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Under the "Improvement of Independent Research Environment for Young Researchers Program" organized by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and supported by its 2010 Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology, Tokai University's proposal of "Innovative Academic Promotional System in Private Schools Capable of Reproducing First-Rate Researchers" was accepted.
Tokai University is an educational institution that places emphasis on research, ranking fifth among Japan's private universities in terms of the number of staff with a high frequency of research paper citations. This is evident particularly in the medical field, where we have produced international level research in genome science, regenerative medicine, and drug discovery model development, while we have cultivated professors under the "mentor" training model that we are proposing.
We recruit capable young researchers (Tenure Track Researchers) internationally, and manage and implement this program combining the university's own "mentor" model and tenure track. Meanwhile, to provide research support for young researchers and carry out tenure track management, we have established the Institute of Innovative Science and Technology (IIST).
With the provision of laboratories belonging to the IIST, clerical and business support, research and technical support, initial equipment costs, and so on during the tenure track period, researchers are able to expand their own capabilities in an ideal research environment. In addition, the program offers the experience of overseas study (in the Medical Science Division).
During their tenure track period, researchers are exempted from their studies (or clinical duties) as the need arises and can obtain technical support related to their studies or research. After taking up a full-time position (post-tenure), they are attached to a faculty or graduate school where they are expected to play a central role as incentivized teaching staff in the system of training mentor researchers.


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"I buy everything here – Pamprin, calcium supplements, film … ," raves Elle senior beauty editor Sarah Brown as she leads us into Clyde's, the unlikely Madison Avenue source for inexpensive standard drugstore fare as well as the high-priced European potions you'd expect. Having tossed all of last summer's expired sunblocks, we've been desperate to stock a fresh dop kit for summer weekend getaways. Determined not to spend our entire paycheck on Clarins, we've enlisted Brown to pick out the essentials.
Brown starts with a sturdy but fashionable cosmetics bag that won't stain. She loves Bendel's classic brown-and-white-striped roll-up kit (usually $45; currently on sale for $31.50), but at Clyde's, she picks a floral pouch from Nordic House ($20). "It's waterproof and unlined," she notes approvingly.
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Before we even get to skin products, Brown stresses that she never, ever tans. "People looking for sun on their face are out-of-their-mind crazy. In Europe, people make fun of me, but whatever!" (Her skin is very, very smooth). Brown always splurges on a separate sunscreen for her face ("I don't want to come back with no tan and acne"). She spots a tube of Mustela Sunblock Stick SPF 20 ($8.50). "My favorite!" she gushes. As for her body, she's happy with regular drugstore brands: Coppertone Sport Ultra Sweatproof Dry Lotion SPF 48 ($9.49) for the beach and Avon Skin So Soft Lotion SPF 15 ($10.99) for evenings (it doubles as bug repellent). Before bed, she uses detergent-free Neutrogena Cleansing Lotion ($8) on her face and Green Stuff After Sun & Wind Moisturizer ($5), an electric-green aloe-vera gel that's her "beach-bag staple" on her body.
Grooming is easy at the beach ("Salt and sand are great for exfoliating"). But polish is a must for fashionable toes: "This summer, fuchsia's really hot. Or pale coral – but if you don't have tan feet, don't do it." (We go the fuchsia route with Tony & Tina's "Kundalini" polish, $10). Brown usually skips the tan toes part, too – "I like to be pale" – but if you don't, try Lancôme Soleil Flash Bronzer ($23). "Tanning your legs is the fastest way to look relaxed, rested – like you have a Hamptons house," she concedes. And gives it a second thought: "Let's put this in our bag."
Clyde's, 926 Madison Ave., near 74th St. (744-5050); Henri Bendel, 712 Fifth Ave., near 56th St. (247-1100).
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Philippe Adec and Equipment's sample sale has lots of the company's tailored, youthful basics at 60 percent off: from $54 for a knit top to $50 for a pencil skirt to $150 for a slim knee-length jacket. Sizes 2-14. Morelle, 209 W. 38th St., second floor (391-8070); cash only; Wed.-Fri. 9-6:30, Sat. 11-5; 6/9-6/12.
Donna Karan and DKNY's sample-and-stock sale offers tons of spring fashion at half price or below: men's suits are from $350, women's jackets from $200, kids' stuff all under $25. Parsons School of Design, 560 Seventh Ave., at 40th St. (741-2660); A.E., M.C., V.; Tues.-Fri. 8-6:30, Sat. 9-5; 6/8-6/12.
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Welcome to Episode 49 of the Salsa Kings LIVE podcast
A Judge's Formula is (Materal + Technique) X Feeling or (M+T)xF.
Material is the subject matter of the dance. It is what you are doing. Technique is how well you are doing it and executing the material. Feeling is the intangible multiplier. Your feeling and intention multiply what you are doing in technique and material. This is the incredibly important, ineffable factor of the dance.
The best score possible is a 200 with tens across the board. Nines across the board is 162, so the difference is scores is dramatic. To achieve the highest score is going to take more work as you get better. Each jump in skill is going to be smaller for much larger work. This is where you need to know yourself and learn where you should be focusing on. Your technique, material, and feeling are all going to need to be focused on at different levels.
Often, Feeling is the one that needs the biggest focus, though it varies from person to person. Some may have a lot of feeling and rank high in that, but very little training would lead to very low technique. Andres use himself as an example with his material being a 7, his technique at 5, and his feeling at 8. Out of a possible 200, he is only at a 96. Even after a decade and a half of dancing, he isn't even halfway to 'perfection'.
This isn't something to be ashamed of, it's a natural part of the journey. Many get frustrated at the fact that they are not getting to the highest level of dance more quickly. The Judge's Formula will end up being humbling for many who may want to become masters of dance immediately.
Most people, however, aren't even aware of the different variables. You can be a 1 on a certain level just because of a lack of education or priority. The Formula gives you a loose criteria that you can follow to understand where to focus. With the judge's formula, a dancer can properly ascertain what they need to work on, as well as how far they have to go, how much room for improvement they actually have. It may be humbling to have one's dance put in these terms, but it will also give the perspective of what needs to be worked on.
"It's those three together where you're ultimately able to make a humbling and realistic score -numbers, mathematical score- and immediately be able to see what you can work on to increase that score. Making taking your technique from a one to a two could be very easy."


