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Celebrating America, on this July 4thBy Daniel Johnson, Associate Editor, Salem-News.com
If, as an American, you feel a bit puffed up on this July 4, you have some justification.
(CALGARY, Alberta) - When I told a friend that I was going to write a piece describing what I admire about America, his cynical response was straightforward: That will probably be the easiest piece you'll ever do. Just send in a blank sheet of paper.
On the contrary, I believe that America, as a nation, has made a contribution to the advancement of humanity that will go down in history as one of man's most singular achievements: The Space Program. When considered in the centuries ahead, I believe it will rank along with fire and the wheel. So if, as an American, you feel a bit puffed up on this July 4, you have some justification.
Americans weren't the first into space—the Russians were—but the lead they had did not last long. Within five years—particularly after President Kennedy's declaration of putting a man on the moon within the decade—America began to pull steadily ahead.
My own fascination with space began early in junior high school. I followed the launchings of Explorer 1 and those that followed. When I went out under the stars at night, I was always excited to unexpectedly see the ECHO satellites moving across the sky. I subscribed to one of the first magazines, Space World, around 1960 and still had, until recent years, a copy of the first issue. (It disappeared in one of my moves. I corresponded with someone about it a few years ago, and if I still had it, it would now be worth big money—$25 or $30.)
I followed the space program through the 1960s, beginning with the Mercury Program and the culmination of the moon landing in July 1969. It was Americans who first stood on extra-terrestrial soil. No citizens of any other nation have visited the moon.
There is now an International Space Station with people living in it (on it?), orbiting over our heads that would not exist were it not for the major contribution of the United States.
About two weeks apart in the summer of 1977, Voyager 1 and 2 were launched to explore, not only the solar system, but to go into interstellar space and report from great distances. On February 14, 1990, Voyager 1 took the first snapshot of our solar system from the outside.
Voyager 1 is now the farthest human-made object from the earth—about 116 Astronomical Units from the sun. An AU is the mean distance from the sun to the earth—about 150 million kms or 93 million miles—which puts Voyager 1 about 17.4 billion kms distant. At the speed of light (same as radio transmission speed) messages from Voyager 1 take just over 16 hours. This compares to the nearest star Proxima Centauri which is 4.2 light years away.
But the space program is not just about running around the solar system taking breathtaking, yet scientifically important, photos. There are two Rovers, Opportunity and Spirit, on Mars. Both were launched in 2003 and became active in 2004. Contact with Spirit was lost in March 2010, but Opportunity has been chugging along for seven years, sending incredible scientific data back. Amazingly, they were originally designed to run for about three months.
Mostly American spacecraft, flybys taking pictures have gone by every planet except Pluto. But the New Horizons flyby (launched January 19, 2006) is en route and expected to go by Pluto on or about July 14, 2015.
Last, but not definitely not least, is the Shuttle Program which is about to end. There were 133 successful launches (one failure—Challenger (1986), and one failed re-entry—Columbia (2003)) with a last Shuttle mission scheduled—Atlantis for July 8.
This does not even bring into account the Hubble Space Telescope, another major American achievement. It was launched into orbit by the Space Shuttle (1990) and has been upgraded and serviced by the Shuttle since. Here Hubble floats free, after the final fix by astronauts from STS-125 (Atlantis, May, 2009)
A thousand years from now, the Greeks will still be remembered for their founding of politics and philosophy; the Americans will be remembered for opening the door to the universe.
Some interesting links
Atlantis--the final mission, July 8
List of largest optical telescopes
Timeline of solar system space activity from 1957 to the present
At each of these sites, are additional links to other space-program related sites.
Daniel Johnson was born near the midpoint of the twentieth century in Calgary, Alberta. In his teens he knew he was going to be a writer, which is why he was one of only a handful of boys in his high school typing class — a skill he knew was going to be necessary. He defines himself as a social reformer, not a left winger, the latter being an ideological label which, he says, is why he is not an ideologue. From 1975 to 1981 he was reporter, photographer, then editor of the weekly Airdrie Echo. For more than ten years after that he worked with Peter C. Newman, Canada's top business writer (notably on a series of books, The Canadian Establishment). Through this period Daniel also did some national radio and TV broadcasting. He gave up journalism in the early 1980s because he had no interest in being a hack writer for the mainstream media and became a software developer and programmer. He retired from computers last year and is now back to doing what he loves — writing and trying to make the world a better place
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Hank Ruark July 13, 2011 3:09 pm (Pacific time)
Mark: NOW I understand from whence you cometh...you got left out in the rain at least overnight when a mere infant. Which explains why you remain "all wet" here most of the time...any dry spots obviously due to overly-close momentary contact with common sense from other comments here.
BG July 6, 2011 6:41 pm (Pacific time)
I'm dead serious! You know that song:" Row row row your boat, gently down the stream, life is but a dream?" Well until the right wing fascists are eliminated, the problems will only grow.
BG July 6, 2011 8:06 am (Pacific time)
Fire, no. Otherwise, BF Goodrich and Goodyear are excellent examples and total proof that America invented the Wheel, which also adds evidence that the hubcap, lugnuts and probably most everything that improves quality of life around the world. It's all about building a better "mousetrap," and making money.
What you're saying is a joke or a spoof, right?
David July 5, 2011 6:55 pm (Pacific time)
It is NOW, excellent observation. I was just offering a very brief overview of why my ancestors, people under great peril (who also endured much future suffering along with many family members), ushered in our Declaration of Independence. The majority of our population still fully engages in celebrating this day, and the people who helped found this country, so it is still "THEN" for the majority of Americans during this celebration. We love our space program, but without our "exceptionalism" the world would still be just watching the Stalinist's "one-trick pony" primitive capsule circling the planet, if even that, for they pirated their tech from us, as did Von Braun of Germany. So what is your view on our Bill of Rights? Appreciate our 1st and 2nd Amendments? All these rights are God-given rights, so this is a very difficult reality for some to be able to process. For example, in America, firearms actually save lives. If we take the same demographics here as in Canada and Europe, our per capita murder rates are essentially the same. This means that since the genie is out of the bottle so to speak, we must keep firearms in the hands of law abiding owners so as to literally save our lives. Here is an easy look graph from a good source that shows instantly what I mean: The following link is from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC):http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/youthviolence/stats_at-a_glance/hr_age-race.html
So von Braun and company stole from the Americans, did they? Did the Americans also invent both fire and the wheel?
Reports NASA: "Wernher von Braun is, without doubt, the greatest rocket scientist in history. His crowning achievement, as head of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, was to lead the development of the Saturn V booster rocket that helped land the first men on the Moon in July 1969." (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/vonBraun/)
David July 5, 2011 9:18 am (Pacific time)
There was a time when the average grammer school student (13/14 years old) understood the dynamics behind July 4th, and why we celebrate this day, the most important one of our founding history.The reason our revolution was the opposite of a directionless, violent mob running wild in the streets is that the dominant American culture was Anglo-Saxon and Christian. Even while fighting "the British," as we now call them, Americans considered themselves British with the rights of Englishmen, who bore the tradition of the Magna Carta.
That was then; this is now.
Karen July 5, 2011 8:36 am (Pacific time)
Wolf Man Wild July 4, 2011 4:18 pm (Pacific time)
Americans have no reason to "puff up". Our military has killed more innocent civilians than any other organization EVER. Americans should all be ashamed of themselves.
Mark July 4, 2011 8:22 am (Pacific time)
Daniel I greatly appreciate you sharing your perspectives on the American space program(s). Our Independence Day has nothing to do with our space program. To at least make an attempt at understanding what happened prior to our Independence Day proclamation, one should at least attempt look back and review history with a notion of what the "climate of the times" were. The untrained regularly apply their uninformed contemporary perspectives with the past, which is pretty much the way the uneducated remain uneducated. Remember when some began to start demanding removal of xmas decorations in schools and public locations? The below Harvard study now suggests how long before these same people demand the stopping of Independence Day celebrations? Please remember, some really hold high value to Harvard studies: "(CBS/What's Trending) - Can celebrating the Fourth of July turn you into a Republican? A recent Harvard University study concludes holiday celebrations have a large impact into what shapes a child culturally, socially and politically. Case in point, the 4th of July. Here is the breakdown. According to the study, a successful Independence Day, more specifically one without rain, before the age of 18 raises the likelihood of identifying as a Republican by two percent. Mind you that is a single 4th of July. Not to belabor the point, but that means that assuming if, as a child there were ten fourth of July's that you participated in and the day was sunny, then feasibly you would have a 20 percent higher likelihood of joining the Republican Party. That figure is just the beginning. By that same assumption, you are 40 percent more likely to vote Republican. You would have a nine percent boost in whether or not you'll vote at all, and you will be 30 percent more likely to contribute financially to a political campaign." http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504943_162-20076230-10391715.html
Anonymous July 4, 2011 4:44 am (Pacific time)
Daniel, that is an outstanding tribute, great thing to observe. Of all agencies in the U.S. govt., NASA has managed a mission that is not one of war, for the most part. There are glorious aspects to all space history, thanks for the great article!![Return to Top]
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Today was the last day I will spend at my childhood home. The past couple days have been filled with lots of packing, lots of boxes, and somewhere in there I managed to squeeze in my workouts.
My parents have lived in the house for 26 years and that's the only home I've ever known. Somehow my parents managed to keep our home in Jericho while my dad would have a VERY long commute. Now that all of us kids are out of the home, my parents decided to live closer.
I'm so thankful that I got to grow up in the community that I did. I went to some great schools, made some awesome friends, and overall had a great childhood. I can't imagine myself growing up anywhere else.
From a running perspective, it's sad to know that I had my last real runs there. Of course I still have friends that live in the area, so I'm sure I'll run some of the old routes again. Plus, the college I'm at is only a half hour away. However, it'll be the last time I get to run on MY roads in MY town from MY house. I know those roads so well – hill sprints up Schillhammer, fartleks on Lee River, horn drills at Mills, summer runs on my trails, and the infamous pain loop (it's super hilly). I've memorized all the twists and turns of the roads and know where the pot holes are that runners need to be wary of as to not get a sprained ankle. I have so many fond memories from all those runs – adventure runs to Narnia, getting hives at Mills because I ran through a field, getting lost in the woods on the Bolger Hill loop, doing a track workout in the middle of a snow storm in April, etc. The list goes on and on.
I had this whole plan of taking some pretty pictures during my long run today of all my old routes. However, Mother Nature decided that that wasn't going to happen – it was spitting rain/wind and cloudy all day. I guess that made it easier to say goodbye. If it was a sunny summer day I would probably be feeling sadder.
Here are some previous pictures I've taken on my runs.
Although I'm feeling a little melancholy about the move, I'm excited for what's next. I'll be spending the summer in Boston and am super excited! I will be pretty close to the Charles River, which has a great bike path for running on. Plus, there is a track a mile away (the perfect warm up). As an added bonus, there are soooooo many more races in Massachusetts than there are in Vermont. I remember trying to look up summer races in VT and there might be a few, but oftentimes they will be pretty far away. In Boston alone, though, there will be way more to choose from that are within a half hour of where we live. Awesomeness!
What are some of your favorite old running routes/memories?

