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SecureShred and the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office are partnering to provide residents the opportunity to safely destroy personal documents for free.
When: Saturday, June 22, 2019
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Where: Deschutes County Sheriff's Office
703 N. Larch Street, Sisters
The event is intended for private residential document shredding only, no commercial or business shredding provided.
No advance document sorting necessary. Staples, paperclips and file folders are okay.
Plastic bags or 3-ring binders are not accepted.
Drug Disposal:
At the event, the Sheriff's Office will also have a deputy available to collect outdated or unwanted prescription medication or over-the-counter drugs.
The drug disposal program is designed to keep unwanted or unused medications away from abusers, children and animals. The program is also intended to reduce negative environmental impact to the water, soil and landfill's by using proper disposal practices.
Donate a Non-Perishable Food:
The Sheriff's Office is asking event participants to bring a donation of non-perishable food.
For more information about SecureShred, or to schedule the document destruction truck at your home or office, call 541-382-2263.


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Review: Raven #1
The Teen Titans' resident empath, demon spawn, and Goth girl Raven heads to San Francisco and her mom's family in her new solo series from her creator, writer Marv Wolfman, and artist Alisson Borges (Lobo). She tries to be a normal high schooler, but as in most "superheroes go to high school" comics, this doesn't work out, and intense magical battles ensue.
Unfortunately, Wolfman's writing and plotting in Raven #1 is a little bit of a jumble, and he seems to be more concerned explaining her power set instead of showing her attempts to fit in at high school beyond the cliched "Everyone hates me." thing. (She even vomits in a trash can.) There is a seed of an interesting conflict between Raven and her Aunt Alice's family as they are devout Christians and Raven is basically the daughter of the devil. But this is only explored at surface level with Raven zoning out during pre-dinner grace and some crosses above in their interior decoration. Wolfman does try something interesting stylistically with his writing by making the high school students' dialogue one-word phrases like "concert" and "blah blah blah" to show that Raven isn't really interested in what they have to say. But somehow she has "friends" by the end of the first day through magic. Unlike, say, Steve Orlando in Supergirl who is making Kara getting used to Earth life and school a gradual process, Wolfman just decides to magic it away and give her group of friends that she has barely any connection with beyond the fact that she dresses up like a popular metal band's singer.
Raven #1 fares a little bit better on the art front. Whenever Raven uses her magical abilities, the panels shift and sway as she manipulates the fabric of reality. Borges uses grids to ramp up the intensity as Raven goes from trying to survive high school to preparing for the return of her demon father, Trigion. And this is where colorist Blond comes in with bursts of energy like a light blue when Raven's rival starts using her powers. He works in a melancholy purple early in the comic when Raven is thinking about the death of Tim Drake, her Teen Titans teammate, but unfortunately, Wolfman and Borges don't mention or look into their relationship for the rest of the comic. He's just a convenient reason for her to go solo and try to reconnect with her family.
Alisson Borges does a decent job showing how out of place Raven is in high school as well as the practically migraine inducing strain her magical abilities take on her. Her art style is melodramatic, but fits a book where the main character makes the girls around her think they're pregnant when she's having a bad day. (That's pretty cruel, actually.) Unfortunately, Wolfman completely drops the "misanthropic teenager" ball and just makes Raven an awkward cloak wearer.
Raven #1 has nice dialed up color palette from Blond and couple intense magic sequences from Borges, but Marv Wolfman doesn't really break new ground in the superhero in high school department. He uses Raven's empathetic abilities to cause her pain and tension, but doesn't connect it to her real emotions just some random magic using student. So, there is a lot of screaming and magic, but no real emotional connection in the comic, which makes it fairly mediocre.
Story: Marv Wolfman Art: Alisson Borges Colors: Blond
Story: 5 Art: 7 Overall: 6 Recommendation: Pass
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Crack Shack Coming to Old Pasadena
According to the official Crack Shack website, a new location is in the works on Green near Raymond to open in the Fall 2018. Century City is slated for Summer 2018.
Existing locations in San Diego(Little Italy), Encinitas, and Costa Mesa. Hopefully this location in Pasadena will be dog friendly like the other locations.
The Pasadena location was previously occupied by Firehouse Recording Studios and was recently available for lease, the space is approx 6000 sq ft. with beautiful wood beam ceilings and brick walls.
Out of our brave culinary Coop comes everybody's favorite animal that crossed the road, reimagined — Southern California fried chicken and egg fare in the sunny so-cal spirit of inspired cuisine, spacious ambiance, lawn games and craft drinks for any occasion.


