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Traumland leisure park in Sonnenbühl-Erpfingen is set amid beautiful unspoilt scenery in the heart of the Swabian Alb and offers a wide range of fun leisure attractions. It is ideal for families with younger children aged three and upwards.
Located at the Bärenhöhle and the Karlshöhle dripstone caves in Sonnenbühl, the Traumland leisure park offers a wealth of attractions including a fairytale forest, pony riding, a Native American village, the Ponderosa Ranch, an animal enclosure, a baby play area, model boats, a haunted castle, a laughing gallery, Sleeping Beauty's castle, a petting zoo, a car racing track and an old-fashioned railway. The Bärenhöhle Cave is a wonder of nature that has easy walk-through access for 271 metres, opening up an amazing underground world to all who visit. It was once inhabited by bears (hence the name 'Bear Cave') and around 8,000 years ago it was the home of cavemen. At the leisure park itself, the many fantastic attractions for the whole family include the big wheel, which is almost 40 metres high, the delightful vintage railway, the caterpillar train, flying balloons, a giant slide, a giant trampoline, the popular jumping tower and pony riding. At the photo studio, you can get a great photo of your ride in a vintage car or of your family as Wild West stars!
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Bucs merely getting what they deserve
Martin Fennelly,
The Tampa Tribune
, published 21 October 2013
We interrupt prep work for your Josh Freeman "Monday Night Football" watch party to bring you Chapter 6 in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Book of the Dead. It's 0-6 for just the sixth time in Bucs history. We would have thought there would have been more of those, but, really, it's only the sixth time. Frankly, 0-6 takes some work. But Greg Schiano and his endless coaching staff and players were up to the task, or down to it. Sunday was for Atlanta and a 31-23 loss to the Falcons' B team, featuring a junior varsity offense. The Bucs still found a way.
Despite some good Mike Glennon throws, a one-armed Vincent Jackson touchdown grab, more Lavonte David tackles, plus a slight comeback ... despite the Bucs outgaining the Falcons, running 31 more plays, possessing the ball 15 more minutes, your sons of pewter put their skulls together — clunk — for 11 more penalties, more blown coverages, more bad coaching. It takes the village. This one is burning down.
"All that matters is we lost and we've got to find a way to win," said Schiano, who can't. "I could say this and I could say that, but let's speak in reality: We're 0-6 and we've got a game Thursday," Bucs defensive tackle Gerald McCoy said.
Yes, dead ahead is Thursday night at Ray Jay against the Panthers, for all the nation to see, then turn off. I'm telling you, if the Bucs lose that one, there will be players setting their alarm clocks on Josh time to make sure they miss the flight to Seattle. By the way: Harry Douglas? Not Julio Jones, not Roddy White ... Harry Douglas?
You can't stop him? You can't stop that middle screen that the Falcons use constantly in goal-line situations, but which the Bucs appeared completely clueless about? Well, at least the offense punched home its first second-half touchdown of the season before adding those two important field goals. What was Schiano thinking? A field goal to close within 11 points, at least two scores, but with just five minutes left when it took three-and-a-half days to get down there in the first place?
Maybe we shouldn't blame him. Whose brain didn't short circuit over the bone-headedness the Bucs displayed to end "The Drive" — 18 plays that took more time than AL East baseball and brought them to first and goal at the Atlanta 5? "We're knocking on the door," Glennon said. "Their guys are tired, 5 yards to go, we're right back in the game." Then we self-inflicted," Schiano said.
Donald Penn and Jackson combined for 25 yards in penalties. It was fourth-and-goal at the 23-yard line in no time at all. It was mesmerizing. "It's like we're going one step forward, two steps back," Jackson said.
Two Falcons touchdown drives lasted one play — Atlanta scooping up a Glennon fumble for a touchdown, then Matt Ryan again finding the great Harry Douglas. I wonder if any fans will take Bucs defensive coordinator Bill Sheridan's light-hearted offer when questioned about the team's use of Darrelle Revis, for folks to come in at 5 in the morning and stay until 11 at night four days a week to game plan. Yuck, yuck.
By the way, if you are coming, bring donuts. The Bucs are playing hard, but what's the use if you're not playing smart? Or coaching smart? That's how you get a donut in the win column. Knock, knock. Who's there? 0-6. "It just seems like we can't even make a mistake and then trip into a win," Revis said.
The fact is the Bucs players and coaches haven't deserved to win any of these games. Another fact is that there were still believers in the losing locker room. "Every Sunday when I wake up, I think we have a chance to win, a good chance to win," Bucs offensive lineman Davin Joseph said. Wonder how he is on Thursdays.


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Could Cliff Huxtable be returning to TV?
Not exactly.
But Bill Cosby has "made a deal" with NBC to develop a half-hour comedy starring the actor, 76, reports Deadline.
Cosby, who appeared in 197 episodes of The Cosby Show from 1984 to 1992, is re-teaming with producer Tom Werner, whose company with Marcy Carsey producedCosby Show.
The new comedy will be built around Cosby, who will play the patriarch of a multigenerational family and, once again, will offer his take on marriage and parenting. Deadline says Cosby and Werner are meeting with writers on the project. But NBC has not committed to making a pilot episode.
Cosby is currently touring with his latest stand-up comedy show, aptly titled Far From Finished.
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Star witness becomes forgetful in ex-Va. gov's trial
RICHMOND, Va. — After recounting numerous details of interactions with Virginia's governor and his family in more than a day on the stand, the government's star witness in Bob and Maureen McDonnell's federal corruption trial had trouble Friday with his memory as lawyers for the defense began questioning him.
Attacking the credibility of Jonnie Williams, former chief executive of Virginia-based Star Scientific, is key to the McDonnells' defense.
The couple has received more than $165,000 in gifts and loans from their generous friend, prosecutors say. In court, Williams initially called the relationship strictly business then later characterized it as a business friendship.
When the McDonnells' lawyers grilled Williams about his sessions with prosecutors, he often answered, "I don't remember" or "I don't recall," even about meetings as recently as Sunday. Yet he remembered every detail about a September 2011 phone call with McDonnell daughter Cailin Young who had found a car that she thought Williams would buy her.
"Some things in my life are more outstanding and important," Williams told Bill Burck, Maureen McDonnell's lawyer who grew impatient with his forgetfulness. "They're asking me a lot of questions. This young woman just asked me one."
Defense investigators unearthed more than 1,200 cellphone calls and text messages between Williams and Maureen McDonnell, some in the wee hours of the morning. In contrast, Williams and Bob McDonnell exchanged 60 texts and calls in the same period.
Williams acknowledged the frequent communication but didn't think the volume had been so high, saying that 95% dealt with promotion of his company including its nutritional supplement Anatabloc.
Then Burck, who has said Maureen McDonnell had a crush on Williams, showed a playful e-mail that she sent him Aug. 23, 2013, after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit near Richmond: "I just felt the earth move and I wasn't having sex!!!!" she wrote, with the last seven words in capital letters.
Williams is married, and lawyers have said that he and Maureen McDonnell did not have an affair. Williams' wife, Celeste, has not come up in the defense's narrative though she is listed on both the McDonnells' and prosecution's witness lists.
Prosecutors say Williams' bankrolling of a $20,000 New York City shopping trip, a $50,000 loan to help out with the couple's financial problems in the real-estate downturn and a $15,000 wedding gift to Young for catering at her wedding reception was necessary to obtain the governor's endorsement for and state-financed research on Anatabloc. The governor's lawyers say Bob McDonnell promoted all Virginia businesses and the Anatabloc research that Williams had wanted never came to fruition.
Establishing quid pro quo — Latin for "something for something" — is necessary for the eight-man, four-woman jury to convict the McDonnells.
Williams knew he had a problem in a February 2013 meeting when the FBI asked him to wear a wire and record conversations with the governor and his wife, he said.
"At that point, my thoughts were, 'The governor could be in trouble and I could be, too,' " said Williams, 59, who had paid for golf gear, a shopping spree and trips inside and outside Virginia for the McDonnells, both 60, and their five children. He immediately stopped the meeting and called his lawyers.
More than 25 years ago, The Boston Globe reported that Securities and Exchange officials and regulators in several states had investigated at least three biotech start-ups that Williams was involved in. In one case, he had to pay almost $300,000 in penalties.
Williams had met at least once with the FBI agents and Virginia State Police officers in Florida at one of his homes in spring 2012. He talked to the investigators that day, he said, but much of what he told them was a lie.
"I was not truthful and told them I didn't receive anything" after giving so much to the couple, Williams said.
What really happened: "I loaned the money and I got the meetings" with one of McDonnell's Cabinet secretaries, he later said on the witness stand.
Before writing one $50,000 check and later wiring an additional $20,000 into the governor's personal account, Williams talked with Bob McDonnell about receiving Star Scientific stock that the governor might be able to borrow against. Both decided to scrap that idea because of SEC and Virginia disclosure requirements.
In opening statements, defense lawyers said Williams changed his story to government investigators nine times. Friday, they presented prosecutors' handwritten note from Sunday in another attempt to cast a doubt on Williams' credibility in jurors' minds: "Jonnie Williams did not want share transactions disclosed. There may be security law issues. Knows what he was doing was wrong. Not an attorney."
In exchange for Williams' testimony, federal officials eventually gave the entrepreneur immunity from prosecution stemming from his gifts and loans to the McDonnells and accusations in an unrelated securities investigation. Williams resigned from Star Scientific at the end of 2013 amid the securities probe, shareholder lawsuits and publicity from his dealings with the McDonnells.
On his way into the courthouse Friday, Bob McDonnell, whom Williams under oath has accused of accepting bribes, said he thought the real story would come out Friday.
"I've got tremendous lawyers," the former governor said. "I think cross examination is important, and I look forward to the truth coming out as cross examination continues on."
Contributing: Nick Ochsner, WVEC-TV, Hampton-Norfolk, Va.; and Peggy Fox, WUSA-TV, Washington


