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Last Friday Nintendo unveiled more details on and the games line-up for their upcoming console, the Switch. Expectations were high, but if there's one thing the Japanse company does well, it's defying those expectations.
The release schedule of the Wii U was looking sparse for a few years and people were speculating that a focus on developing Switch-games was the cause. That is why after the presentation last Friday, people were somewhat disappointed: a lot of gamers expected more games, perhaps the return of old franchises like Metroid, Wave Race or Animal Crossing, and against all odds even more Western third party support.
Instead, Nintendo surprised with a new focus on motion gaming with 1-2-Switch and the fighter ARMS, bringing back memories of the Wii days, moderately strong Japanese third-party support (especially Square Enix seems to be an early supporter with multiple Dragon Quests and a unique rpg called Project Octopath Traveler) and a spread out first party line-up that ensures some of Nintendo's biggest series make their appearance in the first year of the Switch.
Part of the disappointment you can read online is also due to expectations of Nintendo merging their console and handheld divisions, coming together to support one platform and ensuring there will be twice as many games available for the machine. Nintendo themselves however never stated that they would do that, and recently even doubled down on the fact that the 3DS will exist next to the Switch. However, that could also be a safety net to fall back on in the chance the Switch won't be as successful as Nintendo hopes.
Hands-on with the Switch
At any rate, a lot of the doubt people might have about the potential of the system disappears once one gets the chance to go hands-on with the Switch. Yours truly was invited to go to the press event in Frankfurt, Germany to test out the console and the first games. What hits you instantly when you start playing is the feeling of holding a luxury item. While the Wii U GamePad felt like an expensive toy, the Switch is perhaps the most slick, mature console Nintendo has ever made. Holding the Switch in your hands feels satisfying and the screen is very bright and clear, miles ahead of the 3DS- and Wii U-screens.
More importantly, all the concepts that the Switch leans on work like a charm. It's extremely easy to place the Switch itself in the dock and to take it out again. After doing that, just press L and R at the same time and you can instantly play on the screen of your choice: the television or the Switch-screen. While that might not sound terribly exciting for everyone, one just has to do this 'switch' once for the potential uses to become clear. Playing an exciting dungeon in Zelda but you have to go to the restroom all of a sudden? Just pop out the screen and take it with you. Playing all Sunday but going to your work on Monday and sad that you have to wait an entire day to resume your game? Just take the Switch with you and turn it on while on lunch break.
The different controllers you can use are just as satisfying and well thought out. When using the Joy-Con controllers separately, you create a Wii-like set up, but by playing the surprisingly deep fighter ARMS it is clear that Nintendo has refined motion controlled gaming for the use of very precise movements. Also impressive is the new rumble, which is definitely an underrated feature. It gives very nuanced vibrations, immersing you more in the game.
So the potential is there, but the games line-up leaves something to be desired. As it is now, the Switch is launching with about six games on March the 3rd, a smaller line-up than we are used to, even compared to previous Nintendo-consoles. Thankfully, one of the launch games is Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which is looking very promising indeed and has even more graphical details and a better framerate on Switch. The other games during launch, however, are the experimental 1-2-Switch, which should have been a pack-in with the console, a few third party games like Just Dance and Bomberman, and a couple of indie games. So if you're not too keen on Zelda, you have very little reason to buy the console at launch.
The rest of the year is looking a bit better: a port of Mario Kart 8 looks and plays like a dream on Switch and will come out in April, Splatoon 2 is more of the same but who cares if the gameplay is solid (and it is), the fun and surprisingly deep fighter ARMS will arrive in spring, a holiday hit in the form of Super Mario Odyssey and hopefully a translated version of Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Combined with moderately solid third party support in the form of titles such as Skyrim, FIFA, NBA 2K18, Sonic Mania and Square Enix' numerous rpgs, Nintendo has ticked most of the boxes for the console to have some variety.
It's now or never
But that is not enough. After the disappointing sales of the Wii U, it's make or break time for the Japanese company and it needs to be firing on all cylinders to ensure the Switch is a massive success. No doubt the console will sell out during launch, but where is the steady stream of first and third party-games to win over not only long-time Nintendo fans but people still on the fence? Where are the yearly big hitters like Call of Duty, Battlefield and Assassin's Creed? And why do we still know very little about important details like the online options and console interface when the console launches in a mere seven weeks?
These are questions that we will find the answers to in the upcoming weeks, months and years. Nintendo has made an incredible slick system that makes players fall in love with it as soon as one holds it in their hands. With that kind of potential, we want to see it succeed, and that is why Nintendo can't hold back. It needs to blow away gamers with a steady stream of great titles, both from their internal studios as from partnerships with other developers. That in turn, will ensure sales in Japan and the west, which will attract more third party support.
One thing is for sure: Nintendo once again did it their own way, expectations be damned, and they make for the most interesting console maker in the industry to follow because of that. We can't wait to see more of what the Big N has in store for gamers these coming years.


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Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Room 33-213
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
Before joining MIT, Professor Peraire was a member of the faculty at the University of Wales and at Imperial College, London.
Academic Degrees
Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, 1983, University of Barcelona Ph.D., 1986, University of Wales Doctor Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, 1987, University of Barcelona
Honors and Awards
The Research Corporation Trust, UK Young Researchers Award, 1986; NASA Group Achievement Award, 1989; D.Sc, University of Wales, 1997; NASA Exceptional Achievement Award, 1997; IACM Young Researchers Award in Computational Mechanics, 1998; Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT, Raymond L. Bisplinghoff Faculty Fellow, 2003-2006; Honorary Professor, School of Engineering, University of Wales, Swansea, 2005; H.N. Slater Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT, 2011; Spanish Society for Numerical Methods in Engineering, SEMNI Prize, 2013; Catalan Civil Engineers Association, Ildefons Cerdá Medal, 2015; US Association for Computational Mechanics, T.J. Hughes Medal, 2015.
Society Memberships
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Fellow; International Association for Computational Mechanics, Fellow; American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Member
Positions Held at MIT
Department Head, 2011- 2018; Professor, 1999-present; Associate Professor, 1993-1999; Director, Aerospace Computational Design Lab, 1993-2011.
Specialization and Research Interests
Numerical analysis, finite element methods, computational aerodynamics
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Sat, 23 May 2015 14:23:27 -0700
Tampa Bay Rays OF Steven Souza Jr. had 63 strikeouts through Friday and was on pace for 239. He is working with Rays hitting coach Derek Shelton to cut down on his strikeouts.
Fantasy Tip: Souza ($3,700, 7.4% of cap) isn't likely to be demoted because he also happens to hit home runs, and the team can't afford to lose that. Souza is worth the risk thanks to his lower price and his power ability.
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|Rays | Add to coaching staff
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The Tampa Bay Rays named Jamie Nelson as their assistant hitting coach Tuesday, Dec. 4. Nelson was working as the team's roving catching instructor. He'll assist hitting coach Derek Shelton, and Nelson will also work with the catchers.
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|Rays | Ben Zobrist worked with hitting coach to modify swing
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Tampa Bay Rays 2B Ben Zobrist and hitting coach Derek Shelton went over what Zobrist and INF Drew Sutton talked about regarding his swing in a recent slump and tweaked a few things with his hands during his swing. The end result has been a stronger performance, including a .545 batting average, three home runs and six RBIs during the past week.
