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Live Free & Trap Top Ten Year in Review
Bust out the party hats and pour yourself a firm dram of high-end scotch - its officially the last day of 2017! While my 2017-18 trapping season is carrying on, I figured it would be nice to compile some of my favorite highlights and moments of 2017. All things considered, it was a great year for the website and my trapping advocacy outreach - something you can bet your Northeast frozen behind I'll continue to viciously fight for in 2018. So give the skinning knife a rest, and refresh your set with these top ten best moments for Furbearer Conservation in 2017:
#1: Sportsmen's Alliance and Truth About Fur team up!
January started off strong with modern trapping advocacy seeing an eclipse of support with two great organizations. The United States' Sportsmen's Alliance and Canada's Truth About Fur are two of the biggest social media presences when it comes to online trapping advocacy, so I was tickled to see Truth About Fur's educational fur trapping trade history video appear on the pages of the Sportsmen's Alliance's website. While not overly earth shattering; I hope this is just a taste of what's to come from the resources these two groups could pool by working together. Both these groups have been immensely supportive of myself, FurbearerConservation.com, and my efforts to advance furbearer management and trapping advocacy. Sportsman's Alliance has also teamed up with pro-trapping organizations like Fur Takers of America recently, which continues to advance the activities and validity of trapping in the broader online hunting market. If there was a Fantasy Football league for trapping - both these groups would be my A players!
#2: The Gov'nah's Trapper Ed'
In February, I had the honor of briefly talking trapping with New Hampshire's newly elected Governor, Chris Sununu. The governor of any state is typically a busy individual, so the fact that I was able to bend the ear of NH's governor, even for a moment at an agricultural expo, is a win in my book!
#3: Don't Be So Hard On The Beev!
This was friggin' awesome. In April, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by the team of NH Public Radio's Outside/In for their story on beaver trapping and management. It was truly satisfying to bring the team from NHPR out on my February beaver trapline; and even though the trap checks all came up empty, host Sam, and tech crew members Molly and Logan mic'ed me up and spent the afternoon talking trapping in the wilderness. They even sampled some of my fresh beaver jerky! A truly refreshing experience with some folks who hopefully have new insight into the activity of regulated trapping, and why many licensed trappers do what they do in the 21st century.
Now I know what you're thinking, and I'd be the first to admit that the majority of NPR's audience probably doesn't hold too much of the hunting and trapping class in America. But its important to remember that one important aspect of journalism is to present new and fresh ideas to your audience - which is exactly what this story did. My commentary was mixed in with that of fellow local trapper Carol Leonard, and NH state furbearer biologist Pat Tate - facts and commentary that rumor has it didn't sit well with the anti-trapping crowd.
After the airing of the story, there were a few "beaver-eccentrics" who took to the comment section of the podcast to shame NHPR, question their journalism, attempt to demean the credibility of the show's host, and of course attacked Carol, the female trapper who was interviewed. You know you're doing something right when you have critics - and I have to say that this managed to show the typical character of who wildlife management pro's are up against. When the facts don't jive with an agenda, I guess you can just substitute your own and attack credibility - even when it comes from a neutral playing field such as NHPR. The comment section under the posting of the online story rests my case. Facts and information won this round in my humble opinion.
#4: The New Hampshire Dumpster Cat
New Hampshire wildlife management officials attempted to enact a limited bobcat hunting and trapping season in 2015/16. The proposal was met with national attention, criticism from anti-hunting groups, and was subsequently withdrawn due to pressure from political pressure. Outdoor enthusiasts from all areas of the management world warned of growing issues with bobcats predicted to plague the Granite State as a result - and June 2017 was no exception. Elsie Dabrowski was working in her garden when she was attacked by a rabid bobcat. The 80 year-old Dabrowski required 60 stitches as a result. This attack came on the heels of a flood of local media reports on the influx in bobcat interactions and issues. To add insult to injury, Mrs. Dabrowski was also attacked by some who accused her of "staging" the attack because her son was a trapper. This rough attempt to discredit an innocent 80 year old woman provoked me to write Rise of the Dumpster Cats - which comments on the four-year bobcat season debate in New Hampshire and the side effects of turning a blind eye to science and wildlife management. The article went viral, and still resides as one of my most shared, read, and top grossing articles in both New Hampshire and internationally. It also prompted the social media hashtag #NHDumpsterCat
#5: John Stossel: Exposing HSUS and Faux-Conservation
The Humane Society of the United States, along with their long list of partners are on my "naughty list" for a myriad of reasons. In July, journalist John Stossel reports on one very important aspect of the HSUS and preservationist agenda. These groups tend to advocate for animal welfare whilst soliciting and campaigning for donation funding, however, as the video below points out, their agenda is far from animal welfare and more in tune with extremism. How can we expect these groups to be supportive of conservation and wildlife management, when they won't even support the selling of fake animal parts to reduce the poaching and exploitation of the actual animal itself. I'm over here shaking my damn head - as usual with these hacks.
#6: Live Free Facelift
Also in July, the website received a much needed facelift and redesign. The new website server is more modern, easier to maintain, and adds a slicker look. I also managed to add additional sections and resources including studies, references, and a few other odds and ends. I'm anticipating some even bigger advancements in 2018 - including more resources and maybe even a Furbearer Conservation store! Stay tuned!
#7: Truth About Fur - Revisited
Canadian fur trapping advocacy website Truth About Fur has become an online force to be reckoned with in regards to separating fact from sensationalism. I've had the pleasure of writing articles for them in the past, including Champion of Wild Resources, and had some of my well known articles shared on their site, including Sportsmen Must Unite. August saw the F.C. brand (formerly Live Free And Trap) reunite with TAF for the sharing of my most popular article to date, Trappers: Conservation's Black Sheep or Unsung Heroes. Trappers internationally are very lucky to have these folks in their corner, and I expect the fun with TAF to continue in 2018.
#8: Trapper of the Year Award
Also in August, I was humbled, and very proud to be awarded the prestigious "Trapper of the Year" award from the New Hampshire Trappers Association. The trappers of NH have a rich history of advocating for healthy wildlife populations and sustainable use of our natural resources. I'd like to thank the Association for their continued support and advocacy.
#9: Fur Trapping and Isotopes
One of the biggest aspects of my advocacy for modern trapping revolves around the scientific benefit trapping provides the natural world today. There's many, many different aspects of these examples, and the general non-trapping public very rarely gets to see this side of fur trapping. Just as my trapping season started ramping up in November, I was contacted by local independent biologists to assist with a need for hair samples to study isotope characteristics in different furbearer species. Whom better to acquire hair samples from beaver, raccoon, fox and others than a licensed trapper right? I snapped a picture of some of the samples I was sending out, just before they hit the mailbox, in an attempt to document an aspect of modern trapping that is grossly overlooked. The image below made the rounds on social media platforms and was well received by trappers and biologists internationally. Around this same time, the trappers of New Hampshire were called upon to assist with biological studies on Fisher tissue, by turning in unused portions of carcasses for disease research. No matter what some folks want to say about us, our trapping activities are scientifically validated.
#10: The Strutzone NWTF All Access
By far my favorite event of 2017 was sitting down with Fred Bird of the National Wild Turkey Federation and talking trapping. I was a featured guest on Fred's NWTF podcast, and had the opportunity to dissect the in's and out's of modern trapping and our uphill battles with the anti-hunting movement. Our chat on the Turkey Federation's podcast is a direct example of different sportsmen's groups coming together and embracing each other as mutual stewards to the land and conservation. You can listen to the full podcast below - I encourage you to give it a listen. It speaks for itself!
Bonus Round: Animal Rights & Legislation Roundup
2017 saw some funky anti-hunting activity - and there's no way I could cover it all here; but some of the highlights from these kooky kids includes protesting Canadian Mounties for wearing muskrat fur, demanding video game characters stop wearing fur, and groups like The Humane Society demanding pet shelters feed dogs an all-vegan diet.
Here in New Hampshire, we saw the anti-trapping Beaver Protection Bill introduced (which was killed, and has since returned for the 2018 legislative session), Senate Bill 48 which sought to dismantle the management of our Fish & Game Department, and several HSUS-driven bills. Nationally, we saw HR-1438, which has been introduced by Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY), and an attack on the USFWS CITES program on exports of bobcat and otter skins, via a lawsuit by extremist groups. We continue to monitor this legislation, and prepare for expected future attacks on conservation, management, our culture, and our way of life.
Happy New Year Conservationists!
I wish you all a happy and healthy 2018. Happy Trappin' baby!