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Asherman's Syndrome - Grading, Symptoms, Causes & Fertility
Asherman's syndrome or uterine synechiae is a condition characterized by the presence of intrauterine adhesions and/or scarring. The cause of pelvic adhesions is often previous surgery in the uterus, such as D&C. The symptoms associated and the treatment options depend on the severity and the extent. Read more


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Mount Airy to be featured on AMC talent show
Auditions scheduled for Oct. 29
Mount Airy will be featured on a new AMC reality show that plans to showcase small-town talent on national television.
Open call auditions for the temporarily titled "Road Show" have been set for Oct. 29 at the Andy Griffith Playhouse, the Surry Arts Council announced Friday.
The show, which will have eight one-hour episodes, is intended to bring some Hollywood flavor to small-town talent shows. "Road Show" is scheduled to premiere in the summer of 2013.
According to an AMC news release, show producers will welcome acts of all kinds at the auditions, including singers, dancers, comedians and jugglers.
Hollywood talent will select and coach four finalists, who will perform at a local venue. The local audience will pick a winner who will get $10,000.
Audition hours will be from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. For more information, call the Surry Arts Council at (336) 786-7998.


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Due to the vagaries of fortune, it can take a somewhat Herculean (or Pokemonian) effort to see all the masterpieces by any given artist, but between the Arnolfini Portrait and Man in a Turban in the National Gallery in London, The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin in the Louvre, the Ghent Altarpiece in, well, Ghent, to which I have now added the Madonna of Canon van der Paele in the Groeningen Museum in Bruges, I think I can safely say I've seen all the superstar works by Jan van Eyck.
Van Eyck is a helpful name to add to your memory banks for the next time someone challenges you to name three famous Belgians (I also suggest Hergé, Magritte, Jacky Ickx and Jacques Brel). According to Wikipedia, he was only "probably" born in what is now Belgium, but he was definitely active in Bruges in the first half of the 15th century, and his paintings charmingly invoke the fashions in clothing and furnishings that he would have encountered in his daily life. Long credited with inventing oil paint, it's now thought that he was merely superlatively skilled and innovative in its use.
That much is still glaringly obvious today. I don't know how long I stood staring at the Madonna of Canon van der Paele, but there is so much detail and such skill in rendering the different textures displayed in the painting and perfect perspective, that you could drink it in for hours on end.
It may sound silly, but I was captivated especially by a humble rug. Even looking at my photograph of this painting of a rug blows me away. I can't even comprehend how he tricks your brain into believing that the rug is lying on top of a flight of steps, or how he distinguishes the texture of the rug from the thick, stiff folds of the Virgin's gown, the tiled floor or the rich brocade on the bishop's robes. If you look carefully, you can even see that he's painted in "cracks" on the fold line of the rug over the top step. It's not necessarily my favourite painting of all time (nominees for that post would include Magritte's Empire of Light and Kandinsky's Im Blau - which can often be spotted in photos taken in my living room), but it is one of the most astonishing in terms of its technical virtuosity.
As you may have gathered by now, one of the things I did in Bruges was visit an art gallery - namely, the Groeninge Museum. It's a relatively small collection, but this allows you to really pay attention to its fine collection of Northern Renaissance art (I took much less time on the post-Renaissance stuff). Another particular highlight was Bosch's Last Judgement - which is stylistically about as far away from van Eyck as you can get, with its bizarre, nightmarish depictions of hell.
|Loved the guy pulling a face at Mary in this crucifixion scene
|Goodness, is that a man or a satyr? Renaissance leggings certainly leave nothing to the imagination, at any rate
|I'm not sure whether it comes across in the photo, but when I walked in the room, I literally thought that this was a stuffed bird in a box frame - probably the best trompe l'oeil effect I've seen
|Basilica of the Holy Blood (Source: Wikipedia)
So that was that, other than the fact that the sun came out and I took photos on the way back to the hostel which didn't actually get transferred off my camera the first time (thus I didn't put any of them up on the last post). That seems to happen with annoying regularity - I quite often realise, "hmm, I'm sure I took more photos than that", but I wonder how often I've wiped my memory card with dozens of unseen photos on it. As everything's prettier with a blue sky behind it, here are some snaps of Bruges in living colour:
|Markt square
|Pretty church on the way to the train station
|The back of the Church of Our Lady
|The scenery on the train journey back to Brussels had a real Christmas-card feel to it - all flat, snow-covered fields with the odd church spire peeping through


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Dr. Lydia Rump
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Maryland
Dr. Lydia Rump's (http://agnr.umd.edu/directory/Bio.cfm?ID=lvrump) research interests include food safety and the identification of foodborne bacteria including unknown organisms, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and Salmonella sp. She is currently a postdoctoral research assistant at the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Rump earned her Ph. D. in Food Chemistry/Microbiology at the University of Hamburg, Germany where she investigated the genetic cause for the lack of O157 expression in an atypical Escherichia coli O rough: H7 strain (MA6) which carries all characteristic O157:H7 virulence traits. Dr. Rump has been the recipient of an Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) fellowship at the Food and Drug Administration and is currently a member of the International Association of Food Protection, The American Society for Microbiology, the Association of Analytical Communities International and the American Chemical Society.