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Tampa Bay Rays OF B.J. Upton, who was benched for two games last week due to his offensive struggles, did some work with hitting coach Derek Shelton Thursday, May 27, and feels like he's closer to getting back on track, according to Joe Smith of the St. Petersburg Times. "No hard feelings," Upton said of manager Joe Maddon's decision to keep him out of the lineup. "I just expressed to him that I want to be on the field; that's it. I want to be out there every day. ... I think everybody needs (a mental break) sometimes. I just happen to feel I only needed one (game), not two." Maddon said Upton had expanded his strike zone and was also sorting through mechanical issues like getting started late on his swing.
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The Associated Press reports the Tampa Bay Rays hired free-agent hitting coach Derek Shelton (Indians) as their new hitting coach Wednesday, Oct. 21. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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The Eagles equalized in the dying minutes.
A dying minute goal by Nnamdi Oduamadi saved the Super Eagles from an embarrassing home defeat to Kenya.
The Kenyans scored in the first half as the Nigerian side found it difficult to create clear cut chances.
The first half ended with the Kenyans leading the African champions by 1-0.
The Super Eagles started the match with two players who were not at the African Cup of Nations in South Africa. Obafemi Martins returned to the attack, while Solomon Kwambe played at right back.
The Nigerian side made three substitutions in the second half with Ahmed Musa, Nnamdi Oduamadi, and John Ogu all coming in.
The Super Eagles still found it difficult to create clear cut chances as the Kenyans narrowly missed a clear-cut opportunity to extend the lead.
A dying minute goal by Oduamadi, during the 5 minutes added time after the full 90 minutes, ensured that Nigeria salvaged a point from the encounter.
The Eagles now have five points from three matches in the group, while Kenya have 2 points from three matches.


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- What: Red Faction Armageddon
- Where: Gamestation PS3 | Xbox 360
- Current Price: £9.99
- Red Faction Armageddon Price Comparison
Red Faction Armageddon can't decide what it likes more; destroying things, or repairing them. The rampant destruction from Guerrilla returns, but with the newfangled Nano Forge you can now repair and restore the damage. It's a little like Call of Duty equipping you with a health-zapping gun alongside your M4A1. That said, it's not a bad game by any means, and for less than a tenner, it's a steal over at Gamestation on both the Xbox 360 and PS3.


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After I plug the external hard *My book essential 1TB* it gives me the unlock screen, after unlocking it, it seems not to show up, and it takes like forever to load, and in the end the computer recognize the device as cd drive.
please help me, you know how it feels to lose all ur archive :(, I tried on different PC, and different USB, as well different OS and still facing the same problem.
I know the MyBook Essentials 1TB drive well. They do seem to have their issues. I had one that would not read correctly and used a Linux boot CD to fix it recently. I think it was Parted Magic. It had some options to work with the drive and get it to be seen. I think I started in the file manager and then moved on to other tools to finish the job. I can check on this next week.
Another thing it could be as simple as a bad cable. Those mini USB cables are notorious for going bad. Or working on one drive and not another. That was the worst USB configuration ever. I am glad the micro USB mostly replaced it as it seems much more robust.
Anyway good luck getting it back up. If worst comes to worst you could always take the drive apart and hook it up internally to a SATA port in your computer as that would get you back in. Last resort of course but it is always an option if all else fails.
try the following:
see if this microsoft solution can help
if you tried on different pc maybe is the My book essential, perhaps you need to format (if you do not have important files).


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S&P cuts Exxon Mobil's earnings target; reduces estimates
(2:02 PM ET) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- S&P on Friday reiterated its strong buy rating on Exxon Mobil XOM, -0.69% but said it's trimming its price target and earnings estimates to bring the oil giant's valuation in line with its peers. S&P cut its 2008 operating earnings estimates by 48 cents a share to $8.55 a share and 2009's estimate by 14 cents a share to $8.63. S&P reduced its 12-month target price by $7 to $104 for Exxon Mobil. Shares of the No. 1 oil major fell 37 cents to $67.89 in recent action.
Retail stocks lose again; Penney slumps on profit warning
(9:53 AM ET) CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Retail stocks were in losing mode again early Friday as the sector's main indicator slipped about 2% in opening trades. The S&P Retail Index RLX, +0.00% fell more than 7 points to 382.62. Shares of J.C. Penney JCP, -4.55% were down nearly 9% at $36.97 after the company warned that its first-quarter profit will come in at about 50 cents a share, compared to a previous target of 75 to 80 cents a share, citing weaker-than-expected sales through the Easter holiday.
J.C. Penney cuts first-quarter outlook
(8:42 AM ET) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- J.C. Penney Co. JCP, -4.55% on Friday warned that its first-quarter profit will come in at about 50 cents a share, compared to previous guidance of 75 to 80 cents a share. Citing weaker-than-expected sales through the Easter holiday, the retailer also forecast a low-double-digit decline in same-store sales for March and a high-single-digit decline for the first quarter. Its prior expectation was for low-single-digit declines for both periods. J.C. Penney's Chairman and Chief Executive Myron Ullman said, "Consumer confidence is at a multi-year low." Analysts surveyed by FactSet Research expected J.C. Penney to report first-quarter earnings of 75 cents a share. Shares of J.C. Penney fell more than 13% in premarket trading to $34.90.
KB Homes swings to loss
(8:15 AM ET) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Homebuilder KB Homes KBH, +0.14% said Friday that it lost $268.1 million, or $3.47 a share in its fiscal first quarter ended February 29, compared to a profit of $27.5 million, or 34 cents a share a year ago. The firm's total revenues for the quarter fell $794.2 million, from $1.39 billion. "Until prices stabilize and consumer confidence returns, we believe inventory levels will remain significantly out of balance with demand. We do not anticipate meaningful improvement in these conditions in the near term, as it is likely to take some time for the market to absorb the current excess housing supply and for consumer confidence to improve," Jeffrey Mezger, president and chief executive officer said in a press release
Samsung tips 10% sales growth in 2008; below forecast
(7:50 AM ET) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Samsung Electronics(UK:SMSN)Chief Executive Officer Yun Jong-yong told a shareholders' meeting Friday he expects the South Korean tech giant to post sales growth of 10% this year, below the 15% the company had projected in January, reports said. "Business conditions this year look rather gloomy because of rising oil prices and the continued fluctuation of exchange rates spurred by the U.S. subprime woes," Yun was quoted as saying by the Korea Times. The Bloomberg news agency said an earlier survey of analysts had expected Samsung to achieve a 14% rise in sales.
Shiner International expects profit, sales to grow
(6:23 AM ET) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Chinese anti-counterfeiting packaging products firm Shiner International BEST, -1.89% said it expects fiscal 2008 earnings per share to be in the range of 31 cents to 35 cents a share, with revenue rising 50% to 64% to a range between $64 million and $70 million. Fiscal 2007 earnings rose 27.5% to $4.5 million, or 24 cents a share, on 26% revenue growth to $42.8 million.
CORRECT: Mercantile Bank warns of loss on provisions
(6:15 AM ET) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Grand Rapids, Mich.-based bank Mercantile Bank MBWM, +1.80% said it's going to record a loan loss provision in the range of $8.7 million to $9.2 million during the first quarter on deteriorating economic conditions and real estate valuations. That will hurt operating results by between 67 cents and 70 cents a share, which will result in the bank reporting a loss during the quarter. Three analysts polled by FactSet expected a profit of 2 cents a share. (Corrects analyst estimate.)
