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After the success of the Gears of War trilogy, Microsoft has elected to fill out its first party catalogue with a prequel, Gears of War Judgment. Series founders Epic Games have handed duties to their subsidiary and Bulletstorm studio, People Can Fly. While maintaining the trademark cover-based gameplay of Gears franchise, the newly appointed developers have crafted both a stunning and immersive game that calls back to the original Gears of War's striking debut back in 2006.
Gears of War Judgment picks up the narrative in the immediate aftermath of Emergence Day and 15 years prior to the original game. Kilo Squad, comprised of fan favourites Damon Biard and Augustus Cole and newcomers Sofia Hendrick and Garron Paduk, are placed on trial for disobeying orders. The game begins with minimal explanation and immediately thrusts players into a flashback recounting of Kilo Squad's actions. Previous knowledge of the Gears fiction is advantageous, as beginners may be left bewildered. Very few cutscenes or monologues interrupt the action, with emphasis placed on driving momentum forward through gameplay. The resulting pace is fast but fluid, constantly immersing the player.
Story has always played second fiddle to the action, and the developers seem to embrace that principle in Judgment. The writers don't overtly thrust the horrors of war in your face or attempt to orchestrate a emotional scenario. Instead, the game simply relies on context and surrounding the characters in a world ravaged by conflict. Navigating the destroyed streets of Sera presents a breathtaking picture of the Gears universe, offering some of the most memorial scenarios from the series. The few moments of calm establish the narrative pillars adequately, and the characters are depicted less as meatheads but more as genuine soldiers. Kilo Squad is portrayed with some memorable banter and characterisation, especially as they grapple with obeying their orders or doing what they personally believe is right.
The game convincingly portrays the Locust as an overwhelming and horrifying enemy, but skimps in its depiction of the main antagonist. Outside of a fleeting appearance in a mandatory boss fight, the central villain really exists only in name, lacking the characterisation you would expect as the leader of a powerful army. My only other narrative criticism is the game finishes far too abruptly. Relying wholly on previous knowledge, Judgment's ending unfortunately lacks any context or finesse.
The finely tuned gameplay of the Gears series returns, albeit more polished than ever. Players will immediately embrace the flawless third-person cover system, with characters moving faster, more precisely and switching weapons at the simple tap of a single button. The overall gameplay improvements are subtle, but ultimately demonstrate why Epic can claim the industry benchmark for this genre. While retaining the high standard of gameplay, Epic subsidiary People Can Fly also bring a much needed freshness to a dry series. Good diversity in level design, intelligent and challenging enemy mechanics and solid fiction makes Judgment muchmore than your common franchise cash-in.
The drab post-apocalyptic visual aura of the earlier Gears is far less prominent in Judgment. Sera screams colour as we witness the affect of war on its bright and beautifully designed architecture. Kilo Squad quickly ventures outside the city, with players immersed in a number of chaotic warzone, minus the samey feeling that tainted Gears of War 3s. Clever level design also plays host to fierce and dynamic hordes of Locust. All the iconic units sighted in previous entries reappear, but in Judgment they work together as a more homogenous group. The Locust force players to change their strategies and scavenge for ammo as they consistently flank and coordinate their actions.
Several scenes require players to bunker down and repel waves of troops, just as you may have done in the trademark Horde mode. The game even offers you barriers and turrets – introduced in Gears of War 3's wave mode – as tools to aid your defences. These moments feel somewhat orchestrated but are nevertheless entertaining and offer some of the greatest challenges in the game. An AI director, similar to Left 4 Dead, also ensures enemy encounters are kept arbitrary. Different unit types spawn at random locations in each level, so skirmishes are rarely the same. This mechanic admirably break with the linear design of previous entries, all the while keeping players engaged and the pace varied.
If these refinements weren't enough, fans can also explore the 'declassified' missions in Judgment. At the start of each chapter, players are given the option to activate a declassified part of Kilo Squad's testimony. Essentially, missions trigger a modifier that somehow handicaps the gameplay. For example, players may be given a time limit, specific weapons or impaired vision for the length of the chapter, all against the backdrop of a narrative context. Activating the declassified mission raises the difficulty and offers an excellent challenge for the most hardcore players. Completing the declassified missions is highly recommended if playing in co-op.
The declassified sections also play into another of Judgment's new features. At the end of each level, your performance is scored and evaluated out of three stars. Statistics such as deaths, executions and headshots increase your overall points. Turning on the declassified missions multiplies the score at the end of each chapter, while the game keeps an overall tally of stars collected. In a nutshell, the more efficiently and bombastic you play, the bigger the payout. Whether or not you are driven to reach the highest score, unlocking content as you bank stars – such as the Aftermath campaign – is a tasty incentive.
Much like its predecessor's, Judegment offers multiple levels of difficulty and the option to play in co-op. The buddy AI is rather competent, but nevertheless, having a real friend by your side is always more entertaining. The campaign length is decent, with an average log of eight hours playtime – even more if you hunt down all the collectible dog tags. Earning the requisite amount of stars unlocks the Aftermath campaign, which recounts Biard and Cole's whereabouts right before the finale in Gears of War 3. Aftermath gives an hour or so of gameplay very much in style of the third game, while resurrecting faces from the Judgment campaign. Aftermath is best enjoyed in a strict chronological playthrough with Gears of War 3. The gameplay pales in comparison to the prequel story, and is far too embedded with the third game to be played in isolation.
In the aftermath of the pioneering Horde mode, Judgment mixes Gears of War 3's Beast Mode to give us OverRun. The spin on the previous modes match Gears against Locust; one side of Gears is tasked with defending their spawn against an invading team of Locust enemies. If the Locust players successfully destroy a base, the Gears fall back to another spawn. If a third and final Gears base is destroyed, the Locust win, but if the Gears can defend their outposts until a timer runs out, the humans win. Essentially, OverRun is a Gears of War'sversion of Battlefield's Rush. Humans and Locust switch sides at the end of a round, with teams essentially transitioning between what was previous known as Horde and Beast modes.
Teamwork and planning is an essential part of OverRun, as each side has units suited to a particular tasks. For example, Locust tickers are good for destroying barriers, and human engineers can repair damaged defences. Neither side is overbalanced, with the more skilful team usually emerging victor. OverRun is an entertaining take on the traditional survival mode and immensely enjoyable with friends, making up for the void left by Horde. After the campaign and OverRun, the usual Gears multiplayer mode awaits. The small number of maps aren't revolutionary enough so Judgment simply feels more like an expansion of the last multiplayer offering. However, the small gameplay refinements from the campaign carry across to the multiplayer, making for a more polished experience. Gears of War multiplayer enthusiasts will certainly devour it up, but it isn't likely to sway players of the other large multiplayer games for long.
Gears of War Judgment is a worthy successor to the Xbox 360′s most pioneering series. Developers People Can Fly have added yet another layer of polish to the classic third-person gameplay, while building on stunning visuals, solid level design, AI programming and a grounded script. Contextual issues and samey multiplayer aside, Judgment is a co-op ball in both the campaign and OverRun mode. Gears of War fans are guaranteed to recapture the adrenaline rush in Judgment they discovered back on Emergence Day.
Beautiful graphics | Polished gameplay | Solid campaign
Lacks context | Multiplayer is samey | Poorly executed villain


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The German Earthquake
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The British Empire, determined at its core to suppress human scientific achievements which threaten its ability to loot and rule, won a dramatic victory in Germany March 27. Aided by a lying press campaign against nuclear power which would make Nazi Propaganda Minister Goebbels blush, the Green Party won sufficient seats in the Baden-Württemberg state elections, to gain its first state minister-president in that country.
"This poses a real threat to Germany as an industrial nation," charged Helga Zepp-LaRouche in her discussion of the election results. As the only voice of sanity for nuclear science and development, Zepp-LaRouche's political party the BüSo, is determined to escalate its efforts to fill the leadership vacuum in the country, against this threat.
The immediate lessons of the German vote are chilling in their implications.
First, there is the shameless campaign of anti-nuclear hysteria which was waged by the press and the London-funded anti-nuclear movement. More than any other country, Germany was subjected to lies about the damage from the earthquake/tsunami-caused nuclear accident in Japan—complete with pictures of rubblefields accompanied by headlines about the crippled nuclear plants. The day before the election, the cynical anti-science mob called demonstrations against nuclear power, which drew upwards of 250,000, the largest ever in Germany on this issue.
Not since the Flagellants in the Dark Ages have the streets of Europe been filled with so many fear-ridden, demented people. And what has been so far successful in Germany, is precisely what the British funders of the anti-nuclear movement want to accomplish worldwide, including in the United States. For the world's survival, this must be stopped.
Secondly, there is the role of the utter lack of leadership in defense of the vital interests of the German nation in the run-up to this election. The Christian-Democrats, the party of Chancellor Angela Merkel, which had been in power in Baden-Württemberg for 58 years, knew it was in trouble in the state election. Did it fight to defend the precious machine-tool industry in that state, and the principle of economic progress? To the contrary. Merkel herself capitulated to the Green lies by moving against Germany's nuclear industry, thus enraging the CDU's own pro-nuclear base.
The election defeat deprives Merkel and her coalition partner, the Free-Democratic Party, of a majority in the upper house of parliament. Germany is headed for ungovernability, or worse—a goal the British Empire holds for all sovereign nations—unless Germans turn to principled leadership, like the BüSo.
The third lesson is more hopeful: There is every indication that the voters who swept the Greens into power, will turn against them just as quickly. The world is in the midst of a mass-strike process, in which the population, including that in Germany, is in a state of revolt against the institutions which are destroying their lives. As we have seen in the developments in Wisconsin and Ohio, an election victory can be followed almost immediately by a popular uprising against those swept into office only a month before.
The anti-human Greens, in Germany and elsewhere, will only worsen the financial meltdown and collapse of living standards which is driving that mass-strike process. That means that more people will seek answers to the fundamental questions of value, and science, which the current existential crisis created by the British Empire, in the face of galactic danger, raises. Mankind is at stake—and those who confront that reality with reason, still have time to act.

