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Top Ten Best Nintendo Wii Games
Nintendo Wii
Introduction to the Top Ten Nintendo Wii Games
The Nintendo Wii has got to be one of the most fun consoles that you can buy today. With it's various movement sensing controls and a huge array of Wii games and Wii Accessories which provide endless enjoyment when playing solo, or with friends. The Wii console is a versatile and fun games console for you and your friends!
In my top ten Wii Games list I will give you some of the greatest Wii games that money can buy. In my list of the Top Ten Wii Games I have tried to include a mix of the best Wii games, whether for exercise, party games, or solo fun! I have spent some time with a few friends deciding what should, and should not go on my best Wii Games list. I have to admit the decision on some of them was pretty hard to make!
While I have tried to make this list as broad based as possible, it is focused on the Wii games which I enjoyed the most. It does have my favorite Wii games, but if you have any suggestions, think there is a game which is better, or think my order is completely wrong, please comment!
Also, I have a top ten format for the Nintendo DS, check out my Best Nintendo DSi Games!
A Wii Bit of Information
I could not help myself with the title of this section, I apologise. However the Nintendo Wii has been one of the most successful consoles in recent years, while its sales may not have exceeded those of it's competitors, no other console has quite the same ability to bring you and your friends together for a party/ Whether it is a children's party or an adult drinking session, the Wii provides hours of entertainment, with a wide variety of Nintendo Wii games.
I have to admit that compiling this list of the Top Ten Wii Games was the most fun I have had while writing in a long time. When I was rocking away on Wii Rock Band, Boxing my way against my opponents, or taking Mario to the Olympics, all the time I was enjoying myself, as well as taking notes.
I will soon be creating a list of the best Nintendo Wii Accessories to help you decide on the best Wii accessories for you. There are a huge amount of fun accessories to buy now, most of which will complement a specific range of Wii games incredibly well.
Top Ten Wii Games
So without further ado, let me bring you the best Wii games with my Top Ten Nintendo Wii Games list!
Wii Fit
10) Wii Fit
This game may not be one of the latest Wii games, but it is one of most popular! The Wii Fit is not only a great way to improve your health, but it is also a huge amount of fun!
The Wii Fit tests four key areas of your bodies abilities to determine your BMI (Body Mass index) and your Wii Fit age. The four areas you will find on the Wii Fit Game are,
Strength Training
Balance Games
The combination of these four key areas are designed to greatly increase your bodies health, while providing you with endless entertainment.
One of my favourite areas of the Wii fit game is it's statistics tracking. This not only allows me to follow my progress on one of the best Wii games, but it also allows me to compare my progress against that of my friends and family. This is perfect for those of you who like myself, have a competitive edge.
For this reason the Wii Fit easily makes it in to my top ten Wii games, in fact the only reason it is only at number ten, is because it is so well known already! Wii Fit is an amazing Wii game which helps keep you fit, as well as entertained!
Top Wii Games
9) New Super Mario Brothers
I remember playing my first Mario game on my green screened gameboy when I was a kid. Unfortunately my parents never stretched to buying me a console till I picked up my Nintendo 64 at a carboot for £50. Nevertheless, Super Mario Bros. has always held a special place in my heart, and the Wii New Super Mario Brothers expertly combines special Wii features with classic gameplay and innovative maps.
The solo play in New Super Mario Brothers makes the game worth it all on it's own. I spent hours fighting my way through levels, and enjoyed every minute of it. The solo player is however just a taste of the co-op mode, in which up to four people at a time can take on the New Super Mario Bros for the Wii.
Whether you play New Super Mario Bros. by yourself or with friends, it is a game that you should own, the mix of nostalgia and unbeatable gameplay keep Mario fresh in my Top Ten Wii games list!
Best Wii Games
8) Wii LEGO Rock Band
I don't know why I found LEGO Rock Band more entertaining than the original Rock Band which has been released for the Wii. Perhaps it was because of the family friendly setting. While Wii Rock Band was good for a drunken session with my mates, Wii LEGO Rock Band entertained me, my friends, and their children.
LEGO Rock Band comes with a 'Super' easy mode, which allows the kids to rock along with you to some of the greatest rock classics the world has known, all to the accompaniment of Lego characters. Wii Lego Rock Band combines all the fun of the Rock Band series with the fun and entertainment of Lego. With comedic moments built in to the Lego Rock Band game you will find Lego Rock Band a game which you will never put down.
Lego Rock Band is one of my favorite Wii Games, its replayability, and it's group fun, all make Lego Rock Band one of the Best Wii Games available for Christmas, or any other occasion!
On a side note, I did find LEGO Rock Band to be more polished than the Original Rock Band for the Wii, I'm not sure why, but it felt like more effort had been put in to it!
Zelda Wii
7) The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess Wii
The Legend of Zelda games have always been a favorite of mine, and The Legend of Zelda for Wii is no exception. I cannot help but love the Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess for the Wii, it's in depth gameplay, mixed with realistic movements for your sword, bow and arrow, make for compelling gaming.
The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess entails all the puzzle solving, action and adventure which helped keep its predecessors addictive and successful. The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess is no exception, the game takes many twists and turns as you battle with your Wii remote. This easily makes one of the best Wii games available, and though the Zelda title is pretty old, the gameplay remains as strong and compelling as ever.
Mario Kart Wii
6) Mario Kart Wii
Mario Kart Wii is one of the latest in the Mario Kart series, and with its new routes, special abilities, and weapons, the game is more compelling than ever before. Mario Kart Wii is an amazing game in it's own right, but where it gets really fun, is multiplayer.
The frustration, the laughs, the accidents, and the near loss of the Wii controller on several occasions made 3 nights in a row of pure entertainment with Mario Kart Wii. This is one of my all time favorite party games, it is a huge amount of fun and incredibly addictive.
Playing Mario Kart on the Nintendo Wii really is fun for all ages, while you can play comfortably with the basic controls, perfecting the drifts, boosts, and some weapons can be a challenge, which makes a huge amount of difference when you are playing your friends. If you are looking for a fun simple Wii game which you and your friends can pick up and play, Mario Kart Wii is the perfect choice!
I have to admit I was very tempted to place Mario Cart Wii higher in my list of the Best Wii Games, however there is some close competition out there, and a lot of Wii games that are jsut as good as Mario Kart Wii!
Top Nintendo Wii Game
5) Tony Hawk Ride for Nintendo Wii
I have to admit right from the start that I sucked badly at Tony Hawks Ride. Maybe this is because I suck at real life skateboarding though. Tony Hawk Ride for the Wii is a new breed in skateboarding games, with the Wii board controller you will find yourself having to do realistic movements to pull off tricks on screen.
