text:
VERSACE Versace Icon Active Sn42
Product code: 761991
Buy now.
Pay later.
Earn £20 rewards*
Representative APR: 39.9% (variable)
Credit subject to status. Terms apply
Next Day Delivery by DPD Carbon Neutral
Find out more
Order by 9pm (excludes Public holidays)
Express Delivery - 48 Hours
Find out more
Order by 9pm (excludes Public holidays)
Standard delivery £6.99 Find out more
Delivered within 3 - 7 days (excludes Public holidays).
Store Delivery £6.99 Find out more
Delivered to your chosen store within 3-7 daysSpend over £400 (excluding delivery charge) to get a £20 voucher to spend in-store
International delivery Find out more
International delivery is available for this product. The cost and delivery time depend on the country.
You can now return your online order in a few easy steps. Select your preferred tracked returns service. We have print at home, paperless and collection options available.
You have 28 days to return your order from the date it's delivered. Exclusions apply.
View our full Returns and Exchanges information.


text:
Head Shops > Texas Head Shops > Weslaco Head Shops
Here's our list of head shops in Weslaco, Texas. It was made with our own research and calling around to friends and smoke shops in Weslaco. Most of the people living in Texas have told us their smoke shops are good but sometimes lacking great American made glass. My favorite head shop right now is Amsterdam Smoke Shop right at 1509 West Business 83.
Area Map: Type zipcode below and hit 'Submit' to go directly to that area in the USA.
Tobacco.org | A comprehensive resource about tobacco. It includes stories, research, FAQs, and chemical information.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Joan Rivers Impersonator ~ Eileen Finney
Please contact vendor for prices and availability
- Serving:
- Serving Nationwide
Joan Rivers trained Eileen personally, so if Joan can't make it the next best thing is Eileen for your corporate parties and special events.
Her career first started when she met Bette Midler over lunch in Chicago. She then got one of the best advices from her when Bette told her that she was a naturaledienne.
One of her gigs was a working as a regular at aedy store in Los Angeles and then would leave for her workshops where she gets to try out new material and jokes on the audience.Over the years, Joan mentored Eileen who appeared as her guest on The Joan Rivers Show winning the Joan Rivers Lookalikepetition .
She is available to appear as M.C., Joan Rivers appearances at Corporate Events, Award shows, Theme Parties, and Bar and Bat Mitzvahs. If you want something more tailored to your event, she can also write special material for you.
A few of her appearances that she made in the past include working for aol, Intel, Best Buy, Hewlett Packard, Mercedes Benz, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Fresenius Medical Care, Siemens, Amgen Biotech, Exxon Oil, Hartford Life, Fidelity Invstments, Wachiova, Chicago Title, HR Block, Curves International, Godiva Choclatier and many more.She also made some special television appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC and Geraldo and Hardcopy.
She enjoys dishing herments over what everyone is wearing like the real Joan Rivers at award shows and has everyone watch her in their hotel suites on their flat screen televisions.
She has many special skills apart from impersonating Joan Rivers. They include ballroom dancing to swing and more, stand up, speaking professionally and of course talk show hostess.  She earned her Bachelor degree in Fine Arts from the University of Southern Illinois and also a Chicago Board of Education teaching certification.
Among other cities, Joan Rivers Impersonator ~ Eileen Finney may serve the following areas: Washington, Houston, New York, Dallas, Springfield, Sacramento, Miami, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Kansas City, San Antonio, Austin, Philadelphia, Columbus, Chicago, Charlotte, Portland, San Diego, Denver, El Paso, Oklahoma City, Phoenix, Birmingham, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Memphis, Saint Louis, Albany, Cincinnati
There are currently no reviews for this vendor


text:
DETROIT (AP) — Honda Motor Co. is recalling 350,000 Civics in the U.S. because their parking brakes may not function properly.
Civic coupes and sedans from the 2016 model year are affected by the recall. The recall only impacts Civics sold in the U.S.
Honda says the electric parking brake may not work if it's applied immediately after turning the ignition off. If it can't be applied, the "brake" warning light will blink in the instrument panel.
If the parking brake isn't working and the driver doesn't select the parking gear, the vehicle is at risk of rolling away.
Honda says no crashes or injuries have been reported. The problem was discovered through warranty claims.
Honda will notify owners starting next month. The company will repair the cars for free.
The model was chosen North American Car of the Year at the 2016 North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January.


text:
Calcium Fluoride Window (CaF2) UV Grade 25mm dia x 4mmthk
|Diameter (mm)
|Calcium Fluoride
|Thickness (mm)
|UV Grade
Calcium Fluoride (CaF₂) is commonly used for optics looking at the IR and UV spectrums and has a very low change in refractive index with wavelength. It shares similar optical properties with Barium Fluoride although it has a transmission that is 2.5µm less into the infra-red. Calcium Fluoride is however cheaper than Barium Fluoride as the optical grade occurs naturally as opposed to BaF2 being man made.
Knight Optical supply a range of quality CaF₂ windows either from stock or bespoke custom made to your specification for a range of applications. Every component is individually tested by our highly skilled technicians in our state of the art metrology lab to ensure all components meet our high quality standards. Stock windows are available in standard, UV or Raman grades, from 10mm diameter to 76x25mm rectangles. Stock can be edged and resized to our customer's individual applications at short notice.
Contact our multilingual technical sales team and discover how Knight Optical's high quality Calcium Fluoride windows and service can improve your instrumentation and supply chain experience.
Note: Stectroscopic Standard Grade rectangular windows may be cut from the same sized diameter, so may have curved edges as a result. These types also come in drilled (with 30mm spacing)/undrilled versions for use alone or as a pair.
Mounting into cells.
Edging down to smaller sizes.


text:
Most hotels are fully refundable. Because flexibility matters.
Search over 2.9 million properties and 550 airlines worldwide
Reviewed on 13 Sep 2023
Reviewed on 21 Aug 2023
Reviewed on 16 Sep 2023
Reviewed on 30 Apr 2023
Reviewed on 27 Sep 2023
Reviewed on 27 Aug 2023
Reviewed on 7 Sep 2023
Reviewed on 13 Jul 2023
Reviewed on 26 Sep 2023
Reviewed on 21 Sep 2023
Reviewed on 21 Mar 2023
Reviewed on 23 Sep 2023
Reviewed on 26 Aug 2023
Reviewed on 8 Aug 2023
Reviewed on 21 Sep 2023
Reviewed on 23 Sep 2023
Reviewed on 25 Jul 2023
Reviewed on 3 May 2023
Reviewed on 26 Sep 2023
Reviewed on 8 Jun 2023
There's nothing wrong with enjoying the finer things in life. Indulge your every desire on your upcoming leisure time. Treat yourself with a stay in a 5-star hotel during your Khayelitsha trip. You'll join the multitudes of holidaymakers who have made Khayelitsha so fashionable recently. You can also expect excellent customer service from these hotels, so get ready to kick back and indulge. Don't wait any longer. Reserve one of our 5-star hotels in Khayelitsha and indulge in the finer things in life for a while.
You'll have a wonderful time at one of these 5-star hotels. Exceptional customer care, luxurious bedding, and deeply relaxing spa offerings are waiting for you. You're sure to find exactly the accommodation you need. You can also expect excellent customer service from these hotels, so get ready for a wonderful adventure. What kind of amenities will make your stay a wonderful one? 24-hour room service, so you can order that berry tart in the wee hours of the morning? A body scrub that will leave you feeling refreshed and alive? Butler services? Whatever it is your heart desires, you're bound to find it here. Don't want to take our word for it? Explore our listings and pick the perfect accommodation for your needs.
But you aren't going to spend your entire holiday in your room, of course. You're in luck. From doing a bit of shopping to embracing the great outdoors, you'll never be bored on this retreat. No matter what's on your agenda, the 5-star hotels in Khayelitsha are waiting for you to relax after an exciting day.
The results are in, and Khayelitsha 5-star hotels are the place to be when you book your next holiday. If you've been dreaming about a holiday set here, then go ahead and book it. It's time to plan your next great escape -- this is a great time to find 5-star hotel deals in Khayelitsha! Choose one of our Khayelitsha 5-star hotels today and soothe yourself in luxe surroundings at your convenience.
Number of reviews
|5,670 hotels
Lowest Price
Highest Price


