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Cellnique Paramedical Skin Care Review
The women of Southeast Asia are proud of their beautiful, radiant skin. Cellnique Paramedical is the first salon brand from Southeast Asia to offer high quality skin care products for a variety of skin care needs and problems. The end result goal of using Cellnique Paramedical is for your complexion to be flawless both inside and out! This is very important to me because I not only want to look great but it is most important to me to maintain healthy skin as skin care runs in my family.
What makes Cellnique such an exceptional skincare line? All Cellnique products utilize a powerful pharmaceutical grade infusion of Cx Formulation which harnesses "biologically active ingredients, natural plant extracts and antioxidants". To choose the products that are perfect for your particular skin care needs the website has it categorized by skin care problems such as Acne, Aging, Discoloration, Dryness, Scarring, Sensitivity, Open Pores etc.
I will be turning 40 years old this month and after a lifetime of sun damage, my skin is responding well to anti-aging skin care products. I have some hyper-pigmentation (freckles) and my skin tends to be extremely dry so I was very excited to try three products in the Cellnique Anti-Aging skin care line including Reversal Diamond EGF Drop, Reversal Platinum Cream and Contour Reversal Cream.
The Cellnique Reversal Diamond EGF Drop (SRP $73) is designed to help make skin more resilient and to add back in much needed moisture. This is a luxurious skin care treatment that contains Nana Diamond and Nana Platinum powder to provide these effects. The website can inform you of all the scientific information about how these ingredients are supposed to work so I will just let you know what I experienced by using it. Each drop of this formula soaks effortlessly into my skin and is not greasy/oily at all and the end result of using this product for 30 days (morning and evening) is more radiant, moisturized skin. I love that it was so smoothing and glides on the skin. The biggest thing that I noticed is on those occasions that I apply make-up it looked much more flawless and lasted for hours without needing a touch up in comparison to when not using the Reversal Diamond EGF Drop.
Cellnique Reversal Platinum Cream (SRP $103) also uses Nano Platinum Powder and is designed to "promote epidermal self-modulation" and "protect the DNA restorative mechanism". I won't begin to imply that I have any idea what this means but I will tell you that this product worked amazingly well for my skin. Here is what I noticed….there are no more dry patches and my skin is so much softer that my husband doesn't want to stop touching it and that makes me feel great! I also appreciate that this cream may help prevent future fine lines and wrinkles which is a concern for me in maintaining a more youthful appearance. In fact, while celebrating with my husband for Valentine's Day the server actually carded me when I ordered a glass of wine…I was so flattered!
The Contour Reversal Cream ($61) is an interesting eye care product from Cellnique that nourishes the entire eye area with peptides and placenta extract. I have noticeable dark shadows under my eyes and in the corner of my eye near my nose. I used this product for 30 days and definitely feel like the area appears softer and lighter without those harsh dark areas. It also feels very soothing to the skin around my eyes and I like to apply this product at night to let it do its "magic" while I am sleeping. It also notes that this product may help prevent and reduce fine lines and wrinkles which is another benefit so I can further stall the aging process.
Overall, I am pleased with the results I am experiencing by using Cellnique skin care products targeting aging skin. While these products may seem like a luxury it is important to remember that a tiny amount of product goes a long way and it is much less expensive than a visit to the dermatologist.
If you are battling skin care concerns then I highly recommend visiting the Cellnique website to browse the entire collection of high quality skin care.
Disclosure: I was not financially compensated for this post. I received a sample of the product for review purposes. The opinions are my own, based on my personal experience with the product.


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Tom Brady checks the defense as he walks to the line of scrimmage. His eyes shift from left to right, he tugs on his face mask and frost rises from his breath as he barks out the signals. The camera is so close to Tom, that you almost feel like you're on the field with him as he prepares to hike the ball. It's a handoff to Corey Dillon, and the Patriots back takes one step then leaps over the pile at the goal line for the score. Dillon hops up and busts into a Ric Flair-like strut. If you're the Patriots, to be the man you've got to be the man, right?
This could be any Sunday afternoon in Foxboro, but it's not. It's a Monday in Redwood City at EA's headquarters, and the only Tom Brady in the room is on the TV screen in front of me, living the polygonal life in Madden NFL 06 for the Xbox 360.
The game's been built from the ground up and features three times the animations of the current-gen versions. It also features a 30-year Franchise mode that serves as the core of the single-player experience.
When you start up your Franchise, you'll remember right away what I said about being built from the ground up. Storyline Central is gone. So is Owner mode. What you will find is a mesmerizing sequence of screens that put all the information you need at your fingertips.
Forget the days of clicking through five screens to look at a stat. The way Madden Franchise works, it's almost like it has taken its cues from the iPod in terms of ease of use and screen sequence. Using the R-Stick, you can open window after window, jumping from player bios, to season and career stats, contracts (including salary and bonus, even a position by position chart to show where your team is spending the most money), and schedules.
You can check out your coach's job security, the depth chart, schemes, records&#Array;you name it, the game keeps track of it, and the ease of use when sorting through all the info is incredible.
To top it off, the game saves all the data throughout your 30 years. That's right, you're in year 28, but for whatever reason you want to see how many yards Alex Smith threw for in year five, game two. It's all there. Full season and game stats for all 30 years of your Franchise.

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Alesha Dixon releases her new album, The Alesha Show, on Monday November 24. We talk to the former Mis-Teeq member about her music, life after Strictly Come Dancing and intrusion into her private life.
By Andy Welch Most people don't look forward to turning 30. It's the age when a sense of responsibility kicks in, when life gets serious.
Alesha Dixon celebrated her 30th the day before our interview, but the only thing bothering her is a slight hangover from one too many rum and blackcurrants.
"You have to respect the rum and b," she says, smiling.
"I think I am entering a more mature phase of my life now," she continues. "Because I'm happy at the moment, I don't care about turning 30. If things weren't going so well, maybe it would be depressing."
Things are indeed going well, but it hasn't always been so rosy.
After splitting up from one of Britain's premier girl bands Mis-Teeq in 2005, Alesha began a solo career.
But after spending about 18 months making her debut album, Fired Up, her label decided not to release it.
"I was devastated," she says.
"I was building and building towards this moment that never happened, so it was a strange time.
"It was very kind of the label to give me the record back, so now I own the rights to it. We ended up putting it out in Japan and it did quite well over there."
Without a new deal or any songs to record, things looked a bit bleak for Alesha until she got a phone call from Brian Higgins, the mastermind behind Girls Aloud hitmakers Xenomania.
"I'd been introduced to him when I was making my first record, we did a song called Knock Down," she explains.
"After I was dropped, Brian rang out of the blue to say he liked my songwriting, and asked if I wanted to carry on working with him. I went to his place in Kent and we started making the record early 2007.
"The plan was to make the whole record with Brian without talking to any record labels, we were just going to wait until we had made something special and then approach people with a finished album."
Before that could happen though, Alesha signed up to take part in Strictly Come Dancing.
Impressive from the off, she soon became one of the favourites to win, and eventually waltzed off with the title.
This exposed Alesha to a new audience, and going back to continue work on her record with Higgins, this was something she felt she had to address.
"We'd started [current single] The Boy Does Nothing before I went on Strictly, and it was a jazzy number," she says.