Despite its challenging controller setup, and my failure to master it. I have to applaud Neversoft for creating a game which cannot just be picked up and played, and is instead marketed at people who already have a talent. I can only hope that a guitar hero is released with a real guitar attachment, teaching Wii players real skills The new Tony Hawks Ride is one of the best Nintendo Wii games that I have seen for a while now, mostly because they have dared to try something new in a market which is always in danger of stagnation.
For those of us who do not skateboard on a regular basis, Tony Hawk's Ride may be more frustrating than challenging, however practice and persistence will pay off. The easy mode removes movement, giving you complete freedom to master the tricks, and medium difficulty makes this Wii game incorporate movement and tricks. expert, is however only for the experts.
Tony Hawks Ride
Latest Wii Games
4) Peppa Pig: The Game
Ok, so this game is not really one of 'my' top ten Wii games, if you have any young children in the house though, this will provide them with plenty of fun, and challenges. Choosing the right children's Wii game can often be an arduous task, fortunately Peppa Pig Wii has some well balanced difficulty options, and plenty of minigames to keep the children occupied on the Nintendo Wii.
To keep things interesting (As if the main games, and mini games were not enough) Peppa Pig: The Game Wii has plenty of unlockable content, this should help keep your children interested in this awesome Wii Game.
While older children and adults would soon become bored of Peppa Pig Wii, if you have any children who are fans of Peppa Pig, then they will love Peppa Pig on the Wii!
Best Wi Games
3) Super Mario Galaxy 2
Okay, okay, it's another Mario Game in my top ten Wii Games, but lets face it, Mario is an iconic Nintendo star! Super Mario Galaxy Two is the second in the £D Mario series that has appeared on the Wii, and it manages to incorporate all the fun of the 2D versions in these fantastic 3D maps.
While I have had the honour of testing this beautiful game, it may not be released for a few months yet, in the meantime check out Super Mario Galaxy, which should more than prepare you for the fantastic sequel!
Be warned, you may Find Super Mario Galaxy 2 pretty addictive, as you ride Yoshi around the universe and explore its various worlds, things become a little surreal, and incredibly captivating. Super Mario Galaxy Wii is an inventive, laugh filled game, which will keep you coming back to your Wii time and time again.
I cannot wait till the final release of the Wii Game Super mario Galaxy Two, it promises to be a fantastic Wii Game!
Wii Games
2) Formula 1 2009 Wii
If you like your racing games to be a bit more realistic than Mario Kart Wii Games, then you may find that Formula 1 2009 suits your Wii game tastes exactly. With indepth technical workings, the cars handle just like they do on the tracks, which have been precision mapped from the real world. F1 2009 Wii brings together the worlds top drivers, even allowing you to play as Louis Hamilton as you fight your way to the front in this thrilling Wii game.
The thing that makes this one of the top wii games for me is quite simply it's attention to detail. In Formula 1 2009 you have cars which are subject to the exact same limitations that you would find in any realy formula 1 race. This Wii simulation puts you in the drivers seat and helps you master the world of Formula 1 2009 with handy racing hints for beginners, and tough challenges for the pros!
If you are looking for a realistic simulation driving game for the Wii then Formula 1 2009 Wii Edition should be perfect for you!
The Best Wii Game
1) Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Reflex Edition for Wii
Call of Duty 4 Reflex Edition for Wii is by far the best Wii game out there at the moment. It easily matches the other consoles in playability, has all the customizations, and has the benefit of the Wii movement controllers to give you a completely immersing Call of Duty 4 experience.
In the Call of Duty 4 Wii Reflex edition you can use your Wii controller plus nunchuck, or a Wii Zapper to give you complete control of your character as you roam the maps laying waste to your enemies.
Call of Duty 4 Reflex edition has a beautifully crafted single player campaign, but as with the rest of the series, it's true challenge lays in Multiplayer. COD4 Reflex Edition for the Nintendo Wii has all the benefits of Call of Duty on other formats, but with accurate movement tracking to truely make you part of the action.
All in all this easily makes my number one spot in my top ten Wii games!
Conclusion to the Best Wii Games
So I have brought you some of the Best Wii Games available today, or at least I think so. If you disagree, please comment, let me know what I have got wrong, or preferably, what I managed to get right.
This Top Ten Nintendo Wii Games list has been pretty exhausting to write, with hundred of hours of drunken game nights helping me choose between some of these stunning Wii games.. i hope you found the Top Ten Wii Games list useful, or at least entertaining, and hope you have fun playing these amazing Wii games in the future!
Excellent!! I played the Wii sports and Wii fit for the first time this Christmas with my grandchildren. I love it!! I'm addicted now!
Thank You for this most informative hub!! I've been trying to figure out what game to get for someone, and your description of Formula 1 2009 fits him to a 'T' ~~ Tanks Again!! Oh, and thanks for addressing the issue of the little ones, as well!
were is super smash bros brawl? such a good game lol
Can't wait for SMG2
I have World at War, but I'm definitely willing to try Modern Warfare since 2 is not right now.
verwii comprehensive and entertaining hub ;)


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I am a Japanese small investor.To practice writing English,I want to write about Japanese recent famous investors.
We often talk about great investors of the same generation on SNS such as 2ch and Twitter. This article may include some mistakes that based on lack of exact knowledge and incorrect English.[adsense]
Recently Bloomberg introduced him again.This article explains Cis's recent success.
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やっぱり大型株はcisさんですな! 人のお金預かって運用するのは精神が持たないから絶対やりたくないけど 年金を100兆円単位で運用させてもらえるならやりたい 給料は0円でよいので! pic.twitter.com/l3eANPhofY
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Cis's total asset is more than 20 billion yen.
BNF is the most famous day trader.His real name is takashi kotegawa.He was born in 1978. This handle name(BNF) is based on Victor Niederhoffer.
In 2005,wrong order occurred on jcom stock. At that time BNF earned 2 billion yen in a day. And this incident made him famous.
His trading is relatively short term . He often does contrarian investing focused on deviation rate. He doesn't use margin transaction.
His assets exceeded 20 billion yen in 2008. Recently he doesn't appear on media ,so we only can know his activities indirectly.He possesses some office buildings at busy street.In 2015, he received gold throwing star in return for payment of taxes.
Many Japanese investors guess that he is the best Japanese trader.
3. Akira katayama(Gogatsu)
Akira katayama is a private investor and he is a CEO of venture investment company. His handle name is Gogatsu. This means May.
His trading style is based on fundamental analysis.
He was an enthusiastic online game player in his early twenties. After watching drama of stock investment , he started investing.
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He has writing his thinking on his blog. And many people study fundamental analysis through his blog and his book.