text:
Visual Arts
One major, endless possibilities:
If you want to become a practicing visual artist, or even understand the place and the power of visual art in contemporary society, then you will be interested in this program. Study contemporary issues, the responsibilities of the artist, our visual culture, as well as studio work in various media.
For more information, visit the School of Contemporary Arts website.
Skills You Will Develop
You will acquire specific knowledge and competencies during your program of study. While the skills and knowledge may be directly applicable to your major, your other skills – research, project management, team work, and problem solving – for example, are valuable skills that you can transfer to a wide range of careers depending on what you want to do and what is important to you.
Your skill set and knowledge is not limited to your course work or academic experiences. Remember to take into account the skills that you've gained outside the lecture hall or seminar room -- through your work experiences, volunteering, extra-curricular and leisure activities. There are hundreds of student clubs and leadership opportunities supported by SFSS and Directions: Explorations in Action, Leadership and Change. Check out other Personal and Professional Development Programs.
What are the Career Possibilities?
Did you know, that only about two percent of adults claim to be working in the occupation they planned when they were eighteen years old (Krumboltz, Levin, 2004)? Your future career is going to be influenced by many factors – the economy, political events, technology and chance occurrences – some of which you have no control over. In addition to investigating some of the common careers associated with your major (see the list below) why not look beyond your major and open yourself up to other possibilities.
Note: This is not an exhaustive list and some of these careers require further education and/or training/designations or experience.
- Advertising Artist
- Illustrator
- Production Assistant
- Buyer
- Conservator
- Archivist
- Landscape Architect
- Animation Artist
- Museum Director
- Curator
- Restorer
- Art Critic
- Exhibit Designer
- Art Historian
- Graphic Artist
- Appraiser
- Publications Assistant
- Artist
Potential Work Environments
You can advance your career in any work environment because you can build skills, gain experience and develop networks in a variety of settings, and locations. What if you are unable to land a position in your preferred career in your work place of choice? What else could you do and where could you add value to your potential career? You need not always aim for big corporations or government departments. Consider working in small to medium business and non-profit organizations. Your experience may help you get a clearer view of your preferred future, and along the way you are likely to acquire some interesting experience.
- Advertising
- Arts and Cultural Organizations
- Business
- Consulting
- Education
- Film, Television and Radio
- Government
- Marketing and Public Relations
- Multimedia
- Publishing
Related Professional Associations and Sites of Interest
Professional associations are a valuable resource for occupational research, and work search. The professional associations cited here may also offer career information, job boards, networking opportunities, and volunteer opportunities. They are invaluable in your career exploration in that they allow you to access a myriad of resources and publications, and link you to other sites of interest. Take action, do some research on these associations, and consider joining a professional organization. You never know who you might meet or where the affiliation might lead.
Career Development and Work Search Resources
At any given time, anywhere between 70-80 percent of work is not advertised. There is more to a job search than searching for work in online databases. You'll want to research potential employers, read about job trends in specific careers and identify specific organizations where you want to work.
In the meantime, what follows is a short list of websites where you may begin to explore the range of current job opportunities. If you want help with your work search visit Career Services and make an appointment to see a career advisor.
Occupational & Career Information
Whether you know what you want to do or you haven't yet made up your mind, you should take action to increase the odds of making choices that will benefit you. To help you get started, click the link below to learn about your "dream" career and other careers you may want to consider. Who knows, while exploring these resources you may broaden your knowledge about what's out there and open the door to other career possibilities. What you'll notice is that there is no one plan rather a range of options.


text:
Dow AgroSciences, Victorian Department of Primary Industries Initiate New Research and Development P
Dow AgroSciences, Victorian Department of Primary Industries Initiate New Research and Development Program
New Project to Create Improved Canola Varieties
INDIANAPOLIS & MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Dow AgroSciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYS: DOW) , and the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) of the State of Victoria, announced today that the organizations have agreed to expand current collaborations by entering into a new research project to develop new varieties of canola with enhanced performance designed to benefit farmers in Australia and around the world.
Under the agreement, Dow AgroSciences will work with the DPI through its commercial arm - Agriculture Victoria Services Pty Ltd. - to apply its EXZACTTM Precision Technology platform to improve the performance of canola varieties. This represents the sixth research and development project in the collaboration agreement between Dow AgroSciences and DPI since the inception of the relationship between the two organizations in 2009. This new research project will be based at DPI's research facilities at Horsham and at the new AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience that officially opened today at Bundoora.
"Dow AgroSciences is very excited to expand our collaboration with the Department of Primary Industries as this new project represents a significant step toward the development of commercial products that will enable both organizations to create new solutions for improving agricultural productivity," said Antonio Galindez, President and CEO of Dow AgroSciences. "We have been extremely impressed with the creative and collaborative research relationship that we have developed with the Department over the past few years. By expanding that collaboration to focus on commercial product development using EXZACTTM we are continuing to demonstrate our mutual commitment to the creation of novel solutions for the critical challenges agriculture will face in the future."
The new project builds upon the current research and development collaboration between DPI and Dow AgroSciences that has resulted in the design and development of a platform for precision genome editing technologies using EXZACTTM, which Dow AgroSciences has developed under an exclusive license and collaboration agreement in plants with Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. The EXZACTTM Precision Technology platform enables the creation of new varieties of canola and oil seed rape. An additional application of the EXZACTTM platform is the capability to develop novel gene combinations in commercial varieties that will rapidly allow the production of crops with improved performance.
Victorian Minister for Agriculture and Food Security Peter Walsh said the Victoria Government saw great benefit and potential in collaborating with leading research organisations like Dow AgroSciences.
"DPI's partnership with Dow AgroSciences has already generated more than 40 jobs in agricultural biosciences here at AgriBio and at Horsham, in regional Victoria. The work these researchers do will deliver even greater benefits to Victoria in the coming years. The Victorian Government has placed a very strong focus on targeted research and development within DPI, to help Victoria's food and fibre producers meet world demand for food. We have a goal to double Victoria's food and fibre production by 2030 but we cannot help growers step up production unless we co-invest with industry in research, development and extension in our areas of greatest opportunity, and these include grains and oil seeds," Walsh said.
Financial details of this transaction were not disclosed.
About DPI & AVS
The Department of Primary Industries is responsible for agriculture, fisheries, earth resources and energy in Victoria. Under the agreement, Dow AgroSciences works with the Department of Primary Industries of the State of Victoria (DPI) through its commercial arm, Agriculture Victoria Services Pty Ltd.
About AgriBio
AgriBio, Centre For AgriBioscience is a joint initiative of the Government of Victoria, through the Department of Primary Industries (DPI), and La Trobe University (LTU). A $A288 million public private partnership (PPP), AgriBio was delivered under the Victorian Government's Partnerships Victoria policy. AgriBio, located at La Trobe's Melbourne campus in Bundoora, is one of Australia's premier biosciences facilities, with a key emphasis on supporting and protecting Victoria's A$11.6 billion agricultural sector.
About Dow AgroSciences
Dow AgroSciences, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, develops leading-edge crop protection and plant biotechnology solutions to meet the challenges of the growing world. Dow AgroSciences is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company and had annual global sales of $6.4 billion in 2012. Learn more at www.dowagro.com. Follow Dow AgroSciences on Facebook and YouTube or subscribe to our News Release RSS Feed.
™EXZACT" is a trademark of The Dow Chemical Company ("Dow") or an affiliated company of Dow.
Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available:http://www.businesswire.com/multimedia/home/20130408006691/en/
Dow AgroSciences
Robyn Heine, 317-337-4807
Department of Primary Industries Victoria
Paul Sellars, +61 3 9658 4078
KEYWORDS: Australia United States North America Canada Australia/Oceania Indiana Michigan
The article Dow AgroSciences, Victorian Department of Primary Industries Initiate New Research and Development Program originally appeared on Fool.com.
Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
Copyright © 1995 - 2013 The Motley Fool, LLC. All rights reserved. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.


