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- IRC Confirms Cabozantinib Significantly Improved Progression-Free Survival Compared to Sunitinib -
- U.S. Regulatory Submission Remains on Track for Q3'17 -
CABOSUN was conducted by The Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology as
part of Exelixis' agreement with the National Cancer Institute's Cancer
Therapy Evaluation Program (NCI-CTEP).
"We are very pleased that CABOSUN's primary endpoint of a statistically
significant improvement of progression-free survival has been confirmed
by the independent radiology review committee," said Michael M.
Morrissey, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of
About the CABOSUN Study
CABOSUN was a randomized, open-label, active-controlled phase 2 trial that enrolled 157 patients with advanced RCC determined to be intermediate- or poor-risk by the IMDC criteria. Patients were randomized 1:1 to receive cabozantinib (60 mg once daily) or sunitinib (50 mg once daily, four weeks on followed by two weeks off). The primary endpoint was PFS. Secondary endpoints included overall survival and objective response rate. Eligible patients were required to have locally advanced or metastatic clear-cell RCC, ECOG performance status 0-2, and had to be intermediate or poor risk per the IMDC criteria (Heng, JCO, 2009).2 Prior systemic treatment for RCC was not permitted.
Please see Important Safety Information below and full U.S. prescribing information at https://cabometyx.com/downloads/cabometyxuspi.pdf.
About Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma
The American Cancer Society's 2017 statistics cite kidney cancer as among the top ten most commonly diagnosed forms of cancer among both men and women in the U.S.3 Clear cell RCC is the most common type of kidney cancer in adults.4 If detected in its early stages, the five-year survival rate for RCC is high; for patients with advanced or late-stage metastatic RCC, however, the five-year survival rate is only 12 percent, with no identified cure for the disease.5 Approximately 30,000 patients in the U.S. and 68,000 globally require treatment.6
The majority of clear cell RCC tumors have lower than normal levels of a
protein called
About CABOMETYX™ (cabozantinib)
CABOMETYX is the tablet formulation of cabozantinib. Its targets include MET, AXL and VEGFR-1, -2 and -3. In preclinical models, cabozantinib has been shown to inhibit the activity of these receptors, which are involved in normal cellular function and pathologic processes such as tumor angiogenesis, invasiveness, metastasis and drug resistance.
CABOMETYX is available in 20 mg, 40 mg or 60 mg doses. The recommended dose is 60 mg orally, once daily.
U.S. Important Safety Information
Hemorrhage: Severe hemorrhage occurred with CABOMETYX. The incidence of Grade ≥3 hemorrhagic events was 2.1% in CABOMETYX-treated patients and 1.6% in everolimus-treated patients. Fatal hemorrhages also occurred in the cabozantinib clinical program. Do not administer CABOMETYX to patients that have or are at risk for severe hemorrhage.
Gastrointestinal (GI) Perforations and Fistulas: Fistulas were reported in 1.2% (including 0.6% anal fistula) of CABOMETYX-treated patients and 0% of everolimus-treated patients. GI perforations were reported in 0.9% of CABOMETYX-treated patients and 0.6% of everolimus-treated patients. Fatal perforations occurred in the cabozantinib clinical program. Monitor patients for symptoms of fistulas and perforations. Discontinue CABOMETYX in patients who experience a fistula that cannot be appropriately managed or a GI perforation.
Thrombotic Events: CABOMETYX treatment results in an increased incidence of thrombotic events. Venous thromboembolism was reported in 7.3% of CABOMETYX-treated patients and 2.5% of everolimus-treated patients. Pulmonary embolism occurred in 3.9% of CABOMETYX-treated patients and 0.3% of everolimus-treated patients. Events of arterial thromboembolism were reported in 0.9% of CABOMETYX-treated patients and 0.3% of everolimus-treated patients. Fatal thrombotic events occurred in the cabozantinib clinical program. Discontinue CABOMETYX in patients who develop an acute myocardial infarction or any other arterial thromboembolic complication.
Hypertension and Hypertensive Crisis: CABOMETYX treatment results in an increased incidence of treatment-emergent hypertension. Hypertension was reported in 37% (15% Grade ≥3) of CABOMETYX-treated patients and 7.1% (3.1% Grade ≥3) of everolimus-treated patients. Monitor blood pressure prior to initiation and regularly during CABOMETYX treatment. Withhold CABOMETYX for hypertension that is not adequately controlled with medical management; when controlled, resume CABOMETYX at a reduced dose. Discontinue CABOMETYX for severe hypertension that cannot be controlled with anti-hypertensive therapy. Discontinue CABOMETYX if there is evidence of hypertensive crisis or severe hypertension despite optimal medical management.
Diarrhea: Diarrhea occurred in 74% of patients treated with CABOMETYX and in 28% of patients treated with everolimus. Grade 3 diarrhea occurred in 11% of CABOMETYX-treated patients and in 2% of everolimus-treated patients. Withhold CABOMETYX in patients who develop intolerable Grade 2 diarrhea or Grade 3-4 diarrhea that cannot be managed with standard antidiarrheal treatments until improvement to Grade 1; resume CABOMETYX at a reduced dose. Dose modification due to diarrhea occurred in 26% of patients.
Palmar-Plantar Erythrodysesthesia Syndrome (PPES): Palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia syndrome (PPES) occurred in 42% of patients treated with CABOMETYX and in 6% of patients treated with everolimus. Grade 3 PPES occurred in 8.2% of CABOMETYX-treated patients and in <1% of everolimus-treated patients. Withhold CABOMETYX in patients who develop intolerable Grade 2 PPES or Grade 3 PPES until improvement to Grade 1; resume CABOMETYX at a reduced dose. Dose modification due to PPES occurred in 16% of patients.
Reversible Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome (RPLS): RPLS, a syndrome of subcortical vasogenic edema diagnosed by characteristic finding on MRI, occurred in the cabozantinib clinical program. Perform an evaluation for RPLS in any patient presenting with seizures, headache, visual disturbances, confusion, or altered mental function. Discontinue CABOMETYX in patients who develop RPLS.
Embryo-fetal Toxicity: CABOMETYX can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman. Advise pregnant women of the potential risk to a fetus. Advise females of reproductive potential to use effective contraception during treatment with CABOMETYX and for 4 months after the last dose.
Adverse Reactions: The most commonly reported (≥25%) adverse reactions are: diarrhea, fatigue, nausea, decreased appetite, PPES, hypertension, vomiting, weight decreased, and constipation.
Drug Interactions: Strong CYP3A4 inhibitors and inducers: Reduce the dosage of CABOMETYX if concomitant use with strong CYP3A4 inhibitors cannot be avoided. Increase the dosage of CABOMETYX if concomitant use with strong CYP3A4 inducers cannot be avoided.
Lactation: Advise a lactating woman not to breastfeed during treatment with CABOMETYX and for 4 months after the final dose.
Reproductive Potential: Contraception―Advise females of reproductive potential to use effective contraception during treatment with CABOMETYX and for 4 months after the final dose. Infertility ―CABOMETYX may impair fertility in females and males of reproductive potential.
Hepatic Impairment: Reduce the CABOMETYX dose in patients with mild (Child-Pugh score [C-P] A) or moderate (C-P B) hepatic impairment. CABOMETYX is not recommended for use in patients with severe hepatic impairment.
Please see full Prescribing Information at https://cabometyx.com/downloads/cabometyxuspi.pdf.