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Every year when the temps start to warm up, I crave grilled foods and all of the sides including broccoli cauliflower salad. BUT the traditional recipe is hidden with lots of added sugar and fats.
Here's my attempt at a healthier version, without sacrificing flavor. Plus my recipe also includes an unexpected ingredient, which I'm not claiming to be healthier, but it's the perfect addition. Let's be honest, y'all have learned by now that I won't ever eliminate cheese from a recipe. Do you know what ingredient I'm talking about?
Everyone's favorite cheese from Trader Joe's in this recipe… SHREDDED UNEXPECTED CHEDDAR CHEESE! Surely this recipe will not disappoint and it only takes 15 minutes to come together!
I love this salad for not only the flavors, but the different textures too. Slightly sweet, but mostly savory. Creamy, but full of lots of crunch.
So what are my modifications?
Instead of using crispy bacon, I use crispy prosciutto which is lower in calories and fat. It still fulfills the crispy texture of this salad, but doesn't skimp on the flavor. Like bacon, it adds a nice saltiness to the salad.
What else?
I'm a sucker for a good creamy based salad. It's no lie that mayo is often the ingredient that helps achieve creamy textures. First, I always use lite mayo. Whenever I can, I also like to cut mayo measurements in half and sub greek yogurt for the other half. It's a tad bit healthier this way and no one will ever know… unless you send them this recipe! 🙂
Lastly, unexpected cheddar is one of my favorite cheeses to put on boards. It only made sense to add it to this salad. My recipe might be less colorful since we're using a white cheddar instead of a yellow cheddar, but trust me, this swap is worth it!
Here's what you'll need:
- broccoli
- cauliflower
- prosciutto (or bacon)
- red onion
- Parmesan cheese
- Unexpected cheddar shredded cheese or any other shredded white cheddar cheese
- Greek yogurt
- lite mayo
- sugar
Additional topping suggestions:
This salad is already full of flavor from the main ingredients, but if you're looking for some extra crunch, try adding in some sunflower seeds or dried cranberries.
You could also swap the prosciutto for traditional bacon.
I hope you enjoy my spatula remix on this classic salad! Don't forget to leave a review and rating if you try this recipe.
Creamy Broccoli Cauliflower Salad with Crispy Prosciutto
- 3 oz prosciutto crispy and crumbled
- 3 crowns broccoli chopped
- 1 head cauliflower chopped
- ¼ cup red onion chopped
- ¼ cup Parmesan cheese grated
- ½ cup Unexpected cheddar shredded cheese or any other shredded white cheddar cheese
- ⅓ cup Greek yogurt
- ⅓ cup lite mayo
- 2 tbsp sugar
- Cook prosciutto and let cool. Crumble and set aside.
- Rinse vegetables. Roughly chop broccoli and cauliflower. Place in a large bowl.
- Add sliced red onion, cheeses, and crumbled prosciutto to the broccoli cauliflower mixture.
- In a medium bowl, combine non fat plain greek yogurt, mayo and sugar. Stir to combine. Gradually pour over the broccoli cauliflower mixture until evenly coated.
- Depending on the size of the cauliflower head and broccoli crowns, this recipe may require a little more "sauce". If it looks too dry, continue to mix together 1 tbsp of lite mayo and 1 tablespoon of greek yogurt until salad reaches desired consistency.
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Germany's Kompakt label has been disseminating numerous prismatic variations on the minimal Techno template for over 15 years now, under the aegis of founder Manfred Voigt, whose 90s Gas albums, recently rereleased, are an overarching inspiration.
This two disc collection is typical of the label, ranging from functional, linear, deep house to the sublimely eccentric. The second disc is the "straighter" of the pair, ploughing a pretty straight sequencer furrow much of the time - Dubshape's 'Droplets' is satisfyingly sleek, if generic. The ever-excellent Gui Boratto, however, picks things up with 'Annuciacion', all eddying sheets of synth, decaying piano and turbo bass. Kaito injects an aerodynamic boost with the echo-soaked, upholstered beats of 'Everlasting Dub', while Scsi-9's "Another Day Acid" is frictionlessness epitomised.
Disc one is more diverse, both more and less successful. Justus Kohnke's 'Thanks For The Add' is a superb opener, heavy with a dub that sees it drag just behind the beat. DJ Koze's 'Zouzou' features processed, Eastern chimes, a hint of orientalism which recurs throughout this collection. Jurgen Paape's 'Come Into My Life', dark, heavy and granular, is Kompakt in excelsis, while Supermayer's 'Hey Hotties' survives its awful title with its clipped, bassy reminiscences of A Certain Ration and imported early 1980s US funk.
Superpitcher's 'Disko (You Don't Care)' mines the same period and genre, dicing and reassembling the yield for 21st century consumption. Moments of slightly miscalculated Matthew Dear-style pop/rock jauntiness hamper the disc - generally, the vocals don't work - but order is soon restored by Thomas Fehlmann, who started musical life with early 1980s German new wavers Palais Schaumburg before going on to collaborate with The Orb.
His 'With Wings' adds distinct colour to Kompakt's sometimes monochrome tendencies, steeped in a dub bromide which throbs turquoise and red by turns. Finally, it's Burger and Voigt himself who combine for one of the collection's standout tracks, 'Wand Aus Klang', whose insistent, mid-tempo beat makes a picaresque, wistful journey across extensive sound terrain which reminds of earlier Krautrockers such as Harmonia and Faust. Old minimal Techno hands have complained recently that the genre is caught in a bit of a rut right now, but if this is a return to old ideas, it's an undiminished one, and a good starting point for those new to Kompakt's roster.


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Kristin Zhivago's "The Promise Keeper" outlined the need for business processes that support your brand as the promise that you keep.
This blog post is reprinted from an August 1998 article by Kristin Zhivago in the Marketing Computers trade publication. The article is available in the Internet Archive but no longer appears to be available on an active web page, a link to a scanned image is provided below. When I first read this article in 1998 I was immediately impressed by her succinct definition of brand promise and the clear explanation for why your business processes must be designed (or re-designed as the case may be) to support that promise.
Kristin Zhivago: The Promise Keeper
Ask non-marketers – such as your CEO, for example-what a "brand" is, and you'll get all kinds of odd answers. The truth is, it's not a knowable or manageable concept for many top executives. Those of us in marketing have a gut feel for what it means, but the non-marketing CEO is at a loss when it's time to fund branding efforts.
This is why, for several years now I have been using another concept to describe branding. "Your brand is the promise that you keep," I tell the CEO. Not the promise that you make, which is what your campaigns are all about, but the promises that you keep as you interact with customers. If your products make customers tear out their hair, or if your customer service is abysmal, those are the promises you're keeping. If your product is intuitive and customer service stellar, those are the promises you're keeping. Either way, current customers will describe these experiences to your prospects when asked.
The promises your customers expect you to keep do include implied promises–the.expectations and frustrations they associate with your type of product. The profit opportunity in any market lies in the chasm between what they want you to do and what you actually do.
For example, how many times have you found yourself saying, "Why can't someone make a [something] that does [this task] well" That frustration is a market opportunity for someone. The company that comes the closest to meeting customer expectations or reducing customer frustrations will be the company that customers come back to. The companies that repeatedly break the promises made in their campaigns create opportunities for the companies who keep their promises.
How do you keep your promises?
With three types of tools: your products, your processes and your people. Contrary to common belief, the most important of these tools is processes. You can have the world's best products and people, but if your processes are no good, you'll fall prey to a process-centric competitor.
Efficient processes make it possible to wring profits out of ordinary daily operations. A company whose press releases get approved in two weeks sells more products than a company with a 3-month review cycle. The company that trains everyone in the company to handle PR calls effectively, so that an editor is never left hanging, will get more coverage than the company that blows editorial opportunities. The company that creates a job description sheet and sends it out with a brochure as it circulates through the company will save hundreds of man-hours a year.
Instead of asking questions or making assumptions about the purpose of the piece and the intended audience, the person reviewing the piece is now free to scan the job worksheet and read the piece with the "big picture" in mind.
For some strange reason, CEOs-and many marketers-assume that marketing depends more on inspiration than on processes. Most CEOs wouldn't dream of producing a product without a carefully thought-out process. But they have no qualms about producing all sorts of marketing "products"–brochures, web sites, etc.–without the aid of formal processes. The resulting indecision, confusion, and misguided efforts cost companies millions of dollars a year.
How do you improve processes?
Ask each person to describe their processes' step-by-step. As they do, they'll reveal procedures that take six times too long. Figure out how to automate, delegate or eliminate all of the unnecessary steps you uncover. One PR manager complained she was spending an inordinate amount of time faxing press releases from the fax machine down the hall, wasting as much as 90 minutes each day on this clerical function, a $600 investment in a fax machine for her office bought her back that time. Now she faxes while talking on the phone. Sometimes it's as simple as closing your door for two hours a day to do quiet work, or making sure that all frequently accessed resources are right at your fingertips, or automating a reminder process by building reminders into your desktop scheduling or email program.
When you focus on accomplishing a desired result, and build systems that squeeze every ounce of inefficiency out of each process, you'll be amazed at the promises you and your company can keep.
About Kristin Zhivago
Kristin Zhivago (@KristinZhivago) is President of Zhivago Marketing Partners, a digital marketing agency that provides strategy, research, and implementation services that increase revenue. Her book "Roadmap to Revenue" provides detailed practical guidance for how to organize your marketing and sales efforts to align with your how your customer wants to buy.
SKMurphy Take
This short article provides a succinct encapsulation of three key ideas:
- Determine what your customers value in your offering. Although she does not use the phrase "job-to-be-done," it's implicit in her framing of a market opportunity as a customer asking, "Why can't someone make a [something] that does [this task] well."
- Your marketing efforts should be viewed as a repeatable, scalable process with clear performance metrics. From the perspective of 2021, this seems like a given, but in 1998 the concept of "marketing operations" (and related acronym MOPS) was still very much an evolving methodology for technology products.
- Improve or re-engineer your internal processes to guarantee the value customers are paying for and support your customer's preferred buying process. It's good if your brand promise is relevant and differentiated, but it does not mean anything if you don't keep it.
Zhivago would expand on these concepts in detail 13 years later in her 2011 "Roadmap to Revenue: How to sell the way your customers want to buy." She offers a holistic view of customer discovery, marketing, and sales that incorporates value stream analysis and post-sale "why did they buy" and "loss" interviews to verify and refine current methods.
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Tips for determining customer needs: what job will they hire your product to do.
- The Business is Everyone's Business: Part 1 and Part 2
Jack Stack's "The Great Game of Business" offers some useful models for fostering a shared understanding of the current challenges to enable effective joint action.
- Scale by Understanding Your Value Stream: Slides and Video Recap
A good explanation, with examples, of value stream engineering.
- xMentium Reframes Contract Management as Faster Deals
I thought this was a good example of a new entrant looking at an established category and realizing what the customer really wanted to pay for.