"Winning the show changed a lot of things, so we had another look at the song, and now it's this mambo song, really energetic.
"'Bottled happiness', I call it, and people need that at the moment. Someone told me it sounds like an anti-credit crunch anthem!" she says, erupting into a filthy laugh.
Alesha laughs a lot, and considering she's nursing a bit of a headache, contemplating her future and is nervous about her album coming out, it's hard to imagine someone with a more carefree attitude to life.
Aside from changing her fanbase, winning Strictly has also made Alesha more conscious of her dance moves. Her new single's accompanying video features a routine even judges Goodman, Horwood, Phillips and Tonioli couldn't find fault with.
"In the days of Mis-Teeq, it was more about doing our own thing, and if we did dance in videos, it was more street dancing," she says.
"Now, I've learned a more disciplined way of dancing, my footwork is neater and my arms are cleaner."
The Alesha Show features eight collaborations between Alesha and Higgins. Elsewhere, there are songs written with Steve Booker (who penned Duffy's smash hit Mercy), The Underdogs (who've worked with the likes of Jordin Sparks, Justin Timberlake and Beyonce), and RedZone, the outfit responsible for Rihanna's chart-topper Umbrella.
"I got to record a Diane Warren song as well," she says.
Diane Warren is the Grammy-winning songwriter behind Aerosmith's I Don't Want To Miss A Thing, LeAnn Rimes' How Do I Live and an arm-long list of other hit ballads.
"It's called Do You Know The Way It Feels? and it could be on a movie soundtrack, you know, where the two characters have been torn apart for years and finally get together. It'd be playing in the background when they get to meet on a beach and kiss."
There comes that laugh again.
Life hasn't always been one big laugh for Alesha, however.
In 2006, the singer split from her husband and former So Solid Crew member Harvey after she found out he'd been cheating on her with former Eurovison singer Javine Hylton.
Not surprisingly, the story was big news.
"It was so horrible being in the papers," she says now.
"When it comes to men, I like to be private, so it was quite daunting knowing that everyone knew my business.
"I say I'm a private person, but I'm famous, so one could argue what is and isn't private.
"But then I didn't sell my wedding to a magazine like some people do," she continues.
"There are these couples who sell their weddings pictures, but then complain when they get written about.
"When you sell your wedding, you invite the country into your marriage, so you can't complain when someone writes about it.
"I felt like I had a right to be annoyed when my marriage ending was exploited, because I never did the 'at home' crap, it's not my style. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it, I'm just saying don't complain when you get the attention because you've done it."
She says she's now stronger than ever, but despite her stunning looks and infectious personality, she's currently single and claims she finds meeting men difficult.
"If I meet a guy, I wonder if he's talking to me for me, or because he's seen me on TV," she says.
"How would I know? I suppose I have to use my instincts, but it's hard, plus I have my album coming out," she adds.
"I don't have a social life at the moment, I'm crazy busy. Hopefully I'll have a bit of time off at Christmas, and then release another single.
"But if I have days off, I go mad. I like to keep busy."
ALESHA FACTS :: Alesha was born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, and still lives nearby.
:: After working on music in America, Alesha was romantically linked with N*E*R*D star Pharrell Williams. She played down the reports, saying: " He's cute, but he's too short and I didn't fancy him."
:: On her days off, Alesha walks her dog with her mum and nan, who have five dogs between them.
:: When Alesha was looking to release The Alesha Show, she was offered a deal by Universal, the label who dropped her in 2006.
:: In the final of Strictly Come Dancing, Alesha danced the waltz, the cha cha and the jive with partner Matthew Cutler. They beat Matt Di Angelo and partner Flavia Cacace in the final.
:: Alesha Dixon releases her new album The Alesha Show on Monday November 24. Her single The Boy Does Nothing is out now.


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Stikliai Hotel
Strolling through Vilnius Old Town, which is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, you cannot miss the Stikliai Hotel. Housed in an old building with baroque and gothic features, the hotel stands at the intersection of five lanes in the heart of the Old Town, the former Jewish trade quarter, at 7 Gaono Street. A listed building, the hotel is close to Vilnius University, the President's Office and the Town Hall, and is surrounded by churches, museums, restaurants and gift shops. The hotel got its name from Stikliu Street, on which many craftsmen had their workshops in the 15th and 16th centuries. Glass-blowers (Stikliai in Lithuanian) also had small shops there, where they sold their wares. In the 17-18th centuries the building belonged to the Catholic Church, which had opened a tavern there and rented the apartments to the rich merchants. The house had suffered from frequent fires and had undergone several reconstructions. The recent reconstruction was carried out by the new owners-the Stikliai Company. Nowadays it's nicely decorated hotel of charm and warmth, it's refined interior is like a small castle in Vilnius' old town. Being located in the old town area, the hotel is easily accessible from the International airport and is within 5 minutes walk from the centre of the city.
Location & Map
Hotel Address:
- Stikliai Hotel
- Gaono str. 7
- Vilnius, LT-01131
- Lithuania
Highlights & Reviews
Business Center
A business centre adjacent to the conference room offers a wide range of support services. On the first floor there is a quiet library, which has an Internet access.
Meeting Space
The Modern conference room for up to 60 people, located on the ground floor, is ideal for meetings and seminars.
Pool Indoor
In a brightly lit, vaulted cellar there is a sauna, fitness room and swimming pool, with frescoes on the walls.
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Chapel Hill: Community
Volunteer Notes, Feb. 19
The Volunteer Center of Durham coordinates volunteer events and services across the Triangle. For more information on these events, visit www.HandsOnTriangle.org or call 919-613-4515.
• Find out how you can get involved at Urban Ministries of Durham. Attend the volunteer orientation from 2 to 2:30 p.m. Feb. 19.
• The next General Volunteer Orientation will be at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, at Artspace, 201 E. Davie St., Raleigh. Representatives from Artspace, Animalkind and PLM Families Together will be present to share how they utilize volunteers.
• Walk MS needs help distributing brochures to various retail locations in the Triangle and surrounding areas.
• Be a part of this year's Clean-Up-a-Thon on Lake Jordan from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 15.
• Do you value UNC TV programming? Help staff the phones on the weekends during Festival 2014. The telethon runs through March 23. The four shifts are 7:30 to 11:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., 2:30 to 7 p.m., and 6 to 11:30 p.m.
• Lean about Guatemalan culture and health issues with Curamericas Global on a trip to Huehuetenango June 8-17.
• Help out at the warehouse for the Durham Economic Resource Center. Answer the phone, enter data, and restock shelves.
• Work with experienced naturalists and educators to work with a small group of children during explorations, games, and other hands-on outdoor activities at Creekside or Forest View Elementary, or at Githens Middle School.
• Through creative activities and guided homework sessions, help a child develop the skills they need to succeed. Provide one-on-one mentoring or tutor a small group of students through your local YMCA.
• The Veggie Van works to deliver boxes of fresh, locally grown veggies to people who have limited access to these products. Volunteers are needed for the van sites at Durham Tech and the DC Health Dept.
• Do you enjoy working with high schoolers? Junior Leadership Durham needs a program coordinator.
