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The following list is an indication of relevant funding sources and is not intended to be exhaustive:
- National Institute for Health Research - a number of programmes exist: http://www.nihr.ac.uk/research/Pages/programmes_research_programmes.aspx
- Research Councils UK - e.g. EPSRC, MRC, BBSRC, AHRC: http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/
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- SBRI Healthcare: http://www.sbrihealthcare.co.uk/
- Horizon 2020 - European funding: https://www.h2020uk.org/
- Welcome Trust: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/
- Leverhulme Trust: http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/funding/funding.cfm
- MQ - Improving the Impact of Psychological Treatments (Psy-IMPACT) Programme: http://www.joinmq.org/research
- Comic Relief: http://www.comicrelief.com/
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Malaysia Airlines: Family Mourns American Who Was On Missing Flight
One adult American is still missing along with 238 other passengers after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared on Mar. 8. In the wake of the tragic mystery, Philip Wood's family has spoken out about their insurmountable grief and helplessness.
As search and rescue teams continued to scour Vietnamese waters searching for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 and its 239 passengers on Mar. 8, the family of Philip Wood, the only adult American on board, released a sad statement, under the assumption that they'll never see their loved one again.
Philip Wood: Family Mourns American Who Was On Flight MH370
"Philip Wood was a wonderful man," Philip's ex-wife Elaine said. "Although we were no longer married, he is still family. His sons and I just want peace and quiet right now."
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Philip, a native of Keller, Texas, was working as a technical storage executive for IBM in Malaysia. He and two toddler-aged children were the only Americans on board of the aircraft that mysteriously disappeared during its flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Philip's father, Aubrey, said that like the general public, the family has little information on what happened.
"We're relying on our Lord," he told the New York Times. "He's the one who carries the load."
Plane's Disappearance An Act Of Terrorism?
Authorities discovered an oil slick in the overlapping waters between Malaysia and Vietnam which they believe to be remnants of Flight MH370's crash, though they have not found any other debris, or anything else that would signal the plane's location.
The flight lost contact with air traffic controllers shortly after it took off, and Malaysian military now claim that the pilot may have been trying to turn the plane around for some reason. Two of the flight's passengers were also traveling on stolen passports, a fact that makes many fear that this mysterious incident was an act of terrorism. But authorities aren't ready to make that assertion.
"At this time, we have not identified this as an act of terrorism," an American intelligence official said. "While the stolen passports are interesting, they don't necessarily say to us that this was a terrorism act."
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Philip's family, as well as everyone who has been affected by this tragedy.
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After months of being closed, forcing drivers to go to other cities to renew and/or get their driver's license, the State has reopened the Drivers License Office in Giddings. Lee County Judge Paul Fischer stayed on the agency, encouraging them to bring back the office after budget cuts forced the local office, along with several others in the area, to close.
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Saturday, January 04, 2014
Ice Skating at Hampton Court
I only go once or at most twice a year and each year there's a lot of wobbling before even more wobbling and hesitant steps. Ice skating isn't really my thing.
But back in 2012 when skating at the Tower I had this bad fall and damaged the ligaments around my lung, which I really don't recommend, and I was determined not to let it put me off.
So I went down to the highly impressive Hampton Court which was Henry VIII's pad and you could see why he'd want to invite his many girlfriends back to it:
But I didn't mind that: any skate you don't end up in A&E I'd call a good one.
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Diseases such as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and colitis are collectively described as inflammatory bowel diseases. The exact cause of these problems is unknown. When inflammatory bowel disease is present the intestines become raw and inflamed and the patient usually complains of symptoms such as abdominal pain, blood loss and diarrhoea. These diseases are often difficult to treat with the available Western therapeutics, but they are sometimes amenable to acupuncture. Exact figures describing success rates are not available at present.
Irritable bowel syndrome and diarrhoea caused by stress can also be improved by acupuncture, but clear facts and figures are not available and further research is required in this field.


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8 Food Blog Links We Love
We've scoured the web for our favorite food blog posts, and now we're bringing them right to your desktop. It's hard work, but someone has to do it.
Today: Sweet, savory, and unexpected ways to bring the mighty peach to your table.
- Peaches get the smoky and spicy treatment in this take on a whiskey smash. (Dunk & Crumble)
- While you're hosting this Labor Day weekend, serve up an arugula salad with some peachy additions. (Foodie & Wine)
- After dinner, use your grill to make dessert. Add some mascarpone and everyone's happy. (Sweets & Bitters)
- A layered peach tart gains warmth from saffron threads. (From My Dining Table)
- Salads seem to be on our minds, so here's a new idea: A peachy breakfast salad with toasty, savory oats (yes, you read that correctly). (Not Eating Out in New York)
- Peaches and bacon? You bet. Try a buttermilk dressing over this sweet and salty combination. (Climbing Grier Mountain)
- Roasted peaches with an oatmeal-and-almond crumble is an instant classic, especially with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. (Broma Bakery)
- Elevate your breakfast or dessert waffles with some peaches and cream (or mascarpone!) with maple syrup for lots of happy diners. (Blogging Over Thyme)
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Strawberry Flavoured Mini Chocolates – Food Friday
Today's Food Friday is quick simple and has very cute results!
Mini chocolates 😀
I bought this mold from Daiso for $2.80. It's silicon and can be used for chocolates or any number of other things. I really liked the tiny designs!
All you need to do is melt chocolate, pour in, stick in the fridge then eat 😀
I decided to try making some strawberry chocolate which turned out to be delicious! I melted the white chocolate in the microwave the added a little strawberry Nesquik powder.
After stirring well it turned pink.
It was a little lumpy but more stirring fixed that.
The end result was very cute and so yummy!
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My 12-year-old daughter has had type 1 for eight years. We have found lumps on the tops of her feet. At first, they looked like her shoes were rubbing. We have seen our doctor who first thought might be fat tissue. He wanted us to get an opinion from a foot specialist. We did that and he thought something of the same, but he found more starting on the other foot. The ones on her right foot stick up about size of eraser round as a quarter, two of them. Now, we have to see a dermatologist. Any idea what we might be dealing with? She did have ring worm on her foot two years ago, but that is gone and they say it's not that. I'm just looking for ideas and where we could do more research while waiting to see a dermatologist.
It is unlikely that this is related to her diabetes. I'm unsure what those lumps might represent. Having your pediatrician and a dermatologist look at them sounds like a reasonable course.
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Actress Gabrielle Union and her fiancee Dwyane Wade have banned cell phones and cameras from their upcoming wedding.
The Bad Boys II star is set to marry the basketball player on 30 August (14) in Miami, Florida, and an invitation, obtained by TMZ.com, reveals security at the bash will be tight.
Guests will meet at a local hotel before being transported to an undisclosed location for the wedding, and they have been asked to allow "at least 30 minutes to process through security at the venue".
They are instructed to leave cameras and cell phones behind to "protect our privacy" and bring along photo identification.
Guests have also been asked to dress in formal attire with all men wearing black, and women in white.


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Ledbetter Heights
By: Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Type: Hard Edged Blues
Hot Tracks:
- Born With a Broken Heart
- Deja Voodoo
- While We Cry (Live)
- Aberdeen
This album makes me wonder if reincarnation is a reality. Young Kenny has Stevie Ray Vaughan's patented Strat tone down pat, as well as much of his playing style. The first time I heard him, I thought it was an unreleased Stevie Ray track with a different vocalist. At first, this turned me off, but it has now been two years since Ledbetter Heights came out, and I have a different perspective. I have decided that Kenny is not trying to make money off of Stevie's chops, he is merely greatly influenced by him. This is no different than Stevie himself building a reputation on his interpretations of Lonnie Mack, Albert King and Jimi Hendrix. Shepherd makes all the appropriate nods to the blues greats that made his music possible and covers some classics on this first release as well.