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#25 - Two Nights Out with Two Faces!
Join us out on the town as we check out some great Atlanta music. Bryan, Ira, and music producer Jeff Levinson begin the first night at Fat Matt's Rib Shack, scarfing down ribs and listening to The Holliday Brothers (formerly Soul Shakers). Then we head down to Blind Willie's to see Burnt Bacon (Oliver Wood, Jon Liebman, Dave Roth, Chris Uhler).
We spend the second night at Johnnie McCrackens in Marietta with Rod Hamdallah. Enjoy!
myspace.com/RodHamdallah *Check out Rod this Wednesday night, March 3rd, at The Earl in East Atlanta!


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Exercises especially those that involve high intensity workouts on pull-up bars, barbells or rings can be quite harsh on the hands, leading to rips, blisters, and tears. A bad case of blistering can put you off training for days and cause great discomfort in doing your routine work. Taking good care of hands is therefore an important part of your workout.
Calluses Can Be Dreadful
When people start to train with the various bars and rings, adjusting with the unique grip required is difficult for your hands. The palm and the area near your fingers feel the strain first. This further leads to callus formation, which in itself is a normal occurrence. It is the way of the body to adapt to excessive pressure. Sometimes it helps to get a better grip. Protection and natural edge is possible with the calluses.
But the main difficulty is when they build on too much. The thick layers formed are rigid and not as flexible as the layers below them and when they rip, the softer layers come off too. This causes severe damage, which takes time to heal and your training can be put on hold indefinitely.
Effects of Calluses
Tearing of the calluses can be very painful and you cannot perform your personal hygiene habits easily. The open wounds can also cause infection, which can spread to others who share your equipment. All day to day activities may be hampered because of the injury.
Treating the Calluses
Though calluses may help to some extent, too thick calluses should be treated early on before they become a big issue.
- You can use a pumice stone or a nail file to even the calluses and reduce the risk of them ripping off. This treatment done once a week can save your hands from getting injured.
- If the calluses rip off, you can use cream to moisturize the skin and glove it up. Gloves can also be used while starting out to avoid the callus formation. You can visit StrongerRX, get the gloves on this website, which are made especially for workouts to keep your hands safe.
- You can take a short break from the training, if the rips and tears are very painful.
- For rips that do not heal soon, seeing your physician and getting treatment is the only option.
Use of Chalk
Chalks are used generally to improve the grip and absorb the moisture fast. But when used excessively, this can also cause tears and rips due to dryness. Gyms usually advise using only a small amount of chalk as it can lead to less number of rips and you also get to spend less time cleaning it up. Instead using a hook grip on the barbells or switch grip on deadlifts or pull-ups is a better option.
To prevent skin from tearing, reducing the friction is important. More important is, understanding that the hands need special care. Though training is important, getting fit at the risk of injured hands should be avoided. Toughen your hands slowly and if they are injured, give them time to heal.