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• Help TABLE with its hunger relief programs. Shifts are Monday and Tuesday nights from 6 to 8 p.m. and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon and 2:20 to 4:20 p.m.
• Baseball coaches are needed for children ages 6-8, 9-10, and 11-12 with the Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department.
• Carolina Villages needs kind-hearted occasional volunteers to help older adults in Chapel Hill and Carrboro remain in their own homes.
• Want to be a part of the theatre program at The ArtsCenter? The Theatre Team is made up of volunteers interested in all aspects of theatre – from helping build sets, to doing tech work, to ushering and everything in between.
• Would you like to help get the word out about the Affordable Care Act? Volunteers are needed to help with outreach to consumers, make phone calls and enter data, canvassing and staffing table at festivals.


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Sub Floor Ventilation in Sydney – Solve Them through Effective SystemsOlivia Wells | July 12, 2018 | 0 | Home & Gardens
There is a report that a popular mall cum botanical garden in Calgary in Canada is about to be closed again for repairs. This has taken many people by surprise, and some might even be shocked. The reason is that the building was opened to public in 2012 after 4 years of work on renovating the floors. They found leakages and dampness on the floors below the garden on the fourth floor. The experts took a long time to even detect the reason for the leakages. But the crucial point is that this is the kind of problem being faced by many buildings with sub floors is Sydney. It is therefore, essential that good sub floor ventilation in Sydney is fixed to avoid dampness and any kind of leakages.
Some Expert Service Needed to do it
In real terms, the lack of appropriate ventilation in the sub floors can cause more damage than just causing the dampness. Some of these damages include forming of moulds and over time, these problems can even weaken the building's structure. Obviously, the solution to this has to come out of clearing the moisture that gets formed in the sub floors. In some cases, a simple window type ventilator is fixed to allow air to pass from outside into the basement. But this may not be sufficient, and you may have to opt for a mechanical process of sub floor ventilation in Sydney. The best solutions can only emerge after you engage an expert to make an inspection and give a report.
A Variety of Solutions for Ventilating the Sub Floors
Among the suggestions, the experts may come up with fans to evacuate the air from inside the sub floor. The type of fan for this purpose will be determined by the size of the area to be covered. For small sized rooms, a simple standard fan fixed on the wall below the ground floor level and close to the ceiling of the sub floor should be sufficient. These are normally built in plastic and come in a range of designs and ratings. The other alternative, where the sub floor area is quite large, the fans are fixed on the ducts and are called inline fans.
Many times, these fans are sold in the form of DIY kits, and people can carry out the fixing of the fans on their own.
Be Informed of the Technical Details
It is quite necessary for anyone who owns a building with a sub floor structure to equip himself/herself with the way the sub floors get affected due to leakages, and then the mould formation and dampness occur, and this is how buildings can get damaged as well. With such details in the bag, you would be able to tackle the issue more effectively. It is also important that if there are leakages in the building, then the source of such leaks has to be located and repaired.
Buildings have sub floors in order to accommodate additional space requirements in cities like Sydney, where space is always at a premium. But sub floors can also come with some problems like mould formation. Go in for effective solutions for sub floor ventilation in Sydney to take care of the moisture.


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Chronicle Lite - May it rest in peace.
As has been suspected by many but never stated here "officially", the Chronicle Lite project died quite some time ago.
This software was free and licensed under a BSD Style, free software license, so I will continue to make the final (v1.3) version of the source available for download for the time being. If anyone wants to revive the project, contact me, I'll more than likely give it my blessing and pass the whole thing on to you.


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Guilty Pleasure: New York City
Ah, New York City. The best city in the world. I know I've only been to Italy outside of the United States and I am sure there are many cities I will love in my life but at this point, New York City has my heart. My husband and I moved to NYC last year where we lived in the Bronx, Queens, and later I ended up in Brooklyn for a few months.Worked and played in Manhattan and met so many amazing people! Some people I had met in the city are some of my favorite people to date! I wish we could start that year all over.
|Hotel on Rivington. Enough said.
|Favorite nails to date. Perfected in NYC
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Plain English Summary
Background and study aims
The eating disorder anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious mental health condition in which people restrict the amount of food they eat to keep their body weight as low as possible. Weight loss in AN can result in an extreme reduction of body fat and lean body mass (LBM), such as muscle. A lot of research has investigated body fat and its distribution in AN patients, but LBM has not really been looked at in depth. Some studies show that AN patients lose more LBM in their arms and legs compared to the trunk of their body. This may be due to other conditions triggered by AN. Unfortunately, the results of these studies are not consistent; some studies found no change in LBM distribution in AN patients. Also, there is very little information on long-term changes in LBM distribution after they have regained a normal body weight. There are also very few studies which have looked at the total body skeletal muscle mass (SM) in patients with AN, and those that have looked at SM have used technology that is not usually available in regular clinics, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines. Overall, research investigating LBM, LBM distribution and SM in women with AN before and after regaining a normal body weight are very few, inconsistent and often use methods that are poor or can't be replicated. The aim of this study is to assess changes in LBM, LBM distribution and SM before and after body weight restoration in a large sample of women with AN.
Who can participate?
Women diagnosed with anorexia nervosa.
What does the study involve?
Patients diagnosed with AN undergo treatment to regain a normal body weight using standard care and inpatient cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Following treatment to restore their weight, patients' post-treatment body composition (LBM, SM) is compared with healthy controls (women who are not AN) of the same age and equivalent body mass index (BMI). All participants have their body composition measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA).
What are the possible benefits and risks of participating?
There are no risks or benefits to participants
Where is the study run from?
Villa Garda Hospital (Italy)
When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for?
January 2010 to February 2015
Who is funding the study?
Villa Garda Hospital (Italy)
Who is the main contact?
Dr M El Ghoch (scientific)
Trial website
Contact information
Primary contact
Dr Marwan El Ghoch
Contact details
Monte Baldo Street
Garda (VR)
+39 045 8103915
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
Study information
Scientific title
Changes in lean and skeletal muscle body mass in adult females with anorexia nervosa (AN) before and after weight restoration: a longitudinal study
Study hypothesis
During AN, patients lose lean and skeletal muscle body mass especially from extremity regions, and complete weight restoration may overcome this situation.
Ethics approval
Ethics Committee Institutional Review Board of Villa Garda Hospital, Verona, 15/12/2009, ref: 01_2010
Study design
Obeservational longitudinal study
Primary study design
Secondary study design
Longitudinal study
Trial setting
Trial type
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use contact details to request a participant information sheet.