Russia's Wimm Bill Dann reports 18% profit rise
(6:10 AM ET) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Russian dairy group Wimm Bill Dann WBD said fourth-quarter net income rose 18% to $34.4 million, with sales up 33.5% to $680 million. Analysts polled by FactSet expected an annual profit of $140 million, in line with what the firm reported.
Noble loss widens, slashes 2008 earnings outlook
(5:22 AM ET) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Noble International NOBL, +0.10% said its loss during the fourth-quarter widened to $5 million, or 21 cents a share, from $2.2 million, or 16 cents a share, hurt by integration costs with ArcelorMittal's tailed blank operations, an equity loss on its investment in SET Enterprises and a charge on the resolution of a commercial issue with a North American OEM. Sales more than doubled to $317.4 million from $138.2 million. Due to a forecasted North American light vehicle production, higher than anticipated integration and carve-out costs related to the Arcelor Business acquisition, increased pricing pressure in Europe and the loss of a key program at one of the Arcelor Business facilities, it now sees 2008 earnings between 45 cents and 55 cents a share on sales between $1.15 billion and $1.2 billion. Noble previously forecast 2008 earnings between $1.45 and $1.55 a share.


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Selecting the best cat litter mat is a wise decision since they facilitate cleanliness for a long period. This means the sweeping or vacuuming processes are decreased immediately, and dramatically! The litter mat also becomes one of the décors of your home, available in different colors, shapes, and textures that fit the cat litter box and also your home style. You must select the best litter mat for your cat. There are several options available so you can check the best cat litter mat 2017 based on the pros and cons of each choice.
Are you a newbie in owning a cat? Then check the latest article published in petguide.com to learn how to develop and maintain your cat.
Here are the three essential functions the litter box do to retain the cat litter area clean.
The first function is capturing the surplus litter from your pet paws once the cat walked on it. It is a brilliant method for cats with furry paws. The second function is collecting the litter when the cat leaping out the box. The footmarks of litter are not only made by the cat paws, but it also becomes spilled onto the surface from the cat jumping. It acts as a protection for any potential accident from your pet in the cat litter box. Many cats don't perform their work out of the litter box, but the cat litter mat safeguards the floor if your cat slips the right spot when acting its business.
Hope, you have understood the significance of a good quality cat litter mat. It is your responsibility to select the right litter mat for your pet.
You can pick any type of litter mat when you select a sand type litter box. It works fine since they provide coarse or opening texture to collect the litter. Choose small openings on the mat since it prevents the litter fall through the openings in the base layer.
The texture of the litter mat should be soft so that you and your cat find it easy to walk the mat. If the cats feel hard to walk on the mats, then they don't use the litter mat.
You want to check whether the functional design of the litter box is effective. The litter mat should include a few rough edges to catch the spilled litter in a better way. Had the litter filled in the mat? Then the mat should be lightweight to dump it outside.
Litter mat size is also an essential once to focus particularly when you have a big cat or a large litter box and ensure whether you have adequate room for the mat. You must select a litter box that can grasp the liquids for a long time till you take it out.
The mat should be lightweight to take it to the sink, outside or to the bathroom, to wash it off.
In addition to the above things, you must choose a mat based on the design of the box. When you have a closed litter box, then there are more chances that your pet will walk on the mat.


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Rupture | Distant Planet | Dream FMUK [London] | Format FM Rinse FM [East London] in the 1990s
Dream FMUK weekly radio sets are on mixcloud.com/morganosl
Music became a huge part of my life with the emergence of Electro and Hip Hop in the early 80's while living in Harlesden, London. In '86 our family moved to Manchester the home of the Haçienda. I was a regular there from '88 to '92 and experienced some amazing nights. During this time I was buying vinyl from Eastern Bloc, Spin Inn and Underground and made friends with DJs such as Marcus Intalex, Mark XTC and ST Files.
I moved to East London in '92 and managed to secure a regular slot on Format FM after Swift & Zinc and played up to the stations demise. Rinse FM followed in the mid nineties and I was a regular for a year or two. During this time I also played a few club nights here and there.
My tunes were bought from from various record shops around East London at the time such as Bassline Records in Seven Kings, Wired For Sound in Hackney, Blackmarket Soho and sometimes Boogie Times in Romford.
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OCP exhibits at new "Business Imaging Expo 2013" in Las Vegas
As we all see a steady regression of trade shows around the globe it was quite surprising to hear about the Recharger Magazines plans to come up with a successor show of the World Expo. During Paperworld / RemanExpo 2013 we have been informed by the Recharger Magazine that they would make it all new, changing the topic from an imaging supplies show to a show dedicated to all facets of the office technology industry.
You will agree that our industry changed during the last years, for sure by multiple reasons. One reason is that the office environment changed. "Business Imaging Expo" is said to bring together the world of business process optimization, enterprise content management, documents printing and managed IT on an Expo show floor and during educational sessions with speakers addressing topics related to these segments.
We believe that the "Business Imaging Expo" can become an interesting platform for our industry with its new concept and want to take part.
We decided that OCP USA will exhibit at "Business Imaging Expo 2013" in the Mandalay Bay Convention Center from December 11th-12th.
If you or the one or other of your customers have planned to go to Las Vegas to see this new exhibition then we would be more than happy to welcome you or your customers at our booth # 419.
Details to the show online: http://businessimagingexpo.com
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The 2010 Hollywood FAIL New Year's Resolutions Extravaganza!
So much to look forward to, and yet so little time to spew out our own New Year's Resolutions. Which reminds me – how much time does one actually get to declare their New Year's Resolution? Like, if we're a week out is that too late? Should we even care? Well, regardless of how early or late we are to the whole resolutions game, you're going to get a mouth full of my shtick regardless, so here goes …
Hollywood Fail New Year's Resolution #1: We promise not to attempt to apply Avatar makeup to our face and then film the whole thing for people to make fun of on YouTube … like this chick. Words cannot explain …
Hollywood Fail New Year's Resolution #2: We promise not to make fun of anyone who actually goes to see the film Our Family Wedding because they thought this trailer looked really promising.
Hollywood Fail New Year's Resolution #6: We promise to be nicer to Megan Fox … as long as she stops sucking in every film she stars in.
Hollywood Fail New Year's Resolution #7: We promise to create a new drinking game! Rules are simple: You take a shot for every well-known celebrity whose talents are absolutely wasted in the upcoming film Valentine's Day. Yay! Games are fun!
Hollywood Fail New Year's Resolution #8: We promise not to sugar coat anything and always tell it like it is. Sure, we understand that things change and people change, but that still doesn't explain why Jon Heder continues to land acting roles.
Happy New Year everyone! Here's to a FAILtastic 2010!
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Eglantine Léveillé. Patio. December 25th , 2017.
Since the winter will mostly be spent indoors, it is necessary to take care of the outdoor items that are likely to be affected by the cold. This will definitely include the patio furniture that is outside. One had better take care of its business before the winter snow sets in, since it may be made of material that is not necessarily compatible with snow. What then are the preparations that need to be done so as to take care of the patio set?
Sometimes, you might need multiple pieces to accomplish your needs. As an example, I have a screened porch attached to my home where the hot tub, grille and dining takes place. I also have a gazebo and dock down at the lake where I also entertain and need seating and table options there as well. My biggest challenge was how to balance the two areas. While the two areas are far enough apart that the patio furniture would not have to match, I did want some continuity so that there was not a stark difference between the two areas but yet, I didn't want them to be identical.