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Clenbuterol is a β-2 agonist which nowadays is generally used for treating people with severe breathing disorders like asthma. Apart from being used as a decongestant or a bronchodilator, clenbuterol finds its usage in the field of weight loss programs as it is an excellent fat burner and increases the bodybuilding cycle of bulking up muscles.
Mode of action:
Clenbuterol is the ultimate weight cutting supplement that can be easily availed because it is a cost effective product. The clen cycle runs in different ways posing different impacts on the male and female body. This variety is mainly due to the different genetic makeup. In order to avoid tolerance to clenbuterol, the cycle should kick in with a low dosage and then gradually increase. Everyone wants to look good, thin and attractive at a low investment with quicker results. This is a major drawback for any other similar weight loss supplements giving the equivalent benefits like ephedrine because it costs more than clenbuterol. Overpowering the effects of ephedrine, clenbuterol burns fat 100 times faster, almost losing up to 10 pounds in 2 weeks due to its thermogenic mode of action.
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I'm Mark Quire, a UK-based graphic artist. I offer high quality graphic art and design at excellent rates. Much of the work shown here is for the games or fiction publishing industries, but I work for clients that value professional creative input across all industries, for organisations of any size, from individuals to corporations.
Check out the samples below. Please Contact Me for project costings or with any other queries.
Click on any image to enlarge.
11th July 2013 - DEMONIUM - Logo
Re-worked logo for Tesseract Engine's forthcoming RPG.
9th July 2013 - MIPSTERS - Characters & Logo
It was great fun working with Sam Ladak of Piney Games on some art for their first iOS game, Mipsters.
8th July 2013 - VOID OF DARKNESS - Logo & Promo Video
I designed the new logo for Tropical Games' forthcoming science ficiton sandbox game, Void of Darkness, and used it in this video.
Still of the logo from the vid:
23rd May 2013 - VOID OF DARKNESS - Top-down Spaceship
Protoype spaceship for Tropical Games' forthcoming space game inspired by 'Starflight' and 'Distant Worlds', Void of Darkness.
Click here for a bigger version.
18th May 2013 - JEWEL BASH PINBALL - Promo Banners
Promo banners at three different sizes for Wraith Software's Android game Jewel Bash Pinball.
16th May 2013 - QUIZUS - Logo, UI, App Icons
Logo and UI for a mobile game from a developer in Australia.
6th May 2013 - Tango - Animated Sprite
Character for endless platformer WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot.
6th May 2013 - Squirrel - Animated Sprite
Character for a mobile game for a developer based in Boston MA.
1st May 2013 - HALICIAD - Logo
Logo for science-fiction property Haliciad.
30th April 2013 - Logo Symbol
A work-in-progress treatment of a design route for a game logo symbol.
20th April 2013 - SF-themed UI
A science-fiction themed UI set for the inimitable John Avery at JNA Mobile in Australia. It featured twenty separate elements, including: Background; Button; Alternate Button; Checkbox; Radiobox;Stat Box;Small Stat Box; Item frame; Scroll Bar; Progress Bar; Main Window; Compact Window etc.
Please do note that all of the art (save for the background) is placeholder work of mine, not pieces that JNA will use. That includes the logo below for the totally fictitious game HALICIAD. :)
1st March 2013 - Alien HACK! - Logo, UI, Backgrounds, and Characters
A second re-skin for one of Deep Blue Apps' templates, for a client in Florida.
29th January 2013 - Dwarven Fury - Logo, UI, Backgrounds, and Characters
A re-skin for one of Deep Blue Apps' templates, for a client in Florida.
28th January 2013 - Zombie - Character & Animation
Drawn and animated for Paul Mcrae Lind's forthcoming mobile game Paul Livingston vs The Living Dead. The character was supplied as individual frames, and I've taken him here and popped him into a simple Flash scene so you can see him in action.
18th January 2013 - Tank - Low poly 3d
Semi-futuristic tank. Re-modelled in Silo, UVed in Silo. Ambient Occlusion from Maya. Textures in Photoshop. Rendered in Maya, textures shown here 2048x2048. 2600 triangles.
8th January 2013 - Gridlock Empire - Logo, Promo, Menu and Character Graphics
Towards the end of 2012, I had the great pleasure of working with Dave Hull on his game Gridlock Empire. Dave is a man of great wit, intellect, and talent, and his game is shaping up to be a classic. Get hold of the beta for Android while it's free!
24th September 2012 - Beach Break Surfers - 2d Character & Item Design
Paul Mcrae Lind commissioned me to create a bunch of items and characters for his forthcoming mobile game, Beach Break Surfers.
12th July 2012 - Viral Dawn - Logo and game UI
I worked with Brand N Games on their forthcoming survival horror game, Viral Dawn.
6th June 2012 - Oingie Boingie - Logo
Logo for Tesseract Engine's forthcoming iOS and Android game, Oingie Boingie:
23rd April 2012 - Nightfall - Logo
Logo for Alderac Entertaiment's excellent Card and iOS game, Nightfall:
23rd April 2012 - Robots! - 3d Game Graphics
A series of four battle robots, and the arena they fight in,in lo-poly 3d for a forthcoming iOS game. Designed from scratch. Modelled in Silo, UV mapped in Modo, textures in Photoshop:
23rd April 2012 - HELL - Cover Art
Cover Art for US horror writer John Prescott's novel, Hell:
16th March 2010 - Terrorist Zombies - iPhone Game UI & Branding
At the start of the year I worked with Champion Software on their new iPhone 'survival range' game, Terrorist Zombies. I designed the Logo, Title Screen, and all the UI elements:
Champion Software have released a video preview.
16th March 2010 - Cubicle 7 - Logos!
I've had the great pleasure of working with the team at Cubicle 7. They commissioned me to do several logos:
13th October 2009 - DARK AGE Zeme - Logo
Logo for Tesseract Engine's new series of games and books:
13th October 2009 - Galaxy Pirates - Logo
My friends over at Evil Robot Games commissioned a new logo for their forthcoming game:
22nd September 2009 - The Tomb of Baroch - Cartography
This is volume three in Tesseract Engine's Strange Cartography series. It's a whopping great big 32 inch-wide and 30 inch-high 1"-squared map of a tomb, designed for use in games that require such things for miniatures battles.
This is the first map that I've done most of in 3d. There's some Photoshop work in there, post-pro (mysterious bloodstains and other miscellaneous stains and splatters), but the basic tomb (and its sparse contents!) were modelled in Silo and textured and rendered in Modo. The fun part of that is you can take pics of it from different views (hence the isometric view below) and even get right into the tombs (hence the picture of Baroch's tomb right at the end).
Finally, then, a bit of fun. The models aren't designed to stand up to such close scrutiny, but here's a close-up of Baroch's grave, replete with statue of his favourite hunting dog.
2nd August 2009 - Strange Cartography - Logo
14th May 2009 - Spellbound Kingdoms - Website
Frank Brunner has made some considerable headway on the Spellbound Kingdoms site content, so it's time to show it off:
I designed and developed the site, and now the client manages the content himself. Care was taken to keep the code as clear and clean as possible, heavily commented to let the client know how the HTML works.
Click Here to visit the site.
20th April 2009 - Spellbound Kingdoms - Logo
Frank Brunner commissioned a new logo and website for his Spellbound Kingdoms RPG. The website is still in development, but for now...here's the logo:
3rd February 2009 - Golden Age of Steam - Logos
Evil Robot Games commissioned me to create a single colour and full-colour treatment of the logo for their forthcoming Golden Age of Steam game..
29th January 2009 - Sixtystone Press - Logos
Adam Crossingham contacted me to design a logo for his publishing company Sixtystone Press. We needed a one-colour (black-and-white) version and a full-colour version too. Both are shown below.
27th November 2008 - The Cynosure Accord RPG - Logo
Full-colour logo for Tesseract Engine's forthcoming The Cynosure Accord RPG.


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Aetna's outreach to tackle antibiotic resistant bacteria
Continuing its provider outreach initiative, Aetna sent more than 1,100 letters to clinicians in the United States, who prescribed antibiotics to treat an acute bronchitis diagnosis.
Color shows average fail rate per state. Number (on state) shows count of providers within the state. The data is filtered on three criteria: provider must be a key specialty, provider must have at least five members and the state must have at least five providers.
After analyzing claims data from 2015 and working with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Aetna identified 1,115 clinicians who diagnosed five or more patients with acute bronchitis and prescribed antibiotics as treatment at least 50 percent of the time. CDC guidelines recommend against prescribing antibiotics to treat acute bronchitis because it's caused by a viral infection. Antibiotics are used to treat and prevent bacterial infections. The clinicians included family physicians, internists, nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
"Appropriate prescribing of antibiotics is imperative to preventing the emergence and spread of superbugs," said Harold L. Paz, M.D., M.S., executive vice president and Aetna's chief medical officer. "Reaching out and reminding doctors of evidence-based treatment practices for acute bronchitis will keep patients and families healthy in the long run."
Harold L. Paz, M.D., M.S., executive vice president and chief medical officer for Aetna, signs a letter sent to a clinician for over-prescribing antibiotics. | Eric Vo
The overuse of antibiotics is accelerating the creation and spread of resistant bacteria. Over 30 percent of antibiotic prescriptions written in an outpatient care setting in the U.S. from 2010 to 2011 were prescribed unnecessarily, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The 1,115 clinicians received a letter signed by Paz, which contained the CDC's guidance on "Avoidance of Antibiotic Prescribing for Acute Bronchitis."
In addition, Aetna sent 127 letters thanking clinicians who followed proper treatment guidelines and did not prescribe antibiotics to treat acute bronchitis for any of their patients.
The letters are a continuation of the "super-prescriber" initiative Aetna launched in 2016, on the premise that clinicians are data-driven and want to conform with evidence-based best practices. This program started with a campaign to battle the opioid epidemic. At that time, Aetna sent letters to over 1,000 doctors that were identified as prescribing opioids at a higher rate than their peers.
And in May 2017, the company sent letters to hundreds of dentists and oral surgeons, who were also identified as "super-prescribers" of opioids. Aetna continues to look for ways to use our data analytics capabilities to help clinicians serve their patients.