text:
Ten Years of the Oxford African American Studies Center
The Oxford African American Studies Center turns ten years old in 2016, a milestone that was difficult to imagine in the early days of online reference publishing. Since its founding, AASC has built on its initial foundation by adding thousands of new articles, primary source documents, and learning resources.
This summer, I had the chance to film a handful of videos discussing the future of the site. This includes an overview of the site I did with Executive Editor Steven Niven, as well as a discussion of the Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography with Franklin Knight.
There are more changes to come in 2017, including a full upgrade of the site, an expansion of our various biography projects, and more Community Spotlights on cities like Chicago and Philadelphia.
We're grateful for your continued support of this journey, and we hope you'll reach out to us if you have suggestions or comments. Until then, enjoy your visit to our site!
Redefining Reference: Oxford African American Studies Center
Introducing Oxford's Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Editor in Chief Oxford
African American Studies Center
The Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University
October 2016


text:
"RENT" Publicity Photos
"An exhilarating, landmark rock opera…with a glittering, inventive score."
—The New York Times
The revolutionary pop-rock opera that electrified a whole generation of theatergoers, Rent tells the story of seven friends in the AIDS-ravaged New York City of the 1990s. Three couples—Roger and Mimi, Tom and Angel, Maureen and Joanne—and their friend Mark try to support themselves and celebrate their lives in spite of the crises that confront them, from shifting romantic entanglements to preserving their artistic integrity to the life-and-death struggle with a disease that is threatening almost everyone they know.
These photos are from the publicity photo call.
CAST (* Denotes Members of AEA):
Stephanie Chace Bass
(Ensemble) Ginger Bess*
(Ensemble) Ariana Escalante
(Ensemble) Jason Gotay*
(Angel Schunard) David Guy Holmes
(Ensemble) Eric Jackson*
(General Waverly) Ivory McKay*
(Ensemble) Andy Mientus*
(Mark Cohen) Fabio Monteiro*
(Roger Davis) Halle Morse*
(Mimi Marquez) Rachel Moulton*
(Maureen Johnson) Adrienne Muller*
(Joanne Jefferson) Latoya Rhodes
(Ensemble) Daniel T. Simons*
(Ensemble) Nik Walker*
(Tom Collins) Gregory L. Williams*
(Benjamin Coffin III)
Karen Azenberg - (Director/Choreographer) Eric Santagata - (Asst. to the Director/Choreographer) Helen Gregory - (Musical Director) George Maxwell - (Scenic Designer) Brenda Van der Wiel - (Costume Designer) Michael Gilliam - (Lighting Designer) Matthew Tibbs - (Sound Designer) Amanda French - (Hair and Makeup Designer)


text:
The Kinamo webhosting platform: scalable, fast and entirely redundant.
Our hosting platform is built with load balancers, SSL offloading, SSH access and other high-end features.
Register your domain name and choose from 300+ domain name extensions, starting at 6,99 €.
Your registration is realtime and activated at once!
VPS servers on-demand: compute, database and storage cloud servers on the Kinamo public cloud platform, powered by VMware vCloud™!
Cloud servers based on VMware technology with premium backup, high availability and maximum uptime guarantee.
With the cloud hosting experts of Kinamo along your side, the realisation of your project becomes a success!
An indispensable link in the creation of a performance oriented hosting solution: Kinamo dedicated hosting.Maximum control of network capacity, hardware and management.
Kinamo managed server hosting offers the perfect building blocks for setting up your own Private Cloud environment.
Kinamo is active as a hosting solution provider, since 2003.
Numerous national and international customers rely on the knowledge of Kinamo for registration and administration of domain names, web hosting, Internet applications, dedicated and virtual servers, cloud servers and cloud hosting. Our customer portfolio includes web designers, web agencies, communication agencies, SMB's and multinationals.
Why Kinamo hosting?
Easy! You enjoy a professional, guaranteed and flexible service. Choosing "Kinamo" means opting for down to earth, no nonsense service with years of experience in the Internet sector, all nicely packaged and without unnecessary expensive marketing quotes.
© 2003 - 2021 Kinamo SA • Prices VAT excluded • General Conditions • Conditions of Sale • Privacy Statement


text:
Intel suffered a setback in the server market this week with the news that its former partner, SeaMicro, is being acquired by AMD. But the world's top chip maker said it was internally developing technology to remain competitive in the dense server market.
Intel is developing integrated fabrics to boost I/O and high-performance networking and storage in servers, said Jason Waxman, general manager of Intel's data center business unit, in an interview. The technologies are being developed as the company tries to boost its presence in the market for dense servers used in cloud computing deployments in data centers.
AMD is paying US$334 million for SeaMicro, which until now was in a tight partnership with Intel to develop dense servers. AMD plans to sell SeaMicro-branded servers and license to customers its fabric technology, which virtualizes I/O and ties together storage and networking. The deal is expected to close in March.
SeaMicro provides AMD an instant presence in the nascent but fast-growing dense server market, and Intel will now be playing catch-up, analysts said. SeaMicro currently sells servers only with Intel processors, and it is likely that AMD will swap those with its own chips. Intel said it will continue to provide processors for SeaMicro servers, depending on the requirements.
AMD's purchase of SeaMicro was an unexpected but smart move, said Nathan Brookwood, principal analyst at Insight 64. The dense server market is growing as companies look to curb electricity costs by deploying low-power servers to respond to Web and database queries.
But AMD's prize in the acquisition is SeaMicro's specialized fabric, Brookwood said. SeaMicro's dense servers have many credit-card-sized motherboards that are connected by the fabric, which reduces the need for extra storage and network controllers.
It could take Intel years to develop technology that is competitive with SeaMicro's fabric, Brookwood said. And Intel will need to prove its technology is reliable before it is widely adopted.
"Intel has all the pieces and all the technology and the smart people to put this together. But it takes time," Brookwood said.
The SeaMicro deal gives AMD a technological head start, but it will also intensify Intel's focus on developing related technology, said Dean McCarron, principal analyst at Mercury Research.
Intel's Waxman didn't specify how Intel would build the fabric and I/O technology, but said the company would utilize assets from recently acquired networking companies. In July it acquired Fulcrum Microsystems, which makes Ethernet switches, and last month it purchased InfiniBand assets from Qlogic, which provides high-performance fabric technology for servers. Intel also will remain competitive through new processors, memory and system management technologies.
But by the time Intel's fabric technology matures, analysts said that AMD could be far ahead in the integration of SeaMicro's technology inside chips. AMD in the future will allow implementation of third-party intellectual property inside chips, and by 2013 or 2014, SeaMicro's IP could be inside Opteron server chips.
Currently SeaMicro's ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) controlling the fabric is placed on the motherboard alongside the processor and memory. When integrated inside a chip, it could be similar to Calxeda's EnergyCore chip, which will be used by Hewlett-Packard in its upcoming ARM server. The Calxeda chip includes cache, an 80-Gigabit fabric switch and a management engine for power optimization.
AMD will be able to license the fabric technology to work on ARM processors, which could also put pressure on Intel, analysts said. ARM processors are mainly found in smartphones and tablets, but there is growing interest in building power-efficient ARM servers.
AMD will be able to differentiate its offerings from Intel's by offering SeaMicro technology with either ARM or x86 processors as early as 2013, said Matt Eastwood, group vice president for enterprise platform research at IDC.
AMD currently offers only x86 chips, but the company's chief technology officer, Mark Papermaster, has not ruled out implementing ARM IP on its future chips.
But Intel's Waxman said the AMD-SeaMicro deal does not change Intel's dense server strategy, and the chip maker will continue to work with customers like Dell and Tyan.
"A part of our strategy is to provide a full portfolio of ingredients," Waxman said. "We've got the right assets in our arsenal."


text:
Grizzly Bears
I love bears, especially grizzly bears! I have been fortunate to photograph them in the wild in Alaska, Canada, Montana and Wyoming! I do not view them as my friends nor my protectors, I have a huge amount of respect for them, and I do not do anything to jeopardize myself or them. Most of the pictures were taken when I was with other people so we were in a group or in a boat. The others were mostly taken from the safety of my car or a roadside where a bear happened to be passing through.Read More
4 / 20


text:
In the decades following the Civil War, the United States emerged as an industrial giant. Old industries expanded and many new ones, including petroleum refining, steel manufacturing, and electrical power, emerged. Railroads expanded significantly, bringing even remote parts of the country into a national market economy.
Industrial growth transformed American society. It produced a new class of wealthy industrialists and a prosperous middle class. It also produced a vastly expanded blue collar working class. The labor force that made industrialization possible was made up of millions of newly arrived immigrants and even larger numbers of migrants from rural areas. American society became more diverse than ever before.
Not everyone shared in the economic prosperity of this period. Many workers were typically unemployed at least part of the year, and their wages were relatively low when they did work. This situation led many workers to support and join labor unions. Meanwhile, farmers also faced hard times as technology and increasing production led to more competition and falling prices for farm products. Hard times on farms led many young people to move to the city in search of better job opportunities.
Americans who were born in the 1840s and 1850s would experience enormous changes in their lifetimes. Some of these changes resulted from a sweeping technological revolution. Their major source of light, for example, would change from candles, to kerosene lamps, and then to electric light bulbs. They would see their transportation evolve from walking and horse power to steam-powered locomotives, to electric trolley cars, to gasoline-powered automobiles. Born into a society in which the vast majority of people were involved in agriculture, they experienced an industrial revolution that radically changed the ways millions of people worked and where they lived. They would experience the migration of millions of people from rural America to the nation's rapidly growing cities.