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text: ============================================================================ Call for Papers GRAPHS AS MODELS (GaM 2015) First International Workshop http://utwente.nl/gam2015/ Satellite Event of ETAPS 2015, London -- 11-12 April 2015 ============================================================================ === Description === Graphs are used as models in all areas of computer science: examples are state space graphs, control flow graphs, syntax graphs, UML-type models of all kinds, network layouts, social networks, dependency graphs, and so forth. Used to model a particular phenomenon or process, graphs are then typically analysed to find out properties of the modelled subject, or transformed to construct other types of models. The new Graphs as Models (GaM) workshop combines the strengths of two pre-existing workshop series: GT-VMT (Graph Transformation and Visual Modelling Techniques) and GRAPHITE (Graph Inspection and Traversal Engineering), but also solicits research from other related areas, such as Social Network Analysis and Bioinformatics. === Topics === This workshop seeks to attract and stimulate research on the techniques for graph analysis, inspection and transformation, on a general level rather than in any specific domain. Thus, the concept of a graph (in its many guises) is central; contributions should address scenarios for the use of graphs in a modelling context that potentially transcend specific settings and can be applied across domains. Good, well-known examples of such techniques are model checking and graph transformation; but we welcome contributions on any of the following (non-exhaustive) list of topics: - The use of graphs in software development, such as synthesis, planning, bug mitigation and repair. - The use of graphs in software analysis, such as verification, testing, static analysis, and simulation. - Graph search optimisation techniques such as state space reduction techniques and search heuristics. - Graph algorithms exploiting parallel and distributed architectures, such as clusters, grids and cloud platforms. - Graph algorithms exploiting dedicated hardware, such as graphics processing units and massive storage. - Dedicated algorithms or implementation techniques for graph matching, isomorphism checking, graph distance and other graph-based problems. - Stochastic processes on graphs, including random walks. - Analysis of large graphs, such as large state spaces, social network graphs, large networks, and big (graph) data. - Visual language definition and syntax, such as meta-modelling, grammars and graphical parsing. - Static and dynamic semantics of visual languages, including OCL, graph constraints, simulation and animation. - Model-to-model and model-to-text transformations and their application in model-driven development. - Visual modelling techniques and graph transformations for systems with quality properties like performance, real-time, safety, reliability, and energy consumption. - Case studies and applications. - Tool support for any of the above. === Workshop Format === This is a two-day workshop programmed as a mixture of: - Submitted paper presentations. - Fully interactive sessions, such as: . Community challenges: What open issues do you see? What unresolved, graph-related problems are you facing? Give a 5-minute presentation and receive 10 minutes of feedback and in-depth discussion from an involved audience. . Brainstorm groups: Be part of a small group for a 45-minute brainstorm discussion on a chosen topic concerning the use of graphs as models; think out of the box and bring back your conclusions afterwards. . Informal tool demos: Convince the audience in 10 minutes that they really need the functionality your graph-based tool offers. === Submissions === The workshop seeks submissions of three kinds: 1.) Full papers: We solicit papers of up to 15 pages, in LaTeX format, containing original results. Accepted papers will be published in EPTCS (Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science). 2.) Work-in-progress papers: We solicit papers of up to 15 pages, in LaTeX format, describing ongoing research. Accepted papers will be presented at the workshop and might be selected for publication in EPTCS. 3.) Informal tool demo proposals: Tool demos limited to 10 minutes. Proposals will not be reviewed, unless selection turns out to be needed. Submissions of type 1.) and 2.) must adhere to the EPTCS format available at http://style.eptcs.org/ All contributions, including those of type 3.), should be submitted through EasyChair at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gam2015 === Important Dates === - Deadline for submission: 16 January 2015 - Notification: 13 February 2015 - Final manuscript: 13 March 2015 - Workshop: 11-12 April 2015 === Chairs === - Arend Rensink, University of Twente, The Netherlands [arend.rensink at utwente.nl] - Eduardo Zambon, IFES/UFES, Brazil [zambon at inf.ufes.br] === Program Committee === - Vicente Acuña (University of Chile, Chile) - Dragan Bošnački (TU Eindhoven, Netherlands) - Mohammad Dashti (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) - Stefan Edelkamp (University of Bremen, Germany) - Gregor Engels (University of Paderborn, Germany) - Holger Giese (Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany) - Henri Hansen (Tampere University of Technology, Finland) - Reiko Heckel (University of Leicester, England) - Keijo Heljanko (Aalto University, Finland) - Frank Hermann (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) - Barbara König (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany) - Christian Krause (SAP Innovation Center Potsdam, Germany) - Jochen Küster (Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Germany) - Yngve Lamo (Bergen University, Norway) - Juan de Lara (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain) - Alberto Lluch-Lafuente (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark) - Alice Miller (University of Glasgow, Scotland) - Mark Minas (Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany) - Leila Ribeiro (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) - Andy Schürr (TU Darmstadt, Germany) - Gabriele Taentzer (Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany) - Matthias Tichy (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden) - Dániel Varró (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary) - Bernhard Westfechtel (University of Bayreuth, Germany) - Anton Wijs (RWTH Aachen University, Germany & TU Eindhoven, Netherlands) === Steering Committee === - Stefan Edelkamp (University of Bremen, Germany) - Frank Hermann (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) - Barbara König (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany) - Juan de Lara (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain) - Anton Wijs (RWTH Aachen University, Germany & TU Eindhoven, Netherlands)


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Berberine, a commonly used drug in traditional Chinese medicine, has drawn increasing attention for its therapeutic potential of treating hepatic steatosis, dyslipidemia and diabetes. Although pharmacological studies have demonstrated therapeutic actions of berberine on hepatic steatosis and obesity, the underlying mechanism of berberine on lipid metabolism remains poorly understood.
In collaboration with Dr. GAO Xin at Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, a team of scientists led by Professor LI Yu from Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, CAS provided both animal and in vitro evidence showing that berberine induces autophagy to ameliorate hepatic steatosis in a Silent Information Regulator 1 (SIRT1) dependent manner in the liver of mice under nutrient overload or in response to fasting. Moreover, berberine's regulation of Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 (FGF21) and energy expenditure may represent a molecular mechanism by which pharmacology administration of berberine protects against obesity.
In this study, scientists utilized the in vivo and in vitro methods, which include the studies using liver-specific SIRT1 knockout mice in response to dietary overload or fasting treatment, SIRT1-/- hepatocytes and mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs), and human HepG2 hepatocytes, to demonstrate that SIRT1 is critical for berberine of controlling hepatic lipid metabolism and maintaining whole body energy expenditure.
The study revealed that administration of berberine enhances systemic energy expenditure and ameliorates obesity. Hepatic SIRT1 is required for berberine-induced production of FGF21. Scientists also discovered that berberine stimulates autophagy to ameliorate hepatic steatosis in mice. SIRT1 is required for berberine's effects on activation of autophagy in mice under diet-induced obesity or in response to fasting.
These studies also highlight the therapeutic relevance of targeting hepatic SIRT1-autophagy axis to reverse hepatic lipid deregulation and improve lipid homeostasis in obesity and type 2 diabetes.
This work was published online in British Journal of Pharmacology on 2017 Oct 24 as a research article entitled "Berberine Attenuates Hepatic Steatosis and Enhances Energy Expenditure in Mice by Inducing Autophagy and Fibroblast Growth Factor 21". This study was funded by the grant from National Key Basic Research Program of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Hundred Talents Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Contact: LI Yu, Ph.D., Professor CAS Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS), Chinese Academy of Sciences 320 Yue Yang Road Life Science Research Building A1816, Shanghai, China 200031 Tel: +86 (21) 5492 0753 Email: email@example.com Web: http://www.nutrition.ac.cn/e_PI_liy.asp http://www.lilab.com.cn/
The proposed model for SIRT1 in mediating berberine's effects on improving hepatic steatosis and obesity in diet-induced insulin resistant mice. (Image provided by Dr. LI Yu's laboratory)


