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"Jimmy, Jason and John are determined a tour will go ahead next year. They've been rehearsing frequently in London and the band is really gelling. There's an American guy who has been standing in for Robert regularly and doing a great job. Obviously they want the original frontman to join them on the road but he still won't commit. They will be finalising plans for shows over the next couple of months and will tell Robert that if he doesn't want to be involved they will go ahead without him."
A leading source of information on the Led Zeppelin legacy and the ongoing musical careers of Led Zeppelin's surviving members
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Well get on with it then. From a link on plants page, he is "moving to a new space" "air and space are moving". could be a flashback, and perhaps T-bone farted. In any case he is no longer a "Delta Blues man" now hes discovered appalacian soul. This is perplexing to those of us who did not know he was a "Delta Blues Man" and also, how he managed to avoid "discovering" bluegrass music while playing with Jones and Page, for 10 years, in Led Zeppelin. Im wondering if hes forgotten III or maybe, hes just never listened to it. The last seems more and more probable every time he opens his mouth these days.ReplyDelete
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It's not just the stunning vistas that hit you as you look down to the busy working commercial and naval harbor below; it's the unique, faded grandeur of the town, and its spontaneous, bohemian charm. More than anywhere else in Chile there's a feeling of 'anything goes, ' a legacy of Valparaíso's artistic presence (Pablo Neruda had a home here) and its ever-shifting port population.
But most who come here remember Val- po - nicknamed La Perla del Pacífico (Pearl of the Pacific) - for the right reasons: for its bonhomie; for its hedonistic late nights; for its fabulously welcoming family hospedajes (budget accommodations); and for its unforgettable hillsides.
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text: At the end of day 3 of the the Great Backyard Bird Count, India remains near the top of the global tables with 718 species and 8112 checklists. It's beginning to look like India will stand second in terms of birding effort this year, unless Canada catches up tomorrow! From India, 1256 participants across 230 districts uploaded 8074 checklists, observing… read more » GBBC 2019 Day 3 Results17 Feb 2019 Bird Count India Anisha Jayadevan


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St. Clair West – Retail Roundup
Lots of activity along St. Clair West between Christie Street and Atlas Avenue. Here's a quick recap of some of the new storefronts who have opened or are opening.
Quench Kitchen | NOW OPEN and Located at 770 St. Clair Ave. W. inside Prop. Quench is a healthy kitchen and juice bar. They are inside of Prop Restaurant and you can look forward to wraps, salads, juices and smoothies.
Fresco's Fish & Chips located at 816 St Clair Ave W, Toronto will open their doors very soon. From Kensington Market, Fresco's Fish & Chips will open it's doors along St. Clair Avenue West near the corner of Atlas Avenue. According to Fresco's they will serve lunch and Dinner and offer delivery to the community.
Mabel's Bakery Opening at 746 St. Clair Avenue. Mabel's specializes in homestyle baked goods, prepared foods, ready meals and artisan breads and cheeses. Mabel's uses only the highest quality ingredients, choosing local or organic options whenever possible, with no preservatives or artificial flavouring.
KRAVE Coffee located at 781 St Clair Avenue will be look to fill their new patio for the upcoming Salsa on St. Clair Event. Visit them on Facebook


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Day Forty-Nine Continued
As we flew to the Amber Temple Kasimir told me of the reason why he needed to go to the temple. It turned out that he wanted to seek the power to bring her back from the dead. She had been a lover of Strahd's, and when the dusk elves killed her for this, Strahd killed every female dusk elf. Wracked with guilt, Kasimir wanted to return her to the world. I told him I wanted to help him get there, but paying the price for the power would be his choice.
In the lead up to the temple we were nearly buffeted off our mounts by the mighty wings of an enormous roc. Greatly hurt by this bird, but still alive, we rested in a cave near the Amber Temple. While we rested I talked with Esmerelda and tried to get a gauge on what she was planning to do regarding Rictavio. She wouldn't give me a straight answer. But she did try and pin down what my intentions were. She said Madame Eva had told her that we couldn't win, that the land would die if we tried to kill Strahd, or we'd just fail outright and he'd come back. I told her I couldn't believe that until I'd tried.
Exploring the territory, we saw Rictavio's wagon and the main entrance to the temple, but we decided to take a secret entrance we found through a fissure. Through there we ran into a tribe of barbarians, but I held up my hands and told them we weren't here for them. I think they were more intimidated by the hide of the demon goat Sangxor which I wore on my shoulders. So they let us carry on through the temple. We explored the eerily silent halls until we found a wizard called Vilnius hiding in a lecture hall. He asked us to help him find his master's remains in the hall, so we took him with us. Next, we ran into a golem that attacked us, but there was only the one, so we were able to overcome it.
The next room and statue however proved far more deadly. We went onto a balcony and from the great, deep hood of the statue in the central chamber, a fireball came out and burnt us all badly, killing Vilnius. We hid in a side room and made our plan. I flew through an arrow slit in the wall in the form of a raven and landed inside the hood to find a wizard sitting in there! But as I tried to question him, he teleported away.
So I returned to the team and we made our new plan. Because there were further arrow slits along the west wall through which fire bolts were being shot, we needed a distraction. So Esmerelda threw out a bunch of illusions from the deck of illusions Pidlwick gave us (she got a goblin, kobold, incubus and an ogre, but she decided to use the cloud giant and a bunch of bandits). While these illusions provided a distraction, my summoned pixies turned my party into birds, and Esmerelda flew invisibly, and we all met in the hood of the statue, guarded by its magical darkness. The trick worked, and then Esmerelda cast Mordenkainen's Private Sanctum on the hood, with all the wards turned on against being heard or seen, and no teleporting out… but the ability to teleport in was allowed.
We waited in there and the wizard teleported back after an hour. We tried in many different ways to interrogate him magically, but he seemed to be immune to all of this. We soon found out why, as he attacked: he was a demon! He fled, and teleported away once outside of the hood. We decided to wait in the hood for him or a replacement to return, and return he did, with six flaming skulls. Marja threw out illusions ( a troll and an ogre mage) to distract them and I summoned ravens which got quickly exploded by all six fireballs. Somehow we miraculously survived this onslaught, and Esmerelda cast a magical shield up to deflect all magic spells thrown at us. It was very, very tough, but on our last legs we managed to destroy the skulls with ranged attacks, and the demon, bound to protect the temple, could not help but attack us until he died. We got a spellbook, a cloak of many things, and some treasure for our troubles. But we needed to rest in that hood for a good few hours after that.
When we finally found Vilnius's master's corpse, he was long dead, but Kasimir picked up his wizard staff. In the next few rooms we uncovered a scale model of Castle Ravenloft, a tome of understanding, a green copper ewer of renewing wine (protected by spectres), an evil statue that almost bewitched us all, and a room for of skulls. Behind that we found an amnesiac lich. Rather than attacking, I restored his memory. His name was Exethanter, and we were able to convince him that we were not invading his temple but trying to repel other invaders. He gave us passwords for the locked doors, and we kept exploring. He also told us what this place was: the prison or crypt for dead gods. The last place we visited on the upper level was a library with every single spell in it. We sighed wistfully and left…
Downstairs was when we began to find the dead gods, and their amber-sheathed forms whispered promises. But each of their promises came with prices we were not willing to pay. So we continued exploring, fighting witches and their brooms, a death slaad, poltergeists, and golem that was a twin of the first one upstairs. From the copious treasue piles we took only eight statues of saints and a children's book for the orphanage.
Through the last portal we found the Amber Vault, in which the worst of the gods were kept… and a bleeding, dying Rictavio. We rushed to heal him, and Strahd swooped down. He already had taken the pact with the dead gods and looked much changed. We went to our routine for fighting him, with Donavich casting Daylight… which Strahd countered! Then he cast Disintegrate on Donavich, and my most loyal companion was forever reduced to dust. Filled with rage and despair I lifted the holy symbol from his remains, but its power failed for me. Once Godfrey was downed too, Strahd lifted Ireena into his arms, the sunsword slipping from her hand. Then, just when we thought things couldn't get any worse, Esmerelda murdered Rictavio and took on her the pact of the vampire. She teleported out, leaving us all shocked.
