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What do you call an unwinnable game that players can compete to lose the most often? Or a game about our experience of art that simultaneously denies us the chance to experience it and simulates it perfectly? Or a physics platformer in which having complete control of all physics variables – and seemingly utmost power over the game – still leaves you with quite conventional puzzles to solve? You might call them a bit of a joke. You might call them experiments in paradox. You might call them horse shit (which is your prerogative, I suppose). But you might just call them the games of Pippin Barr.
Who is this masked man who abuses the patience of so many? Actually, I am not so much interested here in Pippin Barr the person as his games. "Pippin Barr is 5 foot 11 inches tall and he has brown hair and blue eyes and he bought me an ice cream and he was very nice…" – I think not. But it's worth taking a brief detour into biography to note the genesis of these games. Barr is an academic, lecturing about interactive design at the IT University of Copenhagen. In a video interview over at Electron Dance, he says he started to make games because "the best way to think about games and talk about them was definitely to make them, and to give other people the chance to think about them as well as play them." Sure enough, these bite-size one-shots have the character of a pedagogic exercise. Like Matt Madden's Exercises in Style they are trying out new ways to work and thereby illuminating their effects and curiosities, a way of testing one's own medium, playing games with games.
Take Let's Play Ancient Greek Punishment, which simulates a set of mythological trials from Sisyphus' boulder-pushing existence to the tiring life of eagle-pecked Prometheus. The thought experiment here is: what if a game really did just try to simulate punishment? Each minigame is a button-mashing exercise which you cannot hope to win – except sometimes you can. As Zeno, for example (not strictly a punishment), you must tap G and H to run a race. Every time you get to the halfway point, it slides backwards, becomes your new starting point, and a new measurement appears between you and the finish. Your target of 50m becomes 75m, then 87.5, then 93.75, then 96.875, and so on into eternity. And yet it's quite possible to use these numbers to track your 'progress', counting the increments, getting closer and closer to the end. For persistent gamers the measure of 'success' soon becomes the number of consecutive 9s after the decimal, counting down from 99.9877929687m to 99.99999403953552m and beyond, towards a perfectly imperfect .999999… the 9s tick upward. You're closer and closer to victory. There is actually a win condition: at the point where the counter stops counting the numbers turn into two simple text prompts, 'ALMOST HALF-WAY' and 'HALF-WAY'. At that point you've got as far as you can get and can justly say that you have completed Zeno's Paradox.
LPAGP is playing with the idea of games as masochism, with the perverse instinct that led a teenage me to bash his head against the brick-wall of famously frustrating PS2 driving game Stuntman until he'd finally broken right the way through. It is asking what it means to 'win': define it as a state in a system and you see that, functionally speaking, it is difficult to distinguish from other states; define it as an aesthetic message, a 'YOU WIN' prompt, and it doesn't look like winning at all. But it is also illustrating something funny and paradoxical about why we play games: it is not the actual winning that enchants us, but the idea of a win, the process of reaching towards a win – and this process is engaging enough that we are willing to count our failures instead just to give ourselves something to do.
Other games seem to make comments on specific trends in gaming. All's Well That Ends Well is an absurdist critique of modern difficulty levels and respawning mechanics in which the player must spawn and respawn her way through an impossible storm of enemies. It's quickly clear that victory is certain as long as you bother to move rightward ("keep on keeping on"). You have no power to hurt the enemies and no way to avoid them, so it looks as if the odds are stacked against you. But you have instant respawning to even the score, and in this sense, the odds are actually and simply exactly as they should be when your abilities are taken into account. That is to say, like most action games, what the fiction depicts as an 'impossible mission' is actually a mission perfectly calibrated to your impossible skills. All's Well just sharpens that to a razor point by making progress without death literally impossible, and making death the most minor possible inconvenience. It is a game predicated on constant failure which calls into question the meaning of failure in any game with a perpetual, low-stakes respawn - from military manshoots to retro-modern platformers like Super Meat Boy or VVVVVV.
In this sense it's similar to You Say Jump I Say How High, a platformer where the player can change the game's physics variables, lowering the gravity or supercharging their mass. This apparently godly power does not actually give the player much of a privilege, as getting through its levels means adjusting, revising, and bug-fixing your own version of the game rules. It's a bit like a developer throwing down her tools and crying "fine! See how YOU like designing the game! It's not easy!" (an alternate title was Not My Problem); setting the parameters correctly to make things winnable (let alone fun) is a challenge in itself. Most amusingly, it actually just leads to a very conventional puzzle game. You have a set of abilities which have advantages and disadvantages, and through trial and error you must apply them to a series of interesting challenges. With the same mechanic, it demonstrates how incomplete the power of the game designer is, and how transient and illusory the power of a player.
By comparison, All's Well, the earlier game, seems like an obvious idea, almost crass, but its twisted aesthetics do a good job of putting the boot in to the likes of Medal of Honour, Modern Warfare and Homefront. Each play is introduced by a garbled, clichéd action movie pitch with randomized enemy and character names. The structure, the trope, is always identical ("you are a brave x but now you must defeat y"); the specifics so unimportant as to be frequently absurd (from "asteroids" and "missiles" through "Moby Dicks" to "a surge of love" and "a logjam" – a literal storm of logs). Sometimes, you and your enemies are exactly the same (except instead of being the same dull soldier you are the same "delicious pear"). Every time you die, your avatar falls to the mountains below and tumbles down their slopes with mockingly realistic 'physics' (what use is the verisimilitude of ragdolling bodies, the game seems to ask, when the context they loll and flop in has nothing to do with reality?).
Ironically, All's Well has more record of real failure than any of the games it parodies. As you move rightwards and die to proceed, your corpses stick around, piling up three deep at the bottom of the screen. You see how many times you've had to die to get where you are just by glancing down. And if anything, you make less of an impact on your enemies than in any other game: they fly from right to left in thick formations, and when you hit one, you leave an empty hole in their ranks – but that hole speeds leftwards and disappears within moments. It's a neat little sight gag on their sheer infinitude. Bizarrely, then, a game satirising the asymmetrical consequences applied to players versus NPCs cuts it both ways: there are different ways in which both have more or more permanent consequences than the other. All's Well manages to satirise a way of doing things while simultaneously seeming to do better (in a limited sense); it has its cake and eats it.
In a blog post after the release of The Artist Is Present, Barr tentatively defined his work via his wife Rilla) as 'curious games': curious about games, asking questions, "poking around a subject". The Artist was a kind of deadpan exercise in curious realism: its iconic graphics, simple mechanics, real-time queuing system and spiritual fidelity to the work of art that it concerns asked what kind of 'realism' developers should or could aspire to. Graphics that look like real life? Mechanics that play out like real life? Boredom as boring as real life? Faithful adherence to an artistic truth about real life? Justified sceptical air quotes around 'real life'? Around 'game'? The label betrays the academic roots of Barr's work: he wants to clarify questions, in the manner of a philosopher, and ask what developers and critics should really be asking.
It's therefore apt to think of Barr's games as ludic thought experiments (he tells Electron Dance that he often starts a game because he gets a bizarre idea that just has to be tried out). More specifically, since they are also 'curious' in the sense of 'odd', they are playable versions of what John Holbo on the political philosophy blog Crooked Timber called 'Occam's Phaser' - the tendency of analytical philosophers to invent really bizarre scenarios (Holbo focuses on one involving a ray gun and people thrown down wells). The intent of these scenarios is to create a situation novel enough and yet faceless enough not to tempt intuitive answers based on social familiarity and make us think instead of abstract principles. Barr's games are absurd abstractions of game design principles, formal exercises in very silly hats.