Forward-Looking Statement Disclaimer
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including,
without limitation, statements related to: the timing of completion and
submission of an sNDA for cabozantinib in first-line RCC; the timing of
submission of CABOSUN results for presentation ta an upcoming
international medical meeting; the potential of cabozantinib to benefit
patients with advanced RCC as a first-line therapy;
|Choueiri, T.K., et al. Cabozantinib Versus Sunitinib As Initial Targeted Therapy for Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma of Poor or Intermediate Risk: The Alliance A031203 CABOSUN Trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2016; 35:6, 591-597.
|Heng D.Y., Xie W., Regan M.M., et al. Prognostic factors for overall survival in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with vascular endothelial growth factor-targeted agents: Results from a large, multicenter study. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2009; 27:5794-5799.
|American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts & Figures 2017. Atlanta: American Cancer Society; 2017.
|Jonasch E., Gao J., Rathmell W.K., Renal cell carcinoma. BMJ. 2014; 349:g4797.
|Ko, J. J., Choueiri, T.K., et al. First-, second- third-line therapy for mRCC: benchmarks for trial design from the IMDC. British Journal of Cancer. 2014; 110: 1917-1922.
|Decision Resources Report: Renal Cell Carcinoma. October 2014 (internal data on file).
|Harshman, L.C. and Choueiri, T.K., Targeting the hepatocyte growth factor/c-Met signaling pathway in renal cell carcinoma. Cancer J. 2013; 19(4):316-23.
|Rankin et al., Direct regulation of GAS6/AXL signaling by HIF promotes renal metastasis through SRC and MET. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014; 111(37):13373-8.
|Zhou L, Liu X-D, Sun M, et al. Targeting MET and AXL overcomes resistance to sunitinib therapy in renal cell carcinoma. Oncogene. 2016;35(21):2687–2697.
Koochekpour et al.,The von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor gene inhibits hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor-induced invasion and branching morphogenesis in renal carcinoma cells. Mol Cell Biol. 1999; 19(9):5902–5912.
Takahashi A, Sasaki H, Kim SJ, et al. Markedly increased amounts of messenger RNAs for vascular endothelial growth factor and placenta growth factor in renal cell carcinoma associated with angiogenesis. Cancer Res. 1994;54:4233-4237.
Nakagawa M, Emoto A, Hanada T, Nasu N, Nomura Y. Tubulogenesis by microvascular endothelial cells is mediated by vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in renal cell carcinoma. Br J Urol. 1997;79:681-687.
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Candy Cane Tag
I like to play this game after 2-3 rounds of "Christmas Tree Tag". Begin by asking students what they put ON their Christmas trees at home? (Lights, ornaments, tinsel, candy canes, etc.) Discuss the flavors of candy canes they like to eat. (There are so many flavors now days!)
Ask them if they can make their body shaped like a candy cane. (Stand tall and straight, put your arms up and curl your wrists over). Tell them in this game they will pretend to be their favorite flavors of candy canes!
Equipment Needed:
2 Red and 2 green yarn balls
Christmas music (optional)
Explanation of Game:
This is tag with NO SAFE. Players continue to move throughout the playing area for 2-3 minutes, until teacher gives them a signal to stop. Rotate taggers every round.
To begin the game, select 4 taggers to begin on the end line. Taggers carry the yarn balls with them and use them for tagging players. Players begin in personal space. When everyone yells " CANDY CANES" the game begins.
If a player is tagged, they turn into a candy cane. (Stand tall and straight, put your arms up and curl your wrists over). For a player to be untagged, another player has to run around them one time.
Video of 3rd graders playing Candy Cane Tag combined with Christmas Tree Tag. The taggers with a red noodle turn players into candy canes. Taggers with a green ball turn players into trees.
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Display Resolutions – One Size No Longer Fits All
The good news? Screen resolutions are improving. The not-so-good news? Content is now fuzzy and pixelated, because marketers are using one image size regardless of the device.
While most technologies have evolved at exponential rates like Moore's Law predicted (twice as much tech in the same space), digital displays have been relatively stagnant in their progression. This allowed digital content creators to size assets to a standard. Screen sizes changed, yet only recently have their resolutions begun to improve. The result? Digital content that looks fuzzy and pixelated because it's using one image size regardless of the device. This can cause frustration for the user or, even worse, distrust.
Dust off that art history textbook from your freshman year and turn to the 1880s. That's when Georges Seurat and Paul Signac began developing a painting technique called Pointillism. Meticulously crafted, their paintings comprised small dots of pure color that, from a distance, appeared to merge into a single, clear image. This same idea is used in the screen you're reading this on right now. Small pixels emit light to create everything we see on our devices. When it comes to web and mobile design, you want to make sure everything not only looks good but looks good on every device.
For years, the standard web-ready asset was scaled to a specific size at 72ppi (1X) resolution, but the problem now is proximity. Displays moved closer with mobile, and those dots (pixels) became distinguishable. Pixels needed to get smaller and closer and 2X resolution began to show up, most notably in 2010's Apple iPhone 4 with Retina. The Retina display has 4 pixels packed into the same area as 1 standard pixel giving the user clearer, sharper images on these small devices.
These higher quality displays stretch the standard image, which creates pixelation and fuzziness. The solution, in most cases, is to create standard 1X files along with a file at twice the standard size (2X), displaying the correct version based on the user's display. Bigger images can mean larger file sizes, which may slow load times, although there are ways to optimize files to make them very light.
The expansion has now moved beyond mobile. Major manufacturers like Dell, Lenovo, Apple, Samsung and Asus have begun offering 2X displays in their laptops along with a few desktops. For those building responsively, this means 2X assets for desktop are beginning to be just as much a priority as their mobile counterparts.
Keep in mind, the progression does not appear to be stabilizing at 1X and 2X. Already, we're seeing 3X and better in the iPhone 6 Plus and Samsung's latest, the Galaxy S6. These screens pack an incredible 9 pixels into the same space as a single 1X pixel. Accommodating 3X resolution may not yet be a priority due to its rather small market share, but the technology is moving forward.
So what does this mean for content creators? It means that building digital content with high resolution-ready images is important to ensure your brand's content stays crisp and clean across the growing variety of displays. Having an infrastructure that's focused on higher resolutions as they become available will allow for easier integration in the future and a better experience for the user. And remember, images aren't just important for design but also SEO optimization (not to mention social media as it can help heighten engagement). It's just a matter of applying the discipline of detail across every channel.
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Busting the 10 Myths on Financial Inclusion
New digital technologies are a game changer for financial inclusion in Asia, opening up access to financial services for all sectors of society, and in the process helping dispel myths about financial inclusion.
Financial inclusion matters to economic growth. Having access to financial services means that people can make payments, get credit, save and invest. This contributes to increased spending on goods and services and creates a virtuous cycle where more consumption translates into increased production, more jobs, higher incomes, and greater economic prosperity.
However, providing access to financial services involves much more than simply helping people open a bank account.
According to the 2016 Brookings Financial and Digital Inclusion report that looks at 26 emerging countries across the globe, countries must have these four dimensions to achieve real financial inclusion:
- Country commitment.
- Mobile capacity.
- Regulatory environment.
- Adoption of selected traditional and digital financial services.
Here are 10 myths on financial inclusion that need to be dispelled so opportunities for those who are financially excluded can be unlocked.
Myth No. 1
Being the most dynamic region in the world, Asia has the least number of people who are financially excluded or unbanked.
There are 2 billion adults globally who do not have access to formal financial services, representing a third of the global population. Of these, about 1 billion live in Asia.*
The Financially Excluded
Myth No. 2
People who have bank accounts use financial products and services often.
About 62% of the global adult population own a bank account, yet only 27% save in banks, 18% use them to receive wages or to pay bills, and just 11% borrow from banks.*
Myth No. 3
There are more women who own a bank account than men.
Globally, only 58% of women have a bank account, compared to 65% of men, and on a regional basis, the gender gap in account ownership is largest in South Asia (55% of men vs 37% of women).
There are a few country exceptions to this, including the Philippines.
Gender Gap
Myth No. 4
People need to own a bank account to be "banked" or financially included.
Broadly defined, "financial inclusion" means access to and usage of appropriate, affordable, and accessible financial services such as savings, payments, remittances, credit, insurance and investments.