text:
Newswise — The novel design of a deep muscle along the spinal column called the multifidus muscle may in fact be key to spinal support and a healthy back, according to researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. Their findings about the potentially important "scaffolding" role of this poorly understood muscle has been published on line in advance of the January issue of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
"The multifidus muscle was formerly thought to be relatively unimportant based on its fairly small size," said Richard L. Lieber, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair of UC San Diego's Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Director of the National Center for Skeletal Muscle Rehabilitation Research, based at UC San Diego. Lieber is also Senior Research Career Scientist at the Veterans Affairs San Diego Health System. "Our research shows that it's actually the strongest muscle in the back because of its unique design. It's like a long, skinny pencil packed with millions of tiny fibers."
The researchers discovered that the multifidus has a unique packing design consisting of short fibers arranged within rods, and that these fibers are stiffer than any other in the body. Using laser diffraction methods that they developed to measure muscle internal properties during back surgery, they demonstrated that the multifidus' unique design serves a critical function as a stabilizer of the lumbar spine. These findings could have implications for surgery, according to Steven R. Garfin, M.D., Professor and Chair of UCSD's Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
"It is important to identify what each individual muscle does, and this is just a start, showing that the multifidus contributes significantly to spinal stabilization," said Garfin. "The more we know about what muscles do, the better we can devise therapeutic interventions such as physical therapy to target specific muscles."
Garfin explained that currently surgery to treat spinal disorders could actually disrupt the multifidus muscle, which could lead to decreased stabilization and lower back pain. Minimally invasive spine surgery techniques strive to minimize surgical trauma to these muscles in order to best preserve their function.
The lower back, or lumbar spine, can be vulnerable to many pain-causing injuries or disorders because the lumbar vertebrae carry the most body weight and are subject to the most force and stress along the spine. Muscular instability is a risk factor in many injuries and consequent chronic lower back pain, according to Lieber.
"The multifidus back muscle keeps us vertical and takes pressure off the discs," said Lieber. "When muscle function is poor due to back problems, support is lost."
He explained that many muscles get weaker as they are extended. But the researchers discovered that, unlike all other muscles, the multifidus actually becomes stronger as it lengthens, when the spine flexes.
"The length of the sarcomere—the structure within the muscle cell where filaments overlap to produce the movements required for muscle contraction—is shorter in the multifidus than in any other muscle cell," explained study's first author Samuel R. Ward, P.T., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Radiology at UC San Diego School of Medicine. "But as it gets longer, for instance as a person leans forward, the multifidus actually strengthens."
Contributing authors to the study include UCSD researchers Choll W. Kim, M.D., Ph.D., Carolyn M. Eng, B.S., Lionel J. Gottschalk, B.S.; and Akhito Tomiya, M.D., Ph.D. Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan. Research was supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation, Research and Development; the National Institutes of Health and DePuy Spine of Raynham, MA.
MEDIA CONTACTRegister for reporter access to contact details
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery


text:
Doing Business in Ghana
Doing Business in Ghana – Invest In Ghana. Ghana's wealth of resources, democratic political system and dynamic economy, makes it undoubtedly one of Africa's leading lights. Gaining the world's confidence with a peaceful political transition and a grounded and firm commitment to democracy has helped in expediting Ghana's growth in foreign direct investment (FDI) in recent years.
Doing Business in Ghana – Invest In Ghana
Ghana has attracted the attention of well-known international businesses, investing in all sectors of our economy. All these investors have come to Ghana because they know we have a wonderful conducive social, political and economic environment in which they can invest, grow and be successful.
Building on significant natural resources, our dear nation is committed to improving its physical infrastructure. Moreover, Ghana has recently embarked on an ambitious but achievable reform programme to improve the investment climate for both local and international investors. These efforts have paid off tremendously with Ghana being recognised by the World Bank Doing Business Report 2014 as the "Best Place for Doing Business in the ECOWAS Region". Also with the difficult times during last year where most countries did not show good growth levels due to the global economic downturn, Ghana had an economic growth rate provisional of 7.4%.
Doing Business in Ghana – Invest In Ghana
As happy as we are to receive such recognition, we are even happier to see increased investments and re-investments in Ghana as a result of these ongoing reforms.
Ghana has a solid tradition of investments in agriculture and agro-processing. The financial services and telecommunications sectors are fast gaining ground, providing dynamic and innovative services to the most diverse customers in the world. Further opportunities exist in manufacturing, ICT, and Tourism. Mineral deposits including gold and diamond abound, and with the discovery of oil, Ghana's famous black star has never shone brighter.
The Ministry of Trade & Industry wish to welcome you all to our beautiful country. We trust you will find our reputation for unparalleled hospitality well-deserved, and our ability to triumph in challenging circumstances as steadfast as ever. We re-affirm our commitment to moving our continent forward and look forward to very useful engagements with you.
Doing Business In Ghana – https://www.moti.gov.gh/doing_bus.php


text:
For Republicans, the nomination fight over Amy Coney Barrett is a chance to seal conservative control of the Supreme Court for decades. For some GOP senators, it's also a lifeline they hope will preserve their political careers and their party's control of the chamber in November's elections.
The battle over President Donald Trump's pick is letting Senate Republicans facing tough reelections highlight issues like abortion and link themselves to a conservative, religious woman whose confirmation seems certain. Most importantly, they hope it will change the subject from Trump and his failure to control the coronavirus pandemic, which threaten to make Election Day miserable for the GOP.
But even some Republicans privately doubt the court battle will distract voters enough to make a difference. And Democrats are appealing to voters too, saying the GOP-led Senate is ignoring greater needs to quickly cement a 6-3 conservative court majority, threatening Democratic priorities like former President Barack Obama's health care law and the right to abortion.
"The Senate has a big job to do right now, and that's fighting the virus and getting people the relief they need," said Democratic consultant Rodd McLeod, citing long-stalled economic relief legislation. "Instead, they're rushing through this nomination."
There are competitive races for around a dozen GOP-held seats as the party defends its 53-47 Senate majority in next month's elections. About half of them are in states like Montana and Kansas where Trump won easily in 2016 and embracing Barrett should win broad approval. But the rest are in battleground states like Arizona, Georgia, Iowa and Maine, where backing her is riskier.
Either way, both sides are using the Supreme Court battle in fundraising appeals and other ways that underscore its political potency.
From the day after the September death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — whose vacancy Barrett will fill — through this Wednesday, each party has spent around $4 million on broadcast TV commercials highlighting the nomination fight, according to Kantar/CMAG, the ad-tracking firm. Democrats have advertised in seven Senate races and Republicans in eight. All but one, Sen. Doug Jones' uphill effort to survive in GOP-dominated Alabama, are contests where Republicans are defending seats.
In a common GOP theme, a spot by Senate candidate Rep. Roger Marshall of Kansas says Democratic challenger Barbara Bollier would be "just another liberal rubber stamp" for judges favored by Democratic leaders.
The liberal group Demand Justice is running its own ad against incumbent GOP senators in Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Maine and North Carolina, hitting them for ignoring the pandemic while "rushing to play politics with the court."
Four GOP senators in competitive campaigns are on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which wrapped up hearings Thursday on Barrett's nomination. All four — John Cornyn of Texas, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Joni Ernst of Iowa and Thom Tillis of North Carolina — used the sessions to praise Barrett and flash opposition to abortion or champion other hot-button conservative favorites.
That didn't escape the notice of Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., her party's vice presidential nominee and a Judiciary Committee member. She recited the number of people from those states who she said would lose coverage if the justices strike down the health care law. The court is scheduled to hear arguments in a GOP-backed case seeking to dismantle the statute the week after the election.
No GOP senator stood to potentially benefit more than Graham, the Judiciary chairman.
Seeking his fourth term from a state where Trump remains popular, Graham faces a tossup contest against Democrat Jaime Harrison, who raised a record $57 million in this year's third quarter. Chairing the televised hearings gave Graham four days to boast about golfing with Trump, demonstrate how GOP Senate control means more conservative judges and to gesture to women voters, many of whom have fled the party because of Trump.
Graham said Barrett's confirmation will pierce "a reinforced concrete barrier around conservative women." Barrett, 48, has previously expressed opposition to abortion but during the hearings asserted that as a justice she'd set aside her personal views.
So far, public opinion polls offer little evidence that supporting Barrett is a clear winner.
A poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, conducted mostly before nomination hearings began, showed Americans roughly evenly divided among favoring her confirmation, opposing it and being uncertain. In a recent survey by The Washington Post and ABC News, a slight majority of registered voters said they'd prefer letting the next elected president fill the seat.
"It's motivating both parties' bases for sure," said Republican pollster Robert Blizzard. "It's not changing the narrative or the trajectory of the races. But that's today," he said, citing possible unforeseen events by Election Day.
So far, Democratic senators and outside groups opposing Barrett have used measured tones against her.
That contrasts with the 2018 confirmation fight over Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who was accused of a decades-old sexual assault that he denied. Republicans turned raucous public protests into a weapon for that fall's elections, accusing Democrats of using "mobs" to oppose him.
This week, no public witnesses were allowed in the hearing room because of COVID-19 restrictions. "It's not a strategic choice, it's a fact of the times," said Brian Fallon, who heads the progressive Demand Justice.
Ironically, Democrats have spent most of their money on Supreme Court-themed ads against Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. She and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who's not facing reelection, are the only two Republicans expected to oppose Barrett, but Democrats think the issue helps emphasize Collins' support for the divisive president.
One spot by Democratic challenger Sara Gideon pictures Collins with Kavanaugh. Collins' decisive vote for him has been a major issue in her campaign. "Susan Collins is an enabler," the announcer says.
Collins has said she'll oppose Barrett because Republicans were rushing the vote too close to the presidential election. When a vacancy occurred in February 2016, the GOP refused to consider Obama's nominee, claiming that year's election was too soon.
Credit : Associated Press (AP) | Photo Credit : (AP)