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December 13th, 2016
Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and a consortium of high-profile investors are backing a new $1 billion (£790 million) venture fund that will invest in clean energy technology.
It's called Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), and it has a broad focus. "Anything that leads to cheap, clean, reliable energy we're open-minded to," Gates told Quartz
Alongside the Microsoft-cofounder-turned-philanthropist and the Amazon CEO, there is an array of top investors and industry leaders backing it — including Virgin's Richard Branson, Bridgewater Associate's Ray Dalio, John Doerr from Kleiner Perkins, LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman, Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures, Alibaba exec chairman Jack Ma, Facebook cofounder-turned-investor Dustin Moskovitz, and Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son.
In short: There are some seriously big names behind it. Quartz suggests that, with the group's combined total wealth of $170 billion, it could be the "richest group of investors ever assembled."
It's dedicated to investing in green and clean energy technologies, to try and tackle the threat of climate change and move humanity onto renewable energy sources.
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Intersect oral action for health promotion and disease prevention: round bable
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الملخص1. The world health report 2002 sets forth several physical, social, economic, behavioural and organizational factors that influence people's health. These factors are usually known as the broad determinants of health. Inadequate income exposes people to unhealthy practices that contribute significantly to morbidity and mortality. Certain physical environments facilitate the transmission of diseases such as malaria, gastroenteritis and tuberculosis. Lifestyle-related behaviours such as unhealthy diet, inadequate physical activity, tobacco use, excessive alcohol consumption, substance abuse, and unsafe sex in the Region contribute to cardiovascular and lung diseases, mental disorders, cancer, diabetes, injuries and HIV/AIDS. 2. The broad determinants of health are complex and closely interrelated. In the Region, the most prevalent determinants are poverty, low literacy levels, unplanned urbanization, rapid economic changes, globalization and peer pressure. The nature of these factors necessitates comprehensive responses directed at the underlying causes. Unfortunately, health systems in the Region are designed primarily for the management of disease, rather than the promotion of health. 3. Health promotion provides opportunities for fostering health and preventing disease. It is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health.2 It is a means of increasing individual and collective participation in health action.3 Its implementation involves combining approaches like health education; communication for behaviour change; social mobilization; and information, education and communication.
Regional Committee for Africa, 56. (2011). Intersect oral action for health promotion and disease prevention: round bable. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/1850


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text: Solny presented some of her work from the Tyson prescribed fire experiment at the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center yesterday. She did a great job creating an overall story of what we're beginning to understand about tick population dynamics, behavior, bird-tick burden, and deer usage. And kudos to the undergraduate and high school fellows that contributed to the work: Hanna Peterman, Leslie Sterling, Aaron Heisey, Lexie Beckermann, and Delilah Sayer. Great job team!


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Edible Bankside
Edible Bankside is an environmental project started in 2010 to enable local residents to grow their own food close to home, in one of the most built-up, densely populated parts of London.
The programme was set up and run for a number of years by BOST staff and volunteers, involving residents on social housing estates in SE1 to build new gardens and raised beds. This initiative has now been handed over to the local residents who continue to grow their own food in the area on sites such as Redman Green, Tabard Estate, Sumner Street and Park Street.
As a result of Edible Bankside, a large network of 'Garden Guardians' has been created across SE1. These guardians seek to promote the initiative amongst their neighbours, with BOST providing support and guidance. With generous funding kindly provided by United St. Saviours, the Edible Bankside project moved forward into its second term, with gardening clubs and workshops held at 14 housing estates and other venues in SE1.


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Is there an album as such of TM remixes? I have the PIR set I'm talking about finding more if there are any.
Is there an album as such of TM remixes? I have the PIR set I'm talking about finding more if there are any.
Quite a few Paul, but they may be hard to track down now.
Tom Moulton 'A Tom Moulton Mix' 2CD on Soul Jazz Records is great, expecially Keep On Truckin' and Dreamworld
1. Al Downing - I'll Be Holding on
2. Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin
3. Grace Jones - La Vie En Rose
4. Isaac Hayes - Moonlight Loving
5. B.T. Express - Peace Pipe
6. Don Downing - Dream World
7. Camouflage - Youve Got the Power
8. Patti Jo - Make Me Believe in You
9. South Shore Commission - Free Man
10. Clara Lewis - Needing You
11. Detroit Emeralds - Feel the Need in Me
12. Orlando Riva Sound - Moonboots
13. The Lovers - Lip Service
14. MFSB - Love Is The Message
15. Andrea True Connection - More More More
16. Udell - Wont You
Philly Re-Grooved – The Tom Moulton Philly Groove Remixes Vol 1 on Harmless
1. We're On The Right Track - Ultra High Frequency (featuring Ben Aiken) - 6:36
2. Armed And Extremely Dangerous - First Choice - 6:34
3. I Told You So - The Delfonics - 5:44
4. This Is The House (Where Love Died) - First Choice - 6:41
5. Big Stone Wall (Around Your Heart) - Tapestry - 4:17
6. Let Us Entertain You - The Philly Groove Orchestra (featuring First Choice) - 7:00
7. Second Best (Is Never Enough) - Finishing Touch - 5:15
8. Gotta Get Away - First Choice - 7:44
9. Ruby Lee - Nat Turner (featuring Major Harris) - 4:43
10. Gonna Keep On Lovin' Him - First Choice - 4:34Bonus Tracks:
11. Don't Put Me Down - Finishing Touch - 9:09
12. Whatcha Gonna Do - Heaven 'n Hell - 9:49
Philly Regrooved 2 The Tom Moulton Remixes on Harmless
Incompatible - Ultra High Frequency & Ben Aiken
Smarty Pants - First Choice
Beware, She's Pulling My Strings - the Quickest Way Out a/k/a Flashlight
One Step Away - First Choice & Rochelle Fleming
Love At First Sight - Moment Of Truth
Who Am I - The Quickest Way Out
I'm So Hopelessly In Love With You - Moment Of Truth
Straight From The Heart - Loose Change
Put Yourself In My Place - TJM
Rising Cost Of Love - Loose Change
Actions Speaks Louder Than Words - Terry Collins
Philly Re-Grooved 3: The Tom Moulton Remixes on Harmless
Disc: 1
1. Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - The Spinners Tom Moulton Remix (6.37)
2. I'm Doing Fine Now - New York City Tom Moulton Remix (8.18)
3. Got To Get You Back - Sons Of Robin Stone Tom Moulton Remix (5.45)
4. Look Me Up - Blue Magic Tom Moulton Remix (10.24)
5. I Just Can't Say Goodbye - Philly Devotions Tom Moulton Remix (6.42)
6. Standing Right Here - Melba Moore Tom Moulton Remix (9.00)
7. When The Game Is Played On You - Bettye Swann Tom Moulton Remix (10.27)
8. I Can't Fight Your Love - The Modulations Tom Moulton Remix (8.28)
9. The Way You Love Me - Marc Evans Exclusive Tom Moulton Philly Re
Disc: 2
1. Be Thankful For What You've Got - William DeVaughn Tom Moulton Remix (9.19)
2. One Of A Kind (Love Affair) - The Spinners Tom Moulton Remix (5.49)
3. Quick, Fast In A Hurry - New York City Tom Moulton Remix (5.15)
4. Making Love Ain't No Fun (Without The One You Love) - The Ebonys Tom Moulton Remix (8.14)
5. Babe - Loose Change Tom Moulton Remix (8.06)
6. Jack In The Box - David Morris Jr. Tom Moulton Remix (7.39)
7. Kiss My Love Goodbye - Bettye Swann Tom Moulton Remix (8.17)
8. Hold Back The Night - The Trammps Tom Moulton Remix (6.29)
9. Soul Recession - Double Exposure Exclusive Tom Moulton Philly Remix
Hope that helps, there could well be some others that members can suggest.
The Disco Gold albums that Tom Moulton compiled and remixed for Scepter have been reissued on CD in their entirety (on "Hot Classics" in the US, and Volume I on Sequel in the UK) and as a highlights set (on BGP/Ace).
The 12" Gold Master Series are not all Moulton mixes but most tracks have a "restructured by Tom Moulton" credit.
UK Ace Records/BGP also released the Scepter Disco Gold compilation on CD and it's still available:
1 Make Me Believe In You - Patti Jo
2 I Love You, Yes I Do (Tom Moulton remix) - The Independents
3 Mud Wind - The South Side Movement
4 We're On The Right Track - Ultra High Frequency
5 Needing You - Clara Lewis
6 (Call Me Your) Anything Man - Bobby Moore
7 Ain't No Love Lost - Patti Jo
8 Wan Tu Wah Zuree - George Tindley
9 Waterbed - LTG Exchange
10 Arise And Shine (Let's Get It On) (Tom Moulton remix) - The Independents
11 Baby Save Me - Secrets
12 Pity The Poor Man - George Tindley
And the Philly International Classics Tom Moulton Remixes
I am not a fan of most remixes, but I love all of Tom Moulton's. Whenever he has a remix of a song that I like, I replace the original on my playlist with his remix.
Tom has not posted here in a while. Here's one of his remixes I like:
This is one of Tom's remixes I played a bit when released around 2002. It is a bit heavy handed with the percussion,but still a good extended remix of a classic:
Tom Moulton originally produced "La Vie En Rose" for Teresa Wiater but she wouldn't sign off on the track's release.
She had a minor dance hit with:
Once And For All (Special Disco Mix)
Can someone change Tom's name in the header?
I like this a lot. thanks for posting.
Is there a compilation of such remixes of Motown? By Tom Moulton? Not like the Motown Remixed CDs (where the songs are changed quite a bit) but more like the sets posted above.
There is no such compilation.
If ever there was one it should include the Love Hangover 17 minute remix by Tom.
Well, THERE SHOULD BE! YOU HEARING ME TOM MOULTON?
Would be awesome!
It is not up to Tom, but to Motown! Harry?