Most of this album is pure KWS, though. Kenny is trying very hard to show that he does have his own voice on guitar. His cover of "Aberdeen" demonstrates his dexterity at slide guitar, with two different slide parts playing in perfect synch and pitch in either channel of the mix. "Riverside" features slide as well, though this in a lazy day feeling blues ballad. If I had to pick a direction in which Shepherd is most likely to establish a distinctive voice, I would say that his slide playing was it.
He handles straight electric blues tunes very well also. In fact, the more I listen to this album the more I like it and wonder where such a young talent could come from. There's that reincarnation thing again, but he can't be reincarnated from Stevie because he knew Stevie. Hmmm….
I look forward to future albums by this young guitar monster. I also hope he is successful in dispelling the rumors about his motivation and can continue to develop his own style. If he keeps playing like this, he will. He needs to pay his dues before being ranked among the top players, but I don't think it will take long for his dues to be paid up.
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Tomorrow, we head off to Barcelona for a two-and-a-half week vacation. Highs in the 80's and lows in the 70's. Looking forward to family time, new experiences, tasty food and wine, and an ocean-side escape from the heat of Arkansas. How's my Spanish and Catalan? Practically non-existent.
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This weekend (the 26th and 27th April) will see the very first round of the eight IFSC Bouldering World Cups that will take place in 2014. This first event will be held in Chongqing, China, the biggest city in the world (population 29 million).
Competing for Great Britain we have Shauna Coxsey and myself (Mina Leslie-Wujastyk). Shauna placed overall 4th in the 2013 World cups and I placed overall 9th. We are both looking forward to trying again this year!
The Qualification rounds will take place on Saturday 26th (Men at 2.45am UK time, Women at 8am UK time) while the Semi-Finals and the Finals are on Sunday (2.30am UK time and 10am UK time respectively).
Tune in to watch the live stream of the Semi-Finals and the Finals on the IFSC website.
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Ireland v Italy 8.30am
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80 min FULL TIME Ireland destroy Italy and will face Wales next week in the quarter finals.
80 min TRY IRELAND Keith Earls with his second try after wonderful play from Andrew Trimble. Sexton nails it.
79 min Tommy Bowe held back with a try a certainty
77 min Scrum to Italy. Brilliant defence so late in the game from Ireland.
76 min Ireland closing out the game well. Great defence.
74 min Connor Murray is off. Brilliant game from the Munster man. Dennis Leamy and Tom Court also on.
73 min Ireland win the ball on their own line. Excellent defence from Sexton.
71 min Pen to Italy. Superb hits from Ferris.
68 min He nails it. 29-6
67 min Pen to Ireland. First chance for Sexton
65 min Sexton in for Ronan O'Gara.
63 min Game is becoming a little nasty. Scrum to Italy
61 min Beautiful kick from Earls brings Ireland into the Italian half.
59 min Paul O'Connell off. Ryan is on.
57 min Italy win the scrum.
56 min No try. Ball held up. Five meter scrum for Ireland
54 min Ireland almost over. Up to the TMO
53 min Third pen Italy give away in the scrum in the second half.
51 min TRY IRELAND Keith Earls gets Ireland's second try of the second half. Great play from Ferris sets the Munster man up. O'Gara with the extras
49 min Ireland win the scrum against the head. Cian Healy has the upper arm
47 min TRY IRELAND Great try from Brian O'Driscoll after super play from Tommy Bowe. O'Gara gets the extras.
45 min Drop goal attempt from O'Gara goes to the left and wide.
43 min O'Gara nails it. Ireland 12-6
42 min Pen to Ireland. Italy not rolling away.
41 min Second half underway
40 minHALF TIME Ireland go into the break. 9-6 to the good.
38 min Italy hit the bar. O'Brien clears his lines.
37 min Little errors from Ireland. Pen to Italy.
34 min Ireland wins the ball against the head. Superb scrumming from Ireland.
33 min Rog pen puts 9-6 to the good.
31 min More good play from Ireland. Rob Kearney is having a standout game. Good carrying. Castrogiovanni is off for Italy.
28 min Tommy Bowe gets over but brought back for a forward pass. Harsh call
27 min Italy winning the scrum yet again.
25 min Nice play from Ireland. Final pass isn't sticking.
23 min Good play from Italy. But a knock on gives Ireland the advantage.
20 min Italy number two Ghiraldini spotted gouging Cian HealY at scrum time. Ref misses it.
17 min Italy level. 6-6
16 min Italy almost over. O'Callaghan brings the maul down. Pen to Italy.
15 min Decent play from Italy. Lineout in Ireland's 22
14 min Rog nails it. 6-3 Ire
13 min Italy give away a silly pen. Wrong formation at lineout time.
12 min Ireland almost over. O'Driscoll and Earl just run out of space. Good quick play from Ireland.
11 min Rog hits the bar. Italy clear their lines.
10 min Pen to Ireland. Righthand side for O'Gara.
9 min Bergamasco slots it over. 3-3
8 min Pen to Italy off the scrum.
8 min Scrum Italy on Ireland's 10 meter line.
7 min He nailed it. 3-0 Ireland.
6 min First pen for O'Gara
5 min Knock on by Italy. Pen Ireland.
4 min Ireland on top in the opening few mins.
3 min Great grubber kick for O'Driscoll brings Ireland up to Italy's 22
2 min Ireland wheel Italian scrum around. Huge boost for the Ireland pack
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Keith Stewart Travels with Sound
Canadian Singer-Songwriter Looks to Reach the Masses
Ottawa, Canada – June 12, 2016 – Creative people often find solace with others who stray from the norm and can't see the beauty in normalcy. Keith Stewart is one of those people. He's an artist. Whether it's creating his music or penning his novel ideas in book form, Stewart has a knack for putting art out into the world, and he hopes to use his work to connect with likeminded people from here to there and everywhere in between.
With that in mind, Stewart does write and compose all of his music but he plays alongside a handful of men and women who share his creative interests; Dave Harris, Gordon Clements, Jeremy Rogers, Paul Winfield and Jane Harris. Collectively they worked together on recordings with members Harris, Rogers (formerly with Blue Sky in the mid-80's); all members have played all around Vancouver Island, as well as on the mainland. And when Stewart isn't recording music like his latest, Alpha Rhythms, a collection of work from that era, with his musician friends, he's working on his literature collection. Not buying books for his shelves, but writing them. His first being a memoir focusing on his two trips to South America by the same name, Alpha Highways.
Back to his tunes though, he says of his style that's he's "middle of road." With a fusion of pop, country, blues and folk – he's comparable to acts such as Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and Jimmy Buffet. He notes, "I am unique, and my own man, with my own style. I feel we all share the same network, in the collective consciousness of the spirit of music."
Those interested in connecting with Keith Stewart on a creative level, check him and his latest single, "Take Away The Night," out online, and keep an eye out for his upcoming video for "Good Friends," which is already available for download on iTunes and Amazon.
Keith Stewart is a singer-songwriter from Canada who is all about sharing his creativity with not only fans, but fellow artists as well.
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All nike all the way here, granted two of my friends are on their staff and I get the stuff for free. Actually, three of my friends now that I think of it.