In 2014, he experienced institutional investor at rheos capital works. And in 2015, he turned to be a private investor again.
His assets exceeded 3 billion yen. If his investment destination become listed company, his assets will increase powerfully.
Now his major investment are below.
4.Daisuke gomi
We don't know much about Daisuke gomi. But We know his asset exceed 20 billion yen.
Due to list of large shareholder,We found his existence.His success is due to mixi. Mixi became big company through success of monster-strike.
These days he became large shareholder of SOSEI.
I think he is good to be quick to seize an opportunity. Both company's stock price rose strongly.


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In fact, you might argue "branding" has done what a hundred generations of alchemists, Frankensteins, physicians and theologians have attempted but could never accomplish: It's granted immortality to the earth-bound.
Look around and you will see not the crumbled remnants of forgotten Ozymandias, but the flourishing figures of the formerly famous. They seek to pull benefit from what was a rare privilege in the analog era, but that now, in the digital age, appears to be an inalienable right available to all: the right to replication, in aeternum.
The barely breathing are boffo box office. MTV's "The Osbournes," as all now know, is the most successful show in the history of cable TV, challenging broadcast prime-time hits on ad rates. On its heels, the been-there-and-done-that are repackaging themselves as new and improved. Stay tuned for Cybill Shepherd, David Lee Roth and Kato Kaelin. Their, ahem, maturing presence, abutting on-screen or in our minds their pixillated past, comfortingly confirms that (au contraire, Mr. Fitzgerald) there are second acts in American lives, and they pay residuals for a long, long time.
Broadcast TV networks have learned this too. They're engulfing audiences with a tsunami of nostalgia programming, marrying the mindless consolation of a rerun to the nervous anticipation of a high school reunion. "Cosby," "Mary Tyler Moore," "The Brady Bunch"-anything that can be mined is being dug from the vaults and displayed, with a little live-on-tape reminiscence and some bloopers added for frisson. (Then there's that whole class of not-quite-dead, not-quite-alive media brands: the network news anchors, Regis Philbin, Barbara Walters.)
For some of the retreads, at least, the ratings peaks are an indication syndication can't be far behind-and, perhaps, movie deals, fresh shows and endless tours on the trinket circuit. After all, what is a brand if not a license to shill?
Of course, it has long been thus. Dead men talking was a right of brand passage before the year 2002. A "live" Walt Disney is still the mouth of the Mouse. In politics, Democrats used FDR and JFK as de facto spokesmen well after they'd left the building. Entire networks (Nick at Nite, Sci-Fi, Cartoon, etc.) have established their brands on the backs of the deceased. If there's a change in Wendy's rapid revivification of Dave Thomas, it's that nostalgia, which used to have to mellow for a few years before becoming a viable marketing tool, is now instantaneous. That's not necessarily a bad thing. (Is a California cabernet worse than a Bordeaux?) But it does signify a change.
For marketers and programmers alike, it might also indicate a risky poverty of imagination. Yesterday's brands may gather momentary ratings and recognition, but among an audience that would seem, by definition, to be disappearing. Worse yet is the possibility of backlash. My greatest fear is I will have to live not only with the Baby Boom generation's memories, but Generation X's and Y's as well.
The biggest, best and most profitable franchises are, of course, tomorrow's nostalgia-that is, the hits that tap into today's zeitgeist and embed themselves in the hearts and minds of contemporary consumers.
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Stardust Memories, written and directed by Woody Allen; starring Woody Allen (Sandy Bates), Charlotte Rampling (Dorrie), Jessica Harper (Daisy) and Marie-Christine Barrault (Isobel) (1980): "Tell funnier jokes!", the aliens tell filmmaker Sandy Bates during this movie. Bates is plagued by the feeling that he needs to move beyond comedy into more meaningful drama. Of course, Allen himself was plagued by the same feelings in the late 1970's, which led to the depressing, Bergmanesque Interiors (1978), which Allen did after his biggest commercial and critical success, Annie Hall.
And pretty much everybody hated Interiors.
Stardust Memories uses Bates's attendance of a weekend celebration of his movies at the Jersey Shore Hotel Stardust as the loose frame for a tour through Bates's memories, dreams, nightmares, and creative problems. It's a riff on Fellini's 8 1/2, and Allen and his casting director fill the movie with grotesques. This is one of the ugliest, weirdest looking crowd of extras and minor roles ever assembled. Is this how Bates and, by extension Allen, views his fans and critics? Good question.
But the movie also pokes and prods the pretensions of Bates, who is not, the film also seems to suggest, the deep thinker he wants to be. There are some very funny setpieces throughout this film. There are also some tedious sections. The whole thing seems fascinating but somewhat inorganic, though the ending clarifies a lot of the prior murkiness. Recommended for Woody Allen fans.


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Nicely furnished typical house of the Douro Valley region, located in the village of Porto Manso. Distance to Baião 20 Km, to Marco de Canavezes 22 Km, and 75 Km to Porto. Located on the banks of the Douro river, in a very quiet area, guests can enjoy the local natural beauties by walking the surroundings.
The house consists of three bedrooms (two of them with ensuite bathrooms), living room with dining area, satellite TV, sleeping couch and kitchenette, a wide balcony and surrounding terrace.
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In Porto Manso there is no need for you, to use your car! Less than 1Km fromthe property you have the train station of Mosteirô, the harbours of Pala and Porto Antigo, 2 restaurants, a mini-market and a pharmacy. Property provides transfer service for guests coming by boat or by train. The Douro Valley train line goes always along the bank of River Douro and it is an unforgettable trip: only 30 minutes to Régua or 45 minutes to Pinhão. Porto is only 60 minutes by train, and the beautiful Porto / São Bento train station is right in the centre of town.
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Subject: CRD: Time Passes By Desert Rose Band Chords/Lyrics Desert Rose Band Time Passes By written by Chris Hillman Steve Hill G D Em C It's morning she wakes me with a soft loving sigh G D A D Like the sun shining thru the western sky G D She holds me close against her breast Em A Such a sweet lullaby C D G And I'll love her until time passes me by G D She's a precious thing a gift from God Em C How can one be so true G D A D In a world filled with helplessness and gloom G D And no one knows just how I feel Em A Just a personal reply C D G And I'll love her untill time passes me by C Cloudy and blue G Our Love shinning through D A A light from above Heaven's love C D Timeless and true SOLO G D >From ages past and times to come Em C Love will always be alive G D A D Healing hands of time for those who try G D I was helpless and so confused Em A Then you came into my life C D G And I'll love her until time passes me by Copyright @ 1988 Bar None Music(BMI) From the "Pages Of Life" CD Curb/MCA Records 1990


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Thread: Using Stans on leaky waders???