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Co. Laois → Upperwoods → Offerlane Civil Parish → Clonin Electoral Division → Ballyhorahan
Ballyhorahan is in the Electoral Division of Clonin, in Civil Parish of Offerlane, in the Barony of Upperwoods, in the County of Laois
The Irish name for Ballyhorahan is Baile Uí Anracháin
Ballyhorahan is on Logainm.ie: Ballyhorahan.
It is located at 53° 0' 0" N, 7° 32' 45" W.
Ballyhorahan has an area of:
Nationwide, it is the 33980th largest townland that we know about
Within Co. Laois, it is the 702nd largest townland
Ballyhorahan borders the following other townlands:
We don't know about any subtownlands in Ballyhorahan.
Curious to see who lived in Ballyhorahan in the past? Maybe even seeing scans of their handwritten census returns?
Ballyhorahan was added to OpenStreetMap on 24 Feb 2015 by Teester.


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Online slot machine games are an easy way to have fun and experience new internet gaming trends. This thrilling game is by far the favorite entertainment offered by way of the casino industry. If you are a fan of slot machines, the following tips can help you improve your game and increase your chances of winning.
Heck you will 스포츠토토 need to look at our electricity bills in the current months during the competition week. Yes, in our age you can start playing as many casino slot machines as you want although I always go for the Jackpot Skill Stop Slot machine. Not because of the way it looks, not because of the gameplay, but because it has eluded me in casinos for ages. I could never get on that machine nor could my brother so when it came time to build our collection it had to be part of the computer.
If you fear that you have an addiction, you should seek professional support to combat it. Look for sharing groups in your community driving rtp live slot scooters to give you your addiction. Gambling is a curable addiction and many ex-gamblers have gone for normal driving and fulfilling it right away.
Online slot games are quite different from some of the real ones. Here players cannot roll dice, choose cards, numbers, and so on. In the online version, the guitarist can simply place the money he is ready to bet or select the line or lines he wants to bet, and simply press a button. And the results use where the wheels will be eradicated.
One of the biggest keys to quitting gambling is understanding (and having organized) what mental exercises you can do to overcome fixations. The following are examples of some types of exercise you may want to learn more about.
Slots can be found in coffee shops and cafes often programmed as hot spots. The attractive bright lights and inviting sounds of the slot machines have this enticing effect on people eating to stop their food quickly so they can start playing the slot games right away.
Gambling is a form of entertainment, when it may be a necessity in your life you have an additional gambling problem. It should be avoided completely, have help help you if you cannot help yourself to eradicate gambling addiction.


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Summary 923 I. Introduction 924 II. Early studies of heterosis 924 III. Heterosis in diverse species 926 IV. Gene expression studies 926 V. Protein metabolism 927 VI. Allele-specific gene expression 928 VII. Quality control 929 VIII. A synthesis model 930 IX. Putting the model to work 932 Acknowledgements 933 References 933 +Summary: Hybrids between genetically diverse varieties display enhanced growth, and increased total biomass, stress resistance and grain yield. Gene expression and metabolic studies in maize, rice and other species suggest that protein metabolism plays a role in the growth differences between hybrids and inbreds. Single trait heterosis can be explained by the existing theories of dominance, overdominance and epistasis. General multigenic heterosis is observed in a wide variety of different species and is likely to share a common underlying biological mechanism. This review presents a model to explain differences in growth and yield caused by general multigenic heterosis. The model describes multigenic heterosis in terms of energy-use efficiency and faster cell cycle progression where hybrids have more efficient growth than inbreds because of differences in protein metabolism. The proposed model is consistent with the observed variation of gene expression in different pairs of inbred lines and hybrid offspring as well as growth differences in polyploids and aneuploids. It also suggests an approach to enhance yield gains in both hybrid and inbred crops via the creation of an appropriate computational analysis pipeline coupled to an efficient molecular breeding program.
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- Allele-specific expression
- Energy-use efficiency
- Gene expression
- Heterosis
- Hybrid vigor
- Protein metabolism
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All of Melissa Koberlein's books on SFR Station.
Fireflies by Melissa Koberlein
"Ghosts don't exist but aliens do, and they're living inside my boyfriend."
Razers by Melissa Koberlein
In Fireflies Will and Marley found each other. Now, in Razers, they discover how much they are willing to risk for a future together.
Mystics by Melissa Koberlein
Will, a teenage host for alien symbiotes, is ridden with grief over the death of his human girlfriend, Marley…
Raven's Sphere by Melissa Koberlein
If she can't let go of the past, there won't be a future for anyone.
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About Gillette Stadium
Gillette Stadium
Looking for fun times, great shows, and amazing sporting events? Look no further than the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Not only the stadium provides fans with comfortable seats and great food, but it's probably one of the few stadiums that don't make you feel like a sardine. Gillette Stadium also serves as the administrative office for the NFL's New England Patriots and the MLS' New England Revolution.
The History
When it opened back in 2002, the Gillette Stadium was meant to replace the Foxboro Stadium. With a seating capacity of 65,878, the stadium provides fans with 89 luxury suites and 5,876 club seats, all owned and operated by Kraft Sports Group. Prior to being known as the Gillette Stadium, it was called CMGI Field. The first official game played at Gillette Stadium was a soccer game by the New England Revolution. As for the first musical show hosted at the Gillette Stadium, Jeremiah Freed played for a crowd of shouting fans back in June 9, 2002. Today, the New England Patriots sell out every single home game. It doesn't matter if it's preseason, playoffs, or a regular-season game, the Gillette Stadium gets packed.
Besides the New England Patriots and the New England Revolution soccer games, other events held at Gillette Stadium include the Eastern conference final, FIFA women's World Cup and NCAA men's lacrosse championships. Monster Jam has also been rocking the Gillette Stadium crowds since 2014 and several other musical talents such as Brad Paisley, Toby Keith, and Green Day have all played here.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Gillette Stadium located?
Gillette Stadium is located in Foxborough, Massachusetts, 45 km southwest of downtown Boston.
What kind of events does Gillette Stadium host?
Gillette Stadium sporting events include football, soccer, college football, hockey, lacrosse and more.
Which team is playing at Gillette Stadium?
It serves as the home stadium for both the New England Patriots (NFL) and the New England Revolution (MLS).
Where can I park for free at Gillette Stadium?
Parking spaces near the stadium are plentiful, and there are more than enough for fans. However, parking costs $40 for Patriots games and you can only pay upon arrival. There are very few options for off-site parking, but there are some metered parking options available around the stadium as well. We recommend arriving early to ensure you find yourself a spot close enough to the stadium.
What is the seating capacity of Gillette Stadium?
Gillette Stadium events can seat 65,878 fans.
Who owns Gillette Stadium?
The stadium is owned and operated by Kraft Sports Group, a subsidiary of The Kraft Group.
How do I get to Gillette Stadium using public transport?
The MBTA Commuter Rail system's Franklin Line and Providence/Stoughton Line serve the station. Fans who wish to avoid the very high parking fees can purchase a round trip ticket on public transportation for half the price.