Payments are a key entry point to supporting financial inclusion. Digital government-to-people (G2P) payments and remittance flows have, for example, created the initial momentum for electronic payments. This is the case for G2P payments in India and remittance flows in the Philippines.
New players can offer transactional financial accounts from a variety of licensed non-bank financial institutions such as payment banks in India, specialized banks in Cambodia as well as electronic money issuers such as in the Philippines where electronic banking started in 2001.
Myth No. 5
Digital technology benefits only the "banked" or the financially included as they can transact electronically through banks.
Technological innovations are revolutionizing the financial industry and with new digital applications there is now no need for a bank account, high-tech devices, or high levels of knowledge.
Myth No. 6
Digital technology is the "cure-all" solution for bringing financial services to people and business more conveniently and faster than in the past.
Technology is only good when people use it because it solves a specific problem for them. To reach the base of the pyramid—the last mile—financial service providers must first address the two barriers: Identity verification (demand side), and accessing financial services (supply side).
Myth No. 7
Without proof of identity, the "unbanked" cannot become financially included.
There are approximately 1.5 billion people globally—the majority of whom live in Asia and Africa—who cannot prove their official identity or lack official forms of identification. Not having an official identity cuts them off from basic services, including opening a bank account.
New technologies are helping to change the way financial service providers can gather information for identity verification. In India, for example, the Aadhaar identification system uses biometrics for customer verification. With the Aadhaar system, the number of people in India with national identification has reached over 1 billion.
Myth No. 8
People living in rural or remote areas where there is no access to ATMs or banks cannot be financially included.
With innovations in digital financial services, service providers can offer basic services through mobile phones, point-of-sale devices and agent networks, removing the need for bank branches and ATM access.
E-commerce businesses, in partnership with banks, are also driving financial inclusion in new ways. Examples include Alibaba.com in the People's Republic of China, and Southeast Asian-based company, Lazada.com.
Myth No. 9
The "unbanked" cannot access credit because they do not have formal income, credit history, collateral or personal identification. This makes it difficult for lenders to understand their risk profile and assess their creditworthiness.
Digital technology enables clients to do financial transactions online, via for example, a mobile phone, and through the use of social networks. This also leaves digital footprints, which provide new ways to assess credit risk. Such information makes it possible for excluded potential borrowers to access formal credit.
An example is the millions of small and medium-sized enterprises who have access to near-instant credit from Ant Financial in China. This is done by utilizing analysis of e-commerce sales histories on Alibaba.com.
Myth No. 10
Digital finance makes the jobs of regulators difficult, as they lose control over the financial system.
New technology gives regulators access to more real-time financial data, helping them to carry out their supervisory role more effectively.
The Digital Finance Numbers Game
By 2025, the widespread use of digital finance can:
- Provide access to financial services for 1.6 billion people;
- Increase the volume of loans by $2.1 trillion;
- Increase deposits by $4.2 trillion;
- Reduce government leakage in public spending and tax collection by $110 billion per year. This is money that could be devoted to other priorities such as health and education;
- Boost annual GDP of all emerging economies by $3.7 trillion, a 6% increase; and
- Generate 95 million new jobs across all sectors.*
Brookings. 2016. The 2016 Brookings Financial and Digital Inclusion Project Report.
M. Ayyagari and T. Beck. 2015.Financial Inclusion in Asia: An Overview. ADB Economics Working Paper Series. No.449. Manila. Asian Development Bank.
Wall Street Journal video. What is Financial Inclusion.
McKinsey & Company. 2016. Digital Finance for all: Powering Inclusive Growth in Emerging Economies.
Global Database on Financial Inclusion. The Global Findex Database 2014.
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PubMed Central is a free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), developed and managed by NIH's National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in the National Library of Medicine (NLM). With PubMed Central, NLM has taken the lead in preserving and maintaining access to the electronic literature, just as it has done for decades with the printed biomedical literature. PubMed Central aims to fill the role of a world class library in the digital age. It is not a journal publisher. NLM believes that giving all users free access to the material in PubMed Central is the best way to ensure the durability and utility of the archive as technology changes over time.


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I used the die cut flowers with watercolor for the background and a grass stamp from Penny Black. Also added two die cut poppies.
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I was just watching a movie where the main protagonist dies, and it didn't really bother me. This got me thinking. Why is it that more people are upset by an animal's death in a movie than a human's? Think about it. Let's take an example from a pretty popular movie; I Am Legend (by the way, spoiler alert if you haven't seen it). There was the scene with Will Smith holding his German Shepard in his arms and singing to it, as he had to kill it before it became a zombie. Then there was scene at the end where Will Smith blows up all the zombies and himself to save the girl. During that movie, both Will Smith's dog and Will Smith die, but which character's death upset you more? If you've seen the movie, I am willing to bet that most of you would choose the scene where the German Shepard is killed. Why is it that scenes like that or Old Yeller, Marley & Me, or even the animated Lion King get us so as Americans so upset?
Well, what I think it comes down to is how desensitized we are as a society to human death nowadays. From the time we are children, in the news, movies, TV shows, video games, even cartoons there is human death all around us. In a movie or TV show humans are killed all the time for no real good reason whatsoever, but for an animal to die it usually has to have an essential purpose to the plot. Back to the I Am Legend example, the dog is killed so Will Smith is left alone for the first time, and he loses his closest friend. Not very often is a dog killed in a movie just for the hell of it. The reason being because people aren't desensitized to a dog's death the way they are to a human's.
I am not saying its a bad thing that people get upset about an animal dying. I mean just look at those ASPCA commercials with the sad cats and dogs to slow music. It's tough to watch. What the bad thing is, is the fact that the same sentiment isn't shared towards humans. These TV show/Movie examples, paint a much bigger picture for society as a whole. It shows how we don't want to look out for one another; we are used to seeing humans suffer.
One of the main reasons I got the idea to write this, is because of a pretty gruesome video I watched the other day. This video started with a man being held in a lion's mouth inside of an Indian zoo. The lion eventually started more aggressively trying to kill the man and was shot and killed. The man was nearly killed as well. While reading through the comments, everyone was so upset about the lion's death and hardly anyone cared about the man that was about to die. This boils down to the fact that people don't see a lion getting killed everyday. I just played Call of Duty and killed about 100 people so that guy dying isn't as big a deal.
I guess where I'm going with this is the fact that we need to start becoming more sensible about both human and animal deaths. Yes, it is sad when a dog is beaten to death, but it is also sad when somebody overdoses on drugs and dies. Honestly, if I were to see pictures of both of them dead I might be more upset about the dog than the person from drugs. This is the problem and this is what I am saying needs to change. This doesn't only apply to dogs, it applies to any animal that people put up on a pedestal and value more than a human life. One reason we as humans are so sympathetic towards animals is because we humanize them. We'll think of our dogs as looking at us the way a child does. Those looks may be similar, but that is really just us giving a dog human characteristics to be able to relate with them. What creates that pedestal is the fact that we're thinking of these pets on the same level as we would a human. When at the end of the day, even though it may take some time to retrain our minds, and the media makes it tough on us, we shouldn't value an animal's life over a human's.


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The Murder of Elma Sands
The 1799 murder of Gulielma (Elma) Sands shocked New York City. Listen to NYCAT founder Ike explain the details of this horrible crime in the first of a five-part series of historical videos, GRISLY CRIMES OF 19TH CENTURY NEW YORK.