Anorexia nervosa/body composition
1. Weight restoration
2. Inpatient cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
Intervention type
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Changes in lean body mass (LBM) and LBM distribution (extremity and trunk) measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan before and after weight restoration:
1. Total fat mass (FM): total fat mass in kilograms
2. Total FM percentage (%FM): total FM/total body weight x 100
3. LBM = total lean mass in kilograms
4. LBM percentage (%LBM) = LBM/total body weight x 100
5. Lean trunk mass percentage = lean trunk mass/lean body mass x 100
6. Lean extremity mass percentage = (lean arms mass + lean legs mass)/ lean body mass x 100
7. Lean trunk to extremity ratio = lean trunk mass percentage/lean extremity mass percentage
Secondary outcome measures
Changes in skeletal muscle (SM) with the use of a DXA-validated predictive model (SM = (1.19 x ALM) – 1.01) before and after weight restoration:
1. Appendicular (extremities) lean mass (ALM) in kilograms
2. Total body SM (kg)
Overall trial start date
Overall trial end date
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Aged 18–45
2. Diagnosis of AN
3. Body mass index (BMI) ≤18.5 kg/m² at baseline
4. BMI ≥18.5 kg/m² at end of the treatment
Participant type
Age group
Target number of participants
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Participants with active substance abuse
2. Participants with schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders
Recruitment start date
Recruitment end date
Countries of recruitment
Trial participating centre
Villa Garda Hospital
Monte Baldo Street, 89
Garda (VR)
Sponsor information
Villa Garda Hospital
Sponsor details
Monte Baldo Street
Garda (VR)
Sponsor type
Hospital/treatment centre
Funder type
Hospital/treatment centre
Funder name
Villa Garda Hospital
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
We plan to publish several papers in international English peer review journals.
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Available on request
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
1. 2015 results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26560758 (added 22/01/2019)


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Adku, a recommendation engine startup, was in stealth for a long time. But It still caught Groupon's eye.
Now Adku, backed by startup incubator AngelPad, has been acquired by Groupon and is joining the company's entrepreneur-stacked Palo Alto office.
That's quite a change.
We got in touch with Carlos Whitt, a co-founder of Adku, to find out what it was like to be acquired by Groupon and what the company is doing. Here's what we learned.
- The Groupon office in Palo Alto is mostly staffed by its acquisitions. Just about every other employee there is an ex-entrepreneur, he said.
- Adku was a big-data company that powered a recommendation engine. That should give some kind of idea of what Groupon is working on next.
- Groupon was going to be a client, then they just decided to join forces. Whitt said the whole thing just seemed to make sense, and Andrew Mason agreed.
- The inaugural class of AngelPad is on a hot streak. Adku join MoPub and several other companies that have gotten high-profile exits or are already raising bigger rounds of funding.
BUSINESS INSIDER: Can you tell me a little bit about Adku and how you guys got started?
CARLOS WHITT: We met while working at Google and we had a big fondness for big data. We've been in stealth for so long, but the quick summary is we like big data and wanted to see what we could do with external data signals and e-commerce. We wanted to leverage big data for e-commerce, we spent all of last year building a recommendation system and integrated it with numerous clients. They were happy and loved us and around that time we started talking to Groupon.
BI: You guys were a part of AngelPad, right? How did that affect your startup?
CW: Once some people heard I was starting a company with other Googlers, somehow in the small valley, they said we should talk to Thomas (Korte, founder of AngelPad). I met with him and had a good vibe and we joined AngelPad, and that was great. Any place you get that kind of structure on a weekly or almost daily basis is really good for startups. You focus exactly on what you need to be thinking about. As you discuss your idea and discuss it and discuss it, it's really helpful.
I think that was awesome for us and that accelerated our timeline by 6 or 8 months or possibly more. We were part of the inaugural class, I don't think the couple VCs that set up the new program until the second or third class. MoPub was in our class, AllTrail was in our class, a few others were in our class too.
BI: What's next for you guys?
CW: One thing we're not allowed to talk about is what we're gonna be working on. But think in terms of what things we were doing — leveraging big data to optimize e-commerce. We were talking to Groupon along those lines. They were not one of our clients before, but we were discussing having them become one of our clients and those discussions made us realize that maybe we should just join forces. We're in San Francisco, and we're gonna stay here. The entire team lives and works in San Francisco, but we're gonna be joining the Palo Alto Groupon office.
BI: What was the negotiation process like? Was Mason a hard driver?
CW: We were talking with them about being a client. We did spend a little time with Andrew, but it wasn't like he was calling us on the phone out of the blue and saying "hey, let's do something." He was brought in toward the middle of the process, and we just wanted to bounce some ideas off him and confirm what we thought about Groupon was in line with his vision. We had a great chat with Andrew, he seemed very energetic and very articulate and basically his way of describing going after the local problem was very much in line with what I had envisioned and what I'm really excited about doing.
We met soon after he did his interview for 60 minutes, and I guess in the interview they referenced him doing yoga in his underwear. We talked about that a little bit, he's just like, eh, it's up there so we decided to leave it up there. Once something's online it's impossible to get rid of.
BI: What was so appealing about Groupon that made you accept the offer?
CW: I get the sense that the company has a very fun culture about it. One of the things that was really appealing to me and my co-founders was the fact that it's only three years old, the company is basically just a startup with a huge opportunity. There are plenty of startups that are older than three years. It's now a fairly large company with a successful market, so it has the fun quirkiness.
The Palo Alto office in particular is comprised of a lot of acquisitions, and that is really appealing. It means we're basically one of every two people is an ex-entrepreneur. And they're some of the most exciting people I can interact with. The idea that I can join a company like Groupon and have that scale of impact and work alongside those entrepreneurs is really exciting. Any time you get to work alongside some entrepreneurs, I consider myself really, really lucky.
BI: How are you feeling about the acquisition?
CW: I'm ridiculously excited, one of the things it's saying to me, we basically get to run experiments and run different algorithms. With the amount of data Groupon has, we get to run our experiments a lot quicker and iterate even faster than we have been in the past year and a half. The sheer quantity of data allows us to move even faster. It's not really resources — for us it's almost entirely the quantity of the data. The more data, the faster we can achieve statistical significance and the faster we can move.


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In this six-part blog series, Shirley provides practical advice on adopting Agile Development methodologies.
Agile Development is a software development methodology based on incremental, iterative development, where requirements and implementations evolve through collaborative, self-organizing, cross-functional teams. Agile Development promotes product delivery as a time-boxed series of functional and potentially shippable product increments that enables teams to rapidly respond and adapt to change.
Part V – Optimizing
Backlog Grooming (or Backlog Meet and Greets)
When teams begin to adopt Agile practices, they are often faced with sizing and committing to stories during sprint planning – when they hear about the stories for the first time. This can lead to onerous Sprint Planning meetings (where the team often loses focus and reverts to any means to get the meeting over with), unclear requirements, increased implementation risk and over- or under-commitment (depending on your team's propensity for risk.)
While this is inevitable in the beginning, the key to Agile success is to begin to develop a 'story horizon' that's longer than a given sprint. Ideally, your sprint horizon should be either a release (a subset of stories determined to meet a particular customer or market need that justifies a release announcement) or 2-3 sprints. Grooming the backlog beyond this will often lead to discarded work as requirements change or evolve.
If your planning horizon is a release, I recommend taking 1/2 day for a Release Kick Off meeting at least 2 sprints prior to beginning the implementation. During this meeting (ideally held offsite) the Product Owners will walk the whole team through the goals, features and expectations of the release. This may include performance or scale metrics that must be met (e.g. must be able to handle n concurrent users or x,000 transactions/second). Once the team understands the overall objectives, the Product Owners will walk the team through the backlog as a series of high-level stories. The team will seek clarification and discuss possible implementation approaches. This meeting should not seek to fully understand or to size the stories, but rather to establish common ground and to uncover issues or questions (technical, requirements, etc.) that need to be addressed before a story can be sized.