There is no better way to spend a lazy afternoon than sitting in your patio relaxing on your favourite chair with a great book and cool glass of lemonade. Feel the breeze that touches your face and the warm sun that touches your face. These are the best times to celebrate the joys of life and the beauty of everything that surrounds you. Hence, it is very important that you make sure that your peaceful time of relaxation is enjoyed to the fullest. This is done by making sure that all the things you will need to enjoy the leisurely afternoon are set and ready. This goes most especially for the chair you are sitting on.
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Our Shows
About Us
We are scenic designers who rethink the role of design in the shows placing it as a fundamental element in their concept and direction and not as the last gear, useful only to beautify the final product.
We create, together with the performers, events of the Design, since the shows exist from him and by him. It is the trigger for the interpreter, through external stimuli, to propose and carry out
His own choreography and appropriation of space.
Our history
CHOREOGRAPHER DESIGN arises from our expressive concerns that, since 2010, have become more latent that year where, thanks to the support of
Young Creators
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Specialized Cartography
project, where through the intervention of an architectural space with lighting elements a choreography is created.
Our first show,
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Dance Hall
of the
(National Autonomus University of Mexico), in two different seasons and,
The Garden
show was selected in the call,
Support for Public Development for the Performing Arts 2013-2014
within the
Program México on Stage
of the
National Center of the Arts (Cenart)
and received the invitation to participate in the
Award for the Contemporary Scenic Creation 2106
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Yucatán on Stage Festival
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NAUM's Dance Hall
has performed at the
Dance Theatre
during the
season and at
Un Teatro
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Dance Thursday
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Of course they haven't been asked, but maybe even the Russians could come up with a better method of selecting the starting lineups for baseball's All-Star Game than the system currently in use. The way it works now, fans are given punch-card ballots on which the names of potential All-Stars were printed before the season even opened. While there is a place on the ballot to write in the names of players not listed, they seldom get enough votes to qualify.
What this often means is that a fellow like shortstop Tim Foli, who has been having an outstanding year with the California Angels but whose name does not appear on the ballot, has almost no chance for a starting berth. It also means that Bucky Dent, a part-time player this year who is hitting under .200 for the New York Yankees, is probably going to be the American League's starting shortstop.
Anyway, despite this and many other similarly glaring inequities, the 1982 All-Star Game will be played in Montreal on July 13. And as usual in recent years the American League will be trying to reverse a trend which has seen the National League win the last 10 games in a row to hold a 33-18-1 advantage overall. Up periscope
Whether it's war or baseball, the submarine can often be a devastating weapon. The Kansas City Royals have a fleet of one in relief pitcher Dan Quisenberry, whose submarine delivery has put him on a par with such other bullpen aces as New York's Goose Gossage and Milwaukee's Rollie Fingers. In his first 30 appearances this year, Quisenberry had a major league high of 20 saves, plus a 2.16 earned-run average. He has also given up only 55 hits in his first 66 2/3 innings of pitching.
Said Royals' Manager Dick Howser: ''Dan is the kind of pitcher you use only in the late innings, either to protect a lead or keep things even until you can get one. The way his ball comes up out of the ground against the hitters makes him as tough on lefties as he is on right-handers.'' Rookie to the rescue
Even though little has gone right this year for Manager Don Zimmer and the Texas Rangers, they seem to have found themselves a super power hitter in rookie first baseman Dave Hostetler. Since being promoted from their Denver farm club on May 28, Hostetler has hit 11 home runs and recently had a four-for-four night against Oakland's vaunted pitching staff. Previously Dave had hit 12 home runs with Denver. Zimmer, who acted somewhat surprised recently when Texas fired General Manager Eddie Robinson and kept him, has been saying all season that what the Rangers need most is hitting. 'Boom Boom' Ben Oglivie
In Milwaukee, they're naming babies after outfielder Ben Oglivie, who just came off a week during which he hit seven home runs in seven days. Oglivie started his streak with three against his former team, the Detroit Tigers, and is currently hitting the way he did in 1980, when he ended the season with 41 home runs. Incidentally, for the 11th time this year Milwaukee has gotten back-to-back home runs. The major league record is 16, held by the 1977 Boston Red Sox. Phillies catch fire
Few clubs have played more aggressively in recent days than Philadelphia, which won eight games in a row to join St. Louis and Montreal in a three-way battle for the National League East lead. Included in the streak were back-to-back doubleheader wins over the New York Mets plus a 1-0 victory by Steve Carlton over St. Louis on national television Monday night which pushed the Phillies at least temporarily past the Cardinals into first place. Offensively, one of the big factors has been the surprising power hitting of catcher Bo Diaz, whose 49 RBIs already are 11 above his previous major league high, and whose 13 home runs are more than he hit in his four previous big league seasons combined. Hit masters
First baseman Rod Carew, during his 25-game hitting streak with the California Angels (the longest of his distinguished career) bunted several times in his effort to keep the string alive. When Joe DiMaggio hit in 56 consecutive games in 1941, the Yankee Clipper once told me, he never bunted once. During his streak, Carew hit .398 and struck out only six times in 103 at-bats.
Having passed Hank Aaron (3,711) on baseball's all-time hit parade, Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies can now direct his full attention to catching Ty Cobb, who is No. 1 on the list with a total of 4,191. Barring injuries, Rose should have no trouble catching Cobb. But there is one department in which Pete will not even come close to Ty and that's stolen bases. The record reads 890 for Cobb to 171 for Rose, coming into the current season. Hat trick; Lynn watch
Three times as a big-league manager with other clubs Billy Martin ended losing streaks by having one of his players pick the next day's lineup out of a hat, but his string finally ran out at Oakland this season. When Martin tried his old ploy recently, with centerfielder Dwayne Murphy doing the picking, Oakland got shut out by Kansas City. . . shortstop Larry Bowa of the Chicago Cubs, who started the season as though his bat were made of wet spaghetti, recently had his fourth consecutive three-hit game . . . the New York Yankees have sent pitcher Dave Righetti, the American League's 1981 Rookie of the Year, to their Columbus farm club to try to smooth out a kink in his delivery.
Catcher Carlton Fisk of the Chicago White Sox has a theory on why ex-teammate Fred Lynn has not been the power hitter for the California Angels that he was for the Boston Red Sox. ''Basically Lynn is a line-drive hitter whose power is to left and left center field,'' Fisk said. ''At Fenway Park, with its short left field wall, Fred's 360-foot drives to left were either over that wall or against it. But in Anaheim, where the left field wall is 380 feet away, those hits are just routine flies to the outfield.'' Slow as molasses
George Foster of the New York Mets on his unusually long set-up time before batting: ''I don't like to rush things, I want to be relaxed at the plate. Besides, the guys in the concession stands appreciate it.''


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Charles, a brilliant thread. I have to caution myself to not make another account simply so I could star and flag it further.
1) "The great dragon, the primeval serpent, known as the devil or Satan who had deceived all the world" (Revelations 12:9) symbolizes the 'movement' of self-reflection, which gives rise to the fundamental duality and both the "tree of the knowledge of good and evil" (Genesis 3:2-6) and the "beast of the sea" (Revelations 13:1) which symbolize the consciousness of the "self". This results in the creation of "selves" which define the "self" as the "good" and the "not self" as the "evil".