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Islands of Deutschtum: German-Americans in Manchester, New Hampshire and Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1870-1942
P. Lang, 1996 - 254 oldal
Islands of Deutschtum adds new knowledge to the study of German-Americans. It describes the migration of German textile workers to the textile centers of New England. It describes how they fashioned ethnic communities, which not only survived World War I but lasted into World War II. The classic struggle between ethnic maintenance and Americanization is catalogued.
Mit mondanak mįsok - Ķrjon ismertetõt
Nem talįltunk ismertetõket a szokott helyeken.
and Germans in New England
Manchester and Lawrence
Factors Leading to Emigration
5 tovįbbi fejezet nem lįtható
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
activities Adolph Wagner American American Woolen Company Amoskeag Anniversary Anzeiger und Post April attended August Bavaria became born Boston Bread and Roses Census Chemnitz Company Consul continued December Deutsche Dick editors emigration England English German community German culture German Day German Element German immigrants German language German populations German Presbyterian Church German School German-language newspaper German-language press Germans in Manchester Glauchau hall Hampshire Harugari Harvard History Holyoke Ibid Immigrant City industrial Irish issue January Julius Stern July June Kamphoefner Karl Follen labor Lawrence and Manchester Lawrence Directory Lawrence Telegram leaders listed Lodge Lutheran Manchester and Lawrence Manchester Directory Manchester Turn Verein Manchester Union manufacturing March Massachusetts Mdnnerchor Nazi nineteenth century non-Germans number of Germans October organized paper percent political reported Saxony September Silesia singing societies skilled Sons of Hermann textile textile cities Trumpold Turners Turnfest Turnhalle Turnverein undPost United University Press Vereinsleben Wittke workers World York
Hivatkozįsok erre a könyvre
Paths of Integration: Migrants in Western Europe (1880-2004)
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Named after the Andrei Tarkovsky film Solaris, Ireland's Solar bears have always been aiming for the stars. On their 2010 debut album, She Was Coloured In, the duo did channel some of that astrological hope, but for the most part they sounded like they were tinkering away in their own bedrooms, gazing at the stars from their windows as they weaved their nostalgic electronica. Three years later, they finally sound like they're issuing the countdown and are ready to traverse the beautiful and dark avenues of space.
But Solar Bears' space is still a cinematic one (every song title from their new album, Supermigration could be a movie one too). It's full of mystifying sights, deep colours, and expansive landscapes of wonder. On their follow up, John Kowalski and Rian Trench, have upped their game and consequently come off better. Supermigration is much like the title might suggest, largely moving away from the limited capacity of the bedroom and into the wide expanses of a bigger studio. After a dusty brief piano introduction, the proceedings are full Technicolor thereon in: "Cosmic Runner" strides along with an electric guitar riff morphed into sounding like it's going through the motions of hyperspace and the flashy, if not shiny proceedings continue until near enough the end of the record. "Komplex" marries keyboard choirs to big drums before growing more melodical in manner that evokes Board of Canada while "A Sky Darkly" builds similarly but with darker hues and more tension.
Also new on the agenda is a pair of vocalists. Of the two tracks, "Alpha People" featuring Keep Shelly In Athens' Sarah P fares that bit better, as the vocal rise above the background and help carry what would otherwise be a weak cut. "Our Future Is Underground" is still good too, but here Beth Hirsch becomes one with the music, an airy substance seeped in between the unobtrusive keyboards and patiently persistent drum track; it's more ethereal than "Alpha People" (if not the most relaxing track on Supermigration) and placed of the latter half of the album, it feels like the distant memory of a loved one after months travelling through space.
And Supermigration is a journey in itself. It's a forty minute expedition through the stars: at times it's exciting ("Happiness is a Warm Spacestation"), deceptively captivating ("The Girl That played With Light"), and edgy (the aforementioned "A Sky Darkly"); other times the pace can lull, such as on the near piano ballad-like "Love Is All" or "You And Me (Subterranean Cycles)," which evokes the idea of star gazing at on a clear night. Inspired by Tarkovsky though, it's hardly going to be all action, and the duo are right to put these calmer moments in here. Strangely, they bring a sense of realism to their fictitious space tale, if not just helping to frame the experience (the warped piano chords that open and close the album help drive home the idea of it being a singular thing).
But even though Supermigration is constructed as a whole, it doesn't always work best in one sitting. Picking and choosing moments both help them sound more surprising (the sounds of a crowd of children cheering on the latter of half on "Cosmic Runner" can pass you by so easily; the sonic details embedded in "Happiness is a Warm Spacestation") but also like they are missing context. On the other hand, I've found myself listening though the album multiple times in one sitting, and still not being able to recall many exacts of it; I'll have sat though something that was lovely, if not dazzling, but not expertly memorable. Some might also argue that the lower key feel from She Was Coloured In is washed over here, and while a touch more nostalgia wouldn't have gone amiss here, the Irish duo are moving upwards, and they've got to be credited for that. Two albums in and they already sound like they've made a great leap, but in space with no gravity, it's much easier to move in about with huge strides. When (or if) they every get back onto solid ground, the effect might not be as impressionable, but until that moment comes around, it's best t just enjoy the sights through your spaceship window.
Plugging away since 1999, The National finally hit mainstream success with the release of their 2010 album High Violet. Of course, this entailed their first world tour, but in the new documentary Mistaken For Strangers, it's only the backdrop for the relationship between lead singer Matt Berninger and his younger brother Tom, who had no idea that these short videos he was shooting would turn into a public document of their troubled, if still loving brotherhood.
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The purpose of my twitter is to meet people that will help me to make the money I need to live like a Princess while I make all this happen. Way too many people want to chat via DMs. I would love to chat with you, BUT I have no time and so I do not intend to have casual DM chats going forward. I don't want to get involved in these conversations and I would rather not see your well wishing remarks and complements in my DMs. I appreciate them but I would rather you reply to a tweet or retweet my tweets with a comment if you want to respond to something I posted. Then if I want to respond to you, I will reply in the same thread and we can converse there.
I want to save DMs for submissives interested in buying my time to make their fantasies come true.
Feel free to DM me on twitter if you are interested in meeting with me to experience your ultimate submissive fantasy with a teen ballerina. I love dominating, controlling, humiliating and manipulating submissive men in person. I think my love of doing this is apparent in my video posts. I love tying men's brains up in knots. I love how a cute look or giggle from me will cause them to drop to their belly and slither to my feet, begging me for permission to kiss them. I will laugh at you and mock you for the weaselly worm you are while you pay me for permission to kiss my perfect size 5 teen feet!
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People are always asking about sending tributes to me even though they will not be able to come to Seattle for a fantasy session. I appreciate this but you don't need to DM and ask my permission to do this. My Twitter lists my cash app info and my amazon wish list and email for gift cards to be sent. If you choose to do this, you may DM me AFTER tributing so I know who sent it and you will probably receive a response from me.
DMs from other Dommes are acceptable.
Also business related DMs can be sent, but I hope I can see their business value to me or I will likely ignore these.
Submissive men who don't intend to set up a submissive fantasy session with me, or who don't tribute to me can expect to have their DMs ignored. If you don't give up and continue sending a barrage of DMs in an effort to engage me in conversation and waste my time, I will end up blocking you.
One other note, I am a real life Princess right now, I don't do online. Online domination bores me as I don't see how you can have the submissive experience of a lifetime through a computer. Why not save up your money and come to Seattle for a physical session with me IN PERSON. If you want, you will receive a video of the session to take home with you that you can watch over and over and bring you back to that magical submissive moment when a bratty teenage schoolgirl ballerina made your deepest, darkest submissive fantasies a reality!
After I get my video store and site up and running, I may consider trying online Skype domination sessions, but no promises. Like I said, online domination bores me. I love real time personal interaction.


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|Canto 1: Creation
|Chapter 11: Lord Kṛṣṇa's Entrance into Dvārakā
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.11.15
dvāri dvāri gṛhāṇāḿ ca
alańkṛtāḿ pūrṇa-kumbhair
balibhir dhūpa-dīpakaiḥ
dvāri dvāri — the door of each and every house; gṛhāṇām — of all the residential buildings; ca — and; dadhi — curd; akṣata — unbroken; phala — fruit; ikṣubhiḥ — sugarcane; alańkṛtām — decorated; pūrṇa-kumbhaiḥ — full water pots; balibhiḥ — along with articles for worship; dhūpa — incense; dīpakaiḥ — with lamps and candles.
In each and every door of the residential houses, auspicious things like curd, unbroken fruits, sugarcane and full waterpots with articles for worship, incense and candles were all displayed.
The process of reception according to Vedic rites is not at all dry. The reception was made not simply by decorating the roads and streets as above mentioned, but by worshiping the Lord with requisite ingredients like incense, lamps, flowers, sweets, fruits and other palatable eatables, according to one's capacity. All were offered to the Lord, and the remnants of the foodstuff were distributed amongst the gathering citizens. So it was not like a dry reception of these modern days. Each and every house was ready to receive the Lord in a similar way, and thus each and every house on the roads and streets distributed such remnants of food to the citizens, and therefore the festival was successful. Without distribution of food, no function is complete, and that is the way of Vedic culture.
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Istepanian, Robert S.H., Sungoor, Ala and Nebel, Jean-Christophe (2008) Fractal dimension and wavelet decomposition for robust microarray data clustering. In: 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE-Engineering-in-Medicine-and-Biology-Society; 20 - 24 Aug 2008, Vancouver, Canada. ISSN (print) 1557-170XFull text not available from this archive.
Microarrays are now established technologies which are considered as key to gene expression analysis. Their study is usually achieved by using clustering techniques. Genomic signal processing is a new area of research that combines genomics with digital signal processing methodologies. In this paper, we present a comparative analysis of two genomic signal processing methods for robust microarray data clustering. Techniques based on Fractal Dimension and Discrete Wavelet Decomposition with Vector Quantization are validated for standard data sets. Comparative analysis of the results indicates that these methods provide improved clustering accuracy compared to some conventional clustering techniques. Moreover, these classifiers don't require any prior training procedures.
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Hello :)
So at the start of 2013 i decided to make a few new years resolutions! (how exciting) i always try and make some resolutions but they don't exactly last long and consist of crazy and stupid ideas that are highly unrealistic like "i will never eat chocolate again" we are all guilty of making that one, right?
So on January the 1st i decided to sit down and write a few different and lifestyle changes which i can pursue and change about myself for the new year:
My first new years resolution was to start drinking water. Now, i don't mean drinking 10 liters of water every single day but just to drink an ideal amount a day to help with my skin and dehydration. As a child i hardly ever drank water or any kind of fluids for that matter. I can remember even now my grandma screaming at me to drink more but i never actually listened which resulted me being rushed into hospital at 5 years old :/ oops! I do drink a lot more now but it is sometimes a struggle to drink the guideline amount of 9 cups a day but hopefully this resolution will try and push me into the direction of doing so.