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Vavasour Wines Dashwood Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough 2014
Region: New Zealand
Winery: Vavasour Wines Ltd
Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc
Vavasour Wines Ltd:
The Vavasour family have a strong historical background. They can trace their ancestry back to the time of the Norman invasion of England. One of their ancestors is thought to have been a 'taster' for William the Conqueror. The rooster on the label is from the family crest, the emblem on the rooster is an indication of the family's lineage.The Vavasours arrived in New Zealand and... Read more
The Vavasour family have a strong historical background. They can trace their ancestry back to the time of the Norman invasion of England. One of their ancestors is thought to have been a 'taster' for William the Conqueror. The rooster on the label is from the family crest, the emblem on the rooster is an indication of the family's lineage.The Vavasours arrived in New Zealand and established themselves in the Awatere Valley in 1890. Nearly a century later in the early 1980's Peter Vavasour took a keen interest in the viticultural developments of the Wairau Valley in Marlborough. After some research it was found that the climate and soils of the Awatere region were quite similar to those of the Wairau. In fact, the soil in the Awatere Valley is less fertile (this is a good thing) than the Wairau. Low fertility naturally restricts vigour in the vine. The Awatere Valley is also drier, and with no underground water the vines are bound to struggle. At Vavasour we can control the growth of the vine with the irrigation water. Although the conditions in the Wairau are similar, there are enough differences between the two valleys for us to make unique and individual wines. In 1985, after the site was carefully assessed, the Vavasour family and friends decided to make a serious investment in viticulture - Vavasour Wines was established. The first vineyards (30 acres) planted in the region were on the Vavasour 'home' block. This vineyard was made up of two terraces. The top terrace was planted in Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay, while the lower terrace was planted in red varietals - Malbec, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Syrah and Cabernet. Our first vintage was 1989. Within three years we had won numerous gold medals in both New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Glenn Thomas, winemaker, won 'winemaker of the year' in 1992. This was a very good start. Those first years officially put the Awatere Valley on the map of great wine making regions. Vavasour have gradually increased production since the early days. We have planted a further 45 acres( a total of 75 acres) and we have contract growers in both the Awatere and Wairau valleys. We are dedicated to the Awatere region and our philosophy is to concentrate on fruit grown in the area. Selected grapes are handpicked; this ensures that only the best fruit makes it into the bottle. Our vineyards are trained on the 'vertical shoot positioning' trellis. This form of trellising suits our growing conditions: it also makes it easier if we have to manipulate the canopy due to seasonal growing conditions. Between Glenn (winemaker) and Allan (viticulturist) every effort has been made to ensure that the vineyard and viticultural techniques are adapted to suit the conditions of the Awatere region. After all great wine is made in the vineyard. In all its viticultural techniques Vavasour have focussed on quality over quantity. The intrinsic value characters of the Awatere valley are perfect for the production of Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Riesling. The emphasis remains on Sauvignon Blanc, however other varieties such as Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris and Riesling will receive the golden 'Vavasour' touch.. Read less
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The Falcons defense doesn't have to be great this year, it just has to be good enough.
But they lost one of their key parts today, as Falcons coach Mike Smith said defensive end Kroy Biermann was out for the year after suffering a torn Achilles. Fullback Bradie Ewing is also headed to IR with a shoulder injury.
Biermann's a versatile defender, who can rush from inside, and was also getting looks at linebacker in coordinator Mike Nolan's hybrid scheme.
Biermann had 16.5 sacks the past five seasons.


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Primary Prevention of Atopic Disease by Perinatal Administration of Probiotics
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00200954
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : September 20, 2005
Last Update Posted : August 18, 2008
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|Condition or disease
|Food Allergy Atopic Dermatitis Asthma Rhinitis
|Dietary Supplement: Probiotic bacteria Dietary Supplement: Placebo
|Not Applicable
Background. Atopic diseases are increasing in countries with a Western lifestyle. The hygiene hypothesis states that the increase in atopic disease could be due to reduced exposure to microbial antigens in early in life. In search of new preventive therapies for atopic disease, exposure of pregnant women with previous or recent atopic disease, and their offspring to probiotics has been suggested. Probiotics are mono or mixed cultures of microbes which, when applied to animal or man, can beneficially affect the host, among others by inducing an immune response. Probiotics are generally accepted to be safe in children. Probiotics have shown to be effective in primary prevention of atopic disease in high-risk neonates in one study so far. However, it is still unclear by what mechanism probiotics work and which is the most immunopotent (combinations of) probiotic(s). It is likely that antigen-presenting cells (APC's) are involved, since these cells are important in the first line of defence in the gastrointestinal tract. It can be imagined that the immune response is the result of the interplay between probiotics and APC's. In particular, the match between pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMP's) on probiotics and their counterparts on APC's, the pathogen-recognition-receptors (PRR's) (like for instance Toll-like receptors) is decisive in this aspect.
Hypothesis. Administration of probiotics to pregnant women and their offspring may reduce the development of sensitization as well as the onset of atopic disease in their offspring.
Aim. To study the effect of probiotics on sensitisation and the prevalence of atopic disease, the severity of atopic disease, the intestinal flora and immune parameters in high-risk newborns.
Methods. To study this hypothesis, a randomised, double-blind placebo-controlled trial will be carried out by administration of probiotics to pregnant women with previous or recent atopic disease as well as to their offspring. Primary outcome parameters are firstly the prevalence and severity of sensitization and atopic disease in the offspring during a follow-up of two years. Secondary outcome parameters are the change in stool composition during treatment with probiotics and in-vitro production of cytokines by PBMCs collected at 3 months, 1 year and 2 years of age.
Expected results. Perinatal administration of probiotics to pregnant women and their offspring may hamper the development of sensitization and atopic disease in their offspring. This may be due to modulation of the intestinal microbiota composition, and modulation of the developing immune system
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|157 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Primary Prevention of Atopic Disease by Perinatal Administration of Probiotics.
|Study Start Date :
|January 2004
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|December 2007
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|August 2008
Placebo Comparator: placebo
placebo group
Dietary Supplement: Placebo
The placebo consists of the carrier of the probiotic bacteria mixture, i.e. rice starch and maltodextran
Active Comparator: 2
Probiotic bacteria group
Dietary Supplement: Probiotic bacteria
3 x 10e9 CFU of a mixture of probiotic bacteria, once daily to the pregnant mothers last 6 weeks of pregnancy.To their offspring during the first year of life.
- Incidence and severity of atopic disease at the age of 2 years. Incidence and prevalence of eczema [ Time Frame: Follow-up at 3 months, 12 months, and 24 months ]
- Serum IgE, stool composition, cytokines produced by PBMNC's [ Time Frame: Follow-up at 3 months, 12 months and 24 months ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|20 Years to 45 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant mothers were included if either they themselves or their husband plus one sibling suffered from present or past atopic disease
Exclusion Criteria:
- Maternal use of immunomodulatory drugs during pregnancy, the use of probiotics prior to the start of the study.
- Children were excluded from the study if their mother received antibiotic treatment during the last two weeks of pregnancy
- When the child was born preterm, i.e. before 37 weeks of gestation
- If the children received antibiotic treatment in the first two weeks of life
- If ingestion of the study product was difficult due to vomiting or feeding problems in general for longer than 3 weeks from birth
- If the children had other major medical problems
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00200954
|Wilhelmina Children's Hospital (UMCU)
|Utrecht, Netherlands, 3508AB
|Principal Investigator:
|Maarten O Hoekstra, MD PhD
|Wilhelmina Children's Hospital Utrecht (UMCU)
|Responsible Party:
|M.O. Hoekstra, M.D., PhD., University Medical Centre Utrecht, Wilhelmina Childrens' Hospital, The Netherlands
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
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|First Posted:
|September 20, 2005 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|August 18, 2008
|Last Verified:
|May 2007
Dermatitis, Atopic
Food Hypersensitivity
Skin Diseases
Nose Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Respiratory Tract Infections
Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases
Skin Diseases, Genetic
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Skin Diseases, Eczematous
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Reel Asian is proud to be co-presenting Follow Your Dreams Women's Programme at the 8th Annual Regent Park Film Festival.
Follow Your Dreams Women's Programme
Fri Nov 5, 7:30 PM | Lord Dufferin Public School | Admission: FREE
Often people look outside their home countries to find a good job or education. In this program, we follow several women who decide to seek their fortunes elsewhere, learning how their decisions impact not only their sense of self, but their families along the way. In SWIMMING LESSON, we meet a stressed‐out family in Beijing trying to cope with their daughter leaving for university in America. In VOUS ÊTES SERVIS, we meet a group of Indonesian women, facing loneliness and potential abuse, studying to work abroad as housekeepers in order to support their families.
For more information, visit the Regent Park Film Festival website.