Using Stans on leaky waders???
I have some Cloudveil waders that are nearing the end of their life.
The neoprene stocking feet have a several areas that weep. What does the quorum say about drenching the leaky areas with a good dose of Stan's tire sealant?
I get back to you.
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AQS is what you use on waders and dry suits, I would fill the waders up partialy with water ( on dry suits I blow them up with a shop vac) mark with a sharpie where the water is leaking, dry the waders, glop a little aqua seal on the holes cover with saran wrap and roll the patched area flat with a beer bottle, dry overnite
it might work better to turn the waders inside out for the repairLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
Um, leaking gore tex is one thing, leaking neoprene / neoprene seams is something totally different. I highly doubt Stan's would work for either.
I do happen to have a pair of new (maybe worn once) Cloudveil 8x Medium Long's that I might be talked into parting with.
Thanks, just an idle thought while bumbling around the house and switching gear with/for the seasons.
Works great, I use it on everything from ski gear to wet suits and rubber rafts - holds up well too.
https://www.amazon.com/Essentials-Aq...=aquaseal+glueAlpental Indigenous
I've read that neoprene repairs can be improved by using a piece of panty hose nylon as backing for the AQS. Never tried it. IMHO, it's better to replace wading boots before they start chafing your booties.
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that would probably work^^ , if you put a piece of saran wrap over your repair and roll it flat with a bottle the reapir will have a nice flat finish instead of looking like a big dripping lump of snot
Back in the day I was doing a repair so I needed something/anything and I found a used dryer anti static sheet in the garbage ... worked great so I been using them ever since
BTW it will last longer if you store your AQS in the freezer in a sealed jar so you food doesn't taste like tolulene, I keep a tube on the go cuz AQS is good for gluing on loose velcro, crests and patches, holes in gortex, hemming pants, holes in puffy jackets, fixing shoes ... use your imagination
I take it out of the frig and thaw the tube in a cup of boiling water
I just thawed out a tube I openned last year and put a neck seal in a dry suitLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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hey i'm doing a little work for a company that sells/repairs dry suits and I just discovered another way to fix dry suits that they use on delaminated seam tape by just brushing on Plasti-dip
the company owner sez it works great and stays stuck
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If you enjoy recording and taking photographs on your iPhone, you might be missing one of the features which is standard on many DSLR camera and now even compact cameras. That is the ability to snap a photograph whilst still recording video.
Well an application has been available for sometime that will allow you to do just that, called QuickPix. The application is definitely a great addition to the apps carried by the ever growing number of iPhone videographers and photographers who are dropping their larger DLSR and even pocket compact cameras permanently to just take photos on their iPhones.
QuickPix is also equipped with a number of other great features such as QuickPic mode that enables you to take a shot super fast, full resolution bursting, saves directly to the camera roll and rapidFire: Hold still button for full res burst. The creators of QuickPix explain:
"Capturing the moment is something all great photographers aspire to do. And they know it has nothing to do with fancy UIs or bells and whistles. It has to do with raw camera performance. Find out why some of the world's top iPhoneographers like @DixonHamby have selected QuickPix as their go-to camera app. If it doesn't become yours, email us and we'll work hard to make sure it does. Try it today!"
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Rickards: Fed Continues Tightening into Weakness
As tensions rise in the stock market and geopolitics are flaring up with North Korea, Jim Rickards joined Michael Pento on The Pentonomics Channel to discuss his latest analysis.
During the discussion Rickards' highlights what he believes the next financial panic will look like and details specifically what he believes will cause stock markets to unravel.
To begin the program the economist was asked on how the financial system got to this point. Rickards offered, "Financial crisis and the threats we face can be seen very clearly. What people don't seem to realize is just how close we came to having a complete collapse in financial markets."
"It has happened twice in the last twenty years. First was September 1998 and the bailout of Long Term Capital Management (LTCM), I was there and did that bailout, we did the deal and had a soft landing. Had we not, if it had fallen apart, every exchange in the world would've closed sequentially. Ten years later in 2008, Fannie and Freddie failed and then Lehman had failed in September 2008. We then faced the possible failure in Morgan Stanley, etc. The Federal Reserve then intervened and truncated the process. In those experiences we saw strike one, strike two and now I am looking for strike three. The pressure is building."
Jim Rickards is a New York Times best-selling author of The Road to Ruin and has experience both on Wall Street and in advising the U.S government and the intelligence community. As a currency war expert Rickards' has played a critical role in analyzing financial crisis and what the global impacts on markets and security are.
The economist points out, "In the past we were able to look for bubbles in specific places. Financial bubbles had been found in subprime markets, or as we saw in 1989 we hit a bubble in junk bonds, then 2008 we had a bubble in subprime mortgages. It goes back to the theory of the everything bubble which is looming, and I think that's where we are in now."
When asked by Michael Pento about the current state of the financial system Rickards stayed true to form. The economist rang out, "None of this is normal. Several weeks ago in a public forum the Chair of the Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen stated that we would not have another financial crisis in our lifetime."
"As soon as I heard that, my reaction was that we are going to have a financial crisis. The point is, I can think of no better leading indicator than the Fed Chairman saying we are not going to have one. The Fed really does not get it."
When speaking on balance sheet normalization and whether the Fed would be able to prevent a recession they are trying to put off Rickards notes, "The problem is, their models tell them they can and that conditions are good. They are using the Phillips Curve, which is like a unicorn – it can be described and pictured but does not actually exist. What I expect is that the Fed could go right over the cliff and not even realize it."
"As we saw in 1998, Wall Street bailed out a hedge fund. In 2008, the central bank bailed out Wall Street. Sooner than later, likely 2018, who is going to bail out the central banks? Each crisis gets bigger than the one before. Each bailout gets bigger than the one before."
"If you use complexity theory one of the things you learn is that the worst thing that can happen in a system (collapse, meltdown) is an exponential function of scale. What that means is that if you double the system, don't double the risk."
"We have grossly increased the scales of our economic system. When looking at the complexity and size of the derivatives markets, the concentration of assets in the five largest banks, the size of the five largest banks… These are all markers of increased scale and leverage. It means the risk is considerably higher than it was in 2008."
"Where will the next bailout come from? The Federal Reserve's balance sheet is leveraged 13 to 1 right now and looks like a really bad hedge fund. They're not going to be able to pull this off again. What the Fed is doing is tightening into weakness. Why are they tightening into weakness?"
"They are not following the business cycle the way they usually do. They are trying to make up for the fact that they should've tightened policy in 2010 and are trying to make up for lost time. The leadership at the Fed is desperate to get rates up to 3-3.5 percent and to get the balance sheets down to $2 trillion before the next recession. The Fed can either go to a QE 4 policy or cut interest rates. On the way to hit those goals, the question is can they do that without causing a recession they're trying to prevent? The answer is no."