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The modern sweatshirt gained popularity when various national armies began using them as a way to keep recruits in training warm while they went through the equivalent of basic training. The same qualities that attracted the Army to buy sweatshirts in bulk are still present in today's product. There are basically three types of sweatshirts, primarily worn by men, that will block out the dampness and wind and do a good job of keeping someone warm. You'll find that most sweatshirts, whether they be simple pullovers or hoodies, use two basic fabric types or combinations. The first is a layered cotton, often represented as 100% cotton on the label. The second is a cotton polyester blend that will is cheaper to manufacture but still maintains a lot of the breathability that cotton is known for. And speaking of warmth. While you want the comfort of a sweatshirt on a cold day, if you doing any athletic activity, keeping it lightweight is super important for avoiding unnecessary perspiration.
For sure, the product category benefits from an incredible array of versatility in what you can buy. And they are everywhere! There's a massive selection on Amazon, at department stores and you can find custom hoodies in India and in lots of places too. It can be a little tricky shopping for sweatshirts and hoodies online. You'll have to pay attention to reviews to see if both the quality and the trueness to sizing are there. Not all manufacturers are as diligent about where they source their fabrics from, or how consistent they are with sizing. Let's talk about the three primary varieties of sweatshirts that are available.
Types of Men's Sweatshirts
While the perception is that hoodies are the only type of men's sweatshirt, the fact remains that men have three primary types of sweatshirts to consider before they move on to other sweatshirt buying criteria. Each type is celebrated for certain characteristics that can make a big difference in how you wear it.
The Pullover
Pullover sweatshirts are typically sold as separate articles of clothing. As the name indicates, this type of sweatshirt is pulled over the head and might or might not have a hood. These are also made with either cotton or cotton polyester blends, and are seen at most athletic events, worn by both participants and spectators alike. Manufacturers typically construct pullover sweatshirts with thick, heavy cotton or cotton-polyester blends. And because they can be made with a variety of either embroidered or screenprinted decals, they allow the wearer to express themselves. Many will promote sports teams, hobbies, or even important beliefs. Pullovers are also a favorite for those who like outdoor activities such as hunting and fishing. As we said earlier, while you want a sweatshirt to be warm, it should also have strong breathability qualities.
The Athletic Sweatshirt
These are designed to be lightweight, often synthetic materials are used, and there particularly useful in humid or windy climates. Unlike the pullover, these are often part of a suit that includes athletic pants, and can be used for everything from casual activity to endurance events like biking or running. Gym rats also love the feel of athletic sweatshirts because they are light at a time when perspiration is building. Extra features that are popular with athletic sweatshirts include pockets, zippers etc. Many manufacturers of this type of athletic gear boldly displayed their logos. Firms such as Nike, for example, fetch a premium dollar for selling athletic wear that is heavily branded.
The Hoodie
The hoodie has all the after mentioned benefits of the pullover, but adds a hood for a variety of benefits. These are great when working out in frigid climates, because the hood can be pulled over the head for warmth and protection from elements like wind and rain. With an adjustable drawstring, you can pull the hood tight around your face for even more protection. You still want the hoodie to be breathable, and so cotton will always be popular. It provides warmth, but helps to alleviate the problem associated with sweating. A lot of hoodies have a fleece lining for enhanced warmth. Some even have removable liners so that you can adjust depending on what weather conditions you face. The popularity has grown considerably, and there are constantly evolving styles in the hoodie market. What was once primarily a closing favorite among men, has now become popular among women two. It gives you the perfect opportunity to be comfortable while promoting your favorite sports team or interest.


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Many more people are now getting interested in using wood cook stoves. People who don't heat with wood should consider putting one in, just in case of emergencies. In light of all the people without power, in the recent floods and storms, if they had a wood cook stove then they would have had heat, the ability to cook and heat hot water. They are decorative and adds to the look of your home. It is always what a new visitor to our homestead always notices first. It is a good item to have if you have thoughts of self-sufficiency. A wood heating stove is just as good. But the wood cook stove is special.
My husband swears that food cooked on the wood cook stove always tastes better than what is cooked on the propane range. I think he's right. One of the keys to cooking on it is to move your pans around so the pan doesn't get too hot. If you are cooking something like eggs, you do not want to cook them at a hot temperature. Once you see they are cooking, move them to another burn and they will cook slower. I find it easier to cook a whole meal on it than any other type of stove. Maybe because the pans just need some moving around depending on the temperature.
We have hot water sitting on both of our wood stoves all day long. I like to have hot water available at all times. In summer, that is another story since the wood stoves are not fired up all the time. Our stove heats our kitchen, but due to the design of our house, the rest of the house doesn't get the heat. In the fall when it is not cold enough for the big heating stove, the cook stove provides just enough heat for us to get by. In the future, our house design will be more open and heat will be able to reach the other rooms.
We try to empty our ash box daily or almost daily. If you try to start your fire and have trouble getting it started, there is a good chance that the ash box is full. Emptying that always helps. It is the first thing I think of when someone is having trouble getting a fire going. Some types of wood will fill the ash box faster than others, so it is wise to check it often. Keeping your wood box filled with the type of wood you need to use while cooking is another thing to remember. It is a pain if you have to go outside to bring in more wood in the middle of cooking.


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I made Ed Brill's blog!
I made Lotus Notes guy Ed Brill's blog the other day. My blog entry on Exchange 2007 hardware requirements caught his eye. I'm almost giddy! I feel validated! Now I know how Kim Jung Il (Grand Poobah of North Korea) must have felt when Bush named him as part of the Axis of Evil.
One question for you, Ed. How is that Notes Web Mail interface working out for ya. :-) (Just kidding - sort of.)
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8 comments:
- Sue Marrazzo said...
NICE work, as always!
- 6 October 2014 at 14:42
- massofhair said...
Beautiful work Lin, must admit am liking the rusty fabric a LOT and i don't really do rust.
Great to see how you use your fabrics and bits.
Looking forward to seeing your rusty creations very soon:-) xxx
- 6 October 2014 at 15:43
- craftimamma said...
Beautiful little hanging piece Lin and I love neutrals so well done keeping to them, lol! The little box frames it perfectly. I can't wait to see what you do with those fab rusted pieces of fabric.
Speaking of rusted things I have to mention a little conversation OH and I had last week when travelling through Chesterfield on our way to Buxton. As we enter Chesterfield we have to negotiate what's known as Hornsbridge Roundabout and they've been carrying out some work right in the middle for a while now. When the traffic lights stopped us facing the centre island we were looking at a fabulous 'sculpture' which is obviously a stylised flower. The stamens in the middle are really shiny stainless steel looking but the huge outer petals are very rusted metal. My reaction was 'Oh that's gorgeous!' whereupon my OH looked sideways at me and said 'Well I hope they're going to polish the thing up before they leave it!!!'. I said only a crafter can appreciate the contrast between the shiny bits in the middle and the mega rusty outside and we rust metal on purpose. He obviously thinks we're totally barmy!
Lesley Xx
- 6 October 2014 at 17:02
- Yours Artfully said...
That's really funny Lesley, I bet those flowers were fabulous too. Xxx
- 6 October 2014 at 17:06
- Helen said...
I am laughing at Lesley's comment!! She'd have loved the rusty sign post we saw in Port Sunny! Anyhow, fabulous makes as ever, even the rusty fabric in the waiting is gorgeous! Can't wait to see what comes next with it.
- 6 October 2014 at 18:58
- Sue said...
Hello Lin,
Love it! All the shabby goodness in this little wall hanging 'thingy' makes me salivate.
- 6 October 2014 at 19:15
- Ruth said...
So beautiful Lin, adore the vintage lace purchases, the finished hanging is simply exquisite. Ruth x
- 6 October 2014 at 22:11
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Sunday, November 6, 2011
So here we go with some quotes on life, happiness and smiles...