Once the Release Kickoff meeting is complete, or if you are just working through a backlog of stories and releasing incrementally, you should plan to spend at least 1 hour per week grooming the backlog. During this time, the team will begin with a brief high-level review of the backlog before discussing and sizing (previously unsized or deferred) stories from the prioritized backlog. If issues arise that prevent a story from being sized, it will be deferred and flagged for the next grooming meeting.
Backlog grooming is an incredibly worthwhile exercise that sets aside time to 'meet and greet' upcoming stories in advance of their implementation. It provides developers and QA valuable time to consider upcoming stories, to discuss ideas offline and to improve the quality of their estimates. Schedule a fixed day/time every week for backlog grooming and make it a priority for the team (I prefer Wednesday mornings – since they avoid Sprint Planning and wrap up activities.) Despite their protestations of 'too many meetings' the team will quickly appreciate and value the impact of the investment.
Story Sizing
In traditional, waterfall, processes schedules often comprise developer and QA estimates (measured in hours or days). Data is then plotted on a Gantt chart that includes a contingency factor (%age overhead, based on prior experience of the team's sustained productivity), vacation days, holidays, etc. Progress against goals is measured in %age complete vs. estimate. Also, development time is often estimated individually per feature and separately from QA – with little or no accommodation for issues that will arise during integration and testing. This approach is fraught with difficulties that often lead to schedule overruns. One example is that when asked for an estimate of %completed, developers often give an answer that is better described as %time spent: "I've spent 80% of the time, so I'm likely 80% complete". This often has little or no bearing on the actual level of completeness (remember the old 80-20 rule?) and introduces the risk of discovering schedule overrun late on the project.
Agile follows a timeboxed approach, where the team makes a commitment to completing product increments (stories) within a given timeframe (see Establish a rhythm for the team).This is a significant shift in thinking for many teams and is often hampered by them regressing into traditional estimating and trying to plan the sprint duration using traditional methods.
To shift the team's thinking, I recommend introducing the concept of relative sizing. That is, estimating the size of a story (including everything required to deliver a functional product increment; Development, QA, Documentation, etc.) relative to other work. To get teams started, I introduce relative sizing using a number series that closely resembles the Fibonacci scale (1/2, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 20…) ). As a point of reference, I associate the smallest increment (1/2 point) with some piece of work that everyone in the room can grasp. For example, '1/2 point represents the work required to make the smallest change to an application': think changing a label on a UI. The 1/2 point sizing includes code changes and check-ins, developer testing, QA setup and testing, and refreshed screen shots. The size of every other story is then calculated relative to this.
Progress is then measured during the sprint in completed stories (those that are 'done'.)
Planning Poker
Planning Poker is an estimating exercise that helps to maintain the objectivity of story sizing by reducing the influence of any single member of the Scrum team on the sizing or others. You can purchase Planning Poker Cards inexpensively, or download a Planning Poker App. Just make sure that everyone committing to the sprint has the ability to contribute their size estimate (even if it's just using a piece of paper with the number sequence, or fingers and toes!)
The team collectively discusses each story, seeks clarification from the Product Owner and formulates a high level approach to deliver the product increment. Technical or other risks are discussed and QA voices how they will acceptance test the feature. The Scrummaster then asks everyone to estimate the level of effort (using relative sizing) to complete the story and every member of the delivery team privately selects a 'card'. I like teams to countdown "3, 2, 1" to ensure that everyone is ready then ask everyone to hold up their 'cards' at the same time. Typically, there will be a lot of consensus in the room on the size of a given story. However, it's important to look at the outsiders. For example, if the bulk of the team estimates 8 points but one member holds up a 20 and another a 2, there's likely something interesting to pursue. Ask open-ended, non judgmental questions of the 'outsiders' "That's interesting, why a 20?" to understand their reasoning. In my experience, their reasons are often very valid and affect the resulting points sizing. In the example, it could be that the extent of testing has not been considered by the bulk of the team and that the size needs to be increased to accommodate the additional work. Or, the effort to implement could be much smaller because it can leverage work thats already been completed that perhaps only one or two people are aware of. In either case, take the time to hear each of the perspectives, have the team discuss and re-size the story.
The insights gained during planning poker are often really valuable and will improve the quality of your estimating. The key is to remember that Planning Poker is not designed to force everyone to a common score, but to gain a common understanding of the work involved and to base the size on their best collective knowledge.
Identifying Latent Impediments
While the Daily Stand up is intended to uncover issues that are impeding progress ("do you have any impediments?", it's often not as simple as asking the question. Team members always want to show that they are doing their best to demonstrate progress. Admitting to being 'stuck' or 'unclear' can amount to feeling vulnerable, like they are letting the team down (this is especially true in nascent teams.) It's the Scrummaster's responsibility to uncover these 'latent impediments' and to help determine a path forward.
Key indicators of latent impediments are:
- Tasks not moving across the board (remember, tasks are estimated to be 1 day or less – if they are not moving daily, you likely have an issue)
- Developer or QA giving the same update in two or more scrums, often with the words "I'm about to reach a breakthrough"
When a latent impediment is identified (or even suspected), the Scrummaster can ask for a team member to help with one or more next steps to accelerate a breakthrough:
- Pair programming
- Whiteboarding
- Revisit Task Breakdown (it may be that issues or ideas have emerged since the original task breakdown that affect the implementation approach)
- Code review
While it may appear that the Scrummaster does not 'trust' the process, the opposite is actually true. The process is highlighting the fact that a problem is building. Addressing it quickly will help keep the sprint on schedule and will continue to engender teamwork, trust and openness.
QA Automation
As a product matures, the effort to regression test existing functionality increases with every release. Manual (black box) regression testing becomes increasingly labor intensive and prone to error. Like Unit Testing, QA (functional) test automation will pay significant dividends and will allow your limited QA resources to focus on usability and 'feel' of the product, rather than performing repetitive testing.
I recommend using a scripted, data-driven test framework like Selenium or Watir to give you maximum flexibility.
Begin to make progress by adding automation stories to the backlog, prioritized based on risk and 'bang for the buck'. That is, start with functional tests for the most fragile areas of code (those known to break often) or the most cumbersome parts of the regression testing (multi-browser, multi-setup). The key is to make at least some progress on QA automation every sprint to build out a portfolio of automated regression tests that can be run as part of every build to identify functional bugs at the earliest (and cheapest) opportunity.
Investing in optimizing your Agile process will result in greater team confidence and reduced delivery risk. It will necessarily require a commitment of time that will impact your team's velocity initially. However, the increase in clarity and common understanding will more than compensate in the results achieved.
And, while you are implementing new ways to increase the productivity of the team, take a moment to reflect on how far you've all come. You'll be pleasantly surprised…and it's another reason to celebrate!


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|Please note that this is the Gundam Wiki's article on the mobile suit RX-0 Unicorn Gundam; if you are looking for the article on the series with this as its namesake then you should head to Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn.