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32% Of People Agree That Moms Should Skip Buying This Popular Baby Product
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Ok, so you're having a baby, yay! However, the incredible array of baby products out there is completely overwhelming — between diaper bags and strollers, to toys to cribs, where do you even start? When it comes time to put that gift registry together for your baby shower, you might start to ask yourself if all of these items really necessary? Will they just take up space in a storage area of your home and then go in the pile for Goodwill a few years down the road?
For some baby products, that is eventually what happens. According to Parenting, new parents spend around $2,500 a year on the basic necessities like baby food, diapers, and formula. So do you really need all the other items that look so fun, but can cost you?
Remember, women have been having babies since the beginning of time and although some modern items make raising little ones easier, some families can definitely do without, as normal household items can work as well as those marketed specifically as must-haves for new parents. The List surveyed 692 residents across the United States and asked which baby products you can just skip buying — people had something to say.
This one baby item comes with drawbacks
Yes, diapers smell and you can't wait to dispose of them once you change your baby and put them in a fresh, new diaper. However, 32.08% of those surveyed by The List felt a Diaper Genie is a waste of cash and space.
So what is the magical-sounding Diaper Genie? As noted on Amazon, the Diaper Genie is a diaper pail, specifically made for clean, efficient, and odor-free diaper discarding. According to Today, the bags made specially for this item come with extra layers of odor protection, but experienced parents will know when that many diapers fill one can, it may not matter what kind of bags hold the soiled diapers if that many have been sitting in one bag for so long. You'll also be paying more money in the long run for the special Diaper Genie bags, versus just using regular trash bags.
One alternative to the Diaper Genie is to place dirty diapers in a plastic bag, tie the bag tight to contain the smell, and throw it in the kitchen trash you empty much more often — just make sure to wash your hands!
What other baby products are just not needed?
Coming in second in The List's survey with 21.97% is a bassinet. NPR reported that the percentage of parents who co-sleep grew from 6% to 24% between 1993 and 2015, making a bassinet unnecessary. Other parents still prefer to keep a baby in their crib from the moment they bring the infant home.
Coming in third is baby detergent, with 17.05% feeling you don't need to buy this. At one time, baby detergent was much more gentle than regular detergent. However, with so many companies offering versions minus harsh ingredients that don't cost more, parents now feel confident not buying specially marked (and marketed) baby detergent. In fourth place, with 15.75% of the vote, is a changing table, as you can essentially change a baby on any clean surface.
Finally, 13.15% of respondents feel new moms don't need a baby bathtub. For years, moms washed their baby in a clean sink, and it's not a trend that's going away any time soon. There are also baby seats that stay upright for older babies and recline for younger ones that can be placed right in your bathroom's standard tub.


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Shrinking dinosaurs and the evolution of endothermy in birds
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Rezende, Enrico (2019). Shrinking dinosaurs and the evolution of endothermy in birds [Dataset]. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7ss0
The evolution of endothermy represents a major transition in vertebrate history and a major factor underlying the diversity of birds and mammals. Despite the several advantages of an endothermic lifestyle, the tempo and mode of the evolution of endothermy in these lineages remains one of the most controversial subjects in paleontology and evolutionary physiology. Here, we combine a heat transfer model with body size estimates in the theropod phylogeny to reconstruct the evolution of metabolic rates along the bird stem lineage. This model suggests that the continuous reduction in size from ancestral theropod dinosaurs to birds constitutes the evolutionary path of least resistance for endothermy to evolve, because it maximizes thermal niche expansion while obviating the im- pact of elevated energy requirements on population size. In this scenario, metabolic rates would have increased steadily with the accelerated miniaturization observed primarily in the Early-Middle Jurassic (~180 to 170 million years ago), resulting in a rise in metabolic levels along those clades that diverged from the bird stem lineage during this period. Whereas basal theropods would generally exhibit lower metabolic rates, more recent groups such as nonavian maniraptorans were likely decent thermoregulators with higher metabolic rates than similar- sized extant ectotherms. We postulate that the evolution of smaller sizes concomitantly with increased aerobic capacity has shaped the thermal physiology of theropod dinosaurs and driven the emergence of true endothermy within this clade, and we propose a temporal sequence of key evolutionary transitions that might have ultimately resulted in the emergence of small, endothermic, feathered flying dinosaurs. The detailed hypotheses stemming from our model, regarding the variation in metabolic levels across theropod lineages as well as the sequence of events that have led to the radiation of birds, can be readily put to a test and should be subject to further scrutiny.


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Real estate development companies face a variety of cash-flow issues, from borrowing capital, to paying suppliers and contractors, to day-to-day banking. The cash management team at Canadian Western Bank (CWB) knows how important it is to stay on top of current real estate industry trends, needs and challenges.
Here, Kam Palak, Manager of Cash Management, answers key questions about how developers can strategize their banking methods to minimize risk, and how CWB is uniquely positioned to help.
Q: Where do you start at a strategy meeting when discussing cash flow and cash management with a developer client?
A: When thinking real estate development, the initial thought is usually about getting a loan and getting shovels in the ground. However, like all businesses, managing the workload, cash flow and execution are very important.
Revenue from real estate development can be months or even years in the making. As such, the industry can be complicated when it comes to cash flow. Usually, projects entail a large outflow of capital for a prolonged period with operating expenses on top of that. It is important that our clients have the right tools and understand their overall projection going out. This goes far beyond a projection, extending to how they manage their costs on a monthly and even daily basis.
Q: What are some of the key cash-flow challenges that developers often face?
A: Most developers face the same challenges – primarily, paying their contractors or sub-contractors, materials, marketing and labour costs. In our experience, we commonly see active and successful developers spending too much time working through the payments and cash flow than focusing on their core business. More often than not, we have company owners issuing cheque after cheque – occasionally with the caveat, "Please wait until next week to cash this." There have been times where the cheques were lost or, worse, stolen, misplaced or cashed five months later. This further increases the workload and risk our clients face.
At CWB, we work with our clients to optimize their outflow through a variety of methods. Instead of simply providing a loan and sending them on their way, we have a local team of experts that figures out their project, how they pay and how they want to pay, and provides the right tools to do that. Many of our developer clients are surprised when we say they can send a direct deposit to your sub-contractor and have them paid. Their previous method may have been to issue and mail a cheque, follow up on it, and then reconcile once it has cleared.
Additionally, we try to work with our developer clients to implement controls in their online and digital channels, further freeing up time, saving money, and creating peace of mind.
Q: What are some of the challenges on the capital side?
A: The other end of the equation is when the funds come in. Once our clients have been paid, it's key that they park their funds in the right vehicle that gives them flexibility and return. As they plan the next project, we ensure that their capital receives a high interest rate, and can be available when they need it. This could be short term or long term.
At CWB, we even go one step further. When clients are required to deposit their pre-sale funds with a law firm, we work with that firm so we can offer the best interest rate possible. When the funds are transferred to the developer, they know that they have been taken care of all the way through.
Q: What sets Canadian Western Bank apart in its cash-flow management services?
A: Our key separator is that we manage the entire relationship locally. Our Relationship Managers, Cash Management team, and leaders are local to the market and the branch. From our credit decisions to our implementation, there are no Toronto call centres, no 1-800 numbers, not even voicemail. We have a live deal team that you can access with top of market knowledge and expertise all the way through. It's our approach for all our clients and business owners.
For more information, insights and advice on cash management, visit Canadian Western Bank at cwbank.com/find-your-focus


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I, Tonya (2018)
Directed by Craig Gillespie / Bryan Unkeless / Tom Ackerley
Genres - Comedy, Drama, Sports & Recreation |
Sub-Genres - Crime Drama, Sports Comedy, Sports Drama |
Release Date - Dec 8, 2017 (USA - Limited) |
Run Time - 119 min. |
Countries - Australia, United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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This biopic uses the format of a faux documentary to trace the rise and scandal-fueled fall of figure skater Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie). Pushed into skating by her domineering mother (Allison Janney), Harding finds great success, yet ends up clashing with the sport's desire to mold its female athletes into an image of wholesomeness. Later, her career comes crashing down when her ex-husband (Sebastian Stan) orchestrates an attack on rival skater Nancy Kerrigan. Directed by Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl).
crime, figure-skater, ice-skating, scandal, sports-championships, sports-skating, women's-sports


