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SME's Certified Manufacturing Associate (CMfgA) is an industry certification focused on basic manufacturing concepts, demonstrating an individual's potential for high-demand, entry-level manufacturing roles. It was designed for individuals new to manufacturing who may not currently possess enough knowledge or experience for more advanced technical certifications.
For example, if you are a high school student, dislocated worker, or an individual coming from other non-manufacturing sectors who wishes to pursue a role as an assembler, manufacturing associate, production associate, production laborer, or other entry-level manufacturing occupations—this course could be right for you. It is not required that you be an SME member to pursue the certification and begin work towards becoming a certified manufacturing specialist.
This industry-driven certification course demonstrates that you have basic knowledge of manufacturing and may be an ideal candidate for entry-level manufacturing employment. Fundamental topics covered in your course include shop math, assembly, maintenance, machining, inspection, and more.
The CMfgA credential offers an initial step into a technology-rich industry filled with opportunities for continued growth and advancement into higher-level positions. After completing your course and earning the CMfgA, SME encourages you to explore a variety of available career pathways in manufacturing and continue with training or education to earn more advanced technical certifications. The CMfgA can also be a first step and feeder into more advanced technical certifications, offering careers with higher pay and skills.
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What is a manufacturing associate?
A manufacturing associate can be defined in many ways based on your work environment. For example, a few careers that fall under a manufacturing associate include a production laborer - responsible for assembly, machining, quality checks, tool changes, and problem-solving of manufacturing processes and equipment. A laborer/warehouse worker - responsible for picking and shipping parts from a warehouse. This includes staging, loading, unloading, stocking, and maintaining the warehouse inventory. A manufacturing/production technician - ensures the quality product is delivered quickly and according to safety, environmental, and health procedures and regulations. These individuals set up, start-up, operate, and shut down manufacturing equipment. They inspect products to ensure quality and may calibrate or adjust equipment and machinery settings to produce the desired product.
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At IAC Industrial Supplies, our mission is to be the go-to source for comprehensive industrial solutions. As a family-run business, we are dedicated to providing top-quality products and services to meet the diverse needs of our clients. Through a commitment to excellence, reliability, and customer satisfaction, we aim to be the trusted partner that empowers businesses to thrive in their industrial endeavors.


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Genre | Simulation |
Setting | Fantasy |
Multiplayer Modes | No |
Max Players Co-Op | 1 |
Max Players Versus | 1 |
Developer | Origin8 Technologies |
Publisher | Atari |
Initial Release Year | 2017 |
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RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic™ is a new RCT experience, remastered in 2017 by franchise creator Chris Sawyer to combine the best features from two of the most successful and beloved RCT games in the series' history – RollerCoaster Tycoon® and RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2. Roller Coaster Tycoon Classic also comes complete with the Toolkit, Wacky Worlds, and Time Twister expansion packs! Create and run amazing parks filled with the most outrageous rides imaginable. RCT Classic includes a mixture of authentic playability, depth of gameplay and unique graphical style of Chris Sawyer's original best-selling RollerCoaster Tycoon® PC Games. Packed with content, players can enjoy designing and building roller coasters and rides, landscaping parks and managing the staff and finances to keep their guests happy and the money flowing in. Can you become the next RollerCoaster Tycoon?
Key Features:
The Original RollerCoaster Sim: Experience all the fun from the original RollerCoaster Tycoon® and RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2 games, with a new sim that combines the best elements of both classic titles.
Coaster Construction: Create incredible roller coasters – Quickly build a pre-made design or use the intuitive piece-by-piece building tools to design and theme your own unique rides.
Park Designer: Keep your guests happy by building gentle or wild rides, food and drink stalls, water rides, and even transport rides to take them around the park; Customize your park by building scenery, fine-tuning the landscape, and routing the footpaths.
Park Management: Run your park's marketing and finances to make a profit while attracting more guests; Organize your staff to keep the park running well and looking its best.
Exciting Environments: Build the ultimate theme park in a variety of challenging environments, from the tranquility of Forest Frontiers to the bustling commerce of Megaworld Park.
Park Scenarios: Progress through 95 classic park scenarios from RollerCoaster Tycoon® and RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2.
Authentic Gameplay: Classic-style isometric graphics and original amusement park music and sound effects.
Packed with Content: Includes hundreds of types of roller coasters and rides, and dozens of different shops, stalls, and facilities.
Expansion Packs:
Wacky Worlds Expansion Pack: Find your passport and pack your bags! Wacky Worlds takes players on the ultimate trip around the globe in 17 new park scenarios! Includes exotic rides, profitable concessions and the most famous landmarks known to man including the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, Statue of Liberty, Great Wall of China and more! Each location is packed with opportunities for success, fun and unique challenges.
Time Twister Expansion Pack: Travel through time with 14 new park scenarios based on historical and fantasy time-themes and build a park that is truly a blast from the past (or future if you like). Play in a Prehistoric amusement park decorated with huge animated T-Rex's and coasters such as the Raptor Ride, or choose from Mythological times, the Dark Ages, the Rock & Roll crazed '50s, the Future or the Roaring Twenties.
Park Scenario Editor: Design and build your own amazing parks – Make them as easy or as challenging as you want, using your choice of scenery and rides! Includes a number of Six Flags parks to get you started.
Ride Designer: Build, test, fine-tune and theme your own awesome roller coaster designs in the Ride Designer before saving them for use while playing!
Import and Export: Share your saved parks, park scenarios and ride designs with friends, and try out their creations too! (Includes the ability to import most saved parks and scenarios created with the original RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 PC game).
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After battling hundreds of hoards of beans of every size, shape, and roast, as well as surviving the harsh conditions of camping backpacks, carry on luggage, and office desk drawers, the Porlex has gained enough experience points for a big level up: Introducing the PORLEX II!
With its newly designed burr set, the Porlex II can grind beans easier, faster, and more evenly. This results in less fines, less boulders, and more even grounds. Do you know what they say about even grounds? More delicious coffee in your mouth! Compared to the Porlex I, this grinder can produce roughly 1.3 times more coffee with the same number of rotations. Wow! There is no need to worry about the top of the grinder rolling away like a boulder in Indiana Jones - Porlex has redesigned the adjustment nut so that it stands up proud and tall on its own! With the new burr, the per click adjustment changes an average of 37 microns - meaning you can further dial in your Hario V60 recipe. Made in Japan with higher quality materials than its predecessor, the Porlex II punches above its weight - scaring its rivals back to their grinder travel pouch caves.
Your favourite Porlex grinder just got way better. So gift your Porlex I to your cousin or co-worker, and pick-up the new and improved Porlex II hand grinder in the battle for portable coffee supremacy.
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Student ServicesThe Office of Individualized Student Services supports the District's mission to inspire a passion for learning, personal integrity, the pursuit of excellence, and social responsibility in each student.
The Office of Individualized Student Services provides support, in conjunction with the regular education program, through a range of specialized student services. Physical and Mental Health, guidance, and psychological services, and a complete range of special education programs are consistent with the District's policy to provide an educational program for all children in the least restrictive environment, in compliance with state and federal mandates. Additionally, the Office of Individualized Student Services monitors homebound, home schooled and non-resident students.