Technology & Combat Characteristics
Produced as the final part of the E.F.S.F's reorganization plan, the "UC Project ", the Unicorn Gundam is a revolutionary design and was meant to be the main symbol of the "U.C. project's" main goal: to destroy any traces of Zeonism in the Earth Sphere, and thus not only does it feature a Gundam design, but it also incorporates an anti-Newtype system. Two prototype machines were completed at Anaheim Electronics' factory in Granada. However, when the Vist Foundation took control of the project, they turned the Gundam into a symbol of possibility by making it the key to finding Laplace's Box: the embodied hope of the Universal Century. Featuring the most advanced mobile suit technology of the time, the machine's performance is unmatched.
Incorporating test data obtained from the experimental MSN-06S Sinanju Stein, the entire frame is built with Psycho-Frame material, drastically increasing the responsiveness of the unit and allowing it to be piloted like an extension of the pilot's body. While mobile suits used during the Second Neo Zeon War implemented Psycho-Frame technology on a limited basis, the RX-0 is the first "full Psycho-Frame" mobile suit ever constructed. In some cases, this responsiveness is so high that it appears the suit acts on its own without any actions from the pilot. In addition, the Unicorn utilizes a special "La+ Program" OS and a system known as the "NT-D" (or Newtype Destroyer) which activates the suit's Psycho-Frame and dramatically increases the suit's performance.
In its normal form, which is known as "Unicorn Mode", the Unicorn Gundam's head is similar in appearance to those of Londo Bell's mass-produced mobile suits, with the addition of a single, horn-like antenna extending from the forehead (which gives it the name "Unicorn"). In terms of its armaments in normal mode, the Unicorn is very lightly armed, with half of its built-in weaponry only being available in Destroy Mode.
Destroy Mode is the form the Unicorn Gundam takes when its NT-D System is activated. The transformation is marked by an expansion of the suit's frame. The armor seams separate and lock down into various hard-points, while the newly exposed Psycho-Frame emits a pinkish-red or blue-green(Awakened) glow (attributed to the Psycho-Field phenomenon). In this mode, the mobile suit becomes taller and its head transforms to one having standard Gundam features, the visor and face guard retracts into the head to reveal the mouth plate and the antenna splitting into a V-fin. In order to prevent its transformation being interrupted, its I-Field strength will be increased, at least temporarily. Additionally, a pair of sub-sensors will be revealed on the shoulders, and two concealed beam sabers will extend out of the backpack.
In this form, the suit's Psycho-Frame scans the pilot's thoughts and directly transmits them to the suit's drive system; in other words, the Unicorn can ultimately be controlled by the pilot's thoughts alone. The machine's performance - its mobility in particular - is dramatically increased when the NT-D is active, partially due to the exposure and activation of six additional thrusters. In addition to the performance boost, the NT-D also allows the Unicorn to take control of an enemy's psycommu weapons (also known as "Psycommu Jack") by emitting a Psycho-Field from the manipulator. However, the stress placed on the mind by manipulating an object more than tenfold the size of an average human is extraordinary.
Even with the aid of the Psycho-Frame the pilot's mind can only endure roughly five minutes of operation before a limiter is activated, deactivating the Psycho-Frame and returning the mobile suit to its normal form. In order to alleviate the high levels of G forces placed on the pilot, a drug administration system called the "DDS" is fitted on the pilot suit. It suppresses stagnated blood circulation due to high acceleration by administering the drug to the pilot. Furthermore, the system activates not according to the pilot's discretion, but automatically upon the detection of another Newtype via the "Intention Automatic System". This system is inherited from the Sinanju Stein and functions by using the Psycho-Frame's sensitivity to the pilot's thought-waves to directly affect behavior of the mobile suit. In addition, it is possible for the pilot to intercept the thought-waves of an enemy pilot. The system also directs the movement of the suit when active, and does not completely depend on the pilot for commands. By default, the system will automatically attempt to destroy any Newtype enemies it detects, but requires the pilot to give it a conscience so it does not merely become a killing machine.
- 60mm Vulcan Gun
- A basic armament found on many Federation mobile suits. While essentially ineffectual against mobile suit armor, they are useful in intercepting incoming missiles/rockets, destroying mobile suit sensors, and engaging lightly-armored vehicles.
- Beam Saber
- The standard close range armament for most Federation mobile suits. The beam saber is a small device held in the mobile suit's hands when operated and is powered by a rechargeable energy capacitor. It emits a blade of plasma contained by an I-Field and is capable of cutting through almost any metal that has not been treated with anti-beam coating. The Unicorn is equipped with four beam sabers, two on the forearms and two in the backpack. In Unicorn mode, the MS only has access to the two forearm mounted beam sabers. In Destroy Mode, the other two beam sabers flip out from the backpack, allowing access to all four sabers.
- Beam Tonfa
- The forearm mounted beam sabers can flip over and be used directly, in this form, they are known as beam tonfa.
- Beam Magnum
- A highly customized beam rifle designed with an energy condenser. The power output in a single shot is the equivalent of 4 regular beam rifle shots at the expense of an entire E-pac. Each of the beam magnum's magazine is loaded with 5 E-pac, allowing a total of five shots before reloading. The Unicorn can carry two spare magazines on its rear skirt armor. When not in use, the Beam Magnum is stored on the backpack via a slot located in the upper section. The Beam Magnum is exclusive to the RX-0 series of mobile suits, and causes malfunctions if held by other mobile suits, such as the Delta Plus.
- Hyper Bazooka
- A hyper bazooka variant that is exclusive to the Unicorn Gundam, it is stored on the backpack and extends when in use. The hyper bazooka can fire various types of rounds, with the default being the scattershot type. Each of the bazooka's magazine can carry up to six rounds and like the Beam Magnum, the Unicorn can store up to two spare magazines on its rear skirt.
- Shield
- A four-petal shaped shield that houses an I-Field Generator, which is operational in both Unicorn mode and Destroy Mode. The max duration of the I-Field is unknown, but it is long enough to deflect a beam cannon shot. Due to the properties of the Psycho-Frame allowing for direct manipulation of an object by a Newtype, Unicorn Gundam is able to use its shields as beam deflecting funnels despite them lacking any thrusters. When required, the shield can be used as ramming weapons or be equipped with the beam gatling guns.
- When Minovsky particles are released into the air or into open space, the positive and negative particles spontaneously align themselves into a three-dimensional cubic lattice. Due to the repulsive and electrostatic forces between the Minovsky particles, this lattice functions as a kind of a force field, which is referred to as an I-field. This field has difficulty permeating conductive materials like metal, water, and plasma, and it exerts a repulsive force against mega particles. An I field is used to deflect enemy mega particle beams. Due to its high power requirements, the I-field generator originally could only be installed in large mobile weapons. When the generator is activated, the I-field forms an invisible barrier around the mobile weapon, protecting it from incoming beam attacks. However, this barrier has no effect against solid objects like missiles and projectiles, and beam weapons can still be used at point blank range within the barrier's boundary.
- Beam Gatling Gun
- A Gatling-style beam weapon with high rates of fire, it can be handheld or mounted on the forearms. It was originally made and used by the Sleeves as a supporting weapon for the NZ-666 Kshatriya to maintain suppressive fire. Banagher Links managed to secure one while escaping Palau. It unleashes a torrent of beam fire, though individual shots inflict relatively light damage to target (causing minor damage to such units as the AMX-009 Dreissen). It was destroyed during a battle with the Kshatriya, but two new Gatling guns are mounted to the Unicorn when the mobile suit is taken on by The Sleeve ship Garencieres. When its ammunition is depleted, it is discarded to avoid becoming dead weight.