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Outfit Details:
leopard blouse - thrifted
vintage belt, rings and necklace - gifts from my mom
skirt - bought it at Threadsence but they seem to be sold out:(
Jeffrey Campbell peep toe heels - Century 21
I've always loved leopard print but I've been wearing (and buying) even more of it, lately. I can just see Kim gagging a little, because she hates leopard print - and all animal prints. She thinks they're tacky. But this is coming from a girl who loves her glitter, rainbows and tiaras all at once and in large quantities, so we'll call it a wash. Tacky one and tacky two; I guess that's why we make such great friends.
Leopard print always reminds me of Peggy Bundy, in the best way. I always loved that lady. I love her even more on Sons of Anarchy. Who knew Peggy Bundy would turn out to be so bad-a**?!
p.s. Whit from Britt+Whit recently wore the same skirt. See how she styled hers here!


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HTML 5 Game of Life – Web Workers
I like JavaScript. I admit it. I used to hate it, but then things changed. What changed? A few months back I decided to take a crack at learning some of the new HTML 5 APIs by implementing John Conway's Game of Life in JavaScript using web workers and a 2D canvas tag for display. The end result was a lot of fun and a pretty cool pet project: HTML5-GoL.
Game Of Life: Devs-In-A-Cabin & STL Code Retreat & HTML 5
John Conway's Game of Life is a simple algorithm for cellular automaton where each new generation can be computed by calculating the number of neighbors each cell has in the previous generation. A living cell will stay alive if it has 2 or 3 neighbors (diagonals count). A dead cell will spawn new life IFF it has exactly 3 neighbors. Simple.
A few months back Amos King got a number of developers together for a weekend of hacking and talking shop at a cabin near St. James, MO (#devsinacabin). The idea was for every developer come prepared to give a quick talk on something … I hacked together the basics of this HTML5 implementation the day of and presented that night.
Not long after, Mario Aquino and James Carr put together a Code Retreat here in St. Louis where pairs of developers repeatedly tried to implement the Game of Life in many different languages and styles in 40 minute chunks. I cleaned up my code a bit before hand to show one implementation that actually had graphics (I cheated, I know). FYI both Mario and James have put together JavaScript implementations of GoL also.
Without too much trouble I was able to put something together that leveraged web workers for calculating each new "world" state outside of the main UI event loop and a simple 2D canvas tag to display all of the live and dead cells. There are a ton of other HTML 5 features I would love to add (mouse interaction, local storage and loading of customer patterns, etc), but those are for another day. For now the code is up on GitHub with a nice home page including an example implementation (JSpec tests for all of the actual game logic).
Click the above picture to go there and see it in action
and keep reading below to find out how I used web workers to offload my hard computations…
Web Workers: Multi-Threaded JavaScript
The event oriented nature of JavaScript can be a nice feature and a huge pain int he a$$. Simple button click events and AJAX calls are easy, but try to do any significant calculations and you quickly run into UI problems. Trying up your one and only JavaScript thread on an animation loop or complex parsing task means your UI becomes unresponsive and sluggish. Take the time to break all of your work into small chunks and hundreds of setTimeout and setInterval calls and you might go cross-eyed. Enter Web Workers.
Web Workers are separate JavaScript threads that can be spawned by the main UI thread and will download and execute a specified .js file from the same domain. The UI thread and the new worker can communicate by asynchronous message passing of String values (and vanilla JSON objects, although this isn't technically in the spec). In addition, web workers can't manipulate the DOM or anything on the page directly. So what can they do? They can run in parallel of your UI code and leverage any other normal native API that your UI code can (web sockets, XMLHttpRequest, local storage, etc). This means that you can offload large computations and server communication to the second thread and leave your main thread for dealing with the user and the DOM.
*** From several soures and the spec itself, it sounds like Web Workers are not designed to be cheap to create and start. This doesn't mean that implementations have to make these expensive operations, but the idea is that you won't create hundreds of these. Instead create one or two and reuse them. I noticed that besides the extra network hits to grab the actual code to run int he worker, there was occasionally a noticeable pause as the worker thread was spawned. Since the UI thread will have continued on during this time, it is probably a best practice to have the worker and UI threads coordinate their work with some "I a alive and ready" type messages. ***
In the Game of Life code I wanted to use a Web Worker to do the generation-to-generation calculations since I figured this would be the bulk of the processing time and my naive 2D array implementation required a fair amount of calculations for large "worlds". The gol-client.js file is the jumping off point. The main chunk of code is executed after the DOM is loaded and creates the necessary objects used to draw on the canvas and creates a new Web Worker loaded with gol-worker.js.
var message_actions = { log: function(message) { console.group('Client Received Message'); console.log( message ); console.groupEnd(); } } $(function() { var context = document.getElementById('gol_canvas').getContext('2d') var canvas = new GoLCanvas(context, 50, 401) canvas.clear() message_actions.draw = function(delta) { canvas.draw(delta) } var worker = new Worker('./lib/gol-worker.js') worker.addEventListener('message', function (event) { message_actions[event.data.action](event.data.data) }, false); })
First thing first, the worker loads up a secondary library file containing the actual Game of Life logic using the importScripts(") command. The worker is the only one that actually knows about the Game of Life algorithm and matrix ("world"). After creating a new matrix it randomly seeds the world and kicks off a timer to calculate a new generation each X ms and post the changed positions back to the main UI thread.
importScripts('gol.js') postMessage({ action: 'log', data: 'Starting' }) for(var x = 0; x < SIZE; x++) { for(var y = 0; y < SIZE; y++) { if(Math.floor(Math.random() * 2) == 1) { matrix.spawn(x, y) } } } setInterval(function() { postMessage({ action: 'draw', data: matrix.ticktock() }) }, 200)
*** Initially I assumed that the calculations for each new board would be time consuming and I would be able to run them continuously and post back changes to the UI thread after each one without any waits. Turns out it is fast and spamming messages to the UI thread can cause some hiccups in performance more than just waiting. I haven't had a chance to examine what really happened but in Chrome on Windows I was seeing some really strange behavior when I flooded the UI thread w/ messages too fast. I am not sure if their is a message buffer I was overflowing or if it was just choking on the throughput. ***
All in all workers are a piece of cake and really helpful. I noticed some performance differences between Firefox and Chrome (hint Chrome was faster) but I can't blame one particular thing or another. It might just be my crap code.
Along with offloading large processing tasks web workers can be used for background server communication, as a proxy for helping multiple client windows to talk to each other, persistent data stores, and common processors that can have life cycles beyond the scope of a single page but across multiple requests for a whole web-app (shared web workers).
>> Another post discusses some of my findings w/ using the Canvas tag to display the world … …
- Homepage of my code (hosted on GitHub, includes running example)
- HTML5Test.com (great resource for finding out if your current browser is "modern" or not)
- Bocoup web log (lots of good articles)
- Web Worker spec (includes some nice examples)
- HTML 5 spec from WHATWG
- Mozilla Web Workers tutorial
- The Wilderness Downtown and Google's Chrome Experiments (inspiration)


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If you want to enjoy the magical action of Sorcery, here's your chance to get a wand in your hand and start casting spells of your own.
PlayStation and TimeOut are teaming up to offer a Sorcery prize pack to one lucky reader. The pack includes a PlayStation 3 console, Move controller kit, and a copy of the game.
This competition has closed and the winner has been drawn. Congratulations to Matt Davis of Lower Hutt. Thank you to everyone for entering.