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I'll do just about anything to avoid eating a ground-beef burger (with a few exceptions – like In-N-Out!). And so when Emily sent us her summertime burger creation, I knew we had to give it a go (be sure to visit her lovely blog for many more delicious recipes.)
The verdict on these burgers – they have a very good flavor. The texture needs a little work though, they lean towards the mushy side of the spectrum. We added a good bit of panko breadcrumbs, and I'm not sure what else you could add that would 'beef' up the texture. Emily suggested maybe brown rice… I'm thinking bulgar?
We topped our burgers with lettuce, fresh tomato, and a bit of goat cheese.
And we made our own buns.
Maybe it's just me, but Whole Foods does not have a great selection of breads. And what they do have is either frozen and expensive or gluten-free. Maybe I missed it? Anyways, much like we were forced to make our own pitas when the store selection was slim, we decided to make our own burger buns.
I followed the recipe here. While I wouldn't dare call these easy, they were quite good. I'm not sure if I had too much moisture in my dough, they formed some pretty pathetic balls… I'd call them disks. So when we cut them in half each half was a bit thin. Maybe using two buns, one on top, and one on the bottom, for a little more substance.
Homemade buns? Eggplant burgers with goat cheese? I'd call it a successful meal!
Eggplant Veggie Burgers
Makes 6-8 burgers
5-6 Japanese or Italian eggplants, peeled and cubed
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 small zucchini, peeled and grated
1 cup Panko breadcrumbs
1/4 cup wheat germ or wheat bran
1 tablespoon basil, chopped
1 egg, beaten
olive oil
6-8 burger buns, homemade or not :)
goat cheese, crumbled
Place eggplant cubes in a colander suspended over a large bowl, generously sprinkle with salt. Allow to sit for 20-30 minutes, then pat dry with a paper towel.
Meanwhile, drain grated zucchini in a dish towel. Simply gather and squeeze until as much water has been removed as possible. Transfer to a large bowl and season with pepper (easy on the salt, since the eggplant has already been salted).
Heat a few teaspoons of olive oil in a large skillet. Add garlic, and cook until fragrant, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Add eggplant and cook approximately 5 minutes. Add a splash of water (1/4 cup or so), and cover. Cook until browned and tender, another 5 minutes or so.
Transfer warm eggplant to food processor, and pulse 2-3 times until just broken down (you don't want to turn it to liquid.) Add eggplant to zucchini mixture, along with bread crumbs, wheat bran, basil, and beaten egg. Mix well to combine.
Form mixture into patties, approximately the same size as your buns (they will shrink slightly when cooked).
Heat a tablespoon or so of olive oil in large non-stick skillet. Cook patties, a few at a time, 4-6 minutes per side, or until browned.
Assemble burgers, stacking patties, lettuce, tomato, and topping with crumbled goat cheese.
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Cirqus Voltaire Lighted Shooter Rod Plate Cover-8 colors
Cirqus Voltaire lighted shooter rod cover plate pinball mod.
A great way to enhance the front of your Cirqus Voltaire pinball machine.
Lighted shooter rod cover plate pinball mod is available in solid colors. The solid colors are red, green, blue, yellow, orange, purple and white.
Fits in your existing factory shooter plate and gets powered from a 5 or 6.3 volt bulb socket on your game. Works with original shooter rod or aftermarket shooter rod. Fits over 200 games, including Stern (pro, premium & LE), Bally & Williams (system 3, 9 & 11, WPC, WPC95 and older), Data East, Sega, select Spooky, Capcon and more. If you have the rectangle factory shooter plate, this will fit.
Every color looks great if your shooter plate is black or silver. If your shooter cover has a color powder coat, we suggest you choose a color close to the powder coat for best effect.
Installation is very easy, about as simple as changing a bulb and replacing your shooter rod. Installation time is about 10 minutes. No soldering and no permanent changes to your games for this pinball mod.
Comes with everything needed to install and detailed instructions with color pictures.
If your game only has 12 volt bulbs (Jersey Jack), we also carry a 12V version which has exactly the same effect.
Kit for single colored Cirqus Voltaire pinball mod:
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Color | Multicolor RGB with remote, Red, Green, Blue, Purple, Orange, Yellow, White |


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A Quick Fix for "No Batteries Available" & Fans Running Constantly on a MacBook Air
If you've ever had a MacBook Air or MacBook Pro's battery disappear at random it can be a disconcerting feeling. This is often accompanied with the battery menu having an "X" through it and saying "No Batteries Available", a very sluggish Mac, and even after a reboot or not the Mac will often have fans running at full speed despite nothing unusual showing up in Activity Monitor. To top it off, the MagSafe charger light typically is not lighting up, and the computer won't even sleep. Uh oh, something is terribly wrong, right? Well, sort of – but don't worry, this is all related and it's a peace of cake to fix.
Before getting into any specifics or the details, let's cover the solution: an SMC reset.
Get the Battery Back & Fans Normal By Resetting the SMC
This is a technical process but it's very easy to follow. This will be the same on a MacBook Air & MacBook Pro Retina, technically any Mac with a built-in non-removable battery. You can find instructions for other Macs and older Macs here if needed.
- Shut down the MacBook and connect the MagSafe power adapter – let the Mac completely power down before proceeding any further
- Hold Shift+Control+Option+Power concurrently for a few seconds, then release
- Press the Power button as usual to start the MacBook
Here are the precise key sequences for what an SMC reset looks like on a MacBook Air or a MacBook Pro (Retina) keyboard:
After the Mac has rebooted normally again, things should be all well and good again. Here's an example of the "No Batteries Available" menu, then after the fix the battery is shown functioning as normal again:
Note the total elapsed time in the clock is 2 minutes. In other words, it took only two minutes fix the entire problem, from adding up all the power-related issues, saving an important file or two, shut down the Mac, reset the SMC with the aforementioned keyboard sequence, then reboot the Mac to normalcy again.
Power Preferences will reset too
It's important to point out that resetting the SMC will cause you to lose many power-specific options and customizations you may have made to OS X with System Preferences, ranging from screen brightness levels, to settings in Energy Saver for how the Mac handles things like auto-dimming based on lighting and power sources, screen sleep behavior, sleep when idle, etc. Thus you will have to go back and make those minor power customizations again.
Why does this happen?
You won't always find an exact reason as to why the system management controller goes haywire along with core system and power functions, but the basic idea is that at some point something was corrupted, maybe for a reason or maybe not.
What is an SMC anyway?
For those who don't know, SMC stands for System Management Controller, and it handles power functions and other core hardware roles on Macs, thus inexplicable issues with power management are almost always resolved by resetting the SMC. This is why for problems or oddities with power management like batteries disappearing, refusal to sleep, a very sluggish Mac combined with system fans blazing loudly, graphics cards acting up, are all very classic symptoms of needing to reset the SMC to get things back on track. Take the time to do it, it works.
Having run into this twice on two different Macs in the past week it's certainly a worthwhile topic to cover, even if it's a relatively rare problem to deal with. At the very least, it helps to be informed of these kind of things, so if any of the above happens to you, before calling AppleCare or taking a trip to the Genius Bar, take a moment to reset the SMC yourself, it will almost certainly fix the issue completely.


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Syrian rebels said they are no longer holding their fire. Reuters reports that the rebels are walking away from the United-Nations-backed truce with the regime of Bashar Assad.