(Of course, perhaps they actually function as Daniel Dennett's 'intuition pumps' – covertly encoding values while pretending to formal questioning!)
Just so, many of his most interesting experiments – just as interesting as those which use new and bizarre mechanics – are those which explore the meaning of familiar ones by playing with their context. One such game is actually based on a famous thought experiment. In Trolley Problem, you play through a sequence of moral choices in which pulling a lever will save one set of people from certain death but condemn some others instead. The Problem itself was conceived to clarify thinking about what constitutes an immoral act, what constitutes an omission, and what is actually happening, ethically speaking, when we make an instrumental calculation with human lives. The difference is that unlike a moral choice in Mass Effect or Dragon Age, no weeping relatives or political changes depend on your decision. It is Mass Effect with no effect. In blogging about the game, Barr said he wanted to emulate the blankness and neutrality of the thought experiment by removing consequence and feedback, so when you make your choice, all you get is a white screen and black text that says: "You chose to pull the switch. Okay." For this reason it may actually have the purest moral choices in any videogame.
By this omission, it shows that the problem with moral choices in games is twofold. On the one hand, if there is any ludic or instrumental feedback to your choices – rewards or punishments, power-ups or debuffs, even simply 'separate but equal' abilities – any feedback which changes your future options – you turn a dilemma about morality into one about morality versus advantage. You bring in new motivations for the player to consider and change the game substantially. Bioshock tried to use this problem and make a game about what you're willing to do for your own survival, but dropped the ball when it miscalibrated its feedback and made murdering children barely more profitable than leaving them alone (rather like in real life, where it really isn't worth the effort). Red Dead Redemption is another clumsy example, where the main reward for being bad is a shitty horse. On the other hand, if there is only aesthetic feedback – a cut-scene showing the consequences of your actions – the choice becomes consequential. It automatically plays into the utilitarian worldview that the Trolley Problem is intended to critique by directing your attention away from the meaning of your actions and towards their consequences. The player may now make choices because she likes a certain character or wants to see a certain ending.
And yet by omitting all this, it makes the choices seem kind of meaningless – trivial, in programmer-speak. Any meaning they possess is given by the player, but without aesthetic cues to care, empathise or consider, it is difficult to find any in oneself to give them. What I referred to in the last paragraph as 'problems' are really 'considerations' – things developers should think about when they're trying to make games with moral choices. But would it be a problem if Trolley Problem showed that moral choices in games are essentially false, that they are either instrumental choices dressed up in aesthetics meaningless choices dressed up in meaning? On the other hand – the third, Vortigaunt-style chest hand, by this point – Trolley Problem has some of the most intense consequences in any videogame. It saves your cookies so that once you play it once you can never reverse your choices; I now log on only to a non-judgemental message about how I sacrificed my girlfriend to save three strangers. By stripping away everything except choice and consequence it invites us to think about the arrangement of choice and consequence in other games.
On the other hand is Hot Coffee, a game that is deliberately over-contextualised. To a porno soundtrack of bitty boppy smooth jazz and salacious instructions like "I like my coffee really creamy", the player taps buttons and holds keys to make a cup of coffee. That's all – just a cup of coffee. It's reminiscent of Laurence Sterne's 18th-century pisstake A Sentimental Journey, which sets up a tension between innocent misunderstanding and deliberate innuendo and then strenuously, furiously, beautifully refuses to let its playfully erotic wave function collapse into either. Hot Coffee ain't quite in the same league (no hard feelings, I hope), but its joke depends on the same dynamic. Part of that joke is that all that makes this 'sexy' is the context. Ludically, it is not a very good simulation of sex, although there is some superficial correspondence: 'hitting the right spots', patiently waiting, sheer dogged physical persistence at a rhythmic and complicated motion (we've all been there). Barr wrote that the game ended up being male-centric in that its metaphors were obvious and "non-subtle". But sex is not a test, or shouldn't be. Instead, the question is: if silly music and overheated dialogue is all that makes this 'sexy', then GTA's version was surely the same: fairly non-sexual game dressed up (fully clothed!) in latex boots and a cowboy hat.
But the most interesting example of Barr playing with context may be Epic Sax Game, a game that lets you be that saxophone-playing loon from the Moldovan entry to the 2010 Eurovision contest. Like so many of Barr's games, ESG reaches down to grasp at a very deep component of basic game grammar: taking the same action, learning it, learning to make it work for you, and then repeating it in different situations. This quality, common to the texture of most videogames, is one thing that links our medium with music and poetry – meaningful variations and reproductions of a repeated set of structures. The parallel made me want to learn an instrument more than anything else ever has, to repeat the process that I knew from games could be so very rewarding. I wanted to progress beyond 'learn and repeat' to 'know the basics by heart and thereby improvise creatively'.
Music, of course, is much harder (or is it merely that it requires a different literacy?), and most people (me included) find ESG bastard-hard. But the meaning of the same basic skill goes through several revisions based on the kind of feedback you receive and corresponding to different levels of 'performance'. There is the forgiving, 'awesome' inner voice Epic Sax Guy himself in practice mode. Then there's the not unkind but firm and pernickety studio director in recording mode. There's the no-feedback zone of the no-pressure jam, and finally the 'epic' context of Eurovision, where falling out of step or being in step with the bombastic performance is feedback enough (and you get graded at the end). This is not to mention the perpetually repeating endurance test and comic feedback comments of the Youtube stage. We are offered the meat and bone of play- a skill we learn and perform – and a choice of reasons to use it– mastery – feedback – process – fun – or just to be 'epic' – all filtered through this absurd meme.
It's always fun to play through the output of a single designer and see how coherent and focused it is. Pippin Barr's work plays and replays the same tropes: formal experimentation; absurd humour; an affinity for paradox; taking the logic of games that already exist and coming at them from oblique, challenging angles, and taking trends to their extremes, daring you to play. They explore the conventions and possibilities of design, but their deceptive simplicity, their thought-experiment abstraction, tends to shield a complex ambiguity where problem and counter-problem chase each other around. These 'curious games' produce tensions that refuse to resolve, wave functions that won't collapse – and they should inspire curiosity too in those who play them. They're good questions.


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"With their debut effort "Make Your Mama Proud", they had failed, though to no fault of the music. Now with "All the Pain Money Can Buy" they've hit platinum. Their debut single "The Way" was voted as one of the most recognizable hits of 1998. Now when I first heard "The Way" I thought "Oh boy here comes another one-hit wonder." When I bought the album, my view of the group totally changed. With power pop tunes like "Better Than It Was" and "Sooner or Later" proves they love to rock, and songs like "Slow Drag" and "Which Way To The Top" shows they can play both country and funky music. Frankly this is the only group of the 90's that I can sincereley compare with The Beatles. Their riffs are strangly familiar, but yet original. The songs are at average 3 minutes long, so no song ever gets tiresome. And no two songs on the whole album sound alike. And now with their other hit singles, "Fire Escape" and "Out of My Head", they have definetly proven that they are not just "one-hit wonders.""
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"Like most people I know with this album, or who liked this band, I first discovered them when their "The Way" music video aired. I immediately bought the CD and have been happy with it ever since, even though I'm usually into less mainstream bands. This is simply good music -- very good music -- that most people ought to enjoy, or at least appreciate.
