so that's fine.
Farewell Nikon. Thanks for the memories.
Eight years ago, I moved from Canon to Nikon. At the time, it seemed to me that Canon was failing to innovate or actually develop their cameras, beyond the 'drip drip drip' of incrementally increasing sensor sizes. It's always the same with technology companies.
"When I worked for the Intel Corporation, I learned that most, if not all, tech companies have finished products ready for release, approximately 5-7 years down the line, sometimes even further. However, they can't just release their latest innovations. They have to release countless models before, so they can reclaim their ROI – the expenditure laid out on R&D."
At the same time, Nikon made a significant leap with their ISO performance and high-performance focussing with their D3 and D3s. Investing in Nikon kit made reasonable business sense, as most of my work is/was low-light crepuscular wildlife photography.
The focussing and metering systems vastly outperformed their Canon counterparts. With my commissions requiring more video, I swapped in the D3s and D3x for a D800e and D800, so that I could shoot 1080p HD video and have a huge high-quality image file. The NPS team have been awesome, with my kit (usually) turned around in less than 72-hours. They were always supportive with loan kit, when mine was in for service and dibs on newly released/announced gear.
The Nikon kit has been fantastic! I am very satisfied. The kit has paid for itself and then some. I would still highly recommend Nikon. Not just for the tech, but for the support that goes with it, especially if you're a professional. Nevertheless, it is definitely time for me to change direction. So here I am now. My entire Nikon system was collected last week and I am currently without camera… Guess I'll have to update my photography gear page.
Where to next?
When I look back at my work, my favourite shots (with the odd exception) are my Living Landscapes, where I have the subject really close or relatively close to the lens, but with a wider angle so the subject has context – a habitat and environment with which to frame it. To me, it speaks so much louder, conveying a far greater story, compared to a full-frame headshot that rarely says anything about the animal and nothing about where it is. So, what will be in the kit bag? Not a 600mm f/4, that's for sure!


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"Now that I am becoming a "real" programmer, I have made the decision to learn how to use the behemoth of a text editor, Emacs. A feature-rich and highly customizable editor, Emacs is distributed by the GNU project and has historically been one of the most popular text editors in programming history, along with vi [...] Learning Emacs is like learning how to drive stick.Read more »
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Emacs Frames and Windows
"For those of you who are new to Emacs and it's terminology, here's something that you need to grasp..."Read more »
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ES4 is Dead. Long Live ES4!
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Why the Web is Defective by Design!
RMS: «If you are talking about the practice of installing non-free software into a browser, the only thing that is good to offer is the reminder that you must refuse to do that.» --Read more »
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Why browse the Web in Emacs?
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GNU needs to embrace the web !!
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XULRunner 126.96.36.199
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Playing Ogg
"I like to listen to music while I work. In support of the Play Ogg! movement, I converted some of my audio collection into the patent-unencumbered audio file format, Ogg Vorbis.
To convert my audio CDs to Ogg, I use the friendly abcde package..."Read more »
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Talk at MPI Cologne: Emacs in Scientific Research
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Free software is better for web pages
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Blackring: Lisp
"I think I may have fallen in love. It's obvious from my work with Carrot that I bought into the Lispish way of doing things long ago, but the decision to write Blackring using it has... well [...] This is what I've been doing for most of the past 24 hours, and I've found some amazing things..."Read more »
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Tramp 2.1.14
"Hello, The Tramp team is happy to announce the release of Tramp 2.1.14. This is mainly a bug fix release. For production systems, it is recommended to upgrade to this version..." --Read more »
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DICE Grows; Fatal1ty Glows; 360 Shows
Posted by joefunk :: Hollywood & Video Games | Industry Trends | Retail-Products | Usage Statistics & Measurement
When the 9th Annual Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Interactive Achievement awards are doled out next month in Vegas, it will mark a pivotal point in the history of the organization. Under the no-nonsense leadership of Joseph Olin the last two years, the Academy has finally begun to ascend to its rightful place as a reasonable facsimile, if not the equal, of the hallowed Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The event is a microcosm of the videogame industry in a way, as Hollywood has taken a greater interest in the proceedings. Turner has gotten behind the awards with its cool new GameTap service, and the production values of the event continue to improve under Olin's leadership.
Blending substance with style, the DICE Summit has also become one of the few must-go events outside of E3, with a panelist list that's virtually a who's who of luminaries in the videogame industry. When the not-for-profit Academy celebrates its 10 anniversary in 2007, look for the momentum from 2006 to propel it to a new level of relevance in the crowded chatter of entertainment awards.
Fatality Glows
Some of you might have caught Jonathan Wendel, aka Fatal1ty, on 60 Minutes last night along with Yohan Lim, who has a fanclub in excess of 500,000 members earns more than $500,000 annually – playing videogames.
60 Minutes presented the men as cyber athletes: "I consider him an athlete because marksmanship is an Olympic sport, right? That's twitching the fingers as well," says Edward Castronova, a professor at Indiana University who studies and teaches the economics and sociology of video games. "Our reigning stereotype of video gamer is a 16-year-old kid who is alone in his basement. And that's not really true any more," he said.
360 Shows
The latest NPD data indicates that only 607,000 Xbox 360 hardware units have been sold in the U.S. through the end of December. Nevertheless, look for Microsoft to hit an installed base of 1 million 360s before the end of Q1.