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Per chevron argent and vert, in chief an ancient Irish crown proper between in the dexter a slip of oak of the second fructed of the third and in the sinister a trefoil slipped also of the second, in base on waves of four of the first and azure a Viking longship sail set oars in action, also proper. Motto : Ó Chuan go Sliabh.
The new county merged part of County Dublin with the Borough of Dún Laoghaire.
The arms feature a Viking ship. This was found in the crest of the Borough of Dún Laoghaire. The green per chevron division of the shield suggests a green hill and thus the county's hills and mountains. In the base is an heraldic representation of water for the sea and the maritime associations of the area. It also represents the common coastline of the two merged councils. At the top of the shield is an Irish crown from the arms of Dún Laoghaire suggesting King Laoghaire legendary founder of the settlement. The oak branch is for the ancient woodlands that once covered the county and also represents the council's commitment to the environment. The shamrock was found in the seal of the Rathdown No.1 Rural District Council, a former authority in the area.
The motto is translated as "From the harbour to the mountain".
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The 9 Coolest Application Development CEO's of 2019
Although a CEO rarely needs a formal introduction, they deserve one nonetheless. They set the company direction, define the company's culture and values, and build the entire leadership team. The CEO guides the company to see its goals fulfilled–which is essential for a rapidly evolving market such as application development.
Each application development CEO brings their own set of skills and perspective that can greatly influence their solutions and services. Therefore, we've compiled a list of the 9 Coolest Application Development CEO's of 2019. We list them below, by company name in alphabetical order.
Tom Tovar | Appdome
Tom Tovar is the Chief Executive Officer of Appdome. Mr. Tovar has held several high-level positions throughout his career, serving as the CEO of Nominum and Executive Chairman of enterprise engagement platform Badgeville. In addition to his work at Appdome, Mr. Tovar currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors at Totango, a leading enterprise customer success platform. He earned his BBA in Finance and Accounting at the University of Houston, and his JD in Corporate, Securities, Licensing, and M&A at Stanford Law School.
Eric Shapiro | ArcTouch
Eric Shapiro is one of the founders of ArcTouch, and serves as its chief executive officer. After working as a product manager and evangelist at Apple in the mid 90's, Mr.Shapiro founded Zero G software, which was purchased by Rovi. He served as CEO at Caustic Graphics Inc., which was acquired by Imagination Technologies. In addition to leading ArcTouch, Mr. Shapiro serves as a Venture Partner at 4.0 Partners, an organization that invests in companies driving the fourth Industrial Revolution.
Jay Sunny Bajaj | DMI
Jay Sunny Bajaj founded DMI in 2002, and now serves as the company's Chairman and CEO. Before starting his career at DMI, Mr.Bajaj worked at e-business pioneers AppNet and CommerceOne, as well as Goldman Sachs. Over the course of his 20 year technology career, Mr. Bajaj has repeatedly been recognized as a culture builder and Smart100 CEO winner. DMI has received various awards for rapid growth and corporate excellence, including being named a 10-time winner on the Inc 5000 list of fastest growing private companies in America.
Dominic Tancredi | Dom & Tom
Dominic Tancredi co-founded Dom & Tom with his brother Thomas in 2009, and now he serves as the company's CEO. By combining Dominic's background as a software developer and Thomas' experience in finance and project management, the brothers created their now highly successful digital development studio. Dominic received the 2017 Owler Top-Rated CEO award, and holds a BS of Computer Science and BA in Theatre from Loyola University Chicago. He has consulted with enterprise companies including Turner Broadcasting, Coca-Cola, and more.
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Michael Minkevich | Intellectsoft
Michael Minkevich serves as the CEO of Intellecsoft, as well as Board Director. Mr. Minkevich has held several several leadership positions throughout his career, serving as VP of Sales & Marketing at Novosoft, CEO at StarForce Technologies, VP of Technology Services at Luxoft, and more. In addition to his work at Intellectsoft, Mr. Minkevich also serves as Board Director at Sensoplex, KuberLab, and Technology Advisor at Blockchain Generation.
Igor Fedulov | Intersog
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Tobias Dengel | WillowTree
Tobias Dengel serves as CEO for WillowTree, a full-service mobile agency focused on creating high quality digital products for its partners. Before working at WillowTree, Mr. Dengel served as Vice President of AOL until 2003. He then went on to found Leads.com, where he acted as President and COO. The company was acquired by Website Pros in April of 2005. Mr. Dengel also served as Executive Vice President, and subsequently SVP of Business Development at Web.com, his most recent position before WillowTree.
Ashish Toshniwal | YML
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The New Democratic Party and Green Party aimed to differentiate their platforms in the eyes of voters at the Victoria District Debate, held in the SUB's Vertigo Lounge on Oct. 7. The debate followed the All Candidates Fair, where the UVSS invited federal representatives to meet and greet students. Conservatives declined the invitation, but three of four parties were present for the fair.
Debate participants included incumbent MP Murray Rankin, representing the NDP, and Jo-Ann Roberts, standing for the Green Party. A stuffed animal, named "Teddy Bear Proxy," observed the debate from Conservative candidate John Rizzuti's seat. Liberal candidate Cheryl Thomas was also absent, as she had resigned on Sept. 30 because of comments on social media about Muslim and Jewish communities.
UVSS Chairperson Brontë Renwick-Shields moderated the event, intervening when political passion spilled over the time slots. Questions ranged from environmental and social issues, to cost of education, to Indigenous rights.
Roberts opened the floor with a statement about NDP and Green similarities, but explained that they have different environmental platforms. Both Rankin and Roberts plan to tax carbon and invest in renewable technology, but emotions flared at mention of pipelines. Rankin began by criticizing the Kinder Morgan pipeline project, deeming the proposal process "broken." (The company aims to expand the Trans Mountain Pipeline, with construction starting in 2016.) Rankin concluded that any proposal made through such a process would not be approved by the NDP. The crowd roared with applause.
Roberts argued that the problem lies not with a broken proposal, but with the pipeline itself. Rankin grew red in the face and rebutted, asking whether he was clear enough about the NDP's denial of the project. He then added, "That doesn't mean we can say categorically that we will absolutely refuse [any pipeline]."
Roberts said she hoped Rankin would be more clear. He answered the next question about stopping tax breaks for extraction companies with a resounding and loud, "yes."
Roberts and Rankin also promise to recognize major social issues, stating that their parties will immediately address the murdered and missing Indigenous women in Canada. They also agreed on implementing all Truth and Reconciliation Commission report recommendations. Both candidates described our current government's reactions to these issues as "appalling" and "horrible."
Both parties plan to adopt a Post-Secondary Education Act that would remove student loan interest, increase funding for grants, and create low-income education opportunities. The Green Party plans to eliminate post-secondary tuition altogether. Rankin insisted the NDP's plan for lowering education's financial burden is practical. He explained that the party plans to lower the general cost of living to benefit students. Both parties insist on banning unpaid internships and plan to fund post-education work experience programs.
The floor was open to students at the end of the debate. UVSS Director-at-large Brydon Kramer and Director of External Relations Kenya Rogers, both speaking on behalf of the Let's Get Consensual campaign, asked about implementing sexual violence education in the kindergarten to grade school curriculum. Rankin said the federal government needs to "step up" and strive for such educational grants.
Roberts spoke through tears saying the problem doesn't end on campus. "I was like you, I was fighting this in university 35 years ago," she said with shaky voice, "I promise I'm there." Before proceeding to the next student question, Roberts asked for a Kleenex and Rankin handed her an orange colored tissue. A moment of amusement lightened the room after tough discussion.
The debate ended with anti-Harper closing statements and a mutual willingness to work across parties to end his control. The candidates praised students for bringing post-secondary issues to the attention of federal politics.


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Washington put together their most complete performance of the season, sweeping #9 Creighton in Omaha on Saturday evening (25-19, 25-21, 25-23) to snap a 21-game win streak for the Bluejays (29-5, 18-0 Big East).
The Huskies (20-12, 10-10 Pac-12) qualify for their sixth Sweet 16 in 7 years, but this was by far the least likely of those appearances. Washington has rarely been in the role of underdog
I'm almost more tempted to believe one of the 2004-2015 Husky teams simply time-traveled and played this match instead. That wasn't just a really good performance by the Huskies — it's just not how 2018 Washington normally wins matches.
This year's Huskies do have similar size to many of those squads, but the team as a whole is nowhere near as good at blocking. From a footwork/reading the setter standpoint, the best fundamental blocker on the current team is junior Avie Niece, who's somewhat undersized for a Pac-12 MB. This year's team usually wins with smart, aggressive serving and the rubber arm of junior OH Kara Bajema.
The Huskies recorded four aces and three service errors against Creighton, which is a very respectable mark, but nothing spectacular. Meanwhile, Bajema was not overly effective, recording 9 kills on .148, tied for her second-fewest kills in a match since the start of conference play.
Against a Creighton front line with just as much height as UW, the Huskies piled up 14 blocks in 3 sets, with 12 of them coming in just the first two sets. Sophomore MB Lauren Sanders, who had been struggling recently, played her best match in weeks, and perhaps all season: 7 kills on .600 hitting and had a hand in 8 of the Huskies' 14 blocks, including 2 solo rejections.
Due mostly to that tremendous blocking, the Huskies held the elite offensive weapons of Jaali Winters and Taryn Kloth to miserable nights offensively:
- Winters: 8 kills, 7 errors, 37 swings = .027
- Kloth: 11 kills, 9 errors, 34 swings = .059
After the first two sets, the numbers looked even worse for Creighton, as the much more veteran Bluejays seemed to have mental breakdowns on a couple of plays. But even when CU steadied out and the ridiculous blocking pace of sets 1 & 2 slowed down, the youth-laden Huskies still found a way to grind out a win in the third set.
When the blocking died down somewhat late, junior libero Shayne McPherson was there to pick up the slack, recording 14 of her 20 digs in the third set alone to keep a number of rallies alive.
The Huskies advance to the Sweet 16, better known in volleyball as the regional semifinals. Washington will play in the Palo Alto regional, hosted by #1 overall seed Stanford. The Huskies will face #8 Penn State on Friday, Dec. 7, with the Cardinal facing #16 Washington State in the other Palo Alto semifinal. The times and TV coverage for those matches are TBA, but should be posted either late tonight or fairly early Sunday.