How can this conflict be resolved; if, in fact, there is any desire to resolve this conflict at all?
Well, obviously, not by the adherence to the dualistic theologies and political ideologies which have created this conflict in the first place—or a "peace process" which has already failed to resolve this conflict for many, many years; but, rather, by the rigid adherence of all Jews, Christians and Muslims to the Moral Law; and a return to the fundamental Revelations received by Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Jesus and Mohammed; and the Knowledge Revealed through the Revelation of the "resurrection"; and the "Tree of Life", the Vision of the "Son of man", the "Vision of Knowledge", the "Night Journey" of Mohammed.
War will continue until things are set straight which will never happen.
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That's what has bothered me, I suppose. There are many that would like to see the nation of Israel, moved (gone).
Honestly? In order for real peace to emerge, things are going to have to get much worse before they can ever get better.
originally posted by: charles1952
Just a couple of questions.
We have bunches (I hesitate to say "mobs") of Palestinian supporters here. Surely some of them must have a dream of peace that allows Israel to continue to exist. Why aren't they here? I can think of a number of reasons, but the most frightening is that Palestinian supporters don't want peace.
But wouldn't these warriors for Allah have the courage to say that?
What would happen if Arab countries granted some Palestinians citizenship (as the Israelis have done) and give then new homes nearby. There are 57 Islamic states, plenty to choose from.
If Mexicans, Central and South Americans can cross a border to get into a better country, hasn't that idea occurred to the Palestinians?
Is evacuation of Palestine the answer? Of course, Hamas will say no, but isn't there some point at which they will show care and concern for their own people?
I can't decide. Are you a pessimist, realist, or both?
After King Herod died, the Romans instituted procurators to rule the Judeans. In the beginning, the Roman procurators respected the laws and customs of the Jewish people, allowing them to rest on the Sabbath, granting them exemption from pagan rituals, and even printing coins free of images despite the fact that elsewhere the coins bore images.
When confronted with a procurator who disrespected their laws, and customs, the Jews petitioned the governor of Syria to get the official removed. However, this changed with the institution of Gessius Florus as a procurator. Florus helped set the revolt in motion after stealing from the temple treasury, and murdering Jews who opposed the destruction.
Faced with Florus as a procurator, the Jews attempted to garner support from the governor of Syria at the time Cestius Gallius. This plea for help however failed to garner any support. The consequent riot which erupted was the first in a series of revolts, and led to the formation of several revolutionary factions. The revolt was further intensified when Florus attempted to stop the riots, which actually incited more revolutionary zeal.
Pope Francis visited a memorial to Jewish victims of terrorism on Monday after Israel demanded the gesture as a counter-weight to his decision to pray at the foot of the giant wall that symbolises the divisions between Palestinians and Israelis.
Israeli officials were angered by the Pope's impromptu initiative at the separation barrier on which 'Free Palestine' was scrawled in graffiti on Sunday, which they felt handed a propaganda victory to the Palestinians, who regard the wall as the ultimate symbol of their subjugation and a potent example of illegal land-grabbing.
There were reports that the Palestinian Authority was planning to have the image of the Pope praying at the barrier made into a postage stamp.
Deciding, in the words of one Israeli official, not to 'get mad but to get even,' they strongly suggested to the Vatican that the Pope should pray at the memorial on Jerusalem's Mount Herzl.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, made it plain that the visit to the memorial had been at his instigation.
Pope Francis delivered a powerful boost of support to the Palestinians during a Holy Land pilgrimage Sunday, repeatedly backing their statehood aspirations, praying solemnly at Israel's controversial separation barrier and calling the stalemate in peace efforts 'unacceptable.'
Palestinian officials hailed Francis' decision to refer to the 'state of Palestine.' In its official program, the Vatican referred to President Mahmoud Abbas as the president of the 'state of Palestine,' and his Bethlehem office as the 'presidential palace.' He pointedly called Abbas a 'man of peace.'
Pope Francis and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traded words on Monday over the language spoken by Jesus two millennia ago.
'Jesus was here, in this land. He spoke Hebrew,' Netanyahu told Francis, at a public meeting in Jerusalem in which the Israeli leader cited a strong connection between Judaism and Christianity.
'Aramaic,' the pope interjected.
'He spoke Aramaic, but he knew Hebrew,' Netanyahu shot back.
Since the construction of the barrier, Palestinian infiltrations, suicide bombings and other attacks on civilians in Israel and in Israeli settlements have substantially declined. Members of al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, Hamas, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad have been less able to conduct attacks in Israel, the numbers of which have decreased in areas where the barrier has been completed.
Israeli officials predict that completion of the barrier will continue to prevent terrorist attacks since "[a]n absolute halt in terrorist activities has been noticed in the West Bank areas where the fence has been constructed."
Israeli officers (including the head of the Shin Bet) quoted in the newspaper Maariv have said that in the areas where the barrier was complete, the number of hostile infiltrations has decreased to almost zero. Maariv also stated that Palestinian militants, including a senior member of Islamic Jihad, had confirmed that the barrier made it much harder to conduct attacks inside Israel.
Since the completion of the fence in the area of Tulkarm and Qalqilyah in June 2003, there have been no successful attacks from those areas. All attacks were intercepted or the suicide bombers detonated prematurely. In a March 23, 2008 interview, Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ramadan Shalah complained to the Qatari newspaper Al-Sharq that the separation barrier "limits the ability of the resistance to arrive deep within [Israeli territory] to carry out suicide bombing attacks, but the resistance has not surrendered or become helpless, and is looking for other ways to cope with the requirements of every stage" of the intifada.
In 2005, Hillary Rodham Clinton, at the time a U.S. Senator from New York, said she supports the separation fence Israel is building along the edges of the West Bank, and that the onus is on the Palestinian Authority to fight terrorism. "This is not against the Palestinian people," she said during a tour of a section of the barrier being built around Jerusalem. "This is against the terrorists. The Palestinian people have to help to prevent terrorism. They have to change the attitudes about terrorism."
In 2007, Senator Charles Schumer said: "As long as the Palestinians send terrorists onto school buses and to nightclubs to blow up people, Israel has no choice but to build the Security Wall."
If Israel does that, will rocket launches and terrorist attacks stop? Will Palestine recognize Israel as a Jewish State? Will a peace treaty be signed? Or will it just be, take down your security wall, then will sit at a table with you for a while.
The wall that represents the division between Palestinians and Israeli's must be removed.
Sorry, I don't understand this. Jews are killing people who worship Christ? New to me. Just praising Christ means nothing, the list of people I praise is moderately lengthy. whether or not it applies in this case, nations are entitled to defend themselves and their people.
Christ taught new teachings that we should love our enemies. How much more anti-christian is it to forsake his teachings and kill those who praise him?


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The Worldwide Innovative Networking in personalized cancer medicine, (the WIN consortium), recently announced that the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson will be one of its six new members – the only member of this prestigious group in the Philadelphia region.
The goal of WIN is to speed the delivery of innovative personalized medicine to the patient by forging collaborations between partners in academia, industry, and patient advocacy.
"Our participation in the WIN consortium means Jefferson cancer patients will have access to worldwide clinical trials on promising and individualized therapies," says Massimo Cristofanilli, MD, Director of the Jefferson Breast Care Center. "It creates a global oncology, a technologically advanced approach to managing our patients."