One reviewer described this music as "upbeat Gin Blossoms." The tunes are definitely, for the most part, quite upbeat, and on the surface then this seems a very upbeat album.
If one listens to the lyrics carefully, however, this is actually a concept album with a dark/"dead-end" theme. It starts out ("The Way") with a person, or people (doesn't really matter) making up in their minds to abandon all responsibility in their lives, and live in the now insetad: "They wanted the highway, they're happier there today." The theme progresses slowly, as the person/people get further and further submerged in their fate.
By the song "Which Way to the Top?", the character(s) have come to the point where they're no longer happy and want to, make it, if not to the top, at least above their current station in life. "Won't you tell me, which way to the top? You know that I cna't stay down here.... We used to drive around in a broken down old car, but now I'm changing trains." Through the next couple songs, there are various ups and downs, hopefulness (or at least hopeful draydreaming - "Warm Fuzzy Feeling").
By "Slow Drag," however, the character(s) life has taken a turn for the worst after attempts at self-betterment which provided hope in the recent past are quickly crushed. Cigarettes and perhaps other such chemicals are useful to calm down: "every day the same old dizzy dance" and "Charlie the Methadone Man, fills out the papers just as fast as he can."
It then hits the character(s), again, that their really not "making it to the top," tensions rise and they become unhappy with their lives and with each other, one of them becomes abusive, or at least cruel, "don't matter what I say, only what I do, I never mean to do bad things to you." He eventually "pushed her away with the things [he'd] said."
So many outer forces (society, absurd and unfair vice laws, etc) are just destroying life for people (such as himself), the charater(s) reasons: "take it to the highway, you travel far and wide, caterpillars carving up the countryside." The situation becomes increasingly hopeless, even nihilistic: "No matter where it goes it's a nowhere road." The character(s) get fired from their jobs, get tired, etc.
That's my take on it, anyway. Maybe they're just unrelated songs, though. Either way, it is great music."


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Frank Says: His most spectacular effort – a 92-point performance in a win over Los Osos in February, broke the internet. But his most impressive performance came in a loss three nights earlier in February, when he scored 36 points while Oak Hill was snapping the Huskies' 60 game win streak.
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College Prospects: Decommitted from Washington
Game of the Year: 12 points vs. Oak Hill (Jan. 16)
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Game of the Year: 11 points vs. Chino Hills (Feb. 4)
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Game of the Year: 27 points vs. Mt. St. Joseph (March 11)
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School: Chino Hills (Chino Hills, CA)
Position: Forward/Center
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Game of the Year: 29 points vs. Long Beach Poly (Feb. 21)
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School: Mountain Brook (Mountain Brook, AL)
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Game of the Year: 26 points vs. Auburn (Mar. 4)
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School: St. Augustine (San Diego, CA)
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Game of the Year: 27 points vs. Sierra Canyon (Mar. 11)
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I came in, and after several minutes of talking to the Japanese guy that didn't understand a single English, I finally figured out they don't have any vegetarian ramen. I was about to leave, but all of a sudden the waitress with a crystal clear English stepped in - after she had little bit of fun while me and the guy were unsuccessfully finding the way to each other - and offered to take out the meat for me. I usually don't even eat meat broth, but fuck that, I was so hungry. After all, it was the best ramen I've ever eaten.
Full and happy I headed towards Hongik Station to try luck at Gyeongbokgung again. I didn't use my GPS so I got lost the moment I walked out of the restaurant. Nevermind, I assured myself that I'm a "modern traveler" that needs to use modern equipments and continued my way. This time, Gyeongbokgung was opened and full of people. For a short moment I felt like I'm in China, because it kind of resembles the smaller version of Forbidden City in Beijing. Not to mention all the Chinese tourists that took over the place. I had to meet Y in Hongdae that evening, so I went to see The national folk museum of Korea to kill the time. I have to admit I don't remember too much of the museum, because I was busy looking at the Chinese tourists' boobs sticking out of their t-shirts. Being a tall westerner isn't always as bad as it seems.
I came back to Hongdae, and while I was waiting for my friend because she was always late, I stood by a guitarist performing on the street. I have no idea why every Korean guitarist picks those gay songs, but I guess it's a cultural thing, and it has something to do with girls forcing boyfriends to wear their bags and other shit in public. Too bad I didn't take any photo of this phenomena. Anyway, the song was gay enough that I actually liked it and tipped the guy generously. Those who know me are well aware, that I never give money to anyone unless it involves some kind of oral pleasure, such as eating and drinking. Even Y that didn't know me for too long was surprised.
Finally, Y has arrived and took me to what is supposed to be Hongdae's famous tteokbokki snack bar called 조폭떡볶이 (Jopog tteokgbokki). The place itself looked like every other scary Asian hole-in-the-wall restaurant, but the food was excellent and yeah, having a girl paying for me always feels great.
I "forced" Y to get some beer, so she took me to her favorite pub 인데버프리츠 (Indebeopeulicheu) somewhere in Shilim. Because she is always so mean to me, she gave me really gay, I mean nice, fancy and shiny wallet on the way to the subway to make me look stupid in front of everyone. Oh, I truly like this girl.
After having lot of nice draft beers, which always seems hard to get anywhere in Asia, she wanted to take me to karaoke. It was a little place with several small glass booths packed with people singing Korean songs. We couldn't find any available, so we parted because it was quite late anyway. Well, it wasn't that late, so I headed right to my favorite English bar to meet my friends before going to bed.
I had couple more beers, and the next thing I remember was guys in the bar building up my courage to go clubbing. It was a Friday night. I was a lonely European and I was supposed to be a perfect catch for horny Korean girls - they said. Even though I seriously hate clubbing, and I definitely don't have sex with random strangers, it sounded like a very good idea.
I was on my way to a club area in Hongdae when I suddenly met French guys living in Shanghai looking for an ATM. After half an hour trying all those useless Korean ATMs, they could get the cash and we could go for some fun. They were very well aware of what their mission was, so we were advised to go to gogo clubs. From all the stories I heard, I was starting to get comfortable knowing I might get laid that night. The moment I stepped in, I realised it was quite opposite. Tons of Korean guys and fat ugly western bitches everywhere. Did I go to Korea to talk to western girls? Fuck no. We at least got some drinks and went to a bar next door to try our luck. It was the same, and I even lost track of the French guys that probably ended up with those not really good looking western girls. I had few more drinks and long way home on my alcoholic auto-pilot.
Thankfully I didn't break any of my principles that involve not having sex with complete strangers that night. Sigh.
- Korea Part 0: Traveling to South Korea to See My Best Friend Gone Wrong
- Korea Part 1: An Accommodation Was Supposed to Be Easy to Find, Right?
- Korea Part 2: Chocolate, Ahjummas and How to Talk to HER
- Korea Part 3: Where Are All the Smiling Korean Girls?
- Korea Part 4: This Is South Korea, We Are Older So We Pay For Everything
- Korea Part 5: Kings, Cops, and Foreign Beers
- Korea Part 6: Gyeongbokgung Palace and Gogo Bars
- Korea Part 7: Hangover, Naksan Park, and Shitty Jeju City Public Transportation
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You've journeyed through the winter season with your heart open to hearing, accepting, and following the call of Spirit. You have learned more about whom you are, what direction you are to take, and what your purpose is with each passing day.