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Shop Local
The Shop Local committee educates the community on the importance of doing business locally to drive the local economy. "Shop Alexandria 1st" is a cooperative marketing campaign developed by the Chamber in conjunction with local businesses. Local businesses offer a wide array of unique goods and services; more importantly, the dollars spent locally rollover multiple times in the community and provide important jobs, benefits, philanthropic giving, and positive economic impact.
Do you ever think about where your money goes once you've spent it?
Dollars spent local help our local economy by circling back into our community. Money spent here STAYS here.
Video credit: Sidney Enninga, Matt Vogel and Grant Storm, Alexandria Area High School Business CAPS students.


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Women round neckline one piece swimsuit Phuket
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Take a trip to Phuket with the graphic print on the Feria women's swimsuit. This understated one-piece swimsuit with a round neck has seaming under the bust, double straps and removable padding. It can be worn on its own on the beach or with shorts for a stroll along the water's edge. The Vilebrequin Tour stops in Phuket on August 19th.
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Furniture Projects
Cherry Night Stand
This classic cherry cabinet is built with traditional joinery. It's an heirloom project that looks as good alongside a sofa as it does next to a bed.
Cherry Pedestal Desk
It's tough to top tradition, and that's certainly the case with this desk. This heirloom design gives a modern home office both style and function.
Cherry Sideboard
This classically styled cabinet is guaranteed to become the focal point of your dining room, or any other room in the home.
Chip-Carved Book Rack
Here's a small project with big appeal -- a great look, classic joinery, and a chance to learn a simple carving technique.
Chippendale Chest
If you're looking for a high-end project that will expand your skills, this is the one for you. It's guaranteed to be a treasured heirloom.
Classic Armoire
Taking a cue from the Scottish Arts & Crafts tradition, this classic armoire offers plenty of storage space inside. And you'll enjoy the challenge of building it.
Classic Bookcase
Whether you build one, two, or three, this bookcase will blend into any room. And it's as easy to construct as it is useful and beautiful.
Classic Cherry Bed
Solid wood and rock-solid joinery mean this bed is sure to become a family classic for generations to come.
Classic Cherry Step Stool
With its solid construction and practical design, this project is sure to be the most useful piece of furniture in the house.
Classic Corner Cabinet
Dress up any room with a classic corner cabinet for some handy storage and an attractive display space.
Classic Country Hutch
If your style leans toward the down-home, traditional look of country furniture, then this heirloom hutch is the perfect project.


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Rebel Vertex
Based in Porto Alegre, Brazil
Founding date:
April 23, 2016
Press / Business contact:
Porto Alegre, Brazil
+55 (051) 999447348
On Nebula Wander you are a planet navigating through a poetic universe. While you explore, collect resources mining asteroids, build your planet and discover new places. The one who wanders through nebulas must know that the universe isn't entirely peaceful, so you must remain aware. Survive building weapons and structures that can be used to defend and evolve your planet. Nebula Wander is an indie iOS premium game, launch set to the end of 2017.
HistoryJuliano Silveira
Juliano Silveira is a Technical Artist working on Aquiris Game Studio. Worked on Ballistic, Teen Titans Last Villain Standing and Super Star Soccer Goal. Juliano started Rebel Vertex as a side project to experiment with new visual ideas using game development techniques.Leo Perantoni
Leo Perantoni is a freelance sound designer. Worked on Satellite Rush and Holodrive. Effect pedal player on the side and lover of experimental music.Matheus Link
Matheus Link is an actor, rapper and poet, having worked prominently on the underground scene of Porto Alegre, Brazil.The Planet
Nebula Wander started as way to study new approaches on the technical side of game development art and it also became a way to explore artistic and abstract aesthetics. On gameplay side, the first prototype was meant to be a simple planet that you could build on top of it and manage constructions. It was through the process of sketching new ideas directly on the game engine that suddenly a giant turbine appeared on the planet. The flow of the planet felt like something really new. Once it started to wander, a totally different game presented itself.The Universe
It's not meant to be a precise portrait of the universe, but a reimagined version of it. The development is all based on artistic expression, so every aspect of the game is shaped to immerse the player on the game's atmosphere.
There are far more images available for Rebel Vertex, but these are the ones we felt would be most useful to you. If you have specific requests, please do contact us!
Logo & Icon
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Team & Repeating Collaborator
Juliano Silveira
Developer, Technical Artist
Leonardo Perantoni
Music and Sound Design
Matheus Goulart Link
presskit() by Rami Ismail (Vlambeer) - also thanks to these fine folks