"We have decided to end our commitment to this (ceasefire)," Free Syrian Army spokesman Major Sami al-Kurdi told Reuters. "We have resumed our attacks but we are doing defensive attacks which means we are only attacking checkpoints in the cities."
Kurdi told Reuters that the only way this conflict will be resolved is with an international intervention. Kurdi said an internationally enforced no-fly zone would "help bring Assad down."
The further crumbling of the truce was compounded by reports from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which was able to confirm the rebels killed at least 80 soldiers.
"Insurgents told the British-based group they had killed more than 100 soldiers and destroyed some tanks in clashes across Syria, including in Damascus and Idlib province, in the north-west.
"Syria's state news agency reported the burial on Monday of 30 members of the security forces killed by rebels.
"Some commanders in the rebel Free Syrian Army announced last week they would be "free of any commitment" to Annan's peace plan if Assad failed to end violence by Friday. The massacre of at least 108 people, nearly half of them children, in the Houla area of Homs province on 25 May dealt a possibly fatal blow to Annan's proposed ceasefire, which was supposed to have taken effect on 12 April."
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Luke Donald with the Golfer of the Year trophy, the Harry Vardon Trophy and the Players' Player of the Year Trophy. Picture by courtsey of ©Getty Images.
NEWS RELEASE BY EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONSThe great and the good of the golfing world were in attendance for the Players' Awards Dinner at Sofitel Heathrow last night as The European Tour celebrated another stellar year ahead of its flagship event, the BMW PGA Championship, being held this week at Wentworth Club.
George O'Grady, Chief Executive of The European Tour, welcomed guests from around the globe including stars such as Luke Donald – whose outstanding season last year included ascension to the World Number One berth and the capture of the Race to Dubai trophy – and the three European Tour Major Champions of 2011, Charl Schwartzel (Masters Tournament), Rory McIlroy (US Open Championship), and Darren Clarke (The Open Championship), for an evening of black-tie glitz and glamour.
O'Grady said: "Well, they said the 2010 was the greatest season The European Tour has ever had from a playing view, now 2011 wasn't a bad year either! When you think of the three Majors of [Charl] Schwartzel, [Rory] McIlroy, Darren Clarke in that wonderful performance at The Open Championship, and then of course Luke Donald's achievements, I hardly think you can get much better.
"This is a great night for the players themselves, for all our sponsors, all our promoters and all the media. We are honouring Luke Donald, Rory McIlroy, Darren Clarke, and all of the others as well. But to have even just those three is something.
"The peak of the game is here from across the world; they want to come, their wives are here, it's superb. It's a glamorous event, we've got 450-odd guests from all over the world and it's a great night to be part of The European Tour."
The evening, co-hosted by the Golf Channel's Steve Sands and Sky Sports' Kirsty Gallacher, paid tribute to the once again superb achievements of European Tour Members in 2011, and began with Italian prodigy Matteo Manassero presenting England's Tom Lewis with the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award.
Lewis, 21, stormed onto the golfing radar by winning the Silver Medal in The Open Championship at Royal St George's – after leading following the first round – before securing his maiden European Tour title with a stunning performance at the Portugal Masters in what was only his third start as a professional.
"I didn't expect it to be as heavy as it was, it's a big trophy!" said Lewis. "It's really special, I didn't realise the night was as big as it was and it's just amazing to be here.
"I was able to qualify for the Open and I got a great draw [with namesake Tom Watson] and it obviously kicked off from there. I think I'll respect what I achieved there more in the future when I look back, and hopefully in the next few years I'll be able to come away after four rounds and say I was ahead of everyone else. And to win in Portugal in just three starts was obviously amazing."
Following a video review of last season, attention turned to the Majors of last season, including Schwartzel's seizing of the Green Jacket in the 2011 Masters, and in particular the achievements of two men from Northern Ireland.
Rory McIlroy, who had been so close to securing his first Major Championship scalp at the Masters before the aforementioned Schwartzel swooped in on a tumultuous Sunday, bounced back with a performance of breath-taking skill and incredible maturity to triumph in the US Open at Congressional with a record 16 under par total.
The Ulsterman's tee shot on the par three tenth in the final round, a towering six iron that came to rest just inches from the pin, was recognised by fans of the European Tour as the Shot of the Year, an award presented by McIlroy's close friend and compatriot Graeme McDowell – the man he succeeded as US Open Champion.
McIlroy said: "I think not just last year, but for the last few years The European Tour has been on a great run. I think starting with Padraig Harrington winning those Majors in 2007 and 2008 and then The Ryder Cup in 2010 and all the European success at the Majors, the Tour is just going from strength to strength and it's great to see.
"Last year was a great year for me to get that first Major was a huge moment in my career and hopefully the stepping stone to many more. Since then I've continued my good play and climbed to the top of the World Ranking which is another huge milestone for me. It's been a great 12 months for me.
"Of course we should be celebrating how good the game is at the minute. With having had four European guys at the top of the Ranking for a while in the last year, the tussle at the top for the Number One spot etc. It's a great night to celebrate what The European Tour has evolved into over the last few years."
The 23 year old was joined on stage for a Q and A session by his elder countryman Darren Clarke, who last July became the oldest Open Champion since 1967 in an emotional victory at Sandwich aged 42, undoubtedly the crowning glory of a glittering career for the Northern Irishman.
There were also accolades for Clarke's renowned coach, Yorkshireman Pete Cowen, who was presented with a Special Achievement Award for his contribution to European golf.
Luke Donald, of course, scooped the biggest haul of the night, though, in recognition of a magnificent and prolifically successful 2011 season, as Germany's Martin Kaymer awarded his Ryder Cup team mate with the Harry Vardon Trophy as the 2011 European Number One, the Golfer of the Year Award, and the Players' Player Award as voted for by Donald's contemporaries.
Over the course of the season, Donald won three times on The European Tour at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, the BMW PGA Championship – a performance that took him to World Number One for the first time – and the Scottish Open, accruing a record €5,323,400 in an unbelievably consistent year.
"It was obviously a very special year for me," Donald reflected. "To be Number One means a lot; it's two years of really hard work being extremely consistent, obviously thrown in a bunch of wins like I have and it is something I am very proud of.
"You can't fluke getting to Number One in the world and it's something that's very special to me and something I'll tell my grand-kids in years to come, that I was once the best golfer in the world."
Time was also taken to preview this Autumn's showpiece in Medinah, The 2012 Ryder Cup, with a special video, and many of the European Tour stars that traversed the 'Blue Carpet' at the Sofitel this evening will have their eyes firmly set on the ultimate prize - one of those 12 much sought-after places in Captain José María Olazábal's side in Chicago come September.
"It is very important to have nights like this," said Olazábal. "We do this once a year and I think it's great to celebrate all our accomplishments across the world.
"We've got big events coming up, starting with this week at Wentworth, Major events, World Championship events, so it's going to be important for the boys to play well from now on."
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It's been a while since I've read the grammar books and I don't exactly remember the definitions of a few terms like adjective, so I would really appreciate it if the answers didn't leave it off by saying x is verb and y is adjective - I learn more by practical examples.