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We're bringing you our best 10 Halloween resources to help you kick this holiday up a notch and make it the spookiest one yet. There are ghosts hanging from trees, carved pumpkins resting on porch steps, and mountains of sweets yet to be devoured. We hope these will help with all your Halloween plans – from planning parties and haunted houses, to crafting decorations and invites – and get the scene ready for the eeriest day of them all. Make use of them wisely and have a killer Halloween!
Dreadful – A Spooky Typeface
Dreadful Typeface is best used for headings, quotes, apparel design, invitations, posters, greeting cards, product packaging, and much more!
Black Magic
A spooky selection of textures, patterns and graphics to add some dusty, distressed chalk style to your darker designs!
Perfect all-year round for lovers of gothic style, witchcraft, magic, and old-skool spook, the pack also includes Halloween-specific designs for when everyone embraces a little more horror! Combining simple, linear styles as well as more detailed illustrations, this versatile set covers a range of spooky styles from sinister skulls to friendly ghosts.
Halloween Watercolor Collection
This big Halloween collection consists of high quality, hand painted watercolor graphics. Included are witch hats, pumpkins, broomsticks, banners and so much more. It's perfect for DIY projects, cards, invitations, greeting cards, etc.
Kids Halloween Characters And Elements
A cute Halloween themed set of characters, lettering, patterns and templates for greeting cards. Using this collection, you can also create your own design: add your text, change the background as well as the composition of the characters! The illustrations and patterns are suitable for creating greeting cards, invitations, labels, stickers, posters, wrapping paper, banners, blog themes and so on.
Spooky Night – Halloween Set
The set of wonderful Halloween illustrations. We added carved pumpkins to the set as well as the cute ghosts, bats, candles, moon, trees and so on!
This set is a good choice for your Halloween projects and for decorating your celebration. These illustrations could look amazing as greeting cards, invitations, stickers, wrapping paper, party supplies, copybook covers, clothes, banners and a lot more!
Halloween Ink Pen Collection
Trick or treat your designs with these hand drawn, black and white Halloween illustrations.
Cute Halloween Collection
With this set, you will receive cute hand drawn witches, halloween elements, variations and different scenes, pre-made cards, 4 night backgrounds, and various solutions for using graphics…
Witchcraft Secret Graphic Set
This large set has dark, gloomy and strange illustrations, and patterns for the implementation of bold ideas and the presentation of dark sides.
12 Halloween Seamless Patterns
This is a set of vector Halloween seamless patterns in Orange, Yellow, Grey, Black and White. It's perfect for greeting cards, wallpapers, pattern fills, web page backgrounds, wrapping papers and more.
Happy Pumpkins
This Happy Pumpkins Watercolor Collection includes pumpkins, wreaths, floral elements, frames, and more graphics for DIY designs. This set is just what you need for the perfect fall and Halloween projects, invitations, craft & DIY projects, paper products, party decorations, and much more.
We hope you have a spectacular Halloween, full of laughs and scares! If you found this article helpful and made use of one or more of resources, we'd love to know in the comments below.


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A decades-long legacy of partnership, sponsorship, leadership.
The Allentown Art Museum has announced that it will honor the Butz family at its annual Gala Dinner & Auction on the evening of Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Lee and Dolly Butz, Greg Butz, and Eric Butz and Debora Roberson are among the family members that will be celebrated for their longtime and significant support of the Museum.
"The Butz family has a distinguished legacy of giving to the Art Museum over the past decades, not just years," said David Mickenberg, the Museum's Priscilla Payne Hurd President and CEO. "Their ongoing generosity and professional expertise has provided the means for arts organizations across the Lehigh Valley, including the Allentown Art Museum, to enrich, enliven, and improve our community in so many ways. We are grateful for their continued, essential support of the Museum and its mission."
The annual Gala is the Museum's primary fundraiser, held every April. Proceeds benefit all Museum operations, including exhibitions, programs for children and adults, community outreach, and special events.
In addition to the Alvin H. Butz Inc.'s President's Chair sponsorship, other premier supporters of this year's Museum Gala include: Joe & Rita Scheller (Palladium Underwriters); Penny Holman and Leon Holt (Platinum Underwriters); Air Products, Crayola/Rick & Michelle Stringer, Norris McLaughlin, P.A./Dolores Laputka, Esq., Tom & Amy Scalici, and Victaulic (Rembrandt Sponsors); Lutron and PPL (Gilbert Stuart Sponsors); and City Center Allentown, Al & Jill Douglass, and Dual Temp Company (Frank Lloyd Wright Sponsors).
The Butz family roots in the Lehigh Valley date back to the mid-1800s, when the family business was building covered bridges. Today the family operates two longstanding and successful companies anchored in Allentown: Alvin H. Butz Inc., a member of the Butz Family of Companies; and Roberson Butz Architects, owned by Eric Butz and Debora Roberson.
Greg Butz joined the Board of Trustees of the Allentown Art Museum in January 2019. He has served on fundraising campaigns, chaired committees, and held board seats on other nonprofit arts organizations as well. He enjoys collecting art and has been a strong proponent of business supporting the arts financially.
Lee and Dolly Butz are generous benefactors of numerous Lehigh Valley businesses and arts, education, and civic organizations. Lee's fine-art photography has documented many musical and drama performances. They are longtime supporters of the Art Museum.
Eric Butz and Debora Roberson support arts and music education through their involvement with the Allentown School District Foundation, where they lead fundraising, recruit talent, and enlist volunteers. Roberson Butz Architects has provided architectural design services for the Allentown Art Museum in addition to Miller Symphony Hall, the Baum School of Art, and the State Theatre Center for the Arts.
Through their companies and individually, the Butz family have given more than $2 million dollars to arts organizations in and around the Lehigh Valley in the past ten years.


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Andy Warhol's Interview Magazine Is No More
Photos by R. Powell/Getty, John Minihan/Getty Music News Andy WarholAfter almost 50 years in publication, Interview Magazine is shutting down. Per Observer, the magazine is liquidating its assets via Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
The magazine was founded by Andy Warhol in 1969 and was a platform for intimate conversations between musicians, artists and celebrities, as well as interviews conducted via questions written by Warhol called Q&Andy.
In recent weeks, the magazine has been plagued by a litany of lawsuits. Former editorial director Fabien Baron sued the magazine for $600,000, citing unpaid invoices and $66,000 in unpaid compensation for his stylist wife Ludivine Poiblanc.
Prior to his departure from the magazine in April, Baron had worked at Interview for 10 years. He was hired in 2009 to help relaunch the magazine and successfully added 200,000 subscribers. Formerly, Baron was the creative director at French Vogue, Italian Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, as well as the director for commercials for Calvin Klein, Burberry, Yves Saint Laurent and even Madonna's documentary Sex.
Longtime employee Deborah Blasucci is suing the company under claims that she was fired for making too much money, and three other female employees have accused creative director Karl Templer of "overstepping professional lines," though Templer denies these accusations.
In addition, Jane Katz, a former associate publisher, claims Interview owes her $230,000 in unpaid fees and that she was also unjustly fired, and the former president of the magazine Dan Ragone also stated that Interview owes him $170,000.
The magazine was purchased by Brant Publications in 1987 after Warhol's death. It was nicknamed "The Crystal Ball of Pop." Articles and interviews were frequently unedited to depict a full portrait of the artist featured. The magazine once even featured a regular column called "Conversations with Capote," written by Truman Capote himself.
Famous pieces featured in Interview included Beyonce's interview of her sister Solange and 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen's interview with Kanye West.


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The Black Faculty and Staff Organization provides a forum to articulate and promote issues and activities that impact the status and well-being of Black employees at Cleveland State University.
- Nominating Committee
- Constitution and Bylaws Committee
- Staff Development Committee
- Faculty Development Committee
- University Relations Committee
- Curtis Wilson Scholarship Fund Committee
- Membership Committee
Nominating Committee
The nominating committee shall present a roster of candidates for all offices at the last meeting of the academic year (April). The annual election shall take place in May. The nominating committee shall ensure that the faculty and staff are represented in the offices of President and Vice-President. The nominating committee shall conduct the annual election.
Constitution and Bylaws Committee
The Constitution and Bylaws Committee shall respond to inquiries and proposed changes to the by-laws as prescribed in Article XIV of these by-laws.
Staff Development Committee
The Staff Development Committee shall propose and initiate means through which the personal enrichment and professional advancement of Black contract and classified staff can be achieved.
Faculty Development Committee
The Faculty Development Committee shall propose and initiate means through which the personal enrichment and professional advancement of Black faculty can be achieved.
University Relations Committee
The University Relations Committee shall monitor the activities of the university relative to the status of Black persons at every rank and propose actions needed to the BFSO. This committee shall safeguard the grievances. All BFSO members serving on university committees shall serve on this committee.
Curtis Wilson Fund Scholarship Committee
The Curtis Wilson Scholarship Committee administers the awarding of our three scholarships.
- Curtis Wilson
- Frank C. Adams
- Wanda M. Coleman
Membership Committee
The Membership Committee shall undertake activities to recruit and retain membership in the BFSO. This committee shall contact new employees to introduce membership in the BFSO. This committee shall also enlist member attendance and participation in BFSO functions.