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Everything in Jesus' ministry led up to a singular crisis climax: his death and resurrection. Even though Jesus told his disciples that his death was coming, they couldn't wrap their minds around it: the Messiah wasn't supposed to die prematurely. Upon the first reports of his resurrection, it seemed to his closest followers as an unrealistic fantasy. Yet this dramatic event was the centerpiece of God's plan and became the foundation of his plan to restore a broken and fallen world.Download Guide


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Alamo Club – an upscale neighborhood restaurant and bar serving American classics in an old-school comfortable setting will open for dinner only on Wednesday, February 20.
Located at 1919 Lowest Greenville Avenue, restaurant veteran and owner, Austin Rodgers set out to create a restaurant that feels like a classic neighborhood favorite that's been around for years. This is Rodgers' first concept on his own after an impressive career with Nick & Sam's and Nick Badovinus' Flavor Hook restaurant group (Offsite Kitchen, Neighborhood Services, Town Hearth).
The shotgun space offers dining tables in a cozy area, a community high top table and bar serving unpretentious cocktails by seasoned pros. With brunch service beginning in the coming spring weeks, the recently renovated patio will be the perfect spot.
"Alamo Club is a place where everybody will know your name." Rodgers continues, "The menu is simple with comfort food done well that guests know and want to eat. It's crave-able food."
Appetizers include Nancy's Pink Dip, Rudolph's in a Blanket, Ceviche, Steak Tartare, Tuna Crudo, Beet Salad, Club Wedge and more. Entrees offer a fresh fish option such as the Seared Snapper with Anson Mills rice polenta, carrot vichy and pan jus; House-made pastrami sandwich tagged the Smoky Rose with fontina, caramelized onions, kraut and Dijon; Prime NY Strip steak and freshly made pasta, Club Spaghetti with cherry tomato sauce, Grana Padona and basil. Most everything, when possible, is made fresh, in-house and daily.
The bar program focuses on cocktails using minimal ingredients, something for everyone and riffs on the classics such as the Stirred Not Shaken: Monkey 47, dry vermouth; Shaken not Stirred: vodka, gin, vermouth, orange bitters, lemon zest: Barrel Aged Old Fashioned: Sagamore Rye, sugar, black walnut bitter; Dar #4: Uruapan Charanda, lime, simple, Angostura; Not Tonight Mike: light and dark rum, citrus, orange, passion fruit, grenadine, Myers float; The Patio Banger: OGD Whiskey, lemon, cardamom, ginger beer and more. The wine program offers 50 selections of both Old and New World priced well so guests can participate in a number of differing options.
Kyle Buckelew, Bar Manager:
Buckelew has been bartending in Dallas for more than 12 years most recently crafting cocktails at Los Almas Rotas and Cedars Social. His beverage menu at the Alamo Club is cocktail forward with a collection of accessible cocktails with also paying homage to the classics and having a sense of humor. The menu features something for everyone with hurricanes, martinis, and gin and tonics made with Kyle's own tonic to list a few.
Kyle Newberry, Chef:
Chef Newberry spent the last 15 years traveling around the country seeking culinary experiences in Italian and Asian cuisines. Spending much of his time in Austin, most recently at Enotecas and Vespaio he has always been about quality over quantity and that 'good food should have no rules'. His methodology to the menu at the Alamo Club is approachable classics with a twist made with love and attention to detail. His must try items are the Hot Beef 10-ounce prime NY strip sandwich, the roast bird and the fries with aioli.
Austin Rodgers, Owner:
At only 33, Rodgers has lived an impressive career in the F&B space and has had a passion for the restaurant business his entire life. After cutting his teeth at a young age at a neighborhood Italian restaurant, he found his way to Nick & Sam's where he worked his way up from server, to bartender to management. His career took flight when he connected with Nick Badovinus and the team at Flavor Hook working as the General Manager of Neighborhood Services on Lovers Lane and opening the Neighborhood Services in Addison. Austin was promoted to Senior Manager of Operations opening and managing concepts such as Offsite Kitchen, Montlake Cut, Town Hearth and Perfect Union Pizza. With a goal of one day running his own restaurant, Austin was provided the opportunity in August of 2018 to sign a lease in the prime spot that would soon become Alamo Club.
Rodgers is clear in his dedication and vision of Alamo Club, "We are excited to be opening on Lowest Greenville, taking special care of the locals who live nearby. We want Alamo Club to be their home away from home. It's big enough to come with a crowd, but still chill enough to bring a date. The bartenders are friendly, and the food and cocktails are funky, fast and tasty."


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Walking on Water
Darrell McKerlie
Following Jesus through Fear and Faith
This book is the story of one contemporary Australian Baptist pastor. Darrell McKerlie, as his own words reveal, was never going to be a scholar nor a famous preacher. However, this is a remarkable story of a man who offered all his gifts and energy to the service of Christ through a succession of Baptist churches in three Australian states. Darrell also became a bus driver. His unusual combination of pastor and cheerful tour leader brought great pleasure to many as well as a succession of fascinating stories. His extensive photography greatly adds to this attractive book.
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January 13, 2022
This opinion piece is by John Sepulveda, a Queens resident who cares full-time for his 92-year-old mother, Gladys, with the help of New York's Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program. He argues against the proposed change to reduce the number of Fiscal Intermediaries operating in the state. Read the full article here.