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An Index of Latin American Populism
45 Pages Posted: 20 May 2019
Date Written: February 15, 2019
This paper builds a populism index to study to impact of commodity prices and economic crisis on Latin American populism in the early 21st century. Panel data analysis shows some evidence that both, commodity prices and economic crisis, are correlated with an increase in populist policies.
Keywords: Latin America, populism, panel data regression, income
JEL Classification: E02; P11; P51
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Cachanosky, Nicolas and Padilla, Alexandre, An Index of Latin American Populism (February 15, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3375424 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3375424
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Wide Body is a Kickstarter project that proposes making a wider watch strap for the Pebble. Really.
At $10,266,845 the Pebble watch is the most successfully funded project in Kickstarter history. Now that the watches are starting to make their way into the hands of Pebble's backers, some of you might be thinking, "Huh, this strap is kind of narrow."
Enter Wide Body. Created by Utensile, a Portland-based product development company, it's a strap that's the same length of Pebble's, except wider … and that's it. "Wide Body is an accessory on Kickstarter for a product from Kickstarter. This might be a crowdfunding first," says Utensile's Jason Hilbourne.
Hilbourne says that the idea for Wide Body came when Pebble was being launched, back in May 2012. Utensile had just finished working with WIMM Labs on the now defunct WIMM One. "Smart watch design was on my brain, so it was easy to click 'Pledge' for Pebble," he says. "I knew that guys were going to want to personalize Pebble with replacement straps."
Is this ridiculous? Yeah it's kind of ridiculous, but it's not really any less reasonable than offering a custom case for a cellphone, or wearing a nice bracelet or a nice tie. If anything, the styling of a watch that you will visibly wear all day should be more important to you than the phone that spends most of its time in your pocket.
If the future of mobile computing is wearables, whether we strap them to our wrists, jam them in our ears or hang them on our faces, then fashion and personal style are going to play a big role in our accessories. People will want to customize. Apple has a huge ecosystem of accessory makers for their iThings. Why not Pebble?
Besides, it's working. With 25 days to go, Wide Body has raised nearly two-fifths of their target. It's a fun side project that looks set to make some money.
Normally Utensile works with clients on consumer electronics products. "Most of our projects at Utensile are extremely complicated, so working on a watch strap was a nice change of pace," says Hilbourne.
The trick was to have the project ready for when Pebble was just starting to roll out to backers. To do this, Utensile took advantage of CAD files that the Pebble team made available to the public, long before the watches started shipping. Based on those, Utensile could prototype versions of the strap against accurate 3-D printed models of the case. They knew they liked the look before a Pebble had even arrived at their door.
When it comes to strap design, Hilbourne says it's all about having the right width. "A narrow strap on a big case makes the strap seem narrow and the case seem even bigger," he warns. By making a strap as wide as the Pebble itself, the whole package gives the impression of being narrower than it really is. It's an illusion, but it's one that works. Side by side, the Wide Body makes the default Pebble strap look like it's out of proportion.
Hilbourne clearly has a passion not only for the products he creates but the process that creates them. Backers of Utensile's previous Kickstarter, the Twig were treated to a series of behind the scenes videos including a China travelogue, featuring clips of dinner, subway rides and lots of behind the scenes looks at the factory they're using.
"We have built products in dozens of factories, and most of them have used some machine or process that has blown my mind," says Hilbourne. "Now that we're making our own gear, I am free to share these crazy behind-the-scenes moments with our backers on Kickstarter. For Wide Body, I'm already guessing that we'll get some good video of silicone molding and leather die-cutting. I can't wait."
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E3 is absolutely the world's biggest exhibition for games industry that everyone is waiting for every year. All leading companies were competing to announce latest games demos and trailers. However, Sony's presentation at the E3 2017 was a remarkable one that displayed some of the top popular titles in their PS4 version.
A Powerful lineup of Epic games that would never stop impressing the most obsessed gamers including Shadow of the Colossus, God of War, Uncharted the Lost Legacy and others. So, Don't you feel impressed yet? Just browse through the slides and let us give you Sony's E3 most exciting PS4 games.


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Facebook is being used as a mild-mannered revenge portal by some women, with one in four ladies admitting to having used social sites to post unflattering photos of their ex-BFFs on purpose, to settle a score.
The data, compiled by MyMemory, claims most of the women who owned up to posting bad pictures of their friends did so after a falling out with the person pictured, with nearly a third saying they did it as revenge for seeing a photo of themselves they didn't like posted to a social site of some sort.
Mymemory.com asked 1,500 women for their thoughts on picture sharing. Rebecca Huggler, co-founder of the site said: "To see that so many women deliberately commit 'photo sabotage' and upload unflattering pictures of friends is somewhat surprising, particularly when you consider how many said they'd be mad if the same was done to them." [Telegraph]