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The Hard Way Home by Robert Taylor
Overall Print Size: 35¼" wide x 23¼"
The Battle of Britain had been won by the young fighter pilots of Fighter Command, but now it fell to another band of young men to wage total warfare against the Nazi war machine the aircrew of RAF Bomber Command. A lone Halifax of 405 Sqn RCAF struggles home the hard way damaged and alone. One of the aircrafts engines is already out and another is smoking badly as the exhausted pilot and his crew fight to keep their unwieldy bomber airborne. Any marauding Luftwaffe fighters would have found them easy prey, but fortunately they have been spotted by a formation of Hurricanes from 253 Sqn on a routine patrol. For that final leg of their long journey this crew will at last have protection to see them safely back to base.
Each print in the FOUR signature Limited Edition is personally signed by artist Robert Taylor, and individually hand-numbered; together with TWO RAF aircrew who flew Halifaxes during WWII, and TWO Hurricane fighter pilots.
- Warrant Officer HARRY IRONS DFC Rear Gunner / 158 Sqn
- Warrant Officer LAURIE GODFREY WOP/Air Gunner / 408sqn
- Warrant Officer ERIC CARTER Hurricane Pilot / 615 sqn
- Lieutenant STANISLAW NAWARSKI DFC KM Hurricane Pilot / 302 sqn
Edition Size - 400
The TWENTY ONE signature Collectors Edition has been additionally signed by the twelve RAF aircrew who flew Halifaxes with RAF Bomber Command, and four Hurricane fighter pilots who flew escort with RAF Fighter Command:
- Flying Officer TOM SAYER DFM Halifax Pilot / 102 Sqn
- Squadron Leader FRANK WILLIAMSON AFC Halifax Pilot / 102 Sqn
- Flight Lieutenant BLUEY MOTTERSHEAD DFC Halifax Pilot / 158 Sqn
- Warrant Officer JOHN MORRISON Rear Gunner / 35 Sqn
- Flying Officer FRANK WALKER Rear Gunner / 466 Sqn
- Flying Officer LEN McNAMARA DFC Rear Gunner / 158 Sqn
- Warrant Officer FRED MALTAS Flight Engineer / 35 Sqn
- Warrant Officer REG CLEAVER Flight Engineer / 419 Sqn RCAF
- Warrant Officer HARRY GOUGH Rear Gunner / 10 Sqn
- Flying Officer JACK EASTER WOP/Air Gunner / 148 Sqn
- Warrant Officer SAM THOMPSON Mid Upper Gunner / 103 sqn
- Flight Lieutenant MATT HOLIDAY DFC Mid Upper Gunner / 10 sqn
- Warrant Officer REX STATHAM Flight Engineer / 158 Sqn
- Flight Lieutenant KURT TAUSSIG Hurricane Pilot / 225 Sqn
- Wing Commander JOHN TIM ELKINGTON Hurricane Pilot / 134 Sqn
- Wing Commander TOM NEIL DFC AFC AE Hurricane Pilot / 259 Sqn
- Pilot Officer STEFAN RYLL Hurricane Pilot / 306 Sqn
Edition Size - 250
In tribute to those brave veterans who flew with the RCAF during World War II, each print in this SEVEN signature edition is signed by two RCAF Hurricane pilots and five RCAF Halifax aircrew, together with the artist Robert Taylor.
- Wing Commander J.F.STOCKY EDWARDS DFC* DFM RCAF Hurricane Pilot / 92 Sqn
- Lieutenant Colonel DOUGLAS DUKE WARREN DFC CD RCAF Hurricane Pilot / 165 Sqn
- Squadron Leader IAN HEWITT DFC* Flight Engineer / 405 Sqn RCAF
- Warrant Officer REG CLEAVER Flight Engineer / 419 Sqn RCAF
- Warrant Officer RICHARD CURNOCK Rear Gunner / 425 Sqn RCAF
- Flying Officer EDWARD BOWLES Bombardier / 429 Sqn RCAF
- Flight Lieutenant HENRY OAKEBY Navigator / 432 Sqn RCAF
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fragments for a summary of the present state of my personal computing world
"The Net is a force of nature. It superconducts information and superdistributes awareness." (part of today's entry)
More than 20 years ago I wrote a song for a friend's Bachelor Party. He's a zoologist who does research on amphibians, so the text had to connect somehow with that specialty, and I put quite a bit of mental energy into research and production. This morning I had e-mail from him, asking if I had the lyrics somewhere... and of course I did. It seemed sensible to make them available to broader audiences...
This from blog entries at a conference on the Internet and China, at UC Berkeley
Stanford Law professor Lawrence Lessig spoke about the "core blindness" on press freedom that exists in the United States. It is easy, he said, to see the core blindness in another culture, like China, with its well known attempts to monitor or limit access to the Internet. But it is harder to identify the blindness in this culture.The American blindness, he said, is the corporate privatization of culture and speech. He described how copyright protection has grown in time, in scope, in intensity, and in what it affects. He described how creative people in the United States, whether computer programmers, musicians, or filmmakers, need to choose whether to obey the law or to be dissidents. "If they obey, they can say much less." (posted by Wang Feng)