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Arctic Monkeys put their hit record AM, and its subsequent worldwide supporting tour, to bed with a debauched and sensual headline set on the Saturday night of Reading Festival 2014.
Arctic's opener Do I Wanna Know? and follow-up Brianstorm were bathed in a red glow of stage lights, and let the audience do the hard work as loyal Monkey fans climbed on each other's shoulders and played spot the distress flares that were launching into the sky.
Dancing Shoes and Arabella, early on, defined the pace for an hour and forty minute set from the AM lads, looking tonight at their most assured.
Old favourite I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor in half pace speed – as is now the tradition – still sounds electrifying, recharging the crowd after a long day of indie rock heavyweights.
When The Sun Goes Down is still the archetype Arctic Monkeys song, with a wordplay and rhythm to delight and excite at the same time.
Drawing to a close their two year long campaign for AM, which has taken Arctic Monkeys around the world, the Sheffield four piece still looked content and enthused to go through the material one final time.
Alex Turner and co. showed their ear for a sweet ballad too with a number of sweet serenades for the Little John's Farm crowd, including No. 1 Party Anthem, which gave the crowd respite from the big festival anthems.
'This one goes out to anyone who woke up to a message which went 'you're up early". Turner says to the thousands of festival-goers out for their closing Saturday night performance, before slipping into recent hit Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?.
It's a tune that connects here just as well as anything from their surprise smash debut, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.
Set finale R U Mine? was, as expected, a huge festival moment and one that Reading and Leeds had waited five long years for. You know when the band return to their hometown of Yorkshire tomorrow to headline Leeds Festival the crowd will be even more appreciative of their indie rock majesty.
Elsewhere at Reading Festival today, Jake Bugg played a secret acoustic set on the BBC Introducing Stage. The 20 year-old songsmith from Nottingham played a short set of fan favourites, including There's A Beast And We All Feed It, Strange Creatures and hit single Lightning Bolt.
Reading Festival 2014 concludes tomorrow with sets from Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, You Me At Six, Papa Roach and headliners Blink-182.