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Living in Mannheim means that France is just a couple of hours away, so on the weekend my gal Emma and I hopped the Franco-Allemande border to visit our Warwick amigo Jack who's spending this semester studying in Strasbourg.
Compared to Mannheim's modernity, visiting Strasbourg was like stepping into a postcard. Historically passed between France and Germany like a cigarette, the city's architecture is heavily influenced by both countries, rendering it a beautiful mash-up of German fairy-tale magic and French chicness. Truly magnifique.
Thus, we spent a lot of time simply wandering around the city, enchanted by its magic. With its rivers, romantic bridges, and overflowing flower-pots, every photo I took was screensaver-worthy and I literally did not see an ugly building. Even the kebab shops were picturesque.
Aside from wandering, we sampled some of Strasbourg's cafés and restaurants. Being a vegan in France is always difficile and Strasbourg wasn't much of an exception. I messaged one restaurant to enquire about veganism, to which they replied: "Don't worry, we have plenty of burgers and pizzas and cheese dishes." True to form, I survived mostly on my classic French diet of dry bread, double-stuffed Oreos, and soya yogurt.
However, we did visit one amazing vegan restaurant called Vélicious for lunch on Friday. Tucked away in a residential area a fifteen-minute walk from the city centre, it's a hidden veggie gem. Their menu is 100% vegan and 100% delicious. The Oriental seitan wrap was amazing, but the best part was the vegan patisserie counter. There were so many bright vegan pastries and cakes that I took about an hour to choose one, and finally picked a raspberry mousse cake just because it was pink. It may have set me back €4 but it was worth every cent.
On Saturday we visited La Petite France, a tiny area of Strasbourg which is officially part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. With narrow streets and tiny houses and the smell of crêpes in the air, it felt like I was living out an episode of Once Upon A Time and there is honestly no better feeling.
So the city itself was stunning, but the best part was spending the weekend with Warwick friends, living the Strasbourg Erasmus student life. The city is so different to Mannheim, but all the exchange students are going through exactly the same roller coaster experience of being strangers in a strange land, navigating the endless paperwork and paying over-the-odds for Cadbury's fingers in Carrefour. It must be a universal exchange student mood, and it's clearly one that bonds us.
I left a little piece of my Warwick Erasmus heart in Strasbourg, and I can't wait to go back and disturb my friend Jack again when the Christmas markets descend on the city.


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In a location that can only be described as breathtaking, Al Marjan Island is set on the coastline of Ras Al Khaimah in the shimmering Arabian Gulf. There's never been anything quite like it: a collection of four manmade islands that will become home to luxurious waterfront homes, hotels, resorts, sporting facilities, recreational and amusement park and leading international retail brands.
A magnificent feat of engineering envisioned by His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, opportunities like this come along only once in a lifetime. Extending 4.5km out into the sea and covering an area of 2.7 million square metres, Al Marjan Island is a celebration for the senses, combining a world-class resort development with environmental and cultural sensitivity.
With a perfect tranquil setting away from buzzing Dubai, which is only a 45 minute commute, you'll find everything you're looking for at Al Marjan Island, including a hint of the unexpected.
An amazing destination for extraordinary people, Al Marjan Island presents an opportunity for investors to enjoy returns only previously possible in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, with buyers from around the world taking advantage of the fact that the land is 100% freehold and there is no corporate, income, sales or export tax in Ras Al Khaimah.
Al Marjan Island is already home to Bab Al Bahr Residences that are being enjoyed by residents. RIXOS hotels are also completing a 600 room 5 star resort at the entrance of Al Marjan Island. Hilton Double Tree and the first Crowne Plaza in the Emirate have also selected Al Marjan Island for their latest locations in the UAE.
The world renowned Real Madrid Football Club has lent its name to the first ever Real Madrid Resort Island encompassing over 400,000 square meters of pristine beachfront location at this magnificent site.


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It's not just a tagline, but a promise to help you conquer the impossible and become the player others want to be.
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"It's Good to be Queen" by Liz Curtis Higgs
Review copy source: Blogging for Books
My Rating: 2.5 out of 5 Stars
About the book:
Sheba Journeyed Across the Desert with a Caravan of Riches,
Only to Find the Greatest Treasure of Them All. So Can You.
When it comes to famous queens of the Bible, we know the good one, Queen Esther, and the bad one, Queen Jezebel. Now meet the wise one, the queen of Sheba, who traveled to Jerusalem to test the mind and heart of a king.
Her quest for wisdom will surprise you, challenge you, inspire you, change you. This wealthy royal from antiquity will show you how to live boldly, seek after truth, ask the right questions, encourage others, receive graciously, and honor the Lord above all.
Shedding new light on this ancient biblical role model, Liz Curtis Higgs unveils timeless wisdom for all who aspire to please the king of Kings.
My Thoughts:
For some reason, non-fictions can sometimes be a trifle bit hard for me to get through. I adore reading, but non-fiction takes me much, much longer than the regular fiction piece would. I don't know why. :)
But even so, when I saw this nonfiction book come up for review, I thought I would give it a chance, as I had been wanting to read one of Liz Curtis Higgs' books for a while, and this seemed like a good opportunity.
The premise was interesting – there are so few verses about The Queen of Sheba in the Bible, but it was impressive that Mrs. Higgs could write a whole book on those verses. I hadn't before given much thought to the Queen of Sheba, so it was definitely interesting.
There were some things I didn't agree with – there was quite a bit of focus on make-up and looking nice in the beginning, even when the author said we wouldn't focus on it since the Bible didn't. Looking nice on the outside definitely isn't the goal in life – it's looking good on the inside for our Heavenly Father. Also, something else that bothered me was the vast use of Bible translations to get the point across. I just didn't agree with that. It was making it seem like there was more to the actual few verses than there really were, and many of the translations were far off course from the actual verses. But I know there is much controversy on that subject, and I don't wish to get into an argument. I just disagreed with it.
All in all, it was an interesting book, but not really a book for me. It didn't really minister to me as much as I was hoping – it was good, and there were some good parts that I will keep in my memory, but overall, it just wasn't a favourite. That doesn't mean it won't be a favourite for you, though. :)
Thanks to Blogging for Books for the complimentary copy of this book in exchange for my honest review, which I have given. :)