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This past weekend Penny Arcade brought their gaming convention to the east coast for the inaugural PAX East. The original Penny Arcade Expo (or PAX Prime) was founded in 2004 by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik (aka Gabe & Tycho) as a way to bring together all aspects of gaming culture. The convention has grown in size and acclaim in the intervening years leading them to bring it on the road. Their reputation is held in such high regard that PAX East was held to a sold out crowd with reports of over 60,000 attendees and plans of moving to the larger Boston Convention and Expo Center for 2011 and 2012.
Major video game companies like Rockstar, Disney, EA and many more demoed their new products for gamers who travelled from all over to take part. One group drove two straight days from Washington, the home of PAX Prime, just to join the festivities. Wizard of the Coast hosted RPG tournaments and musicians like MC Frontalot, The Protomen, Anamanaguchi, and Metroid Metal rocked the evening concerts.
The big theme of the convention is community. In his keynote speech actor and geek culture ambassador Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation) said that Gabe and Tycho have given the city of Boston a gift and implored the standing room only audience to appreciate the next three days saying that "playing games is never so much fun as when it's done together." He chronicled the long history of fans of sci-fi culture gathering in hotels and ballrooms, and then gamers playing in LAN parties, to travelling to E3.
"And then when E3 sucked so very hard," said Wheaton to the cheering crowd, "And begat the death of video games conventions, Gabe and Tycho created PAX." This sentiment was echoed by Gabe and Tycho themselves in their Q&A panel, "The goal of PAX is to create a community of gamers as much as celebrating gaming itself." When asked what the next location in the PAX tour is, Gabe and Tycho joked that they'd like to establish EuroPAX. But with this kind of success maybe it's no that far from a reality.
Wheaton also praised the gaming industry for its imagination and innovation. "As a kid I was inspired by movies," he said, "But now video games lead the entertainment industry in driving visual narratives" and cited the game Heavy Rain specifically as the apex of the medium. "In this room there could be the next Gary Gygax or the next Shigeru Miyamoto."
Clearly, PAX East came out of the gate like a shot, blowing away everyone's expectations. The gaming community has been given a desperately needed outlet to come together to celebrate their culture. Watch the website for when they open registration for next year's show, it's bound to sell out quick.


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Although it may be a challenge to guess what is in any woman's handbag, it is safe to assume we all carry the basic essentials; phone, purse and keys. But what if we didn't need to carry money, there was no need for us to own a phone or even house keys? That is the everyday life of HRH Queen Elizabeth. So what exactly does Her Majesty carry in her handbag?
The Diamond Jubilee will celebrate 60 years of the Queen's reign. Although it will not be officially celebrated until June, there have already been some occasions, competitions and discussions over the event.
Her Majesty earned approval with the locals by restoringPerth to city status earlier this month, but there has still been much debate over her keynote speech. Given last week to a large audience including the current and two previous prime ministers, the Queen avoided the topic of Scottish independence. Speaking instead on the "spirit of neighbourliness and celebration of own communities" and of the "resilience, ingenuity and tolerance" of the British people. HRH went on to state she would remain as head of state and joked of her dealings with the past 12 prime ministers.
In the run up and during the Diamond Jubilee, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip will be touring the UK, along with her infamous handbag.
There have been plenty of guesses over time, and even a book, which pieces together many clues and hints over the contents of the bag. 'What's in the Queen's handbag and other royal secrets' by Phil Dampier and Ashley Walton claims the Queen carries everything with her from good luck charms given to her by her children to family photographs. It even goes on to claim there is a secret language conveyed for the Queen to comminute with her staff. If the Queen places her handbag on the table at dinner it signifies she wishes the event to finish for example. One of the most popular claims, both inside the book and out, is a hook the Queen carries especially for her handbag; this is designed to keep her bag from ever touching the floor.
From the mouths of babes:
To help investigate this mystery I ask primary school pupils aged between seven and eight what they think is in the Queen's handbag. The most popular answers were money, make-up and an iphone2. However, others believe HRH carries; a spare hat, a shiny crown and even her favourite corgi, while one boy believes the Queen "doesn't need any money in her purse cause she can have anything she wants."
Top Five Facts you didn't know about the Queen:
- The Queen has owned more than 30 corgis during her reign, starting with Susan who was a present for her 18th birthday in 1944. Her Majesty currently has three corgis – Monty,Willowand Holly.
- In 60 years, The Queen has undertaken 261 official overseas visits, to 116 different countries.
- The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh have sent approximately 45,000 Christmas cards during The Queen's reign.
- Over the reign, Her Majesty has given regular audiences to 12 Prime Ministers. Ranging from Winston Churchill to the present David Cameron.
- Unusual live gifts given to The Queen on foreign tours include: two tortoises given to The Queen in the Seychelles in 1972; a seven-year-old bull elephant called "Jumbo" given by the President of Cameroon in 1972 to mark The Queen's Silver Wedding, and two black beavers given after a Royal visit to Canada.
Read the Queen's complete keynote speech here
See all the pictures of the Queen and her audience during her speech here