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DHARAMSHALA: The flame of truth torch relay organised by the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile kicked off in US, Taiwan and Australia on the occasion of 52nd Tibetan democracy on 2 September.
Tibetans and supporters took part in a signature campaign in Taipei marking the launch of torch relay. A press conference was also organised by Taiwan Tibet Support groups.
Mr Dawa Tsering, Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama briefed the gathering on the current situation in Tibet. He stressed that the sacrifices made by Tibetans living in Tibet must not go in vain, adding that exile Tibetans should make concerted effort to fulfil their aspirations.
Pledging support for the Tibetan people, Mr Yong Cong Ziin, Vice-President of Taiwan Friends of Tibet and the President of Students for Free Tibet Taiwan chapter, called for the urgent need of global intervention to end the self-immolation crisis in Tibet by pressing the Chinese government to address the legitimate grievances of Tibetans through dialogue.
The Taiwan Tibetan Association organised a bike rally to carry the torch through different cities to highlight the plight of Tibetans living under the repressive policies of the Chinese government. The bikers have covered almost 120 km yesterday and they are expected to return to Taipei on Friday.
Similarly, the North American leg of the flame of truth relay was launched in Washington, D.C. and Ottawa simultaneously. It will pass through 22 major cities of North America.
US Congressman Frank R Wolf in his message at the launch of Flame of Truth Relay at Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC, said: "I stand with you in solidarity with the people of Tibet and condemn the repressive actions of the Chinese government.
"Gatherings such as this are critical to maintaining attention and to increase public awareness of the horrible atrocities taking place in Tibet. In a crey of protest, more than 50 Tibetans have set themselves aflame in desperation at the abuses they have suffered at the hands of the Chinese government. I've traveled to Tibet and have spoken to many individuals who are begging for help from the outside world. Tibetans are a peaceful people, but they currently have no way of protesting or ending the restrictions imposed upon them. The deteriorating situation must be addressed by the international community, with U.S. leadership, before it spirals out of control.
"Freedom Plaza is a fitting place to hold this gathering. The symbolic nature of Freedom Plaza makes it the perfect location to send a message to the people of Tibet and the rest of the world that we hear them and are working to end their oppression. It is long past time for this administration and this State Department to prioritize Tibet in our dealings with China. In a Constitution Day speech, President Reagan famously described our founding documents, which enshrine base liberties, as a "covenant we have made not only with our ourselves, but with all of mankind." We risk breaking that covenant with the people of Tibet if we do not champion their cause during this time of need," Congressman Wolf said in his message.
In his address, Mr Tashi Namgyal Khamshitsang, member of Tibetan Parliament from North America, said: "The Tibetan Parliament in Exile has launched the Relay to highlight the plight of the people of Tibet and to express our solidarity with them. While Tibetans have been facing unimaginable suffering under the Chinese rule for more than five decades, since 2008 they have been facing a brutal crackdown. China has unleashed repression and brutality in Tibet with greater intensity than in the past. It is implementing inhuman policies in Tibet and further indulging in voluminous streams of misrepresentations, lies and distortions of facts."
He called on the UN, the international community, organisations and individuals who support freedom and justice to carry out thorough investigations to find out the truth about the situation in Tibet. "The United Nations needs to be reminded that the Tibetans, too, are members of the global community and the UN has the responsibility to safeguard the Tibetan people, as it is doing in the case of the people of Libya, Syria, East Timor, etc.," he added.
"I would like to urge everyone to help us amplify this message to the United Nations and the international community by adding your name in the petition campaign that we have launched. We plan to submit the petition to the United Nations on December 10, 2012," Mr Namgyal said.
He urged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to press the Chinese government to end its failed policies in Tibet which are pushing an increasing number of Tibetans to set themselves on fire, during her visit to China.
The issue of Tibetan self-immolations with the Chinese leaders during her visit to China and express its strongest condemnation of China's policies in Tibet that are leading to the dire situation in Tibet.
The Flame of Truth's North American relay is being organized in conjunction with the Office of Tibet in New York, all the Tibetan Associations of North America, the North American Chapters of the Tibetan Youth Congress, Tibetan Women's Association, International Tibetan Independence Movement, Students for a Free Tibet, and the International Campaign for Tibet.
Kasur Lodi Gyari, Representative Lobsang Nyandak, Mr. Harry Wu, Uyghur leader Mrs. Rebiya Kadeer, Mr. T. Kumar of Amnesty International, Mrs. Mary Beth Markey of ICT, and Tibetans from Washington, DC, New York, Philadelphia and Charlottesville attended the torch relay.
In Australia, the torch relay started from Canberra, the capital city of Australia. The Flame of Truth relay started at the Tibet Information Office, where the Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Mr Sonam Dagpo handed over the torch to Ms Lhamo Tenzin, President of the Tibetan community in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) with a short ceremony.
The Flame of Truth Relay in Australia and New Zealand began on the 52nd anniversary of the Tibetan Democracy Day. The program started with the singing of the Tibetan national anthem followed by one minute silence in honour of those Tibetans who have sacrificed their lives for the cause of Tibet including those who have self-immolated in recent years.
The Flame of Truth will travel from Canberra to Sydney on 5th September.
On 2 September, which is the Tibetan Democracy Day, the Flame of Truth torch tours from the capital of Russia to Buryat Republic located in the east and Kalmyk Republic in the west of Russian Federation, for creating and enhancing Tibet international awareness and launching the signature campaign for the Tibetan petition to be submitted to United Nations. From Moscow to Kalmyk Republic the Flame of Truth torch travelled with Ven. Geshe Lhakdor, Director of Tibetan Library and former translator of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Mrs. Julia Jironkina, Director of Moscow-based Save Tibet Foundation, Rev. Telo Tulku Rinpoche, Spiritual Head of Kalmyk Republic, and Dr. Nawang Rabgyal, Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States. The Flame of Truth torch was received at Elista airport by Ven. Ngawang Tsoglam, President of Tibetan Community in Kalmykia, and Mrs. Antonina I. Kookueva, Chairwoman of Friends of Tibet Society in Kalmyk Republic. To Buryat Republic from Moscow the Flame of Truth torch travelled with Mrs. Nadya Berkengeym, Vice-President of Moscow-based Tibet House. The Flame of Truth was received at Ulan Ude airport by Geshe Jampa Thinley, Spiritual Director of Green Tara Center in Ulan Ude & several Dharma centers in Russia, and Mr. Ngawang Tenzin, President of Tibetan Community in Buryatia, and other Tibetans and friends of Tibet in Buryat Republic. The Flame of Truth torch will fly to Tuva Republic in the north-east of Russia on 7th September with a 4-member delegation of Tibetans and Russian supporter of Tibet. And it will be received at Kyzyl, capital of Tuva, by Friends of Tibet Society. The Flame of Truth relay was commenced in Moscow on 8th August, touring through Red Square where situated Kremlin, and it was received at Open World Center, where launched the signature campaign for the Tibetan petition to be submitted to United Nations on 10th December. The online signature campaign has been going on in the Russian-speaking-world through 5 websites in Russian language, such as www.savetibet.ru, www.flameoftruth.ru, www.tibehouse.ru , www.clouds.ru, and www.facebook.com/photo.php linking them to the main website of the Tibetan petition to United Nations www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/198/920/082 FLAME OF TRUTH — Demanding Investigation into Human Rights Abuses in Tibet.