"The ultimate QE headed toward the economy is the IMF's special drawing right (SDR). The Fed has a printing press and can print dollars but it is worth being aware that the IMF has its own printing press and the capacity to print by the trillions. Liquidity will have to come from somewhere."
The conversation then completely switched gears to discuss the issues dividing the United States government and Asia. Michael Pento, hitting on specifics, asked what Rickards saw in terms to currency war games going forward. Rickards, "I would say the chance of a currency and trade war is 100%. It is already here."
"If we go back to June 2015 when Trump announced he was running for president he identified China as the greatest currency manipulator in history. Then candidate Trump leveled that China takes American intellectual property and unfairly operates in the steel markets."
"However, not one single thing was done once Trump took office. Why was that? Because when Trump met with Chinese president Xi at Mar a Lago in April 2017, he asked for Xi's help on North Korea. It is believed that Trump offered to give China a break if he would be willing to help with North Korea. Trump agreed to offer 100 days for China to take action."
"The bottom line is that it is very clear China will not do anything toward North Korean aggression. The trade hawks that Trump has kept off the Chinese trail are not going to be let loose. I expect announcements to be sent worldwide on steel, aluminum subsidies and retaliation for intellectual property theft."
"The U.S Congress just dropped the gauntlet on Russia by enacting sanctions against Russia. By sending economic sanctions that would hit its oil natural gas market, we've now entered a trade and currency war with both China and Russia at the same time."
"I would expect the United States to be in an actual shooting war with North Korea by early to mid 2018. This is reminiscent of the 1920's and 1930's that started with a currency war, turned into a trade war and ended up as a shooting war in Manchuria, Poland and Pearl Harbor. We seem to be going down that road again which could all be a considerable catalyst to waking the markets."
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Actors: Rosanna Carteri, Giuseppe Gismondo, Giuseppe Valdengo, Ornella Rovero, Vincenzo Bellezza
Genres: Music Video & Concerts, Musicals & Performing Arts
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HCD 4026 Rosanna Carteri, Giuseppe Valdengo, Giuseppe Gismondo, Ornella Rovero. Orchestra & Chorus of the Theater of San Carlo Naples, Vincenzo Bellezza conductor. Subtitles in English, Italian, French, Spanish, Japanese. ... more »
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The Good, The Bad and the Ugly... or The Swallow
S. Bernard | Mesa, AZ | 05/17/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I am a huge fan of this opera. I was lucky enough to be introduced to it by a first rate cast from NYCO back in 1985 with a fantastic conductor (Alessandro Siciliani) and fell in love with it immediately (being a singer myself, I even indulged my young self by buying the $75 score!)
A bit of an overview if you don't know much about this opera:
(Spoilers Ahead!!!!!)
It is the story of a Parisian courtesan (Magda) who tries to give true love a 2nd chance (I know this sounds a bit like Traviata but I think this story is a bit more contemporary) and falls in love with a young student (Ruggero) only to come to the decision herself that even though she can be his lover, she cannot be the wife and mother that he and his family expect. Even though no one dies (as happens so often in opera) it is nonetheless a very touching story that has a tragedy of everyday life we can all relate to: the choices we make, dictate the life we lead.
I have heard many recordings (Gheorghiu, Moffo, TeKanawa and the above mentioned telecast with Elizabeth Knighton) and find that usually the weakest link is the conductor. Not so in this video. The conducting is ably handled by Vincenzo Belleza. His tempos allow the lead, Rosanna Carteri to make something special of her Magda - and ultimately this opera doesn't work if you don't sympathize with her character. Magda's character is easy to relate to because the underlying thing is that she is seeking happiness and love- just like the rest of us.
THE GOOD: I found out about Rosanna Carteri from another Hardy Classic DVD of Otello with Mario del Monaco. While her singing in the Otello was lovely and her visage equally enchanting- in this production of La Rondine you can see what a fine singing actress she is. She completely carries this production vocally & dramatically. From her whimsical "Fanciulla, è sbociatto l'amore!" in the first act to her heartbreaking letter scene in the 3rd act "Figliuolo, tu mi dici" she is completely in character. I do not regret my purchase of this because she is the best Magda I've seen since Knighton's NYCO production. Most of the supporting cast is quite good too. The Lisette/Prunier duo makes for some fun moments vocally and both sing quite well. The concertate in Act II is sung very well and is a beautiful moment in time in the opera!
THE BAD: Well, nothing's perfect, right? Giuseppe Gismondo is the Ruggero here and he is disappointing. His voice seems too small for the Teatro di San Carlo- and his acting is almost non-existent (making her acting seem all the more wonderful but leaving her working in a comparative vacuum.) As the opera goes on, he does seem to warm up a bit- in fact, by the end his singing becomes a bit more impassioned (maybe he's just partial to the tragedy of the moment) but his acting is still almost completely vacant. Which is too bad because in the end, his voice is pleasing (although his mezza di voce is weak & unsupported sounding.)
THE UGLY: The costumes & especially the wigs are AWFUL! If I didn't know better, I'd say this was a very cheap production. Another strange note- there is no applause after the arias only at the end of each act. It appears they filmed this in the theater in front of a live audience so I'm not sure if they are stingy with their applause in San Carlo or if they told audience not to applaud since they were filming. They could've also done a little better with the camera work. At the end of ACT II when Magda is confessing to Ruggero that she's afraid because she is too happy- the camera wanders around filming people outside of the cafe (that's only one example, there are a few more.)
All that said, this historic recording (and one of the few DVDs of La Rondine available) is very worthwhile, imho. I believe this came from a kinescope, so the picture isn't always clear, but then this was done in 1958 too. I enjoyed it completely & know I will take it out & watch it again, to re-live the heartache again with Magda & Ruggero.
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John Kell | Victoria, BC, Canada | 07/14/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I love this opera, and this DVD is charming, if somewhat dated. But it was filmed, live, over 50 years ago, and so it's much like other films from that era. The recorded-live bloopers (bicycle tips over, wine glass crashes to the floor) only add to the charm. And the costumes are perfect (especially the swallow hat)."


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It's why the councillors in their suits offend me. It's what's wrong and the missing humanity.
I'm talking about where I come from. I come from a poor background. When I say poor I don't mean Dad had to sell the second car so we could all fly first class. I mean poor, like, holy shit - I've got �8 for food for the next two weeks.
One day my mum felt like she had got to the point where she was the worst mum in the world. She had no cereal to give us kids. So she gave us sandwiches like we would have had a tea time. This didn't help the fact that she now had nothing to give us for tea.