Whatever change is ahead for you, you can be certain to succeed as you remain attuned to the voice of Spirit within you. You can look to the future with confidence and enthusiastically greet any change because you know that this period of growth and transformation is firmly rooted in your acceptance of God's call to your spirit.
Today is Easter.
Let your heart soar.
Let wings of faith and freedom lift your spirit to new heightsThis is a day of renewal.
This is a day of celebration.
This is a day to celebrate the new you!
Today is a day of new beginnings – a new life,
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With fresh understanding, you begin your life anew.
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Although staff work often goes unsung, it is essential to the smooth operation of any large force. As GSO1 at the HQ of 3rd Division in the early 1960s, Worsley demonstrated his great aptitude in such demanding roles. Based at Bulford, Wiltshire, he was largely responsible for the speed with which units were dispatched overseas. The illness of his divisional commander placed great responsibility on his shoulders, but his efficiency and ability to engender cooperation allowed him to achieve the highest standards of staff work. These qualities saw him reach the heights of the Army Board, culminating in his appointment to Quartermaster-General.
Richard Edward Worsley was born at Ballywalter, County Down, Ireland on May 29 1923. Always known as Dick, he was educated at Radley where he was in the First XV. He enlisted in 1940 and, in 1942, was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade and posted to 2 RB in the Western Desert.
After North Africa, he saw hard fighting as adjutant during the slog northwards up Italy. In the fierce battle for the hilltop town of Tossignano, near Bologna, his battalion took such heavy casualties that it had to be amalgamated with 10 RB. The successful merger of the two formations was an early indicator of Worsley's gift for organisation and he was mentioned in despatches.
The end of the war found him in Austria and then, for a period of six weeks, his company managed a jail in Hamburg. It was full of war criminals and, on one occasion, having learned that a breakout was being planned, he ordered the Bren Gun platoon to fire four magazines down the length of a corridor. There was no more trouble.
A variety of testing appointments followed as Britain began its protracted and complex withdrawal from Empire. In 1956, during the ill-fated Suez campaign, he was GS02 to the British commander, Lieutenant- General Sir Hugh Stockwell. He narrowly escaped injury when the Egyptian forces opened fire as he was escorting Stockwell across a canal in the darkness in the hope of negotiating a surrender.
After commanding a company during the Malayan Emergency and instructing at Staff College, in 1963 he assumed command of the 1st Royal Dragoons. Worsley's success in converting the regiment from armoured cars to tanks led to his first senior command, that of 7th Armoured Brigade in BAOR. He was then Chief of Staff Far East Land Forces from 1969 to 1971. His primary task there was to close down the British presence in Singapore while keeping morale at a high level.
In 1972, Worsley became GOC 3rd Division and, in 1974, he moved to the MOD as Vice QMG. He became Commander 1st (British) Corps in BAOR in 1976, Quartermaster-General in 1979 and retired in 1982. He was Chairman of the Rifle Brigade Club from 1986-93.
After retiring from the Army, he was for several years chairman of the optical division of Pilkington, the multinational glass manufacturing company. His vineyard at his home near Reading also gave him a great deal of pleasure. He was Vice-President of the Cavalry & Guards Club from 2003 to 2007.
He was appointed OBE in 1964, knighted in 1976 and advanced to GCB in 1982.
Dick Worsley married, first (dissolved), Sarah Anne (Sally) Mitchell in 1959. He married, secondly, in 1980, Caroline, Duchess of Fife (née Caroline Cecily Dewar).
He is survived by his first wife and their daughter and son, a serving officer in the Rifles and a former CO of 2nd Royal Green Jackets, and by his widow.
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A Randomized, Phase 2, Double-Blind, Placebo-
Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy
of HL-009 Liposomal Gel in Adult Patients With Mild
to Moderate Atopic Dermatitis
Sponsored by HanAll BioPharma Co., Ltd., the objective of this phase 2 study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of HL-009 Liposomal Gel in adult patients with mild to moderate atopic dermatitis (AD).
The primary outcome measure is a core change from baseline on IGA at Week 8.
Males or females over 18 years of age with a clinical diagnosis of AD by a board certified/eligible dermatologist are eligible. Subjects must have body surface area affected to at least 2% total body surface area (BSA), with IGA score 2 or 3 corresponding to mild to moderate AD at screening and baseline visits and be able to give written, informed consent.
Subjects who had topical treatment with corticosteroids within 2 weeks before screening, or who had systemic treatment with corticosteroids or ciclosporin and photopheresis treatment within 2 weeks before screening are ineligible. Subjects cannot have had ultraviolet irradiation within 2 weeks before screening, have participated in another drug trial within 4 weeks before screening, or have an allergy to one of the excipients. Female subjects who have a positive serum pregnancy test at screening, plan a pregnancy during study period, or are breast-feeding are ineligible. Female subjects who don't meet one of the following criteria will be excluded: surgically sterile, post-menopausal for at least 12 months, or if sexually active, they should use oral contraceptives, double barrier contraception, intrauterine device, or other methods approved by the sponsor. Subjects who have other topical treatment of the AD area, take any systemic anti-infective or antibiotic treatment, or have had eczema herpeticum will be ineligible. Subjects who have any clinically significant presence of skin disease or pigmentation other than atopic dermatitis, or wide scar on atopic dermatitis area, have poorly controlled chronic disease, or significant medical problems, including but not limited to uncontrolled hypertension and congestive heart failure, are ineligible. Subjects who have clinically significant laboratory abnormalities at screening, a marked prolongation of QT/QTc interval at screening, a history of additional risk factors for TdP, and/or use a medication that prolongs the QT/QTc interval cannot participate, nor can subjects who, in the opinion of the investigator, would be noncompliant with the visit schedule of study procedures.
A Pilot Study to Investigate the Off Label Use of
Vismodegib as an Adjuvant to Surgery for Basal
Cell Carcinoma Tumors (BCC)
Sponsored by Stanford University, the purpose of this study is to learn about the effect of vismodegib on sporadic basal cell carcinoma (BCCs) prior to surgical removal. Patients receive vismodegib orally (PO), once daily (QD), for up to 3 months if the initial BCC size is less than 2 cm and superficial or for up to 6 months if the initial BCC size is 2 cm or greater or non-superficial. After completion of vismodegib treatment, patients undergo Mohs surgery. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 6 months. The primary outcome measure is an anti-tumor effect as measured by the percent change in surgical defect area against the null hypothesis of no change after the treatment period using calipers and photographs.
Study patients must have at least one BCC, greater than 5 mm, be eligible for Mohs surgical removal. Patients with BCCs that have been treated before (recurrent BCCs, BCCs that failed other chemotherapy) are eligible for this trial if they meet size criteria. No Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) or Karnofsky performance status will be employed. Patients must have normal hepatic function: aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) equal to or less than 2 x the upper limit of normal (ULN). Patients must have normal renal function, normal complete blood count (CBC) and differential and the ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. The patient must be willing to forego surgical treatment of BCCs by up to 6 months, except when the principal investigator (PI) believes that delay in treatment potentially might compromise the health of the subject. There must be a documented negative serum pregnancy test for women of childbearing potential, with agreement to the use of two acceptable methods of contraception during the study and for 7 months after discontinuation of vismodegib. Men with female partners of childbearing potential must agree to use a latex, non-latex, or any other male condom, and to advise their female partners to use an additional acceptable method of birth control during the study and for 2 months after discontinuation of study drug.
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In Spring 2016 we ran a 4 week Crowdfunder campaign to raise funds towards the creation of How Time Flies, a project inspired by Archaeology and Discovery.