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The 1890 Research Program is the catalyst that has kept SC State University at the forefront of agriculture and rural research problems and issues confronting South Carolina.
The Research Program offers opportunities for students, faculty and staff to participate in organized research projects that are designed to upgrade the quality of life for limited-resource clients. The focus of the studies are based on one of the following key areas:
• Agriculture and production systems;
• Youth and family development;
• Rural life and rural opportunities; and
• Environment, health and human nutrition.
Research projects funded through the 1890 Research Program enable the university to demonstrate its unique capability for understanding and addressing problems, concerns and issues affecting the quality of life of disadvantaged clientele.
To find out about current 1890 research projects, see the list below. [Please note: Not all research projects are listed.] For more information on a specific study, you may contact the researcher(s). Or, for details on 1890 Research, contact Dr. Louis D. Whitesides, 1890 Research Administrator at (803) 516-4990 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
"Investigations on DNA Damage in Diabetes Involving Glycoxidation Reactions"
This research will help develop a better understanding of the implications of the modifications of DNA in relation to diabetes. As investigations progress in this project, the researcher will involve the schools in the Orangeburg and Williamsburg 1890 Extension Clusters to educate students in these communities about the disease. The educational initiatives will develop awareness in the younger generations and help them to pursue a healthy life style, which will lead to healthier communities.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Mahtabbuddin Ahmed
Office: (803) 536-8979
"A Study of Chapter 13 and its Chapter 7 Derivative Bankruptcy Filing in South Carolina, for the Period 1996-2003"
This study will reveal the trends in bankruptcy filings in South Carolina during the period, 1996-2003. The results of the study will help determine whether or not the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 validates its purpose.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Enoch Beraho
Office: (803) 536-7135
"Effectiveness of Differentiated Action Research and Instructional Beliefs, Skills and Reflection by Pre-Service Teachers"
Participants (in-service and pre-service teachers) in this study examine their own educational practice systematically and carefully using the techniques of research to provide appropriate class activities for diverse students in rural areas. By using the research technique, Routines of Action Research and Reflection Model (RARRM), the teachers will reform the conditions that influence students' achievement and provide them with strategies to enhance learning. In addition, in-service and pre-service teachers will refine and enhance their own skills.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Helen Brantley
Office: (803) 536-8796
"Augmentative Communication Technology for Service Providers and Consumers in Rural Settings"
The study investigates the augmentative communication needs of speech and language pathologists in public schools and healthcare settings in Orangeburg, Allendale, Bamberg and Calhoun counties. The findings will help determine the types of services and learning materials or devices that professionals can use when assisting those with complex communication needs.
Co-Investigator: Dr. Harriette Gregg
Office: (803) 536-8588
Co-Investigator: Debra Frishberg
Office: (803) 516-4901
"Syntheses in Solution and Supercritical CO2, Solution Properties and Thermal Characteristics of Poly (Dialkyphenyl Acrylates)"
Acrylic polymers respond to the highly in-demand commercially used pre-polymers and polymers that cover a wide range of applications including health, textile industry, building materials, and paints. Research on the synthesis of the acrylic monomers and polymers in a supercritical fluid, CO2, is an attractive science and innovative technology which this project covers. The research involves synthesizing a new family of acrylic polymers and studying their properties for possible industrial application.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Nasrollah Hamidi
Office: (803) 536-8506
"Preferred Learning Styles and Preferences in a Graduate Blended Learning Course: Enhancing Opportunities for Adult Learners in Orangeburg and Neighboring Counties"
The project's focus is to explore the differences between adult non-traditional students using a blended learning course and students attending a traditional face-to-face course in a counseling theories and techniques class. Discovering the dynamics of these relationships would assist in identifying those online instructional features that are important for the creation of a successful educational program for meeting the diverse needs of adult learners.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Charlotte R. Hamilton
Office: (803) 536-8822
"An Impact Study of the Relationship Between Healthy Eating/Healthy Lifestyles and Cognitive/Academic Development in Adolescence in Rural South Carolina"
African Americans are affected disproportionately by obesity and diabetes. Overall, 72.3 percent of African Americans in South Carolina are overweight or obese. The primary objective of the study is to implement and evaluate a pilot healthy eating program to combat obesity. The subsidiary objective is to determine the relationship between "Healthy Eating /Healthy Lifestyle" program and cognitive/academic development. This project is designed to empower participants to be responsible for their own health.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Martha Jean Adams-Heggins
Office: (803) 536-8832 or (803) 536-4696
Co-Investigator: Dr. Necati Engec
Office: (803) 536-7133
"An Integrated Approach to Prevent Obesity in High-Risk Families"
This multi-state research project investigates the causes for obesity in children that live in the states where the study is being conducted. (Idris' research focuses on obesity among children in South Carolina.) Based on the results of the survey, researchers plan to offer preventive measures that may help reduce the number of children from becoming overweight and obese.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Rafida Idris
Office: (803) 536-8620
"Understanding the Effects of Citizen Participation and Community Development in Selected Rural and Urban Cities in South Carolina"
This study will help determine the extent to which low-and moderate-income individuals and communities benefit from community development in six South Carolina cities by examining each city's policies regarding land use, economic development, public facilities, housing, public works and public services since 1970. The study will provide data, information and analysis to assist policy makers in formulating development policies that ensure low-and moderate-income neighborhoods benefit from community development.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Willie Legette
Office: (803) 536-4681 or (803) 536-8914
"Assessing Existing Social and Education Programs of the Hispanic Population in Selected Counties in South Carolina"
The study examines how Hispanics, ages 12 to 65 in 23 selected counties in South Carolina, are using Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), food stamps, Medicaid and Women-Infant- and Children (WIC) programs. The findings of the study will help state agencies develop and implement programs designed to alleviate the concerns of the state's Hispanic population and provide a medium for state agencies to benchmark their progress in serving Hispanics. The results of the study will also assist in the production of regional maps using GIS graphs to show where Hispanic populations reside in the counties that are served by 1890 Research and Extension.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Christopher C. Mathis, Jr.
Office: (803) 536-8974
"The Potential of Educational Attainment and Investment on Economic Development in South Carolina"
This research project will analyze the factors that affect the educational attainment and capital investment in South Carolina and develop a strategic plan for the state to accentuate the role of education and investment as sources of economic development. The major components of the study include: (a) an in-depth analysis of the factors affecting educational attainment in South Carolina and (b) studying how the factors of capital investment affect economic development and employment in the state.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Muhammad Mustafa
Office: (803) 536-7949
"Patterns in the Implementation of U.S. Nutrition Policies in South Carolina"
The study addresses the difficulties encountered in transmitting federal nutrition guidelines to South Carolinians since the 1890s. Important difficulties may stem from cultural conventions that influence(d) diet and exercise patterns in the state. These patterns can be assessed by analyzing diaries, commentaries, letters and cook books authored by or written for South Carolinians from the 19th century and on. The researcher's analysis will help to establish an historical context for the current obesity debate and identify long-standing barriers to the implementation of federal nutrition guidelines in South Carolina.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jutta Scott
Office: (803) 536-8915
"Mapping and Isolating Genes in Drosophila melanogaster that Regulate Cuticular Hydrocarbons"
The principal investigator is conducting a genetic analysis to identify the basis for production of and response to cuticular hydrocarbons that act as pheromones in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. This research is a form of educational assistance to farmers to aid them in evaluating and adopting integrated pest management techniques.
Principal Investigator: Dr. David Scott
Office: (803) 536-8511
"A Real-Time GIS/HydrologyFlood Warning System for First Responders in Rural Areas"
This project seeks to integrate readily available hydrology analysis systems with real-time remotely sensed precipitation data to predict the likelihood that roads, bridges, underpasses, etc. in rural areas are flooded during severe rain events. The project will use U.S. Weather Service NEXRad integrated precipitation products as input to a GIS-compatible hydrology model. Such a prediction system can serve as the basis for an internet server-client mapping system available to EMS and other public safety officials.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Tom Whitney
Office: (803) 536-8948


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We have a new race of giants today, created for war, and treated as slaves. The took their freedom, and now have to forge their way on their own, past the Great Uprising, for the betterment of the new empire, the Free Cyclopean People.
Create a Faction Contest
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To see more about the create a faction contest going on now......
Reminder to everyone submitting their races: Increases to characteristics to not stack across evolutionary branches (this is a common mistake when first getting introduced to Genesys). You can see the Create a Faction Primer at this link.
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White Runners
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Unilever Hires Former Kellogg's Marketer As Its New CMO
Unilever Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) has appointed John Broome as vice-president and chief marketing officer, effective from 15 February 2016.
Broome will lead Unilever's marketing function in Australia and New Zealand and will also join the Unilever ANZ leadership team.
Broome brings over 25 years of brand marketing experience across FMCG categories including food, confectionery, home and personal care, having worked with a number of global companies including Kellogg, Reckitt Benckiser and Nestle in Australia and internationally.
Clive Stiff, chairman and chief executive officer of Unilever Australia & New Zealand said: "John's extensive local and global experience in FMCG marketing and his passion for building brands with purpose will be instrumental as we continue to drive sustainable growth in Australia and New Zealand. I'm delighted to welcome him to the team and congratulate him on his appointment."


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Design Republica, (formerly Beltran Design Group) is a Washington DC based firm offering a comprehensive vision and approach to design - from architecture and interiors to communication design.
Co-founded in 2000 by principals Francisco Beltran, AIA and Jeanne Jarvaise, Associate AIA, its partners have over fifteen years of experience in architecture, interior design and business development. With a focus on efficient and inventive use of materials and space, Design Republica finds their passion and joy in the creation of beautifully streamlined restaurant, hospitality, office and retail environs.
At Design Republica, we understand that space design is many things to many people. Some people think it means an efficient operating environment, some a beautiful interior, while others just a necessary part of any new retail business. To us, it's all of those things and more. Good space design is that intangible business asset that allows your customers to connect to your services, products and environment on an emotional level.
Truly innovative space design attracts, inspires and creates desires, motivating consumers to respond positively to an environment or message, e.g., your restaurant, your store, your office, your product. Integrating your brand identity, your business concept, and your operations into a cohesive targeted approach, ultimately makes a positive impact on your bottom line.
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architecture: ground-up buildings and renovations.
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communications design: branding, logos, print communications, packaging, interactive and web design, and market strategy.