Now this story ends well because someone gave her that very day a box of breakfast cereal and we had that for tea. It was only when I was an adult that I learned what had been a fun reversal of normality for me us as kids had been a time of tears for my mum.
That's what life was like growing up. Some how we never ended up on the two council estates that Thanet has but only through my mums rather fantastic money management skills, I have no doubt.
These days I blog from home but my business was founded and paid for with grant money and borrowed cash and I do not have a posh car to swan around in. I do not attend swank expensive bloggers conferences but I do have a passion.
I have a passion for technology. I love web 2.0 and communication and I know that it can be powerful. I didn't when I started out in business I just had some good ideas that might not have been good enough. This year I will be launching some product with some others and will be partnering up with a member of my family who has skills I lack.
I am also passionate about poverty. Not the poverty itself but the beating of it. I am persuaded but all I have seen and experienced that the entirety of anti poverty action in all of the western world is ill equipped to deal with the problem and all the successes they have had are but tiny dents.
I'm not saying anti-poverty you're doing it wrong. I'm just saying that as a rare hybrid a citizen of two worlds I can shine a light where no one has ever been before. I am a person with a background of poverty and a grasp of business and a love of new media. I am not the voice of poverty but I am the gateway.
The state of poverty in the UK is shocking but worse still is the hypocrisy that I experienced first hand when I was sent to a conference on the subject. I got to hear about the amazing work being carried out and I got to encounter people selling products with a high price tags to the anti-poverty market. Yes anti-poverty work is a lucrative market sector - did you know that.
During the conference (in London) we had speakers that flew in specially to speak. We had nice chairs and lush carpets. Free WiFi and expensive conference packs.
The food was amazing and it was then that I felt like a hypocrite of the highest order. Here were we eating the finest smoked salmon trading business cards and congratulating on our effectiveness against poverty. (I say we I was just a punter I did no talking at all).
All I could think through dinner with a room full of people with their best suits on and their expensive clothes was that we should have bagged that food up and could have made a small difference to the lives of a couple of hundred estate dwellers - "let me give you a great meal my friend."
No we sat safe and snug and kept the subjects of our discussion at arms length. No poor people (aside from myself) were there. No one from an estate and no one that had lost their home to a change in fortunes. Every person there was having it all paid for with government funding and was on a salary such that they would never understand the people they "serve".
I looked down on them all because they had missed the entire point.
Missed it by miles.
Step into my world if you wanna catch a preview,
But don't tell a soul, cause they just won't believe you.
"Council Estate Of Mind" by UK rapper Skinnyman
What matters most to me is changing the culture of the area where I live. I want to empower my fellow Thanet bloggers. There are about 125 to 130 of us at the moment. I want to wake up Thanet business to the new media and get them to engage with people and get passionate about what they do.
I want to give voice to those on the estates that have been so broken by the system they will no longer even fight back. Blogging is part of that I know. I want this blogging explosion to make the political elitists wet their pants because the demographic they have never had to worry about before is stepping up and saying "actually you all suck monkey balls and we are not with you in this at all."
The think about Thanet. As corporate whole is that it is extremely bruised and sensitive. I went into it as a niche all guns blazing and made a big splash mostly by being wrong. I also successfully pissed off a fellow blogger (also conservative councillor and at the time part of the local blogging a-list) that might have otherwise been the perfect ally. After all he was the only other technology evangelist in the area who will now hate me, probably forever.
Thanet is bruised and abused and is very sensitive and one simply can not through one's wight arround and have a good debate as you can in other healthier niches. All you do is upset people. So I learned a few lessons the hard way and lost some potential friends. In short I cocked up.
But I am passionate about the area even though msot people think it's a stinking rat hole.
I'd like to see businesses grasp the new media and make a profit doing so. Not ebcuase I get a kick out of making rich people richer but because I know that successful businesses employ people. Employment breaks the poverty cycle or stops it getting worse anyway.
I would like, as a side effect of doing this to pick up my bread and butter income from those that are able to pay it (the business world) in exchange for me giving them the market share they seek or even finding new markets.
I want to see the dinosaurs fall away and make room for fresh faces that understand the market as it is now not as it was ten years ago.
I want to see Thanet do well for once.
I'm going to damn well do it too.
To start that I want to empower my fellow Thanet bloggers any way can and as soon as I figure out how I can I'm going to begin.
So here is a question for the marketers with ethics. (Andy Beard, Rich Schefren, 45n5, Maki (DoshDosh), Jim Kukral, Jeremy Schoemaker and all you others - I'm challenging you for a spot of pro bono work - how good are you). How would you empower Regular Joe hobbyist bloggers with zero budget anywhere to make a bigger impact and in doing so encourage more people from the area to blog?
Poverty is self enforcing and self perpetuating. If this were not so a problem would not exist. "Council Estate Of Mind" was the debut album from UK rapper Skinnyman. It's mix of straight up UK hiphop topped with Skinnyman's tales of council estate living. This is the track by the same name.
Just look how this United Kingdom has come,
Within the council estates where man'll fight over crumbs,
We got young single parent mums,
Havin' the hardest time tryn'a survive for their daughters and their sons
"Council Estate Of Mind" by UK rapper Skinnyman
This is what life is like. Just getting people to the point where they understand that they have a voice and it can make itself heard is a mission in itself. With such a demographic how would these world class sales persons go about spreading the word of hope?
Every plan offered will be tested and evaluated and I will try to get back to you with a break down of which master guru is up to the task. Not stepping up is a fail by the way.
Abandoned cars are at the bottom of the block,
So when it's pissin' down,
Kids have got a place to plot,
To cotch and blaze pot,
And watch this whole spot,
Full up of lost souls with no goals who get left to rot.
And what, I don't expect you to ever comprehend is
Why I got all actin' so self defensive.
"Council Estate Of Mind" by UK rapper Skinnyman
Yeah I'm probably being a bit hard on my fellow bloggers many of whom have proven themselves in the field. But this field is harder. Much, much harder. I will sing the praises of any such "guru" that can give me a way to bring hope and let people know that they can have a voice.
Remember the budget though. �0.00 all told.
So these are lyrics for my people,
Livin' on the streets who,
Know they ain't got nuttin' else to retreat to.
"Council Estate Of Mind" by UK rapper Skinnyman
I care about something most people don't think about because if you think about it too much when you eat your nice dinner or drive your nice car it's hard to feel so good about yourself. So we humans have a way to cope - we don't think. Not because we are bad but because we feel powerless and so we become blind to it all.
We have no citizenship of the country of poverty and so know nothing of life there.
I, on the other hand, have a dual passport and I know. Welcome to the embassy of poverty.