Kasimir forged forward to meet his goal, and took upon him the gift of Zudun the corpse star, which was the ability to raise the long dead. But his skin took on a corpse-like appearance.
We turned to the last of the amber crypts as it spoke to us. It was Tenebrus, the one who had made Strahd in the beginning, and had remade him now. It laughed at our despair as it rose out of its crypt…
It had never been trapped at all.
We left the temple to see the edges of the realm falling away. The world, it appeared, was ending. When Strahd marries Ireena and then murders her at midnight tomorrow night, the realm will end and he will be free to ascend to greater, darker power.


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As part of our efforts to preview all 32 teams competing in the European Quidditch Cup (EQC), the Quidditch Post is chatting with representatives from each team. Today we spoke with Can Kaytaz and Kamil Urgun, captains of the METU Unicorns.
Quidditch Post: Where did the name "Unicorns" come from?
Can: We wanted to keep the name "Dragons" for the school team, as in all METU teams combined, and a wild idea came up: why not be Unicorns? They are so fabulous!
QP: What does it mean for the team to qualify for EQC?
Can: It is pretty surreal. We started playing quidditch a year ago and here we are today, playing against people from all around Europe and actually being competitive. Even though we knew we would qualify, it means a lot.
QP: Is there a particular team you hope to face?
Can: We want to face Crookshanks Lyon again, as we went 1-1 in Toulouse and they are such lovely people. We also want to play the Norwegians too. We supported each other during the Tournoi de la Violette and promised to play each other in the final, but we both failed. Hopefully this time we can face them; they'll be worthy opponents.
QP: Many of your players' first international experience was in Toulouse. Do you think that will have any impact on their play at EQC?
Can: Of course. We had 14 Unicorns in Dragons, and we grew a lot as players in only two days. You could even see the difference between the two Lyon games we played. Now that we are back, we can use the experience to train our new recruits as well.
QP: You also performed quite well. Do you have any goals?
Can: We want to play in the semifinals at least, but with a bit of luck we may reach the finals. We are working very hard.
QP: What do you think it will take to make it that far?
Kamil: First of all, we will need to keep working hard and stay disciplined. Then, some lucky matchups will be enough. It won't be easy, but we can do it. This is only if we can bring enough players to the EQC, though.
QP: How many players do you expect to bring?
Can: That depends on how many we can afford to bring. Ideally, we want to bring 21 people, but this will only happen if we can reach our Indiegogo goal and find a sponsor. We believe a minimum of 16 players is a must.
QP: Can you talk about a few of the team's key players?
Can: We rely on teamplay more than we do on individuals, but some who stand out the most include Fatih Aykurt, who is our biggest threat at the moment. He is very fast, agile, and can play keeper, chaser, AND beater, putting out great performances all around. He is the best utility player we have.
Melike Balkan is hands-down the best female beater in Turkey. She is a very good defensive beater. She loves napalming and has improved her game a lot.
Sıla Yüksel is our very own Vanessa Goh. She is impressive at turning long passes into goals, and she can move with the ball too.
QP: Would you say the team has a particular style of play?
Can: We try to keep the opposition from scoring with a solid defence and find goals with fast breaks and long passes. We have a really solid bludger defense too. Our seekers can't face many different snitches here in Turkey, so they have a little disadvantage over their more experienced counterparts.
QP: How are you preparing for EQC?
Can: We have two training sessions per week. One training session is dedicated to practicing our passing, shooting, tackling, etc. Most of the team also attends a community training session. We also watch every quidditch match we can find online.
QP: Thank you both for your time; we appreciate it.
Can: We thank you for the interview. It was a pleasure.


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So I growl at George now and then. He's annoyingly too playful for me sometimes.
And whenever he goes to visit his godparents – Praewa and Arsh (more about that later), I keep wondering if he'll be coming back. I don't know how I will feel if he doesn't but for now, I'm like – "oh, you're back."
George gets so excited when he comes home, he starts jumping all over me. That's when I growl at him. I guess I should be delighted that someone's happy to see me.
Do I sound like I get annoyed easily? Seems like it. Maybe I'm beginning to be a grumpy old lady.
Mummy says I'm just being an all-too-serious-3 1/2 year old – you know in human years I would be reading philosophy in University – and just too important for silly antics. I like that explanation.But I do know about George's story – that he had a hard life, blah! blah! blah! and as much as I don't like him always asking for attention, I know he needs it.
And Mummy is sensitive to my needs – when she sees me looking at her when she's holding George, she always asks me to go over to her. She then puts down George and have a cuddle with me. Then George will get all jealous! That little brat! Mummy spends a lot of time these days trying to hand out love! Actually come to think of it, I have benefitted from it too. Mummy was just too casual with me prior to George. I would sit under her desk the whole time until we have to go out. Hmmm. Maybe there's something good in it for me.
But you know, that George is not all so innocent. He has been snappy with me – twice when he's trying to protect his place on the bed underneath the desk. He wants to take possession so when I approached it, he snapped at me! Mummy gets very, very cross with him when he does it. She tells him it was my place and that I am sharing it with him. Then he looks all sheepish and puts on that sad look. GAWD!
Most of the time we actually sit together. And when in bed – he's too much! So I have my place between the two pillows. When he didn't get pole position he didn't want to be in the bed – went away to lie by himself in a sulk. But then one night he figured out what could be a better position than the one I have. That's when he insisted on going under the covers to sleep right next to Mummy.
Well, what can I say – he's no pushover.
Anyway, I am sure soon enough he will know he is loved, wanted and he's safe – so he can maybe CHILL OUT!!!
3-4 more months before he settles in? Crikey!
May's comment: Tolerant is the word to describe Miss D. She's been amazing and acts like the older, responsible older sister. George tries it on sometimes but mostly he's a cheeky little monkey. My friend Beate thinks there's cat in his DNA!!! That will be a surprise!


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Another day, another scam caller. Would you fall for this fraud? You'd probably realise that this was a (crap) text-to-voice system and that the tax authorities are more likely to send a letter than a phone call. But not everyone is so switched-on. If you've not had many dealings with HMRC, would you know how…Continue reading →
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I recently read about an innovative telephone call scam. A scammer rings the mark and asks for her credit card details. If the mark refuses, the scammer tells her to hang up the phone, then dial 999 and ask for "Sergeant Scammer of the Fraud Squad". The mark does so, and is connected to what…Continue reading →


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RAID Glossary
By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering
Thinking about using RAID configurations in your data storage strategy but not sure what the alphabet soup acronym means, and which type to use? Start here and learn the basic language.
RAID is shorthand for redundant array of independent disks, and refers to drives that work together to store data across two or more disks. The term dates back to 1987, when University of California, Berkeley researchers noted that mainframe computers could benefit from the "inexpensive disks" then flooding the personal computer market. Indeed, the original paper referred to "redundant array of inexpensive disks." This method allows data to be mapped across disks to provide redundancy. The technology was first applied to storage media for mainframes, with the idea being that if any one of the drives failed, the data would be preserved. While RAID initially applied to hard disks, SSD storage can be configured in this format as well, either with other SSDs or with hard disks.
At its most basic, RAID describes how data can be distributed across different storage devices. How data is distributed or accessed will depend upon which level you choose.
In nearly all levels of RAID, the technology relies on interpreting "parity" in service of "fault tolerance." Parity refers to error protection. Fault tolerance allows a system to operate in the event of a component failure. Those levels with parity rely on striping blocks of data across two or more drives.