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Have you heard of kintsugi? It's become more popular in recent years, but I first heard of it when I was living in Japan and was lucky to join a kintsugi workshop. It was a special experience to mend our broken pottery with a mixture of lacquer and a golden powder. As I didn't have any broken pottery at the time, I went to the local Daiso (Japan's dollar store) and broke it myself to participate in the workshop. I wouldn't call my bowl art as a beginner crafter, but it became a piece that I treasure.
Kintsugi's origins aren't entirely clear, but it's widely said to date back to the 1400s when a Japanese shōgun charged his craftsmen with finding a more aesthetically pleasing way of fixing a broken tea bowl, rather than the traditional method of using ugly metal staples. The Japanese craftsmen bonded the pieces of pottery together using precious metals, including gold, to highlight the breaks instead of concealing them, making the piece more magnificent.
The literal translation of kintsugi is "golden joinery" or "golden repair," but it's come to mean much more. Kintsugi has become an important art form that also teaches us to embrace the beauty of imperfections and that something once broken, can become more unique and resilient. The unbroken piece may be beautiful and shiny, but not necessarily memorable or interesting. With kintsugi, it's the golden seams mending the broken pieces back together that create something truly outstanding.
The power of kintsugi is that we may have broken pieces, but we are worthy of repair and not disposable. It's the healing and growth from our experiences that make us even stronger and more beautiful. I know I wouldn't be the person I am today without some of my broken pieces and the growth and lessons that came as I mended.
Hopefully, this can be a reminder for us to practice more compassion for one another and ourselves. Perhaps to silence the inner critic that wants us to conceal our imperfections, but rather celebrate them as it's a part of our story and makes each one of us unique and precious. Regardless of whether our golden seams are visible or not.
I bet you won't look at a broken bowl or pottery the same way now.
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Opaque areas, including the roof, provide protection according to VPAM APR 2006, level 9. That includes all soft core bullets 5.56, 7.62 and 9 mm and all armor-piercing bullets 7.62 × 39 BZ (Kalashnikov API) and 7.62 × 51 (P80 ), from any angle (including 90 °).
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All transparent areas have thickness 65 mm and provide protection according to VPAM APR 2006, level 9. That inludes multiple shots of all soft core bullets 5.56, 7.62 and 9 mm and all armor-piercing bullets (Kalashnikov BZ), at any angle (including 90 °).
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spring 2022
BIO-3118 Microscopical imaging Techniques - 10 ECTS
Type of course
Master course for biology students - principally aimed at MSc-students specializing in Molecular Environmental Biology. The course is limited to 8 students due to constraints with the equipment. Students from Molecular Environmental Biology and other Master disciplines at the department (AMB) will be prioritized.
The admission will take place during the first lecture. First lecture is mandatory.
Admission requirements
Local admission, application code 9371 - Master's level singular course.
Admission requires a Bachelor`s degree (180 ECTS) or equivalent qualification, with a major in biology of minimum 80 ECTS.
All applicants: Besides basic knowledge in biology at university level, some practical experience in a molecular lab is a must. An interest in chemistry and physics/optics is expected, but not mandatory.
Course content
Stereo microscope and light microscope are important tools to overcome the limitations of the limited resolving power of the human eye. As they are indispensable for the analysis of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, they form an integrative part of biological research.
The course will introduce standard and advanced techniques of light microscopy such as bright field microscopy, phase contrast microscopy and fluorescence microscopy. The theoretical part of the course will convey the necessary background knowledge and will cover the composition of light and fluorescence microscopes, magnification and optical resolution, contrast improvement, specific dyes and staining techniques, autofluorescence and secondary fluorescence. Strong emphasis will be on the practical part. In the first part, the students will be able to familiarize themselves with different techniques by performing a number of exercises. Besides microscope maintenance and the application of various microscopy techniques, we will also treat related topics such as sample preparation (including fixation, sectioning and staining techniques) and the professional documentation of the results by microphotography. In the second practical part, each student will pick an object or technique of their choice and design a small individual project to apply the acquired knowledge. The results of these individual mini-projects will be presented by each student to his peers and to other interested audience in a small workshop.
Objectives of the course
Knowledge; Students who have completed this course can
- explain how a light microscope works
- list different contrasting techniques to visualize organisms
- define magnification and resolution
- assess the potential and the limitations of different light microscopy techniques
Skills; Students who have completed this course can:
- are comfortable and knowledgeable in working with microscopes
- perform maintenance on a microscope
- perform Köhler illumination
- fix, section and stain objects
- count, measure and assess viability of objects
- use modern software to document microscopic structures
- design a poster of their work using PowerPoint
General competence; Students who have completed this course can
- appreciate light microscopy as tool for classical and modern biological research
- formulate a research question, choose the appropriate methods and perform the experiments independently
- design a poster presenting the results of their work
- convey the essence of their project to others
- engage in critical discussions with their fellow students
The exam consist of a poster presentation at a workshop. Grade: passed/failed. In order to sit an examination, the student must complete and gain approval for any coursework requirements.
Coursework requirements:
In order to sit an examination, the student must complete and gain approval for the following coursework requirements:
- participation in all lectures and lab exercises
- short lectures or presentations to fellow students
- written lab journal and peer review of fellow students' lab journals
- execution of own, self-initiated project.
Re-sit exam:
A re-sit examination will not be arranged for students that did not pass exam.
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Differences between Toyo 45A-45AII and Sinar F-F1greenspun.com : LUSENET : Large format photography : One Thread |
Hello everybody:I would like to know the main differences between the Toyo Field 45A and the 45AII (aesthetic and working features). And the same for the Sinar F and the Sinar F1.
What about the Sinar F for field work?
When was the Toyo 45A discontinued? And the Sinar F?
Thanks a lot for your help.
Regards_ Carlos H. Santana
-- Carlos H. Santana (email@example.com), March 16, 2000
The Toyo 45AII has flat black rather than gloss black finish, metal rather than delrin knobs, and some teflon coating on the rails... other than that they are identical to 45A (with revolving back).
-- Glenn C. Kroeger (email@example.com), March 16, 2000.
P.S. - Congratulations on your Grammy Awards.
-- Todd Caudle (email@example.com), March 16, 2000.
Yes! I would also like to congratulate you on your Grammy.
-- Dave Anton (firstname.lastname@example.com), March 17, 2000.
I also want to congratulate you on your Emmy Award, I think you are the best, and I just Love the "Moonflower" CD and am going to buy the "Sacred Fire" CD. I has no idea that you were a photography and a large format photography at that. I would love to see some of your work, and if your photography is as excellent as your music I know we all can benefit from your vision. Regards
-- Belden L. Fodran (firstname.lastname@example.com), March 18, 2000.
I love me too. But I4m far to get a Grammy. Although I have a bag full of Oscars here. Still looking for them? By the way, thanks for the answers about the Toyo A/AII. It seems that there are not so much Sinar F/F1 fanatics out there ...Regards_ Carlos H. Santana
-- Carlos H. Santana (email@example.com), March 19, 2000.
CarlosSince you ask about the F/F1, let me just say if you don't yet own it, don't bother. They aren't good monorails (I shoot with one). The front standard on both (which are identical) is the weakest link.
Consider a new Horseman LE. It's a LOT more rigid than the F/F1 and very cheap too.
If you must buy a low-end Sinar, consider the F2.
-- Kah Heng (email@example.com), March 19, 2000.
You could also consider the Linhof Kardan M monorail camera with an 18" rail, All metal, brass on aluminum construction, 3.3" of front and rear rise expandible to 6.6". 750 center tilt front and back, 3600 swing front and back, geared calibrated focusing all for $1170.00 which will be much less than the other models with less features. With a 150 Rodenstock it is $1495.00 and with a 210 it is $1595.00.You will see much more about it in the next Popular Photography PMA round up on Pro products by Steve Sint.
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'Cutting It In The ATL': Season 2 Teaser [Video]
WE tv is gearing up for season 2 of 'Cutting It: In the ATL'. According to the network,
The series continues to follow five glamorous and headstrong salon owners, and their circle of frenemies, as they compete to dominate the Atlanta hair game. Everyone has their eye on the prize aiming for nothing less than worldwide weave domination…even if that means taking out the competition.
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The show returns for Season 2 on Thursday, July 14 at 10 PM ET/PT.
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Massive opportunity for Jordan Michels
Young Southland racing driver Jordan Michels will line up as part of a star-studded grid at the Australian Grand Prix meeting at Albert Park in Melbourne this weekend.
Michels will drive an S5000 car in one of the support races at the event. The cars are Australia's fastest race cars based around the French designed Onroak-Ligier chassis fitted with a 560hp 5 litre Ford V8 engine and a Holinger 6 speed sequential transaxle.
"It is still sinking in and it is all a bit surreal," said Michels on his return from testing the car in Australia recently. "Australian Greg Woodrow, who used to engineer me in Formula Ford, rang and asked if I would like to drive at the Melbourne Grand Prix. Soon after I was on a plane to Melbourne."
The drive came about as Woodrow was selling a race transporter to Albert Callegher. Callegher is an Italian with his own racing history and in the course of discussions Woodrow asked Callegher who his driver was. "At that stage Albert did not have a driver so Greg recommended me," says Jordan. "Albert will engineer the car while Greg's team will run it. Greg and I have had a very good friendship from the beginning of our time in motorsport together and even when we ran ourselves I was on phone to him quite a lot so it is quite cool the two of us can do this together."
The field contesting the races at the Grand Prix is stunning including former Formula 1 drivers Rubens Barrichello and Giancarlo Fisichella plus current Bathurst Champ and former GP2 racer Alexandre Premat of France and current Williams Formula 1 test and reserve driver Jack Aitken. Barrichello won eleven Formula 1 Grand Prix races and Fisichella three, including one at Albert Park.
"It is a quality field and when I was playing Formula 1 games on Xbox you would never imagine you would one day have the chance to race with some of the greats. The drivers on the grid are of a very high standard and the cars are hard to drive so it will be quite a challenge."
Michels tested at Winton Motor Raceway and Tailem Bend in preparation for the drive. "The car is a handful. It has plenty of horsepower, you're doing 280 km/h at the end of the straight at Tailem Bend and you have to stop it wheel spinning all the time. The acceleration is phenomenal."
Practice and qualifying takes place on Thursday followed by a race each day. Friday and Saturday are qualifying races before the feature on Sunday for the Alan Jones Cup.
"Without a doubt, the Grand Prix crowd will be the biggest I have ever raced in front of but once you get the helmet on and roll out it's like anywhere else although I am looking forward to the environment. It's probably the first time a Southlander has raced at a Formula 1 Grand Prix meeting. Albert Park is an exciting circuit and I know which way the corners go. I biked around the circuit recently with Tommy Smith who we ran in Formula Ford in New Zealand a couple of seasons ago. It was surreal. Tommy raced there last year and he has given me some advice."
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Subaru XV 2.0i-S farewell
We say goodbye to our long-term Subaru XV 2.0i-S, an SUV big enough for the family yet small enough that you won't feel like you're driving a tank.
IT'S GONE. Our Kermit green Subaru XV 2.0i-S long-termer has finally left the building, replaced by a 2015 Mitsubishi Pajero. And, you know what, I'm going to miss the XV.
In my time with the thing it did absolutely everything I asked of it. From cocking a wheel or two off-road, to schlepping from home to work everyday (200km round trip), and then carting the family around on the weekend. It never once missed a beat, although it was laid low for a few weeks during the loan because of a stone or two stuck in the brakes, but it could have happened to any car.
Anyway, the good thing about the stone getting stuck in the brakes was that it gave me something to whinge about (and we worked out how to flick the buggers out too), and there were precious few moments where I complained about the XV. Although, that said, I did recently take umbrage over the way Subaru's trimmers had finished the cut out for the ISOFIX buckle. Looking at it again yesterday I realised just how easily it would be to tear the seat from this seeming sloppiness. But, hey, if you never, ever fit an ISOFIX seat to your XV, well, you'll never, ever have a problem, so it's all swings and roundabouts.
Oh, and one more gripe I had was the paddle shifters on the steering wheel. These things are designed to make you feel more a part of the driving experience than you otherwise might with a CVT, DSG, or conventional automatic transmission. But I can tell you there's absolutely no point bothering to use the shifters in the XV; you won't get a skerrick more control or performance. Try it for yourself if you own one and don't believe me; drive up the same hill once using the paddles and the second using just your right foot … Drive is best.
Actually, now that I think about it, I also didn't like the multi-media unit. Don't get me wrong, it's feature packed but it's tedious and fiddly to use for anyone who's got fingers bigger than the tip of a ballpoint pen. And if you drive around in anything other than failing light or at night, the screen is virtually impossible to see due to glare.
But these are minor issues in the grand scheme of things. It's how the XV handles the key duties of getting you from A to B on bitumen or off it that really matters. And, as far as that's concerned, it's impossible to fault the XV.
Subaru's engineers have done a fantastic job of endowing a high-riding SUV (and at 210mm ground clearance, it's a very high-riding SUV) with performance car-like body control. True. When developing the ride and body control of the current Impreza and XV, Subaru's boffins benchmarked all manner of performance cars from VW Golf GTI to BMW 1M, and even Porsche Cayman. Yep, the XV's body control is that good.
There's almost no body roll even when attacking corners a little too aggressively, and the thing's ability to cope with mid-corner bumps without being bucked off line is impressive. The steering isn't up to the same quality, which perhaps dulls just how good the chassis is, but it's accurate and well weighted but there's zero feel.
Noise control is excellent, indeed the XV is one of the quieter SUVs on the road and certainly infinitely quieter across broken surfaces than a Mazda CX-5.
The interior looks simple when you first climb in, but is well appointed, particularly in 2.0i-S guise. The plastics are strong but some of the finishes, the leather included, mark a little more easily than I would have thought in a robust car like the XV. That said, even with my kids doing their best to destroy the interior, the thing looked like new when it went back to Subaru yesterday. So, I can definitely attest to the fact that while it might show a few marks, the interior will stand up to chocolate, biscuits, drinks, muddy shoes and sticky fingers and look none the worse for wear. So it definitely passed the family test.
As did the boot. Lift up the rear hatch and the XV's low boot floor makes it easy to load and unload the XV, but the boot size of just 310 litres is less than you get in the back of a Nissan Dualis (410L), but it's more than capable of swallowing a full-size pram and sundry other bits and bobs. Drop the 60/40 split-fold rear seats and boot-space grows to around 1200 litres. There's a full-size spare wheel under the boot floor, which can be easily accessed.
The engine. If you Google the XV you'll find numerous reports of how the thing is let down by its engine; that it's not got enough poke. Well, that's total and utter bollocks. No, it doesn't accelerate like a BMW M3, but nor is it as slow as a wet weekend either.
Indeed, the XVs 2.0-litre four-cylinder Boxer engine (the cylinders 'face' or oppose each other, just like two boxers), makes 110kW at 6200rpm and 196Nm at 4200rpm. Our car had the CVT which is my pick for the XV, but a six-speed manual is available. The CVT, once you get your head around the fact it doesn't respond like a traditional automatic transmission and that you'll get the best out of the thing if you're clever and smooth with your right foot, offers a smooth and effortless pouring on of torque. I only had one moment with the thing where I thought it was missing a bit of zing and that was when I was using the paddles…
I didn't get off-road too often in the XV, but when I did the thing performed flawlessly. Some more aggressive tyres and I think the XV would become a properly capable little rough roader. Thanks to its permanent all-wheel drive, the XV is able to find grip and maintain momentum where some of its part-time all-wheel drive competitors would struggle.
But the all-wheel drive system doesn't mean you can plow into a wet corner at stupid-speed and expect the XV to turn-in and grip the road. It won't. It can't defy physics and it will understeer. That said, the speed at which it'll run out of grip is much higher than front-drive or rear-drive only vehicles.
So, all up the XV is a neat little SUV that's big enough for a family but small enough that you won't feel like you're driving a tank.
Hi Isaac, loved your long term review, decided I needed a test drive to find out for myself, yep I was sold. My only gripe is the sat nav, why won't they let us program while on the go, can't they even trust our front passengers to enter destinations. Actually two gripes, 6 monthly service intervals or 12,500kms which ever comes first, I've done only 3000km in 6 months is it really necessary or just money grabbing by the dealers???
Could not agree more with your assessment. We bought on a year ago and have exactly NIL problems with it. It is my wife's daily driver. She is not a car person but she absolutely loves her little car and would not trade it for anything else. Agree with the comments n the sat nav – not the XV's best feature and very difficult to read in strong light. However I rarely use it and when I do I rely on the voice prompts anyway. This is our fourth Subaru and based on the XV I just sold my Volvo XC60 and will take delivery next week of a Subaru Outback 3.6R – the XV's biggest brother.