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Ok so we have some fans at Hamilton Library ! They asked us to add their link and we did, here it is again! http://www.myhamilton.ca/arts-recreation
This link goes straight to the Gallery on the fourth floor.
Those fine ladies at White Elephant have a new venture…. something to do with vintage clothes! http://www.etsy.com/shop/ainsliewoodco
Also btw, blackbird studios in the Sonic Uynion building on Wilson have extended hours for the holiday season!
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Little Dragons Softplay
Fun for all ages. Parents can relax while the kids let off steam.
Jerusalem Chapel, High Street, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, LL41 3AE
The Deep Mine tour at Llechwedd tells the story of the men who built this incredible industry which roofed the world. Experienced from the point of view of the mine workers, the tour uses cutting-edge enhanced reality technology to tell the story
Sheep Walk Snowdonia
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Take a guided walk, with your very own sheep beside you through scenic countryside on our family farm in Snowdonia National Park.
Zip World Bounce Below
Hats off to whoever thought of this one. Take a vast slate cavern twice the size of St Paul's Cathedral. Then string giant trampolines and nets across it. Voilà – you have a unique, very topsy-turvy underground experience.
Zip World Caverns
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Zip World Caverns is a remarkable, uniquely exhilarating and atmospheric underground adventure that has been inaccessible for nearly 200 years.
Zip World Titan
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The ultimate group zipping experience, Titan is currently the largest zip zone in Europe. Zipping in a seated position, you are afforded stunning views over Blaenau Ffestiniog and down the valley ahead.


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Weekend Wear Wish List
I'll be selling at two craft fairs this weekend, so I need and outfit that is warm, utilitarian, and comfy since there is a lot of set-up, driving, and walking involved. I'll be traveling to chilly Asheville for one craft fair, and I might be set up outside for the Coffee & Creativity event.
So here are my picks for the weekend, pictured counterclockwise from top left:
Cocoon Sweater Tunic from Design By Nihan
Leather Free Stow All Pocket Belt by Consciously Altered
This would be great as a money bank pouch, since I am constantly bouncing around at craft fairs. It would be nice not to have to worry about where my money bank is.
Raleigh Denim Women's Jeans
You'll probably have to visit one of the many stores that carries the line- I couldn't find them for sale online anywhere. Photo from NewRaleigh.com. Watch this video about Raleigh Denim made by UNC TV.
Olive Vegan Wrap Boots from Toms
Flats are a must for a grueling weekend of craft fairs, and these look so comfortable. And they are vegan to boot (heh). Plus, Tom's matches each sale with a pair of shoes for a child in need.
Simpla Gunmetal Filigree Earrings by Musette Made
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Tonight's Game: A Tripleheader
Watching baseball every night via Major League Baseball's superb "Extra Innings" package leads a viewer to conclude that every home in America is shopping for a new car. Or truck, SUV or minivan.
That may be an exaggeration. But you would hardly know it from the tons of commercials. Moreover, virtually every opportunity has a sponsor: the "Call to the Bullpen" is brought to you by Cingular Wireless on Turner South; Ford presents the "Play of the Game" on the Kansas City Royals' RSTN, and so on.
Now in its fifth year, Extra Innings, available through In Demand, DirecTV Inc. and Dish Network, costs less than a buck a day: $169 for the entire 2005 regular season, giving out-of-market fans up to 60 games per week. And there's been plenty to see this season, as MLB has enjoyed a banner year on the field.
Extra Innings provides the ultimate "reality programming" fix for baseball junkies. If there's a no-hitter going in Houston or you want to find out first-hand about "magic numbers" for multiple teams in a pennant race, you don't need to wait for ESPN's Baseball Tonight.
Each regional net, though, must deal with objectivity versus "homerism" issues.
FSN Rocky Mountain announcers Drew Goodman and George Frazier feel the enormous contract for the Colorado Rockies' Todd Helton is justified, even though most unbiased baseball observers would argue the former batting champ's deal prevents the budget-conscious club from emerging from the cellar.
The lack of enthusiasm for an opponent's sterling play is also bewildering. On a mid-June night on FSN Bay Area, the Oakland announcers barely note a pair of back-to-back spectacular defensive plays by the visiting Phils. A third finally merited acknowledgement.
But someone else noticed: Of the four A's-Phils highlights shown on ESPN's SportsCenter, the first three were the defensive gems.
FSN Bay Area announcers could be excused for their exuberance when slugger Barry Bonds finally made his season debut on Sept. 12 and led a brief Giants' resurgence.
The quality and chemistry of on-air talent should be the strength of any RSN, yet it's surprising that some teams don't gel. That's not the case in New England, where the insight and objectivity of Don Orsillo and former Sox second baseman Jerry Remy make them an entertaining listen, with NESN cutting to shots of the tandem several times per game.
Homerism and announcer-team shortcomings aside, the package also suffers from what some skippers are accused of giving their starting pitchers: the quick hook.
Extra Innings doesn't carry the networks' pre- or post-game shows and game coverage sometimes ends in mid-sentence of a wrap-up. Alas, if a viewer wanted to see a replay Johnny Damon's running catch to end a wild 10-9 Boston win over Cleveland on FSN Ohio, he'd have to find it on SportsCenter.