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Big Brother is watching. That famous phrase from literature carries the warning that the authorities may be keeping a curious eye on our activities. But who knew Big Brother was riding along in our cars?
Many people have heard of flight data recorders, the so-called "black boxes" that often capture the final moments before an aircraft crash. The devices record important data that can help investigators find the causes of such incidents.
Far fewer have heard of the airbag module (ABM) found in millions of cars and trucks manufactured since the 1990s by General Motors and Ford. The module is a computer about the size of a pack of cigarettes. Mike Vaughn, public affairs manager for Ford Global Technology, explains its reason for being.
"The basic purpose of these modules is to operate the restraint system in the vehicle. That's deployment of the air bags and also to make sure the seat belts are operating properly," he said. "And also in the event of a crash, to gauge whether the system as a whole operated properly - whether or not the airbags deployed, if they did not deploy, whether they should have deployed due to the rate of deceleration of the vehicle."
The editor in chief of Car & Driver Magazine, Czaba Csere, explains why the seat belt sensor is part of the module. "In a certain relatively low-speed crash, say a 12-mile-per-hour crash, if your seat belt is on, the system may decide not to fire the airbag because you don't need the extra supplementary assistance of the airbag to cushion you," he said. "But if you haven't fastened your seat belt, well, you could hit the dash pretty hard at 12 miles an hour, so it will fire the bag."
Very clever, you say, a nice use of technology for safety's sake. We asked Ford's Mike Vaughn whether most Ford owners are aware that the modules are there in their car or truck. He said he believes they are. "But what some owners may not know is that this system has a small recording capability in it which is not meant to judge or gauge what the driver is doing so much as to gauge the operation of the restraint system," he said.
It's that recording capability that has become a mounting concern, says Car & Driver's Csaba Csere. "I think the real issue is that most people are not aware that their car can serve as a witness for the prosecution," he said.
In a growing number of court cases, data downloaded from an airbag module has been used to help convict a motorist. And that has civil libertarians worried.
"If we're going to decide as a society that we're going to eliminate this particular area of privacy, in other words detailed performance information about a car, then people need to know it," said Jay Stanley of the American Civil Liberties Union. "They need to be very clear that that kind of information is being recorded. And there needs to be some sort of public openness and knowledge about exactly what these computers are recording."


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Five Reasons Why Moms Are MagicYour mom is magic. Whether she birthed you or not, your mom is made up of all the things that make the world worth living in. You don't need a reason to celebrate your mom other than the fact that she's the ultimate caregiver. However, for Mother's Day we want to highlight five special reasons mom might deserve some extra love and care.
The Self-Care Capsule: Morning Routines for Successful DaysThe way you start your day generally foreshadows the way the rest of the day will go. We all have our mothers in our heads telling us to make our bed in the morning, and studies have found that this one, simple act can improve your productivity. When you start your day on the right foot, everything follows - positive, mindful actions lead to better days.
The Self-Care Capsule: International Women's Day 2021The most recent conversations around self-care that we're seeing usually revolve around products, but it isn't necessarily a materialistic conversation that we're looking to have. While a bubble bath may relax your muscles, it doesn't magically erase that long to-do list that awaits you as soon as you get out of the bath. It's a process, it isn't fleeting.
What Does Your Monument Look Like?While it is important to work hard and aim high, it is also important not to mistake your right foot for your left. It's equally important to remember that material things are secondary. Being a kind, decent human being is actually the most important thing, something some of us tend to forget. Build a monument that people will remember.
A Note to MomsIn our original plan for our Mother's Day article, we wanted to highlight the way female world leaders have been facing the pandemic crisis. While we have been celebrating female leaders from New Zealand to Iceland who have been responding to the Coronavirus with such strength and grace in these unprecedented times, we noticed a trend: we love to celebrate women who do it all.
#IWD2020: Wearshop Highlights 3 Local Entrepreneurial WomenIn celebration of International Women's Day, we're celebrating three local female entrepreneurs and their businesses that we find inspiring.
Four Women Who Hit Their Stride After KidsIt's no surprise to anyone that many women completely change their lives after they've had a baby. Whether they decide to stay home, completely change their career trajectory or charge head-on into the job they left behind, some may feel that they've lost their sense of self. Take a quick pick-me-up from these four women who can inspire you to continue evolving.
Lean In To 2020At the end of one year and beginning of another, we start to think of things we'll resolve to do over the next 52 weeks that will somehow make us a different version of ourselves. Resolutions do not need to come from a place of guilt, they can come from a place of ambition. It doesn't need to only be career ambition, it's ambition in all areas of life. Leave your comfort in 2019, and consciously do things that will challenge you.