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Thanksgiving Help from Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart has a radio station on Sirius/XM radio "Martha Stewart Living Radio". Lucky for me I got a copy of this guide and I decided to share it with everyone.
It has recipes from acclaimed chefs, such as Emeril Lagasse, Nigella Lawson, and Mario Batali. Honestly I don't think these chefs have anything on the people I have encountered.
This holiday season they are having a "Helpline" All 30 chefs in the book will be on call to answer your questions on Martha Stewart Living Radio's Thanksgiving Hotline. Nice idea I may have to do that next holiday season, anyone game?
The hotline is live from Monday, November 23 to Wednesday, November 25. See schedule for the full list of celebrity chefs and exact times at www.sirius.com/martha.
From this list of recipes I'm tempted to try the Sweet Potato Burbon Mash and the Chocolate Pecan Pie. Speaking of dessert don't forget to take a look of what the What about you, did anything pique your interest?
I just finished hosting my first episode of "The Gourmet Diva Lounge", today's topic was "Preparing for Thanksgiving". Feel free to listen and yes I did admit to the world that I clip coupons. Frugal Diva!!!!!
I got a little stumped with the Vegeterian Thanksgiving, but guess what! We still have time to prepare, so to those Vegeterians out there PLEASE EMAIL OR POST a MAIN DISH for us to try.
I hope you enjoy these recipes to help make your Thanksgiving a little Gourmet Diva. I will post a brine recipe and the answer on how big of a Turkey I should buy.
Overall, dont be scared to host Thanksgiving, remember to thank your host if your a guest, and most important, relax and have fun and create memor
Jamaica - Me - Crazy Jerk Turkey (Courtesy of Essence Magazine)
COOK TIME 4 Hours
PREPARATION TIME 4 Hours
Remove everything from turkey cavity; rinse with cold water and dry. Place turkey in large plastic bag. Combine all jerk seasoning ingredients in food processor and blend thoroughly. Pour marinade into bag with turkey. Seal bag and turn to completely coat turkey. Refrigerate 2 to 4 hours, frequently turning.
Heat oven to 350°F. Place turkey, breast side down, on rack in roasting pan. Fill cavity with whole apple, whole orange, chopped onion and celery. Pour stock or water in bottom of pan. Loosely tent turkey with foil.
Baste turkey every 30 minutes with melted butter and pan drippings. When bird has 1 hour roasting time remaining (see below), remove foil and flip to the breast side up. Baste every 15 minutes. Insert meat thermometer in mid-thigh, it should read 165? to 170°F when the turkey is done. Allow turkey to rest for 15 minutes before carving.
10 to 12 pounds: roast 3 hours 14 to 18 pounds: roast 4 hours
Candied Yams and Pineapple
Heat oven to 350°F. In 2½-quart baking dish, place yams and pineapple chunks. Pour sauce over mixture; gently toss to coat yams. Bake, basting occasionally, until liquid is bubbling and yams are tender and glazed, about 30 to 40 minutes.
YIELD 12 Serving/s
Collards and Cabbage Combo
YIELD 12 Serving/s
Coconut Rum Eggnog
Makes about 20 Servings
1 Gallon Eggnog Chilled
1 Cup Coconut Rum
Garnishes: Whipped Cream and Nutmeg
In punch bowl or 2 pitchers, combine eggnog and rum. Ladle or pour into cups. Top each drink with a dallop of whipped cream and sprinkle of nutmeg.
Carving in Front of Guests ("Traditional" Method)
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There are a lot of commendable efforts and a number of special people involved in making a difference in the war against breast cancer. This October I wanted to highlight some of those efforts and at least one of those special people. When I heard about Dr. Funk, I knew I had to get to know more about her.
You can't help but notice that Dr. Kristi Funk is a beautiful woman. You only notice that for an instant though because the moment she starts talking you realize she is a brilliant doctor passionate about battling breast cancer. She is someone I want in my army! Fortunately, Dr. Funk has placed herself in the front lines of the army against breast cancer for all of us. She founded Pink Lotus Medical Center in Beverly Hills which has the distinction of being a women's medical center run exclusively by women. She is also renowned for her research and techniques in minimally invasive surgery for all types of breast disease. Truthfully, I don't have enough room in my blog to actually list all of her merits and accomplishments. I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Funk by phone last week, after her Friday appearance on the Today Show, when she so graciously agreed to accommodate me after I missed the interviews she was doing with bloggers via Skype. Yoplait raises awareness about breast cancer through their "Save Lids to Save Lives" campaign and this year they teamed up with Dr. Funk to provide important breast health information and raise awareness about early detection.
I wanted to discuss two important issues with Dr. Funk. First, I was interested to know if lumpectomies were still proving to be as effective as mastectomies and if it was the prevalent choice among surgeons and their patients. Over five years ago when I had surgery my doctor attempted a lumpectomy but then encouraged me to have a mastectomy when the pathology indicated my margins weren't clear. The tumor proved to be bigger than initially anticipated. I have found that women still agonize over deciding between a lumpectomy and a mastectomy. I am happy to report that Dr. Funk affirmed that a lumpectomy continues to be a viable option and in fact research indicates that the risk of recurrence in a lumpectomy followed by radiation treatment is no higher than that of a mastectomy. However, women who want to avoid radiation for various reasons generally choose a mastectomy over a lumpectomy.
Another important factor according to Dr. Funk is if there is a genetic predisposition to breast cancer. Then a woman and her doctor would need to decide if the risk of recurrence in the same breast was escalated and generally a mastectomy would be the choice. This would only be possible after genetic testing for BRCA I or II. This leads to the other issue I wanted to ask Dr. Funk about – but that will be covered in my next blog, so make sure you come back.