text:
Where Do You Need Portable Toilets?
Serving Westminster, CO
Serving Westminster, CO
Are you looking for the best prices on standard and special event portable toilets in Westminster, Colorado? ShoutWire makes it easy to find and compare prices on all types of porta potties, VIP portable toilets, porta johns and all types of portable restrooms in Westminster. Whether you are looking to rent a porta potty in Westminster, or you want too see how much it costs to get a bunch of portable toilet rentals in Westminster for a special occasion, ShoutWire.com can help. When you use ShoutWire to get a portable toilet in Westminster you know that you'll be getting top of the line, clean units at the best possible prices. ShoutWire.com partners with the top Westminster portable sanitation companies that are known for having great rates and excellent customer service.
ShoutWire can help you save time and money on all types of portable toilets in Westminster, including:
Fill out the quick quote request form or call now to compare prices on portable toilet rentals in Westminster, you won't find better prices anywhere else!
Get Low Cost Portable Toilets in Westminster, CO


text:
The 348th of daily biblical readings. These are for you to enjoy. You are free to download them and listen on your iPod or other devices in the car or wherever.
The art is not mine, but the audio is free for personal use, please see the page regarding usage here.
I encourage you to visit www.biblestudytools.com/ They offer wonderful free tools to help you study the Bible, a verse of the day, articles, and many more awesome things.
Click below to download the free MP3 copy of this video.
Read Along (Copied from Linked Source)
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, in keeping with the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus, 2 To Timothy, my dear son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 3 I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. 4 Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy. 5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also. 6 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7 For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. 8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God. 9 He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, 10 but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. 11 And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher. 12 That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day. 13 What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. 14 Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us. 15 You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. 16 May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains. 17 On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me. 18 May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! You know very well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus.
1 You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others. 3 Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer. 5 Similarly, anyone who competes as an athlete does not receive the victor's crown except by competing according to the rules. 6 The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops. 7 Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this. 8 Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel, 9 for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God's word is not chained. 10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. 11 Here is a trustworthy saying: If we died with him, we will also live with him; 12 if we endure, we will also reign with him. If we disown him, he will also disown us; 13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot disown himself. 14 Keep reminding God's people of these things. Warn them before God against quarreling about words; it is of no value, and only ruins those who listen. 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. 16 Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly. 17 Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, 18 who have departed from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they destroy the faith of some. 19 Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness." 20 In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for special purposes and some for common use. 21 Those who cleanse themselves from the latter will be instruments for special purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work. 22 Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 23 Don't have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. 24 And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. 25 Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, 26 and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.
1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people. 6 They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, 7 always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these teachers oppose the truth. They are men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. 9 But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone. 10 You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, 11 persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. 12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13 while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
1 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: 2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry. 6 For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing. 9 Do your best to come to me quickly, 10 for Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. 11 Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry. 12 I sent Tychicus to Ephesus. 13 When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments. 14 Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him for what he has done. 15 You too should be on your guard against him, because he strongly opposed our message. 16 At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them. 17 But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion's mouth. 18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 19 Greet Priscilla and Aquila and the household of Onesiphorus. 20 Erastus stayed in Corinth, and I left Trophimus sick in Miletus. 21 Do your best to get here before winter. Eubulus greets you, and so do Pudens, Linus, Claudia and all the brothers and sisters. 22 The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.
Subscribe: RSS


text:
Image: Robert Carl Kramp, born Robert C. Strike, 1918-1974.
As I described this series of blogs yesterday, I am posting images of my ancestors which depict something unique about their life. Here, Dad is playing his guitar. He played by himself most of the time, in the quiet corners of the house. But when he was growing up in Ramey, Clearfield County, PA, he told me he had a grand old time jamming with the other boys and young men in the neighborhood. Several years ago, I talked to one of Dad's neighborhood chums, Cecil Lloyd, about these musical get-togethers occurring in the late 1920s and 1930s. By the time I saw Cecil, all the boys had grown up, moved away from Ramey, and started their own families. Cecil was now a grandfather, and Dad had already passed away.
"What kind of songs did you used to play", I asked.
"Oh, that was the time of the Cowboy movies, y'know. We would play cowboy songs. 'I'm an old cow hand' … and stuff like that. There was one that Albert [Johnson] liked. I don't remember the name of it, but it went something like [Cecil begins to sing] … the riders of perdition are posted in every … [starts to laugh]. We'd harmonize y'know."
"I remember one time Albert and I sang at a Major Bowes contest down in Houtzdale. Sort of like the old 'Skip O'Day's Amateur Hour' on the radio. You probably don't remember anything like that. Anyway we took second place. Albert's father got right up there with us and played the fiddle"
"Did Pop Kramp ever join your jam sessions?"
"No, he was more to himself. Although he was never mean to us kids, or anything like that."
"I remember he'd mumble to Bob all the time. I don't recall that he was a good talker. Maybe because he was from Germany. He seemed to have an accent; he didn't talk much. He'd tell Bob to do this or that. I remember how he used to talk. And I was a devil to mimic people. He'd say something to Bob, and when we'd get away, I'd say Bobdo-wob-di-bob-dobob-way. I couldn't understand what he'd said, and we'd laugh about it."
"I recall Bob had to do chores around the farm. He used to grind up chicken bones to feed the chickens. I always thought that was something- feeding chickens their own bones."
Cecil Lloyd lived in Altoona , PA, when I interviewed him. I always wanted to return and reminisce with him some more. But on my last trip to Altoona, I discovered that Cecil died in August 2004. I ran across his obituary while researching at the library. It read in part, "was a member of Fifth Avenue United Methodist Church for more than 40 years, where he sang in the Chancel Choir. … Mr. Lloyd was a longtime salesman, who enjoyed SINGING, hunting, fishing and golfing."
One day I saw Dad had modified his guitar. Some of you may know of the hands-free harmonica holder that the 1970s singer, Bob Dylan, hung around his neck. That device was a little uncomfortable and could slip when you played it. So, Dad improved on the device by mounting the harmonica with two pieces of bent wire attached to his Martin guitar with screws (cringe). He would have to sit in a chair to play both instruments together.
Though Dad was quite modest about playing guitar in front of anybody, we used to force him to sing "Edelweiss" while playing the guitar-harmonica combination. Very Sweet.
The best legacy and gift Dad left me was he taught me to play the guitar. The banjo came later.