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And here I'll take another photo day while, I hope, things go incredibly great at Pinball At The Zoo. More stuff from the Ruthven Museums Building, in its last weeks of operation as bunny_hugger knew it.
The last temporary exhibition: Object Lessons was a display of things that go into the making of a natural history museum, so it's partly a history of the place, which is what you'd expect as a final temporary exhibit.
Closed for Visitors: gate and part of the facade from the previous University Museum Hall, torn down in 1958 (thirty years after the Ruthven Museums building opened).
Pieces of the facade of the old, 1881-vintage, University Museum. Pieces of it were from the Museum of Paleontology, showing off what the modern plaque described as a ``racially charged hierarchical view of the development of humankind''. Other pieces ``blocked off the Conchology and Ichthyology collections and laboratories'' and so depicted ``invertebrate marine life set against the leaves of a deep sea plant''.
The young state legislature's act (approved July 1837) providing for a geological survey of the state, which is of course part of how the museum has this collection.
And ... ah ... well, you know, geological surveys in the era before there was practical photography or aerial transport and the whole thing was a swamp and there were lumps of iron every forty feet turning the compass the wrong way and then sometimes your map just stinks. Note how little they'd got done carving out counties, too.
Museum cabinet case that now serves only a decorative role, but which used to be part of the hard work of
Part of the exhibit shows off what the working museum looked like in the early 20th century. They even tore up enough linoleum to show the old linoleum.
Transparencies showing the floor plan for the museum building, at least as it had been designed to be.
Remember when every education-related building had signs that looked like this?
And some pictures showing off ... uh ... I'm no longer perfectly sure. Pictures of some dig site, at least.
Specimen box that practically begs to be in a dopey, talky, and faintly racist jungle-expedition movie of the 1930s or early 40s.
The desk was one used for a long while by someone still mentioned reverentially in the museum literature although I hadn't heard of the fellow, obviously. I'm amused by how well-set-in the stain is. And, well, it's a bit of a shame the floor tile was damaged so by being covered with another layer of floor, but it's easy to imagine what the original checkerboard pattern looked like and how fresh it must have looked at the time.
Trivia: In 1939 there were 99 Gestapo officers in Cologne, a city of three-quarters of a million. By 1942 there were 69. Source: 1945: The War That Never Ended, Gregor Dallas.
Currently Reading: Uncle Sam Presents: A Memoir of the Federal Theatre 1935 - 1939, Tony Buttitta, Barry Witham.


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In honor of my dad.
My dad's hard work and success as a businessman following World War II left a legacy for me to honor. As a first-generation American and veteran of the Second World War, he cherished and extoled the rights and opportunities we American Jews enjoy. "Uncle Sam's been very good to me," he used to say.
I learned from Dad that American opportunity and other rights guaranteed for all were not evenly distributed. He created opportunities for me to see and understand marginalization of people right here in the USA. During the American civil rights struggle in the 1960's, together we witnessed the struggle to increase equality for all. As his business took him abroad, he located and visited relatives in the Soviet Union, whom he later helped emigrate to the USA or to Israel in search of true equality. I came to understand that democracy requires hard work and unceasing vigilance. This work remains unfinished. Israel faces the same issues.
Now a dynamo of intellectual, social, and economic productivity, Israel has the potential to become a beacon of hope, ideals and fair play in a region where these are rare. Dad discovered NIF, an agent of progressive change. As actions speak louder than words, NIF brings diverse segments of the Israeli population together, acknowledging common humanity.
Winston Churchill declared, "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others." What better way to honor Dad's legacy than to pass it on by supporting and strengthening democracy through the New Israel Fund, striving to make these precious ideals a reality for all Israelis, regardless of gender, color, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or religion.
Disclaimer: New Israel Fund is not engaged in legal or tax advisory services. Please consult with your professional advisor as to which giving vehicle is right for you, and when creating bequests, seek drafting and counsel from an attorney.


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Award-winning American skincare brand Thesis Beauty is now available in the UK.
Founded by Julia Teren – who created her own concoctions after failing to find products that were 'organic, vegan, eco-friendly, nicely packaged and affordable' –the brand has a strong focus on raw, organic ingredients, uses no harsh chemicals, synthetic dyes or fragrances, and all products are water-free.
The range consists of 24 products covering hand and body creams, cleansers, face masks and scrubs, serums and oils and body scrubs.
Lavender Fields Hand and Body Cream is a richly moisturizing cream that is one of the brand's best sellers. With a relaxing, soothing scent of lavender and bergamot, it absorbs easily, replenishes and soothes aggravated skin and is suitable for all skin types.
Chocolatier's Gift Face Mask is designed to transform dry and damaged skin, leaving it looking smooth and refreshed. Raw organic cacao imparts vital nutrients, antioxidants and restorative fats for smoother, plumper, more youthful skin.
Foaming Face Wash Daily Harmony is formulated to gently wash skin without drying, leaving it tingly fresh. It helps clear away blemishes and curb persistent breakouts and leaves skin looking and feeling clean, radiant and refreshed.
Lullaby For My Eyes Serum is described as a super soothing, revitalizing all-day treatment. A small dot for the entire eye contour offers instantly awake, fresher, smoother and healthier looking eyes, and noticeably reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
All products within the UK range are Leaping Bunny, PETA and Vegetarian Society Vegan accredited and contain organic and natural ingredients.
The brand is being distributed in the UK and Ireland by Lescaro Health Limited.


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They say opposites attract. And in the case of werewolves Anna Latham and Charles Cornick, they mate. The son-and enforcer-of the leader of the North American werewolves, Charles is a dominant alpha. While Anna, an omega, has the rare ability to calm others of her kind.
Now that the werewolves have revealed themselves to humans, they can't afford any bad publicity. Infractions that could have been overlooked in the past must now be punished, and the strain of doing his father's dirty work is taking a toll on Charles.
Nevertheless, Charles and Anna are sent to Boston, when the FBI requests the pack's help on a local serial killer case. They quickly realize that not only the last two victims were werewolves-all of them were. Someone is targeting their kind. And now Anna and Charles have put themselves right in the killer's sights...
I really enjoy Patricia Briggs novels and after reading the latest in the Mercy Thompson series I was looking forward to start the next in the Alpha and Omega series. And happily there is much to love in Fair Game not only for fantasy lovers but also for mystery lovers.
Charles, being his father's justice enforcer, is suffering the effects of having so many deaths on his hands. Although what he does is to apply justice that doesn't make him feel any better when the ghosts of those he killed start haunting him. To prevent Anna from suffering along with him he keeps their bond closed...
Anna is unhappy that Charles is suffering so and tries to reason with Bran about it. Eventually Bran decides to send her, with Charles tagging along, to Boston to investigate a series of murders that, if not well explained, might bring the werewolves a bad reputation and make the humans rebel against them. Since Bran is trying to do his best to make humans trust them this is a pretty sensitive matter. Hopefully this will keep Charles occupied in a good way.
I am a big fan of the world Briggs created for these characters but I have to confess that what I enjoyed the most in this story was precisely the police procedural aspect. How they follow the clues, how they investigate who the victims were, how they enlist the help of other species (or other races?) in their investigation and how it is shown that, while not always easy, cooperation and team work can be achieved and everyone can actually get along with each other. It's soon obvious that a serial killer has been at work in the area and that the victims may have been more than what was initially thought.
I really had fun seeing how people, namely the special agents, didn't take Anna too serious in the beginning but later realised that she was a force to be reckoned with. How everyone was a bit wary of Charles and how funny it was when Brother Wolf was in charge. I also liked the characters we meet in this book, Leslie, Isaac, Alistair... I sure hope we get to see more of them in the future. I really liked having more Bran in this story; hopefully Briggs will start to give him more space.
In the end it was good to see that werewolves, humans and fae can all work together to fight and punish the bad guy(s). The final twist did come as a complete surprise and I can't wait to see what the next story will bring.
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