-prototype generation 4 tour head, diamana white shaft, 9.5 bent to 8.5, 44.5"
-generation 3 3wd, diamana white shaft, 15 bent to 14.
-prototype VR irons, tour grind, 0 offset, "standard" lofts and lies, X100 shafts
-prototype VR wedges, custom grind (did it myself). 56/14 bent to 54/12, 60/11 with a custom "C" grind. S300 shafts and a crap load of lead tape
-Nike "oven" putter. Don't know if it's on the shelves yet or not.
-Tour d ball
Honestly, I suck for equipment recommendations. I've been playing blades for so long now. Here's what I do know:
-Stay away from Mizuno. They lost their top engineers about three years ago.
-Roger Cleveland now works for Callaway. He's a legend in the industry. Their ball is pretty good.
-Bridgestone makes some really good stuff.
-TaylorMade, Bridgestone, and Nike clubs are all made in the same factory in Taiwan. TaylorMade has the lowest rejection rate which means they have shit quality control. I recently tried their penta ball, however, and was markedly impressed with it.
-Titleist isn't what it used to be.
-Ping's last generation of drivers looked and felt pretty good to me.
-When it comes to drivers, its all about the shaft, the heads are pretty much all the same, center of gravity aside. Finding the right shaft is a vudoo science, don't let anyone tell you differently. When looking for a shaft, find one that puts too little spin on the ball without dropping your ballspeed. Chances are, under the gun, your spin rate will go up.
-If you're going to get a new putter, make sure it is NOT facebalanced and make sure it has grooves.
I played at the junior, collegiate, and professional levels (not successfully professionally) so I have quite a bit of experience under my belt and I'd be more than happy to field anybody's questions.
Wow, I don't know half the stuff you are talking about, but it sounds nice.
In my bag:
-Taylormade R7 Driver
-Taylormade 3 and 5 Wood
-Taylomade Burner Irons (Haven't had them fitted yet)
-Titleist Vokey 56 Degree Wedge
-Scotty Cameron Studio Putter
-Either Bridgestone E7 or Titleist ProV1x balls
I am in no way a collegiate or professional level player, I have a 16 handicap, but I do enjoy the game very much.
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Assessment of a System of Linear Equations
Lesson 11 of 14
Objective: SWBAT master solving a system of equations using any method, and show the work to support the solution.
Big Idea: The purpose of this assessment is to check the students ability to choose appropriate methods to be successful working each problem.
The purpose of this Test on Systems of Equations is for students to make their own decision on what method to use and to solve the problems. Students have been introduced to different methods in the unit with reasoning of the best time to use each method. These methods have included graphing, substitution, and elimination. This test is a summative assessment to allow students to make their own decision on the appropriate method to use. The work should be logical, and the solution should be stated or explained. Students are required to graph one of the problems. I have worked with students to distinguish between word problems involving linear combinations, and linear functions in slope intercept form throughout the year and in this unit. The two word problems at the end of the review and in the assessment allows me to check student understanding of distinguishing between these 2 types of problems.
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I intend for the Review to be similar to the assessment because I the students are more successful when they know what to expect. I have had more success with students trying the problems on their own as homework and in guided practice, then just teaching the review. I take questions, and ask questions after students have attempted the problems. I try to emphasize certain points that I feel is important, and group similar problems together to discuss. I use individual white boards when going over some of the problems to compare student work.
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This Test on Systems of Equations is meant to take under 50 minutes to allow some slower paced students to finish the test in 50 minutes. There are 8 problems, with both special cases in the set of problems. Number 4 is a system of equations that are the same line, therefore the solution is infinitely many solutions. Number 6 contains 2 parallel lines, and therefore there is no solution. Finally, the last 2 word problems represent a linear combination, and 2 linear functions that are increasing situations. I want students to be able to translate the words into equations, tables, or some logical representation, and solve each problem. I also allow students a Retake Test if needed that I have provided as an extra resource. It is similar to the review and to the assessment. It is not exactly the same, but again, I want the students to know what to expect.


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Tube 150th anniversary: Exploiting the 'suburban dream'
London's urban landscape has changed dramatically since the Metropolitan Railway, the first underground railway in the world, opened in 1863.
Built as a 3.5 mile (5.6km) line linking Paddington, Euston and King's Cross with the central London business district, its reach would eventually extend through north-west London and into Buckinghamshire.
Today, half of Londoners are said to live in the suburbs.
"Public transport helped create the capital's suburbs and influences where people live," said Martin Harrison-Putnam, head of collections at the London Transport Museum.
"The Underground influenced and exploited the suburban dream of a house and garden, fresh air and a convenient journey."
The Metropolitan Railway saw housing development as a way of boosting its income long-term, and the Metropolitan Surplus Lands Committee was formed in 1887 to manage surplus land it had bought to build its railway lines.
The company's first housing estate was built in Pinner in 1900, and the railway set up a publicity department to promote its new developments through leaflets and literature.
The department's copywriter James Garland coined the name Metro-Land in 1915.
Estates were built in north-west London, Middlesex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in areas including Wembley, Neasden, Eastcote, Rayners Lane, Ruislip, Rickmansworth and Amersham.
Thousands of homes were built in Metro-Land during the 1920s and 1930s, leading to a huge rise in the demand for season tickets.
Mortgages were also becoming more available and appealing to the middle classes in the 1930s.
Many of Metro-Land's residents had previously been living in multi-occupancy houses and dreamed of having a modern home with more space.
The suburban community was immortalised by Poet Laureate John Betjeman in a BBC documentary in 1973, which saw him travel from Baker Street to Amersham, celebrating the suburbs along the way.
'More profit'
The London Transport Museum said that between 1923 and 1928, monthly season ticket sales at Wembley Park rose from 3,000 to 13,500.
The line expanded to Watford in 1926, Stanmore in 1932 and later into Buckinghamshire, while the Metropolitan District Railway, now the district line, expanded south.
Estate agents began building offices next to the stations.
Mr Harrison-Putnam said the personalities involved at the time were one of the factors that led to growth in the railway in the west and the north-west of London.
A bitter rivalry developed between between Sir Edward Watkin, chairman of the Metropolitan Railway, and James Staats Forbes, who chaired the Metropolitan District Railway.
The pair had different visions, with Watkin, who wanted to build a Channel tunnel rail link to France, seeing the Metropolitan as a mainline railway, while Forbes preferred shorter extensions.
Mr Harrison-Putnam said: "There was basically more profit in longer journeys, season tickets and the additional benefits of freight and through running agreements with other railways, than there was in providing intensive urban services.
"The growth of the Victorian suburbs and, especially for the Metropolitan Railway, the parallel profitability of goods traffic, were a spur for raising money for the extensions."
Suburbia continued to expand when the Hampstead tube extended to Golders Green, then part of the countryside, in 1907 in a move to stimulate suburban development in accordance with an American model.
Chicago-born financier Charles Tyson Yerkes, who bought various railways in London between 1900 and 1902, built Golders Green station in 1907, boasting that if he built people would come.
'Garden suburb'
The Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway, now the Northern Line, brought an 800% rise in land prices at Golders Green, Mr Harrison-Putnam said.
Hendon Central Station opened as an extension from Golders Green in 1923, and extended to Edgware the following year.
By 1933, the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway had extended to reach Uxbridge in north-west London, Hounslow in west London, and Cockfosters in north-east London.
The Central line extended to Loughton in the east and West Ruislip in the west between 1946 and 1949.
The Garden City movement also played a part in suburban development.