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The Foot Toss Technique
The Foot Toss is an advanced move that parents with multiple kids utilize quite often.
In our house, the baby shares a room with Noble. His room tends to look like somebody dropped a toy grenade right in the center. Ideally, Noble picks up his room before bed, and the floor is free of random toys. (Or as I call them, ankle breakers, or "goddamn toys.") Ideally. Ideally is also another word for rarely.
The Foot Toss Technique is used when the floor of the kids' room is littered with toys. Utilize when you are putting your baby down for bed. As you pace around the room, rocking the baby, use your feet to kick those goddamn toys to any open area against a wall. You are just looking to clear a path from the door to the crib. Be as thorough as possible, as you will most likely be doing this technique in a dark room. Matchbox cars, little army men, and small wooden blocks cause the most pain, so use a sweeping motion with your foot to check your work! Congratulations, you used The Foot Toss!
Hopefully your baby goes down nicely, and in the middle of the night, when he's made a poop in his diaper and you are scrambling to clean it up, you will be able to do so without breaking your ankle on a "goddamn toy."


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What to watch for:
* The Sun/Saturn trine over the next ten days or so is an incredibly productive transit, but given that it is taking place amidst a number of more dynamic/challenging transits, we have to be careful about bulldozing or steamrolling our way through things where more tact or TLC is necessary.
* The Sun and Saturn coming together in the spirit of Jupiter (trines are of the nature of Jupiter) and speaking to each other through the element of earth, matches together the practical and the beautiful, necessity and diplomacy, productivity and joy, economy or simplicity and cleanliness, wisdom and clarity with realism and work.
* As this transit builds, Mars is also gradually approaching a conjunction with Pluto. The last time Mars applied to a conjunction with Pluto it was October of 2016. The Access Hollywood Trump tapes were released, Obama detailed the plans for a manned trip to Mars, Samsung phones were blowing up, and Comey announced the FBI would be reopening its investigation into Clinton's emails. There were, of course, many other things happening all around the world, but that is a good sampling of the mood during the last Mars/Pluto conjunction.
* Mars/Pluto, in general, indicates power and the abuse of power, corruption, and scandal, intrigue and gossip, spectacles and interference, coercion and bullying, violence and subterfuge, the criminal underworld, muscle, guns and weapons, black markets, surgeries or the elimination of something toxic, blowups or blowouts, eruption, hostility and confrontation paired with depth, darkness, and eroticism.
* Mars/Pluto is also the courage necessary to face or confront an obstacle or challenge. Mars/Pluto is "forced entry," or the shadows of our past appearing with unexpected vindictiveness, revenge, or resentment.
* Mars/Pluto is also about the drive, passion, and power necessary to make a total or complete transformation. It is about the need or desire to completely pierce or penetrate to the heart of the matter and to work through fears or difficult truths along the way.
* As all of the above is happening, Mercury is also moving back through its square to Saturn (perfecting on April 25th). This square places an emphasis on communication, speech, thoughts, the mind, skill development or acquisition, mental or verbal control, pressure, or containment, as well as issues surrounding anger, stubbornness, or control in how we talk to or relate with one another. Mercury/Saturn is also about the termination of deals or agreements, or long-term commitments or the maturation of communication or mental/verbal dynamics in general.
* Given all of these planetary transits taking place over the next week, it's a very good time to grow or mature in a variety of ways, as we confront things that need to be confronted, move through obstacles, and enjoy an aura of general productivity and hard work. The major warning of this transit involves, again, steamrolling or bulldozing, demonstrating intolerance or impatience, demanding that we get our own way, being mentally or emotionally rigid, irritable and prone to conflict or a kind of Machiavellian aggression.
Prayer: Be our breakthrough. Be our maturity. Be present in our words, thoughts, and actions. Be our passion. Be alive in our hearts.


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|Rosehaven writers and lead actors Luke McGregor and
Celia Pacquola in a preview image set in New Norfolk.
Filmed at New Norfolk, Geeveston and other southern Tasmanian locations last winter, the first series of Rosehaven will consist of eight 30-minute episodes.
The first two episodes were screened at a launch event at the State Cinema in Hobart on Monday night. This was attended by the cast and crew, ABC representatives and invited guests including Derwent Valley councillors. A representative of the national broadcaster told the audience it was hoped Rosehaven would have a long run.
|Filming inside the Historical Centre in New Norfolk.
|Action in High St during the filming
of Rosehaven.
|Cast and crew on the real estate agency set in High St.
|Shooting exterior scenes outside
McCallum Real Estate.
"A number of Tasmanians including Katie Robertson, Kris McQuade and Noela Foxcroft have lead roles in the series, and Screen Tasmania supported nine attachments for emerging Tasmanian filmmakers to get their first taste of a professional set," she said.
"The Tasmanian screen industry has had an extraordinary year and Rosehaven follows closely on from the success of The Kettering Incident, with these successes soon to be followed by feature films Lion and The Light Between Oceans, and animated series Fanshaw & Crudnutt and Little J & Big Cuz," Ms Goodwin said.
Rosehaven will screen on ABC TV on Wednesdays at 9pm and will be repeated on ABC2 at 8.45pm on Saturdays. Preview clips and cast interviews can be seen here.