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When it comes to classical music, the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra likes to think outside the concert hall. This Saturday, Second Inversion is thrilled to sponsor the launch of SMCO's new SPARK performance series: an immersive concert experience that presents classical music old and new in nightclubs and other unexpected venues.
"It's every musician's dream for their friends who have no experience with classical music to enjoy this incredible art form as much as we do," said Geoffrey Larson, Music Director of SMCO. "I wanted to provide a space to enjoy classical music without any rules, real or perceived: where audience members could have a drink, get up and dance, applaud and scream and shout whenever they want. I wanted to show how music of the classical genre can be relevant to our lives today—whether it was composed 300 years ago or three days ago."
The series launch, which takes place amid the neon lights of the Fred Wildlife Refuge on Capitol Hill, features music from both eras. The concert unfolds as a fully-produced, continuous musical experience that oscillates between guest artist DJ Suttikeeree's electronic dance music sets and SMCO's electrifying classical music performances.
Under Geoffrey Larson's baton, SMCO pairs a Vivaldi chamber concerto with Max Richter's modern recomposition of the Baroque master's famous Four Seasons. The centerpiece of the evening is Mason Bates' infectious and aptly-titled Rise of Exotic Computing for sinfonietta and laptop, and a world premiere of a new work for horns and orchestra by William Rowe—co-commissioned and performed by SMCO and the Skylark Quartet—rounds out the program. Electronic interludes from DJ Suttikeeree provide both dynamic contrasts and fluid connections between the evening's wide-ranging works.
"Suttikeeree will be spinning his own brand of electro-hop, mixing in fragments of the orchestral music our audience will hear onstage and providing a heartbeat that ties together the different genres throughout the night," Larson said.
The first of its kind in Seattle, the SPARK series was created with the guidance of composer and producer Gabriel Prokofiev, whose orchestral arrangement of Sir Mixalot's "Baby Got Back" premiered to viral success with the Seattle Symphony in 2014. The grandson of legendary Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev, Gabriel is also the founder of the Nonclassical record label and Club Night series based in London.
"Gabriel was extremely helpful in helping me strategize three things: what role the DJ should play in the event, how to structure the general 'flow' of the evening, and (to a lesser extent) what sort of music we should consider performing," Larson said. "Through trial and error, Gabriel has come up with a pretty strong and unique concept for the flow of the larger Nonclassical Club Night events, and this sort of timing has been adapted into our plans for the SPARK series."
Like Nonclassical Club Nights, the SPARK series aims to create immersive, cross-disciplinary performances that redefine the rules of classical chamber music, breaking away from the constraints of the traditional concert hall and sparking new and inspiring collaborations.
The SPARK series launch is this Saturday, May 20 at 8pm at the Fred Wildlife Refuge on Capitol Hill. Click here for tickets and more information.


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Stretchable electronics to move wearables forward
Stretchable electronics is emerging as a promising new technology for next-generation wearable devices, according to a review published in Science and Technology of Advanced Materials.
The research paper can be found here.
The technology has many possible applications for healthcare, energy and the military. But there are several challenges involved in finding suitable materials and manufacturing methods. The biggest challenge for making stretchable electronics is that each component must endure being compressed, twisted and applied to uneven surfaces while maintaining its performance, according to the review author Wei Wu, materials scientist at Wuhan University, China.
Many different stretchable electronic components are being developed. For instance, low-cost stretchable conductors and electrodes are being made from silver nanowires and graphene. An urgent technical problem is the need for stretchable energy conversion and storage devices, such as batteries. Zinc-based batteries are promising candidates; however, more work is required to make them commercially viable. An alternative to batteries is stretchable nanogenerators, which can produce electricity from various freely available vibrations, such as wind or human body movements. Stretchable solar cells could also be used to power wearable electronic devices.
Copyright: Nam, J. et al. Scientific Reports. 8 Aug. 2017/Creative Commons
By integrating multiple stretchable components, such as temperature, pressure and electrochemical sensors, it is possible to create a material resembling human skin that could use signals from sweat, tears or saliva for real-time, non-invasive healthcare monitoring, as well as for smart prosthetics or robots with enhanced sense capabilities. However, at present, fabrication of artificial skin remains time-consuming and complex.
Currently there are two main strategies for manufacturing stretchable electronics. The first is to use intrinsically stretchable materials, such as rubber, which can endure large deformations. However, these materials have limitations, such as high electrical resistance. The second method is to make non-flexible materials stretchable using innovative design. For example, brittle semiconductor materials like silicon can be grown on a pre-stretched surface and then allowed to compress, creating buckling waves. Another method involves linking 'islands' of rigid conductive materials together using flexible interconnections, such as soft or liquid metals. Origami-inspired folding techniques can be used to make foldable electronic devices. In the future, stretchable electronics may be enhanced with new capabilities, such as wireless communication, self-charging or even self-healing.
The next step after laboratory tests is to bring stretchable electronic devices to market. This requires cheaper materials and faster, scalable manufacturing methods, concludes the review author.
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The Drama of Starbirth
new-born stars wreak havoc in their nursery
16 March 2011
A new image from ESO's Very Large Telescope gives a close-up view of the dramatic effects new-born stars have on the gas and dust from which they formed. Although the stars themselves are not visible, material they have ejected is colliding with the surrounding gas and dust clouds and creating a surreal landscape of glowing arcs, blobs and streaks.
The star-forming region NGC 6729 is part of one of the closest stellar nurseries to the Earth and hence one of the best studied. This new image from ESO's Very Large Telescope gives a close-up view of a section of this strange and fascinating region (a wide-field view is available here: eso1027). The data were selected from the ESO archive by Sergey Stepanenko as part of the Hidden Treasures competition [1]. Sergey's picture of NGC 6729 was ranked third in the competition.
Stars form deep within molecular clouds and the earliest stages of their development cannot be seen in visible-light telescopes because of obscuration by dust. In this image there are very young stars at the upper left of the picture. Although they cannot be seen directly, the havoc that they have wreaked on their surroundings dominates the picture. High-speed jets of material that travel away from the baby stars at velocities as high as one million kilometres per hour are slamming into the surrounding gas and creating shock waves. These shocks cause the gas to shine and create the strangely coloured glowing arcs and blobs known as Herbig–Haro objects [2].
In this view the Herbig–Haro objects form two lines marking out the probable directions of ejected material. One stretches from the upper left to the lower centre, ending in the bright, circular group of glowing blobs and arcs at the lower centre. The other starts near the left upper edge of the picture and extends towards the centre right. The peculiar scimitar-shaped bright feature at the upper left is probably mostly due to starlight being reflected from dust and is not a Herbig–Haro object.
This enhanced-colour picture [3] was created from images taken using the FORS1 instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope. Images were taken through two different filters that isolate the light coming from glowing hydrogen (shown as orange) and glowing ionised sulphur (shown as blue). The different colours in different parts of this violent star formation region reflect different conditions — for example where ionised sulphur is glowing brightly (blue features) the velocities of the colliding material are relatively low — and help astronomers to unravel what is going on in this dramatic scene.
[1] ESO's Hidden Treasures 2010 competition gave amateur astronomers the opportunity to search through ESO's vast archives of astronomical data, hoping to find a well-hidden gem that needed polishing by the entrants. Participants submitted nearly 100 entries and ten skilled people were awarded some extremely attractive prizes, including an all expenses paid trip for the overall winner to ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) on Cerro Paranal, in Chile, the world's most advanced optical telescope. The ten winners submitted a total of 20 images that were ranked as the highest entries in the competition out of the near 100 images.