The Bedford Park Society said that Bedford Park, near Turnham Green station in west London, was the world's first garden suburb, and the inspiration for the garden cities that followed.
Built between 1875 and 1886, it had a church, parish hall, shops and a pub.
In 1898 Ebenezer Howard, dubbed the founder of the Garden City movement, outlined his vision of communities that combined the best aspects of town and country living in the book Tomorrow, A Peaceful Path to Real Reform, later republished as Garden Cities of Tomorrow.
Each garden city would have its own green belt, and the developments would adhere to planning rules such as road width and house size.
The first such garden city was built at Letchworth in Hertfordshire in 1903.
Hampstead Garden suburb was founded in north London by social reformer Henrietta Barnett in 1907.
When Dame Barnett heard news of the construction of the Hampstead line and station, she immediately organised a committee to save 80 acres of land from "rows of ugly villas".
The principles behind Hampstead Garden suburb included that all classes and the disabled would be welcomed, that plots should be divided by hedges or fences rather than walls, and that every road should be lined with trees.
Now home to about 13,000 people, Hampstead Garden Suburb became a designated conservation area in 1967.
A spokesman from Barnet Council, the local authority, said it was now "internationally recognised as one of the finest examples of early 20th Century domestic architecture and town planning".
Mike Brown, managing director of London Underground and London Rail, said: "At a time when people had no electricity in their homes, inside toilets were a rarity and radio and television did not yet exist the Tube was a revolutionary blast of modernism.
"The building and extension of the Underground directly led to new towns and villages becoming part of the capital, supporting the development of the suburbs and the transformation of the Docklands.
"It is the Tube which has allowed people to easily work in a different place from where they live - linking businesses, families and communities in a way that was hitherto unimaginable.
"The Tube lines have become the arteries and veins that pump life around our city."


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In an effort to educate and raise awareness about staying safe while having fun, Dollywood's Splash Country hosts Water Safety Day in conjunction with the World's Largest Swimming Lesson (WSLS) on Friday, June 24 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
The attempt to break a Guinness World Record begins at 10 a.m. at Mountain Waves wave pool. Locations around the world are participating—last year more than 38,000 people were involved in 22 countries! The goal this year is 40,000. All ages can join the lesson!After the 30 minute lesson, enjoy the rest of the day at the water park.
Vendor booths are open until 2 p.m. Guests who visit the vendor booths to learn about water and sun safety will receive a Splash Pass, allowing them to receive a prize at each booth. Once the participants have visited all vendors, they may turn their pass in for the chance to win two season passes to Dollywood's Splash Country.


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Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision SciencesVolume 1 (1997), Issue 1, Pages 73-78doi:10.1155/S1173912697000072
Department of Statistics, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Copyright © 1997 Siva Ganesh. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Anybody out there running a SWG on a pool with an automatic pool cover? Man, I'm getting some wild chlorine level swings depending on how much the pool is open.
Since it's gotten cooler, we're only using our pool once a week or so. I'd been running my SWG at 15% previously. But now that we're not opening the pool cover is much, my chlorine has been off the charts. Last night it tested at 8ppm. I finally shut the SWG off completely, opened the pool and ran the water features for a while to try to aerate the pool and lose some chlorine. Today it's still way high. I'll be testing the level daily until it comes back down. But I'm guessing I'll have to lower the level well into the single-digit percentages to keep my chlorine reasonable as the weather gets cold and we're not using the pool much.
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By Lauren Wulf
Shedd Aquarium
1200 S. Lake Shore Dr.
Chicago, IL
Hours & Tickets
As one of Chicago's top cultural attractions, the Shedd sees daily visitors from Chicago and all over the world. Whether you were there 5 years ago or 5 months ago, there's always something new to see and explore.
Travel through Waters of the World – rivers and reefs, Great Lakes and the global ocean. Take a tour of the water planet or take the kiddos to play in Polar Play Zone and be sure to catch the Shedd's aquatic show.
Below are some new exhibits and old favorites for 2013.
Aquatic Show
See amazing dolphins and belugas in the Shedd's new aquatic show. The marine mammal presentations have showcased the awesome natural talents and learned skills of the animals – and their trainers. With enhancements made to the Abbott Oceanarium's amphitheater, there's always something new and improved to see.
Amazon Rising
Watch out for anacondas, piranhas, spiders, rays and more of the exotic creatures found in the Amazon. In the exhibit, Amazon Rising, river channels, lakes and even flooded treetops are on display. It's pretty fascinating to learn how the region adapts to the water's annual rise and fall.
Caribbean Reef
This exhibit is set up as a 90,000-gallon circular habitat. The huge glass display gives you a feeling of being under water and in the action. If you're really feeling dangerous, go eye-to-eye with a shark (through the glass of course!). The view up with reefs, sharks and fish swimming around you is quite an amazing sight to see.
Extended through 2013, the Shedd Aquarium Jellies have staying power. This dazzling display has been a part of the Shedd's special exhibit and will continue through 2013. Watching these exotic creatures move through the water it's easy to see why Chicagoans and tourists come back again and again.
Abbott Oceanarium
The Abbott Oceanarium brings beluga whales, Pacific white-sided dolphins, sea otters and sea lions to the Windy City. Learn about how freshwater flows into the ocean or where tides turn seascapes to landscapes and back again each day. Use the Shedd's self-guided map to get the most out of your visit.
Polar Play Zone
After a long day of learning, you and the kids will be ready to let off some steam and run around. In the Polar Play Zone, you can play penguin and explore the belugas' Arctic waters in a kid-sized submarine. Unfortunately for parents, the submarine is kid-sized, only!
Waters of the World
The Waters of the World exhibit lets you travel the world in 80 habitats. Explore lakes, rivers, ponds and more. Meet hundreds of amazing animals, from tiny frogs to a giant octopus. They even have map turtles, in case you get lost.
Wild Reef
Dive in to the Wild Reef and get a diver's-eye view of this colorful habitat. You can get as close as you want to sharks, explore underwater gardens of corals, garden eels and more. Wander through a lagoon and visit a fishing village where residents saved their reef from destruction—all in this award-winning exhibit.
More Fun With Jazzin' at the Shedd
Enjoy spectacular skyline views, live music, fireworks and cocktails. Then visit 32,500 of animals and exhibits, including Jellies.
Wednesday evenings, June 19 through Sept. 4, enjoy summer in Chicago at its best.
You can hear some of the finest musicians in the city, from jazz to funk, while enjoying beverages, lake breezes and the skyline from the terraces at the Shedd. The Shedd also provides the perfect location to see the fireworks at Navy Pier.
Take advantage of the Shedd's extended hours to visit with your favorite animals: the Abbott Oceanarium, Jellies special exhibit and Polar Play Zone will be open until 8 p.m., Wild Reef will be open until 9 p.m., and the aquarium galleries, along with the terraces, will stay open until 10 p.m.
While Jazzin' at the Shedd is free for members, all are welcome to attend.
Lauren Wulf, CBS Chicago
Lauren Wulf writes about living in Chicago on a budget on her website, A Poor Girl's Guide Chicago.


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The Council recognises that as energy prices rise it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep warm in the colder months. Over 50% of the private rented properties in Amber Valley are older properties with solid walls. These can be harder to keep warm. Many landlords have upgraded heating and insulation for tenants on benefits through the Government's Warmfront scheme.
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A 26-year-old Harrisburg man was shot just before midnight Thursday, according to police.
Officers were called to North Sixth and Schuylkill streets and found the man inside a car, which had struck a utility pole, police said.