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5E Fighter Page
There are 3 initial archetypes there, but leave this thread for discussion the Fortune Fighter.
The 13th Age fighter really inspired the mechanics here, but I gave it a 'luck' twist and thought it was a good match for the hexblade. It is a real odd play style that will not suit some people, but I find intriguing.
Please look and comment here, especially on the mechanics. I have tried to distinguish each archetype in feel and play/mechanics.
So what do you think of the the Fortune Fighter?
"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." – Harry S. Truman


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"Civilized" & "Sophisticated"
(Husnu Onaran; April 1943 - August 2011.)
Photo Archive: Ahmet C. Çelebiler & Eser Çelebiler
By Husnu ONARAN
One sees that more and more "civilized" people are sorely lacking in our mist. I don't mean "sophisticated"- there are plenty of those. What I mean by civilized can be represented maybe by two people I know. One is definitely the composer. Ilhan Mimaroglu, and the other the international lawyer, Mordo Dinar There is a kind of unspoken grace with Mimaroglu; although he is extremely knowledgable in many a subject, I have never seen him flaunt it.When I asked him, a couple of years ago, to hear me and help me with a Mozart Concerto, I was to perform, even though he is not fond of Mozart, he came to my apartment and we worked together for more than two hours and he had wonderful ideas to impart with generosity.
Even his famous criticisms have seen him deliver, on some occasions, come with a tinge of humor and lightness. I have never seen him lock to an inflexible judgment; if an artist (be it a visual artist a musician, a film maker, etc.) one time disappoints him-if the work that shows up in the future is up to his standards, he readily will praise it. Some people might feel that he is reticent, but when he voices himself, he is precise, succinct and effective in all the languages he speaks.
Dinar, although he is more outgoing, has the same quality of gentleness, he never wants to hurt anyones feelings. He, also, has a vast knowledge on varied subjects, and his curiosity makes him explore more. There is an underlying cohesion to his approach to daily life. I have seen him deal with people and situations of all kinds with the same amount of dignity and grace. Once after hearing me play a Haydn piece at his home, he approached the piano and said" You are not just a pianist, but a philosopher, having a discussion with the music at the piano." This showed me his involvement and generosity also.
I have thought a great deal about what it was in their background that made these two men exceptional; and finally I realized that their formative years and growth happened in an era in Turkey, where the force of Ataturk was at its peak, encouraging them to their potential heights; and after all these years, this notion of being civilized is still ever-present with them.
Hats off gentlemen!
Husnu Onaran is a concert pianist who lives in New York City. His upcoming Concert in Istanbul is at Cemal Resit Rey Hall on November 29, 2000.
- Originally published in the following link in 2000: http://www.lightmillennium.org/fall/honaran_mimaroglu.html
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- A Tribute To: HUSNU ONARAN: A Soul for All Times (April 1943 - August 2011)
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May 14, 2019
Hey everyone,
Are you charging ahead with the tutorial? Already done with the Challenges? Here's what to try next
The Interface Essentials tutorial series https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/using-the-unity-interface
After the Walkthrough, watching these tutorials is a natural next step because they provide a more detailed introduction to the views and windows in Unity that you will use to organise and create your projects.
Happy coding!


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Congress President Sonia Gandhi is in a "stable" condition and under observation at the Army's Research and Referral Hospital here after she was admitted late on Tuesday night with high fever.
No medical bulletin on her health has been issued yet by the hospital but according to Congress workers, she is recovering under medical supervision.
The 69-year-old Congress chief returned to the national capital on 2 August by a chartered flight close to midnight after she had to abandon the 8-km roadshow in Varanasi midway due to illness.
AICC media cell in-charge Randeep Surjewala said she is stable and is recovering under medical supervision.
"Yesterday itself, she had said that she would return to Varanasi to meet the people and to have 'darshan of the historical temple of Kashi Vishwanath Ji'. Upon her return, she was admitted to a hospital in Delhi. She is stable and is recovering under medical supervision", he said in a statement.
The Congress President is overwhelmed by the concern and affection of fellow countrymen and crores of Congressmen and has thanked everyone for their good wishes, he said.
Sources said doctors have kept Gandhi under observation as she was running high fever yesterday and was dehydrated due to exhaustion during the road show.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi were by her side. Her son-in-law Robert Vadra also visited her.
Senior party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad had said on Tuesday that her condition was "stable" after she suffered a bout of "dehydration, vomited and had fever" in Varanasi.