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Seattle is being ravaged by a horrible outbreak of the Playgue. We need to send your team into the hot zone to save as many souls as possible!
When to Play
No reservations are needed, the game can be launched once you get your team gathered at the starting line for this course. We recommend playing this course during the afternoon and finishing before it gets dark as a rule of basic city safety.
The Starting Line
You are playing on our Seattle International District course that starts and finishes at Hing Hay Park in Seattle. The park is at the intersection of King and Maynard.
View this location in Google Maps or map the address 423 Maynard Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104.
Launching the Game
Be sure to bring the activation code that you received when you purchased the game. If you can't find, you can retrieve your activation codes here.
Enter that activation code on http://play.metrodemic.com once your team is at the starting point at the small pagoda on the corner of King and Maynard in Hing Hay Park.
Course Boundaries
All of the outbreaks for this course are located within walking distance of each other in Seattle within the following street boundaries (approximate):
S. Jackson St / 7th Ave S. / S. Lane Street / 5th Ave S.
Length of Time
Allow at least 2 hours to play the game. There is a 90-minute game clock, but you'll have the opportunity to pause the game twice if you need a break, want to explore an interesting site, or experience a family meltdown.
What to Bring
- Cell phone with the battery charged
- Comfy shoes
Be Safe!
Please be safe out there in accordance with the KurioCity Games terms of use. Use your common sense and don't take any unnecessary risks.
What to Expect in the Game
Once you arrive at the starting line and use your activation code on one team member's phone, the game begins.
You'll see a map on your phone that shows locations of outbreaks and the number of lives you can potentially save.
Choose an outbreak on the map and hustle on foot to that location. Upon arriving, click "We're There" on the phone screen to start up the challenges. Challenges are a blend of scavenger hunt questions to prove you're there, pub-style trivia, and brain puzzles.
Every answer that you get right saves lives. People on your team are welcome to use their phones to help research the answers to questions.
Your team can pause the game up to two times for sightseeing, bio breaks, eating, or our personal favorite…. loud public arguments!
You will find answers to some of our most frequently asked questions below, but you are welcome to email us at email@example.com with any direct questions you have.
Where is the Login Button?
On a mobile device, the login will nest itself in the menu. Tap on the three white lines below the MetroDemic logo and you should see the menu open up. You can login from there.
Alternatively, you can simply navigate to play.metrodemic.com.
Do I need to enable the Location/GPS on my phone in order to play?
No, the game does not incorporate the Location/GPS feature on your phone. We recommend turning the Location settings to "off" during the game to extend your battery life.
Can we pause the game?
Yes, use the pause button in the upper right corner of the game to pause the clock for family fights, hail storms, dirty diapers, and whatever else life throws your way!
What happens if my phone battery dies in the middle of the game?
Log in using the same activation code on another team member's phone. The game will pick up right where you left off.
The game seems to be frozen. What should I do?
First, make sure you have an internet connection. If you aren't online, you can't play.
If you definitely have an internet connection, our recommendations is that you simply log in using another teammate's phone. The game will pick up exactly where you left off.
If nobody else on your team has a phone, follow these three steps:
- Log out of the game from the game's home screen.
- Clear the cache on your browser
- Log back in at play.metrodemic.com
Can my teammates use their cell phones?
Your teammates are encouraged to use their phones to help you research the answers on all of our challenges. However, only one phone on the team can be used to submit answers and view the map.
What do we do if we can't find something?
If you come across a location clue that is missing, blocked, stolen, closed, or inaccessible for any other reason, please let us know! Every time you open an outbreak you'll see a link that allows you to "Report a Problem at this Location." We check those reports and make updates daily.
If you aren't on that page anymore, just email the details to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Can I challenge a question?
Of course! Building MetroDemic is more of a science than an art, so we welcome any discrepancies you find.
On every answer page, you'll see a link to "Report a Concern With This Question". That will send a message back to our labs with our concern, your location, and the question in, uh, question.
If you aren't on that page anymore, just email the details to email@example.com.
Where can I find my score?
Your score is measured in "souls" and is always visible at the top of the screen. Your score will be added to our leaderboard once your team finishes the game.


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Still Life: 'Déjà Vu'
Déjà Vu
North of the Vermont border lies a Canadian province known for churning out some of the most talented street snowboarders in the world. Last year, these French Canadian powerhouses joined forces to make a movie called "Dj Vu." Here, photographer Alex Paradis takes us behind the scenes, starting with this nosepress from LNP.
Here, photographer Alex Paradis takes us behind the scenes, starting with this nosepress from LNP.
LNP and Louif get kinky
While every snowboard film crew on the planet seems to be hopping on the RED camera/heli train, the "Dj Vu" crew has opted for a refreshing use of grainy film and an artistic balance of lifestyle and shred.
Louif Paradis
X Games crossover superhero Louif Paradis throws a Cab five high above Japan's powder highway.
Frank April
Frank April's lipslide to wallride is so technical it must have gone to a two year college.
Nic Sauve
It's hard to pick a favorite part in this movie, but if I had to choose Nic Sauve's would be in the running.
Hayden Rensch
Director Hayden Rensch goes all in to get the good angles.
Louif Paradis
Now that Louif is an X Games star he has to hide his face or he'll get mobbed by papparazi.
Frank April
Just another banger from Real Snow Fan Favorite Frank April. Switch 5-0 to drop in Quebec.
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Zortam Mp3 Media Studio 24.20 { Latest 2018 }
Zortam Mp3 Media Studio is all-in-one Mp3 application suite. It has several modules such us Zortam Mp3 Auto Tagger, Mp3 Organizer, ID3 Tag Editor, Mp3 Player, Mp3 Normalizer, BPM (Beats Per Minute) Analyzer, CD and DVD Ripper, Mp3 to Wav converter.
With Zortam Mp3 Media Studio you can batch auto tag your Mp3 files using Zortam database. Batch auto tag process download Cover Art, Lyrics and other metadata and automatically tags your Mp3 files.
Program identifies your music, using advanced digital fingerprinting technology, automatically downloads missing Album Art, Lyrics and other track info including Artist, Genre, Year, Track Name, Track Number.
Zortam Mp3 Media Studio Features:
- Automatically lookup and bulk add cover art to mp3
- Auto tag Mp3 files and clean up mp3 tags automatically
- Write ID3 tags from filenames using custom and predefined formats
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- Calculate BPM (Beats Per Minute) of Mp3 files
- Normalize or change Mp3 files volume
- Search and download missing album artwork to Mp3 files
- Search for duplicate Mp3 files using Mp3 tags or file information
- Built in Mp3 player with lyrics and visualization
- Built in Mp3 Ripper automatically adds cover art, lyrics and other ID3 tags to mp3 file
- Export whole or part of Mp3 library (.zor) to CSV,Excel, HTML
- Software recognizes over 35 million music items


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Quite A Few Things People Might Want To Know When In Search Of A Lawyer
It seems like more and more Americans today find themselves needing an attorney. Some consumers might attribute this rise in demand for lawyers to high numbers of commercials for lawyers, some might attribute it to the higher population throughout the years, some might attribute it to the careless attitudes of people these days. No matter the reason, the fact still holds true, a larger number of people these days are seeking out law firms. But, during the search, there are a few things that consumers really might want to think … Continued


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Yesterday Moody's downgrades Chicago's credit rating, pension debt to blame.
Chicago's credit score is on the way down. The city is getting a small down grade from Aa3 to A3, because of the city's pension problem.
Moody's Investors Service says it's making the move because of "formidable legal and political barriers to pension reform" in the state. The downgrade affects $8.2 billion in debt and means it will cost the city more to borrow money.
According to Moody's Chicago has $19 billion in unfunded pension liability and faces a "tremendous strain" in meeting their budget and paying law enforcement.
Avalanche of City Downgrades Coming Up
With the bankruptcy of Detroit and numerous cities in California, it will not be long before the rating agencies downgrade city debt en masse.
Zombified Cities
- Philadelphia: 5th Largest City in US is Effectively Bankrupt; Mayor Holds Closed Meeting With Wall Street to Discuss Asset Sales
- Houston: CPAs state Houston is Bankrupt
- LA: Mayor of Los Angeles Says "Bankruptcy is Not an Option" (Of Course It Is)
- New York Cities: Public Pension Ponzi Scheme – New York Cities Borrow From Pension Plan to Make Contributions
- Baltimore: Time for Baltimore to "Pull a Vallejo" and Declare Bankruptcy
- Miami: Miami Commissioner Says Bankruptcy is City's Best Hope; Chris Christie Says New Jersey Careens Towards Becoming Greece
- Chicago: Chicago's Mayor Daley Discusses Bankruptcy For City Pensions
- Scranton: Scranton Mayor Slashes All Public Worker Wages to $7.25 per Hour, Including Police, Fire, His Own; City Effectively Bankrupt
- Harrisburg: Pennsylvania State Capital Files for Bankruptcy
- Zombified Cities Roundup: Detroit Becomes Dumping Ground for the Dead; Financial Urgency in Miami; Oakland Pension Time Bomb; How Pensions Crashed Stockton and San Bernardino
There is absolutely no way Chicago, Oakland, Baltimore, Philadelphia, LA, Houston, and numerous other cities can meet pension obligations without a major restructuring of promises.
Given that public unions seldom if ever agree on even the smallest of pension concessions, expect many of those haircuts to happen in bankruptcy court.
This article regarding the bankruptcy of Stockton, California shows why bankruptcy is inevitable: Federal Bankruptcy Court Lets Stockton, California Cut Retiree Health Care Benefits
The bankruptcies in California cities and Detroit provide a backdrop of what's about to happen. In the meantime, expect an avalanche of city debt downgrades.
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Psychic Medium-Keli StanderFreeport123 Main St, Freeport, ME, United StatesA born psychic medium, Keli has extensive training in mediumship, healing and the psychic arts. Her training, completed both here and abroad, has included work with The Arthur Findlay College in mediumship, trance, trance healing and the psychic arts; The Foundation for Shamanic Studies in the shamanic journey, divination and extraction healing; the Upledger Institute for Craniosacral Therapy; and regular participation in message circles and workshops held by Spiritualist churches across the Northeast.
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"Come with me and you'll be in a world of pure imagination"
Celebrate the songs of Leslie Bricusse, one of the most prolific and well loved film and musical theatre songwriters of our time.
Whether writing alone or forming magical partnerships – including Anthony Newley, Henry Mancini, John Williams and John Barry – double Oscar and Grammy Award winner Leslie Bricusse's music has touched us all in some way.
He has composed over 1,000 songs and written the book, music and/or lyrics for more than 40 musical films and plays over a 60-year career. This heartwarming and uplifting show includes such favourites as What Kind Of Fool Am I?, If I Ruled The World, Talk To The Animals, Le Jazz Hot, Feeling Good, Goldfinger and many, many more.
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Destiny's Child singer and actress Michelle Williams revealed this week that she's struggled with depression since she was a teenager — and she credits therapy and self-motivation for helping her through it.
"I had to choose to get out of bed and do whatever I needed to do to be happy," Williams told the Associated Press.
Now 32, Williams said she suffered her first bout of depression when she was 15 or 16. She has not relied on medication for it, and has instead turned to doctors and therapists. She said she's now speaking out to encourage others to seek help.
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"Go see a professional so that they can assess you," she told the AP. "It's OK if you're going through something. Depression is not OK, but it is OK to go get help."
Williams is starring in the touring production of Fela! that kicks off next month. She also is working on a solo album and recorded a song last month that she co-wrote with the recently-reunited Destiny's Child.