The victim was taken to Penn State Hershey Medical Center.
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February 2008 - True Story
The Fall of 1981, going to college and living with five guys in La Crosse, WI., music was always part of our house. Wether it was our stero or the newly aired MTV, between the two, there was always music. One day my roommate Pete pulls out this album, Timberline, The Great Timber Rush. He puts it on the record player and from that moment on and for the next two years of living with these guys, that album always started our nights out on the town and was put back on when we returned for our after bar get togethers. Pete, for whatever reason told all of us that we would never be able to purchase this album. I'm not sure the whole story but I believe he said it was out of production. Pete loved to rib us that the album was his and only his and we would never get what he had, your album. (There may have been a cassette copy made, just in case Pete moved out!) Fast forward about five years. I'm now living in St Louis, Missouri and somewhere in time between my time with Pete and my other roommates and then, to no avail could I ever locate that tape. One day I walked into a used record store in South St. Louis jsut to browse the selection. I remember after awhile thinking "What do you think the possibilities are that"? So I went over to the T's and browsed through the albums behind the letter T. You guessed it, there, in near mint condition was your album, Timberline, The Great Timber Rush! What a find!. I would later think about Pete and how I now know, that I too had what he thought only he would have, a copy of your album! That album to this day remains in my collection of vinyl from days gone by. From times of cassettes to CD's and how the music fromat has changed those albums still get played. Recently, while online I decided to enter Timberline in my search just to see what would come up. I wanted to know about the band and what happened and to see if there was any clue as to why Pete felt that no one would ever get there hands on your album. There, plain to see was your websit detailing the history of your band and what happened after the albums release. Wow, I finally found out! But what's even better, I saw that I could own a digitally remastered CDd of that great album. Without hesitation I ordered it. I recieved it today and with the wisk of a knife to get it out of the box, it went right into my cd player where I listened to it to completion. Jim, congratulations on your success as a musician and thank you most for this CD. It becomes part of my cd collection and right into my iPod. This album has made quite a journey over the last 25 plus years of my life, from vinyl to tape to my copy on vinyl to now on CD to my iPod and all because I found you on the internet! Wow, isn't living in the future grand! I'm not sure where Pete is today, but I would now like to think I have one-upped him! Thanks so much for everything and especially your music. I look forward to adding more of your music to my library. It sure seems that you have lived your song Timberline.
Congratulations!! Very Sincerely, Michael Dineen
I came early for sound check expecting a quiet hall. But inside, it sounded like the concert had already started...or maybe a party. Timberline was on stage doing a sound check but they werent just going through the motions. Their music has a feeling of joy that carried them beyond the fatigue of the road. The years of being together and believing in each other had created something with a life of its own. Wall to wall concerts for the last four years had made them stronger than even their own intentions. They were ripe for discovery by the big audience. I felt it strongly as I listened to them. I shared their energy and fresh spirit when I sang with them. It was reminiscent of PP&M before we happened. For me, it was déjà vu. For them it was the beginning of a long exciting road. Peter Yarrow
The band, Timberline was formed by Jim Salestrom, then 15, and older brother Chuck in Kearney, Nebraska, in 1971. The original band featured Jim as lead singer and primary songwriter, Chuck on bass and vocals, Bill Howland on keyboards and background vocals, Dugg Duggan on lead guitar, and Dick Jensen on drums. Broken Bow, Nebraska's favorite son Craig Link, soon replaced Dick on drums. The band made their early recording demos in Denver with Dugg producing.
Within a year, the band was signed by Variety Artists, a national booking agency with Gordon Singer at the helm. Variety booked the band for 250 dates a year, including concerts in West Virginia, Virginia, Arkansas, Florida, Ohio, and Nebraska. After building a solid regional fan base, the band signed with manager Jack Daley, who set up Timberline's recording contract with Epic Records CBS.
Timberline recorded their first album for CBS, The Great Timber Rush, in Hollywood in January, February and March of 1977. The album was produced by legendary record producer, Bones Howe, and guest musicians included Hal Blaine, John McEuen and Michael Boddicker. Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary penned the liner notes.
Timberline toured as the opening act for Dolly Parton to promote the album, which opened the door for lead singer Jim Salestrom's career when Timberline disbanded in 1978, a victim of the disco craze. In 1979, Jim was asked to join Dolly Parton's band as a singer and musician, playing acoustic, electric and high-string guitars as well as the banjo.
"We all miss Bill Howland who passed away in 1988 after a long illness, but we still love to get together to play every now and again and to remember. We were very tight as a band but even more important as brothers and friends." Jim Salestrom


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A tuner, data logger, and more for late model GM, Ford, and Chrysler vehicles, gasoline and diesel. The Trinity can also download your own custom tuneup and can be used as a high-speed data acquisition device and vehicle monitor that you control via the full color touch screen.
The Trinity comes preloaded with tunes based on fuel octane rating. Tunes for 91/93 octane fuel can add 15 to 40 rear-wheel horsepower depending on the vehicle. An 87 octane fuel tune is also included for many vehicles supported by the Trinity, as well as an 87 octane Mileage Booster tune for late model GM and Chrysler vehicles. Some applications can take advantage of specialty tunes for cold-air kits, MAF sensor upgrades, and pulley-upgrades for factory-supercharged vehicles. The Trinity can also be loaded with up to five custom tunes to support just about any modification imaginable. The Trinity can adjust the following parameters on most supported vehicles:
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The Trinity is preloaded with at least three tuning levels to optimize your truck's performance. DiabloSport highly recommends the use of an aftermarket cold-air intake and an upgraded exhaust with four inch or larger tubing.
- Towing: Will improve power by 40-60 horsepower and an average of 100 lbs.-ft. of torque depending on application. This setting is designed to improve drivability and fuel economy when cruising at highway speeds, and is helpful when pulling a load up a steep grade
- Economy: Adds between 60-100 horsepower and 180-200 lbs.-ft. of torque while improving highway fuel economy by 2-3 miles per gallon. This setting is not designed for heavy towing
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100 Agencies: Metaphor
Metaphor's raft of new clients and its brand-new offices had president Dwayne Hann going into 2011 expecting it to be a big year for his Parsippany, NJ-based specialty pharma agency. But by May of last year disaster had struck. Graceway Pharmaceuticals, one of the agency's largest and steadiest clients, was spiraling toward a bankruptcy filing after losing exclusivity for Aldara, its blockbuster genital warts treatment and main source of sales. By the time that Medicis ended up picking up Graceway's pieces in an auction, the business for Metaphor dried up.
When the smoke from that situation finally cleared, Metaphor ended up down about 22% in revenue and had to lay off about seven people, leaving the agency with a workforce of 15.
"That was a big blow to us as a company," said Hann.
But things would have been considerably worse if Metaphor hadn't had some success on the new business front in 2010, winning a new account from Becton, Dickinson and Co. for a diagnostic product designed for early detection of Flu A and B. That product, the BD Vertor System, was launched at the end of 2011. To promote it, Metaphor pulled off a comprehensive campaign that included such elements as a web site, paid search, interactive promotional materials, sales force training, and, in a move that was unusual for BD, journal advertising.
"It was a big investment on their part," Hann said, adding that the work will continue this year with line extensions for the pediatric and clinical labs segments.
In 2011, Metaphor also secured two accounts that build on its relationship with Akrimax Therapeutics: Suprenza, which is indicated for weight loss, and a pain reliever called Primlev.