There are six core levels—0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and 50. Levels 2, 3 and 4 are either obsolete or rarely used. In all of these, the idea is that multiple storage devices are represented as a single drive volume. Depending upon the implementation, you will see an increase in the total volume storage capacity based on the use of multiple disks. (Only RAID 1 mirrored results in a net reduction of capacity.) However, total useable storage capacity will always be 25–50% less than the actual available space.
RAID requires a disk controller or software that governs how the data should be written to disk. The hardware option uses the physical RAID controller, which includes a dedicated CPU. Software RAID is built into the operating system, where specific operating systems may support specific levels and nestings. A solution may be hardware, software or a combination.
The reasons for choosing to use RAID over other data storage approaches comes back to the technology's use of "parity" to provide fault tolerance. With RAID, you have a level of data redundancy that's designed to give you security that your data will be safe in the event of a hardware (storage media) failure. This type of system won't negate the concept of needing a second backup but it does offer an extra safeguard. It's a good hedge to protect against hardware failure, as opposed to data corruption caused by the operating system or other software glitch.
It cannot be stressed enough that using a RAID is not a backup strategy unto itself. Think of it as a data survival strategy as opposed to a backup strategy. Depending upon the level you use, RAID can provide a performance boost or an additional layer of protection against a hardware failure; however, this technology should not be equated with backup. It's just one component within a backup strategy that should include cloud backup and a second hardware backup as well. Particularly for home- and small-office implementations, these redundant systems are now easier to back up than it used to be, thanks to the ever-increasing hard drive capacity and how some NAS boxes include a USB port for backing up the array to another device.
Parity, or parity bits, are binary code that act as checksums for tracking errors in data transmissions. A data bit (a 1 or a 0) gets added to the end of each data block, creating either odd or even bits, and enables a damaged disk to be reconstructed without any loss of data. For a RAID to be functioning properly, it will go through error checking algorithms that ensure data integrity and detects errors using logical data operations.
Fault Tolerance
In RAID, the idea is that fault tolerance comes from the fact that data parity is spread across two or more drives—or can be on one dedicated "parity drive," depending upon the RAID level. Should a designated data drive fail, the parity data can be used to rebuild the data—and rebuild the drive array.
In levels 1 and higher, there is less usable storage than the actual drives add up to. In a similar principle, RAID levels work based off of the lowest common denominator, i.e. the smallest drive capacity in play. That means that if, for some reason, you mix a 1TB drive with three 2TB drives, all drives will only act as if they're using the 1TB of space. This is less of an issue than it used to be, given the ever-dropping cost of storage, but it remains a point of interest that you'll maximize your storage capacity by using drives with matching capacity.
RAID has, historically, been one of the more complex and confusingly described technologies in storage. While RAID is generally recognized to include levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and 50, 0, 1 and 10 do not provide the same level of redundancy and fault tolerance of 5, 6 and 50. So let's consider the different levels and which ones are no longer relevant.
Often referred to as "data striping," this is the other RAID level that's a misnomer since it inherently lacks redundancy and parity. The total capacity of a RAID 0 volume equals the capacity of the drives paired together. For example, if two 2TB drives are striped together in RAID 0, they would become a single 4TB volume. If one drive fails, the entire volume fails, since two drives "striped" together are seen as a single volume. In this example, the data is written evenly across both drives, which boosts both the read and write throughput. This setup is often used for storage in performance-driven systems, such as gaming PCs, as well as for live streaming and video-on-demand applications in which data reliability takes a backseat to throughput. Works with a minimum of two disks.
Known as "data mirroring," this level also lacks redundancy. RAID 1 mirrored involves data being written to a pair of drives, hence why it's referred to as "mirroring." You don't look to this type of setup for performance enhancements; rather, you can expect slower write performance since data has to be written to both drives simultaneously. Since this setup lacks parity and striping, it's not well-suited for backup. If one drive fails, the data is duplicated on the second drive and can be rebuilt to a new disk. However, if one drive ends up with a problem due to a software corruption, that will be reflected on the mirrored disk, thereby causing the failover storage RAID 1 provides moot. This setup works with two or more pairs of disks.
As of 2014, this level was no longer being used commercially.
This level is another relic of the past; while it does exist in the wild, but is otherwise not a commonly used setup. RAID 3 is considered a byte-level, dual parity system, with parity data written to two locations per the SNIA definition of the term. Disks are synchronized while in rotation, and the data stripe size scales up to the size of the exported block size. Also not commonly used.
RAID 4 another varietal that is no longer in vogue. It is described as block-level striping, with a dedicated parity drive. This is the first level where multiple input/output read operations can happen in parallel, as opposed to having one read operation across all drives. This results in better performance over levels 2 and 3, for example, especially when dealing with small files. Since every write operation requires a write to the parity drive, the parity drive can experience more wear and tear than the data drives.
This RAID level supports both fault tolerance and parity, and was designed as an alternative to RAID 4's dedicated parity drive. With this setup, the array stripes parity data across all drives, reserving the equivalent of a drive's capacity across all drives in the array so data can be parsed among the drives. By distributing the parity bits, it reduces wear-and-tear on any one drive—parity bits would rotate evenly among the drives and improves the read performance since data is accessed from multiple disks (although, with servers and large data sets, parity can slow write performance). The data stripe size is at least the same size as the exported block size, but could exceed the block size.
RAID 5 uses an extra disk to rebuild lost data, which means the minimum disk configuration is three drives. This will protect against a single drive failure; however, there is one gotcha: After you replace a failed drive, this setup puts an extreme load on the other drives as it works to rebuild the array, which in turn could lead to a second drive failure—particularly if the reconstruction process encounters an unrecoverable read error rate on a drive (at which point, reconstruction ends). It is for this reason that RAID 5 is not recommended for use with enterprise storage, though it is well-suited for file storage servers, including home and small-office NAS systems. This setup requires a minimum of three disks.
This could be considered the most fault tolerant varietal but it also provides the lowest usable capacity. Like RAID 5, 6 uses block-level data striping; however, it differs from by having what's called "double parity," or an extra parity block. The use of double parity works to provide fault tolerance for two drives, as opposed to the one drive in RAID 5. This approaches against the possibility of both a drive failure and an unrecoverable read error, and is why RAID 6 is especially appropriate for larger disk capacities, file storage servers and application servers. Four disks is the minimum number for this setup.
Some would define RAID 10 as the first of the "nested" RAID levels, and is often alternately referred to as 1+0 or 0+1, depending on how it is implemented. This setup offers the best combination of security and performance by combining the striping of RAID 0 with the data mirroring of RAID 1.
If RAID 10 is used to stripe mirrored drives, the mirroring nomenclature comes first, and it is referred to as 1+0. If it is used to accomplish the reverse, where you're mirroring striped drives, the striped nomenclature dominates and it is called 0+1. As with striping in RAID 0, RAID 10 will exhibit performance improvements over straightforward mirroring. To use this setup in either nested variation, you'll need a minimum of four disk drives, and your maximum capacity will be the equivalent capacity of two of those drives.
Like RAID 10, RAID 50 is a nested level. It may also be referred to as 5+0. This setup combines striping with distributed parity by striping data across two RAID 5 arrays. This combination allows up to four failed drives, provided each failed drive is on a different RAID 5 within the 5+0. However, if multiple drives fail on the same array, you may not be so lucky.
Further Reading
Interested in learning more about RAID? Here are some articles you may find helpful.
RAID Data Recovery Guide and Tips
RAID Systems Are Not Infallible


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The state of Utah has made their latest move in an ongoing lawsuit with Brewvies Cinema Pub over their showing of Deadpool in a licensed establishment. The lawsuit, which hinges on a provision that a liquor licensee cannot show sexually-explicit images, full nudity, or certain sex acts, has been carrying on since April, 2016, when Brewvies was threatened with the revocation of their liquor license.