The consortium was formed in 2010 and today is made up of 24 member cancer centers in 16 countries. It includes four major technology partners, three pharmaceutical companies and five non-profit or patient advocacy groups. The goal of the network is to facilitate collaboration between medical centers and industry with the aim of speeding the delivery of personalized medicine to cancer patients.
The WIN collaborators "bring immense capabilities and expertise that will be invaluable in building our shared capacity to impact the lives of cancer patients around the world through advancing personalized cancer medicine," says John Mendelsohn, M.D., Chairman of the WIN Consortium.
WIN's first and ongoing clinical trial, WINTHER, is open to all patients with solid tumors. WINTHER looks at DNA aberrations/mutations in the tumor but also investigates the transcriptome by looking at the differential RNA expression levels between tumor and normal tissue of the same patient. To date, many targeted therapies are delivered only to those patients showing a mutation in a specific gene. However, some patients may have a normal-looking gene that is being produced at abnormal levels, which is when looking at RNA can be helpful. Using this approach, researchers will be able to match a greater proportion of patients with experimental therapies.
As a WIN member, Jefferson will have the opportunity to suggest novel trials for the consortium's consideration.
The collaboration will also allow Jefferson to offer some of its most exciting approaches – such as circulating tumor cell (CTCs) diagnostics, also called liquid biopsy, for tracking the progress of metastatic disease – to the international community.
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Last time I had a sperm count, many years ago, I produced the sample on-site when required. I was even asked whether I needed a magazine!! That was in Kent.
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Make sure it's not a litre bottleoakdale160 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2017 6:37 pmSperm count is a little tricky--the sample must be fresh and kept at body temp until examined. You cant just walk intoa lab with a container full of semen and expect them to process it. The tech has to be on site--i doubt if walk-in labs can do it,you need a hospital lab-BUT your Dr should be able to direct you.
Re: Vasectomy anyone?
I don't have a doctor.oakdale160 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2017 6:37 pm-BUT your Dr should be able to direct you.
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Doity, A Short Story
"I'm Doity."
He stood right in front of me at Zaxby's while I sat in one of three seats facing the counter and waited on my order. His bright brown eyes matched his skin tone and the fact that I was almost six decades older and white did not seem to concern him at all.
Me either.
Uninvited, he sat down right beside me and repeated, "I'm Doity."
Over at the counter, his mother had a tiny baby in her arms and his younger sister in tow. She looked around for Doity, saw him sitting beside me and turned back to her business. I guess I looked trustworthy.
"What's happening, Bud?" I'm very clever when talking to children, it's a gift.
"I'm Doity."
"Your name's Doity?" I asked.
He shook his head, said something I didn't catch that was probably his name. I let it go and just said "Cool".
"I been playing Tball," he said. "I'm Doity."
I used to be a trained investigator before I retired and became an old fart. I deduced that this kid's name was not Doity and that he was DIRTY from playing Tball. He was somewhat dirty, his shirt and his pants were dusty with that red South Carolina clay but his face was clean and earnest.
A big black guy walked by and I saw him notice us. He was about twenty with biceps about the size of Tom Brady's footballs-before they were deflated. I nodded, he nodded.
"I know about Tball," I said. "My granddaughter used to play. You any good?"
"Oh, I'm good," Doity beamed. "I'm real good!"
"Did your team win?" I asked.
"Yeah, we won." He seemed almost insulted that I'd ask that.
"Of course you won," I said. "Cause your real good."
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a tiny smile flick across the young guys face before he turned to step up in line to order his chicken.
Doity and I talked a bit more then his Mother got their order and he jumped up to leave.
"See ya, Bud." I said when he walked by. He smiled, I gave him a thumbs up, and his mother ignored me.
On the way home I thought about Doity.
I also thought about Ferguson, I thought about Baltimore, and I thought about Charleston. It's complicated but it doesn't have to be. Not always.
"Can't we all just get along?"
Me and Doity can.
This is a sweet little story. Very touching, and the simple truth!
Hi Helen!
As my buddy Old Poolman notes, your husband is an impressive man, and it's our pleasure to have him here on HubPages. I never miss anything he writes. He's as good as anyone here!
A short story with a message from a great writer, what could be a better start to a new day?
My husband is awesome. Wish he would publish some of his insights in a book for his grandchildren--beause they would enjoy them when they are older. Really, his "Hubs" are just "insights" into his view of life experiences. But, like all of us, he has another side. Sometimes I ask him what he is thinking about. When he responds, "You really don't want to know" I assume they are not insights I would appreciate--and probably not printable either! He's so fun to live with.
Excellent and shared on both Facebook Pages!
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His shore assignments include Naval Postgraduate School where he graduated with a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering. Additionally, he was assigned to Naval Personnel Command as Placement Officer for War Colleges, Shore Stations, and Surface Material. CDR Fegley also holds a Master of Science in Operational Management from University of Arkansas.
In Febuary 2009, he reported to USS CURTIS WILBUR (DDG 54) as Executive Officer.
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MPAC is what I call an NGO (Non Government Organization). That means it has the right to create law without legislation.
Simply put they are a Government within a Government without voter input. They can add at will to our already existing 500,000 laws without so much as a whisper to our elected officials on a Provincial level.
MPAC's board of Directors does have representation from municipal councils and commercial property owners, but not one from the residential sector. They are appointed I submit by their affiliations.
The Ontario ombudsman office, at the time, 2006, directed by Mr. Andre Marin, conducted an investigation that lasted some five months. "Never in the 30-year history of this office have so many complaints been received in so short a period of about a single public agency" state Mr. Marin. 3,700 complaints in four months.
Mr. André Marin, found that MPAC (Municipal Property Assessment Corporation) had failed to ensure property owners were provided with sufficient and timely assessment information to help them understand and challenge their property assessments fairly. He also found that MPAC had undermined the integrity of the Assessment Review Board (ARB) process. The ARB is an administrative tribunal under the authority of the Ontario Attorney General, established to hear appeals on property assessments levied by MPAC.
In his report, Getting it Right, the Ombudsman presented 22 recommendations that would:
- increase taxpayer access to MPAC's information;
- improve the accuracy and consistency of property assessments; and
- improve the fairness and integrity of the appeal process.
The Ombudsman stated sharply that, "there is one fundamental flaw in our assessment system:
if a property owner challenges his assessment in a formal appeal, the onus of proof is on him. Challenging the state's assessor is a David vs. Goliath mismatch – this is not a match-up, this is a slaughter…Putting the onus on the property owner is anachronistic, unfair and just doesn't make sense."
The Ombudsman emphasized that MPAC has to accept that, "appraisers are in the guesstimate business". He therefore recommended that the Ontario government require MPAC to justify its assessments when a property owner makes an appeal to the Assessment Review Board.
Second, the Ombudsman asked the provincial government to review whether the public interest in MPAC's secrecy about its computer program and database outweighs the public interest in full transparency and disclosure. Several submissions had shown that MPAC has resisted sharing information about the computer program and data that it uses in determining its appraisals.
At the end of the day that report got filed and Marin was replaced. Go figure!
The most daunting problem facing owners who challenge their assessments is to discover how these values are deter-mined. What comparable and recent sales were used? What are the assessments on similar properties? We all know that "comparable properties" is almost a fiction in Georgian Bay, where there are relatively few sales and where every cottage, point and island is different.