About 50% of the work Metaphor does is now digital. According to Hann, digital is "the nature of what all clients are looking at." He adds that the company has made an effort to emphasize that digital aspect of their expertise. "We've worked hard to position ourselves with clients and future clients as someone with a strong digital capability."
Digital is especially vital in professional marketing, an area which makes up about 90% of Metaphor's work. For Akrimax, Metaphor developed something that it calls a ProPortal, where physicians can get samples, educational materials and view webcasts and webinars.
"Any specialty-focused company is looking for ways to reach physicians they don't call on, that they can't reach," Hann said. "Either they don't have enough reps or they want to focus on one specialty, yet there are more specialties that might use their product." He says that Metpahor looks for ways to help remedy that situation: "We try to develop tools and campaigns that reach the non-called-on physician population."
Hann also believes there's a strong future for diagnostic products and sees those as a part of the agency's client mix going forward. "There's a demonstrable increase in point-of-care diagnostic testing in all areas," he said. "It's an interesting area and one that's growing dramatically. And it's projected to grow more."
For all the discouragement of last year, Hann is optimistic about the future, pointing to the firm's specialty-focused positioning and experienced staff capable of building long, fruitful relationships. Case in point: Akrimax, whose co-founder and chairman also co-founded Reliant Pharmaceuticals, a Metaphor client that was snapped up by GlaxoSmithKline five years ago."2011 wasn't the year we thought it was going to be," said Hann, who's expecting to add two or three people in the fourth quarter. "On the other hand, we've hustled and stepped up our efforts and we've made good contacts. I'd expect at end of 2012 we will be close to where we were at the beginning of last year."


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Amazon Affiliate Website
Amazon Affiliate Website is basically focusing on selling products from Amazon Store
To create Amazon Affiliate site you need to have an amazon associate account. It is easy to create account in amazon associate program. You need to have a live site to get approval. Once your account is ready then you need to create store to extract specific products related to your website, Amazon Affiliate website give money as commission when an item sold in your site.
There is no money when somebody clicks on your products. The commission is shown in your amazon associate account.
Google AdSense Website
On this site there is also alternative money making affiliate like google AdSense, click bank products Google AdSense site you will also find other affiliate programs for additional money making options
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In google AdSense site you need a live site with good and unique contents to get approval for AdSense account. Once they approve you can insert link, text or image banners into your site.
The google AdSense site generates money when a user clicks any google link, text or image banner. The amount will be reflecting in your google AdSense account.
As this site work like e-commerce site but it runs in auto-pilot mode the products are display automatically and it updates automatically. After an item sold there is nothing to do from your side for shipping and handling as this thing take care of the original store owner in amazon site
The google AdSense site also run in auto-pilot there is nothing needed to update in the site. The money which is generated is reflecting in google AdSense account.
The major thing needed from your part is to brining traffic to the site on this site also you need to popularize your site to bring traffic to generate good amount of revenue
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- To get a jump start on your Senior year take the ACT or SAT towards the end of your Junior year.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Kremlin on Thursday rejected U.S. accusations that it had violated the "spirit and intent" of an arms control treaty.
"Russia was, is and will abide by all international obligations, including those coming from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty... even when it is not entirely in Russia's interests," Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a conference call with reporters.
Vice Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff General Paul Selva said on Wednesday that Russia had deployed a land-based cruise missile that violates the "spirit and intent" of an arms control treaty and poses a threat to NATO.
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From The Reform of the Reform:
The promulgation of the new translation of the Roman Missal of 1970, invites us to reflect further on the "hermeneutic of continuity" articulated by Pope Benedict XVI, and the importance of this being demonstrated consistently in the celebration of the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite.
Beginning Saturday 12th May (at 6 pm), in response to the requests of the Faithful, a weekly Vigil Mass in the Ordinary Form will be offered at St Aloysius' Church which will aim to exemplify "sacredness in continuity".
The Mass will be celebrated in English, "ad orientem" at the High Altar, with both the Propers of the day and the Ordinary being sung. Communicants are invited to kneel at the Altar rails to receive Our Lord on the tongue 'under both kinds' by intinction. Books will be provided containing all the readings, Mass Ordinary and Propers, and music including hymns.
The inaugural Mass, at 6 pm on Saturday 12th May, will be offered for the intentions of Pope Benedict XVI.


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1922: Abie's Irish Rose, a play about a racially mixed marriage is performed 2,532 times on Broadway—a record at the time.
1993: The Crying Game, a movie exploring themes of racial, sexual, and national identity, becomes a mainstream hit after initially being considered "artistically risky" and playing to small audiences.
1924: The Ku Klux Klan threatens black actor Paul Robeson's life for his portrayal of a white man married to a black woman in Eugene O'Neill's All God's Chillun Got Wings.
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Not much of significance to report today. We started the day around 11, everyone arrived promptly and after half an hour of making coffee, getting comfy and firing up amps etc, we got cracking with the third song. It took a few run-throughs to get warmed up but we quickly got a few good takes.
Moving on the the fourth song, a slightly alarming attitude developed (from my point of view). On one of the earlier songs we'd recorded several takes of the full song, but in a couple of places things were proving a little tricky, so we'd decided to record a few sections individually with the view of editing them together later. Whilst this is fine, and I have no problem with it, the guitarist immediately came out with the suggestion of recording the fourth song in sections right from the start. From a production point of view, I prefer to get a good, solid take of the whole song if possible, with as little editing required as possible. I'm already piecing together one song from a large number of disparate takes, and a second song from a couple of different takes, so given the time-frame we're working in I'm not keen to be contructing the whole EP from dozens of different takes every time! Far too much time will be spent on editing.
I convinced them to at least try and play the song as one take, and after finding the click tempo they rattled it off decently first time. We got a couple more full takes which just got better and better, so I felt vindicated and the band felt better for getting a complete take. I may comp something together between a couple of takes but there will be no major surgery needed.
Moving on we tackled the last song in much the same way and this one came together even more easily. Again, three "keeper" takes and we were done. From the 11am start it was now 5pm and we had recorded all the major songs they wanted, so we decided to throw in the towel for the day. It was the bassist's birthday today as well, so after a cake with candles and round of "Happy Birthday" it was a good time to close the day and let him enjoy his celebrations!
After the band had cleared out, I sat for half an hour or so doing some rudimentary mixing. I haven't done the editing yet, so I was just playing around with the sounds and seeing what's hot and what's not. The "Worlds Most Resonant Floor Tom" may have to be re-titled as "The Floor Tom From Hell", as it's sounding more like a bongo in places than a tom. I may have to invest in Drumagog and do a sound replacement on it, as it's almost unworkable. I'm a little saddened by that as it took such a long time to get it sounding good, but I think we have to face the fact that we're using a 14″ jazz tom as a rock floor tom and it simply won't tune low enough to get the sound we're after. The amount of dampening it required to tame it has just taken the life out of it, though it would be fine as a middle tom-tom. Curse you DW and your immensely resonant kits! Fortunately, the drummer isn't precious about these things, and I'm sure he'd prefer it to sound as good as possible than settle for something under par.
Tomorrow is now basically "luxury" day – we've got the room set up and everything miked up, but we've already finished the songs we aimed to record. On the computer I've got the original multi-tracks of the previous EP we recorded some 15 months ago, so the plan is to try and overdub "new" drums onto the old songs. I'm happy to give it a try, but from my own experiences (I've overdubbed myself playing drums to one of these songs already) I'm concerned that the drummer (good though he is) will struggle with the groove the bassist and original drummer had. We'll try it out, but I think we'll get more mileage by either overdubbing drums and re-doing bass at the same time, or totally re-recording. This will push the track total up to 8 tracks (which will be a lot of mixing) but will leave the ban with an album performed by the current line-up, which would be nice. We'll see how things work out.