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(Reuters) - Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM.N) said it would buy Canada's Tembec Inc TMB.TO for $807 million including debt to expand its business into packaging and forest products, sending Tembec's shares to a five-year high on Thursday.
The deal comes at a time when Canada is resisting a move by the United States to impose tariffs on Canadian lumber imports.
"I call it (tariffs) an annoyance but not something fundamental," Tembec CEO James Lopez told Reuters.
Tembec shareholders will get C$4.05 ($3.02) in cash, or 0.2302 of a Rayonier share, for every Tembec share they own, the companies said.
The offer price is at a premium of 37.3 percent to Tembec's Wednesday close. The deal includes $487 million in debt.
RBC Capital Markets analyst Paul Quinn said he expects to see increased consolidation in the industry.
Lumber companies such as West Fraser Timber Co (WFT.TO) and Interfor Corp (IFP.TO) will likely buy private companies in the United States and Canada, Quinn added.
Rayonier, which supplies cellulose commonly found in cellphones, computer screens, filters and pharmaceuticals, said it would finance the cash portion of the deal with cash in hand and debt.
Tembec's shares surged nearly 38 percent to $4.07, while Rayonier's were up 10 percent.
BofA Merrill Lynch is Rayonier's financial adviser and McCarthy Tetrault LLP, Hogan Lovells and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz are its legal advisers.
Scotia Capital and National Bank Financial are Tembec's financial advisers and Stikeman Elliott LLP, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, Dechert LLP and Slaughter and May are its legal advisers.
($1 = 1.3428 Canadian dollars)
Reporting by Yashaswini Swamynathan and Ahmed Farhatha in Bengaluru; Editing by Martina D'Couto