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Ragweed Allergies FAQ
Shellfish allergy is usually wrongly considered a contraindication to Fundus Fluorescein Angiography (FFA). We report a case of a affected person with shellfish allergy through which this misconception led to delay in angiogram. The patient was referred to us with suspicion of Choroidal Neovascular Membrane (CNV) through which we carried out FFA later with none hostile reaction.
For blood exams, a blood sample is taken and tested for the presence of Immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies—these antibodies are produced by your body in response to a selected allergen (in this case shellfish) and outcomes are usually available in per week to two weeks. The ENT & Allergy Center of Austin physicians, Dr. Karen L. Stierman, Dr. Russell D. Briggs and Dr. Kevin Taheri, are devoted to offering superior ear, nose, throat, allergy and sinus healthcare in and round Austin, Texas.
Dr. James Sublett, co-founding father of the allergy firm, instructed Insider that the acquisition made sense because of some patient overlap and since the 2 corporations' cultures aligned. To identify an allergy to ragweed or considered one of its relatives, your physician will ask you about your medical history Business Health, especially the timing of your symptoms, and examine you. The important strategy to substantiate a suspected allergy is pores and skin sensitivity testing. Huang SW. Seafood and iodine: an analysis of a medical fable. Allergy Asthma Proc. 2005;26(6):468-469.
By contrast, American moms who have already got youngsters with allergies is perhaps advised to avoid particular meals throughout a later pregnancy, based on the idea that the infant will not develop into allergic this manner. However, peanut allergies in the United States have been rising dramatically within the last decade. Anaphylaxis. American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. -and-remedies/allergy symptoms/. Accessed March 26, 2014.
Subjects with shrimp hypersensitivity normally clinically react to different varieties of crustacea. Tropomyosin confirmed very high homologies of as much as 98% among crustacean species, together with crawfish, crab and lobster 17 , 31 , 32 Crustacean allergic topics also usually react to species of the mollusk group. Leung et al 18 demonstrated in vitro that sera from nine crustacean allergic sufferers had IgE binding to antigens from all 10 mollusk species examined. However, in vitro cross-antigenicity doesn't necessarily point out scientific cross allergenicity.
Fortunately, there is reduction for pets with all sorts of allergy symptoms. The specific treatment for ragweed allergy symptoms depends upon the situation and severity of the medical signs. There are quite a few oral medications which can be utilized in therapy protocols for allergic dogs and cats. In delicate circumstances, antihistamines may help Health Agency to make pets extra comfortable. Some examples embody hydroxyzine, chlorpheniramine and diphenhydramine. In more severe instances, it's sometimes essential to use steroids or steroid/antihistamine combinations to fight the results of ragweed pollen. There are new drugs on the horizon to fight allergy symptoms that look very promising in terms of their anti-itch effectiveness and relatively few aspect-effects.


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Caring for Cast Iron
Cast Iron is no exception, and adhering to these rules will actually make your product better with age. Cast Iron skillets and griddles can last a lifetime if taken care of properly. Here are some maintenance fundamentals: The Do's
After hand cleaning with hot water, towel dry and store away, or put atop an open burner until the heat just dissipates the moisture. (If super dry, apply a thin layer of warm oil to the surface of the pan and allow for it to soak in)
Should rust spots form or if a metallic taste is detected on food, simply work a sheet of sandpaper or steel wool over the surface to remove and reseason your pan with warm oil
When your pan is not being used, make sure to store it in a cool, dry place (Lodge Mfg suggests putting a paper towel on the surface of the pan or in between the pan and the lid to keep moisture from forming)
The Dont's
- Don't use soap or detergents for cleaning cast iron- hot water will do and a sponge!
- Never put cast iron in the dishwasher- the chemicals in the detergents will strip down the oils in your pan's seasoning, resulting in a brittle, dried out pan
- Avoid submerging the cast iron in cold water, particularly when the product is still hot. This could cause thermal shock and a warped pan


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Ready, Set, Show! Kids Art to Go on View
The Carnegie Arts Center will once again host a children's art exhibition in Downtown Turlock this summer. Children in grades K-12 are invited to present their creative work to the public in the Carnegie's Ferrari Gallery, a museum-quality exhibition space. Entry forms are available via the Carnegie website or at the Carnegie gallery. See below […]Read more "Ready, Set, Show! Kids Art to Go on View"


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