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DRAMA CLUB: The King's Face Episode 18 Recap
China, Manchuria, and Sneaky Palace Assassin Spies: Wait, you thought people could be reasonable? Not in this show! Join Aunnie, Wendilynn, Firnlambe and Taleena for episode 18 of the King's Face.
Taleena: Alright! My typing fingers are limber and I'm ready to battle on King Gu Family Book's behalf, because I know just because he had a whole "woman's place" line ya'll are going to be out to get him Aunnie.
Aunnie: I just wanted to say . . . Taleena and I are battling things out . . . so beware *said like the old man from Emperor's New Groove*
Wendilynn: I'm just putting my cards out there to say everyone is crazy and they all need a serious flogging. *rolls eyes*
Firnlambe: I was sooooooooooooo //gasps for air// oooooooooooooooooo hoping Ga Hee would whip out her awesome ninja moves while all gussied up in that Hanbok.
Aunnie: Not gonna lie, I did too. I really thought "Okay, once this assassin throws this guard to the curb once and for all, I'm totally ready for some Ga Hee kick a---no, no, no, Psycho you are NOT suppose to be saving the day!!"
Taleena: But it was only AFTER the assassination attempt that Gwanghae gave her her arrows back. I thought she might pull out her throat cutting knife and throw it though. It's not as if the King didn't know that Ga Hee had superior knife concealment skillz.
Aunnie: Agreed. However, me thinks her and Gwanghae's secret-no-one-must-ever-know-past is gonna come back and bite them in the butts. The King certainly doesn't know about /that/. *grumbles* or how to die like a real man, for that matter.
Firnlambe: Of couuurse its going to come back to bite them in the butts . . . it's just a matter of /how/ at this point--well that and who's gonna be the one to spill the beans I suppose.
Taleena: Prediction! Her Love Rock will come spilling out of her hanbok at the wrong time. I have to say, for all of the King's "men and women should remain separate" line Ga Hee sure meets a lot of men in private.
Wendilynn: Trust allows freedom. She's got the run of the place. Enough to drive Greedy Concubine crazy with jealousy.
Aunnie: Speaking of Greedy Concubine . . .her new son needs to go. I don't hate him, I think he's brilliant but I hate that he's picking on Imhae.
Taleena: To be fair, OK wait I hate Fourth Spawn, but I loved Gwanghae smacking him down and I love Beefy punching the Ming General. He got to totally express my id in that sequence and his calm "I'm just staying low fightin' tigers" persona got shot to heck.
Firnlambe: Of course we hate Fourth Spawn
Wendilynn: 4th spawn fathers a future King however.
Aunnie: Thought it was weird we've never even seen fourth spawn.
Wendilynn: We saw him in that one scene where he was like 14 or so years old. The four boys telling Dad what makes a King.
Taleena: Imhae's Lone Wolf speech. Classic.
Aunnie: I thought the Fourth Spawn in that scene was the New Favorable Pric--Son, we're talking the son we still have never even seen, or rather heard of until this episode.
Firnlambe: Ugggh that just proves how much he doesn't matter to us lol
Wendilynn: He was in the last episode. But G. concubine mentions that she's given him 4 sons so I guess they can come out of the woodwork like fleas if they want.
Firnlambe: SHE'S AN EVIL RABBIT!! Spawning filth like it's running out of style!
Taleena: HARD Stop! We could trash the Poisonous Witch forevah! What I want to know is: does everyone fall for Love Through the Ages? Pretty in Pink all but said he lived for her, much to Gwanghae's consternation.
Aunnie: For once, Taleena, we are on the same page. I don't understand it; it's like she inhales oxygen and exhales gold to entice the boys. And Pretty in Pink is just fun to watch.
Firnlambe: Maybe Ga Hee is the Joseon host to the G'aould Hathor who can make men her personal slaves and she never told anyone?
Taleena: Nope. I think it's 'cause she has Song Joong Ki's lips. Not that that would cut it with the men....
Wendilynn: For a woman who seems to get all the men's attention, she keeps losing it. It never seems to last long.
Aunnie: It's because she keeps breathing. Much like the King, I know we're jumping ahead (or I'm making us jump ahead) but let's talk about this assassination plot and exactly why Gwanghae keeps saving his father's life.
Taleena: Gwanghae didn't tell his dad and get shot down this time, so he's kind of learning? But I have to protest here: 1) He loves his dad. 2) The King is doing the best he can. 3) The turmoil of an assassination without a Crown Prince recognized by the local superpower would leave the nation completely vulnerable when it is already weak.
Aunnie: "The best he . . " Okay, 1) Picture it: Gwanghae warns dad. Dad shoots him down, Dad dies. Gwanghae gets to say "I told you so." Perfect ending! 2) Pretty sure after Imhae went ape-crap all over General Ming, he'll no longer be in favor which provides Gwanghae with the perfect opportunity to fully enjoy a Crowned Prince title without feeling "da heat" and 3) He can still love his dad if he's dead.
Firnlambe: Ehhhhhh I've given up trying to make heads or tails of this family and their twisted logic.
Taleena: One last argument.
Firnlambe: Must we reeeeeally?
Taleena: Yes. It's my strongest one. Say the King dies. Ming will not recognize Gwanghae OR Beefy so all that leaves is the little shit Fourth Spawn. Argue that!
Aunnie: Simple. Kill the little shit Fourth Spawn. Blood answers everything. Just kidding, but realistically speaking, Fourth Spawn is basically an untested power--much like Shinsung. He has no real value to either Joseon or Ming. He's just trying to make a mark now since Shinsung so kindly died.
Wendilynn: Well, I loved the warning Gwanghae gave him. Gone are the days when he lovingly adored his brothers. That, "I crap bigger than you" line was awesome. Gwanghae has killed who knows how many and he long since lost any squeamishness about it.
Aunnie: 'Tis true, which is why I don't understand why Ming is being so adamant about the first son. Granted, I understand that Gwanghae basically shamed the Ming soldiers by saying "You've done nothing but look pretty during this war" but he still showed better leadership than his father and brothers. Clearly.
Taleena: Ming. Wants. A. Puppet. Gwanghae will not be one. Fourth Spawn is happy to work hand in glove with Ming. The King is weak and Ming can completely manipulate him. They'd like to see this proud tradition continue. Ming ultimately wants to take territory from Joseon, that is what the treaty with Japan was about.
Wendilynn: Makes you wonder why Ming didn't just wipe out Joseon and just establish their own people there. Why did they allow Joseon to live? China and Japan could have completely wiped the people out. I'm thinking God wanted the country to survive. As a kdrama addict, I'm fully behind this decision…. although, this drama may make me rethink that position. lol
Aunnie: I've asked myself that too. The sheer size of China versus Korea is, to say it politely-ish, laughable.
Taleena: For all that Ga Hee totally missed her badazz chance during the assassination attempt. I must say I loved her catching Greedy Concubine's eavesdropping toady and calling out Psycho on his 'feelings".
Wendilynn: I can't believe Psycho still has feelings. His geezer comment made me laugh. He's clearly still jealous.
Aunnie: I can't believe Psycho hasn't made a move yet!! Didn't he have a plan . . .or something?
Firnlambe: Psycho can shove it.
Taleena: Psycho is outsmarting himself I think. He wormed into power and is trying to get other people to do his dirty work so his hands remain clean.