MPAC does not provide any information on the content and structure of the model, nor on how its staff use it. Property owners therefore do not know whether the assessment values are adjusted by the intuition and experience of appraisers. This makes it especially difficult to challenge one's assessment. The Ombudsman's report does give detailed attention to this issue; if MPAC responds accordingly, owners should have much more rigorous information on how their assessments are determined.
Theoretically, if every property assessment increased by, say 20 percent, and if the municipality did not increase its budget, there would be no increase in anyone's tax contribution to the municipal budget.
But education tax is a different matter. The province requires a municipality to collect this tax revenue, which is then distributed across the province according to an education-funding formula. The provincial government sets a standard education tax rate that applies to all municipalities across the province. This rate is reduced following each assessment period to offset the provincewide average increase in assessment. But since assessment increases for most it exceeds the provincial average increase by a wide margin, the education tax portion of your property tax will itself be increased—regardless of the local council's budget plans.
So if for no other reason, it is important to reduce your assessment to reduce the education portion of the property tax. (There are other avenues for your charitable giving to education!) The education tax rate for 2005 was .00296, or $2.96 for each $1,000 of your assessment. For example, on a $300,000 property, the education tax component was almost $900. So for each $10,000 reduction that you might achieve in your property assessment, there would be a reduction of $30 in the education tax, as well as another $60 to $75, depending on the municipality.
Hang on Martha we're headin for the rhubarb!
Just for grins have a look at the report.


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ON this fiftieth anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the world could hardly be more different. Back then, a world war was in progress, and suspicion was rampant even among those who were, or would soon be, allies.Now we're seeing in some ways a growing unity of purpose. When we think of the recent abortive Russian coup, for instance, it becomes clear that the world's united rejection of the attempt made an enormous difference. The willingness to work together will do much to forward mankind's progress as we head into the twenty-first century. Yet individual and collective advances come not just through a human desire to achieve good--although that is certainly admirable. We need also to work from the deeper, spiritual basis on which Christ Jesus operated. The foundation of his teachings is that God, divine Mind, is Love. This concept of God as Love itself and of man as Love's offspring brings us together more effectively than anything else. Jesus' prayers cut through divisions. He understood that divine Love is ever present to mend the human body as well as to provide unity of purpose. And he proved this as he worked with the disciples. He took this motley crew, with widely divergent backgrounds, and ultimately molded the eleven faithful ones into a group of people who would bravely set out to convert the world to a higher understanding of God's love than had ever been known before. Jesus taught--and proved--that man is truly spiritual. He is not a material mortal, warring with other mortals for finite resources or territory. As the beloved son of God, man has full access to divine Love and all its goodness. Each of us can know and experience this Love. And, in fact, we can tell if we are really living in harmony with God, with good, if we are willing and able to love our fellow beings. The Bible tells us in First John: "Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and eve ry one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. Recognizing also that God is the one divine Mind, and that the intelligence of divine Mind is ours to express, we can expect to find wise solutions to problems in our work, our families, our lives. And we'll be guided intelligently in our prayers for the nations, finding evidence that even world events will yield to prayer. For example, not long ago there were major troubles in an African nation, and some friends of mine and I felt great concern about the welfare of people we knew in one particular city. Individually we looked to the one Mind, praying to know that God was present and that He was and is divine Love. In a matter of hours, the news reports on this situation took a more hopeful turn. Clearly, many people--including the citizens living in that city--were praying diligently for a peaceful outcome, and the progress we learned of illustrated to a degree that such prayers make a difference. This occurs because our willingness to turn to a higher power and seek God's guidance helps bring to light evidence of the love Christ Jesus knew so well. When we truly turn to Love, God, we must of necessity begin to give up stubbornness or anger. We are trying instead to see our world--or some aspect of our personal lives--from a spiritual perspective. The unifying effect of this resort to spirituality and love enables us to love our enemies even as we are searching for answers that will meet our own and others' needs. This approach does help us individually. The same week that I and my friends prayed for the Africans, I had had a very pressured day and was suffering from a severe headache. At the end of the day, I still had several hours' worth of errands to do. I longed to be able to go home where I could be quiet. Then I remembered that God is ever present and that I could turn to Him in prayer. I did this, affirming that the true nature of my being is spiritual and that pain has no power over Love's man. I also reached out in prayer to my fellow beings, claiming this goodness for all. As I did this, I found that the headache completely disappeared. And in addition to completing my after-work errands, I was able to do chores at home for several hours before going to bed for a normal night's rest. Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, writes in her Miscellaneous Writings: "More love is the great need of mankind. A pure affection, concentric, forgetting self, forgiving wrongs and forestalling them, should swell the lyre of human love. Each of us has the power to love more because it is the nature of our being--our actual spiritual identity--to love fully and freely. As we do this, we will find greater healing of past divisions and more hope for the future. Our desire for a united, peaceful world will not rest on chance. Nor will it be dependent on allies who may or may not be faithful. Instead, we will be trusting in the one God as Christ Jesus did--and we will be seeing the unifying results of that prayer in our lives and in our worl d.
BIBLE VERSE Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law... Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. Romans 13:8, 10


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Customer Reward Points Update
Cycles UK regrets to advise that as of the 3rd March 2015 customers will not be able to collect Customer Reward Points through the new website or from store purchases. Our new and exciting website will continue to offer top brands at competitive prices along with some great web only offers along the way.
We would like to thank you for your loyalty over the years and we will continue to provide you with the highest level of service along with the best possible product range. Look out for our upcoming offers.
What happens next?
As of the 10th September 2015 all accounts where points were accumulated that have not been claimed will be withdrawn and the accounts closed.


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Conversion Rate Optimization Strategies Helping Global Businesses
CRO or Conversion rate optimization is basically a system through which the percentage of visitors on a specific website is increased. Moreover, it can convert those visitors into their customers.
Strategies for conversion rate optimization
Each and every business community is looking towards new and innovative methods that can optimize their website so that it can achieve higher conversion rates. Behind any marketing effort the basic purpose is actually high conversion rate optimization. Here are the list of some strategies that must be adopted in order to achieve the required target.
Read this useful post by Pratik Dholakiya at http://unbounce.com about the basic ingredient of a CRO strategy:
What Every Conversion Rate Optimization Strategy is Missing
By Pratik Dholakiya on July 28th, 2013
If you're here, you know that without conversion rate optimization, all the traffic in the world won't guarantee a profit. You probably also recognize the need to test your assumptions with experiments and split tests, that you need to overcome objections, and, well, convince them to convert. But if you're like almost every marketer in this field, you're missing one big, important piece of the puzzle: a unified framework.
Create custom deals
Each customer wants to have a deal which is right according to his/her needs and desires. As we all know that there are many brands which introduce many offers similarly some personalized offers must be introduced for increasing conversion rates.
Also read these CRO strategy pillars by Tyler Koenig at klientboost.com:
3 Conversion Rate Optimization Strategy Pillars You Aren't Using
by Tyler Koenig
Conversion rate optimization is a terribly sexy idea.
You jump into Optimizely, highlight your main features, make sure everything is above the fold, and test to see which tweak will give that little percentage a lift.
Because of your masterful split testing, your company becomes rich, your boss kisses your feet, and you ride off into the mother lovin' sunset.
Slow down, cowboy.
Generating subscribers
You can easily create subscribers by pop up forms. This is said to be as the most successful strategy. Any website either blogs or E commerce it is very important to have subscribers. The reason behind this thing is that subscribers maximizes your conversion rates.