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These are varied works performed with a sense of adventure that helps overcome the collection's inherent limitations of timbre and texture.
Fun! Best enjoyed in small doses, though. © 2016 PS Audio Read complete review
My interest in football is pretty well zero; but when George Best died and a TV news programme showed a clip of him apparently unchallenged by gravity as he seemed to
dribble the ball both through and around an opposing player as fleet-footedly as a Mariinsky prima ballerina, I was gobsmacked: this was true virtuosity, a supreme
achievement in its own way. I found unexpected pleasure in this release for the same reason: it's a project perfectly realized. From the outside, a CD of ten contemporary duos for recorders and their Chinese equivalents is not the kind of release to set the pulse quickening; it was respect for Michala Petri's musicianship that led me to investigate further, and I'm delighted I did.
Petri and her instruments will need little introduction to western audiences; Chen Yue and hers might. She plays variants of two instruments thousands of years old in their design: the xiao and the dizi. The recording 'is the result of several years' planning', as the Introduction in the booklet by Joshua
Cheek explains (Cheek is an expert on contemporary Chinese music): ten young composers, five Danish and five Chinese, were commissioned to write a duo for Petri
and Chen. The results, all written in 2007, are very different: some of the composers wrote 'locally' for each instrument, others drawing their performance techniques into a more abstract framework, but all of them show a striking alert ear in responding to the colours they are working with—although
you'll have trouble following which is which as they whirl around each other like tumbling doves. It's far from obvious to the innocent ear which composers are Danish and which Chinese: it struck me that the fourth track has something of the formal elegance of the courtship rituals of Manchurian cranes and so
was probably by one of the Chinese; no—it was Butterfly-Rain by Pernille Louise Sejlund (b.1979). The next track, The Greetings from Afar by Gang Chen (b.1969), dances along with the light-footed good humour that informs many of the other tracks.
The performances are immediately engaging, and the sound (the recording was made in a Danish church) couldn't be bettered. The booklet, too, is a model of what such things should be, with Cheek's Introduction followed by a page on each composer and then by presentations of the musicians and their instruments; and the design has been beautifully done. I looked for some fault, to moderate such fulsome praise, but could find none.
In Dialogue-East meets West Petri teams up with a Chinese player on the xiao and dizi flutes to perform pieces specially written for this East-West instrumental combination by five young Chinese composers and 5 young Danish ones. The real interest of this collaboration lies in the contrast between what the Western and Eastern instruments can do, with the latter capable of an amazing variety of tricks.
Contemporary Chinese pieces alternate with works by young Danes on this recording that teams the European recorder family with its Chinese analogs, the xiao and dizi. All of these pieces were written, mostly by composers under 30, in 2007 especially for this project spearheaded by the two performers. Most of the Chinese pieces sound distinctly Chinese, through the composers' choice of scales and use of note-bending and other Asian playing techniques. A couple of them quote Chinese melodies, but none of this is travelogue music. Peng Zhuang, for instance, sounds like an extract from Orff's Schulwerk. The Danish pieces, I suppose, are also typical of their culture, yet the greatest interest here is not hearing who uses a pentatonic scale and who does not, but how the various composers cause the two wind instruments to interact. Rong, for example, has Michala Petri and Chen Yue engage in independent but parallel play, whereas Stream establishes a closer, more interdependent relationship between the two lines. The Greeting from Afar by Gang Chen (not the composer by the same name responsible for the "Butterfly Lovers" Violin Concerto) is a playful piece calling for the highest instruments from the dizi and recorder families, while Circonflexe requires the players to switch among the full range of their instruments. Some of the pieces, like Cascades, are lovely, rippling, and fluid, while others are a bit more thorny. This is certainly not New Age meditation music, but neither is it strenuously avant-garde. Both artists play superbly, and the audio quality is notable for what it lacks—there's no high-frequency distortion, no extraneous noise, no strange coloration, nothing but the natural sounds of the instruments recorded in the flattering acoustics of a Danish church.
Our Recordings' Dialogue: East Meets West features an unusual collaboration on a unique combination of instruments as Danish recorder virtuoso Michala Petri joins Chen Yue, a Chinese virtuoso on the Chinese xiao and dizi, both flutes, although the xiao is end-blown, whereas the dizi is more like a transverse flute; they are likewise made of different kinds of bamboo. As literature for this particular instrumental combination has been heretofore nonexistent, Petri and Chen have commissioned 10 pieces for the album, 5 each from Danish composers and Chinese composers. They have obtained a very interesting slate of results; in some cases the Chinese composers have turned up pieces, such as in Ruomei Chen's Jue, that are a tad more readily recognizable with avant-garde styles than the Danish ones, making clear that in China experimental composition has a bit more cachet and perceived freshness than in the West, where it is seen in some circles as being a little played out. Not so Mette Nielsen, whose lovely Stream incorporates well-adjudged elements of improvisation, whereas Chinese composer Li Rui's Peng Zhuang and Siqin Chaoketu's Yan Gui are strongly rooted in traditional Chinese folk idioms; Butterfly-Rain by Pernille Louise Sejlund is a beautiful wash of flute texture that has a programmatic sense of organization and belongs to neither side of the divide; this and the Chaoketu are obvious highlights.
There are no other instruments used than those played by Petri and Chen; no piano accompaniment, traditional Chinese instrumental group, use of percussion, or anything else. As a result, Dialogue: East Meets West is a bit of a tightrope walk—the high-pitched instrument players are on their own in putting across the entire 68-minute disc. And for that it never gets boring, although one may want to listen to Dialogue: East Meets West in two halves in order to ingest it more easily. One thing that is striking about the music of Harry Partch is that he built his own instruments and devised his own harmonic building blocks, and therefore created a kind of music from scratch that has no easy reference to other kinds of music. Petri and Chen have done much the same thing here; after awhile one moves away from the idea that these instruments are members of the flute family and into an area of listening that is of its own character and consisting of relatively light, distinctly feminine qualities. Dialogue: East Meets West is a disc that definitely rewards repeated exposure as details gradually reveal themselves, and while the composer commissions provide variety, there is no one piece that dominates the whole puzzle; it is a singular and pleasant, but by no means altogether unchallenging, musical journey that is an ideal offering for taking in the season of spring.


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When I think about kernels, I have many well-worked examples from group theory, rings and modules - in the earliest stages of dealing with abstract mathematical objects they seem to come up all over the place, whenever I see a homomorphism.
BUT no-one really seems to mention cokernels until you get to commutative diagrams and category theory. And then they can easily just be "things which make the diagram work" with limited intuition or sense of useful reality. [maybe I exaggerate]
So I am looking for good examples to illustrate what a cokernel is, extending to non-trivial examples [I was taught about the kernels of homomorphisms between non-abelian groups before anyone taught me about modules].


text: ROBYN SARAH grew up in Montreal, where she still lives. She is the author of ten poetry collections, most recently My Shoes Are Killing Me, winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry in 2015. She has also published two collections of short stories and a book of essays on poetry. Her poems have been broadcast on The Writer's Almanac and included in The Norton Anthology of Poetry, and since 2011 she has been poetry editor for Cormorant Books.


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No-Fry Potato Doughnuts
Jill Shramek of Powell, Wyoming adapted a recipe from her Czechoslovakian in-laws to make the dough for these sweet treats in her bread machine. "They are the best baked doughnuts you'll ever eat," she promises. "They're tender and terrific."
Total TimePrep: 50 min. + rising Bake: 15 min.
Makesabout 2-1/2 dozen
- 3 medium potatoes, peeled and quartered
- 1 cup warm 2% milk (70° to 80°)
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 3/4 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4-1/2 cups bread flour, plus additional flour if neccessary
- 2-1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1-1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- Place potatoes in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil; Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until tender. Drain, reserving 1/4 cup cooking liquid; set liquid aside to cool to 70°-80°. Mash potatoes; set aside 1 cup to cool to room temperature. (Refrigerate any remaining mashed potatoes for another use.)
- In bread machine pan, place the milk, eggs, shortening, sugar, salt, bread flour and yeast in order suggested by manufacturer, adding reserved cooking liquid and potatoes. Select dough setting (check dough after 5 minutes of mixing; some flour may remain on top; add 1 to 2 tablespoons water or flour if needed).
- When cycle is completed, turn dough onto a lightly floured surface. Knead in an additional 1/4 to 1/2 cup flour if necessary. Roll out to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut with a 2-1/2-in. doughnut cutter. Place on greased baking sheets; cover and let rise until almost doubled, about 25 minutes.
- Bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes or until lightly browned. Combine sugar and cinnamon. Brush warm doughnuts with butter; dip in cinnamon-sugar.
Editor's NoteWe recommend you do not use a bread machine's time-delay feature for this recipe.
Nutrition Facts1 each: 173 calories, 7g fat (2g saturated fat), 19mg cholesterol, 103mg sodium, 25g carbohydrate (9g sugars, 1g fiber), 3g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1-1/2 starch, 1 fat.
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These are the best tasting baked donuts I have ever had! They are time consuming, but well worth the effort. They are light and fluffy. I wasn't sure about the shortening, but after making them I wouldn't change anything!
Apr 26, 2012
This has been a family favorite since it was in the magazine. Best eaten by the day after made, if any stay around that long.
Jan 20, 2011
Can you make these without a bread machine?
May 15, 2010
These donuts are fairly good-especially for a no-fry recipe.