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So true, so true. I love these posts Liesl. Brr...on your weather, that is unusual for your neck of the woods.ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing as always! These are very touching to me especially as right now I am stepping out of my comfort zone and going for it in the photography business. I have posted several quotes around to give me my courage! Just a few small words can make a difference!!! Thank you!!!ReplyDelete
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I can't even tell you which one I like the best because these are all amazing. Thank you so much for sharing!ReplyDelete
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I love these posts! thanks for stopping by! don't you love the cooler weather arriving now.. I think its supposed to rain again this weekend!ReplyDelete
These are beautiful!!! So inspirational :) That is funny, I was kind of hoping for rain Sunday morning so I could stay in. It was beautiful here in MI so I spent the day outside. It might be one of the last nice days :( Hope you had a nice day :) xoxoReplyDelete
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Archive for August, 2014
How to help end police brutality in your community
Posted by lightenup in Empowerment, Peace on Earth on August 23, 2014
Practical steps for every community to take to insure there is not a repeat of what happened to the Ferguson Community
7 people arrested adding fuel to fire in Ferguson
Most major headlines about activity in Ferguson last night were closely followed by the fact that 7 people were arrested. Legitimized curfew successful, order maintained, they got some bad guys. Go back to sleep citizen.
But wait, 3 of those included a man, his girlfriend, and her sister, smoking inside his car while parked in his aunt's driveway. Because his aunt didn't want smoking in her house. From an eye-opening article by journalist Kevin Gosztola :
Man Describes How Police in Ferguson Arrested Him for Smoking Cigarette in His Parked Car After Curfew
"… suddenly there was light behind his car and a bunch of guys with guns."Get out the fucking car! Get out the fucking car!" they shouted.
"It was kind of like I was scared to open [my door]," Hampton recalled. There was "maybe five or six cops." They had a "big SWAT truck."
Another car parked in front of his aunt's house, with people inside who he did not know, was targeted by police. Hampton recalled police grabbed a girl by her hair and "slammed her on the back of her car."
Ciera Delaney, who was outside her house and "dragged by her hair," told MORE, "It feels like I'm not human. It feels like I'm being treated like an animal–being told when I can come, when I can go, what time I can be out in my own community outside of my own house where I pay the mortgage and bills." *
How much more fuel is the Ferguson PD going to add to the flames of misery burning through this community?
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Stacia eloquently captures the heart of what is going down in Ferguson.
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Mike Brown's been murdered-News Media, start your Engines.
History shows us that the status-quo of misused power can be maintained two ways, more control and more ignorance. When a lot of people start to pay attention to the problem with the way things are done, their ignorance begins to be remedied. Social media is letting the cats of truth out of their usually carefully controlled bag and the mass media, as guardians of the status-quo, start their framing engines to try to control the flow of information.
8/10/14 7:30 am
CNN headlines Missouri community outraged after police shoot teen
FRAME: They lead with the Truth. Builds trust.
A shooting involving police left a teen dead Saturday in Ferguson, Missouri, authorities said.
FRAME: A shooting involving police. Already the outrage at the horror of this young man, gunned down in broad daylight, is downplayed. Instead, this framing allows you to include others in the "shooting" picture in your head, as though they were shooting too. Perhaps the man had a gun. Perhaps he was shooting at police. Plenty of other shooting scenarios in the news to influence you to think this way.
FRAME: Authorities said. Getting in the expert opinion in the first sentence to influence you that the police were only "involved" not responsible, from the very first sentence! The "authorities" say it's a police involved shooting. Police are involved in shootings all the time. Move along citizen, there's nothing to see here.
Officers heard gunfire at the protests, and it took them hours to secure the scene for county homicide detectives to get evidence safely before removing Brown's body, according to Jackson.
FRAME: at the protests. Multiple. There is no stated connection between the gunshots and why it took police hours to "secure" the scene. These are just two facts strung together to help you jump to that conclusion. Without carefully reading that "and" in there, you are led to think there is. The fact is that Mike's mother had to stand and watch her son's body lie in that street for four hours, while police brought in "crowd control" dogs, hundreds more police officers, riot trucks, the works. Was that crowd so outraged, so dangerous? That is the question I come away from this article with. The phrase "at the protests" sounds like organized protests and marchers and signs, not the spontaneous outpouring of emotion from a hurting community that gathers together IN PROTEST to let anyone! EVERYONE! know, about an apparently unwarranted murder of an innocent person at the hands of those sworn to serve and protect.
These are only a couple of examples. Be careful when you read the news. Don't let the innocent be framed for murder.


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General Off-Topic Board / Re: Netflix!« on: April 28, 2006, 01:15:47 PM »
netflix is evil. cancel your subscription....
If you rent too many movies they start shipping your dvd's across the country to make the turnaround time slower....
I noticed my turnaround dropped of significantly all of a sudden... checked the postmark, my dvds were being shipped to/from San Diego. I like in Jersey. Apparently, part of the contract stipulates that if you get "flagged" as a heavy user, they can take measures to delay your shipping.
Anyway, be warned... dont rent too many movies... netflix doesn't appreciate if you take advantage of the "unlimited" rentals they claim to offer.
I agree, but what to do? I don't have cable and I can't afford to rent a bunch of movies. Do you have an alternative site that you use, blockbuster or something?


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- n. The quality or nature of being the whole in a holonymous relation.
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- n. the semantic relation that holds between a whole and its parts
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BRADBURY — Charles Vallas, the city councilman whose seat was declared vacant because of his unexcused absence from a meeting, has returned home from a 3 1/2-month vacation charging that he was ousted for political reasons.
In a five-page letter that Vallas said he will mail to the city's 873 residents, he charges that City Manager Dolly Vollaire engineered his ouster because he opposed her requests for a 15% salary increase and a city car. Vollaire got the 15% raise, to $35,000 a year, on a 4-1 vote of the council, with Vallas dissenting. She did not get the car. Vollaire declined to comment on Vallas' charges.
Vallas, 67, who had represented District 2 since 1981, last attended a council meeting Oct. 16. He returned to the city from vacation Feb. 7, he said. Under state law, if a council member is absent without permission from all regular city council meetings within a 60-day period after the last regular meeting attended, the office becomes vacant.
Vallas actually missed only one regular meeting of the council before his ouster, because the council's regular meetings are monthly and the December meeting was canceled.


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2003 Yalumba The Menzies Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon
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The marketing department is restless again and yet another classic label destroyed for no good reason. Nonetheless the wine is a great example of Coonawarra Cabernet.
Deep crimson colour with deep crimson hue. Medium body. Aroma of cedar and cigar box, followed by spice and blackcurrant – an unmistakable Cabernet sniff. The palate has excellent weight and balance – elegant and refined, yet well defined. Flavours of cedar and cigar box become dominant. Fine grained tannins. Long aftertaste of cedar, blackcurrant and spice.
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For the second part of our Netflix Content by Country series of blog posts, we will be covering the best Netflix Locales for watching comic book superhero movies based on Marvel or DC comic book characters.
Netflix has a wonderful variety of these Marvel and DC Comics live action movies in their library, however the discrepancies in availability of superhero movies on Netflix from regions around the globe is remarkable.
Check out where your favorite superhero movies on Netflix are streaming across Netflix USA, Netflix France, Netflix Brazil, Netflix Canada, Netflix Netherlands, and Netflix Denmark below. Then continue reading for your viewing guide through the Marvel Cinematic Universe by virtually traversing a variety of Netflix locales.
For all Batman lovers, you can begin your Batman movie binge watching with Netflix USA, but prepare to look elsewhere if you want to watch all 7 live action films. Or any other superhero movies. Not too much here, but that may change real soon.
Comic Book Superhero Movies on Netflix Streaming USA June 2016 List: Batman, The Punisher, Fantastic 4 (2005).
Canada also offers up some options Batman binge watching, but be sure to have a return ticket for access to The Dark Knight Rises. It is also the only locale with X-Men: Days of Future Past. The second Ghost Rider and The Punisher can be streamed as well, but we decided not to picture them because, well, they are not very good.