Check out this video by IgniteVisibility for strategies by John Lincoln:
Identifying needs of customers
It is very important to identify the needs and wants of customers. Often customers have very less time to get their required thing. Therefore logicinbound.com identifies the need of a customer and providing the best result.


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China shocked, singer dies under the scalpel
Chinese authorities have launched a probe into the death of an aspiring pop singer during plastic surgery, an incident that has sparked concerns about the dangers of going under the knife.world Updated: Nov 28, 2010 12:52 IST
Chinese authorities have launched a probe into the death of an aspiring pop singer during plastic surgery, an incident that has sparked concerns about the dangers of going under the knife.
Wang Bei, 24, a former contestant on "Super Girl" - China's smash-hit answer to "American Idol" - died on November 15 during "facial bone-grinding surgery" in Wuhan, capital of the central province of Hubei.
"The Ministry of Health has tasked the Hubei health department to investigate and verify the situation... and to announce results of the probe to the public without delay," the ministry said in a statement on late Saturday.
Wang, whose beauty had made her a popular contestant on "Super Girl", died in an "anaesthetic accident" as she was having surgery, the official Xinhua news agency reported earlier, citing the local health bureau.
Her jaw suddenly started bleeding during the procedure, blocking her windpipe and causing her to suffocate, reports said.
Wang's mother was having the same procedure at the clinic when her daughter died.
Her death has fuelled concerns about the dangers of plastic surgery in a country where three million people go under the knife each year, according to figures published by state media.
Surging demand for cosmetic surgery has led to untrained doctors carrying out operations, "which is risky and irresponsible," Zhang Huabin, a professor of plastic surgery at southern China's Guangdong Medical College, was quoted by Xinhua as saying.
The health ministry has ordered increased supervision in the industry, according to the statement.
First Published: Nov 28, 2010 12:26 IST


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Sumatra Surf Camps
Sumatra Surf Resort - 7 nights from: $1,016pp
Sumatra Surf Resort - 10 nights from: $1,289pp
Sumatra Surf Resort - 14 nights from: $1,547pp
Packages include: return flights from Jakarta to Bandar Lampung, airport transfers, 10 nights accommodation and all meals.
Damai Bungalows - 10 nights from: $1,705pp
Ombuk Indah - 10 nights from: $2,115pp*
*Premium package: includes surf guide and surf transfers
Packages include: return flights from Jakarta to Bandar Lampung, airport transfers, 10 nights accommodation and all meals.
Want to experience the rewards of finding and surfing some rarely surfed locations in the remote area of Krui?
Check out some of these Krui waves on this video:
You will be picked up from Jakarta Airport by your Indonesian speaking guide. After an overnight stay you'll depart early the next morning, flying to Sumatra and then travelling overland to the coast. Sumatra Surf Resort is the newest Surf Resort to open in West Lampung, situated 30kms from Krui at Tanjung Setia. They are right on the point of Tanjung Setia in South Sumatra and face the longest and best left handed reef break in the region, Ujung Bocur.
The Sumatra Surf Resort is locally designed and are typical Indonesian-themed bungalows but with a Western style fit-out. The resort features 14 large twin share fan cooled bungalows, each twin share bungalow can be reconfigured into triple share or fitted with a Queen size bed to cater for couples. Each Bungalow features a private indoor/outdoor/ensuite bathrooms with hot water showers set within river stones and indoor garden. Your linen, pillows and bath towels supplied and changed regularly and they also offer a laundry service too. Each room is lockable. Although secure, they have 24 hour security patrolling the grounds to keep all of your gear safe.
They provide three generous amazing meals a day and no sparrow sized servings either. Eat as much as you want at meal times. The menu is full of variety and is a mixture of classic Indonesian and Western dishes along with a theme night like Pizza, Pasta or BBQ nights. If you need a feed outside of meal times then a bar snack menu is available to purchase from.
Ujung Bocur, the longest, most consistent wave in the area is directly out front. This left-hander handles most swells and offers something for everyone. There are over a dozen quality waves in this beautiful area, that is often compared to how Bali was 30 years ago.
The main surf season runs from April-November. The "Roaring Forties" send plenty of 6+ft (2-4m) swells through April-November. The SSW swell direction is ideal for their SW facing area. The off-season of mid-November to late March is rarely flat because of the Southern Ocean's ability to produce constant swells in the 2-6ft range. Cross-shore winds are the rule as Lampung means "place of the southerly winds". The SE trade-season starts in May with mild winds getting stronger towards the end of the season in October. NW winds dominate the rest of the year. If you don't mind the heavens opening up on you on occasions and enjoy the thrill of finding your own secluded spot the Off-season is certainly worthwhile plus the discounted rates on offer.
Many other surfed but still unnamed South Sumatra breaks are easily accessible from the coast road as it winds its way North West / South East and can be found with the help of a local Surf Guide. There is still a huge potential to discover new breaks along this section of the South Sumatra coastline, access to the coast from the main road is often only 500m and there are literally hundreds of access points used by the many local fishermen in the area. As is often the case surfers tend to congregate at the known breaks around Krui and Tanjung Setia leaving the rest of the South Sumatra coast a mecca for the more adventurous. Exploring this area with a trusted surf companion or local guide can be a very inexpensive and rewarding experience.
The centre piece of Sumatra Surf Resort is their 500sqm "Warung", nestled between towering Coconut Palms to keep things nice and cool. The Warung is home to the office, kitchen and restaurant. It also features an entertainment area with pool table and poker table, chill zone to relax and unwind, 2 large Sat TV's to keep you up to date on news and sport plus a large bar to enjoy cold drinks which are always plentiful. Free Wi-Fi is also available within the Warung. Fishing equipment, scooters and snorkelling gear can be hired from the office, and they can also help arrange local tours and activities as well.
If you want to learn how to cook great tasting Indonesian food our resident cooks are always happy to put on a cooking class and best of all you get to eat what you make!! If you're feeling sporty we've got footys to have a kick with your mates or a game of touch and the local boys are always up for a game of soccer if you prefer the round ball game. When the sun goes down and dinner's over gather round the bar for a few ice cold beers and regale us with your surf today.
If you'd like to explore this beautiful area with its many attractions there's some amazing places to visit and unique activities to do as well - like Elephant and Jungle Trekking. Sumatra is world-famous for its diverse range of animal life, including the Sumatran Tiger which roams free in the jungle. Bring your camera and be amazed at the wildlife and stunning waterfalls. Guided treks through the National Parks 1-2 hours from the resort can be arranged.
Pulau Pisang - also known as "Banana Island", it's known for its beautiful beaches and amazing views back to the mainland.
Danau Ranau - about 2½ hours' drive from the Resort is the volcanic lake Danau Ranau. It's a very spectacular spot known for its natural beauty and soothing hot springs. A great way to soothe those aching muscles. Allow the best part of a day for this trip.
Fishing Charter - a traditional fishing canoe with a guide and get amongst the sailfish, Spanish mackerel and tuna which cruise along the reef. Early morning or late afternoon is best we'll even cook your catch for you to enjoy.
Krui Markets - situated in the town of Krui some 30 km's away is Krui Markets. This is a real market with the local people offering local produce and goods. Try your bargaining skills with the many vendors. A fun way to spend a few hours.
PRICES ARE IN NZ$. Please note most of these prices are ex Auckland and subject to currency fluctuations, flight availability and dates of travel. High season surcharges may apply.