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Ways to Reduce Laser Cutting Costs
Have you ever wondered how to save money on your industrial laser cutting projects? Would you rather save on the amount of scrap or the amount of time spent cutting? It is a difficult trade-off. What if you were able to save on both? We have come up with several time and scrap saving methods below to help you save money on your next laser cutting project. You will also find a few of the techniques we use at our fabrication shop that help save our customers money while utilizing our laser cutting services.
Start Small
Starting small is a great tip for beginners and is also useful for experienced designers looking to get a project laser cut for the first time. By starting out small, you can test out several of your ideas and material types and be confident before moving ahead to larger sheet sizes.
Following this tip will help keep material costs lower and comes in handy when you are trying out a material you haven't used before.
Avoid Double Lines
Avoid double lines when designing your CAD file. When objects are placed side-by-side, a double cutting line can occur if there is an overlap. This means during the production process, the laser will cut the same line twice -- which means you'll pay double the cost! To make sure this doesn't happen with your design, take a moment to go through and review it for any shared lines or overlaps.
Remember that with laser cutting, you pay for every move it makes. Don't pay twice!
Want to be sure your design has no shared lines or overlaps? Contact us and we will have an engineer review your design before it goes through to production.
Material Thickness and Type
How flexible are you with material type and thickness for your sheet metal project? These are questions you should ask yourself before going through with production. Different materials burn at different rates on a laser. Also, the thinner a material you use, the faster the laser will cut through it. Always remember you are paying for the time the laser spends running. Choosing the right material type or finding the optimal material thickness for your part can reduce laser cutting costs considerably.
Have questions regarding what material type or thickness you should choose for your next laser cut project? Contact us.
Keep The Details Simple
You already know that it is important to start small in the beginning of a project. But, keeping design details simple is an aspect that is sometimes overlooked. This means keeping to designs that will use as little laser time as possible.
So how do you go about designing your project as simple as possible? In short, it is always important to remember that the less time it takes to cut, the less it will cost. You pay for every movement a laser cutter makes; whether it is cutting, engraving or traveling between cuts. Small detailed shapes and forms take longer to trace out than larger ones. Circles take longer to cut out than straight lines. Items spread out or further apart take longer to cut than items placed close together. Keep the details of your project simple and you will save on costs.
How Dickmann Helps You Save Money On Laser Cutting
Keeping Pieces Close Together
When we group all the pieces of your design closer together it can really make a difference when it comes to laser cutting cost. Remember, you pay for every second the laser moves. Instead of having pieces of your design scattered around a piece of sheet metal, we group them together sort of like a jigsaw puzzle. Depending on your design, it may even be possible for us to have some of your pieces share a cutting line, which also helps reduce cost.
Nesting is a laser cutting technique that involves us positioning your parts to be cut in such a way that maximizes the use of your material. In most cases, it involves a common cutting line by arranging parts so they have a common edge. For example, say your project needs to have four squares cut out. Instead of making 16 individual cuts, (Cut 1) we can make 6 cuts (Cut 2) and reduce the number of cuts by more than 60%. Common-line nesting can work especially well for applications with straight-line cuts.
When nesting is determined to be an effective cutting technique for a particular design, it is huge time and material saver. Our experienced design engineers make sure all cutting lines are setup correctly and are certain to avoid double lines when using this cutting technique. By the time your project is complete, you'll able to start a new one with all the money you have saved!
Lead-Ins and Lead-Outs
This laser cutting technique is used in our shop to ensure quality cuts and reduce scrap. To cut a lead-in, we start the cut slightly outside of the object and lead the laser head into the cutting line. The same technique can be applied to the end of a cut by using a lead-out cut. Although this technique slightly increases laser time, it ensures the laser is cutting the material BEFORE cutting the part you want to keep. As a result, we reduce the need to scrap material due to bad cuts.
We combine lead-in and lead-out cuts with effective nesting techniques to increase productivity and lower costs.
Tabbing (Bridging)
Tabbing or bridging is a laser cutting process we use that leaves parts minimally attached to the original sheet material as "tabs" or "bridges." Tabbing is an effective technique for reducing scrap, especially for smaller cut parts, as they tend to fall through the laser and are at risk to be mis-cut. It also a great time saver, especially for thin materials, because it keeps your parts attached to the metal skeleton so we don't need to pick up parts after cutting. And as you know by now, saving time is saving you money.
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LAS VEGAS — Scores of college students fanned out in neighborhoods across this city Wednesday, phone banks buzzed with newly minted volunteers and endorsements were proffered as the Democratic presidential candidates ratcheted up the volume in this once-quiet caucus state.
Next in line on the Democratic calendar, Nevada was vaulted overnight into the position of tie-breaker after the victory of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday. The campaigns of both Mrs. Clinton and Senator Barack Obama, who won the Iowa caucuses last week, seemed poised for a sanguinary struggle in the Jan. 19 caucus, and Mr. Obama was scheduled to arrive here on Friday.
The Clinton and Obama camps rushed in volunteers and staff members from Iowa, furiously opened new field offices and saturated the airwaves with radio advertisements in Spanish and television spots touting their health care plans.
For Mrs. Clinton, efforts on her behalf in Nevada intensified last week after her third place finish in Iowa. Campaign staff members here impressed upon volunteers that they were direly needed. With her victory in New Hampshire, Mrs. Clinton, who long ago collected the institutional support of her party here — and until recently enjoyed a double digit lead in the polls — is now seeking to build on her newfound momentum.
"We always knew Nevada would be important as the first western state," said Hilarie Grey, a spokeswoman for Mrs. Clinton here. "We can be the state that swings the momentum in an entirely different way."Continue reading the main story
Mr. Obama won an endorsement Wednesday morning from the highly influential culinary workers union here raucous news conference here in Las Vegas where over 100 members began chanting and yelling at what quickly became an Obama rally for all purposes.
After praising the other Democrats for fighting for "the Las Vegas dream," D. Taylor, the secretary and treasurer of the union and its public face, gave the nod to Senator Obama. "He is one of us," he said. "He was an organizer. We organize workers, he organized workers and families," he said, before announcing Mr. Obama's name to screams and foot stomps. "It's been a very difficult decision," Mr. Taylor said.
Mr. Taylor celebrated something that Nevada residents have enjoyed for months, candidates who actually show up in the state. "It's been exciting," he said. "For the first time I know of in Nevada, dishwashers, cooks, house keepers, cocktail servers, bartenders from all different walks of life," had access to candidates, he said.
The union is extremely influential in the Democratic stronghold of Clark County and hopes to play a major role in the race, where Mrs. Clinton has had the edge for months. Alluding to Nevada's racial diversity, vis a vis the earlier states, Mr. Taylor joked, "We're not just white bread here, we got pumpernickel, we've got whole wheat and we've got rye."
That union had been leaning toward John Edwards, the former senator from North Carolina, who finished a distant third in New Hampshire. While the influence of the endorsement may be diluted by its fairly late timing, it is still a highly coveted one for Mr. Obama.
Mr. Obama, long the underdog here, is also counting on a highly organized cadre of enthusiastic supporters — he has nearly double the number of field offices of any other candidate — to edge him toward another victory.
In North Las Vegas Wednesday an Obama field office was buzzing with activities and people came in from the streets looking for yard signs and T-shirts. ("Tell Mama Vote Obama" remained on the wall, and there was not a sign for the taking.)
"Senator Obama has invested heavily into this state," said Shannon Gilson, a spokeswoman for his campaign here. "We aren't taking anything for granted here."
Roughly 160 people threw house parties to watch the New Hampshire returns with Obama supporters Tuesday night.
Mrs. Clinton's campaign, perhaps trying to distract from the powerful union endorsement, made much hay Wednesday morning of the its own endorsement by Representative Shelley Berkley, whose Congressional district encompasses Las Vegas.
In moving into Nevada, Mr. Obama, of Illinois, and Mrs. Clinton, of New York, have ventured into areas that have traditionally shunned Democrats, like Elko in the north. Statewide, Mr. Obama has 11 offices total, Mrs. Clinton has six, including two she opened since the New Year here in the Democratic stronghold of Las Vegas.
The efforts are boisterous extensions of what the Clinton and Obama campaigns have been quietly building as the rest of the nation has kept its eyes firmly on Iowa and New Hampshire.
Nevada, chosen by the Democratic Party to host an early contest long before myriad states decided to move their primaries to Feb. 5, has been largely overshadowed by Iowa, New Hampshire, and to a lesser degree, the contest in South Carolina.
But Democrats, and the Clinton and Obama campaigns in particular, have maintained a steady presence in the state, which is viewed as both a racial and geographic shift from Iowa and New Hampshire, and a possible harbinger for what is to come in the West.
(Republicans have also have a caucus here on Jan. 19, but it is nonbinding and has been largely ignored by all but Mitt Romney and Ron Paul.)
In Nevada candidates will find a far more racially diverse crowd than in New Hampshire and Iowa, and a bustling, booming state with a population far more concerned with infrastructure and traffic than farm subsidies and family values, and one bedeviled by some of the highest foreclosure rates in the nation.
Health care, the theme of Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton's ads, is the issue of the day here, along with the Iraq war. Mr. Edwards, who pulled workers out of the state early in the campaign, has had a harder time getting traction, even with the support of the leadership of the culinary union, who were ultimately redirected by members to choosing Mr. Obama.
"There are no real social services here," said David Damore, a political scientist at the University of Nevada. "So to come here and tell people they need to care about the poor is not a winning strategy."
In the last few weeks, Mr. Obama's campaign has tripled its advertising purchase in the last week, and advertisements featuring the senator talking about his mother, who died of cancer, and Mrs. Clinton, touting her health care plan, could be seen several times during the nightly news here. Mrs. Clinton's team has long said she needs at least one in three of her supporters to show up and caucus to bring her victory.
A focus on local issues may be overstated as a strategy, but there is some evidence that it is already happening. Mrs. Clinton, for example, has tacked her opposition to a Yucca mountain nuclear waste site on her health care ad; Yucca mountain is the ethanol of Nevada.
Volunteers have been clocking phone banks for multiple shifts a day, canvassing neighborhoods to ferret out not only potential voters, but also to educate people here on how a caucus even works. While only about 9,000 people participated in the 2004 caucus, the state Democratic Party is bracing for far higher numbers, and has had to train scores of precinct captains in the fine art of caucusing.
There remains significant confusion in this state, which has historically low turn out to both primary and caucus races. In 2004, Clark County — which includes Las Vegas — had essentially one big caucus on a football field, which turned into a quasi-rally for Senator John Kerry, the Democratic nominee that year.
"Some people have said, 'Oh a caucus is like a rally and the candidate with the most cheers wins,' " Ms. Grey of the Clinton campaign said. "And they are very sincere about it. Before it had really only been the hard-core Democratic activists who participated."
The Democrats are heavily concentrated in Clark County, with much of the rest of the state a Republican stronghold. However in recent months Democratic voter registration has ticked past that of Republicans, and Nevada is a genuine swing state.
"The political dynamic is closer to New Hampshire than Iowa," Mr. Damore said. "It is a place that is in transition from old West libertarian small state mind set to 'Hey we are a major player,' with gaming and politics. The Democrats have made the interior West the place to win, and this is a winnable state."
Volunteers appear tireless. On Tuesday, Olivia Brice, a volunteer for the Clinton campaign here, stared intently at Eric Smith as if Ms. Brice could hypnotize him into ceasing his tirade against her candidate.
"I have nothing against her except for her last name," said Mr. Smith, an unemployed casino worker, as he lectured Ms. Brice, one of scores of college students and other campaign volunteers who have poured into Nevada in recent weeks, giving up holidays with family to campaign.
"I just hear everybody going with Barack," said another older woman, a potential Clinton supporter who crouched nervously hiding behind her half-opened front door. "That's not true Vivian," said Ms. Brice. "The only thing that matters is what is happening here in Nevada."Continue reading the main story