[2] The astronomers George Herbig and Guillermo Haro were not the first to see one of the objects that now bear their names, but they were the first to study the spectra of these strange objects in detail. They realised that they were not just clumps of gas and dust that reflected light, or glowed under the influence of the ultraviolet light from young stars, but were a new class of objects associated with ejected material in star formation regions.
[3] Both the ionised sulphur and hydrogen atoms in this nebula emit red light. To differentiate between them in this image the sulphur emission has been coloured blue.
More information
ESO, the European Southern Observatory, is the foremost intergovernmental astronomy organisation in Europe and the world's most productive astronomical observatory. It is supported by 15 countries: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czechia, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. ESO carries out an ambitious programme focused on the design, construction and operation of powerful ground-based observing facilities enabling astronomers to make important scientific discoveries. ESO also plays a leading role in promoting and organising cooperation in astronomical research. ESO operates three unique world-class observing sites in Chile: La Silla, Paranal and Chajnantor. At Paranal, ESO operates the Very Large Telescope, the world's most advanced visible-light astronomical observatory and VISTA, the world's largest survey telescope. ESO is the European partner of a revolutionary astronomical telescope ALMA, the largest astronomical project in existence. ESO is currently planning a 42-metre European Extremely Large optical/near-infrared Telescope, the E-ELT, which will become "the world's biggest eye on the sky".
- Science paper (Wang et al.)
- Photos of the VLT
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Update the entryway
Updating the entryway provides a warm welcome to guests. Clean the space of clutter and consider adding a new sturdy doormat and plant or wreath to add a splash of style. Of course, the focal point of the entryway is the front door, so if yours is looking drab, a fresh coat of paint can go a long way. If it's dented and worn, consider a replacement that doesn't cost a ton but has great return on investment: Remodeling Magazine's 2019 Cost vs. Value reports an average national job cost of $1,826 with a 74% ROI.
Replace appliances
A kitchen remodel certainly boosts a home's value, but even a minor kitchen remodeling can surpass $20,000, with upscale remodels costing $100,000 or more. To get that new kitchen look and feel without the big price tag, consider putting funds toward new appliances instead. Coordinating appliances for a cohesive look enhances the aesthetic of the room. Stainless steel continues to dominate in interior design, but choose the right colors for your kitchen's unique look and you'll love the results.
Add a bathroom
A bathroom addition certainly boosts a home's value, and if you are strategic about the remodel, it doesn't have to be costly. Don't feel limited if the space where you want to add a bathroom doesn't have existing, below-floor drainage. With smart alternatives like Saniflo, you can add a complete bathroom virtually anywhere, thanks to above-floor plumbing technology that pumps drainage from the fixtures up to the sewer or septic-tank line. The Sanibest Pro is ideal for full baths, especially those used frequently by guests and children. Designed to handle sanitary products that normally should not be flushed down the toilet, the Sanibest Pro can also handle drainage from two other bath fixtures, such as a sink and a tub or shower. Keep in mind, a mid-range bathroom addition recoups 60% of cost, according to the 2019 Cost vs. Value report.
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Sometimes it all comes down to the details to make a space more visually appealing. It's costly to get new vanities and cabinets in bathrooms, kitchens and entertaining spaces, but you can give the space a new look by updating the hardware. Knobs, handles, hooks and more become dated and dingy over time. Head to your local home improvement store to select new hardware in a design and finish that reflects your personality and the home's style. Satin chrome and oil-rubbed bronze are trending in 2019.
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MILITARY UPDATE: Understanding New 'In-State Tuition' Ceiling on GI Bill
Perhaps the first thing veterans using GI Bill education benefits should understand about new "in-state tuition" protection that Congress approved last month is that it won't take effect for another year, by fall semester 2015.
That delay will give state-run colleges and universities – or, in some cases, state legislatures – time to prepare policies or laws to lower tuition and fees for non-resident veterans to match what in-state students face.
The delay also means the population primarily to benefit from the in-state tuition mandate are those planning to leave active duty to use their GI Bill in another year, says William Hubbard, vice president of government affairs for Student Veterans of America. That's because most current GI Bill users will have established in-state residency by then anyway.
Indeed public colleges and universities in 27 states already offer non-resident veterans in-state tuition rates. Schools that don't by July 1 next year, however, won't be able to participate in the Post-9/11 and Montgomery GI Bill programs, forcing student vets to use education benefits elsewhere.
Currently Post-9/11 benefits cover all in-state tuition and fees at public colleges and universities. But an estimated 3800 veterans annually face substantial out-of-pocket costs because they elect to attend state-run colleges as non-residents. Transferring GI Bill students, for example, can be hard hit for a year until they re-establish state residency.
But most of those impacted are newly discharged veterans who decide to attend college in states where they served last on active duty. Until they establish residency, they face out-of-state tuition and fees that their GI Bill benefits won't cover, often costing them thousands of dollars.
For-profit schools have used that gap in GI Bill coverage of non-residents enrolled in public universities to pitch their own costly programs to veterans, touting huge amounts in tuition and fees that can be saved at their schools through use of the Yellow Ribbon feature of the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
Under Yellow Ribbon, private colleges, including for-profits, can elect to waive up to half of their tuition and fees not covered by basic Post-9/11 benefits -- the current cap is $20,235 per academic year -- and the VA must match the waived amount, further enhancing the benefit.
"There's no doubt that many predatory for-profits misled vets into thinking they were getting a 'better deal' out of their GI benefits in covering higher for-profit tuition and fees," said Makese Motley, assistant director for federal policy for American Association of State Colleges and Universities.
Besides financial relief to non-resident veterans, the new law will guarantee in-state tuition to dependents of veterans who use transferred Post-9/11 benefits. That combination of breaks also could lower the federal government's tab for GI Bill benefits by $175 million over the next decade, CBO estimates.
Public colleges and universities set lower in-state tuition rates because most states subsidize education costs for their residents. So the new requirement on state-run schools to offer non-resident veterans lower rates too threatens to create funding shortfalls unless state legislatures vote to increase subsidies or state-run schools opt to impose tuition hikes on all students.
But Hubbard, with Student Veterans of America, predicted the impact to comply on state schools would be "fairly negligible." He used California as an example.
"It's a large system with lots of schools, lots of veterans," Hubbard said. "If the entire California system were to grant tomorrow in-state tuition for student veterans, and those costs were distributed across the student population, the increase for other students would be about $4" per semester. He compared that to student activity fees, which can range from $25 to $50.
The cost to any one school also should be marginal, Hubbard said.
"We are not talking about adding hundreds of staff members. They don't need to add a new department or a wing of professors. No one school [need worry that] 100,000 vets will show up on its doorstep. Student veterans have a diversity of interests and will pursue a diversity of schools."
Barmak Nassirian, director of federal policy at AASCU, said his organization long has supported reducing tuition for veterans, both to limit their out-of-pocket costs and to provide "more attractive alternatives to predatory for-profit schools. Offering out-of-state veterans in-state tuition is certainly the best way of improving educational benefits for them."