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Why did my family celebrate the first night of Passover, when all the other holidays were for me, as a child, just strange names? Yom Kippur -- I didn't know what that was; the word brought to mind kippered herring. Rosh Hashanah, Chanukah...what were they supposed to signify? And Sukkot? I'd never heard of it.
But Passover: on Passover we piled into the family car and drove out to Long Island for Aunt Sophie's matzah ball soup and four glasses apiece of sweet wine. Why? I had no idea. I was the youngest of all the cousins. So it was my job to read the Four Questions: Why on this night do we eat unleavened bread? Why on this night do we eat bitter herbs...
The questions stirred me inexplicably, but what did they mean? Our grandfather, Pop, took it seriously. He read aloud from a little pamphlet in a guttural, incomprehensible Hebrew, which embarrassed me. It embarrassed all of us children -- again, I knew not why. Why was it so uncomfortable to have Pop sitting there with a black yarmulka on his head, reading that old language in a thick, unfamiliar tongue that sounded Jewish. Too Jewish.
That's what the Four Questions were really about for me: Why was this child different? Why can't I be like everyone else? I want to belong!
We kids cracked jokes which hard-of-hearing Pop could not make out. He'd look up every once in a while from his recitation, at his giggling, smirking grandchildren sitting there around the elaborately set dinner table, with its white tablecloth and crystal wine glasses, and he, too, must have wondered, "Why?"
Why did our family, like American Jewish families everywhere, recognize Passover as the one thing we would never forget? Aunt Sophie told me years later that she made those Passover Seders in order to forge a bond between all the cousins, and in that she succeeded. But unbeknownst to her, perhaps, and unbeknownst to me, she was also forging bonds between me and my Jewishness, and my people, and between me and God. The Haggadah tells the tale of our bondage at the beginning of our history, and of our liberation. Matzah represents redemption; the bitter herbs life's suffering. We make a sandwich of both of them together at the Seder, enclosing life's bitterness within its kindness. This gesture describes our personal histories as well as our national history. For it's precisely the experience of enslavement that can create inner freedom; the harrowing experience of crossing the desert that makes it possible to earn self-respect; and precisely the experience of wandering that makes finding a home such cause for celebration.
Every one of us in the course of our lives passes through an exile of one kind or another, to disconnect us from all our various forms of enslavement. We dream of reacquiring that liberated homeland where everything will be right, and where we'll feel like our own real selves. In Rabbi Ephraim Oshry's anthology of his halachic responses to the religious queries of fellow Jews in the Kovno ghetto during World War II, he recounts the following incident:
"One morning during prayer at the camp, the man who was leading the congregation in the service reached the blessing, 'Blessed are You Who has not made me a slave.' The man stopped short, and suddenly he shouted bitterly to the Master of all masters, 'How can I recite a blessing of a free man? How can a hungry slave, constantly abused and demeaned, praise his Creator by uttering 'Who has not made me a slave'? Every morning as he led the prayers, he let out the same cry. And many of those who joined him in prayer felt the same way. I was then asked for the Torah ruling on this matter.
"Response: One of the earliest commentators on the prayers points out that this blessing was not formulated in order to praise God for our physical liberty but rather for our spiritual liberty. I therefore ruled that we might not skip or alter this blessing under any circumstances. On the contrary, despite our physical captivity, we were more obligated than ever to recite the blessing, in order to show that as a people we were spiritually free."
During this same era, the mid 1940s, while those Jews in Auschwitz were debating whether or not to recite the blessing, my husband was growing up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. One of the taunts he used to hear on his way home sometimes, from the parochial-school children, went like this:
Matzahs, matzahs, three by five!
That's what keeps the Jews alive!
My husband would flinch, the Catholic kids laughed, and neither he nor they knew that the song they sang was true.
Excerpted from Sarah Shapiro's book, "A Gift Passed Along", Artscroll Publications.


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People trying out the latest Linaro Android builds may notice they're faster than the older versions. One of the reasons for this is that we're using a new set of compiler flags for this build.
We've switched from a base of -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing to -O3 -fmodulo-sched -fmodulo-sched-allow-regmoves.
To optimize application startup, we've also switched the linker hash style to GNU (ld –hash-style=gnu), and patched the Android dynamic linker to deal with those hashes.
Getting rid of -fno-strict-aliasing enables rather efficient additional optimizations - but requires that the code being compiled follows some rules traditionally not enforced by compilers. Given the traditional lack of enforcement, there's lots of code out there (including, unfortunately, in the AOSP codebase) that violates those rules. Fortunately, gcc can help us detect those violations: With -fstrict-aliasing -Werror=strict-aliasing, most aliasing violations can be turned into built time errors instead of random crashes at runtime. This allowed us to detect many aliasing violations in the code, and fix them (where doable with reasonable effort), or work around them by enabling -fno-strict-aliasing just for a particular subdirectory containing code not ready for dropping it.
-O3 enables further optimizations not yet enabled at -O2, including -finline-functions, -funswitch-loops, -fpredictive-commoning, -fgcse-after-reload, -ftree-vectorize and -fipa-cp-clone. While some of them are probably not ideal (e.g. -finline-functions tends to increase code size, thereby also increasing memory usage and, in a bad case, reducing cache efficiency), overall -O3 has shown to increase performance.
-fmodulo-sched and -fmodulo-sched-allow-regmoves are fairly new optimizations not currently automatically enabled at any -O level. These options improve loop scheduling - more information can be found here.
We optimized further by adding link-time optimizations in some relevant libraries, and by using -ffast-math in selected parts of the code. -ffast-math is a bit dangerous because it can cause math functions to return incorrect values by ignoring parts of the ISO and IEEE rules for math functions (parts that make optimizations harder, or that simply require additional checks that slow down things considerably), so it should usually not be used for an entire build - but enabling it for parts of the code verified to not rely on exact ISO/IEEE rules can produce quite a speedup.
We also added the option to specify extra optimizations in a board specific config - so now our Panda builds are optimized specifically for Cortex-A9 CPUs while the iMX53 builds optimize for Cortex-A8 instead of relying on the least common denominator.
We also experimented with Graphite related optimizations, such as -fgraphite-identity, -floop-block, -floop-interchage, -floop-strip-mine, -ftree-loop-distribution and -ftree-loop-linear - those optimizations can rearrange loops to allow further optimizations. We've turned them back off for the release because they introduced some stability problems, and the benefit seemed minimal. However, chances are they will come back in a future build. They can help make more efficient use of multi-core CPUs (with the addition of -ftree-parallelize-loops) once the compiler knows how to to threading (currently, Android is built using a generic arm-eabi targeted compiler that has no knowledge of the underlying OS).
Other possible future improvements - though probably not as efficient as the ones already made, or the switch to -ftree-parallelize-loops for multi-core boards - include seeing what effect a switch between Arm and Thumb2 instructions has on performance (enabling the right mode in the right modules), identifying places where the increased code size of -O3 actually hurts, and add the likes of -fno-inline-functions there, identifying further performance critical parts that can handle -ffast-math, fixing the aliasing violations we've worked around this time, and - of course - switching to gcc 4.7 when it becomes usable.