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Elizabeth L. Marconi, 95, formerly of Park Avenue, died Monday morning (Dec. 18, 2017) at the Lutheran Home at Kane.
She was born Feb. 17, 1922 in Lamont, the daughter of the late Steve and Elizabeth (Horvath) Gabriel. On April 3, 1940, in Kane, she married John Marconi who preceded her in death in 1989.
Mrs. Marconi had been active in the First United Methodist Church, the PTA and the Cub Scouts. Prior to her retirement she had been employed as the bookkeeper for Kane Lumber and Fuel.
Surviving relatives include one daughter, Anita (Karl) Rietter of Southwest Ranches, FL; two sons Roger (Patti) Marconi of Cedar Rapids, Iowa and John (Betsy) Marconi of Kane; one daughter- in-law, Jo Ellen Marconi of Palo, Iowa and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by one son Henry Marconi; one granddaughter Malanea Marconi; three brothers, Cy, Eddie and Louie Gabriel and five sisters, Pauline Johnston, Olga Savoia, Mary Husarik, Helen Zampogna and Lillian Johnson.
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Ambience: ***We were at Geffrye Museum the other day for its Christmas Past exhibition and decided to grab a late lunch at the café within the museum. There was a long queue at its entrance flanked by a serving counter and a row of toddlers' high chairs. The people in the queue were impatient and it was apparent why; while there were some unoccupied tables, the café staff were trying their utmost to fit as many people into the café as possible by assigning tables for four to only groups of four and so on. Woe betide the groups of three. Those who eventually got in were determined to stay put as long as possible. A couple were nursing a single cup of cappuccino for over half an hour. Nothing wrong with that but it does get unbearable when you are standing in the queue.
That said, the Geffrye Museum Café has a rather pleasant view. Large panel windows mean fair amount of natural light even in the middle of winter. Surrounded by a small green enclosure, the café has got this serene feel to it, provided that you are seated right beside the windows and away from the frustrated queue of people.
It was meant to be a light bite (cake and tea perhaps) but we figured that we had to make it worth the time spent queuing. The carrot cake (£2.55) took forever to arrive. When it eventually did, it arrived together with the main courses. The carrot cake was more cream than cake. You could put an ordinary sponge cake beneath the thick layer of cream and it would taste exactly the same. It might have been done in the traditional way but it was nothing like the one that we had at the Myddeltons Deli.
Wife was quite enthusiastic about the Geffrey pie (£7.75) until it appeared at the table. It says on the menu that the pie is prepared using a Victorian recipe. Well, I'm not sure what the Victorian definition of a pie is but the one that was served had its fillings neatly placed on the outside of a star-shaped puff pastry, which was empty within. Fillings consisted of some green mash and a few chunks of meat. It reminded me of something served in a school canteen and it tasted like it as well.
My roast chicken sandwich (£3.95) was supposed to be marinated as indicated on the menu. Unless the chicken had been marinated with mayo, it wasn't apparent. The saving grace was that it came with wholewheat bread rather than just white ones. It was a stomach filler perhaps but nothing more.
While Geffrye Museum Café is a huge improvement compared to its counterparts in other London museums, it still has a museum café feel to it. It would be perfect pit stop to rest your tired legs but I'm not sure the full meals are worth it. If you are looking for a serious bite, you are more likely to find it at the Vietnamese restaurants along Kingsland Road.
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ways we can help to stop or slow down the these problems..........pg.2
Where the coral reef located......pg.3
A possible problem that affects my ecosystem is oil spills.Oils spills affect the animals.This happened because the coral can cut the oil tank on the ship.
A possible problem that my ecosystem is when the climate change.Climate change can affect the corals.When the climate change the coral start to turn white or start bleaching.
A possible problem affect my ecosystem is when people removed coral from the reefs.This affect the animals and coral because some fishes live in the coral reef.If they keep on removing the corals the fishes are going leave thier homes or dead because people are breaking apart.
This is why people should take of the coral reef.
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Coral reefs are located in tropical oceans near the equator. The largest coral reef is the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. The second largest coral reef can be found off the coast of Belize, in Central America. Other reefs are found in Hawaii, the Red Sea, and other areas in tropical oceans.Coral reefs are diverse underwater ecosystems held together by calcium carbonate structures secreted by corals. Coral reefs are built by clonoies of tiny animals found in marine waters that contain few nutrients. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, which in turn consist of polys that cluster in groups. The polyps belong to a group of animals known as Cnidaria, which also includes sea anemones and jellyfish. Unlike sea anemones, corals secrete hard carbonate exoskeletons which support and protect the coral polyps. Most reefs grow best in warm, shallow, clear, sunny and agitated waters.


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Google's next frontier in digital mapping will span the world's shopping malls and airports.
An upgrade of Google's mobile mapping service released Tuesday includes directions within stores, malls, airports and transit centers in the U.S. and Japan.
Google's next frontier in digital mapping will span the world's shopping malls and airports.
An upgrade of Google's mobile mapping service released Tuesday includes directions within stores, malls, airports and transit centers in the U.S. and Japan.
The initial index only covers a small fraction of the great indoors, but Google Inc. is hoping that will change as more owners and operators of shopping and transportation hubs submit their indoor floor plans so they can be mapped.
For now, Google's indoor maps can only be viewed on smartphones and tablet computers that run on the company's Android software. That's still a potentially huge audience because more than 550,000 Android-powered devices are activated each day and the mobile maps will work on versions of Android released as far back as 2009.
The free indoor mapping tool represents Google's latest attempt to deepen people's attachment to their Android phones so the company has more opportunities to sell ads pitching products and services to people on the go. Helping people navigate their way around malls and stores also complements Google's effort to turn the Android phones into digital wallets that replace cash and conventional credit cards.
Google wouldn't say why the feature would work only on Android devices. The company also wouldn't say whether it eventually plans to offer the indoor maps on other products, such as Apple Inc.'s popular iPhone and iPad, or whether the feature will eventually be available on desktop and laptop computers, too.
The company's online maps already provide detailed driving, walking and even biking directions on city streets and highways throughout the world. In some instances, Google has supplemented its digital maps with photographs of the charted area — a feature that has triggered privacy complaints and, in some countries, regulatory crackdowns.
The indoor maps are designed to reduce the disorientation that frequently occurs in sprawling stores and other large complexes.
If the floor plan is included in Google's index, the software pinpoints a user's location with a blue dot. The user can then figure out where the nearest bathroom is in a mall or find an airport's gate for a departing flight. The software is programmed to automatically change to a different floor in a building when the user does.
"It's like we have taken the map that you see on a kiosk at a store or mall and put it on your phone," said Steve Lee, a product management director for Google.