Aunnie: Here's hoping that effort will make him go bat-sh-cray-cray and he'll just start killing people . . . starting with the King (as originally planned)
For More from The King's Face Drama Club check out:
Firnlambe: Soju-Like-Kdramas | @firnlambe | Google + | My Lovable Girl | Tomorrow's Cantabile
Taleena: | As the Kimchi Turns | Hyde, Jekyll and I
Wendilynn: As the Kimchi Turns | Facebook | Google+ | DF video drama club | Dear Mom | Kill Me Heal Me coming soon
Aunnie: High School Love On | In Need of Romance 3 | Boarding House No. 24 | Secretly Greatly Movie Club | The Fatal Encounter Movie Club | Modern Farmer | Words of Aunnie
For previous The King's Face episode recaps:
[Episode 1] [Episode 2 ] [Episode 3] [Episode 4]
[Episode 5] [Episode 6] [Episode 7] [Episode 8]
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Ben Affleck's "Argo" is currently the toast of Hollywood, as movie writers and critics stumble over themselves to praise at the based-on-a-true-story thriller. On Wednesday night, however, Bill O'Reilly had a slightly different take. His main question, parsed over nearly the entirety of Affleck's visit to the "No-Spin Zone": What is an avowed liberal doing making a film about perhaps the tensest moment in Iran-U.S. relations?
"Argo" focuses on an intricate plot drummed up by the CIA, after the organization is tasked with extracting six Americans from Iran. Another 52 Americans were held after being captured in a 1979-81 takeover of the United States embassy in Iran, but this group of six took refuge in the Canadian ambassador's personal residence -- until a CIA exfiltration expert came in and swept them out.
The heroes in the story, then, are the CIA and the U.S. intelligence services. As O'Reilly points out, it's surprising a liberal actor would make a "valentine to the intelligence community -- the same people who waterboarded, the same people who rendition-ed."
"I don't worry too much about what my liberal friends are going to say," Affleck said. When pressed by O'Reilly ("In the back of your mind, you didn't say, 'Look, I'm glorifying some people who maybe did bad things'?"), Affleck doubled down: "I've been to the CIA. I met Gen. Petraeus. These are extraordinary, honorable people at the CIA. Make no mistake about it."
Though he collapses a few decades, O'Reilly's question is worth asking. Given the current tensions between the Iran and the United States (and Israel), making a film about an act of Iranian aggression could easily be seen as adding fuel to a fire that's already spread to the floor of the United Nation's General Assembly.
Affleck -- who said he is voting for Obama -- brushed aside the notion that the film could be used as right-wing propaganda in an interview with The Huffington Post:
"I tried to make a movie that is absolutely just factual. And that's another reason why I tried to be as true to the story as possible -- because I didn't want it to be used by either side. I didn't want it to be politicized internationally or domestically in a partisan way. I just wanted to tell a story that was about the facts as I understood them. And what that meant was probably two people with different political perspectives would walk away with two different interpretations. Because I find, most times, your interpretation depends on what you went into the situation believing. And I think people will use things. You know, it's like, if people want to misrepresent something, they'll do it anyway. You can't worry about that too much.
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It seems that there's really only one smart way to search for property in 2012 – that's on a mobile device. Over the past week the usage of mobile devices to access real estate listing content blew through yet another new record.
A staggering 1 in 5 of property hunters used a mobile device to find property information – 22% of all views of listings on realestate.co.nz were undertaken on the go, from a mobile device. That's a massive increase from just 8% a year ago.
Even more impressive is the fact that mobile users engage with the mobile app far more than the website – it is turning out to be very "sticky" – the average visitor using the app views 37 pages per visit as compared to just 11 on the website. People clearly recognise the real value of having real data in the palm of their hand.
The key fact to bear in mind when it comes to mobile, is that users on the mobile platform are by-and-large more likely to be seriously active property seekers. The mobile is not a "lean back experience" as the web can be with super-glossy wide screen images, the mobile is about information. Location details, listing details, great photos and easy contact to the agent by phone, email or text.
Choice of mobile device
When it comes to the choice of device the most popular was the iPad – it represented nearly half of all mobile usage in March. On the iPad the app though only represented 20% of users with the other 80% of users choosing to view the website on the device. The iPhone represented 40% of all mobile users in the month with a 60/40 split between the app and the web. Android came in 3rd with 14% of all mobile users, although it is fast catching up ground, with a 6 fold increase in the past year; its usage is evenly split between app and the web.
There are some interesting insights of mobile usage which surprise some people. Mobile usage is not restricted to just the main cities and large towns, in an average month, every single listings we have in the database with an address is viewed at least once. That shows the mobile app is used right around the country when discovering property around you for sale or rent from Kaitia to the Bluff!
NZ's favourite real estate app
The app is clearly NZ's favourite real estate app, blasting through 70,000th downloads and only growing faster by the day – an average week sees around 1,200 downloads, in the 4 days over Easter we saw over 1,600 downloads; taking us ever closer to 100,000 downloads in the next few months.
In the month of March over 85,000 visitors opened up the app to discover property for rent and for sale right around them, letting them make better house hunting decisions whilst out-and-about.
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To further accelerate this rate of download and usage we are delighted to have our partner Westpac undertake another extensive advertising campaign on bus shelters and on TV. Our partnership with Westpac is mutually beneficial adding value to Westpac customers to help them in the home buying process by showing them a smart way to house hunt on the go with the app, as well as info on local branches, ATM's and also contact details for their Mobile Mortgage Managers.
International Benchmarking
It is always useful to compare NZ uptake and usage of real estate mobile with key developed markets such as UK, Australia and the US.
The data for the UK is not the most recent; the leading website for real estate in the UK is Rightmove, back in August last year they reported in their half year report that 14% of access to listing was via the mobile, I am sure that has grown significantly since then.
In Australia the leading website of realestate.com.au reported that at December they had reached 700,000 downloads of their mobile apps. With a population 5 times that of NZ this means that our activity level is about half that of Australia.
In the US the leading website of Zillow was a very early innovator of the mobile platform, starting with an iPhone app in 2009 and now having an app for all platforms (inc Windows and Blackberry) – they report usage on mobile being 24% of all access to listings. In their Q4 financial report for 2011 they reported also that property was viewed on the mobile devices at the rate of 53 houses per second (3,180 per minute) in January. Now that is a stunning stat. For us in NZ we are currently seeing a rate of 24 houses viewed per minute. Allowing for the fact that the US population is 71 times that of NZ means that we are seeing activity at about half the rate of the US.
So as ever the rate of development overseas shows us how the the future is likely to look; and it looks like we will continue to see exponential growth in mobile usage across the various mobile devices, with NZ's favourite real estate app only continuing to grow faster in usage and engagement.
The Realestate.co.nz mobile app is available for free from the Apple app store for iPhone or the Google Play store for Android devices.


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Fox's charming family comedy Raising Hope has been one of the few bright spots in what's otherwise been a pretty pathetic season for new network shows. Well, good news: Fox has decided to keep Hope alive. Vulture has learned that the network will give an early second-season order to the show this morning, just in time for its portion of the TV Critics Association out in Pasadena. Capitalizing on a strong Glee lead-in, Hope is the No. 1 new show of the season among viewers under 35 and one of the few live-action-comedy success stories Fox has had in recent years. Creator Greg Garcia says, "I'm happy that the show is getting another year," before adding, "but the fact that I've been trying to think of a funny quote for the last two hours and this is the best I could come up with makes me a little nervous about season two."


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