But the in-state tuition requirement enacted as part of the Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act of 2014 last month was "the least constructive" path Congress could have taken to achieve those key goals.
It legislated "the proverbial 'free lunch' by mandating in-state tuition for veterans and their dependents" without covering "the significant costs this will impose on public colleges," Nassirian said. "If reducing college costs were simply a matter of passing laws like this, Congress could solve the nation's college access crisis by legislating free tuition for everyone!"
The preferred path would have been to have the federal government pay states the education subsidies public colleges needed to lower tuition and fees for out-of-state veterans, Nassirian said. Or Congress could have required each state – rather than individual schools -- to treat veterans as state residents entitled to the same subsidies as other student residents.
A third way, he said, would have been to lift the cap on public-sector tuition under the GI Bill and open the Yellow Ribbon feature to public colleges to be more price-competitive with private and for-profit schools.
But public colleges and universities will adapt, Nassirian said, and they still view access to education for veterans as a significant responsibility.
"There are certainly some additional costs and operational concerns associated with the new legislation, but institutions are hard at work to address them," he said.
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Companies that pay attention to this trend have started to build prototyping tools to address this need; and today we're seeing a plethora of tools emerge on a regular basis. But which should you pick? More importantly, what questions should you ask yourself and your team to make sure you choose the right one?
"What tool should I use?" has become one of the most frequent questions in online forums, design meetups and blogs. It's turned into quite a passionate debate — and designers tend to quickly argue for a certain tool or application.
The truth is that no solution is one size fits all. More and more, designers need to have a range of tools at their disposal, to understand the pros and cons of each, and to be able to quickly decide on the most appropriate workflow for the given context.


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Privacy Policy
At Herbologics, S.A. (formerly Alpha Omega Labs), we regard the personal lives of our customers as sacrosanct, so when someone asks us a question or places an order -- whether on the internet, by phone, fax, mail -- it is treated as confidential correspondence.
Information on web visitors who come to our site is treated in the same way.
To this end we maintain the following rigid procedures:
With the exception of the required use by our eCommerce software, no Cookies are being used on our sites. Despite the widespread, popular use of these "web visitor data collection" mechanisms, Herbologics, S.A. refuses to use them. To obtain information on a customer, or tract their web habits, without their express permission, is a violation of our customer's trust. If we have information about you on our files, it is because you volunteered this information -- and even then, only in conjunction with your business with us.
No "Third Party" Sales. Web merchants often sell "information" on their site's web visitors or customers to other people. Some people don't mind having private information sold to other parties. But most abhor it. Never in our company's history (since we started in 1989) have we sold, or attempted to sell, our customers' information, any of it, to any other party. The money which web merchants make in profiteering from the peddling in their customer's information does not, in our humble opinion, compensate for the violation of trust that occurs between that merchant and their customer. If our company cannot generate its own leads, maintain the loyalty of its own existing customers, and constantly generate new interest by the public, we are not fit to be business.
Secure Maintenance of Customer Records. As a service to our 200,000+ mail order customers of record, a number that is constantly growing, we maintain, in addition to names and mailing addresses, credit card information. Any hard copy credit card information, once committed to database files, is destroyed. The computer that handles this sensitive information is decoupled from our network. The computer and any backup tapes are kept locked in a separate locked room in our administrative offices.
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by Ben Aaronovitch
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Trier is famous for wine, Romans and for being Germany's oldest city. So when a man is found dead with, his body impossibly covered in a fungal rot, the local authorities know they are out of their depth. Fortunately this is Germany, where there are procedures for everything.
Enter Investigator Tobias Winter, whose aim is to get in, deal with the problem, and get out with the minimum of fuss, personal danger and paperwork. With the help of frighteningly enthusiastic local cop, Vanessa Sommer, he's quick to link the first victim to a group of ordinary middle aged men - and to realise they may have accidentally reawakened a bloody conflict from a previous century. But the rot is still spreading, literally and with the suspect list extending to people born before Frederick the Great solving the case may mean unearthing the city's secret magical history.


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The fastest ship in the galaxy, the Millennium Falcon has amazing speed and firepower that helped the Rebel Alliance defeat the Empire in numerous battles, including Yavin and Endor. Piloted by Han Solo and Chewbacca, the Falcon packs powerful secrets and special modifications inside and out. They all came in handy on that fateful day when Han and Chewie agreed to fly Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, R2-D2, and C-3PO to Alderaan, and ended up battling the evil Empire for the 1st time. As Han Solo says, "She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid." Points of Interest: "BMF": the BIG Millennium Falcon. Over 2� feet long, it features electronic lights, sounds and phrases from A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back. |
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India Today ConclavePhotos DAY 1 March 15, '13
The Leaders Brainstorm: The youngest nation debates its futureDuring the session The Leaders Brainstorm: The youngest nation debates its future, the panelists speak about the problems politicians face from within. Bollywood does not acknowledge talent; rue Freida Pinto and Irrfan KhanIndia's two most famous celluloid exports - Freida Pinto and Irrfan Khan - take the stage on Day 1 of the India Today Conclave 2013 for the session, 'Global Indian Icon: India Ignores Till The World Applauds?' International Politics: Is India a soft power or soft state?During the session International Politics: Is India a soft power or soft state?, BJP deputy leader in Rajya Sabha Ravi Shankar Prasad says India's ancient legacy is what draws respect internationally and gives it its soft cultural power. An Insider's Account: How can We Make the Government Work?Speaking at the India Today Conclave 2013, Arun Shourie says, "The real tribute to the Delhi gangrape victim would be to finish rape case trials within 3 months." Bright Young Thing: Technology to Bridge the Digital DivideSpeaking at the India Today Conclave 2013, Rohan Narayana Murty says, "The Internet has promoted innovation because it is the most democratic of all as to how it can be accessed and information shared freely." Bright Young Thing: Law, Milord, is the law guilty too?Speaking at the India Today Conclave 2013, lawyer Akhil Sibal says, "The problem is not in framing (the law) and the solution is not always in reframing." The Business Debrief: The Fatal Attraction of the Great Indian MarketplaceDuring the session The Business Debrief: The Fatal Attraction of the Great Indian Marketplace, Praful Patel says UPA II has lost its path. "We have been shooting ourselves in the foot," he added. The Super Auditor: The role of accountability in a democracyDuring the session The Super Auditor: The Role of Accountability in a Democracy at the India Today Conclave 2013, Comptroller and Auditor General of India Vinod Rai called upon the people to play a pivotal role in successful working of democracy and ensuring that public funds are used properly. APJ Abdul Kalam speaks on Reinventing Democracy: The Youth ExperimentEvery citizen of the country has the right to live with dignity, aspire to live with distinction. This is what democracy is all about. This is the axis of our Constitution, says Kalam. Global Economy: Fault lines or free fall?Raghuram Rajan Chief Economic Adviser, Government of India and Abhijit Banerjee, Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology speak on Can India afford safety nets being built? Bombay Jayashri speaks on 'Bright Young Thing: Music, Is Fusion the only Way to Take Indian Music Global?'It is only when we understand our own base can we enjoy and appreciate new cultures and create something new, Bombay Jayashri said. Reinventing Democracy: The Youth ExperimentThe former President said that it's time for India to have creative leadership in every branch of our life to articulate the vision. Gen Bikram Singh speaks on The Army's role in nation BuildingSpeaking on the Army's role in nation-building, for first time ever, Gen Bikram Singh put a figure - 22,443 - to the number of soldiers India has lost in numerous wars and insurgencies since 1947. Day 2
Spinners will have to pay a price for T 20, says Rahul Dravid
Sourav Ganguly lauds Shikhar Dhawan's maiden Test century, rates it among top innings by a debutant
Ranatunga bats for Test cricket, feels T20 has a devastating effect on players' techniques
Jeffry takes off his shirt during India Today Conclave 2013
Master puppeteers reveal what it takes to bring life into a puppet
Before Amazon, Google rejected me twice. But that didn't stop me from starting Flipkart: Binny Bansal
Wisdom is beyond time. Thus spake Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
I started my first business with forty thousand rupees, says Meena Ganesh
I celebrate failure, says Alok Kejriwal
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The Army is not an internal-security instrument: Army chief talks tough
India today needs mission, vision and realisation: Sage speak by Dr APJ Kalam
A Norwegian expression by Marie Klapbakken
I have been apolitical all through my career: The fire-breathing CAG Vinod Rai
The fault lines of the global economy: In conversation with Raghuram Rajan and Abhijit Banerjee
Hollywood is business with creativity, says Irrfan
Jayashri's soulful Pi's lullaby at Conclave 2013
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — A children's picture book about the goldfish pond at the pope's summer residence reveals a side of him few may know.