Now, according to a report from Fox 13, the state of Utah has filed for a complete dismissal of Brewvies' lawsuit challenging the law on First Amendment grounds, accusing the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission of "censorship."
The state of Utah maintains that it has "the authority to protect public health, welfare and morals of the community" and that it is "commonly known" that combining alchohol and sexual content has "negative secondary effects," including, according to Utah Assistant Attorney General Greg Soderberg, "sexual aggression and sexual violence, increased drinking, and reported and unreported crime."
"The Statute's purpose and effect are to reduce these adverse secondary effects that result from combining alcohol and sexually explicit images."
Critics of the lawsuit have questioned where Utah is getting this idea; Soderberg cites "judicial opinions and alcohol experts," but does not actually offer any specifics. The Utah Attorney General's Office has brought in an "expert witness," one William George III, a psychology professor, but Cinemapub attorney Rocky Anderson has argued that George's testimony is fatally-biased based on his "long history of performing laboratory experiments involving the consumption of alcohol while viewing pornographic materials" without testing his theories in the field or comparing them to results from non-pornographic material (i.e., Deadpool.)
"Dr. George has never been to Brewvies, never performed any studies relating to alcohol outside of a laboratory setting, never performed any studies, in the field or in the laboratory, of combining alcohol with viewing mainstream R-rated movies, and never performed any studies, in the field or in the laboratory, relating to any possible secondary effects from watching mainstream movies in traditional theaters that sell alcohol, and has never provided expert testimony outside the context of statutes addressing sexually oriented businesses.
"Dr. George opines that watching Deadpool 'can' drive the viewer to drink more, but not that it 'will' do so. Dr. George only 'speculates' that watching Deadpool 'can' drive people to be more sexually aggressive, but not that it 'will' do so."
As CinemaBlend notes, this isn't the first time that Brewvies has been fined for showing R-rated material. They were fined $1,627 for showing The Hangover Part II, and have had their liquor license threatened over showings of Ted 2, Magic Mike XXL, and others.
Meanwhile, Anderson notes that the law is so vaguely-worded that they could be fined for displaying Michelangelo's David or Botticelli's The Birth Of Venus. He also notes that it could be interpreted to ban showing most sports as "obscene" due to provisions banning the physical touching of genitals which don't elaborate on whether the participants must be nude.
Soderberg responded that it is "commonly known" that combining alcohol and sexual imagery is an "explosive combination," and argued that the state is not suppressing freedom of expression, simply engaging in lawful alcohol regulation. He also noted that the DABC is not actually taking any action against Brewvies, due to the minor nature of the violation, and that there is no violation of constitutional rights involved; Deadpool, he notes, was shown uncensored in theaters across the state.
"Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to serve beer while showing movies."
But Brewvies and their parent company, Cinemapub, want the law struck down, are tired of dancing around Utah's restrictive alcohol and "morality" regulations and are convinced that it is unconstitutional. Anderson put it a little more emphatically.
"They're really saying Botticelli's 'Birth of Venus' is going to make people go out and be sexually aggressive? These people need to get out."
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US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of an investigational device exemption (IDE) is required for studies of significant risk devices that involve human subjects and are not approved or cleared for the indication being studied. The process of applying for an IDE can be challenging for institutional review boards (IRBs) and investigators.
In most academic centers, investigators rely on IRBs for guidance with the IDE submission and approval process. This webinar provided the tools for determining whether an IDE is necessary, charting a timeline for the application process, and identifying the respective responsibilities of investigators and IRBs. The webinar covered the following topics:
AudienceThis intermediate-level webinar was of interest to investigators, IRB members and staff, and others involved in applying for and reviewing research with IDEs.
Owen Faris, PhD, is the deputy director of the Division of Cardiovascular Devices in the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) within the FDA. Dr. Faris received his BS in mechanical engineering from Rice University in 1997, and his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 2003. He has been with FDA since 2003. In addition to managing the Division of Cardiovascular Devices, Dr. Faris has been very involved in the development of clinical trial policy for all of CDRH. Dr. Faris was the lead author in the recent Draft Guidance document: FDA Decisions for Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) Clinical Investigations. He is very interested in better understanding the needs and concerns of the IRB community as they relate to CDRH policies, decisions, and outreach regarding clinical studies for medical devices.
Soma Kalb, PhD, is the acting director of the IDE program at the CDRH within FDA. Dr. Kalb received her BS in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland in 1995, her MSE in biomedical engineering from the Johns Hopkins University in 1997, and her PhD in biomedical engineering from Duke University in 2004. She has been with the FDA since 2005, where she began as a research scientist and reviewer of post-market medical device reports. Since 2007, Dr. Kalb has been in the Office of Device Evaluation, first as a reviewer in the Division of Cardiovascular Devices, and now as the Acting Director of the IDE Program. Dr. Kalb has been involved in both review of clinical trials as well as policy development and implementation for CDRH.
Matthew Wladkowski, MS, RAC, is a clinical project manager for New England Research Institutes, Inc. He has several years of experience managing complex programs in translational and clinical research developing novel therapeutics and devices, from discovery through development and manufacturing, into clinical trials. His previous work involved many aspects of the regulatory process, including working in the Translational Research Program at Boston Children's Hospital as the Regulatory Affairs Coordinator where he submitted IND and IDE applications and consulting the IRB on FDA matters and as the Research Compliance Officer at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary where he oversaw the IRB and IACUC. Matt is a certified regulatory affairs professional (RAC) and earned a master's degree in Regulatory Affairs from Northeastern University.
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All you need to know about accommodation at the Noosa Triathlon.
It's one of the biggest events on the Sunshine Coast sporting calendar, and it's on again in early November! The Noosa Triathlon has recently taken the crown from the London Triathlon for the largest in the world, with the 2015 edition of the event drawing over 8000 participants.
If you're a Noosa local, you're undoubtedly familiar with one of the biggest events of the year. If you're from further afield, this is one of those events that are absolutely worth attending.
- What: The Noosa Triathlon itself falls on the final day of a five-day sporting festival – the Noosa Triathlon Multi Sport Festival.
- When: October 31 – November 4, 2018
- Where: The swim starts in Noosa Main Beach, the bike road goes through the Noosa Hinterland and the run snakes throughout Noosa itself.
Thousands of athletes from around Australia and the world descend on Noosa for what has become the biggest triathlon on the sporting calendar. A full Olympic-length event, the Noosa Triathlon gives athletes and casual participants alike a chance to test their mettle and get some seriously competitive times on the board.
How to Register for the Noosa Triathlon
The Noosa Triathlon is one of the most popular events of its kind in the world. This year, individual tickets sold out in less than 12 hours. However, there are still entry options available. Relay teams, elite athletes (with a TA Elite Licence) and Legends (those who have participated in at least 10 Noosa Triathlons) can still register for the event. Charity entries are also still open, but as the date approaches these slots are likely to fill up, so get in quick!
What else is on during the Multi Sport Festival?
There are several events in the days leading up to the Noosa Triathlon itself. The Noosa Run Swim Run and the Breakfast Fun Run are just a couple of the additional events.
If you don't mind hitting the greens, the Noosa Tri Charity Golf tournament might be right up your alley. There are swimming events, including the Noosa 1000 Ocean Swim, and events for kids, such as the Noosa Superkidz Triathlon. There's something for everyone during the Multi Sport Festival, especially the spectators.
Noosa Triathlon Accommodation
An event as popular as the Noosa Triathlon invariably draws large crowds every year. As the event grows in popularity, drawing more athletes and spectators alike, accommodation availability gets tighter every year. This is compounded by the time of the year that the event is hosted. October and November can be very busy months for Noosa, as people seek to take their annual leave a little earlier than the packed Christmas period.
Thankfully, you're in the right place to find the right Noosa Triathlon accommodation. At R&W Noosa, we've had the pleasure of finding last minute accommodation for attendees of the Noosa Triathlon for many years – we've gotten quite good at conjuring spare rooms and units out of thin air.