text:
|This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to WikiFur style and standards.
For specifics, check the edit history and talk page. Consult the Furry Book of Style for editing help.
|This article does not cite its references or sources. You can help WikiFur by adding references.
For specifics, check the edit history and talk page. Consult the Furry Book of Style for editing help.
Naga, inspired by Indian Nāga, are creatures combining snake and human features. They are seen in fantasy genre and typically described and depicted as half-woman (usually beautiful), half-serpent in both literature and art.
Fantasy nagas are often tauric, with a snake tail instead of legs, and even the word "naga" is sometimes used synonymous to snake taur with human upped body, no Buddhism connection[1]. But other types of naga character occur, usually more mystical in nature.
Naga can be anything from full snake, to weresnake, to anthrosnake and rarely to full human with non-psychical snake features.
Mythological nagas are correctly spelled in English "Nāga", or in other languages: Sanskrit: नाग (nāgá), Burmese: နဂါး (nəɡá), Javanese: någå, Khmer: នាគ (neak), Thai: th|นาค (nak'), Chinese: 那伽, Tibetan: ཀླུ་. The word is of Sanskrit and Pāli origin. The female version of Nāga is a nāgī or nāginī
Nāga is a deity or class of mythological entity or being, taking the form of a very great snake, specifically the King Cobra, found in Hinduism and Buddhism.
In mainstream culture[edit]
In Dungeons & Dragons, nagas are mystical serpentine creatures with heads of women. Many types of nagas exist, from benevolent and beautiful guardian nagas to evil snake-like dark nagas. In D&D 3rd edition, nagas are playable race, and "Serpent Kingdoms" campaign supplement describes their culture in detail.
In old World of Darkness, Nagah is the name of wereserpents. Like most other Fera, they have five forms, including that of anthropomorphic snake. Nagah are thought extinct by other changers, and even in the Age of Kings nobody knew snakefolk's true mission - the assassins of Gaia. They are meant to judge other shapechangers and execute those who deserve it. A chronicle about Nagah is very different from that of werewolves. Nagah do not mix with other breeds and have to keep own existence secret. They are very patient and always plan ahead. Their missions are more of ninja run than Garou's carnage.
The nagas of World of Warcraft are a marine tauric race descended from elves. During the War of Ancients, queen Azshara made a pact with the Old Gods to save her people. When the capital city drowned, all inhabitants were turned into immortal tauric humanoids with features of sea snakes and fish. Their mind were also twisted, with men losing most of their intellect. Nagas feature in many quests and are playable in tabletop Warcraft RPG.
In Might & Magic videogames, nagas are a tauric race of four-armed women warriors with Indian motif.
A comic book "Snake Woman" by Virgin comics tells a story of a girl who is reincarnation of naga. Heroine struggles between her human brain and snake instincts.
Naga and furry[edit]
In the furry fandom, nagas tend to figure as less of a popular character for fursonas in comparison to other mythological creatures, such as dragons, minotaurs, centaurs, satyrs and kitsune. Yet nagas are prominent in furry (or, rather, scalie) art as well as in tauric[2] and transformation[3] communities. As of October 2011, there are 2927 works tagged "naga" at FurAffinity displaying every possible naga anatomy[4]
A naga girl (with busty human torso and snake tail) is on the cover of Anaconda Davida #1. The description of the short anthology states "Naga girls, furry femmes, girls with snakes, snake girls and many more combinations, all with a heaping helping of naughty comedy!" Unfortunately, it ran only for two issues.
See also[edit]
- ↑ Snake scalies: Which do you prefer?, example from FurAffinity forum
- ↑ deviantArt's Taur club blog entry
- ↑ Naga tag at The Lab
- ↑ Naga keyword at FurAffinity
|This stub about a character could be expanded.


text:
HOUSTON – Overexpression of low-molecular-weight (LMW-E) forms of the protein cyclin E renders the aromatase inhibitor letrozole ineffective among women with estrogen-receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancers, researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in Clinical Cancer Research.
The M. D. Anderson research, led by Khandan Keyomarsi, Ph.D., professor in M. D. Anderson's Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology and the Hubert L. and Olive Stringer Professor in Medical Oncology, found evidence that women whose cancers express the LMW-E are more likely to develop resistance to letrozole. However, their research also showed that treating breast cancer cells with a cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) inhibitor can reverse letrozole resistance.
Cyclin E is one of the proteins that regulates the cell cycle, influencing how rapidly a cell passes through the four phases and divides. In tumor cells, cyclin E is converted to low-molecular weight forms, an event that does not occur in normal cells. High levels of LMW-E accelerate the cell's transition through the G1phase, an important checkpoint that can arrest the cell cycle if DNA damage is detected. Elevated levels of LMW-E have been linked to uncontrolled cell proliferation and a poor outcome in breast cancer patients.
Outwitting Drug Resistance
Keyomarsi estimated that approximately 70 percent of all breast cancer patients are estrogen receptor positive (ER+), of which a large percentage are post-menopausal, and would thereby be a candidate to receive an aromatase inhibitor as maintenance therapy. Aromatase inhibitors can reduce the risk of early metastasis among postmenopausal women with ER+ breast cancer. However, not every patient responds to aromatase inhibitors, and those who do will develop resistance to the drugs over time, explained Keyomarsi. Understanding the mechanisms behind this resistance has been a long-standing goal in breast cancer research.
The M. D. Anderson team hypothesized that ER+ breast cancer patients whose tumors express the LMW forms of cyclin E would be less responsive to treatment with an aromatase inhibitor. To test their hypothesis, the researchers exposed aromatase-overexpressing MCF-7/Ac1 breast cancer cells to the full-length form of cyclin E or to the LMW-E forms ("low forms").
"We found that we could negate the growth inhibitory effects of letrozole with the low forms of cyclin E but not with the wild-type cyclin E," said Keyomarsi, the study's senior author. "The mechanism behind this is that the low forms of cyclin E increase the activity of the cyclin E complex, and this complex is what mediates the negative effects."
CDK2 Inhibitor Restores Letrozole's Growth Inhibition
After confirming that the LMW forms of cyclin E suppress the anti-proliferative effects of letrozole, the researchers examined whether a CDK2 inhibitor could reverse the drug resistance in the unresponsive breast cancer cells.
"We challenged the aromatase-overexpressing cells with either the wild-type or the low forms of cyclin E and then treated them with the CDK2 inhibitor roscovitine," Keyomarsi said. "When we did that, we could kill all the cells."
The researchers also looked back at the results of another ongoing study from their group in which 128 ER+ breast cancer patients were treated with an aromatase inhibitor. "Of those, 100 expressed normal levels of wild-type cyclin E, and 28 overexpressed the low forms," Keyomarsi said. "When we looked at recurrence, three of the hundred with wild-type cyclin E had experienced a recurrence compared to four of the twenty-eight with the low forms. That in itself tells us there is a huge difference between the two groups of patients based on the pattern of expression of normal versus low forms of cyclin E."
Of the seven patients who had a recurrence, six had high levels of cyclin E activity. Keyomarsi noted that these patients can be treated with a CDK2 inhibitor, which is now clinically available.
"I believe that in the very near future we will be able to take advantage of the knowledge we now have about the low forms of cyclin E, and identify the patients who have these forms and devise a personalized treatment," Keyomarsi added.
This research was supported by National Institutes of Health grant CA87458 and National Cancer Institute grant P50CA116199, as well as funds from the Clayton Foundation.
Keyomarsi's co-authors on the all-M. D. Anderson study include: Said Akli, Ph.D., Tuyen Bui, Anna Biernacka, M.D. all of the Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology; Kelly K. Hunt, M.D.; and Hannah Wingate, Ph.D., Department of Surgical Oncology; Stacy Moulder, M.D., Department of Breast Medical Oncology; and Susan L. Tucker, Ph.D., Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology.
About M. D. Anderson
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston ranks as one of the world's most respected centers focused on cancer patient care, research, education and prevention. M. D. Anderson is one of only 39 Comprehensive Cancer Centers designated by the National Cancer Institute. For six of the past eight years, M. D. Anderson has ranked No. 1 in cancer care in "America's Best Hospitals," a survey published annually in U.S. News and World Report.