We were successful in raising over £4000.Thanks to all who supported us in this endeavour!
Below is our campaign information.
Taking inspiration from the theme of archaeology, history and discovery, we want to create a new piece of engaging, contemporary theatre aimed at children and their families.
How Time Flies will make history come to life! The audience will become part of the story, learning and engaging with the past through an exciting mix of music, puppetry and drama. We will use historical artefacts as an inspiration for story telling.
There will be a beautiful handcrafted and interactive set, featuring a tent like canopy which envelopes the audience. It will morph into new shapes as the show moves on and be designed and built using sustainable and tactile materials.
We are a company who pride ourselves on creating performance through a community engagement model. Therefore we will spend time researching with local archaeologists and running public workshops. This will include specialist workshops for those with additional needs.
We will devise a unique and contemporary performance and present preview performances.
Looking to the future we plan for this production to go on a full National Tour to schools, arts venues and festivals!
Touring productions are the bread and butter for HandMade Theatre and without a new show our long term survival is in jeopardy. We want to continue sharing the unique, interactive and accessible performance we are renowned for.
Our participatory and sensory style of work is highly accessible. We are able to engage some of the hardest to reach people and believe in the wellbeing benefits of our arts activities.
We choose themes, which are highly enjoyable but also informative. We bring topics, facts and experiences to life in a fun and engaging way. This makes our work relevant to school curriculums as well as general interest, awareness and knowledge.
HandMade Theatre works with a fantastic team of very talented artists! We want them to have the opportunity to work on exciting and fulfilling projects.
With cuts to public funding, all arts and culture organisations are facing difficult times. As a small independent arts organisation HandMade Theatre need to find new ways of raising money. We feel it is essential to continue in order to secure good quality, accessible art for young people, for the future.
Crowd funding will help them apply for additional funds from Arts Council to support a bigger project and larger scale show suitable for long term national touring.
Crowd Funding is not the easy option. It takes hard work and a lot of good will but we hope it will demonstrate our commitment as artists to the ethos and quality of HandMade.
We hope this campaign will spread wider interest in the 'How Time Flies' project and our HandMade Theatre Company. Importantly we also hope it will rally the public to support us and other arts organisations who are currently struggling in an extremely tough financial climate.
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- Just So Festival
- St Andrews Special School, Derby
- Eastleigh Unwrapped Festival
We are a small company, with limited overheads and so can offer real value for money. We are dedicated to the work we do and you can be safe in the knowledge that every penny of money donated will be carefully allocated and spent.
In order to create a full-scale show we will also be applying for Arts Council Funding. The £4000 crowd funder pot will massively help us to secure this larger funding bid. With your help we can begin to create this exciting project, your money will contribute to the following:
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- Thursday 9th June: Proteus Creation Space, Basingstoke
- Saturday 11th June: Eastleigh Unwrapped Festival
- Wednesday 17th August Aberystwyth Arts Centre
- Friday 19th – Sunday 21st August; Just So Festival
- Saturday 24th September: Curve Theatre, Leicester
We cant do this without you so to show a little of our massive appreciation we have put together some exciting opportunities and treats supplied by our wonderfully talented team.
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Our rewards include exclusive HandMade artwork, free tickets to a show and some exciting creative workshops. Many of these are limited in availability so check out the list and get contributing!
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Stastny named captain for U.S. team at WorldsNHL.com @NHLdotcom
USA Hockey announced Friday that Paul Stastny of the Colorado Avalanche will serve as captain of the men's national team, which plays its first game in the 2013 IIHF World Championship Saturday against Austria.
The 27-year-old previously represented the United States at the Worlds in 2007 and 2012 and was a member of the national team that won silver at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.
Stastny's alternate captains will be Matt Carle and Nate Thompson, teammates with the Tampa Bay Lightning who hail from Anchorage, Alaska. Carle is making his debut at the tournament; Thompson was an alternate captain on last year's squad, which finished seventh after losing 3-2 to Finland in the quarterfinals.
At the 2012 tournament, Stastny ranked second on the U.S. team with six assists and nine points in eight games. He finished third on the team in goals (three) and plus/minus (plus-6). In 40 games this season with Colorado, he collected nine goals and 24 points.


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It all started when I upgraded to VMWare Workstation 9, and some of my guest machines would periodically freeze. About every thirty seconds, it would freeze up for about ten seconds on my Windows 7 x64 guest virtual machine and a couple other machines. It was an incredibly frustrating problem to solve, and hopefully this post will save others some of the aggravation that I went through.
Step 1 - Removed Unused Hardware
That's it. That's the only step! Go into the settings for the guest machine and you will see a screen that looks like this:
Now all you have to do is hi-light the hardware you don't absolutely need, like the floppy drive and the sound card, and click the Remove button.
Once I removed the hardware I didn't care about, the guest freezes went away! This probably works for other combinations of versions for VMWare and Windows. I was having the same problem with a Windows 8 guest, too.
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George Fox's Master of Arts in Counseling Program prepares students to work with clients of all ages, either individually or in groups. Our graduates work in a variety of settings – including private, institutional, community, Christian and cross-cultural – and find employment in profit and nonprofit organizations, hospitals and private practice.
Graduates are prepared to sit for the national licensure exam to become a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Oregon. Our curriculum is shaped by a commitment to an integrated understanding of the Christian faith and mental health.
Our objective is for students to:
- Understand persons as having physiological, psychological, relational and spiritual needs
- Understand and articulate the core dynamics of counseling in concert with sound theological principles
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The program is generally two to four years in length with 56 semester hours of course work required as a minimum for graduation.


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Correction – ACT Ambulance Service intensive care paramedics have treated and assessed a total of three patients.
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It's a new month, a new week and summer is upon us. June was filled with graduations, honors, installation ceremonies, and so much more. As photos are being mounted in scrapbooks and displayed in frames, there's a lot to share.
It's a new month, a new week and summer is upon us. June was filled with graduations, honors, installation ceremonies, and so much more. As photos are being mounted in scrapbooks and displayed in frames, there's a lot to share.
Louis P. Fortunato, an accounting professor at Mount Saint Mary College, taught a "dress for success" program to an enthusiastic group of students. They arrived for their finals wearing pressed shirts, shined shoes and sharp suits. He gave each student a five-second job interview and Ellen Bourhis Nolan of the Mount's Career Center critiqued their outfits.
"My students have risen to the occasion, and I'm very pleased," he said, confident they'll do well.
James Finn Cotter a professor at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, carried the mace for the school's 50th commencement, just as he did for the first graduation. Only two people have led the procession: Cotter and professor emeritus Jim McEnery of Cornwall. McEnery was the only lay person and the only male instructor during the college's first academic year in 1960. McEnery served as master of ceremonies from 1971-87. Recently Ulster Savings Charitable Foundation honored more than a dozen Ulster County educators during a reception. Between them gifts of $10,000 from the Foundation's Learning Initiatives for Educators program were received. Honored were Tammy Coniker, Gwen Bardon, Beth Baker, Robin Hecht, Christina Schoonmaker, Erin McDermott, Adam Seelig, Sandra Heaney, Catherine Roth, Fern Sarnoff, Megan Miller and Kari Wade. John Manzi of Mongaup Valley, paid publicist for the Monticello Raceway and volunteer public relations for the Goshen Historic Track, is still beaming over the recent trip he took to California to attend the high school graduation of his beautiful granddaughter, Elizabeth Kim. Her mother, Michelle, John's daughter, grew up in Mongaup Valley and graduated Monticello High School in 1981. She earned a bachelor's degree from SUNY Albany before moving to California, where she earned a master's from the College of Laverne. Elizabeth is headed to the University of California at Berkeley with aspirations of being a child psychologist. Grandma Geri Corey has a long way to go before her grandsons Jordan Irwin and Nicholas Claudio, both of Pine Bush, graduate from high school. But if the recent graduation ceremony at the Little Lamb Christian Nursery School in Bullville is any indication, she'll have lots to laugh about. The boys weren't impressed with the pomp and circumstance of the moment, but they sure did love the rolled-up diplomas they found to be amusing playthings.