We have a huge number of options listed that are currently available for the Noosa Triathlon. From beachfront accommodation to holiday apartments and holiday houses for you and several friends, we've got some form of Noosa triathlon accommodation available for all comers. If you can't spot anything in the links above that suits you, do a full search of our available accommodation:
If nothing there grabs your attention, call us on 1800 066 672 or visit our contact page, leave a note and we'll be in touch.
Staying in Noosa before or after the Triathlon?
There is plenty to do in and around Noosa aside from the Triathlon. If you find yourself with a couple of spare days around your event or the Triathlon itself, why not check out some of the other things that Noosa has to offer?
There's a great central shopping area, with art galleries that have something for everyone. It's easy to spend a day walking along Hastings Street, stopping for ice cream or lunch along the way. However, if you'd like to step out of town and see the sights, you'll find that there's more to Noosa than the main strip.
Backpacking, kayaking, paddleboarding, golf and hiking are just some of the popular outdoor activities that are easy to pursue in and around Noosa. You'll find several businesses willing to hire out equipment for a minimal fee, giving you hours to pursue whatever activity you'd like.
If you'd like to chat about activities that might be appropriate for you and your family, give us a call. We're not just about Noosa accommodation – we're about the Noosa lifestyle.


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In other news, I seem to have developed a bit of a Lopi addiction. I've been buying odd lots here and there and now all the Lopi almost takes up as much room as the entire rest of my stash. There will be no photos of that.


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This proves I am still human. I have not changed my nutrition or exercise regime much since last week's weigh in. I'm exercising about 150 cals more per day and eating about 150 calories less - I have a gorgeous black cocktail dress to fit into on Saturday!!!
Well, this morning on the scales... I saw no loss, I saw no gain. I'm still 74.2kg.
Weird thing is, my body feels smaller. My jeans are loose around the waist. My new work pants are a little loose. And you know what??? I still feel fantastic! I'm treating my body right, I feel great when exercising and I feel good during the day. I'm going to up my calories back up to 1200cals after I make sure my dress fits when i pick it up tomorrow :) Please fit!
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Long-Term Persistence of the Urine Calcium-Lowering Effect of Potassium Bicarbonate in Postmenopausal Women
Frassetto L et al, Dept of Medicine and General Clinical Research, U of California, San Francisco, CA. Journal of Endocrinology & Metabolism 90(2):831-834, 2005
Age-related bone mass decline entails loss of bone calcium. Bone might lose calcium in part because its alkaline calcium salts titrate noncarbonic acids endogenously produced in response to habitual ingestion of the net acid-producing diets typical of Western countries. The acid-liberated bone calcium disappears in urine, proportionate to the magnitude of the diet net acid load. Although the kidney daily excretes the bulk of the diet net acid load, the body retains a small fraction sufficient to induce a persisting low-grade metabolic acidosis, which ensures continued titration of the alkaline salts of bone, with attendant loss of calcium and phosphorus in urine. The diet-induced low-grade metabolic acidosis that persists further contributes to the external losses of calcium by direct impairment of renal calcium reabsorptive efficiency, a characteristic of metabolic acidosis.
Potassium bicarbonate (KBC) potently reduces urine calcium excretion in adult humans, including patients with hypertension or calcium urolithiasis, and postmenopausal women, who have substantial risk of calcium deficiency. We studied 170 postmenopausal women randomized to KBC 30, 60, or 90 mmol/d (KBC treatment), or placebo, for up to 36 months. Each received a multivitamin with 400 IU vitamin D, and calcium carbonate as needed to produce a total dietary calcium intake of at least 30 mmol daily.
Daily urine calcium excretion (UcaV) did not differ among groups at baseline. From 1-36 months of KBC treatment, adjusting UcaV for creatinine (Cr) excretion, each dose of KBC reduced UcaV with a dose-dependent trend. The reduced UcaV/Cr persisted throughout the KBC treatment period (up to 36 months) in all KBC, and the greatest reductions occurred in the subjects with greatest baseline UcaV/Cr.
28% of the subjects had high baseline calciuria (UcaV/Cr > 200 mg CA/1000 mg Cr). With baseline UcaV/Cr of 250 mg/1000 mg Cr, KBC 60 mmol decreased UcaV/Cr by 55.8 mg/1000 mg Cr, a potential daily calcium retention that over a 36-month period would accumulate up to 55,845 mg of calcium, nearly 5% of bone calcium content.
KBC treatment induced a dose-dependent decrease in UcaV/Cr that persisted up to 36 months, with the greatest decreases occurring in those women with the greatest baseline UcaV, nearly a third of whom had high baseline calciuria. Thus, one can preselect postmenopausal women most likely to have the urine calcium-lowering effect of KBC and predict their potential bone calcium increase.
This study demonstrates that in normal postmenopausal women eating a typical American diet, supplementing dietary potassium with potassium bicarbonate (potassium alkalizing salt) induces a reduction in urinary excretion of calcium that persists over a period of up to 36 months. More importantly, the women at the greatest risk for body calcium loss (ie. hypercalciuric subjects at baseline) had the greatest decline in urinary excretion of calcium and would potentially derive the greatest benefit from treatment with potassium bicarbonate, and potentially decrease the incidence of osteoporosis.
Supplementation with alkaline minerals reduces symptoms in patients with chronic low back pain.
Vormann J. et al., Institut fur Pravention und Ernahrung, Ismaning, Germany. J Trace Elem Biol 2001;15(2-3):179-83.
The cause of low back pain is heterogeneous, it has been hypothesised that a latent chronic acidosis might contribute to these symptoms. It was tested whether a supplementation with alkaline minerals would influence symptoms in patients with low back pain symptoms.
In an open prospective study 82 patients with chronic low back pain received daily 30 g of a lactose based alkaline multimineral supplement (Basica) over a period of 4 weeks in addition to their usual medication. Pain symptoms were quantified with the "Arhus low back pain rating scale" (ARS). Mean ARS dropped highly significant by 49% from 41 to 21 points after 4 weeks supplemention. In 76 out of 82 patients a reduction in ARS was achieved by the supplementation. Total blood buffering capacity was significantly increased from 77.69 +/- 6.79 to 80.16 +/- 5.24 mmol/L (mean +/- SEM, n = 82, p < 0.001) and also blood pH rose from 7.456 +/- 0.007 to 7.470 +/- 0.007 (mean +/- SEM, n = 75, p < 0.05). Only intracellular magnesium increased by 11% while other intracellular minerals were not significantly changed in sublingual tissue as measured with the EXA-test. Plasma concentrations of potassium, calcium, iron, copper, and zinc were within the normal range and not significantly influenced by the supplementation. Plasma magnesium was slightly reduced after the supplemenation (-3%, p < 0.05).
The results show that a disturbed acid-base balance may contribute to the symptoms of low back pain. The simple and safe addition of an alkaline multimineral preparate was able to reduce the pain symptoms in these patients with chronic low back pain.
Oral sodium bicarbonate for the treatment of metabolic acidosis in peritoneal dialysis patients: a randomized placebo-control trial.
Szeto CC et al., The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong. J Am Soc Nephrol 2003 Aug;14(8):2119-26.
Acidosis causes malnutrition in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. The effect of oral bicarbonate in PD patients with Kt/V <2.1 has not been studied.