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The Ministry of Health and Social Services outreach programme received a boost in its coffers when Metropolitan Momentum Investments holdings (MMI) sponsored a whooping N$ 100 000 towards the medical outreach programme.
The Minister - Hon. Bernard Haufiku extended his appreciation to the noble gesture as well as to all volunteering doctors on this programme.
He said in the past there have been doctors conducting the outreach campaign from referral hospitals to district hospitals, but when he took office in March 2015 he decided to formalize this exercise by strengthening and capacitating.
The outreach campaign is comprised of private doctors mostly specialists in various medical disciplines, and state doctors who goes to different regions at a time and provide medical services mainly perform surgeries at district state hospitals.
This campaign also identified challenges at these health facilities and resolves, they have further made it a point to assess infrastructures, medical equipments and the availability of relevant staff members at those facilities to intervene and mitigate in areas with challenges. Skill transfer is another goal of the campaign.
Meanwhile, Mr. Jason Nandago - Group CEO for MMI holdings, thanked the Minister for innovating the programme noting that his institution supports projects of such caliber as they have seen people suffering due to a lack of appropriate health care.
"My own mother died of cancer when I was just 11 years old" Nandago uttered" It is for this reason I will continue to invest in such innovations.
Mr. Nandago promised the Ministry that for every higher donation the Ministry receives towards the programme, MMI holdings will top up the difference to ensure that their institution remains the highest sponsoring towards this course.
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Winter ends and you who have been serenely mobile on cross-country skis have to sit back and jealously watch the inline skaters as they whiz past you down the street in the spring, with nary a thought for their safety. You're grounded and all the daredevil kids seem to be having all the fun. So how can you get in on it without risking life and limb?
Crosskate 616 Backcountry skates could be the answer. Created by MIT and Stanford graduate James Page, these hefty all-terrain, four-season skates look like a hybrid of a mountain bike and an in-line skate, but offer an added measure of safety. Each skate features a custom in-line ski boot attached to a two-foot-long aluminum frame with a pneumatic tire on each end. The skates perform like cross-country skis and have disc brakes, which activate when you lean back on the heel of the boot. Two ski poles are recommended to help you traverse rough terrain and simulate skiing.
In spite of the safety features, I was filled with apprehension when I first saw the size of the skates. How the hell would I be able to test them without making an ass of myself or falling on that part of my anatomy of the same name? As it turns out, the skates are very stable and the brakes work with little pressure. The acid test, however, would be negotiating a busy Manhattan street with enough potholes and manhole covers to simulate the roughest of terrains. After a few tentative attempts, in which I felt like a frightened six-year-old learning how to ice skate, I finally adopted a steady motion (similar to cross-country skiing). I tried to look as cool as possible as onlookers gawked at my new mode of transport.
Large wheels allow the Crosskates to maneuver over surface flaws that would send a neophyte in-line skater tumbling, and the disc brakes make it possible to walk up grades. The skates' heft gives the wearer an intense workout, but offer hours of fun in the process.
Crosskate 616 Backcountry skates retail for $695 and can be purchased through select sporting goods retailers nationwide or through Crosskate Inc. at 781-631-1499.
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(Phoenix, Ariz. – Oct. 26, 2005) Former Sierra Vista city official Gary McPherran was sentenced to six months in the Cochise County Jail earlier this week. He also was ordered to pay more than $50,000 in fines and restitution after pleading guilty to one count conflict of interest and one count theft.
McPherran served as the City of Sierra Vista Director of Administrative Services from 1999 to 2002. He was responsible for managing four divisions: Human Resources, Purchasing, Finance and Information Technology. Prior to this promotion, McPherran was the City's finance manager for more than three years.
The Arizona Auditor General's Office conducted an audit that revealed that over a period of three years, McPherran may have embezzled at least $25,990. The money was used to pay for personal travel to Arizona cities, California and Nevada as well as purchasing personal items including concert tickets, alcohol and cigarettes. The audit concluded that McPherran misused the City's travel expense process and credit card privileges to carry out the theft. The audit findings were released in January 2005.
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El Segundo, CA, April 18, 2012 – DIRECTV's AUDIENCE Network™ heats up this summer with the season five premiere of the Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning, critically acclaimed legal thriller Damages, starring Emmy Award-winner Glenn Close and Emmy Award-nominee Rose Byrne, on Wednesday, July 11, at 9 p.m. The fifth and final season of the series, which has been nominated for nineteen Emmy Awards, centers on the timely and controversial subject of government and corporate transparency, focusing on how the ever-changing digital landscape shapes the way in which information is obtained and shared. Damages is produced by Sony Pictures Television in association with FX Productions and KZK Productions.
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Damages follows the lives of Patty Hewes (Glenn Close), the nation's most revered and reviled high-stakes litigator and her former protégé, the bright and ambitious Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne). After four seasons of professional and personal manipulation and deceit, season five sets the stage for the final showdown between Patty and Ellen. Channing McClaren (Ryan Phillippe) is a computer expert and the iconoclastic founder of a website, McClarenTruth.org, devoted to government and corporate transparency. When he is approached by Naomi Walling (Jenna Elfman), an investment bank employee troubled by her company's conduct with insider information, it lays the foundation for the case that will finally pit Patty and Ellen against one another. In an attempt to triumph over her former mentor, Ellen hires Kate Franklin (Janet McTeer), a one time colleague of Patty's who is all too familiar with how she operates, but whose loyalty could be called into question. Adding to the turmoil surrounding the case is Rutger Simon (John Hannah), the chief lieutenant and gatekeeper for McClaren. As the series builds to its electrifying conclusion, far more than the verdict is at stake for everyone involved.
Since its premiere in 2007, Damages has received a total of nineteen Emmy Award nominations. In its first season, the series won the Emmy for Best Drama series and Glenn Close won the Emmy for Lead Actress in a Drama Series, an award she has won twice for her role as Patty Hewes. In addition to Damages' multiple Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Series, Acting, and Casting, the show has also received Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Writing and Outstanding Direction.
Damages has been nominated for seven Golden Globe Awards. In its first season, the series earned more Golden Globes nominations than any other show on television, with Glenn Close winning for Best Actress in a TV Series – Drama. In addition to a variety of other wins and nominations, Damages has been nominated for awards from the Writers Guild and the Producers Guild.
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