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Tobacco farms transformed into solar farms could benefit all, study suggests
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Researchers from Michigan Technological University have carried out a study which argues that tobacco farmers could profit from switching to farming solar energy - a move that would also help prevent early deaths and combat climate change.
Tobacco use is often credited as the leading cause of preventable death globally. However, as long as the tobacco industry remains highly profitable, tobacco farmers are likely to continue growing tobacco plants, their primary source of income.
As the world's governments throw their support behind renewable energy - bound as they are by the 2015 Paris Agreement, which aims to reduce carbon emissions in an attempt to avoid the worst impacts of climate change – it could become more profitable to begin using this land to farm solar energy.
Solar technology has accelerated in recent years, its increasing cost effectiveness leading to increased demand in the US, UK and other countries. However, a large amount of land is still required in order to generate a useful amount of electricity.
"To completely eliminate the need for burning fossil fuels, solar technology requires large surface areas," said Professor Joshua Pearce of Michigan Technological University.
"Previously, more modest attempts to offset fossil fuels with biofuels required so much land that food crops were offset, raising food prices and increasing hunger throughout the world. We were looking for large areas of land that could be used for solar power that would not increase world hunger."
Rather than looking to convert land used for food production into solar farms, Pearce and his colleagues suggest that land used to grow tobacco and other health hazards is a more appropriate target for conversion.
This could allow tobacco farmers to increase their profits by thousands of dollars per acre, Pearce's study suggests.
"We were interested in what conditions were needed to enable tobacco farmers to begin installing solar energy systems on the same land," said Pearce. "We looked at likely trends in all of the major economic factors, but were surprised to find that because the cost of solar has dropped so dramatically it is already economically advantageous for tobacco farmers to replace tobacco with solar in many situations."
The study used North Carolina as a case study, due to its high tobacco production and potential for solar farming. They conducted a sensitivity analysis on the effects on profit of installed solar farms and compared profit from solar energy with profit from continued tobacco farming, accounting for declining tobacco use in the US and the increasing cost of electricity.
Even with only modest increases in electricity costs, solar farming appeared to provide annual profit increases of thousands of dollars, even tens of thousands of dollars, per acre.
Farmers are held back from installing solar panels on their property thanks to the cost of installation: a standard 10MW farm could cost $10m (£7.2m) to install. State governments could help with this conversion, Pearce said, by exploring policies to help farmers convert. Following President Donald Trump's withdrawal of the US from the Paris Agreement – rendering it the only UN state outside the agreement – state representatives have been forced to take the lead in the fight to mitigate climate change.
If every tobacco farmer in North Carolina converted to generating electricity via solar panels, they could generate up to 30GW. This is equivalent to the entire state's peak summer load. This could also save 2,000 lives per year from pollution reduction alone.
"The economic benefit for ex-tobacco farmers going into solar is nice," said Pearce, "but the real payoff is in American lives saved from both pollution prevention and smoking cessation."
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When I meet with IT stakeholders, there's one person I often see overlooked: the business or service owner. While their colleagues concentrate on one aspect of an organization's infrastructure, these folks are charged with ensuring the end-to-end performance and overall health of customer-facing business operations and services. If they fail, the first person to notice may well be a customer.
If this sounds like you, you're probably frustrated by a lack of overall visibility into your critical services that power your organization forward. Many IT monitoring solutions are siloed, reactive and too slow to ensure your customers don't feel an impact — or lose money — because of issues that could be prevented.
Traditional IT Monitoring Can't Give You End-to-End Visibility Into Your Business
Monitoring solutions provide continually updated information to pinpoint IT issues and outages before they happen, often in a dashboard designed to present the information clearly and enable decision making. Basic dashboards are fine for most IT applications, but business and service owners need to understand how the individual components of IT come together to see the health of the entire business.
The discipline of business service monitoring goes beyond traditional IT monitoring, giving service owners complete visibility into their entire process and presenting the information in contextually relevant dashboards designed for business service owners with KPI's (key performance indicators) that matter to them. I'm convinced that this holistic and contextual approach to business operations can and will have a significant impact on the quality of service delivery and end-user experiences.
Learn More About Business and IT Service Monitoring and Insights
On Wednesday, August 12, Splunk will be hosting a virtual event, "Business & IT Service Monitoring & Insights," to discuss business and IT service monitoring. We'll be discussing:
- Industry trends that show the current need and future for business and IT service monitoring
- How to incorporate these principles into your organization
- Real-world examples from customers who have adopted business and IT service monitoring and the benefits they've realized
- Splunk tools and tactics to help you rapidly bring business and IT service dashboards into your organization
I'm looking forward to the discussion and I hope you'll join us for this free, live, interactive event.
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Are you too old to start practicing self-defense, combat sports or martial arts?
Today I want to start this pill of the day with a phrase by Bruce Lee:
"If you always limit everything you do, physical or otherwise, it will spread through your work and your life.
There are no limits there are only plateaus and you don't have to stay there, you have to go further."
One of the questions that some people often ask themselves and whether they can start doing martial arts if they are already 30 years old, 40 years old, 50 years old, etc.
But do you really think it's too late to start training at 30? or 40 years old? 50 years?
It's not at all even though it's clearly the goals that change because you can't go to matches at 50 but it doesn't mean you can't become a strong fighter and sparring.
The martial landscape is very vast and depending on age you can still orient yourself on different disciplines even if in practice you can practice them practically all.
No matter what your age is,it's never too late to start training.
The motivations
Remember that often many people who approach the world of martial arts do so with the purpose of getting fit and some to learn how to defend themselves , the motivations that lead you to walk through the doors of a gym are very varied, sometimes simple and sometimes complex and that's why you need to find a good teacher, a good trainer and a good group of fellow trainers.
Remember that few people actually start martial arts/combat sports or personal defense paths are rarely in good shape.
Martial arts begin and then thanks to the combination of more stimuli/internal and external factors they get in shape.
The path and progression is personal so you will work stimulated (by the trainer, training partners, etc.) but with your time and safety.
If you're worried about being killed or injured during training, quiet doesn't happen, a serious gym makes you do regular specialist medical visits just to avoid danger or injury and you always work safely both as a work environment and as equipment.
Perhaps you take more risks if you sign up for a soccer tournament or a ski club, where there are often more or less serious injuries there.
Also consider that the types of training and intensity are progressive, nexssuno is asking you to make a preparation to fight in the UFC after 15 days of training!
The benefits of practicing
You're about to discover one of the things that could change in a positive way many aspects of your life regardless of the age at which you start even if clearly with different goals, even if you are "old".
Martial arts is not simply a new way of seeing the world, but they can lead to a whole new te.
It's never too late to start, you're not old.
Limiting beliefs
Sometimes I find it absurd that there are adrimans guys who have the worry "whether to start martial arts after 20 years" or hear phrases in general like "But I'm not fit enough to start training!" or "I'm a girl, they're male stuff" , I'm old, etc.
They really feel all kinds of colors, but they're all bad beliefs that you have to abandon.
Once you start training, day after day you will exceed your limits and build in the best shape of your life.
Simple, isn't it? Not really coe I tell you because you need your will, your determination, your perseverance but all this will be largely repaid.
The benefits will not only be limited to physical ones and improve your ability to defend yourself.
In fact, as you know, physical training is one of the elements that helps to improve your mind and break up your limiting beliefs and your limits will have positive effects on your awareness going to improve many aspects of life, such as relationships, friendships, interests, work, etc.
The comfort zone and apologies
You won't be afraid to "jump" to face new challenges because you will have become accustomed to working outside your comfort zone and experimenting with new roads, you will no longer be afraid to change your habits, to walk new roads with your head held high by stopping to close yourself in and walking looking at your feet.
You will no longer feel in your head the excuses that imposed limits on you, those thoughts that always found excuses to give up such as "that is now too late", "I am too old", etc.
The phrase "it's too late, or I'm old" doesn't exist, there's only work to be done.
Every road that has been taken by someone you value, even the furthest you know, has been taken with a first step, an uncertain step but that has been taken.
Without that first step, that wonderful journey would not have existed!


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How to sell on Google?
To sell your products on Google Shopping feeds, whether via Free Listing on Google Search or on the Shopping Tab, you will need to add a valid product identifier, i.e., a Global Trade Item Number (GTIN). This ensures the right product gets into the hands of the consumer as well as improving your conversion rates. Another important reason is that any files of data submitted to Google Shopping that contain invalid product identifiers will not be processed.
GS1 Hong Kong is the only officially licensed organisation with the authority to issue barcodes (GTINs) locally with "489" prefix.
Google Endorses GS1 Supplied Barcode (GTINs)
Google relies on accurate and trusted product data to precisely identify products that are available for shoppers. GS1 barcodes (GTINs) help Google clearly identify products by better understanding your online content. Including GTINs in your product webpages enables search engines to find the right products with the right information more easily, providing better search results and increasing the products' online exposure.
Google states, "for products that are sold through a variety of sellers and marketplaces, registering products with the GS1 Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) System provides internationally recognized standard identifiers for unique identification of products both in physical stores and on e-commerce platforms. Registration makes it possible for consumers to identify the source of the product."
Google Highlights GS1 GTINs for Better Product Information
"Providing Google with the correct GTIN for a product in your feed can increase the conversion rate for that product by up to 20%"
Matt Lawson
Director of Performance Ads Marketing – Google
Tips from Google
|For Brands & Manufacturers
|For Retailers & 3rd Party Sellers
Ensure that Google understands the data you are providing:
• Ensure your products have GTINs
• Don't reuse product identifiers (GTINs)
• Use valid and unique GTINs, never invent or "borrow" from other products
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Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, faced off with members of Congress on Wednesday.
In a hearing before the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, Thunberg declined to submit a written opening statement.
"I don't want you to listen to me, I want you to listen to the scientists and I want you to unite behind the science," she said.
Republican Rep. Garret Graves of Louisiana tried to make the point that the U.S. should not curb its carbon emissions until other countries agreed to do so.
"Let me ask you a question," Graves said. "If you were sailing across the ocean and you were picking up trash along the way and for every one piece of trash you pick up, there's a boat right next to you dumping out five pieces, how would that make you feel?"
"If you use that logic," Thunberg replied, "I am also dumping a lot of trash in the ocean. I would stop dumping my trash in the ocean and then tell the other boat to stop dumping their trash in the ocean as well."
But it wasn't clear if Graves understood Thunberg's remarks.
"That's the important point here," the lawmaker said. "I think we need to be focusing on the countries that are dumping trash in the ocean. Of course that's a metaphor."