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Shanghai may be a melting pot of cultures and cuisines – from within (countless provinces within the country, each with their own style of cooking) and without. You'd be surprised to learn that the Chinese city is even more cosmopolitan than our little red dot, Singapore – that was my takeaway from my short trip there. What makes the city different from Singapore is its relatively strong heritage and influence that still permeates the streets, the people and the cuisine.
In Shanghai, you'll find yourself spoilt for choice food wise but you cannot miss tasting Shanghainese cuisine. A good option that was recommended to us was 蝶园, which literally translates to Butterfly Garden. This theme of butterflies is carried through the interior of the restaurant with the trio of us being greeted by this ornate panel upon arrival.
If you're under the impression or have heard horror stories of Chinese food being overtly oily or spicy, let me assure you, that is not what Shanghainese cuisine is. My best guess? Those dishes are likely from the Szechuan province where most of the food is 麻辣 which literally leaves your tongue numb and stinging from the heat/ spice.
What is Shanghainese cuisine you ask? So I've learnt, Shanghai does not have a definitive cuisine of its own. Rather, it modifies the cuisines from the surrounding provinces (mostly from Jiangsu and Zhejiang coastal provinces). What epitomizes Shanghai cuisine is the use of common ingredients – alcohol and sugar. The most common complains of the cuisine is a result of the overhanded use of the ingredients mentioned – the food is too sweet, there is too much rice wine or its too oily.
The key to an enjoyable Shanghainese meal is balance. A careful balance of flavors will ensure that the dish is not overwhelmingly sweet, reeking of alcohol or drenched in saturated fat. And 蝶园, Butterfly Garden, has perfected that balance.
A stone's throw away from Xintiandi (a popular expat area), 蝶园 serves up 100% Shanghainese fare that will leave you craving to for more. Or at the very least, to try every item on its extensive menu. If you're bad in mandarin, like me, do request for the English menu as you page through item after item of authentic Shanghai classics.
Our host recommended his top picks that includes a selection of cold dishes/ starters. Missed out on the names for several of the dishes, pardon me there.
This particular cold dish this is a mixture of familiar items in Chinese cuisine such as black fungus, beans, beancurd skin and innards of sorts. As mentioned earlier, unique to Shanghainese cuisine, the dish is sweetened and lends for a different rendition of regular Chinese cold starters.
The next dish, a specialty of the restaurant and a Shanghainese staple is cured pomfret that had a lightly salted yet sweetened flavor with a firm consistency in the flesh of the fish. I'm typically used to consuming freshly steamed pomfret and was pretty hesitant to taste this dish for fear of an overpowering fishy flavor but i must say i was pleasantly surprised.
The main dishes rolled in and a standout for me was the hong shao rou [braised pork belly in soy sauce]. At this juncture i have to declare that i'm a pretty conservative eater in that i don't eat sweet meats – the notion is almost an alien concept that my tongue and mind cannot reconcile and accept. Needless to say, i was skeptical but willing to give it a whirl and boy did it take my mind by storm. The pork belly was fatty but not greasy, the texture firm yet tender without disintegrating on bite. The flavor, it blew my mind away. The soy sauce was in perfect harmony with the sugar, forming a tantalizing caramelised coat on each slice of pork belly.
To balance out the strong flavors of this dish, our host ordered light yet full-bodied accompanying dishes to complement and balance out the assault on our tastebuds. They included a dou si [finely sliced toufu slow cooked in stock with dried baby scallops] and stir-fied dou miao.
These dishes were accompanied as with Chinese tradition – a bowl of white rice for a well-rounded diet.
Completing the meal with dessert, we bring in an other key ingredient of Shanghainese cuisine – rice wine. The dish, 酒酿圆子 [glutinous rice dumpling in fermented rice wine] kinda felt like a Fear Factor type dish for me. After all, who wants to have fermented food? I didn't take to it too kindly and i would say that it is an acquired taste but it was an interesting experience to say the least. The flavor was complex, sour because of the fermentation of the rice wine, sweetened with wolfberries and likely sugar, with whole grains of rice that leaves a pop in your mouth when you press against it and a chewy dumpling that is almost tasteless.
I left the restaurant with a new found taste of Chinese cuisine and a crave for sweet meats. Only this one though. Bakkwa, lap cheong and char siu still does not make the cut for me.
Dieyuan Restaurant, Taicang Road Branch
70 Taicang Road (near Songshan Road), Shanghai, China 上海市卢湾区太仓路70号(近嵩山路)
Reservations: +86 21 5383 733
Operating hours: 10:30 – 23:00
Budget: ¥ 80-100
Public transport: Metro Line 1 (South Huangpi Road),Line 10 (Xintiandi); Bus Lines: 109, 146/ 谈水路(地铁13号线 规划中) (373 m W) 地铁13号线(规划中)


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Oftentimes we tend to forget that it isn't only the person with the illness (cancer) that suffers. The family suffers too.
We (my family) found out my mother had cancer when I was in the sixth form of high school and by then it was already at stage four.
Those were the worst days of my life. I would never willingly go back to that place.
One evening I got home at about 7 and nobody was home. That was strange because she was a teacher. Teachers get home by five. My neighbor came by at 7-something and told me mommy was in the hospital and I needed to go stay with my grandmother and from then things just started getting out of control.
That following Sunday we went to the Chest Hospital to pay her a visit where we learned that one of her lungs was completely filled with water and was completely useless. Cancer wasn't confirmed then, but we already knew.
She came home in less than a week and that's when the work began. We made trips to Ripon Road in Kingston every Friday for Chemotherapy sessions. Chemo (the session)was fine but as soon as we got to about Harbor View she had to vomit. That on top of many other side effects would continue for the next three to four days. So here's the math. She would travel to Kingston on Friday. That's a minimum of four hours driving. then she would spend the majority of that day receiving chemo treatments. Then from Friday until about Tuesday the side effects would kick in. That means she got two days to rest. Two days to prepare her mind as well as her body to vomit for another five days.
It was extremely difficult to watch my mother go through all of that. I watched the most powerful woman I knew (next to Margaret Thatcher) become someone I could barely recognize. I watched a hundred and seventy pounds become seventy pounds. Flesh and fat became skin and bones. I remember one morning early I had to travel to Hope Road to purchase an Egg Crate so she wouldn't get bed sores.
I watched her lose all her hair. At first I didn't even realize she would lose ALL her hair. She lost her eyebrows, her eyelashes. Every strand of hair fell from her body. I watched the penmanship of a teacher become hieroglyphics like those on the walls of pyramids.
Through it all though, she was all about god. She honestly believed he was putting her through that to make her stronger in him. And so I started believing too. I prayed profusely. I oozed prayers like a fresh stab wound. I was her little trooper. Supporting her every decision. We Stopped using the microwave, started eating cous cous instead of rice, started making smoothies and I was making crazy trips to the health food stores all over Kingston. Fasting became the norm in the house.
Because Mommy had to get better.
She didn't get better though. She got worse.
On May 27, 2012, after many rushes to the hospital she was rushed for the last time and was admitted.
One day short of a week since she had been in, I woke up early, made her a smootie for breakfast and was on my way to be in time for the 6:30 visit.
I ended up traveling back home with that breakfast and things i didn't even take there.
I knew she was dead but I refused to believe it. I just thought it was impossible for someone like her to die.
I didn't cry. I didn't scream and I didn't jump on her to shake the life back in.
I sat by her bedside. I held her hand and I told her I would be OK.
To this day, it feels like she is somewhere in Ochi at a beautiful hotel and a conference for teachers and I keep telling myself she will be back soon.
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It's been said, with regards to the obscure monkey mayhem movie Link, that the only people who remember the movie are Jerry Goldsmith fans. It's fair to say that the only people to remember 2006's Annapolis may be Brian Tyler fans. It was the first Hollywood studio film to be directed by Justin Lin, who would later skyrocket to international fame by taking over the then-moribund Fast and Furious series and leading it to four more films and record box office numbers, and its creaky tale mixing boxing and military cadets was a minor flop upon release.
In fact, one could say that the most notable thing about Annapolis is that it introduced up-and-coming film composer Brian Tyler to Lin; their collaboration would continue thereafter into the much more successful Fast and Furious films. Annapolis came at a fruitful time for the composer, when he was mixing lower-key films with would-be blockbusters on his resume, and there are definite echoes of the big-ticket style he would later display in scores like Iron Man 3 in the music for Annapolis.
The music is eclectic, with noble military music, intense Goldsmithian action, quirky orchestral passages, and even some hard-edged contemporary tones. It would be easy for a score to lose focus with such variety, but Tyler is able to consistently blend the disparate genres into cohesiveness thanks to a pair of very strong themes. A more serious theme, not unlike what James Horner produced for military films, is prominent in many places beginning with the film's main titles, while a more upbeat theme is referenced frequently as well; Tyler occasionally joins the two, letting them flow smoothly into one another, and his loyalty to his themes across various musical genres is impressive.
It's hard not to see the score's influences worn on its sleeve: the contemporary music is clearly inspired by An Officer and a Gentleman and Top Gun, with shades of Glory and In Country for the somber militaria and the occasional (albeit fully orchestral) training montage sound from Rocky. Tyler is best able to break away from these influences in his action music, which inventively uses his themes both as melody and counterpoint: "The Brigades/Showdown" is the easy highlight because of this fierce and smart sound–again, not unlike what Tyler would conjure up for later movies.
In the end, Annapolis is a diverse score with excellent thematics to glue it together, and despite the obviousness of what Lin must have played for Tyler as inspiration, the music works well as an album. The film may be forgettable and forgotten, but the album is a forgotten gem in Tyler's mid to early career discography. Perhaps due to Annapolis's failure at the box office, it was one of the discs in Varése Sarabande's "Family Dollar Housecleaning" and can often be found remaindered at that discount store chain for $3 to $4. Anyone looking for an introduction to Tyler, investigating the seeds of some of his later success, or simply enjoying a diverse and counterintuitively cohesive album will not be disappointed.