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Oregon voters approved Ballot Measure 11 in November 1994 to apply mandatory minimum prison sentences to certain crimes against persons committed on or after April 1, 1995, with no possibility for any reduction in sentence, such as for good behavior. It has been modified by legislation several times.
In 1994, Oregon voters enacted a constitutional amendment that requires correctional institutions to actively engage inmates in full-time work or on-the-job training. This amendment, known as Ballot Measure 17, took effect April 1, 1995. In order to hold institutions accountable and ensure that they comply with the intent of the measure, the Oregon Department of Corrections maintains data on daily work and program assignments for each inmate.
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This five-pocket fit caters to a variety of body types. Its medium-rise contoured waistband holds in the body, and the regular fit through the hip and thigh opens to a classic 22" flare leg below the knee. These jeans are made to give you a dramatic, flattering silhouette.
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Solar power and unknown things
28.02.2016 - by Admin
Solar energy is a source of inexhaustible renewable energy available on Earth. This is a clean energy source that we are pushing operators. Below is some things you may not know about energy.
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- Solar energy is the most abundant energy resource on earth — 173,000 terawatts of solar energy strikes the Earth continuously. That's more than 10,000 times the world's total energy use.
- The first silicon solar cell, the precursor of all solar-powered devices, was built by Bell Laboratories in 1954.
- The space industry was an early adopter of solar technology. In the 1950s, the space industry began to use solar technology to provide power aboard spacecraft. The Vanguard 1 — the first artificial earth satellite powered by solar cells — remains the oldest manmade satellite in orbit — logging more than 6 billion miles. Current satellites is also using solar energy to be able to fly more distant planets.
- Fast track to today and demand for solar in the United States is at an all time high. In the first quarter of 2012, developers installed 85 percent more solar panels compared to the first quarter of last year. Total U.S. installations may reach 3,300 MW this year putting the country on track to be the fourth largest solar market in the world.
- The number of people using solar energy in Korea and Japan is over 50%, this figure respectively well with the developed countries in Europe such as Germany or the Netherlands.
- As prices continue to fall, solar energy is increasingly becoming an economical energy choice for American homeowners and businesses. Still, the biggest hurdle to affordable solar energy remains the soft costs like permitting, zoning and hooking a solar system up to the power gird. On average, local permitting and inspection processes add more than $2,500 to the total cost of a solar energy system.
- In California's Mojave Desert, the largest solar energy project in the world is currently under construction. The project relies on a technology known as solar thermal energy. Once the project is complete 350,000 mirrors will reflect light onto boilers. When the water boils, the steam turns a turbine, creating electricity. The project is expected to provide clean, renewable energy for 140,000 homes and is supported by an Energy Department loan guarantee.
Source: energy.gov
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Once bitten, twice the guy. Thanks to the bite of an irradiated spider, budding boy genius Peter Parker suddenly finds himself turned into a superhuman with the powers of a spider. The rest is comic book history. As the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man, Parker has been entertaining legions of fans for 40 years through a string of comic book titles and animated series. If the Spider-Man game is any indication, the general love affair with all things Speedy burns as brightly as ever. Originally developed by Never soft, the developer behind the hit Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series, Spider-Man first swung its way onto the PlayStation, and soon leapt to the Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, and Dreamcast. Now the third-person action-adventure game has come to the PC to make true believers out of computer gamers. Along the way, though, it's run into a few snags that often dampen the game's more entertaining aspects.
He story, told through cut scenes, voice-overs, and in-game dialogue, opens at a conference held by the renowned Dr. Otto Octavia's, who's preparing to demonstrate his latest invention. While the good doctor pontificates about the virtues of progress through technology, Spider-Man suddenly leaps onto the stage and makes off with Octavia's' device before the assembled crowd. Since the real Spider-Man, Peter Parker, stands among the members of the press taking photos for the Daily Bugle newspaper, it can only mean an imposter is at large and ruining Spidey's already tenuous reputation. Parker's jealous journalistic competition at the Bugle, Eddie Brock, also witnesses the shocking event. The fact that Octavius is really the supervillain Dr. Octopus and Brock plays host to an evil alien symbiote named Venom can only mean more outlandish trouble for our wall-crawling hero. This game takes classic superhero melodrama and unashamedly runs with it.
After the game's mysterious opening sequence, you begin your heroic adventures in New York City. You start by foiling a bank heist and then move up to greater challenges like evading a missile-firing police helicopter that chases after our framed hero. Later, you'll fight swarming lizardmen on top of a rushing subway train and battle alien symbiotes in the Daily Bugle. All told, there are eight main locations, like Manhattan's rooftops, a high-rise bank, and the New York City sewer system, making for around 30 3D levels in all. Gameplay primarily revolves around platform jumping, a little stealth, and beating up lots and lots of bad guys. During your adventures, you'll meet fellow heroes like Daredevil, Black Cat, and the Human Torch who'll offer tips and villains like Scorpion, Rhino, and Venom who'll beat you to a pulp if you're not quick with your webshooters.
No matter how smartly you play, be ready for some hassles--the game uses a save point system instead of letting you save when you choose. Game designers seem to ignore the fact that in the real world, not all gamers have the luxury of playing for long, uninterrupted stretches until they can reach a save point or the end of a level. At least you can tackle the game on four different difficulty levels, including a "kid mode" that simplifies the controls and gameplay for the younger set.To foil villains and save the day, you'll employ around 18 moves. For simple problems, a number of simple solutions are on hand (or foot): You can jump, grab, punch, and kick your way out of the game's lesser binds. Thanks to that fateful spider bite, Spidey can perform all these moves with extraordinary strength and agility. These core moves can be linked into combos, like jumping punches or the "grab and kick," where you sneak up behind a villain, grab him, and then unceremoniously give him the boot. Of course, Spider-Man's chief claims to fame, other than running around New York City in bright tights, are his masterful web slinging talents. Here's where the game's combat gets interesting, thanks to Spider-Man's arsenal of clever web weapons. You can sling webs that temporarily enmesh enemies or flick distant switches. If standard punches aren't working for you, you can create spiked gloves out of your webbing for added damage. You can borrow a page from Captain America's (comic) book and create your own web shield for defense. For pummeling villains from a distance, you can launch balls of webbing at them. If that doesn't get their attention, you can shoot a web line at them and yank them in the direction of your choosing. No matter what approach you use, you'll find that enemies aren't overly bright; bad guys rely more on brute force than anything else. "Mindless thugs" indeed.
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
600 MHz Pentium III or Athlon processor or faster
DirectX 9.0b plus DirectX compatible 16 MB video card


text: HULKS SMASH!!!! I've been working on these for awhile, and am super-happy with the result! I really wanted to capture the "plastic look" that the toy has, and I've been reading the whole "Red Hulk" storyline, so I went ahead and did a Red Hulk as well. I worked from one of my own Hulk toys that I found in Portland last summer.