- Beam Rifle
- The same beam rifle used by the RGZ-95 ReZEL, which is powered by a replaceable energy pac. The particle beam fired from the beam rifle can penetrate almost any armor that has not been treated with specific counter-measures. In addition, the beam rifle can also emit a beam blade from its muzzle, allowing it to act as a long beam saber.
- Beam Machine Gun
- The same weapon as used by the Sleeves' AMS-129 Geara Zulu, it shoots yellow beams and can be fired fully-automatic. It is powered by a replaceable energy pac, if the energy pac is depleted it can be replaced with a fresh one. It can attach an optional grenade launcher. Seen equipped at the end of Episode 5 and beginning of Episode 6.
- Grenade Launcher
- A grenade launcher is attached below the barrel of the beam machine gun. These grenades are not very effective against large ships, but are ideal mid-range anti-mobile suit weapons.
- Armed Armor DE
- A weapon introduced in Bande Dessinee. It is the normal I-field equipped shield used by the Unicorn Gundam with additional parts containing a propulsion system and a mega cannon. It is similar to Shield Boosters that were used in the Gryps Conflict, and can be used as a makeshift melee weapon with significant reach. The Unicorn can achieve speeds comparable to a Base Jabber by mounting the Armed Armor DE on the unit's back thrusters.
Special Equipment & Features
- La+ Program
- A unique Operating System that slowly reveals the path to open Laplace's Box once certain requirements are met. This program was not in the original specifications but rather added later by the Vist Foundation. The system is also responsible for registering Banagher's biometrics, making the Unicorn Gundam impossible to pilot by other individuals other than him. The program appears to be closely tied to both the NT-D and the Unicorn's pilot. Upon reaching Laplace at midnight Greenwich Mean Time, the program will broadcast the Universal Century inauguration speech and Federation Universal Century Charter made at Laplace in UC 0001. Following that, the next checkpoint given by the La+ Program is Torrington Base in Australia (in the novel version of Unicorn, the checkpoint on the Earth was actually Dakar, the capital of Earth Federation). Ultimately, according to Daguza Mackle, the true purpose of the program might actually be to serve as a guidepost to test the pilot's heart as the program itself leads the pilot to the Box. Ironically (as agreed by both Banagher and Full Frontal) in the novel, the destination, where the Laplace's Box is located was Industrial 7, where everything had begun. In the OVA, the program, as explained by Gael Chan, was designed to search for true Newtypes to guide to the Box.
- The Newtype Destroyer (or NT-D) System is an anti-Newtype system developed by the Earth Federation and installed on the RX-0 Unicorn Gundam. The system works by using the Psycho-Frame built within its body to seek out Newtype brainwaves. Should one be found, the NT-D System activates and turns the Unicorn Gundam from its usual "Unicorn mode" into its "Destroy mode", improving its stats overall and allowing it to take control of Newtype weaponry used by others and turn them against them. However, the system has a number of flaws to it. Among them is having a five minute time usage so it wouldn't kill its pilot and the fact that it doesn't discriminate against real Newtypes and Cyber-Newtypes. Its most ironic flaw is that, because of the massive stress given to its pilots, a Newtype is the best pilot for the unit. Thankfully, those with strong wills can overpower the system and determine when it can activate.
- Intention Automatic System
Main article: Banagher Links In the manga, the Unicorn Gundam debuted with an unknown pilot at the controls, doing a test run for the Vist Foundation. The Unicorn was up against a group of ARX-014 Silver Bullets. Three of the Silver Bullets grabbed the Unicorn Gundam with their incoms and started electrocuting the pilot. Suddenly, the NT-D activated and took out three of the Silver Bullets. The Unicorn charged towards the fourth when the NT-D shut off. The test ended with the pilot being killed due to the G-forces exerted on his body.
After its final battle with Full Frontal and the NZ-999 Neo Zeong, the Unicorn Gundam stopped the Federation attack on the Magallanica by releasing a pulse with its Psycho-Frame that seemingly reverted the Federation MS generators to their base components, immobilizing them.
Following these events, the Federation immediately ordered the Unicorn Gundam and its sibling unit, the Banshee, to be dismantled and sealed away, out of a concern for the powers they displayed. However, the Unicorn Gundam is intact and sealed by Banagher waiting for the time its power is needed to be released once more.
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Notes and Trivia
- Unicorn Gundam's unicorn motif is likely a reference to the unicorn in the series of tapestries known as The Lady and the Unicorn.
- Unicorn Gundam is one of the playable secret mobile suits in the game Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam Next, coming along with a new Route H. However, it lacked its pilot. For the PlayStation Portable port Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam Next Plus, the Unicorn is joined by NZ-666 Kshatriya and is given its proper pilot.
- There are a few errors regarding its appearance due to having shown up before the OVA's debut. For one, its Beam Magnum shots are colored a bright red identical to Reborns's GN Buster Rifle and lacks its distinct SFX. Additionally, its head visor features a blue glow instead of a green one. Finally, it is the only Gundam from a series other than Devil Gundam to not have an opening song from its show of origin, instead using a track made specifically for the game.
- Unicorn Gundam is also included as a Playable MS in Gundam Musou 3, alongside the Sinanju.
- In Gundam Memories, Unicorn Gundam is categorized as a "long" unit in Unicorn Mode, while it is classified as a "short" unit whenever it turns into Destroy Mode. The Unicorn Gundam is the only unit that switches between two different types in the game.
- The Quick Attack is also different: In Unicorn Mode, it can only use 3 attack patterns, while in Destroy Mode, it can use 4 attack patterns.
- The OVA version of the Master Grade Unicorn Gundam includes blue beam saber blades, as opposed to pink from the Ver.Ka kit.
- Despite being advertised as RE:0096 kit, the Twin Frame version of the Master Grade does not have the marking seals that befit its appearance in the opening and ending sequence of the anime.
- A statue of the Unicorn Gundam (not the one at The Gundam Base Tokyo) makes a cameo appearance in the 2018 film Pacific Rim Uprising.
- In SRW V, Audrey asked Judau if he wanted to pilot the Unicorn which is confusing due to the fact the La+ Program registers to only allow Banagher to pilot the Unicorn and no one else can pilot it.
- In SWR V, the Unicorn has the unique ability to move twice when it activates Destroy Mode.
- There are two known names for the Unicorn Gundam's crystalized form: "Unicorn Gundam (Luminous Crystal Body)" as seen in the Gundam Base Tokyo exclusive model kit, and "Unicorn Gundam (Psycho Shard)" as seen in the instruction manual for the High Grade Build Divers RX-零/覚醒 RX-Zeromaru (Shinki Kessho). The instruction manual of the Gundam Base Tokyo exclusive model kit did note that the crystals on the Unicorn Gundam's body are Psycho Shards.