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For those who are unaware, I believe this is my fourth consecutive year writing ahead of time about what to expect from the big three video game console manufacturers at E3, the world's largest video game expo. If you are a gamer, you have been counting down the days to this event. When E3 starts next week, the biggest news from the video game industry this year will arrive all at once. Expect to see new games, expect to be surprised, and expect your mouth to water as the press and public get their first real glimpses at next generation titles as well as new titles for the current generation of consoles.
In part one, I'll be covering what I expect Microsoft to show off for both Xbox 360 and the newly announced Xbox One.
Microsoft is the first up to the plate next week and they have already stated their plans for E3. While they will talk about Xbox 360, the obvious focus is going to be on the Xbox One, Microsoft's next generation console due out this Holiday season. E3 represents the second part of Microsoft's plan to reveal Xbox One to the world. Part one, which took place on May 21, showcased the system's built in features for entertainment. Microsoft did not speak much about games during this event, but promised E3 would be the place for games.
At the May 21 unveiling, Microsoft gave an actual number for games they plan to publish through their in house studios. Within the first year of Xbox One, Microsoft Studios will publish 15 games, eight of which are brand new franchises. Out of these 15 games, three have already been announced:
- Forza Motorsport 5 (Turn 10 Studios)
- Quantum Break (Remedy Entertainment)
- Ryse (Crytek)
This leaves 12 games left, six of which are brand new franchises. Should we expect all 12 games to be revealed at their press conference? Probably not. I would assume it would be smart to hold back some announcements back for later dates. No matter what though, I believe Microsoft's biggest trump cards will make an E3 appearance. Below are my predictions as to what Microsoft will announce and show off:
Extremely Likely:
- First gameplay footage of Forza Motorsport 5 and Quantum Break will be unveiled
- New trailer for Ryse, probably gameplay as well
- Rare's new game for Xbox One will be announced, most likely will be a sequel to either Killer Instinct, Banjo Kazooie or Conker
- Xbox One games aimed at casual market will be unveiled
- Harmonix to show off a live gameplay demonstration of Fantasia: Music Evolved (its gameplay debut will be on GameTrailers TV on 6/5)
- One of Microsoft's new IPs for Xbox One will involve zombies (I have heard multiple rumors about this)
- New trailer for Fable: Anniversary Edition for Xbox 360 will debut
- New games for Xbox 360 will be announced (pretty unpredictable what they might be, but I'm guessing there will be at least two)
- I would expect Microsoft to debut at most eight Xbox One games during their E3 press conference, including the three already announced.
Pretty Likely:
- Crackdown sequel to be announced for Xbox One
- Update on Call of Duty: Ghosts
- New system update for Xbox 360, adding new features
- More information on the Halo television series alongside another Xbox One TV show being announced
- Respawn's first game will debut at Microsoft's E3 press conference
- Xbox One release date and price will be announced
Not Likely at All:
- Lionhead Studios will reveal new game for Xbox One
- Microsoft will spend more than 15 minutes talking about entertainment on Xbox One
- New Halo game for Xbox One to be announced
Are my predictions correct? Watch Microsoft's E3 Press Conference live on Monday June 10th at 12:30pm EST. There will be plenty of places online to watch it and it will be viewable on Spike TV as well. If you want to add your own predictions, feel free to comment. Stay tuned for part two coming later this week which will cover what Sony will bring to E3.


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Cauliflower Steak with beet Potato Mash, balsamic reduction drizzle
Serves 2- 4
Olive Oil
1 large head of cauliflower
1 large red onion
6 medium Yukon Gold potatoes
2 large red beets
6 large gloves of garlic
1/3 cup vegetable broth
1 ½ cups Balsamic Vinegar
1 tbsp orange juice
1 large sprig of rosemary
Salt and pepper
1 cup nondairy milk
3 tbsp chic pea flour or *aquafaba (if using aquafaba reduce milk to 3/4 cup)
3/4 cup plain breadcrumbs – more depending on how many steaks you are doing this is enough for 2 – 4 steaks
3/4 cup plain panko crumbs
1 ½ tsp each of Basil, oregano, parsley
1 tsp onion powder & garlic powder
Beet, Potato Mash
1. Cut off beet greens. I keep these as they make a great addition to any vegetable sauté or stir fry dish. Place in zip lock bag and store.
2. Peel beats and potatoes and cut into chunks (The smaller the chunks the faster they cook) keep beets and potatoes separated. To keep from potatoes from browning place in col water. Set aside.
3. Peel and cut red onion and garlic into chunks. Put into a food processor and process to a slightly pureed texture.
4. Fill large pot with water, add approx. 1 -1 ½ tsp salt and 1 tsp black pepper. Add onion, garlic puree and beets. Bring to a boil and cook 20 minutes. After beets have cooked for 20 minutes add the potatoes. Beets cook much slower than potatoes. Cook beets and potato mixture while making cauliflower steaks. Once beet, potato mixture is soft strain the mixture in a cullender and then place back into pot. Add 3 tbsp olive oil and vegetable broth. With an emulsion blender or immersion blender cream mixture to a nice thick but creamy texture. You want this to form a creamy nest for the cauliflower steak. Here you will add salt and pepper to taste. Set aside keeping warm.
*If you do not have an emulsion blender use a hand mixer.
Balsamic Reduction
1. Pour balsamic vinegar into a sauté pan, preferably non-stick. Turn on heat to medium.
2. Add whole sprig of rosemary slowly bring to a boil. Once boiling reduce heat to a simmer and let vinegar thicken to about ½ cup stirring occasionally. Vinegar should be thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
3. Remove from heat gentle whisk in the orange juice. Let sit until you are ready to use leaving rosemary in until then to be sure it has grabbed the rosemary flavor. Discard rosemary before serving.
Cauliflower Steaks
1.Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
2. Wash off cauliflower, remove all outer green leaves, trim the bottom of stem off. With a sharp knife, starting from one side slice approx. 1 ½ inch steak. The first slice will fall away into chunks. Put those chunks aside. Continue cutting the steaks until you get to the other side where that last steak too will fall apart into chunks. Any of the cauliflower that falls away store for another recipe. Do the same to the second head of cauliflower if you are serving more than two people.
**1 cauliflower head should produce 3 maybe 4 steaks.
3. Get two large dishes with sides for breads crumbs and the other for milk mixture. Add milk and chic pea flour or aquafaba to one dish, combined completely whisking to create a frothy mixture.
4. Place bread crumbs in the other dish. Add dried herbs plus salt and pepper to taste and combine.
5. Dip cauliflower steaks in milk mixture and coat well flipping a few times. Then dip into bread crumb mixture making sure to coat well. Place on a sheet pan with a good layer of olive oil about 1/8 inch deep. You want them to fry up just a bit which will give them a great crunchy exterior.
6. Place in oven and bake for about 25 minutes keeping an eye on them. Flip once upside is golden brown. Bake another 5 minutes. Test with fork for texture. You do not want them too soft, think al dente with just a slight bite to the steak.
Plate & Enjoy
Spoon out the beet potato mash onto a plate creating a nice size thick circle then place steak on top of the mash and drizzle balsamic reduction back and forth over cauliflower steak.
Suggested Side: Serve with a side of buttery dilled carrots.
*Aquafaba – Chic pea (garbanzo bean) juice after chic peas have been removed. Strain chic peas over a bowl and set juice aside. Place chic peas in a tightly sealed container for later use. Great for a homemade hummus.
*The density of the cauliflower steak will determine how many full steaks you get from each head. You can usually count on 3 steaks and sometimes get 4.
* Emulsion or immersion blender works great to get mixture smooth. Hand mixer can do the trick but it takes much longer to get a smooth texture.