text: There is an old saying that goes, "men are from Mars and women are from Venus". While it may not be true that the sexes are from different planets, men and women seem to operate from two different realms of existence. Lacking the basic understanding of one another that helps us know what to look for in a life-long mate, we are inevitably doomed to encounter heart-break, frustration and often times end up in divorce court. On the next broadcast, Dr. Intimacy and special guest Charles Bond, author of "Every Woman Needs to Know Her Cup Size" will swap insights on understanding the opposite sex and how to choose the right person to spend the rest of your life with! It's gonna be raw and insightful as usual, so don't miss it!


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Question: A 40-year-old woman is referred to you by the prison HIV counselor because she had a recent positive HIV test. She was tested by one of the astute internists at your institution because she developed Bell's Palsy about two months into her incarceration (a condition not uncommonly associated with early HIV infection). She is surprised and dismayed by the diagnosis, since she never used injection drugs and was monogamous during the period prior to her incarceration. She had, in fact, been tested for HIV when she applied for her immigration waiver, and she was HIV seronegative. That test was performed about two months prior to incarceration, about six months ago.
You do your best to reassure her, by explaining how a viral load test and CD4 T-cell count will assist you both with a decision on the course of treatment. You decide to repeat the HIV ELISA and Western Blot, just to be sure that the diagnosis is correct. You then arrange to have her HIV studies drawn, and schedule a follow up appointment.
When her blood work returns, it is your turn to be surprised. She has an undetectable viral load. You recheck her HIV test, and it is indeed positive (all the Western blot bands light up). Her CD4 T-cell count is squarely in the normal range, however, on closer inspection you notice that her CD8 to CD4 ratio has "flipped" (CD8 cells >CD4 cells). You worry that the viral load assay was mislabelled, so you repeat it, along with another CD4 T-cell count. Again, the viral load is undetectable but the CD4 is now slightly lower, at the low end of the normal range. You repeat the test again, and the CD4 returns even lower. She is now five months into her incarceration, and you have evidence of fairly rapid CD4 decline and no detectable viral load. What is going on and what should you do?
Answer: Either the patient is an exception to the rule and a lucky member of the "long-term non-progressor" club, or the patient has ongoing viral load replication not identified by viral load PCR of viral replication. The latter is unfortunately more likely since you have already seen a decline in the CD4 T-cell count in a relatively short period of time. Thus, you must consider the possibility that the viral load assay is not detecting the virus, as it would in a case of non-clade B infection.
What is non-clade B infection? As discussed in the main article in this issue, HIV is a very variable virus. Just as the virus may evolve during the course of an individual infection to become a "swarm" of different but related viruses, it has evolved into different but related subtypes in different regions of the world over the course of the HIV epidemic.
HIV-1 is broken down into three large groups, each believed to have arisen from a distinct transmission event, from three different chimpanzee viruses. The M group is the main group, which has dispersed throughout the world. The other two groups, O (outlier) group and a rarely noted non-O, non-M group are only found in West Africa and Cameroon. The M group of HIV-1 has been further broken down into various subtypes, or clades, designated A through K based on variability in the env and gag regions of the viral genome. The predominant subtype in the United States and Western Europe is HIV-1 subtype (clade) B. A is dominant in Eastern Africa, C is dominant in Southern Africa, and a slightly different set of clade C viruses are dominant in India. In Southeast Asia, B and E are the most prevalent. Intersubtype recombinations, or "chimeras," also known as circulating recombinant forms (CRFs) are spreading in China and other areas of the world where the epidemic is just taking off. In the US and Europe, the epidemiology of non-clade B infections is in flux, and recent reports suggest that non-clade B subtypes are becoming more prevalent.1, 2
On closer questioning, you find out that your patient's sexual partner formerly lived in New York City, where non-clade B viruses have been detected. Since some viral load assays can be insensitive to the presence of circulating virus, you repeat the viral load using a branched chain DNA assay and you are now able to detect a positive viral load (75,000 copies per ml).
Although HIV antibody tests do detect non-clade B viruses, not all viral load assays can detect virus in the presence of non-B subtypes (e.g., Roche Amplicor Version 1.0 or reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction [RT-PCR] 1.0). Those that can detect it (branched DNA [b-DNA], Nuclisens, Ultradirect Monitor) may do so but there is a lot of variability between the tests.3 Now that you have found a test that is able to detect the patient's virus, you need to stick with that assay to follow the course of infection. You can also send her virus to be identified at the state Department of Health laboratories.
Since she has acute HIV infection, she should probably be treated with the goals of suppressing the initial burst of viral replication and decreasing the magnitude of virus dissemination throughout the body. This will potentially alter the initial viral set point which may ultimately affect the rate of disease progression, possibly reducing the rate of viral mutation, and preserving immune function.4 You consult an expert in your community about whether it would be appropriate to initiate treatment and with which medication. Your colleague tells you that there may be some variability in the response to treatment by clade or subtype, but that type of information is simply not available because large numbers of individuals with non-clade B subtypes have yet to be studied in detail. Thus there is no reason to modify her regimen by subtype. Early information from treatment of non-clade B infections in Africa suggest that treatment responses are similar to those seen with clade B strains.
The duration of treatment for acute HIV infection is currently not known, however, if her VL becomes undetectable after about 6 months, it may be acceptable to stop treatment. You would of course consult with your colleague, since you are not able to enroll her in a study of STI (see main article).
de Oliveira C.F., Diaz R.S., Machado D.M., et al. Surveillance of HIV-1 genetic subtypes and diversity in the US blood supply. Transfusion. 2000;40:1399-1406.
Barin F., Pillonel J., Buzelay L., Courouce A.M. Increasing diversity of HIV-1 serotypes in French blood donors (1985-1996). In Program and abstracts of the 12th World AIDS Conference; June 28-July 3, 1998; Geneva. Abstract 13204.
Holguin A., de Mendoza C., Soriano V. Comparison of three different commercial methods for measuring plasma viraemia in patients infected with non-B HIV-1 subtypes. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1999;18:256-259.
HHS HIV Treatment guidelines, available on the Web at www.hivatis.org. Additional information from Ball S.C. "HIV-1 Non-B Subtypes in Clinical Practice." 2001 The AIDS Reader 11 (8): 339-400.
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Sunday, December 26, 2010
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Tip for Tuesday
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text: Novack D H; Epstein, R M; Paulsen, R HAcademic Medicine: May 1999 Journal Article: Review: Review, Tutorial: PDF Only Free Abstract To restore the "humanism" in medical care, medical education needs to espouse the goal of creating physician-healers. Critical, and often neglected, factors in healing are the personal development and well-being of the healer. Unexamined attitudes and biases and personal stress can interfere with patient care. Personal awareness and well-being can contribute to physicians' using their emotional reactions to patients for their patients' benefit. The authors suggest goals and objectives for medical education that can promote trainees' self-awareness, personal growth, and well-being, and comment on how medical educators might achieve and evaluate these goals and objectives. Created Date: 17 June 1999; Completed Date: 17 June 1999; Revised Date: 18 December 2000 © 1999 Association of American Medical Colleges