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Her debut film 'Janiva' didn't do very well, but Vaibhavi Shandilya did make her presence felt through her notable performance in this film. Today, she has another Marathi film 'Lord Of Shingnapur' ready for release. But more than this, the big news is that Vaibhavi is playing a prominent role in the much talked about Marathi film 'Ek Albela', starring award-winning artistes Mangesh Desai and Vidya Balan. By the way, this is Vidya Balan's debut Marathi film.
As we all know, 'Ek Albela' is a biopic on late popular actor Bhagwan Dada. Vaibhavi is playing the character of Shaheen, a Muslim girl who is shown as the first love of Bhagwan Dada in this film. When Zee talkies spoke to Vaibhavi to know more about this character, she said, "This is a character of a Muslim girl with the name of Shaheen, who speaks only in Hindi and Urdu in this film."
As we all know that Vidya Balan is playing the role of Geeta Bali in this film, we asked Vaibhavi whether she shot any scenes with Vidya. The talented and charming actress was quick to reply, "I haven't shot a single frame with Vidyaji, but I am happy that I had this big opportunity to be part of this film."
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'Come From Away' is one of Broadway's most inspiring and heartfelt productions, and is soon making its way across Atlantic. This musical is set in the week following the horrific September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York and tells the true story of what took place in the small town of Gander in the aftermath of these attacks. With music and lyrics by Tony Award Nominees Irene Sankoff and David Hein, this musical has been hailed as "one of the most refreshing pieces of art" and has garnered positive reviews from almost everyone who has watched it. If Come From Away London tickets are what you're looking for, then you've landed on the right page.
'Come From Away' is set to open at the Phoenix Theater on the 30th of January, 2019. The following guide will help you find tickets at the best price for Come From Away.
About the Show
'Come From Away' is a deeply moving and touching story of human kindness, heroic hospitality and basic humanity in the face of perilous times. The 9/11 terrorist attacks shocked not only America but the entire world and left people scared, uncertain and full of disbelief. During these difficult times, the people of Gander managed to muster up the courage and valour to welcome 7000 strangers into their town and homes. Cultures clashed, tension and apprehension were in the air and mistrust was at its peak, but in the end compassion, empathy and kind-heartedness prevailed. This musical beautifully captures humanity and celebrates the indomitable human spirit. Despite the subtle differences in the way we look, where we come from or the languages we speak in, at the end of the day we all belong to one, big global family.
The show opened on Broadway in March 2017 and from its very first show has been a raging success. Although 'Come From Away' hasn't performed on London's West End, given its track record on Broadway, you can be absolutely sure that this musical will be received well by the ardent West End fans.
Also, here's a handy link to the seat availability and real time prices for different seats/dates for Come From Away on Headout.
The Story
'Come From Away' beautifully recounts the true story of the people of Gander, Newfoundland and how they welcomed 7000 stranded travellers from all over the world, in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks. In the week following the attacks, the US Government closed off US airspaces, forcing 38 international aircrafts to change their routes and land unexpectedly at Gander in Newfoundland, a small town with a minuscule population. The Gander townspeople, despite being afraid and anxious themselves, put their inhibitions aside and welcomed the passengers, who were terrified themselves and made them feel safe and comfortable.
'Come From Away' shows the hospitality, benevolence and kindness of the people of Gander and paints a beautiful picture of how unity in the face of adversity always triumphs. As one writer beautifully put it - "On 9/11, the world stopped. On 9/12, their stories moved us all."
Practical Info
Show Details
Show Timings
Sunday: Closed
Monday-Saturday: 7:30 PM
Wednesday & Saturday: 2:30 PM & 7:30 PM
Leading Roles
Rachel Tucker as Beverley, Annette and others
Jenna Boyd as Beulah and others
Nathanael Campbell as Bob and others
Clive Carter as Claude and others
1 hour and 40 mins, with no intermission
Know Before You Go
Suitable for ages 10 and up.
Available Facilities
In-house Lounge
Coat check
Wheelchair accessible
The Phoenix Theatre has a seating capacity of 1008.
Dress Code
Smart and casual wear is recommended. Keep in mind, the theater is air conditioned throughout the year and can get a bit chilly.
As mentioned earlier, this musical, since its very first show has been a huge hit and has sat well with both critics and the general public. 'Come From Away' has been nominated for an astounding 7 Tony Awards in the categories of 'Best Musical', 'Best Book of a Musical', 'Best Original Score' and 'Best Choreography'. The musical has also been nominated for a number of Drama Desk Awards, winning the prestigious award in the categories of 'Outstanding Musical' and 'Outstanding Book of a Musical'.
It has also won the Outer Critics Circle Award for 'Outstanding Broadway Musical'. In the 2018 Grammy Awards, the musical was nominated for 'Best Musical Theater Album'. All these awards and accolades imply one thing - you simply have to watch this show!
"Try, if you must, to resist the gale of good will that blows out of "Come From Away," the big bearhug of a musical that opened on Sunday night at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater. But even the most stalwart cynics may have trouble staying dry-eyed during this portrait of heroic hospitality under extraordinary pressure...this Canadian-born production, written by Irene Sankoff and David Hein and directed by Christopher Ashley, is as honorable in its intentions as it is forthright in its sentimentality."
– The New York Times
"As long as Come From Away is playing on Broadway, I will recommend it to everyone. Everyone."
– Broadway World
Come From Away London Tickets
Looking out for discount on Come From Away tickets !
Have a look at the real-time seat availability and prices of different sections for Come From Away London. In the interactive seat-map, select the date that you would like to watch the show and check out the seats available for that day. You can filter the seats as per your desired price range and purchase tickets directly.
Phoenix Theatre - Come From Away London Ticket Prices
Stalls: £48 - £108
Dress Circle: £48 - £108
Grand Circle: £24 - £48
Phoenix Theatre Seating Plan will help you find the best seats for Come From Away London.
Come From Away London Lottery, TKTS, Day Seats
Apart from getting tickets for Come From Away online, there are other ways to obtain West End tickets for cheap, such as:
TKTS: The TKTS booth obtains its inventory directly from the theatre based on availability, and sells them for cheap.
Come From Away London TKTS
TKTS booths offer discounted tickets for certain shows, and can only be collected in person. Unlike New York, there is only one TKTS booth in all of London. You can check the availability of tickets for the show of your choice at the official TKTS website.
Come From Away TKTS tickets will be available once the show premieres.
LOTTERY: The winner takes it all! You can try your luck to obtain tickets for a performance on the same day at discounted rates!
Come From Away London Lottery
Currently, no lotteries are available for this show. Keep a tab on this space for more details.
DAY TICKETS: These are tickets that are made available at the theatre on the day of the show.
Come From Away London Day Tickets
Day Seats are discounted tickets that are available for purchase, and are to be used, on the same day at the theatre. Please note that the availability of tickets is based on the discretion of the Phoenix Theatre Box Office, and may not be available for all shows.
Day Seats at Phoenix Theatre are currently unavailable for purchase. They will be made available once the show opens.
Q: Is there a way to purchase TKTS tickets online, instead of waiting in line at the TKTS booths?
A: Unfortunately, no. The only way to purchase tickets is in person at the TKTS booth in Leicester Square.
Q: What is the recommended age limit for the show?
A: Come From Away London is suitable for those of age 10 and up.
Q: What time should I arrive at Phoenix theatre?
A: Doors open 45 minutes before show time. We recommend arriving at least 30 minutes before curtain.
Q: Can I take photographs or videos of the show?
A: The use of cameras (still and video) and sound recorders is not allowed inside the theatre.
Q: What do I wear to the show?
A: There is no specific dress code. Formal attire is not required; semi formal or smart casual is recommended.
Q: Is there a possibility that I will get partial view seating if I purchase discount tickets for Come From Away London?
A: When booking with Headout, you will get to select your specific seats, thus, ensuring you do not get stuck with partial view. However, if you opt to try and win lottery tickets, or purchase day seats, your seats will be allocated at the discretion of the Box Office, which can potentially mean partial view seating or split seats.