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Oct 16, 2017
The latest issue of the Cluster's E-Journal "Transcultural Studies" continues the exploration of novel interdisciplinary formats. It features five essays, and – for the first time – a "Report from the Field."
The five individual essays are closely related and based on contributions to the workshop "Transregional Crossroads of Social Interaction". This workshop of the BMBF-funded Crossroads Asia Competence Network took place at Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient in Berlin on March 21, 2014. The essays explore emerging notions of identity and belonging in South-Central Asian borderlands.
Independent articles
- Rudolf Wagner: "'Dividing up the [Chinese] Melon, guafen 瓜分': The Fate of a Transcultural Metaphor in the Formation of National Myth".
Rudolf Wagner's essay of the history of the Chinese term guafen 瓜分 (cutting up like a melon) studied the translingual and transcultural migration of the conceptual metaphor of China as a nation "asleep" and "awakened" in issue 2011.1 of the journal. The author now turns his attention to the genealogy and the use(s) of a metaphor that stands for the cutting up of China by foreign powers.
- Dietrich Reetz: "Mediating Mobile Traditions: The Tablighi Jama'at and the International Islamic University between Pakistan and Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan)".
The article explores connections between South and Central Asia in an alternative to or contestation of globalization. These connections, argues Reetz, are an attempt to revive or maintain Islamic practices and values while accepting the market economy and the political changes of the post-Soviet environment.
- Jeanine Dagyeli: "Weapon of the Discontented? Trans-River Migration as Tax Avoidance Practice and Lever in Eastern Bukhara".
Jeanine Dağyeli's study challenges the nation state historiography with its focus on the political center and its fiction of hard territorial borders. It does so by studying the way in which populations on both sides of the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border crossed to the other side to avoid what they saw as excessively burdensome state exactions or deterioration of their agricultural environment.
- Antía Mato Bouzasm: "Territorialisation, Ambivalence, and Representational Spaces in Gilgit-Baltistan".
This micro-study investigates the ways in which the local inhabitants in an area contested between India and Pakistan cope with a recent, heavily militarized border, which separates them from their relatives while keeping them in limbo as to their citizenship. Based on interviews with locals and government officials on both sides of the border controlled by Pakistan and India, and drawing on an approach opened by Henri Lefebvre's discussion of the frontier as a "space lived through its associated images and symbols," the author documents different strategies to fix these images and symbols.
- Timothy Alexander Nunan: "The Violence Curtain: Occupied Afghan Turkestan and the Making of a Central Asian Borderscape".
Timothy Nunan focuses on Afghanistan's northern border as an arena of transcultural mobility and interaction during the Soviet Union's military occupation of Afghanistan. The article explores the forms, the impact, and the aftermath of the Soviet intervention in the context of a strategy that sought not only to protect the Soviet border but also to realize a Soviet model of state building abroad.
Reports from the Field
- Srđan Tunić: "Ukiyo-e between Pop Art and (Trans)cultural Appropriation: On the Art of Muhamed Kafedžić (Muha)".
The journal's first "Report from the Field" is written by Srđan Tunić and is dedicated to the oeuvre of Muhamed Kafedžić, a Sarajevo-based artist with an extraordinary hybrid style which absorbs Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock printing (seventeenth through nineteenth centuries) as well as American pop art (twentieth century), predominantly by Roy Lichtenstein. Tunić, who collaborated with the artist between 2012 and 2015, provides a vivid analysis of the paintings focusing on the intentions behind them rather than their impact.
Transcultural Studies is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal committed to promoting research on transculturality. Launched in 2010, it is published by the Cluster of Excellence, "Asia and Europe in a Global Context: The Dynamics of Transculturality" at the Heidelberg University and hosted by heiUP.
No. 1: Nanso Satomi Hakkenden, On the Roof of Horyoji after Toyokuni III. Technique: acrylic on canvas. Size: diptych 177 x 240 cm (69.68 x 94.48 inch); each panel 177 x 120 cm (69.68 x 47.24 inch). Year: May 2011. Availability: In private collection.
No. 3: James Gillray, The Plumb-pudding in danger; or State Epicures taking un Petit Souper, 1802.


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My life as a cutter
Disclaimer: What follows is my life as a cutter as I feel like telling it. I've done some stupid things in my life, so don't do what I did.
I'm an emotional cutter, and damn proud of it. Normally I'd cut when I get really angry or sad. I'm highly introverted, but very emotional, so I find my feelings bottle up inside like a raging cyclone. When I let loose, I'm normally too scared of the ramifications if I lash out at someone else, so I just cut sick on myself (no pun intended). I've tortured myself in as many ways as I can imagine (solo only), but cutting seems to be the only thing that really worked for me. I'm not the type of person to go for a walk. I don't recommend or share my experiences with others, unless I know they're already like me. That way I only ever had to deal with the stigma in my own mind.
I got into self mutilation in grade four. Everyone in my life who was supposed to care either ignored me or abused me in their own ways. I remember hiding under my bed with a knife in the morning before school, intending to use it to kill my brother if he came in. Just so you know, still want him to die, but I want it to be by Karma's way. Anyhow, he came in and I couldn't do it so I tried to slit my wrists instead. Mum heard the commotion, and for the first time in her life, actually came to see what was going on, so we shut up and pretended nothing had happened.
From that day I had the idea of cutting in my head but thought each cut would scar, so I just damaged myself in other ways. Talking back to my brother was my favourite, I used to get the #%!# beaten out of me for that. Swinging a baseball bat over my shoulder and onto my back was okay too, hurt like hell but only seemed to bruise bad if I hit the same spot twice.
My cutting career began late February, 1997. It was my second week of high school, and my younger brother (the cool one) and I were having our morning fight. It ended with me chasing him out the back door of the house, around the side, and up the front stairs toward the front door. Only problem was, he's a mad runner, so I was sprinting full pace across the verandah when my older brother shut the door when I was no more than a foot or two from it. I was going too fast to stop so I ended up going through the plate glass section, ripping up my right forearm and the top part of my left arm.
When those cuts were healing, I didn't do any damage to myself, except take too many painkillers, but that was for fun. Watching them heal was fascinating. I loved picking the scabs off them and letting them bleed everywhere. Some of them are really wide because of it though. After that, scars didn't worry me anymore. My intentional scars are all fairly discrete or coverable, mainly due to the paranoia that people can tell the difference between sources, and partially due to a personal preference to keep my real self hidden from the world.
Over the years, my "roadmap" became less about doing the one thing for myself that I could control, and more about art. When I look at myself, each scar tells its own symbolic story, even though most of them are simple patterns created from straight lines. I don't like curved lines, they hurt and I don't get the rush. I look down and I see my life. The real story behind who I am, not the façade of me. I see all the events that led me to where I am today. I use them to remind myself of my virtues, and to keep me from wanting to kill myself from loneliness. I look at my past and I see my future. That's why I got the butterfly tattoo, to always think "freedom". I see the stories and scars of days past, and dream of the adventures and better times of tattoos ahead. Let's face it, I'd rater be an 80 year old covered in tatts than scars.
As time passes and I'm getting older, I find I'm cutting less and less. Today I cut myself for the first time in about three months. That's the longest I've gone since I first started. I don't know if it's because I'm too used to cutting myself to care anymore, or because I'm in a rut where the story is the same everyday. Either way, I don't think I'll be doing it much longer. Maybe it's because these days I feel numb. Maybe I'm just used to that crazy thing we call life.
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text: Auto-tagging comes to Bing Shopping Campaigns March 07, 2016 Jamie Chung Neha Mohan Product news Yesterday, we touched on new tracking parameters that you can start taking advantage of for your landing page URLs to gain additional insights on your clicks. To continue to improve the way that Bing Ads manages your URLs, we've also rolled out widened support of auto-tagging to two ad products. With auto-tagging support for Bing Shopping Campaigns and Image Extensions, you can finally say goodbye to manually tagging landing page URLs for these features. We'll cover more in depth what is changed recently and how you can start taking advantage of it today to reach valuable customers more easily. Auto-tagging support for Bing Shopping Campaigns and Image Extensions Auto-tagging makes it even easier for you to track your paid search campaigns because it tells Bing to automatically append special UTM tags to your landing page URLs. You can then build reports on these URLs using your own web analytics tool, such as Google Analytics, to track how people are getting to your website. Bing will now automatically append landing page URLs with UTM tags for Bing Shopping Campaigns and Image Extensions. For example, let's imagine that set your landing page URL in Bing Ads to: http://contoso.com/ When auto-tagging is enabled on your account, Bing will automatically append these tags to your URLs, resulting in: http://www.contoso.com/?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Sales&utm_content=Clearance&utm_term=Shoes And it tells you that: The person came from Bing. utm_source=bing The channel or type of ad was cpc (cost-per-click). utm_medium=cpc The keyword was from the campaign Sales. utm_campaign=Sales The keyword was from the ad group Clearance. utm_content=Clearance The keyword Shoes triggered the ad that was clicked. utm_term=Shoes If you already have auto-tagging enabled on your account, you do not need to make any changes to your landing page URLs and you can already start reporting on these clicks. Do take this opportunity to review your URLs and clean up any existing UTM tags that are redundant or reused. This will simplify your reporting in the future as we continue to make improvements to the way you manage URLs in Bing Ads. For advertisers who are new to enable auto-tagging, it is as easy as a selecting a checkbox in your account settings. Learn more about auto-tagging from Bing Ads Help. Auto-tagging now appends utm_content to send ad group name For those who might have missed the update, back in January 2016, we released updates based on your feedback to auto-tag ad group names using the utm_content parameter. The breakdown of how UTM tags are also shown below for your quick reference. UTM Tag Tells you utm_source Where people came from. Bing sets this to bing. utm_medium What channel was used. Bing sets this to cpc. utm_campaign What campaigns the keywords came from. NEW! utm_content What ad groups the keywords came from. utm_term What keyword brought people to your website. For product ads, what Bing Shopping product group (Criterion ID) brought people to your ad. Note: Auto-tagging is now supported for: text ads, keywords, Bing Shopping Campaigns and ad extensions (Sitelink and Image). Auto-tagging is not applied to contextual ads. Questions? Comments? Feel free to ping us on Twitter, visit us to ask questions at the Bing Ads Answers forum, submit and vote on your top-priority features at the Bing Ads Feature Suggestion forum, or send us your feedback directly at email@example.com. Jamie Chung Program Manager Neha Mohan Senior program manager, Microsoft, Shopping campaigns Tags ad extensions ads shopping campaigns conversions featured manage campaigns reporting and optimization