We randomly assigned 60 PD patients with acidosis and Kt/V <2.1 to oral sodium bicarbonate (0.9 g thrice daily) or placebo. Patients were followed for 12 mo. We compared their nutritional status, including subjective global assessment (SGA) score and normalized protein nitrogen appearance (NPNA), hospitalization and all-cause mortality. Treatment with oral bicarbonate resulted in a higher plasma bicarbonate level at 4 wk (27.8 +/- 2.6 versus 24.7 +/- 3.9 mmol/L, P = 0.002), and the difference persisted until 52 wk. Bicarbonate treatment had a significant effect on the change in overall SGA score (repeated measures ANOVA, P = 0.0003). The overall SGA score of the treatment group was higher than the placebo group at 24 wk (5.07 +/- 0.94 versus 4.40 +/- 1.00, P = 0.015), and the difference persisted thereafter. NPNA rose in the treatment group (1.17 +/- 0.32 to 1.28 +/- 0.26 g/kg per d, P = 0.034), but declined in placebo group (1.13 +/- 0.25 to 1.03 +/- 0.28 g/kg per d, P = 0.054). The treatment group had a shorter hospitalization than the placebo group (8.4 +/- 17.7 versus 16.8 +/- 21.7 d/yr; P = 0.02). Mortality was not significantly different.
Although our trial has limited statistical power, we find that in PD patients with mild acidosis and Kt/V <2.1, oral sodium bicarbonate probably improve nutritional status and reduce the duration of hospitalization.
Direct effect of the correction of acidosis on plasma parathyroid hormone concentrations, calcium and phosphate in hemodialysis patients: a prospective study.
Movilli E et al., University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy. Nephron 2001 Mar;87(3):257-62
BACKGROUND: Metabolic acidosis contributes to renal osteodystrophy and together with hyperphosphatemia, hypocalcemia and altered vitamin D metabolism may result in increased levels of intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) and metastatic calcifications. However, the impact of the correction of metabolic acidosis on iPTH levels and calcium-phosphate metabolism is still controversial.
STUDY DESIGN: The effects of the correction of metabolic acidosis on serum concentrations of iPTH, calcium (Ca), phosphate (PO(4)) and alkaline phosphatase were prospectively studied. Twelve uremic patients on maintenance hemodialysis (HD) for 49 months (median; range 6-243 months) with serum bicarbonate levels < or =20 mmol/l were studied before and after 3 months of oral sodium bicarbonate supplementation. Predialysis serum bicarbonate, arterial pH, ionized calcium, plasma sodium, plasma potassium, serum creatinine, hemoglobin, K(t)/V, postdialysis body weight, predialysis systolic and diastolic blood pressure were also evaluated before and after correction. RESULTS: Serum bicarbonate levels and arterial pH increased respectively from 19.3 +/- 0.6 to 24.4 +/- 1.2 mmol/l (p < 0.0001) and 7.34 +/- 0.03 to 7.40 +/- 0.02 (p < 0.001). iPTH levels decreased significantly from 399 +/- 475 to 305 +/- 353 pg/ml (p = 0.026). No changes in total serum Ca, plasma PO(4), serum akaline phosphatase, K(t)/V, serum creatinine, hemoglobin, body weight, predialysis systolic and diastolic blood pressures were observed. iCa decreased significantly.
CONCLUSIONS: Our study demonstrates that the correction of metabolic acidosis in chronic HD patients reduces iPTH concentrations in HD patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism possibly by a direct effect on iPTH secretion.


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Miss Mussel is pleased to discover that many people and even arts organizations are joining Twitter to participate in this competition. Perhaps she should take a moment to buy some stock….wait….scratch that. The company is not yet public and virtual stocks are going for $1,475 each. Thanks a lot Oprah.
Reader Danny wrote in with a question that I'm sure many of you have even if you've been floating around the Twitterverse for a while.
"So isn't there some page I can go where I can see all the entries as they come in? I can't for the life of me figure it out, or even if my entry went through ok. I'd like to follow (metaphorically) what's going on, and what other entries are coming in."
Not to worry Danny. There are three very simple ways to manage everything. But first a video.
Search Twitter
The first one is to go search.twitter.com and enter #operaplot in the search box. That will return any tweet with that hashtag.
RSS Feed
If you use a feedreader, you may find the #operaplot feed to be the most efficient way to follow whats happening. Simply click on this link or paste http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?lang=en&q=%23operaplot into your reader's add box.
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The third method is to use a desktop client to help manage everything. This is much more useful that going back to the website all the time. It updates automatically every minute but unobstrusively with a nice little box in the upper right hand corner of your screen. Most email programs show updates in this fashion as well. Miss Mussel has done a bit of experimenting and is torn between Tweetie and Tweetdeck. If you're on PC, it's an easy choice because Tweetie is Mac only.
For organization and following several different hashtags at once, Tweetdeck is fantastic. Here's a screenshot:
All you need to do is click on the magnifying glass in the top row of icons, enter the search term #operaplot and watch the entries come in while you…ahem…"do other work."
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You can also keep track of #operaplot and other Twitter goings on using your mobile. It's convenient because it means that if you have step away from your desk for a moment you won't be debilitated by #operaplot withdrawal. The following video reviews two popular mobile Twitter apps. Believe it or not, it's leaps and bounds more coherent than most people's efforts.
Here endeth the lesson.
Prize Pool | Rules & FAQ | Judge: Jonas Kaufmann | 2010 Press Clippings | How To Follow On Twitter
2009 Winners | 2009 Entries | How To Use Twitter | How To Follow #Operaplot On Twitter


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FIAC 2017 - The Leading Art Fair Returns With an Extended Global Outreach
For several days each year, Paris becomes the world capital of contemporary art with FIAC, the International Contemporary Art Fair. A veritable institution recognized worldwide, the fair is an opportunity for art professionals and enthusiasts from all over the world to discover the latest developments in contemporary art, through works by some of the most famous artists in the world. Dedicated to creating the conditions in which art can thrive, FIAC nurtures responsibility towards the past, present and future of art, but also artists, gallerists, different visitor audiences, and finally, Paris as its historic home. Taking place this October and restituting the architectural ensemble formed by the Grand Palais, the Palais d'Antin, the Petit Palais and Avenue Winston Churchill, FIAC 2017 will present an extended global outreach, reaffirming new urban geography which premiered last year.
Widely representative of contemporary creation in the world, the 44th edition of FIAC will bring together 193 galleries from 30 countries specialized in the fields of modern and contemporary art and design. The prestigious gathering of many of the very best galleries in the world at FIAC within unparalleled settings in the heart of Paris makes the capital a compulsory destination this autumn.
The Exhibitors at Grand Palais
Selected by a panel of internationally renowned gallerists, 193 exhibitors from 30 countries will present their roster at Grand Palais. Over a quarter of exhibitors is French, including widely reputed specialists of modern art such as Galerie 1900-2000, Applicat-Prazan, and Le Minotaure, authoritative contemporary galleries such as Air de Paris, Art : Concept, and Thaddaeus Ropac, and galleries renowned for their capacity to detect young talents such as Galerie Allen, Balice Hertling, or Marcelle Alix, to name only a few. Be sure to check out booths by influential European galleries such as Galerie Buchholz from Berlin and Cologne, Continua from San Gimignano, Lisson from London, Victoria Miro from London, and White Cube from London and Hong Kong, among others, the North American ones such as 303 Gallery from New York, Blum&Poe from Los Angeles, Gagosian Gallery from New York, London, Paris, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Rome, Athens, Geneva and Hong Kong, Lehmann Maupin from New York and Hong Kong, and Pace from New York, London, Beijing, Hong Kong, Paris, Palo Alto, and Seoul, among others. FIAC will also present a selection of South American galleries such as Mendes Wood DM from Sao Paulo, Casas Riegner and Instituto de Visión from Bogota, Asian ones such as Edouard Malingue from Hong Kong and Shanghai, Vitamin Creative Space from Guangzhou and Beijing, and PKM Gallery from Seoul, and those from Africa such as Gypsum from Cairo and Selma Feriani from Tunisia and London.