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In this workshop Mahaveer Swami will guide you about the basic intricacies in Bikaner painting and we will be creating this beautiful artwork of a tree.
This was 3 classes of two hours each and was conducted over Zoom - some prior experience of sketching and painting is required as this is an advanced workshop.
- 12 Feb 2023 Sunday 5 PM to 7 PM
- 19 Feb 2023 Sunday 5 PM to 7 PM
- 05 March 2023 Sunday 5 PM to 7 PM
- Advanced Artwork
- Sketching, Painting & Outlining
- Brush Technqiues in Bikaner Art
- Final Artwork
No, we do not provide art kits with this workshop. Before the workshop, we will share the list of materials you will need to complete your artwork. Our materials list is curated to make sure all required items are easily available.
However, we also sell art kits for some of the art forms seperately which you can find here.
- A3 Size Drawing sheet(a couple of extra sheets to practice sketching)
- Water colors/Poster colours
- Round Brushes (000, 00, 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 12), Water Bowl, Mixing Palette and Rough Cotton Fabric
- Pencil (HB or 2H) or Lead Pencil (0.5 HB or 2H for lining), Eraser


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Excel Consultant's Microsoft Experts Manhattan Office
Socially, culturally, and economically, Manhattan is one of the major metropolitan areas on planet Earth. Famous author, E.B. White, even called it the "Capital of the World." According to United States History, the region "is now worth more than $60 billion." It should come as no surprise that the digital age has come to this bustling, booming borough in full force. Microsoft software powers many of these enterprises. Excel Consultant's mission is to help everyone make the most of this ubiquitous software system. To further that goal, we are excited to announce that we've recently expanded our offices in Manhattan. In the following blog, we explain what our growing New York City branch means for you and the benefits we offer to this great borough.
Why the Empire City Needs Excel Consultant
Due to its dense population, excellent location, and centuries-long history, Manhattan has established itself as the foremost financial hubs in the United States and even perhaps in the world. In addition, Crain's New York calls Manhattan a "hot spot for small business owners" with over 190,000 located in this area. Undoubtedly, thousands of mid-sized enterprises and large corporations also feature here. Furthermore, the United States Census reports that over 1.6 million people currently live in Manhattan, with the population growing at a rate of more than three percent each year.
The vast majority of these millions of Manhattan-based residents and business owners need Microsoft tools to run their lives, organizations, and operations. In this digital age, having the right software solutions has become more vital than ever. Using, improving, and personalizing the right programs is even more important in a competitive locale like Manhattan, where enterprises must thrive to survive. Having state-of-the-art software is no longer a luxury for New York City-based businesses, it is an absolute necessity.
This is where Excel Consultant's skilled team of programmers, instructors, and advisers comes in. Our experts are excited to assist Manhattan's large, diverse population in streamlining software, designing databases, and creating customized computerized solutions to help twenty-first century businesses optimize their operations.
Our Remarkable Manhattan Roster
While we are, as always, thrilled to reach even more clients, one of the primary reasons we are expanding our presence in Manhattan is to better serve our existing partners. Since many Big Apple businesses have come to depend on our exceptional expertise, we thought it only fitting to make our team even more available to and convenient for them. Our current Manhattan-based clientele include:
- Ralph Lauren. Excel Consultant's Microsoft whizzes have been working closely with Ralph Lauren's finance department for six years. With their global headquarters in Manhattan, we wanted to assist them even better with their endeavors. Our new office will allow us to even more easily provide in-person assistance to this premier international fashion brand.
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- PepsiCo is one of our larger clients. We have actually worked on multiple projects with multiple divisions of PepsiCo at the same time. Even our lead UK developer works on the PepsiCo projects.
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Welcome To The Archive for "L. Neil Smith"!
Lester Neil Smith III, better known as L. Neil Smith, is an American libertarian science fiction author and political activist. His works include the trilogy of Lando Calrissian novels, all published in 1983: Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu, Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon, and Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka. He also wrote the novels Pallas, The Forge of the Elders, and The Probability Broach, each of which won the Libertarian Futurist Society's annual Prometheus Award for best libertarian science fiction novel. In 2016, Smith received a Special Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Libertarian Futurist Society.


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The Vietnamese stock exchange has been on a slide since April 2018 by 35.2 percent. Decline is now 18.8% since the beginning of this year. After the weak two-years performance, about one fifth of the stock market's value has been lost during the past few of months. During 2020, foreigners have unloaded a record number of Vietnamese shares, total net selling by foreign investors in 2020 is cumulatively 564 million USD. From the beginning of 2020 until 20th February foreigners were in fact still net buyers of Vietnam for 84 million USD, but since then net selling has occurred in very short period of time for a total of 648 million USD. Foreigners have never unloaded Vietnamese shares so much in a year. We believe that this year's total net selling amount will shrink back during rest of the year. It is not totally out of the question that early year appetite will return and switch back the buy/sell balance by foreigners into net buying for 2020.
Stock exchange turnover has remained brisk, with a daily turnover of USD 199 million since the beginning of the year. During April, the average daily turnover has risen to USD 207 million. The average daily turnover in 2019 was around USD 200 million. According to Bloomberg's consensus estimates for 2021 P/E ratio for the Vietnamese index is 9.7. P/E for the Vietnam All-Shares Index for 2021 is 8.0. 61,000 new customer accounts were opened for stockbrokers during the first quarter – an increase of 18% y-o-y.
The sell off in shares has triggered many companies to do buybacks. Nine out of 21 PYN Elite core companies have applied for permission to launch buybacks between April and May and/or the company's management/ largest shareholder have registered their intention and the amount to purchase shares. In Vietnam, the company's management must apply for prior permission for its purchases and all purchases are made public.
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Shy Friend
Immersive Interactive Experience aiming to reconstruct the playfulness of childhood. With a setting reminiscent of a pillow fort and an indoor swing hung in the middle, visitors could interact with an "imaginary friend" by twisting in the swing. If the visitor stays still on the swing, the friendly dot will stay put in front of you. However if they begin to move, the dot will run to behind the visitor's back, starting a game of cat and mouse. Technical components included Processing, HookOSC, Syphoner, Millumin, and two projectors outside of the space.
Sydney Ayers, John Hwang, and Joe Mertz
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01 Dec Amy Bowtell Results Update from Turkey
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Amy Bowtell Results Update from Turkey
Amy Bowtell travelled to Antalya in Turkey this week for the womens singles and doubles event at the $10,000 Antalya 2011.
In the womens singles, Amy was overcome in the first round by Jade Suvrijn (FRA) on a scoreline 6-3 6-7(7) 6-3.
For the doubles event, Amy teamed up with Agata Baranska (POL). They faced Romanians Cadar / Rosca in the first round but suffered a 6-2 5-7 [10-6] defeat.
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Learn the basics of Premiere Pro in this roughly 2 hours long introductory course together with Chris from Brooker Films. In this course, you'll learn the basics of shooting, editing, rendering inside Premiere Pro. You'll also learn how to edit motion graphics templates (MOGRT) in the Essential Graphics panel. What you can expect to learn in this course:
- How to shoot and import video in Premiere Pro
- Basic editing techniques
- How to use masks
- How to use Essential Graphics panel and motion graphics templates (MOGRT)
- How to create dynamic text animations
- How to import and edit time-lapse footages
- How to import and edit slow-motion footages
- How to edit green screen footages
- How to edit multi-camera footages
- Dynamic linking with After Effects and Audition
- The sound design in your videos
- How to color correct and color grade your footage
- How to export your videos from Premiere Pro and the best settings to do it
- Get tips on how to improve your professional workflow
This course was created by Chris Brooker. You'll get all the course materials and will be able to follow your instructor step by step. This class is aimed at anyone who wants to get started working in Premiere Pro. Little or no experience is not a problem in this class as Chris will take you through the tools and workflow. The software used in this class is Adobe Premiere Pro 2020. The course is hosted on a Teachable platform, you'll get an email invite after purchase. You can track your progress and conveniently watch from any device.
Check out our Premiere Pro Bundle.