Every day while Pope Benedict XVI is on vacation at Castel Gandolfo south of Rome, he feeds the goldfish after praying by a nearby statue of Mary, tossing them pieces of bread.
The little-known factoid was revealed in "The Mystery of a Small Pond," published Tuesday amid great fanfare.
The pope's private secretary, Monsignor Georg Gaenswein, the heads of the Vatican Museums and Vatican publishing house, the author, and the caretaker of the pontifical villa spoke at the launch.
Gaenswein says the book reveals the "mystery" of Benedict, "who we all know is a great theologian with a powerful mind, but who has a very, very sensitive soul."


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Jason Priestley to join Haven for 4 episodes, direct
by Doc on Mar.11, 2011, under Television
Jason Priestley (Call Me Fitz) has just signed on to direct an episode and guest star in 4 episodes in the second season of Syfy's Haven. Production on the second season of 13 episodes picks up April 1st, with late summer the target to begin airing episodes. Priestley will play "a handsome but anti-social marine biologist who must deal with an affliction most would consider a blessing."
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Production On Season Two Begins April 1, 2011
New York, NY/Toronto, ON/Los Angeles, CA/London, UK – March 11, 2011 – Jason Priestley (who stars in, directs and produces the international hit dark comedy Call Me Fitz) has signed on to direct one episode of the second season of Haven, as well as guest starring in a four-episode story arc. Haven, Syfy's original series from leading independent producer Entertainment One (eOne), is co-commissioned by Shaw Media in Canada and globally via Universal Networks International (UNI).
Haven will commence production on 13 episodes for season two in Nova Scotia on April 1, 2011 with an eye towards a Summer 2011 premiere.
Priestley will play Chris Weekly, a handsome but anti-social marine biologist who must deal with an affliction most would consider a blessing. He joins Emily Rose, who plays Audrey Parker, a former FBI agent with a knack for investigating the supernatural; Lucas Bryant, who plays Nathan Wournos, a handsome local cop with his own supernatural affliction; and Eric Balfour, who plays Duke Crocker, a local smuggler and reluctant aide in solving Haven's troubles. Haven is based on The Colorado Kid from renowned author Stephen King.
The creative team behind the second season of Haven includes Executive Producers John Morayniss (Hung, Hell on Wheels) and Noreen Halpern (Hung, Rookie Blue) from eOne who are joined by Lloyd Segan, Shawn Piller, Scott Shepherd (Stephen King's The Dead Zone) and Matt McGuiness (Journeyman) as well as Sam Ernst & Jim Dunn (Stephen King's The Dead Zone) who also developed the series.
Haven is produced by Entertainment One in association with Piller/Segan/Shepherd and airs on Syfy in the U.S., Showcase in Canada and internationally on Universal Networks International (UNI). Entertainment One controls the worldwide distribution rights to the one-hour series and concluded a deal with Germany's Tele München Group (TMG) for the television rights in Continental Europe.
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Syfy is a media destination for imagination-based entertainment. With year round acclaimed original series, events, blockbuster movies, classic science fiction and fantasy programming, a dynamic Web site (www.Syfy.com) and a portfolio of adjacent business (Syfy Ventures), Syfy is a passport to limitless possibilities. Originally launched in 1992 as SCI FI Channel, and currently in more than 99 million homes, Syfy is a network of NBCUniversal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. (Syfy. Imagine greater.)
About Entertainment One
Entertainment One (LSE:ETO) is a leading international entertainment company that specializes in the acquisition, production and distribution of film and television content. The company's comprehensive network extends around the globe including Canada, the U.S., the UK, Ireland, Benelux, France, Germany, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Through established Entertainment and Distribution divisions, the company provides extensive expertise in film distribution, television and music production, kids programming and merchandising and licensing. Its current rights library is exploited across all media formats and includes more than 20,000 film and television titles, 2,400 hours of television programming and 45,000 music tracks.
About Universal Networks International
Universal Networks International, the global channels division of NBCUniversal, is one of the world's premier entertainment networks, delivering quality content and compelling brands to over 387 million subscribers in over 150 territories across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia. The portfolio includes the brands – Syfy Universal, DIVA Universal, Studio Universal, Universal Channel and 13th Street Universal and now also, with the acquisition by Comcast Corporation, E! Entertainment Television, The Style Network and Golf Channel. These brands deliver a full range of entertainment experiences to local audiences across the globe. Universal Networks International also operates Movies 24 and has an interest in the KidsCo joint venture.
Universal Networks International is part of NBCUniversal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Comcast Corporation owns a controlling 51% interest in NBCUniversal, with GE holding a 49% stake.
About Shaw Communications Inc.
Shaw Communications Inc. is a diversified communications and media company, providing consumers with broadband cable television, High-Speed Internet, Home Phone, telecommunications services (through Shaw Business), satellite direct-to-home services (through Shaw Direct) and engaging programming content (through Shaw Media). Shaw serves 3.4 million customers, through a reliable and extensive fibre network. Shaw Media operates one of the largest conventional television networks in Canada, Global Television, and 19 specialty networks including HGTV Canada, Food Network Canada, History Television and Showcase. Shaw is traded on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges and is included in the S&P/TSX 60 Index (TSX: SJR.B) (NYSE: SJR). For more information about Shaw, please visit www.shaw.ca.


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BOSTON – The familiar "Beat LA!" chant started in the third quarter.
It's easier to do that now than it was during most of the Lakers-Celtics rivalry. But there's still something special when the teams who have met in a record 12 NBA Finals face each other, even if they've been struggling just to reach the playoffs.
"No matter what direction these teams are going, it'll always be a rivalry," Paul Pierce said. "Everybody's always going to watch."
On Thursday night, they saw a 116-95 rout by Boston, its biggest win of the season and Los Angeles' worst loss.