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 Episode 1, Departure 0096
External links
- RX-0 Unicorn Gundam (Unicorn Mode) on Gundam UC Re:0096 Official Site (English)
- RX-0 Unicorn Gundam (Unicorn Mode) on Gundam-Unicorn.net (English) (Archived)
- RX-0 Unicorn Gundam (Destroy Mode) on Gundam-Unicorn.net (English) (Archived)
- RX-0 Unicorn (Novel) Gundam on MAHQ.net
- RX-0 Unicorn Gundam (OVA) on MAHQ.net
- RX-0 Unicorn Gundam on Gundams.de


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- 1000 sq space
- 40ft long x 25ft wide
- 15th high ceiling
- Freight elevator
- Open from 7am to 11pm
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Morocco shore excursions
Our Morocco shore excursions department has developed a selection of shore excursions made to measure for couples, families and small groups of friends departing from 3 main ports of call in Morocco: Casablanca, Tangier, and Agadir.
If you are docking in one of the above ports of call in Morocco, and fancy a shore excursion that will set you apart from crowded coach tours, and rather choose a personalized guided city tour or day trip to one of the nearby imperial cities, then you've come to the right place.
With us, you will benefit from a personalized service, 24/7 assistance, and above all, you will take full advantage of your port trips time as we monitor every little detail from taking in consideration the city rush hours when setting your itinerary, historical sites operating hours, as well as choosing small and efficient vehicles driven by experienced drivers in each city.
Casablanca shore excursions:
Casablanca, often associated with the film « Casablanca » is a cosmopolitan city located off the Atlantic coast, is the financial and industrial capital of Morocco. with its art deco, associated with the French colonial era of early 20th century, and Hassan II Mosque, as well as the nearby imperial cities of Rabat ( 1 hour drive ), Marrakech ( 2 hours 30 min drive ), and the coastal town of Eljadida, Casablanca offers plenty of shore excursion opportunities.
Tangier shore excursions:
Tangier, the Jewel of the north, is considered the « the Gate of Africa » as has been the first contact with the African soil many Mediterranean cruise ships passengers. Tangier port of call offers some amazing day trips opportunities for its cruise visitors: From the magic blue town of Chefchaouen with its Rif Mountains to the old Portuguese fort of Asilah, not to forget Tangier itself, with its labyrinthine streets and Souks.
Agadir shore excursions:
Agadir is a modern beach resort located at the southern part of the Atlantic coast of Morocco. Although the city itself is not very appealing for the seasoned travelers, the surrounding Berber countryside represents great opportunities for those looking into authentic interaction with the local Berbers. The Berber oasis of Tiout, the Saadian fortified city of Taroudant, and Tafrout located in the heart of the Anti Atlas Mountains are worth a full day visit plus Morocco desert from Agadir to Marrakech


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"Empire" star Morocco Omari was arrested after reportedly brutalizing a woman this week.
The actor, who portrays Lucious' half-brother on the series, allegedly pushed a 24-year-old unidentified woman to the ground during an argument on Wednesday night, according to TMZ.
Police arrived and discovered the woman with scratches to her neck and chest.
Omari, 41, was arrested and booked for misdemeanor domestic battery, TMZ reports.
The incident occurred in Chicago where the 41-year-old resides.
It is unclear the actor's connection to the woman involved. He was previously married to actress JoNell Kennedy from 2001 to 2006.
In August, Omari was moved to a series regular on the Fox hip-hop drama — where he plays an FBI agent.
His other roles are scarce prior to landing the "Empire" gig. He previously appeared in "Half Past Dead 2," "Momentum" and "Shakedown."
Fellow "Empire" star Terrence Howard has been abused by ex-wives and an ex-girlfriend of domestic violence in the past.
He recently denied those allegations in a lengthy Twitter rant, noting he was physically and verbally abused in his marriage and that there is a double standard when it comes to domestic abuse.


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The Niña and The Pinta! – Discover Columbus' ships in the Camden Harbor!
For a short time this next week, two amazing vessels are docked right here, inside of our very own Camden Harbor. The Niña is in fact the most historically accurate Columbus replica ship that's ever been built. The Pinta, although … Continue reading


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Roosky, Ruskey or Rooskey is a village on the River Shannon in County Roscommon, Ireland in the northern midlands of Ireland, near the point where counties Leitrim, Longford, and Roscommon meet. The N4 road from Dublin to Sligo passes by the Leitrim side of the village.
The above text is an extract from a recent revision of the Wikipedia article Roosky, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0
On this page you can see a map of Rooskey, see what's on in Rooskey, find out how to get to Rooskey, visit local websites for Rooskey, find Bed and Breakfasts (B&Bs) in Rooskey, browse restaurants in Rooskey.
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Injury Benefits
Injury Allowance: From 31st March 2013
For injuries or diseases arising on or after 31st March 2013, NHS employers will pay eligible employees Injury Allowance (IA), under their contractual terms and conditions. The criteria for awarding IA and the level of that allowance, is similar to the Temporary Injury Benefits payable under the NHS Injury Benefit provisions. IA is limited to the period of the employment contract and a maximum payment period of 12 months for each relevant injury or disease.
Please contact your NHS employer (HR department) for further information on how to claim IA.
Injury Benefits: Before 31st March 2013
You may be eligible to apply for NHS Injury benefits if you are injured or contract a disease on or before 30th March 2013, which is wholly or mainly attributable to the duties of your NHS employment.
A separate Injury Benefits Scheme (not part of the superannuation scheme) administered by SPPA, covers almost all NHS employees whether superannuation scheme members or not. If you are injured or you contract a disease in the course of your work on or before 30th March 2013, which is not attributable to your own negligence or misconduct, you may be entitled to receive injury benefits. You, or your dependants, may receive payment if:
- you are temporarily absent from work on reduced or no pay because of the injury. A temporary allowance to top up your total income (including certain Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits) to 85% of average pay will be payable;
- you die as a result of the injury or disease. To be eligible to apply for widow/widower benefits, the applicant must have been married to the deceased both at the time NHS employment ended and at the time of death. Death benefits are available for employees (leaving a spouse and/or dependants) who die as a result of a work related injury or disease that occurred on or before 30 March 2013, which is wholly or mainly attributable to their NHS duties, or if later in life, their death is hastened by a disease which is wholly or mainly attributable to their NHS duties.
- In calculating any injury benefits, other sources of income will be taken into account. These include any pension under the NHS scheme, certain personal pensions, relevant DWP benefits and any damages or compensation paid in respect of the injury or disease. Any damages or compensation for the injury may affect your benefits and any injury benefits paid to you may have to be recovered. If you claim damages, you should discuss the matter with your legal adviser. When a claim for damages is settled, you must let the SPPA know immediately.
All benefits paid under the Injury Benefits Scheme are index-linked. Injury Benefits paid by SPPA payroll are recharged to the relevant NHS Employer.
A Factsheet which provides more information about the operation of the Injury Benefits Scheme is available here.
Continuing access to the NHS Injury Benefits Scheme
Before completing INJ form to apply for NHS Injury Benefits from SPPA, please check below to ensure you are eligible:
- Injury benefit applications received by 30th March 2018 only, for an injury or disease occurring on or before 30th March 2013 will be processed.
- Injury benefit applications received by 30th March 2038 only, will be processed for applicants who can provide evidence there has been a delayed onset of their symptoms, such that an application was not previously necessary before 30th March 2018.
- Access to the NHS Injury Benefits Scheme closes on 31st March 2038. No new injury benefit applications will be accepted by SPPA on or after this date.