text:
Here's the word.
If you use an iPhone, now you can experience the organizing power of OneNote right there. Starting today, you can download Microsoft OneNote Mobile for iPhone from the iTunes App Store, and it's free for a limited time.
In case you haven't experienced the unsung hero of Office, OneNote is a digital notebook that lets you put everything you need to remember in one electronic place and then easily find it wherever you are. I use it every day. Think of it as a digital file cabinet for all the random bits of information that are too hard to keep track of in your head. According to comScore, 78 million PCs in the U.S. have OneNote - more than a third of all the PCs in the country.
OneNote Mobile for the iPhone lets you capture and review notes and lists on your phone. Notes are automatically backed up and synced with free Windows Live SkyDrive online storage, so that you can access them from virtually anywhere - your PC, phone, and browser. Collecting thoughts and ideas on the go is what OneNote was made for.
OneNote Mobile for iPhone is available now and it's free for a limited time, so why not try it?


text:
The last He-Man game was pretty good, but it was a stylised thing, looking nothing like the original 1983 series. This game, made by fans, looks exactly like the 1983 series, and is all the better for it.
A group of fans got together to make a side-scrolling beat-em-up based on the original He-Man, and this is the result.
In stills, it looks gorgeous. Moving, well, it looks a little janky, but it's hard to tell whether that's because it's fan-made and unfinished, or whether they're just being true to the source material.
Now for the good news: it's playable, with a demo available. A link and instructions can be found here. If you don't smile at the punchy boom of the laser effect, I don't know what's wrong with you.
He-Man Game [Chrono Crash]


text:
Post Description
Make Money With Simple Part Time Jobs At Home
Part Time Home Based Jobs From Leaders of Tourism Industry
TFG Vacations India Pvt. Ltd (ISO-9001 – 2008) a fastest growing & leading business enterprise & a largest service provider in tourism sector, goes through expansion phase. To cater to its growing needs TFG is recruiting candidates (male/female) having basic computer knowledge for Part Time Based Promotion Work.
Job Responsibility: To Promote & advertise TFG Sponsored Services & Schemes.
Prominent Features of Job :
Lifelong huge earning opportunity up to Rs 40,000/month.
Training and other supports like promotional material etc. is provided by the company at no extra cost.
An opportunity to fulfill your dreams of earning big amount that too by working from your home only.
Limited Vacancies/Seats.
For more details visit us at http://www.tfgholidays.in or
Contact us at
TFG Vacations India Pvt. Ltd.
Contact Number : 18001213837 (Toll Free)


text:
Terms of use
The use of www.n-tronics.com is subject to the following terms and conditions.
www.n-tronics.com is managed by N-tronics GmbH (referred to as 'We' below). In entering our site you as a user ('You') are accepting our terms and conditions.
Using www.n-tronics.com
www.n-tronics.com is maintained for your personal use and viewing. The access and use of www.n-tronics.com featuring these terms and conditions constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions. They take effect from the date on which you first use this website.
You agree to use this site only for lawful purposes, and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of this site by any third party. Such restriction or inhibition includes, without limitation, conduct which is unlawful, or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person, and the transmission of obscene or offensive content or disruption of normal flow of dialogue within this site.
You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, defamatory, obscene, offensive or scandalous material, or any material that constitutes or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, likely to give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violates any law.
We will fully co-operate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials on www.n-tronics.com.
Information collected by us is used for internal review, to improve the content of www.n-tronics.com, to customise the content and/or layout of www.n-tronics.com, to notify users about updates to www.n-tronics.com, and to contact users for marketing purposes and is not shared with other organisations for


text:
Netbooks could offer longer battery life and better system performance when Intel launches its second generation of Atom processors, which are due to start shipping soon.
The new netbook chips, code-named Pineview, will draw less power and deliver faster performance, an Intel spokesman said. Pineview chips are part of the Pine Trail platform, aimed at netbooks and low-cost desktops.
Intel declined to comment on the release date for Pineview processors. But company officials have said that netbooks using the chip could start shipping as early as January. Pineview chips are already being manufactured, and samples have shipped out to PC makers.
Intel is integrating a graphics and memory controller into the CPU, which will enable reduced power consumption and improved performance in desktops and netbooks, said Bill Calder, an Intel spokesman.
Atom processors were first launched in 2008 for netbooks, which are low-cost laptops that are typically characterized by small screens and keyboards. The devices are designed to surf the Web and run basic applications like word processing. Atom chips go into most netbooks today.
The chip maker showed some prototypes of netbooks and nettops, which are low-cost desktops, at the Intel Developer Forum in September. The company has not shared specifics about the clock speeds or cache inside the processor. However, some specifications were posted in information about Lenovo and Fujitsu computers on the U.S. Federal Communications Communication's Web site, including mentioning a Pineview processor running at the speed of 1.66GHz. That information has since been removed from the FCC site.
The reduction of components could also allow PC makers to design thinner netbooks, said Dan Olds, principal analyst at Gabriel Consulting Group. The reduction of chips in the platform also will lead to lower prices, which could lead to cheaper and more affordable netbooks, Olds said.
Intel is embracing the trend of creating smaller and cheaper netbooks for people to buy its products, Olds said. "The price point brings a lot more people into the market, where the computer gets down to a point where it's almost an impulse purchase," Olds said.
Pineview integrates a graphics processor inside a CPU, which is a big change from existing Atom processors where the graphics accelerator resides externally. An integrated graphics processor will process multimedia faster and give more bandwidth for the processor to communicate with other components.
Graphics are one thing Intel is looking to improve on with the Pineview processor. Netbook users have criticized the 945GSE chipset in current Atom netbooks for its limited graphics capabilities compared to Nvidia's Ion platform, which pairs the Atom chip with a GeForce graphics core to deliver full 1080p graphics.
Intel's main focus in developing Pineview was more integration than performance, but there is room for improvement, Olds said. A big part of Intel's continued development of the Atom processor may depend on how people use such devices, which may partly depend on the operating system, he said.
Most netbooks come with Microsoft's Windows XP, but Google recently released the Linux-based Chrome OS, which is for users who mostly rely on the Internet for computing. For Chrome users, Internet connectivity matters more, while for users of Windows-based netbooks, processor speed and hard-drive space matters more, Olds said.


text:
This chapter discusses Older Americans Act (OAA). In the original act, the principles are defined through six specific titles. Title one: outlines the objectives and defines the administrative oversight for the OAA. It provides definitions for the administrative structure to carry out the OAA. This organization includes the secretary, commissioner, and the role that individual states will take on in the administration of the act. Title two: administration on aging establishes the infrastructure for the administration of aging services and outlines the main activities of this administrative structure. Title three outlines the authorization process of appropriations for the purpose of community planning, services, and training. Title four is about research and development projects. Title five: training projects outlines the provision of funds for training projects to benefit individual states. Title six outlines the advisory committees that govern the administration of the OAA.
Your search for all content returned 3 results
This chapter briefly discusses the history of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and community and presents specific components of the ACA in relationship to community prevention. The chapter deals with specific aspects of the legislation that impact older adults and people with disabilities. It presents a short review of the ten titles: Title one: quality, affordable health care for all Americans; Title two: role of public program; Title three: improving the quality and efficiency of health care; Title four: prevention of chronic disease and improving public health; Title five: health care workforce; Title six: transparency and program integrity; Title seven: improving access to innovative medical therapies; Title eight: Class Act; Title nine: revenue provision; Title ten: strengthening quality, affordable health care for all Americans. The chapter explains some of the legislative highlights, policies, and programs that have been articulated within each of the specific titles of the ACA.
This chapter helps the reader to understand the history of the Elder Justice Act (EJA). It provides specific components of the EJA and how programs and services flow for older adults and people with disabilities. The chapter discusses the limitations in programs and services within the EJA. The EJA requires the oversight and the appropriation of federal funding to protect people growing older and people with disabilities from abuse. It addresses legal issues with a special emphasis on the concept of a power of attorney. The chapter explores several legal issues that face older adults. It also address elder abuse, power of attorney, and a differentiation made between the types of power of attorney and the healthcare power of attorney. In addition, the chapter explores legal services provided to older adults as a result of the Older Americans Act, and outlines the challenges within the realm of legal issues.