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Name: Sao Mateus Gelado
Location: Sao Mateus, across from the church
Cuisine: Homemade Ice Cream
Seating: Some chairs outside and the steps of the church are across the street
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Delicious local made ice cream. Multiple flavors to choose from. There are scoops available and also frozen treats in a freezer case. If you have ever bought an ice cream snadwich at a bull fight where the ice cream is between 2 wafers, then you have had the ice cream from this location. They do sell the ice cream sandwiches at the shop too. It is worth the drive, which really isn't too far away.
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Blue ties. Nothing but blue ties
By Wendy Donahue
Chicago Tribune
When President-elect Barack Obama met with John McCain last week to talk teamwork, his tie was blue.
When Obama met President George Bush at the White House to talk transition the Monday before that, his tie was blue.
Bush's was too. No news there.
But, after a campaign defined by "change," few political style watchers guessed that Obama would perpetuate this necktie trend that Bush propagated some eight years ago: powder blue as the new power red.
Whether Obama's choice is calculated or subconscious, good reasons exist for hewing to blue.
"It's the color attached most to dependability and constancy, a message that Americans want to believe in troubled times," said Leatrice Eiseman, director of the Pantone Color In-stitute and author of "Color: Messages & Meanings" (Hand Books Press, 2006).
"Obama has used blue most consistently (with this idea), representing a kind of grace under fire."
Obama has worn red, too, including on a recent Sunday on "60 Minutes." But rather than a blazing Reagan red, it has skewed closer to wine -- tinged with blue, which provides a little more depth of character, Eiseman says.
Bold red neckwear still has its place, but it's shrinking, said Joe Lupo, part of the styling team Visual Therapy, with offices in Chicago and New York. He is co-author with Jesse Garza of the upcoming book "Life in Color: Visual Therapy's Guide to the Perfect Palette" (Chronicle Books).
Lupo approved, for instance, of Obama's red tie at the Grant Park rally Nov. 4.
"He used the cool blue and soft approach to win the election," Lupo said, "but clearly stated that he's here and means business (on Election Night). I seriously doubt that he will need to drag out the red tie too often going forward, and hope that he chooses not to."
Indeed, "with our country in disarray, it isn't the time for politicians to come around as so bullish. That's what happens when you wear red," said Michael Fisher, men's editor for Stylesight, a trend forecasting firm based in New York.
That may be one reason that blue ties have exploded at the retail level, with not just politicians but also businessmen buying into the many variations. Blue, Fisher said, conveys confidence and importance without seeming sinister or overly sober. When Obama and Bush both wore blue last week, it showed "that this is not the time to take hard stances on ideology but to remain open-minded and unified," Fisher said.
"In the old days it was just navy, and probably a light blue or two, but we literally have at least 30 shades of blue out there now," said Michael Ostrove, senior vice president for the luxury menswear purveyor Paul Stuart.
Another tie color that has sold well at Paul Stuart this fall is Ostrove's personal preference as well as the top color trend in women's fashion this fall: purple.
Before the election, Obama seemed to share his wife's penchant for purple, which, as a mix of blue and red, upholds the virtues of blue while standing out a bit more.
"Wearing these non-traditional colors shows a level of individuality, which suggests leadership," said Greg Shugar, an attorney who operates the Naperville, Ill.-based TheTieBar.com, which sells ties for $15 each. "Of course, the guy has to have some-thing smart to say as well."
All of this talk about color and symbolism inevitably draws skepticism, Eiseman knows.
"People say, 'Well, I don't think about that.' But when we reach inside our closets every morning, we know our hand goes for a certain something because it's speaking to us," she said.
"Maybe subliminally."
Blue has climbed in popularity all over the world because of its universal associations, she said, particularly for sky blue.
"No matter where you live, the earth may shake and the water may come, but the sky is there. It's the color your mother said to you as a child: 'Look at that beautiful blue sky.' You can do all the pleasurable things -- play ball at the park, go swimming -- because the sky is blue. And if there are clouds, the clouds are going to dis-perse. And there is going to be a blue sky."


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Provisional Shield
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The subject matter of this article does not take place in the "real" Half-Life and Portal universe and is considered non-canon.
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The name of this subject in the original language, Japanese, is "プロビジョナルシールド".
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The Provisional Shield, also known as the P-Shield, is an unlockable item (used as a weapon game-wise) in the Battle Mode of Half-Life 2: Survivor, which is obtained by reaching C-Class as Sniper or AA-Class as Engineer. It was included with the game on release.
Primary fire creates blue-colored semi-transparent floating shield in front of the player. This shield can absorb up to 100 points of damage, and can be used to take cover from enemy fire. By holding the secondary fire, the player is able to charge the shield, making it more durable and able to withstand up to 200 points of damage at maximum charge. Charged shield appears yellow in color and takes away some amount of player's suit charge, which depends on shield's charge level. If the player uses secondary mode with no charge left in the suit, shield will still appear to be charging, but regular blue shield will be placed instead. After taking damage, shields gradually become more transparent, and finally break and disappear completely. Shields also disappear after one minute after placement, even if they have not been damaged.
- It was intended that a single player could not have more than three shields active at the same time, with the first shield disappearing upon placement of the fourth. However, due to a programming bug, if a fifth shield is placed immediately after the fourth, while the first hasn't finished its disappearance sequence, the second shield will stay active. Because of that, it is possible to have four active shields when playing as the Sniper and five when playing as the Engineer.
- Shields completely block bullet damage and mostly absorb explosive damage, but some projectile-based weapons can pass through completely, without reduction of their damage or damaging the shield. These weapons include Crossbow, the Poison Crossbow, the Charge Bow and physics objects, such as thrown weapons and props launched from the Gravity Gun. Grenades launched from SMG also pass through, rockets, energy balls and thrown Pulse Knives, however, do not.
- Weapons that can be placed on the walls, such as the S.L.A.M, the Powershake, and the Wave Canceller, can also be placed on shields, but will explode shortly after disappearance of the shield.
- Shields can be painted with the Paint Gun, thus reducing visibility of players behind them.
List of appearances[edit]
- Half-Life 2: Survivor (Non-canonical appearance)
External links[edit]
- Provisional Shield on the official Survivor website (archived)
- Provisional Shield on the Survivor wiki


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How much does the Aurora Youth Centre cost, is there funding, and what is the impact on residents tax rate?
What is the Aurora Youth Centre, do we need it, how will it impact our Youth?
What will our Youth do, and will they use the Aurora Youth Centre?
Design and construction is $3.9 million plus **$300,000 for a SkateBoard Park. Development Charges (DC) funds 90%, and Capital Reserves funds 10%. This project will not affect the tax rate assessed. **(Note: The SkateBoard Park has an upset limit of $800,000, however Staff will be presenting options that are lower in cost)
The location for the Aurora Youth Centre is the Aurora Family and Leisure Complex on Industrial Pkwy. The Youth Centre will be added on to the existing Facility that will still include the existing ice rink and pool. This location was selected from a list of 6 possible sites.
We know they will come because the programs exist already. The Town has commissioned 4 separate studies over the past 12 years. The research and consultation with our Youth is exhaustive.
It's conclusive, we need a Youth Center, most of the Funding is in place, and we have demonstrated it can be sustained with current Program registrations and revenues.
Here's the best part, and it is perhaps the most difficult to quantify – social infrastructure. There is a huge upside that one cannot put a price tag on. Engaged Youths, are active, are better students, in better physical health, community orientated, with less social pitfalls such as; smoking, alcohol, drugs, disorders and criminal activity. We're investing in our Youth.
In November, Council visited 2 high schools in the Town of Aurora. A total of 700 students, from 3 high schools gathered in the Auditoriums. There was an in depth presentation on the Youth Centre, followed by some 40 questions from the students. The response and buy in from the students was overwhelming.
All are welcome, there will be no barriers. The Youth will decide what programs they want. Lounges, art, music, recreation. There will be sport related activities, a Skateboard Park with other outdoor programs. There will be a sense of ownership, a connectivity of belonging for our Youth.
We're a better Community, and that would likely translate into an increased value on our homes. We're investing in our future, together, with our children.
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When I was in school, I was asked a whole lot of questions. I never really liked that. I didn't like it because the questions where not really about me, or what I think. They were about what other people had thought, written or said. These were testing questions, checking if I remembered what I was told or already know what I'm going to be told.
When I ran a Training for Trainers recently, I came across such questions again: I had asked some of the participants to prepare short training modules on different topics and run them during the training as a 'training laboratory'. They were, on the one hand, meant to actually teach the group something relevant about Training. But, on the other hand, we also looked at each module later to reflect on what had worked well, and what didn't. One participant started her module the way many training sessions start. She stood at a flip-chart and asked us what we know about the topic at hand. Everybody said something, but I had the feeling that she already knew what she wanted to hear. So I said nothing.
Later, during the reflection round, I shared, what has become a principle of mine for trainings:
Never ask a question to which you already know the answer.
When I know something and I want everyone else to know it, too, I say it. But I also ask many questions during the trainings I run. What do you think about this? What is your experience with this? What is your opinion on this? Can you think of a story that illustrates this? Etc.
If you ask questions, to which you already know the answer, participants can either be wrong or confirm what you think. Neither way do they create value for themselves or others.
If you ask questions, to which you don't know the answer, you enter into a dialogue and you and the participants create the knowledge together that everyone can learn from. I prefer that.


text: With the record cold temperatures last week, it's no surprise that the number of games with fewer than 1000 fans was up nearly 50% week-over-week. As we get closer to the end of the season, head to head matchups become less relevant at times, leading to even fewer fans in attendance. This is the first week of that decline Without further ado, let's take a look: Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 35 (Season total: 657) Here are the 3 lowest attended games of last week: Chicago State vs Cal State-Bakersfield – Some WACtion makes the bottom three this […] NCAA Basketball 2018-19 Attendance, Week 15: MAACtion At Last!18 Feb, 2019 in College Basketball by Chris Ford