The tracking technology plots a user's location based on cell towers, GPS and publicly broadcast Wi-Fi signals. That's similar to what Google already does to identify where users are when they're viewing street maps. Google's engineers refined the system for the indoor maps so users can be shadowed with even more precision.
The indoor directions include two retailers known for their labyrinth stores — Home Depot and Ikea. Macy's and Bloomingdales also have shared the floor plans of a few of their biggest stores.
The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., which is the size of seven Yankee Stadiums, is already in Google's database, as are smaller malls in Illinois, Virginia and southern California. There are also directions for 18 U.S. airports, including those in Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, San Francisco and Las Vegas.
These are the locations in the U.S. where Google's new indoor maps feature is available:
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport, California (SJC)
O'Hare International Airport, Chicago (ORD)
Midway International Airport, Chicago (MDW)
George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston (IAH)
William P. Hobby Airport, Houston (HOU)
McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas (LAS)
San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
Charlotte Douglas International Airport, North Carolina (CLT)
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP)
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Florida (FLL)
Portland International Airport, Oregon (PDX)
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, Missouri (STL)
Kansas City International Airport, Missouri (MCI)
Indianapolis International Airport (IND)
Boise Airport, Idaho (BOI)
Akron-Canton Airport, Ohio (CAK)
Malls and other retail locations:
Home Depot
Mall of America, Bloomington, Minn.
DDR Corp. shopping centers in Puerto Rico, including Plaza del Atlantico in Arecibo, Plaza del Sol in Bayamon, Plaza Rio Hondo in Bayamon, Plaza del Norte in Hatillo, Plaza Palma Real in Humacao and Senorial Plaza in Rio Piedras
Brixmor Property Group including Eagle Rock Plaza in Los Angeles
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Double Stranded RNA Receptor Function in Neurofibrillary Tangle Formation
Jacob Sloane, M.D., Ph.D.
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2011 New Investigator Research Grant
The protein tau normally plays a vital role in maintaining the structure and function of nerve cells. Tau is modified by a process called phosphorylation, or the addition of phosphate molecules. In Alzheimer's disease, however, tau molecules become excessively phosphorylated. Such "hyperphosphorylated" tau takes on an abnormal shape and loses its ability to carry out normal functions. Abnormal tau eventually clumps together into neurofibrillary tangles that hinder cell-to-cell communication in the brain. This tau pathology leads to cognitive decline in Alzheimer's and another neurological disorder called frontotemporal dementia.
An enzyme known as protein kinase R (PKR) becomes activated when brain cells undergo stress. Like tau, PKR is also modified by phosphorylation. Recent studies have found that PKR is associated with brain cells bearing hyperphosphorylated tau in Alzheimer's disease. This enzyme has also been shown to modulate the phosphorylation of tau, but it is unknown whether PKR plays a role in creating abnormal tau and neurofibrillary tangles.
For this grant, Jacob Sloane, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues plan to assess the links between PKR and toxic tau in Alzheimer's-like mice. Specifically, they will determine if PKR regulates tau phosphorylation in the mice or if the removal of PKR reduces the animals' abnormal tau levels. They will also assess whether toxic PKR is linked to a disease-related type of ribonucleic acid (RNA). RNA molecules help produce proteins from genes, and they are normally shaped like a single, long strand. Certain RNA molecules that produce viruses and other harmful compounds, however, have a double-stranded shape. Based on previous findings, Dr. Sloane and colleagues believe that PKR is activated by double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). To test this hypothesis, they will determine whether dsRNA accelerates tau phosphorylation in mice with and without PKR. The results of these research efforts could shed new light on the mechanisms underlying tau pathologies in dementia.


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Washington: A new study has revealed that continuous use of low-dose aspirin may lower the risk for developing pancreatic cancer.
The researchers said that the use of low-dose aspirin was associated with cutting the risk of pancreatic cancer in half, with some evidence that the longer low-dose aspirin was used, the lower the risk.
According to the study, men and women who took low-dose aspirin regularly had 48 percent reduction in their risk for developing pancreatic cancer and protection against pancreatic cancer ranged from 39 percent reduction in risk for those who took low-dose aspirin for six years or less, to 60 percent reduction in risk for those who took it for more than 10 years.
Harvey A. Risch of epidemiology in the Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health, said that older studies of aspirin use have been clouded by the use of [regular- or high-dose] aspirin for pain relief from conditions that themselves might be related to the risk for pancreatic cancer.
Risch added that only recently have people been using low-dose aspirin for long enough times [to prevent cardiovascular disease] that the use might bear on risk of pancreatic cancer development and people who are considering aspirin use to reduce the risk for cardiovascular disease can feel positive that their use might also lower their risk for pancreatic cancer, and quite certainly wouldn't raise it.
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Maurice Lacroix has quite a history, with its roots in the silk trade it was founded in 1889 as Desco von Schulthess but by 1946 the company was a representative for luxury watches including Audemars Piguet, Heuer, Eterna, and Jaeger-LeCoultre. By 1961 Desco had bought an assembly facility in the Swiss Canton of Jura and started producing private label watches for third parties, before moving to marketing watches under the brand name Maurice Lacroix in 1975.
In it's relatively short history Maurice Lacroix has become an iconic brand. During 1990s their release of high-end "Les Mécaniques" that later became known as the "Masterpiece" line, that saw their brand elevated to the ranks of respected Swiss watch manufacture, helped by their traditional Swiss watchmaking, and let's not forget the creation of their own movements for the "Masterpiece" line.
Fast forward to 2016 and Maurice Lacroix reinvented their iconic watch renaming it Aikon, and redesigning it giving a sharp, modern appearance, giving it good looks that all but guaranteed it was going to be a best-seller.
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British Values
At Kew Green Preparatory School we take our responsibility to prepare children for life in modern Britain very seriously. We ensure that the fundamental British Values of mutual respect, understanding and tolerance for those with different culture, faiths or beliefs; democracy, rule of law and respect for self and others are introduced, discussed and lived out through our ethos which underpins the work of the school.
All curriculum areas provide a vehicle for furthering understanding of these concepts and, in particular, work in RE, SMSC, PSHCE and Current Affairs lessons provide excellent opportunities to deepen and develop this understanding. Children embrace these concepts with enthusiasm and demonstrate a good understanding of their application in their own lives. The school makes considerable efforts to ensure children have exposure to a wide range of experiences beyond their local community to help them understand these concepts. This is achieved through sporting events, residential visits, trips and visitors, cultural exploration and celebration of a diverse range of religious and cultural groups. Our children will develop an excellent values-based understanding of fundamental British Values which gives them an excellent platform for understanding, celebrating and embracing differences with tolerance and integrity.


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