Comic Book Superhero Movies on Netflix Streaming Canada June 2016 List: Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, The Punisher, The Watchmen, Iron Man, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Fantastic 4 (2015), Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Netflix Netherlands is the first place you should look if you are ready to start your streaming of the Sam Raimi Spider-Man series on Netflix, but you'll have to hop all over the map for the next two.
Comic Book Superhero Movies on Netflix Streaming Netherlands June 2016 List: Ghost Rider, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, The Dark Knight, Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Punisher, Punisher: War Zone, The Green Hornet, Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Netflix Denmark has a good string of Batman movies, as well as both Thor movies. It's also a terrific location for a couple of the two most recent Marvel movies: Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Comic Book Superhero Movies on Netflix Denmark June 2016 List: Spider-Man 2, Batman, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Punisher, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Thor, Thor: The Dark World, The Watchmen, Fantastic 4 (2005), Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Start your virtual trip through the Marvel movie universe in Brazil by streaming the first two Iron Man films along with the first Thor and 2nd Captain America movie. Brazil has a lengthy list of original, non-sequel superhero movies; more than any other country.
Comic Book Superhero Movies on Netflix Brazil June 2016 List: Batman, Batman Forever, Batman Begins, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America The First Avenger, The Avengers, Elektra, Spider-Man 2, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Punisher, Fantastic 4 (2005), The Green Lantern, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Watchmen.
Netflix France is worth a visit for both Fantastic 4 movie releases as well as the darker DC Comics superhero movie, Watchmen.
Comic Book Superhero Movies on Netflix France June 2016 List: Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Superman Returns, The Watchmen, The Punisher, Iron Man 3, Fantastic 4, Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Amazing Spider-Man.
Comic Book Superhero Movies on Netflix Australia June 2016 List: Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Batman Returns, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight Rises, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, The Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Fantastic 4 (2005), Superman Returns.
Comic Book Superhero Movies on Netflix UK June 2016 List: X-Men, The Punisher, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Watchmen, The Avengers, Fantastic 4 (2005), The Green Hornet, Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Thor, Thor: The Dark World.
Comic Book Superhero Movies on Netflix Italy June 2016 List: Superman: The Movie, The Green Lantern, Elektra.
Best Netflix Instant to Watch Streaming Comic Movies
And the Winner of the Comic Book Superhero Movie Netflix International Showdown, with 16 Marvel and DC Comics films total, is (drumroll please)… Netflix Brazil!
How To Watch All 7 Live Action Batman Movies on Netflix
Batman (1989) – Netflix USA may actually be the worst locale if you are interested in comic book based movies. However, if you want to watch all 7 live action Batman movies, then Netflix USA is integral as you will have to start here for the first Michael Keaton Batman.
Batman Returns (1992), Batman Forever (1995), & Batman and Robin (1997) – Netflix Australia makes this one easy for you (why they don't have the very first in the series is inexplicable to us). Catch all three on Netflix down under.
Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), & The Dark Knight Rises (2012) – Netflix France makes streaming the Nolan trilogy easy for you by offering all three in one locale. Spend the last 7 or so hours in one spot.
A Streaming Guide Through the Marvel Cinematic Universe on Netflix
If you piece together the Marvel films available across various global Netflix streaming catalogs, then it is possible to stream every title from the Marvel Cinematic Universe released in theaters before 2014.
Iron Man (2008) – Start your streaming with Iron Man, the Marvel movie and character that set the stage for all future Avengers, in Netflix Brazil.
The Incredible Hulk (2008) – Even though Mark Ruffalo took over the role of Hulk from Ed Norton for The Avengers, this 2008 version is still included in the official list of Marvel Cinematic Universe films. It may not be available on any of the countries listed above, but you can find it in Argentina, Mexico, Columbia, New Zealand, Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, and Japan.
Iron Man 2 (2010) – Stick with Netflix Brazil for access to the first Iron Man sequel.
Thor (2011) – Catch the first Thor movie release in Netflix Brazil as well, or you can catch both Thor movies in Denmark.
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) – At this point you might as well grab a Caipirinha and sit back, because Brazil is also the place to stream the first Captain America Marvel movie release (same with the next one, but that comes later).
Marvel's The Avengers (2012) – We promise to break up the monotony soon, but yeah, stick with Brazil here.
Thor: The Dark World (2013) – Now the time has come to hop across the pond to Netflix Denmark in order to catch this Thor sequel.
Iron Man 3 (2013) – This one is all over Europe. Whether you prefer France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, or Austria is entirely your call.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) – Stick with Netflix Denmark in order to catch this Captain America sequel, because you can directly from there to…
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) – One more time in Denmark for this incredibly popular Chris Pratt-headed Marvel spinoff.
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) – Finish your streaming marathon in Netflix Canada with this, likely the last of Joss Whedon's contributions to the Marvel universe. But the Netherlands or Australia work just as well.
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Vindere 2015
Vinderne af Spilprisen 2015 er fundet. Ved prisuddelingen i Pumpehuset torsdag den 11. juni 2015 blev der uddelt i alt ni priser til danske computerspil. Juryen havde desuden valgt at give to special mentions. Spilprisen arrangeres af Producentforeningen, og det var i år tredje gang, prisuddelingen fandt sted.
Bedste Showcase
Plantman, Dennis Nielsen, Den Danske Filmskole
Juryens motivering:
It's rare that you come across a free showcase game that really, really, when you are completely honest, have the production values of a commercial release.
But that is the case with this years winner of the award for best showcase.
The gameplay itself might not be revolutionary, but the polish, the pacing, the setting, the graphics, the audio - the whole package, is indistinguishable from something that people would readily ask you to pay for.
A great, fun, and imaginative story about the dangers of gardening and sentient coffee machines.
Bedste Lyddesign
The Silent Age: Episode 2, Morten Mygind & Thomas Ryder, House on Fire
Juryens motivering:
How weird, that a game with such a name, should win this award.
However, the winner of the award for Audio Design this year, is nonetheless a stellar showcase in, how audio can set the mood and color the interpretation of a game.
This years winner has not created a powerhouse of effects and epicness, but rather the creeping sound of dread and opression as told though electronic soundscapes - empytness expressed in audio.
Together with the striking graphical design, the audio of this game creates an incredible atmosphere, and serves as an eerie reminder of the old axiom "Less is More".
Bedste Spildesign
Kalimba, Bo Strandby, Press Play
Juryens motivering:
This is a game design which isn't afraid to demand your presence.
It requires you to be both fast and patient, to think ahead or just react on impulse and with this span and rock-solid core mechanics it delivers a very stimulating experience which keeps stay rewarding even after obsessive replaying.
It is, in short, a game "you really want to beat", It's a game "you really want to outsmart" and , if you find an evenly skilled friend who doesn't mind yelling and light bruising, then it's a game "you should never just play alone" because the co-op campaign really is an experience on its own.
It makes the players feel like two humps on a camel.
Bedste Undervisningsspil
Machineers, Lohika
Juryens motivering:
What is the best educational game? Probably the one, where you're not even noticing, that it is an educational game.
This years winner of the award for best educational game is a great example of, how an educational game does not mean, that it is not fun to play in it's own right.
Challenging players to build weird contraptions in it's rust-filled world, this game is both a really fun game, and stealth learning at it's finest. Who knew, that building a crane to pick up toys, could be a gateway drug to the logics of programming?
Bedste Visuelle Design
Max: The curse of brotherhood, Lasse Middelbo Outzen, Press Play
Juryens motivering:
This game is a very good example of true craftsmanship, it's easily among the best looking platformers in the world, and the t-shirts are awesome!
The visual design of the game shines from every angle.
Whether it is the external wrapping or the most inner nooks of the game – there is a rare consistency to the design and craftsmanship which makes the game recognizable, pleasing and appealing both as a game and a brand.
Internally the game delivers a long coherent flow of vibrant environments, well-executed character designs and brilliant animation work across the board.