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Dr. Tanna is an expert in facial and breast surgery. He utilizes the latest technology in his practice.
Utilizing the latest high-tech, high-def, 3D video microscope, Dr. Tanna is able to offer this technology for microsurgical DIEP flap breast reconstruction. He has expertise in aesthetic and reconstructive surgery of the face and breast.
As a double board certified surgeon, Dr. Neil Tanna is an expert in breast aesthetic and reconstructive surgery. While traditional forms of mastectomy require long incisions located directly on the breast, the robotic mastectomy and reconstruction is performed entirely through a small scar located on the side of the chest, far away from the breast.
Dr. Tanna and colleagues pioneered this revolutionary technique that allows the entire surgery to be performed through a very small incision—3-centimeter incision—that is located off of the breast, far away, near the armpit, so when a patient puts their arm down it's completely hidden.
Dr. Tanna and colleagues use the robot to perform the surgery with much smaller incisions that are located far away from the breasts, near the armpit or the bra line. This may result not only in a better aesthetic outcome, but fewer complications, faster recovery, and less pain.
Dr. Tanna sits down with Philadelphia Inquirer reporter to discuss the quality, safety, and effectiveness of robotic breast surgery. To best meet these needs, Dr. Tanna, Northwell Health, a network that includes Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Intuitive Surgical and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have been working together to implement a robust clinical trial.
Dr. Tanna and a team of surgeons performed the first robotic breast surgery in North America.
This is a prestigious honor that is reserved for the top percentage of Plastic Surgeons that are true standouts in their field. Physicians on this list are selected by peer-review, meaning doctors are making recommendations about other doctors (like your doctor referring you to a specialist).
Once again, Dr. Neil Tanna was listed on the Newsday Top Doctors List. This is a prestigious honor that is reserved for the top percentage of Plastic Surgeons that are true standouts in their field and nominated by their peers.
As a double board certified surgeon, Dr. Neil Tanna is an expert in rhinoplasty. He has the ability to use 3D printing to show patients their anticipated results before surgery.
Dr. Tanna sits down with PIX11 news anchor Tamsen Fadal to discuss common myths.
With expertise in aesthetic and reconstructive surgery, Dr. Tanna is a leader in breast cancer reconstruction. Dr. Tanna demonstrates the use of his needle-free, patient controlled, breast reconstruction technique.
Dr. Tanna has an unwavering commitment to women's health. Dr. Tanna was invited to co-host a fashion show Rosanna Scotto, co-anchor of WNYW-Fox 5's "Good Day New York."
Dr. Tanna offers this innovative technology to improve patient outcomes and empower women to actively be involved in their care.
Only the very best doctors in their specialties and communities are selected for inclusion in this organization. He is honored to be a part of this wonderful distinction for the third year in a row.
He recognizes the efforts of a nurse who is dedicated to giving back to breast cancer patients.
Dr. Neil Tanna is interviewed by Vice about when and how to remove lipomas.
Once again, Dr. Neil Tanna was listed on the New York Times Super Doctors® List for impacting modern medicine and providing excellent care to patients. His selection was based on a myriad of factors including peer recognition and professional achievement.
This is a prestigious honor that is reserved for the top percentage of Plastic Surgeons that are true standouts in their field and nominated by their peers.
This is a prestigious honor that is reserved for the top percentage of practitioners that are true standouts in their field and nominated by their peers. Only the very best doctors in their specialties and communities are selected for inclusion in this organization.
Fox 5 News anchor Kerry Drew emceed the event, which honors and supports the unique health care needs of women. At the 24th Annual Katz Institute for Women's Health Fashion Show featuring the Michael Kors Fall 2016 Collection, three patients took the runway and shared their personal stories as they walked alongside a doctor who has impacted their life.
By using an innovative combination of 3D printing and photography, Dr. Tanna is giving patients a preview of what their Plastic Surgery will look like before going into the operating room.
The Super Doctors® named Dr. Neil Tanna as one of the "Rising Stars" for his noteworthy and outstanding achievements. Less than 2.5% of physicians in the NY area receive this award. Dr. Neil Tanna and other selected honorees were selected after a thorough and rigorous review of a myriad of factors, including peer recognition and professional achievement.
Dr. Neil Tanna, who worked on the study published in the journal Annals of Plastic Surgery, recruited doctors through prominent plastic surgery societies, and had the doctors analyze preferences in breast fullness and size — including the size of the areola around the nipple.
Dr. Neil Tanna was featured for his research that examined the preferences for breast shape and size across the world. These objective assessments can help patients and other surgeons.
"It is important for plastic surgeons to consider the cultural background and country of origin of their patients," Dr. Neil Tanna, who worked on this study said. "This will help to establish a common denominator between patients and surgeons, which might ultimately lead to higher patient satisfaction."
Three-dimensional (3D) technology is a powerful tool, both for educating patients and improving surgical outcomes. Dr. Neil Tanna uses three-dimensional software to print 3D models to better show patients their "before" and "afters."
Dr. Neil Tanna and colleagues published their findings about the aesthetic breast preferences of Plastic Surgeons from different countries which was reatured internationally on Reuters Health.
Botulinum toxin is the most popular nonsurgical cosmetic procedure and with good reason. Dr. Tanna discusses its growing use, with more than four million treatments performed nationwide last year. It is the most popular nonsurgical procedure for women in their twenties and early thirties, up 45% in that demographic in the last 5 years.
While devotees and the medical community tout the benefits of facial massage and exercise, Dr. Tanna comments during a press interview that its benefits are no replacement for facial rejuvenation in moderate to severe signs of aging.
Known as pearling or beading, body modification can result in bleeding, infection, foreign body migration, and loss of sensation.
Two women share their journey after undergoing procedures to sculpt their body following pregnancy and weight loss.
Three patients took the runway and shared their personal stories as they walked alongside a doctor who has impacted their life.
As a Plastic Surgeon dedicated to women's restorative health, Dr. Neil Tanna is at the forefront of women's health.
Dr. Neil Tanna is featured for his use of the latest technology, including 3D photography and 3D printing.
He is the first surgeon in Long Island to use this innovative technology.
Dr. Tanna is leading the use of this technique, as more than 100 health care systems have adopted it.
Dr. Neil Tanna participated in an event honoring breast reconstruction.
Dr. Neil Tanna is interviewed by Fab over Fifty about his innovative robotic mastectomy and reconstruction.
Dr. Tanna is a recognized expert in removal of lipomas and skin cysts. A journalist describes his experience having surgery with Dr. Neil Tanna.
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HTC One Mini now available on Rogers
Today sees the launch of the HTC One Mini on Canada's Rogers network. Starting today the One Mini can be yours for C$99.99 on a two-year plan, or C$399.99 on a month-to-month deal.
As the name suggests, the One Mini is a smaller version of the HTC One with cut-down internal hardware. It's got a 4.3-inch 720p display, a Snapdragon 400 CPU and 1GB of RAM, coupled with 16GB of internal storage. Around the back is the same "Ultrapixel" sensor found on the HTC One, only without optical image stabilization. Software-wise, it's HTC Sense 5 and Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean running the show.
When we reviewed the international HTC One Mini over the summer we found it to be one of the best small form factor Android phones out there. For more details, check it out at the link below.
More: HTC One Mini review
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Can I open two faceBook account at the same time?