Once again, FIAC and its official partner, the Galeries Lafayette Group will renew their support for the emerging arts scene with the renowned Lafayette Sector. The program will bring together 10 galleries which will feature one or two artists. Selected from 8 countries, featured galleries are Bernhard from Zürich, Experimenter from Kolkata, Freedman Fitzpatrick from Los Angeles, Gypsum from Cairo, Instituto de Visión from Bogotá, joségarcía ,mx from México D.F., LambdaLambdaLambda from Prishtina, Queer Thoughts from New York, SCHLOSS from Oslo, and Truth and Consequences from Geneva.
FIAC has also prepared an impressive selection of solo shows, including José Pedro Croft at Vera Cortês, Sammy Baloji at Imane Farès, and David Shrigley at Anton Kern, as well as exhibitions of two artists, including Maxime Rossi and Corita Kent at Allen, Shio Kusaka and Tony Lewis at Shane Campbell, and Jon Pylypchuk and Ciprian Muresan at Éric Hussenot.
The List of Exhibitors
|General Sector
|Galerie 1900-2000, Paris
|303 Gallery, New York
|Miguel Abreu, New York
|Air de Paris, Paris
|Allen, Paris
|Applicat-Prazan, Paris
|Art : Concept, Paris
|Alfonso Artiaco, Napoli
|Balice Hertling, Paris
|Baudach, Berlin
|Thomas Bernard - Cortex Athletico, Paris
|Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, New York, Tokyo
|Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
|Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, Roma
|Galerie Buchholz, Berlin, Köln, New York
|Shane Campbell, Chicago*
|Capitain Petzel, Berlin
|Casas Riegner, Bogotá
|Bernard Ceysson, Paris, Luxembourg, Saint-Étienne, Geneva, New York
|ChertLüdde, Berlin*
|C L E A R I N G, New York, Brussels
|Sadie Coles HQ, London
|Continua, San Gimignano, Boissy-le-Châtel, Beijing, Habana
|Paula Cooper, New York
|Raffaella Cortese, Milan
|Vera Cortês Art Agency, Lisbon*
|Chantal Crousel, Paris
|Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam
|Massimo De Carlo, Milan, London, Hong Kong
|Delmes & Zander, Köln, Berlin
|dépendance, Brussels
|Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv, Brussels
|Frank Elbaz, Paris, Dallas
|espaivisor, Valencia
|Essex Street, New York
|Imane Farès, Paris*
|Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Berlin
|Lars Friedrich, Berlin
|Gagosian Gallery, Paris, New York, Beverly Hills, London, Hong Kong
|Christophe Gaillard, Paris
|Gaudel de Stampa, Paris
|gb agency, Paris
|Gladstone Gallery, New York, Brussels
|Laurent Godin, Paris
|Marian Goodman, Paris, New York, London
|Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt
|Green Art Gallery, Dubai*
|Karsten Greve, Paris, Cologne, St. Moritz
|Max Hetzler, Berlin, Paris
|House of Gaga, México D.F., Los Angeles
|Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
|Eric Hussenot, Paris
|Hyundai, Seoul*
|In Situ - Fabienne Leclerc, Paris
|Jousse Entreprise, Paris
|Annely Juda Fine Art, London
|Karma, New York*
|Karma International, Zürich, Los Angeles
|kaufmann repetto, Milan, New York
|Anton Kern, New York
|Peter Kilchmann, Zürich*
|Kisterem, Budapest
|Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles
|König Galerie, Berlin
|David Kordansky, Los Angeles*
|Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin
|Krinzinger, Vienna
|Kukje Gallery / Tina Kim Gallery, Seoul, New York
|Labor, México D.F.
|Landau Fine Art, Montreal
|Emanuel Layr, Vienna
|Le Minotaure, Paris
|Simon Lee, London, Hong Kong
|Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong
|Lelong, Paris, New York
|David Lewis, New York*
|Lisson, London, New York, Milan
|Loevenbruck, Paris
|Magazzino, Roma
|Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich
|Maisterra Valbuena, Madrid, Lisbon*
|Edouard Malingue, Hong Kong, Shanghai
|Marcelle Alix, Paris
|Giò Marconi, Milan
|Mazzoleni, Torino, London
|Fergus McCaffrey, New York
|Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brussels
|kamel mennour, Paris
|Metro Pictures, New York
|Meyer Riegger, Berlin, Karlsruhe
|Mezzanin, Genève*
|Francesca Minini, Milan
|Massimo Minini, Brescia
|Victoria Miro, London
|Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
|mor charpentier, Paris
|Jan Mot, Brussels, México D.F.
|Nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna
|Nagel Draxler, Berlin, Cologne
|Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, New York*
|Nahmad Contemporary, New York
|Neu, Berlin
|Neue Alte Brücke, Frankfurt
|neugerriemschneider, Berlin
|New Galerie, Paris
|Nogueras Blanchard, Madrid*
|Nathalie Obadia, Paris, Brussels
|Guillermo de Osma, Madrid
|Overduin & Co., Los Angeles
|P420, Bologna
|Pace, New York, London, Beijing, Hong Kong, Palo Alto, Paris
|Parra & Romero, Madrid, Ibiza
|Françoise Paviot, Paris
|Peres Projects, Berlin
|Perrotin, Paris, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo
|Francesca Pia, Zürich
|PKM Gallery, Seoul
|Plan B, Cluj, Berlin
|Jérôme Poggi, Paris
|Praz-Delavallade, Paris, Los Angeles
|Eva Presenhuber, Zürich, New York
|ProjecteSD, Barcelona
|Almine Rech, Paris, Brussels, London, New York
|Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York
|Regen Projects, Los Angeles
|Michel Rein, Paris, Brussels
|Rodeo, London
|Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, Salzburg, London
|Richard Saltoun, London
|Esther Schipper, Berlin
|Micky Schubert, Berlin
|Semiose, Paris
|Natalie Seroussi, Paris
|Skarstedt, New York, London
|Pietro Sparta, Chagny
|Sprüth Magers, Berlin, London, Los Angeles
|Stigter Van Doesburg, Amsterdam
|Daniel Templon, Paris, Brussels
|Tornabuoni Art, Firenze, Milan, Paris, London
|Ubu Gallery, New York
|Valentin, Paris
|Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris
|Van de Weghe, New York
|Vedovi, Brussels
|Venus, New York, Los Angeles
|Nadja Vilenne, Liège*
|Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou, Beijing
|Waddington Custot, London
|Waldburger Wouters, Brussels*
|Michael Werner, New York, London
|White Cube, London, Hong Kong
|Jocelyn Wolff, Paris
|Thomas Zander, Cologne
|Zeno X, Antwerp
|ZERO..., Milan
|Galerie Zlotowski, Paris
|David Zwirner, New York, London
|Lafayette Sector
|Bernhard, Zürich*
|Experimenter, Kolkata
|Freedman Fitzpatrick, Los Angeles
|Gypsum, Cairo*
|Instituto de Visión, Bogotá*
|joségarcía ,mx, México D.F.
|LambdaLambdaLambda, Prishtina*
|Queer Thoughts, New York*
|SCHLOSS, Oslo*
|Truth and Consequences, Genève*
|* New participants
The FIAC 2017 Program
Launched in 2016, On Site sector will present around forty sculptures and installations in the prestigious setting of the Petit Palas and on Avenue Winston Churchill, pedestrianized especially for FIAC. Organized in close association with Cristopher Leribault, Curator in Chief and Director of Petit Palais, Paris and co-curated by Eva Wittocx, Curator at M Museum, Leuven, the sector will include works by artist Arman (Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois), Peter Buggenhout (Laurent Godin and Konrad Fisher), Sheila Hicks (frank elbaz), Kim Yong-Ik (Kukje Gallery and Tina Kim Gallery), Lisa Williamson (Shane Campbell) and Erwin Wurm (Thaddaeus Ropac), among others.