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No, not new reviews of mine (I have one for next week), but two pieces of interest nevertheless. Wylie Schwartz reviews a new show by sculptor Ursula von Rydingsvard at the Johnson. Nice to have the company. Ursula will be speaking at the museum this afternoon at 5:15 and again tomorrow at 4:30. Also, good news, the Times has been awarded first place for its "Coverage of the Arts" by New York Press Association. Read more about it here.
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Thousands watch as Royal Family attends Windsor parade
Thousands of spectators turned out to watch as the Royal Family took part in an annual parade at Windsor Castle.
The Queen, Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Anne, Duke of York, Prince William and the Earl of Wessex all took part in the Order of the Garter ceremony.
A service followed to honour members of the order, which includes 23 companion knights who wore blue velvet robes and a St George's Cross.
The order is Britain's oldest and most senior order of chivalry.
Absent prince
It was founded by King Edward III in the 14th Century to include the Prince of Wales and 24 knights - membership is still limited to that number.
The Prince of Wales was absent due to a chest infection, while Baroness Thatcher attended, but did not take part in the procession.
Former British Prime Minister John Major also took part.
Marching bands provided music as soldiers lined the route from the castle's quadrangle to St George's Chapel, where the service was held.
Public places to view the procession were allocated by a public ballot.
Chapter clerk at St George's Chapel, Charlotte Manley, said: "It's a wonderful day of pageantry and glorious sights and glorious sounds, but beneath that is the symbolism of duty to service and country."


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Nursing Community Monthly Roundup - June 2018
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June 2018
Below is a summary of the Nursing Community Coalition's (NCC) activity for the month of June.
The Nursing Community Coalition released a statement thanking the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health Chairman Michael Burgess (R-TX) and Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) for their efforts to move the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act (H.R. 959) forward. H.R. 959 was approved by the subcommittee on a voice vote.
Letter to Department of Homeland Security
Thirty-three organizations signed on to a letter imploring the Department of Homeland Security, and the Administration, to protect the health and wellness of immigrant children because at the core of the nursing profession is a commitment to protecting vulnerable populations.
Letter on Section 303 of H.R. 6
Forty-six organizations signed on to a letter thanking Congressional Leadership and Champions for their inclusion of Section 303, Allowing for More Flexibility with Respect to Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders, in the SUPPORT for Families and Communities Act (H.R. 6). This section amends the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823 (g)(2)(G)) to permanently authorize nurse practitioners and to provide a five-year authorization for clinical nurse specialists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and certified nurse-midwives to prescribe Medication-Assisted Treatments.
Fifty-one organizations signed on to a letter submitted to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee thanking them for hosting a hearing titled "The Healthcare Workforce: Addressing Shortages and Improving Care". The hearing discussed the impact and successes of the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs.
Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee
Fifty-six organizations signed on to written testimony submitted to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. The testimony featured the coalition's funding requests of $266 million for the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and $170 million for the National Institute for Nursing Research for Fiscal Year 2019.
The NCC held their monthly meeting on June 5, 2018 and 36 NCC organizations were present for the discussion.
External Presence
Nursing Community Website: Site Visits: 1,300 (182% increase) Top Page Visited: News
Twitter: @RN_Community New Followers: 45 Total Followers: 657
Profile Visits: 496 Tweet Impressions: 23.3K
Top Tweet: 33 orgs signed on to a letter urging @DHSgov to protect the health and wellness of immigrant children. At the core of the nursing profession is a commitment to protecting vulnerable populations. Read the full letter: bit.ly/2MGQvTN
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Thornwell (1981)
Directed by Harry MosesGenres - Drama | Sub-Genres - Docudrama, Political Drama | Release Date - Jan 28, 1981 (USA - Unknown) | Run Time - 104 min. | Countries - United States | MPAA Rating - NR
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Thornwell was based on a documentary directed by Harry Moses, which formed the nucleus of a 60 Minutes piece. Moses also directed this TV-movie dramatization of the incident, a truly shameful chapter in the history of the American military. James Thornwell (Glynn E. Turman), an African American soldier suspected in 1961 of being a spy, is subjected to an intense, painful, and humiliating interrogation. The Army's grilling tactics are within the accepted boundaries--until it is decided to use Thornwell as a guinea pig for the "mind-expanding" drug LSD. Once released, Thornwell suffers from mental and physical agony which he cannot fully comprehend, because he has no idea that he's been pumped full of the hallucinogenic drug. It is only 16 years later, thanks to the Freedom of Information act, that Thornwell learns what has been done to him. He is awarded a sizeable cash settlement by Congress, but Thornwell makes clear that this is inadequate compensation for two lost decades in a man's life.
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Achy joints may need extra attention especially in the winter when you may not be moving as much! Do you know that stagnation is not good for achy joints? You need to keep moving if you want to help your joints. I know that sounds counter-intuitive but they need movement to keep them healthy. You just want to make sure you are doing the right exercises. For example if you suffer with bad knees or hip issues, jogging would not be good. You get the picture!
This drink is so comforting – perfect for winter! It's soothing and immune boosting! Drinking it before bed actually helps you have a more restful sleep while boosting your immunity while you sleep.
The secret spice actually is the curcumin in the turmeric that has numerous health benefits. Curcumin has been extensively studied. It has shown benefits to support digestion as well as alleviate inflammation in your digestion system. Boosts immunity, reduces inflammation due to osteoarthritis to name a few and has numerous studies in reduction in many types of cancer.
Too many benefits not to include this in your diet several times a week! If you aren't allergic to tree nuts, I find it's most delicious using cashew milk (regular dairy is inflammatory so I wouldn't use that). I used cashew milk but it's commonly made with other non-dairy milk such as almond or coconut or any combo of them both.
If you can find fresh turmeric it really comes out so delicious vs. dried turmeric in your spice aisle – although that is good too but fresh just has a different flavor. You can find fresh turmeric at your local supermarket (my stop & shop carries it), Whole Foods, or health food store should also have it if they sell produce. Here's a picture so you know what you are looking for:
Here's an article from Lyfe Botanicals discussing the 10 health benefits of turmeric/curcumin that you will find beneficial and useful!
Anti-Inflammatory Golden Milk
- 1 cup cashew milk my favorite is Elmhurst Brand (so creamy)
- 2 tsp grated fresh turmeric or 1 tsp dried turmeric (fresh is best)
- 1/2 tsp grated fresh ginger or 1" sliced
- Pinch black pepper freshly cracked
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp organic raw coconut oil or ghee
- 1 tsp raw honey optional
Heat in a saucepan, over medium heat until hot but not boiling.
Stir and let steep for about 5 minutes.
Strain through a fine mesh sieve over a mug.
Serve with an additional sprinkling of black pepper (helps with absorption) and an extra sprinkle of cinnamon.
Recipe Notes
You can find fresh turmeric at your local supermarket (my stop & shop carries it), Whole Foods, or health food store should also have it if they sell produce.


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Crasher is a Winner of Best of 2016 Games on Google Play
4399EN, a leading mobile game developer and publisher, is proud to announce that its highly-acclaimed MMORPG, Crasher, has been selected as the "Most Competitive Game" in the Best Games of 2016 selection on Google Play in Indonesia.
Crasher is a cross-platform MMORPG solely developed and published by 4399EN. It boasts of console-level graphics and control on mobile devices and thrilling multiplayer PvP battle.
Since its global release in May 2016, Crasher has quickly become a favorite among MMORPG lovers from many countries, with a 4.5/5 score based on over 120,000 reviews on Google Play and over 1 million download. In September 2016, it was listed as Featured on Google Play in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore. The honor of being selected as one of the Best of 2016 Games is yet another recognition of Crasher's quality that 4399EN take great pride in.
All these milestones will not be achieved without the loyal support from player communities across the world. 4399EN would also like to express special appreciation to all Indonesian players, for it is their loyal support that help Crasher winning the Best of 2016 Games reward on Google Play in Indonesia.
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