I created two FaceBook account.
Can I open those two FaceBook account at the same time with the same browser?
I created two FaceBook account.
Can I open those two FaceBook account at the same time with the same browser?
The question unanswered is "Can I open two Facebook accounts at the same time?"
I made a research on several websites and found out that the answer to the question is YES.
Not even two but multiple Facebook accounts may be opened at the same time.
First the solution will be based on opening two accounts from the same browser. You may ask how to open and how to manage them at the same time. Using Firefox this is the procedure I found out:
First right click Firefox icon and hit properties. Once you get the Firefox target,the following code will be added at the end of the path:-profilemanager-no-remote-.What will appear is "C:ProgramFilesMozillaFirefoxfirefox exe"-profilemanager-no-remote.And then you can click OK.
Once Firefox is opened again,you will get a new box and right there two accounts or even multiple Facebook accounts can be opened.
Using Google Chrome,an incognito mode is used to allow two log-ins. The procedure is to first log-in to Google Chrome,click on the tools icon and select New Incognito window. Otherwise you can use Crtl+Shift+N to open a new incognito window. This time navigate from the same website and make two log-ins.
Another answer to the same question is still YES this time using two different browsers. Actually, you can choose from many popular browsers like Internet Explorer,Opera Firefox,Chrome and etc. Simply log-in one Facebook account in one browser and another Facebook account in another browser.
I will show illustration of two Facebook accounts log-ins at the same time using the same browser.
Another illustration will show two Facebook log-ins to two different browsers.
I don't think if it's still possible with the recent updates that FaceBook has done. I, too, agree that you can open 2 different FaceBook accounts in 2 different web browsers. That's because your FaceBook account presently logged in on the other web browser is not linked with the other web browser and also because they use different profiles for each web browser.
But I'm not convinced that you can open 2 different FaceBook accounts on the same web browser separated only with individual tabs. If it worked on your web browser then I think this capability is browser-dependent. Because when I tried it on the Maxthon web browser where I open my 2 different FaceBook accounts on separate tabs, the other one got affected. The first tab is already logged in using my original account.
When I open Facebook on the second tab, it automatically displayed my original account which is what's in tab
1. When I log out and then login using my second account and then go back to tab 1 then refresh it to see if it's still logged in using the original account, and it's not. It's already displaying the second account which is what's logged in on tab
2. This only means that the browser is using the same profile for every website. If you have 2 accounts on the website, the web browser updates the profile using the account you last used.
I am a crazy fan of Facebook. There are hundreds of friends online that I want to chat with within my log-in time. However, it is really impossible to chat with these friends at the same time. I tried using two active accounts but still cannot cater for my need to do multiple chatting. Now, because of your help I am able access both accounts at the same time. Both of you have given excellent performing solutions. Using two browsers is a very nice and doable recommendation. I have installed Google Chrome now and enjoying chatting with friends through two accounts. Thanks a lot, experts.


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The mail lady even came early bearing a package from Australia with a block, three flying geese sashing and 2 cornerstone blocks. I was so thrilled!! And as soon as I sewed them in I was on my way to the Bend to meet up with the quilter.
In my haste I made a little whoops with the backing. The quilter had to add the bottom gold cause it was too short! It looks good.
I had her do an all over pattern since it was such a busy quilt. It was perfect for all that piecing!
I sewed the binding down the evening I got the quilt back and packed it up to take to my dads and hand sew down.
The quilt made it and I know it holds lots of prayers and healing rays. The way it all went together I know the stars are aligning to help her get over the hard knocks life is giving her now.
We love you, dear friend.


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Our air conditioners have been working overtime so far this summer. The last thing we want to do at the end of the day is fire up the oven and contribute to the heat. This is why we typically opt for no bake meals during the summer months. Here are a few of our favorite recipes.
Soba noodle salad:
Soba noodles are made from buckwheat flour and have a light, nutty flavor that pairs well with a wide variety of toppings. One of our favorite summertime meals is a soba noodle salad with peanut sauce and some type of protein (salmon, tuna, chicken, tofu, and edamame all work well!) This recipe for Broccoli Rabe Peanut Soba Noodles from Cookie and Kate is great with a can of salmon stirred in and we've also got a delicious recipe for Soba Noodles with Edamame and Sesame-Peanut Sauce in our upcoming cookbook, which will be in stores in September but you can pre-order here.
Spring rolls:
Don't be intimidated by spring roll wrappers! We know that the hard, plastic-looking disks might seem really tough to use, but they're not. Once you get the hang of dipping them in water to soften them, you'll realize that they make one of the easiest no-cook meals around. Our favorite meal with them is to julienne cut any veggies in season and stuff the wrappers with veggies and salmon or tuna. A simple dip made from sesame oil and vinegar, like the one used in these kimchi and tuna spring rolls, adds just the right amount of flavor.
Tuna cakes:
We think of tuna cakes as a hot version of tuna salad. The steps are nearly identical, except you form the tuna mixture into patties and fry them to make the cakes. The ingredients can be as simple or as complex as you want. (We usually go simple.) These Dill Garlic Tuna Cakes are a great recipe to start with. They're simple and you can add seasonal veggies, cooked whole grains, herbs/spices, etc. as you feel comfortable!
What's your go-to refreshing summertime meal?


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The magasine's UAE Business Awards recognise enterprises and individuals for the region's best products and services
Dubai, UAE, 13 June 2018: du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunication Company (EITC), was honoured and excited to accept the award for Best Mobile Network at this year's UAE Business Awards hosted by MEA Markets Magazine. Now in its second year, the UAE Business Awards are based purely on merit and provide an opportunity to recognise business talent and achievements in the UAE as one of the world's fastest developing markets. The 2018 UAE Best Mobile Network award recognises superior mobile network performance and offerings in comparison to competitors in the UAE.
"As a company dedicated to providing superior service and connectivity for our customers across the UAE, we are deeply honoured to receive MEA Markets Magazine's 2018 UAE Best Mobile Network Award," said Fahad Al Hassawi, Deputy Chief Executive Officer - Telco Services, Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company. "We take immense pride in our position as the leading telecommunications provider in the UAE; and we see this award not only as a testament to our hard work in recent years, but as an incentive to continue innovating and finding new ways to add life to life for our valued customers."
Award recipients are determined by way of an extremely methodical process beginning with nomination by the organisation in question, a third party, or the publication. Then voting takes place, which is open to the general public along with the magasine's highly targeted circulation, followed by a vetting process wherein the magasine's distinguished in-house research team spends six weeks conducting market research and finding relevant firms to whom voting forms are directly distributed. All awards nominees are given the chance to accept or decline a nomination.
Upon proceeding with nomination, organisations are added to a shortlist and may provide the publication with supplementary information in support of the nomination. After receiving all supplementary evidence, MEA Markets Magazine's in-house research team conducts its own investigations into nominations and nominees to create a case file, then determines winners based on the case file, supporting documentation, and votes.


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I have sold a property at A303 40100 WILLOW CREST in Squamish.
Immaculate 3 bedroom, 2 bath, top floor unit in desirable Diamond Head. Unit features an open concept kitchen/living area, 2 parking spots, locker, south/west exposure & skylights giving you lots of natural light. Recent upgrades include: new appliances, new sink, washer/dryer, completely renovated spa-like master bath & more. Rare floor plan with only 5 others like it in the entire complex. Central location, close to all amenities. Don't miss out; call now!