Strongly committed to culture readily accessible to all, FIAC will once again present its Hors les Murs program in emblematic Parisian locations, in the Jardin des Tuileries, the Musée National Eugène Delacroix, and on Place Vendôme. In association with the Musée du Louvre, around thirty works will be presented in different spaces around Tuileries Garden, including artworks and monumental installations by de Gilles Barbier (Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois), Antonio Caro (Casas Riegner), João Vasco Paiva (Edouard Malingue), Ali Cherri (Imane Farès) and George Condo (Skarstedt), among others. In addition, FIAC will develop the presence of important modernist and contemporary architectures with exceptional projects by Jean Prouvé, Christian de Portzamparc and Hans-Walter Müller, among others, installed on the Esplanade des Feuillants that borders the Rue de Rivoli. Situated in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Musée National Eugène Delacroix will feature works of the German artist, Katinka Bock, currently in residence in Paris, presented by Jocelyn Wolff from Paris, Meyer Riegger from Berlin and Karlsruhe and Greta Meert from Brussels. Since 2012, FIAC invites an artist to install a major artwork or imagine a specific project for the Place Vendôme. This year, the American artist Oscar Tuazon will present an in-situ project to the scale of this prestigious square.
Once again, the Fair will present Parades for FIAC, the festival launched in 2016 in association with the Musée du Louvre, the Palais de la Découverte, the Petit Palais and the Centre Pompidou. Dedicated to performative practice and interdisciplinary dialogue in contemporary art, this unique event stands at the crossroads of music, contemporary dance, performance, theatre and poetry as well as experiments in the form of live actions. It will present 19 artists, including Maria José Arjona, Ivo Dimchev, Raphaëlle Delaunay, Falke Pisano, and Robert Whitman, among others.
Accompanying the exhibition program, a three-day conference cycle will be held in the Conversation Room within the fair. This year, the Fair gives carte blanche to 89plus, an international research platform focused on innovations by the post-1989 generation. In addition, FIAC and Fondation d'Entreprise Ricard will present the eight edition of Cinéphémère, bringing together a collection of the most remarkable international artists' films.
Practical Information
FIAC 2017 will take place at the Grand Palais, the Palais d'Antin, the Petit Palais and Avenue Winston Churchill in Paris from 19th October until 22nd October, 2017. The opening hours of Grand Palais will be from 12 until 8 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and from 12 to 7 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The opening hours of Petit Palais will be from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, and from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The price of the ticket will be € 37, and the price of the Concession ticket will be €20, while the price of the catalogue will be €35, and the entry plus catalogue will be €60. For more information, visit the official website of the Fair.
Featured images: FIAC 2017; Grand Palais © Marc Domage. All images courtesy of FIAC.


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An Air Force base instructor in Texas, one of 14 to go on trial for sexual misconduct, was sentenced to 60 days after pleading guilty, officials said.
Staff Sgt. William Romero, an Iraq veteran, who admitted to having had illicit relationships with four women and having committed adultery, was given 30 days hard labor, confined to Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland for an additional 30 days and reduced in rank to airman, the San Antonio Express-News reported Wednesday.
Romero was spared a bad-conduct discharge, which would have made him ineligible for medical retirement benefits for injuries he sustained in an Iraq mortar explosion. Romero also suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the blast, the Express-News reported.
Romero had faced a special court-martial, under which the maximum sentence would have been a year in prison and the bad-conduct discharge.
Thirty-three instructors at the base have been investigated during the misconduct scandal with 63 recruits and technical school trainees. Unlike Romero's, many of the cases involve non-consensual sexual assaults, the Express-News reported.
Defense attorney Capt. Nichole Torres emphasized the women were consensual in the misconduct.


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The trick is using high heat to lock in the natural flavors.
Serves 4
For the herb crust:
2 1/2T finely chopped fresh basil
2T finely chopped fresh tarragon
2 1/2T finely chopped fennel fronds
1 1/2T finely chopped fresh mint
1T extra virgin olive oil
2T horseradish, fresh or prepared
1/4t fine sea salt
1/2t freshly ground pepper
For the horseradish bread sauce:
2T fresh white bread crumbs
3T prepared horseradish
4T extra virgin olive oil
1 1/2T water
1/2t ground white pepper
8, 2 1/oz. pieces salmon, cut into squares
Herb Crust:
Combine the herbs, measure out 4t of the herb mix and reserve. Combine the remaining herbs with the olive oil, horseradish, sea salt and pepper. Set aside.
Bread Sauce:
Combine the crumbs and horseradish in a food processor and gradually add the oil in a steady stream through the feed tube. Thin with water and season with white pepper. Set aside.
Preheat oven to 500F.
Season the fish lightly with salt (if using) and fresh pepper, and place on a greased pan. Spread 1T of the herb crust on top of each piece of fish. Bake for 6-8 minutes.
To serve: drizzle about 1 1/2T of the horseradish bread sauce on a plate. Place two salmon pieces overlapping on the sauce. Finish with a drizzle of the remaining herb crust and a sprinkle of the reserved chopped herbs.
Calories: 352, Satfat: 4g, Protein: 29g, Carbs: 5g
Recipe, courtesy: Chef Waldy Malouf, via "The Joslin Diabetes Great Chefs Cook Healthy" cookbook
Photo, courtesy: diabetesforecast.com
Kent McDonald is a Certified Personal Chef, living and working in Phoenix, AZ. (c) All Rights Reserved, 2012


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NHS Improvement and NHS England have announced Hugh McCaughey will lead on driving improvements in care and efficiency across the NHS in the new role as National Director of Improvement in the new NHS Executive Group. Hugh is currently Chief Executive of South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland.
In his new role, which he will take up on 1 April, Hugh will help ensure NHS providers and local systems are equipped to deliver world-class universal healthcare on a sustainable basis.
Hugh will work hand-in-hand with Professor Tim Briggs, as National Director of Clinical Improvement. Professor Briggs is currently National Director of Clinical Quality and Efficiency and Chair of the Getting It Right First Time programme, which is designed to improve the quality of care within the NHS by bringing efficiencies and improvements.
Hugh will oversee the delivery of high impact support to the NHS to help reduce unwarranted clinical variation, improve quality and access, and ensure the most effective and efficient use of resources.
He will also take forward and build on the important work to improve NHS productivity. This includes overseeing the Getting It Right First Time programme and the Model Hospital digital platform which help providers improve productivity by sharing best practice.
Hugh has been the Chief Executive of South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland since 2009, where he has made quality improvement a key strategy. This has led to significant improvements in the Trust's performance across a wide range of clinical, workforce and cultural areas, as well as its financial effectiveness. The Trust has also established a Quality Improvement Academy which has resulted in more than 4,000 staff being trained in quality improvement.
He is a member of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and is a founding member of the Health Improvement Alliance Europe and the UK Improvement Alliance. He is Chair of the Ulster Rugby Academy and a former coach, player and manager.
Hugh was previously Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive of the Belfast Trust. He brings with him a wealth of experience and skills having joined the NHS in 1985 as a National Management Trainee.
Ian Dalton, Chief Executive of NHS Improvement, says: "I am delighted that Hugh has been appointed to this new leadership role, which underscores the importance of quality improvement in driving better quality care for patients.
"Hugh brings a huge amount of technical expertise in the application of improvement science in healthcare settings, and he also understands the challenges of leading change in complex and ever-changing environments. He will act as an effective national champion for improvement across the NHS.
"Hugh will be building on the successful productivity work that has been carried out by NHS Improvement with acute hospitals, mental health, community and ambulance trusts. I would like to thank Jeremy Marlow who has led this work for the past three years."
Jeremy will help to oversee the smooth transition of the functions and programmes to the new roles before moving onto a new challenge later in the year.
This appointment follows a number of appointments to the NHS Executive group in December. The new structure is devised to enable corporate teams to provide specialist support and expertise to seven regional teams, as well as taking a national lead on their areas.
The seven integrated regional teams will play a major leadership role in the geographies they manage, making decisions on how best to assure and support performance in their region, as well as supporting local system transformation.