The design and the execution creates appeal and a real want to move further and further into the world to get a glimpse of what lies ahead.
This makes the Visual Design of this game the best of 2014.
Bedste Dansksprogede spil
Wuwu & co, Step in Books
Juryens motivering:
With a language spoken by as few as five million people, and an industry that is pretty much build around export from the get-go, the Danish language does not always get the attention it might deserve.
However this years winner of the award for Danish Language Game is the proof, that it can definitely be worth creating something specifically around the our weird little language.
This years winner is both a delightful excursion into a magical land of hand-drawn doodles and weird, Danish-speaking, creatures, and a great example of how to use the possibilities of the chosen hardware platform to the fullest.
Årets Kunstneriske Bedrift
Chronology, Osao Games
Juryens motivering:
This game draws your eyes and ears right from the first setting.
It's gorgeous art and great music blends into a very pleasing experience which supports the theme of the game very well.
Most importantly, the game achieves to support the main theme and game mechanic so artistically well that it feels like magic not only the first time you turn time back and forth, but throughout the entire game.
Bedste Tekniske Bedrift
Heroes & Generals, Reto-Moto
Juryens motivering:
The technical prize goes to a team that has demonstrated the courage and skill necessary to build technology from the ground up, creating the foundation for one of the most ambitious games of 2014.
Both the visible features as well as the invisible but very tangible sense of technical quality in execution deserve attention.
The fact that all of this is managed in a live operation, around the clock and at large scale, serves to underscore the technical achievement and stands out as an inspiration to everyone. Much innovation has gone into areas like network, animation, effects and infrastructure.
This is why the prize for technical achievement 2014 goes to the team behind Heroes & Generals.
Årets Spil
Kalimba, Press Play
Juryens motivering:
The game of the year is the winner because it does something new and interesting, it looks new and interesting and most importantly it's a great experience while doing so.
The winning game is like a pair of fancy high heel shoes that feels like wearing a pair of sneakers.
The winner of game of the year is Kalimba by Press Play
Juryens Special mention
Back to Bed, Bedtime Digital Games
Juryens motivering:
Some have asked: "Well, why is this game not on the list of nominees this year - it centainly deserves it." And while one could definitely argue, that this game has the qualities to rival those Danish games already among this years nominees - well, rules and regulations are what is stopping us from letting this excellent game join it's brethren on the lists of nominees.
You see, this game was registered as released way back in 2011, and not in 2014. So while we recognize, that the game has evolved since then, in the guidelines set forth for this years awards, we have only been looking at releases registered in 2014.
However - as a recognition of the great work, that have gone into the game since it's release, and the sheer jump in quality since 2011, the jury has decided to award a special mention to this game, that has been haunting the dreams of I would imagine both the developers and the players of this surrealistic nightmare puzzle.
Den tekniske jurys special mention
Juryens motivering:
The technical jury would like to make en acknowledgement. When playing many of the hundreds of games that came out in 2014, one aspect stands out: They appear to have been built on a rock solid foundation.
A wealth of features seem to have been available, applied frivolously and oftentimes aesthetically.
The games show off rich 3D graphics. They have character animation and physics that interacts with gameplay... most even have sound! As importantly, these games appear to have no issues integrating into their respective OS. They do not randomly crash or delete your harddrive. And all this in spite of them being available on multiple platforms.
All of these games appear to be backed by an outstanding engine team! Something absolutely essential when creating, and indeed shipping, games. With the sincerest appreciation for the astonishing amount of work involved, we present this special award for outstanding technical effort, to a team based out of Copenhagen but loved by the world. Unity.


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Types Of Mens Jeans Available In The Market
From its humble beginning in 1873 to 1950's working men's cloth to a style statement in our time, men's jeans have travelled a long way. Any man who can own anything owns a pair of jeans. Men are love with his denim, and they can often be spotted in their favorite pair of jeans.
Although the fine (sometimes absurdly nuanced) differences of women's jeans are not found in men's wardrobe, men have a lot many jeans options to choose from, and when I say options I do not merely talk about colors, waste sizes, and fabrics, but I talk about cuts, pocket sizes, and other nuances which has long been used to describe women's jeans. Let's see 5 of the most commonly available jeans' options for men.
5 Types of Mens jeans
Low rise jeans
These jeans sit below the hips. This type of jeans is very trendy and looks quite good on men, especially on short men. The waistline of a pair of low rise jeans is very low. Generally, low rise jeans sit 3 inches below the belly button.
Straight cut jeans
A pair of straight cut jeans sits at mens waistline, not an inch lower, and not a tad higher. This is a classic style of jeans. It can be worn with anything. This is one of the styles that suits men of short height, particularly well.
Boot cut jeans
Boot cut jeans was originally meant to be worn with cowboy boots. The style of jeans is similar to the strait cut jeans but has some flare around ankle. It sits nicely around the natural waistline of men. Boot cut jeans tend to be slightly loose through the leg, and get starts flaring up at I goes downward from knees to ankle.
Tapered jeans
Tapered jeans are not as popular among men as they are among women. This style of jeans sit slightly above (or about) mens natural waistline. It is slimmer at the ankle and gets slightly tighter as it goes down. This style of jeans is famous with short men as it makes the legs appear longer.
Slim fit jeans
Slim fit style of jeans makes short men look a little taller. It fits snugly through the leg. If you feel comfortable in a pair of tight-fitting jeans then this is a nice cut for you. Slim fit jeans come with a small leg opening. This cut is particularly famous with women.
When buying jeans, one need to take into account ones height, weight, and comfort level. Jeans is not something that you can buy off the shelf, and put on without in-store trial. The best way to buy mens jeans is to try different cuts in the store and take a brief walk in each of the cuts to see your comfort level before buying one.


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Sri Andal (a female) is one of the twelve Alwars who appeared on this earth in 3000 B.C. at Srivilliputhur near Madurai. Andal was found in the Tulsi garden, in the premises of the temple of Sri Vatapatra Sai. Peri alwar, her father, found her while tending the garden.
From childhood she used to listen to the pastimes of Lord Krishna with rapt attention and developed a deep love for the Lord. Andal helped her father in weaving flower garlands to offer to the temple Deity every day. One morning, Peri-alwar observed her wearing and adorning herself with the flower-garland intended for the Deity and herself looking into a mirror and enjoying it. He considered this as an act of disrespect and, with great anguish, did not offer the garland to the Lord on that day. The Lord appeared in his dream and informed him that He relished only the garland worn by Godai (Andal) and that in future flower garlands worn by Godai alone be offered to Him.
Peri-alwar realized the divinity of Godai(Andal), and from then she was reputed as "Andal" (one who ruled Bhagvan) and "Choodi Kodutha Nachiar" (patroness who would offer flowers after adorning herself). It became a routine for Andal to wear the flower garland prior to offering to the Deity. As Andal grew up, day by day, her love for Krishna also increased and she resolved to marry Him. When Andal attained adolescence, Vishnuchittar (Peri-alwar) was amazed at her conviction to marry Krishna. She was advised to observe Margali –bath rituals, which was a custom of yore for marriageable girls to have choice husbands.
Andal in the mood of gopi collecting all girls at Ayarpadi at dawn during the Margali month, day after day performing the ritual on the banks of the river Yamuna and bathing the Deity…this procedure, expressed lucidly in 30 Hymns, awakening her mates and proceeding to the river-bed, with Bhajan and Kirtan and to bath the Deity, is the topic of Tiruppavai. Apart from Tiruppavai , Andal also sung 143 hymns in Nachiar Tirumozhi in which her expression of intense love to Krishna, in varying moods of bridal love–tender hope, utter dejection, joyful triumph, woeful sorrow and total surrender.