text:
A team of experts in mechanics, materials science, and tissue engineering at Harvard have created an extremely stretchy and tough gel that may pave the way to replacing damaged cartilage in human joints.
Called a hydrogel, because its main ingredient is water, the new material is a hybrid of two weak gels that combine to create something much stronger. Not only can this new gel stretch to 21 times its original length, but it is also exceptionally tough, self-healing, and biocompatible—a valuable collection of attributes that opens up new opportunities in medicine and tissue engineering.
The material, its properties, and a simple method of synthesis are described in the September 6 issue of Nature.
"Conventional hydrogels are very weak and brittle—imagine a spoon breaking through jelly," explains lead author Jeong-Yun Sun, a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). "But because they are water-based and biocompatible, people would like to use them for some very challenging applications like artificial cartilage or spinal disks. For a gel to work in those settings, it has to be able to stretch and expand under compression and tension without breaking."
Sun and his coauthors were led by three faculty members: Zhigang Suo, Allen E. and Marilyn M. Puckett Professor of Mechanics and Materials at SEAS and a Kavli Scholar at the Kavli Institute for Bionano Science and Technology at Harvard; Joost J. Vlassak, Gordon McKay Professor of Materials Engineering and an Area Dean at SEAS; and David J. Mooney, Robert P. Pinkas Family Professor of Bioengineering at SEAS and a Core Faculty Member at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard.
To create the tough new hydrogel, they combined two common polymers. The primary component is polyacrylamide, known for its use in soft contact lenses and as the electrophoresis gel that separates DNA fragments in biology labs; the second component is alginate, a seaweed extract that is frequently used to thicken food.
Separately, these gels are both quite weak—alginate, for instance, can stretch to only 1.2 times its length before it breaks. Combined in an 8:1 ratio, however, the two polymers form a complex network of crosslinked chains that reinforce one another. The chemical structure of this network allows the molecules to pull apart very slightly over a large area instead of allowing the gel to crack.
he alginate portion of the gel consists of polymer chains that form weak ionic bonds with one another, capturing calcium ions (added to the water) in the process. When the gel is stretched, some of these bonds between chains break—or "unzip," as the researchers put it—releasing the calcium. As a result, the gel expands slightly, but the polymer chains themselves remain intact. Meanwhile, the polyacrylamide chains form a grid-like structure that bonds covalently (very tightly) with the alginate chains.
Therefore, if the gel acquires a tiny crack as it stretches, the polyacrylamide grid helps to spread the pulling force over a large area, tugging on the alginate's ionic bonds and unzipping them here and there. The research team showed that even with a huge crack, a critically large hole, the hybrid gel can still stretch to 17 times its initial length.
Importantly, the new hydrogel is capable of maintaining its elasticity and toughness over multiple stretches. Provided the gel has some time to relax between stretches, the ionic bonds between the alginate and the calcium can "re-zip," and the researchers have shown that this process can be accelerated by raising the ambient temperature.
The group's combined expertise in mechanics, materials science, and bioengineering enabled the group to apply two concepts from mechanics—crack bridging and energy dissipation—to a new problem.
"The unusually high stretchability and toughness of this gel, along with recovery, are exciting," says Suo. "Now that we've demonstrated that this is possible, we can use it as a model system for studying the mechanics of hydrogels further, and explore various applications."
"It's very promising," Suo adds.
Beyond artificial cartilage, the researchers suggest that the new hydrogel could be used in soft robotics, optics, artificial muscle, as a tough protective covering for wounds, or "any other place where we need hydrogels of high stretchability and high toughness."


text:
Lincoln. Roosevelt. Eisenhower. Reagan. Romney. Why do I suddenly hear the song from Sesame Street playing in my head: "One of these things is not like the others . . ."
How did the former governor do tonight? Unfortunately for him, he followed Marco Rubio of Florida, who delivered a curiously (or perhaps not so curiously) self-reverential speech—and with the passion and conviction for which Romney has long searched. By far the best tributes to Romney came an hour or so earlier, in moving testimonials from his fellow Mormons about his kindness and compassion. As for the nominee himself, his presentation was, as expected, mechanically flawless—even his lame game-show style entrance was accomplished with robotic, pizzazz-less efficiency. At least he didn't argue with a talking chair, like Clint Eastwood did.
Undoubtedly in the coming days we'll be hearing reviews like "ten strike," "homerun" "out of the park" from the usual suspects, and maybe some unusual ones, too. It wasn't that. But it wasn't bad. Romney, in his obligatory red, white, and blue uniform, did have some well-crafted zingers, but none were particularly poetic. Nor will many linger in history—unless you've never heard a politician find 60 different ways to call America "the greatest nation on the face of the earth."
By the way, President Obama clearly has a healthy ego, but did he really promise to "slow the rise of the oceans" and "heal the planet"? I hear stuff like that all the time from conservative friends, and never really check it. (Update: I checked. No, he didn't promise that. Still, for someone promising "profound humility," Obama in the same breath offered a pretty daunting agenda. (Second Update: Romney talked about "healing the world" in his own speech this very night. Why am I not surprised?)
I'm also not going to linger on how Romney can possibly claim credit for the successful day-to-day operations of a business like Staples. Should I give him the receipt for the printer ink I mistakenly bought there yesterday?
Mr. Romney actually did reveal some important things Thursday night– things that will reverberate in the election and, if he wins, his presidency. In no particular order, here they are:
1. Barack Obama's administration is "disappointing." I don't think anybody would argue with that—including, I'd wager, Barack Obama. But it was interesting that Mr. Romney generally chose gentler jibes as opposed to a more ferocious assault on Obama. This was Mike Brady lingo—"I'm really disappointed that you missed curfew, Marcia." "Greg, your hippie attitude is really ... disappointing." This either tells us that Romney is trying to appeal to independents and Democrat-leaners who don't cotton to rants about how Obama stays up at night burning copies of the Constitution. Or it tells us that Romney's negative ratings are really high and he doesn't want to make them any worse. My bet is that it's both. This posture may also be a smart strategy, too, though that's probably an accident.
2. Mitt Romney is no George W. Bush. President Bush was a master at using words like "unconditional love" and "hugging your kids" and "loving moms and dads" and other touchy feely stuff that men don't usually say and yet still make it sound like something a real person would say. By contrast, when Mitt Romney, flashing a weird smile, talked about his "pile of kids" going to sleep "wrapped in the love of their family" I felt like I was listening to a line someone wrote for him. And I also got a little creeped out. (Oh and by the way Jeb Bush ain't no W, either. Good thing no one was watching his snoozer of a speech that went into a long tangent on different kinds of milk.)
3. Mitt Romney wants women. Romney made overt references to his mother's campaign for the Senate . . . noted that his parents were life "partners" . . . and praised himself for of all things picking a real, live "woman" as his lieutenant governor and, as he put it, "a woman chief of staff" – both of these revelations offered in a tone that sounded like he'd discovered the ark of the covenant. In the ham-handed manner Republicans often have when talking to minority groups, Romney his team demonstrated how badly he needs to cut the gender gap. All that was left for Romney to do was read a haiku that he crafted with Lena Dunham and hum a few bars of "I am woman hear me roar" with the cast of "Bridesmaids."
4. The Reagan-Carter argument. Romney's obvious and far less pithy effort to mimic Ronald Reagan's killer line against President Carter in 1980: "Are you better off than you were four years ago?"—is really the most important aspect of this speech. That sentiment is the most powerful weapon he has to deploy against a relatively unpopular president saddled with a gloomy economy. The challenge for Team Romney will be to keep up that focus for the next two months, instead of discussing Medicare and the death of bin Laden and Planned Parenthood funding and any other distractions the press can conjure. The challenge for Team Obama, meanwhile, is to find a better question for voters to ask about Mitt Romney.
5. Romney Recycles. I listened to Romney outline the "five steps" of his groundbreaking economic plan and then suddenly realized it sounded an awful lot like economic plans I used to write for President Bush. Parts of it even sounded a lot like economic plans outlined by Barack Obama. Give everyone a job who wants one? Build world-class schools? Empower small businesses? This is the best that the proud proprietor of Staples and the Sports Authority has got? Team Romney better hope nobody notices their guy is turning in someone else's homework and claiming it as his own.