The Lakers got Dwight Howard back after he missed three games with a sore right shoulder. He had nine points and nine rebounds in 28 minutes before fouling out with 5:07 left.
"There were a couple times where I felt" pain in the shoulder, he said. "I just tried not to think about it."
But they were without Pau Gasol for the first time since he was diagnosed with a torn plantar fascia in his right foot that will sideline him indefinitely.
Boston was missing two key players, both out for the season. Point guard Rajon Rondo sat out his sixth game with a torn ligament in his right knee and the Celtics have won them all. Rookie forward Jared Sullinger missed his fourth game following back surgery.
In fact, only two active players on each team remained from the 2010 squads that reached the NBA Finals, won in seven games by the Lakers — Pierce and Kevin Garnett for Boston and Kobe Bryant and Metta World Peace for Los Angeles.
In 2008, the Celtics won the title in six games over the Lakers. Before that, they met three times in the Larry Bird-Magic Johnson era of the 1980s with Los Angeles winning twice.
"You walk through these hallways when you come in here," said Pierce, who scored 12 of his 24 points in the third quarter when Boston pulled away. "You see the whole rivalry, pictures. You see throughout the decades how it goes, regular season, postseason, championship. It's always going to have that extra little edge to this game."
But now the Lakers are in 10th place in the West, 3 1/2 games behind the Houston Rockets for the final playoff spot in the conference despite winning six of their last eight games. The Celtics broke a seventh-place tie with the Milwaukee Bucks in the East and trail the Atlanta Hawks by just 1 1/2 games for sixth.
They've moved up without their star point guard.
"Our guys just think they're good," Boston coach Doc Rivers said. "We're playing selfless and free."
The Lakers aren't passing the ball well enough with just 16 assists on Thursday or shooting accurately with just a 41.4 field goal percentage against the Celtics.
"For whatever reason, we didn't come out real sharp," Los Angeles coach Mike D'Antoni said. "Defensively, it was disappointing that we didn't fight as hard as we've been fighting."
Jeff Green scored 19 points for the Celtics and Kevin Garnett and Jason Terry had 15 each. Garnett became the 16th player in NBA history to score 25,000 points.
Without Rondo controlling the ball, the Celtics are concentrating on moving it quickly and shooting it when they're open. The Lakers gave them plenty of unchallenged shots.
"The roof just kind of caved in on us and it gave them a lot of transition points and easy baskets," said Bryant, who had 27 points. "They were hot. I can't really remember them missing a shot in the third quarter."
They actually missed five. But they made 16, outscored the Lakers 37-25 and ended the period with a 95-69 lead.
"I said to the guys at halftime (if) we rebound the ball a little bit better, we can get out and run and open this game up and I thought that's exactly what we did in the third."
The Lakers cut a 58-44 halftime deficit to 72-61 with 5:07 left in the third quarter, but they came no closer as the Celtics went on a 23-8 run to build their 26-point lead going into the fourth. Pierce started the surge with a three-point play and ended it with a 3-pointer with 41 seconds left.
"The first half was just as bad as the second," said Lakers point guard Steve Nash, who had just nine points and five assists. "Disappointing performance, start to finish."
Perhaps, but to Pierce it was pretty special, another chapter in the rich rivalry.
"It always feels good when you can give them a little old-fashioned beatdown in your house," he said, "no matter what direction these teams are going."
Notes: The Celtics had just nine turnovers to 13 for the Lakers. ... Boston made five of 11 shots from 3-point range. The Lakers were just 5 for 23 and missed 12 of 30 free throws with Howard missing five of six. ... Boston plays at home Sunday for the sixth time in seven games when it meets the Denver Nuggets. ... The Lakers are 3-2 on their seven-game road trip, which continues Friday night in Charlotte and ends Sunday in Miami. ... Six Celtics scored in double figures, the fifth straight game in which they had at least five.


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Abortion Rights Are Pro-life
On the anniversary of Roe v. Wade 40 years ago, there is still no one defending the right to abortion in fundamental terms, which is why the pro-abortion rights forces are on the defensive.
Abortion rights advocates should not cede the terms "pro-life" and "right to life" to the anti-abortionists. It is a woman's right to her life that gives her the right to terminate her pregnancy. Nor should abortion-rights advocates keep hiding behind the phrase "a woman's right to choose." Does she have the right to choose murder? That's what abortion would be, if the fetus were a person.
The status of the embryo in the first trimester is the basic issue that cannot be sidestepped. The embryo is clearly pre-human; only the mystical notions of religious dogma treat this clump of cells as constituting a person.
We must not confuse potentiality with actuality. An embryo is a potential human being. It can, granted the woman's choice, develop into an infant. But what it actually is during the first trimester is a mass of relatively undifferentiated cells that exist as a part of a woman's body. If we consider what it is rather than what it might become, we must acknowledge that the embryo under three months is something far more primitive than a frog or a fish. To compare it to an infant is ludicrous.
If we are to accept the equation of the potential with the actual and call the embryo an "unborn child," we could, with equal logic, call any adult an "undead corpse" and bury him alive or vivisect him for the instruction of medical students.
That tiny growth, that mass of protoplasm, exists as a part of a woman's body. It is not an independently existing, biologically formed organism, let alone a person. That which lives within the body of another can claim no right against its host. Rights belong only to individuals, not to collectives or to parts of an individual. ("Independent" does not mean self-supporting — a child who depends on its parents for food, shelter, and clothing, has rights because it is an actual, separate human being.)
"Rights," in Ayn Rand's words, "do not pertain to a potential, only to an actual being. A child cannot acquire any rights until it is born."
It is only on this base that we can support the woman's political right to do what she chooses in this issue. No other person — not even her husband — has the right to dictate what she may do with her own body. That is a fundamental principle of freedom.
There are many legitimate reasons why a rational woman might have an abortion — accidental pregnancy, rape, birth defects, danger to her health. The issue here is the proper role for government. If a pregnant woman acts wantonly or capriciously, then she should be condemned morally — but not treated as a murderer.
If someone capriciously puts to death his cat or dog, that can well be reprehensible, even immoral, but it is not the province of the state to interfere. The same is true of an abortion, which puts to death a far less-developed growth in a woman's body.
If anti-abortionists object that an embryo has the genetic equipment of a human being, remember: so does every cell in the human body.
Abortions are private affairs and often involve painfully difficult decisions with life-long consequences. But, tragically, the lives of the parents are completely ignored by the anti-abortionists. Yet that is the essential issue. In any conflict it's the actual, living persons who count, not the mere potential of the embryo.
Being a parent is a profound responsibility — financial, psychological, moral — across decades. Raising a child demands time, effort, thought and money. It's a full-time job for the first three years, consuming thousands of hours after that — as caretaker, supervisor, educator and mentor. To a woman who does not want it, this is a death sentence.
The anti-abortionists' attitude, however, is: "The actual life of the parents be damned! Give up your life, liberty, property and the pursuit of your own happiness." Sentencing a woman to sacrifice her life to an embryo is not upholding the "right to life." The anti-abortionists' claim to being "pro-life" is a classic Big Lie. You cannot be in favor of life and yet demand the sacrifice of an actual, living individual to a clump of tissue. Anti-abortionists are not lovers of life — lovers of tissue, maybe. But their stand marks them as haters of real human beings.