Lord Ranganatha came in the dream of temple chief and instructed him to bring Andal to Sri Rangam in bridal decoration. A palanquin, duly decorated, was sent from the Sri Rangam temple to Srivilliputhur. King Vallaba Deva made elaborate arrangements, decorated the procession route and greeted Andal with music and other paraphernalia for a Divine wedding. People cheered; King Vallaba also joined the bridal party.
Andal proceeded inside the temple of Sri Ranganatha and sat near the lotus feet of the Lord and disappeared from mortal vision and again joined the eternal pastimes of the Lord.


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Pete Kaiser wins fourth consecutive Kuskokwim 300
Pete Kaiser won his fourth consecutive Kuskokwim 300 title Sunday morning, arriving in Bethel shortly after 9:00 a.m. Listen now
Mitch Seavey leads Iditarod to Nome – and says he's not done yet
Iditarod musher Mitch Seavey won the 2017 race in record time Tuesday afternoon. The Seward musher's team ran a blistering pace from Fairbanks along winding rivers, tundra and sea ice to Nome. But the veteran musher is looking forward to achieving new levels of dog team performance in the peak of his career. Listen now
Late Iditarod Volunteer in Kaltag receives Nayokpuk Award
The Iditarod is honoring a late longtime race volunteer in Kaltag with the Herbie Nayokpuk Spirit of the Iditarod Award. Listen now
The rich mushing legacy of Huslia
Huslia is hosting the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race for the second time ever. The Interior village is rich in mushing history as it is the home of the late sprint champion musher George Attla Junior and other top names in Alaska dog racing. And as elite teams pass through the home of mushing royalty, local dog drivers are looking ahead to the next generation of mushers. Listen now
Mitch Seavey is first to Huslia
Iditarod racer Mitch Seavey is the first musher to reach the halfway checkpoint of Huslia. The two-time champion was the first to leave Galena early Thursday and arrived in Huslia more than 80 miles up the trail at 8:18 p.m. A big crowd lined the main street to welcome in Seavey.
Push or pause? Near Iditarod's mid-point, mushers decide when to rest
It's break time on the Iditarod trail, as teams hunker down for 24 hours of uninterrupted rest along the Yukon River or consider pushing down the trail to a later checkpoint. As the race approaches the halfway point mushers try to plan how to get the most from their tactical breaks. Listen now
Wade Marrs leads Iditarod 2017 into Ruby
Wade Marrs led two past champions into the Ruby checkpoint last night in the 2017 Iditarod. 350 miles into the trail, the racing is underway as teams plot their next moves along hundreds of winding miles on the Yukon River.
Mushers hit Tanana, weighing rests; as first to the Yukon, Petit feasts
Iditarod mushers reached the Yukon River last night at Tanana. Teams are ready to launch their race plans as the 8-hour and 24-hour rest periods come into view. But first, they must run the longest stretch of the race between checkpoints and make it through the early race with their teams intact.
Mushers adjust to deep cold near Manley Hot Springs
During the first night of this year's Iditarod, teams endured frigid temperatures on the Tanana River to reach the second checkpoint of Manley Hot Springs. Teams are adjusting to the deep cold and preparing to push to the Yukon River, where the race will unfold. Listen now
Ryan Redington will be first musher on 2017 Iditarod Trail
Ryan Redington will be the first musher to hit the trail Monday morning in this year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The grandson of Iditarod race founder Joe Redington, Sr., the younger Redington pulled bib #2 from a mukluk at the Iditarod Mushers' Drawing Banquet Thursday night. Listen now
Bethel preschool re-opens after monumental cleanup effort
The Bethel M.E. preschool is 95 percent back to normal after a week of cleaning up after vandals ransacked the school, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages. Download Audio
Gov. Walker continues to fight land into trust for Alaska tribes
Governor Walker is continuing the state's appeal of a case that clears a path for Alaska tribes to put land into trust. Lawyers for the state filed an opening brief late Monday to appeal a ruling that overturns the so-called "Alaska exemption." Download Audio
As national media hone in on Alaska, ICC plots its course
Alaska and the future of Arctic policy are seeing increased international attention as the U.S. holds the chairmanship for the Arctic Council and foreign ministers prepare to meet in Anchorage later this month. Bethel has seen international leaders on hand last week as the Inuit Circumpolar Council executive council met to plan their next few years of work. Download Audio
Yupiit Nation Presses for Tribal Governance Progress
Yupiit Nation tribal members at an event Friday made a last second push for advancing sovereignty in Alaska. A few dozen people at a Yupiit Nation event in Bethel sent a late Friday afternoon letter to Governor Walker asking him to stop the state's fight against putting lands into trust.
5 youths, ages 10 to 13, suspected in Bethel school vandalism spree
Bethel police have identified five juveniles age 10 and 13, suspected of vandalizing preschool classrooms and smashing windows in more than a dozen cars owned by the Lower Kuskokwim School District. Charges are being sent to the division of juvenile justice.
Bethel Preschool Trashed by Vandals
Vandals trashed preschool classrooms and smashed windows in 13 of the Lower Kuskokwim School District's vehicles over the weekend. Download Audio
Child Porn Suspect Arrested in South Carolina
Authorities have arrested the former computer network manager at the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation who is accused of possessing and distributing child pornography. Download Audio
Bethel Council Nixes City-Run Liquor Store Vote in October
There will not be a vote this October for Bethel to go into local option status and pursue opening a city-run liquor store. The Bethel City Council by a vote of five to one rejected sending the vote to citizens. Download Audio
Former YKHC Network Manager Indicted for Child Porn Distribution
A former computer network manager at the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation is accused of possessing and distributing vast amounts of child pornography. Download Audio
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Saturday, 31 March 2012
What's wrong with liberalism?
So much for the Christian critique of liberalism. Strange to find it echoed by the influential secular journal of the Royal Society of Arts. The latest issue contains a brief but important article by Adam Lent (director of the RSA's programme) titled "On Liberty". Since the RSA makes their journal freely available online, you can read it by following the link. Lent begins by pointing out a strange fact: "We fight wars in its defence. It is a
defining feature of our societies. Many desire more of it. And yet freedom is a strangely unexamined ideal. Indeed, the notion that it might mean anything other than its current conceptualisation seems downright strange."
Lent then proceeds to disagree with the OED definition of freedom ("the power or right to act, speak or think as one wants") tracing this relatively recent definition back through Hobbes and Adam Smith, who successfully severed the link between personal virtue and the common good, making Hobbes's definition irresistible. But, Lent argues, "To see freedom as the pure exercise of will without external impediments ignores the fact that the nature of my motivations shapes how fully I make use of that freedom and, ultimately, whether it will prove sustainable." He continues: "To put it another way, older approaches regarded freedom as a practice for self-perfection, not, as we have come to understand it, a condition for self-satisfaction. If I am externally free but remain a slave to my internal constraints, then not only am I not fully free, but my external freedom will also prove unfulfilling and self-destructive. This outlook certainly seems relevant to our fraught times" - in fact, it helps to explain our current economic and political woes.
He ends by adducing insights from contemporary neuroscience in support of the traditional notion of freedom. These "reveal that the way internal conflicts are resolved by freeing some aspects of myself and suppressing others will have a fundamental effect on how I use and sustain my external freedoms. This is just as the older philosophers suspected." And he concludes: "So, maybe the time is right, in the midst of a crisis, to rethink our notion of freedom. As long as we continue to use precious external freedoms without a clearer understanding of which parts of our personality and behaviour should be nurtured and which contained, we risk degrading that which we value so much."
How can we "liberate the most beneficent aspects of ourselves"? I suspect the answer is more likely to be found in the great religious traditions than the corridors of the RSA, but this article, at least, puts the issue clearly. The economic crisis (which will continue to haunt us despite recent talk of "recovery") is at root a spiritual one.
Posted by Stratford Caldecott at 10:52
Labels: economic crisis, freedom, RSA
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