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The market is a fickle mistress.
Sometimes people can see market panics coming in advance, like in 2008.
Sometimes the market drops all of a sudden leaving economists scratching their heads for decades, like the Black Monday stock market crash of 19th October 1987.
Financial crashes don't necessarily let themselves be predicted by economic reason.
It's an exercise in crowd psychology.
Markets crash when investors panic, regardless of whether economists think they have reason to be alarmed or not.
It doesn't stop us from looking around us to see if the writing's on the wall. This concerns our hard-earned money after all…
One of the indicators market watchers keep an eye on is the "yield curve" in bond markets.
The yield curve is the difference between what investors can earn from long-term government bonds compared to those that are held short-term.
Those margins are narrowing for UK gilts, US Treasuries, and European bonds. When that happens, analysts break into a sweat. Cassandras come running.
Are the bond markets trying to tell us something?
Something is up
When it comes to investments, government bonds are about the safest vehicle to put your money in.
It's a safe haven investment, which means investors flee to the bond markets when they're worried.
Bonds are reasonably safe because governments rarely ever go bankrupt.
When I talk about "safe" bonds, I'm referring to those issued by developed countries like the UK, US or Germany. Bonds from unstable economies like Venezuela are a lot riskier.
Bond markets are closely watched by those who read the economic tea leaves. Market watchers especially dread something called a "yield curve inversion".
It's not as complicated as it sounds.
Markets are about risk and reward. The riskier the investment, the higher the reward.
Bonds with a maturity of 10 years tend to pay more than bonds that need to be paid back in two years.
That's because you hand over your money for a longer period. It's harder to look a full decade into the future as opposed to two years.
A lot can happen in 10 years, while economic conditions are more likely to stay the same in just a few years' time.
For this reason, investors get higher returns from 10-year gilts (UK government bonds) or 10-year Treasury notes (US government bonds) than when they purchase bonds with a duration of two years.
Makes sense?
Normally the longer you have to wait for your money back, the higher the yield.
We speak of a yield curve inversion when the yields of short-term bonds are getting higher compared to long-term bonds.
In other words, investors feel the short term is getting riskier than the long term. Clearly, something is up.
"For the UK in recent months, the gilt yield curve has flattened each time market there has been a rise in concern about a 'no-deal' Brexit or tensions between Brussels and London," Abhinav Ramnarayan wrote for Reuters last month.
"Bond investors, it would seem, agree with the International Monetary Fund, the Bank of England and some of the world's biggest banks and asset management firms that a 'hard Brexit' will damage the economy's health."
When bond investors start feeling queasy about short-term government loans, it's time to pay attention…
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Investors aren't just worried about the immediate future of the British economy.
The gap between 2-year and 10-year Treasury yields is at its lowest level since August 2007. The spreads between German short-term and long-term bonds have narrowed as well.
Especially for US Treasuries, an inverted yield curve is usually a harbinger of bad news.
Should you be worried?
Yes, you should be.
This yield curve acts as a warning sign. The last seven US recessions have been preceded by an inverted yield curve.
In the three times the UK gilt curve inverted in the past 20 years, the economy twice fell into recession and once underwent a sharp slowdown in growth.
Maybe it doesn't say everything, but inverted yield curves generally don't promise a lot of good. Paying no heed to this flashing indicator would therefore be unwise.
But: a car usually doesn't stop working the moment a warning light starts flashing on the dashboard and it's the same for these economic warning lights.
Economic growth can still remain strong for a while even as yield curves flatten.
And this warning light has proved less reliable for markets outside the US, for which it has over-predicted recessions.
Still, it's not a good sign that bond investors in the UK, the US and Germany are all growing more anxious about the near future at the same time.
"It looks like the pressure is intensifying," says Strategic Intelligence investment director David Stevenson.
"The looming yield curve inversion is now an incredibly powerful message that the economic omens – starting with the States but then spreading around the world – aren't looking good at all."
In any case, flattening yield curves seem to be proof that market sentiment is turning sour.
Perhaps it doesn't even matter whether or not inverted yield curves can actually predict recessions.
If investors think they do, that fear will be reflected in the markets, at which point a recession becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.


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Distributing complimentary samples of your product is an excellent and often fun way of building customer and consumer loyalty while helping to boost your brand's image.
With so much competition in today's marketplace it's essential to set your brand apart from competitors. A good way to do this is to offer customers free samples for an engaging first-hand experience. It's surprisingly simple and it can prompt conversations about the brand among friends and work colleagues. It can even generate positive social media posts and often challenge traditional customer perceptions.
Strengthening the Brand and Making It More Competitive
Strengthening the brand is key to gaining more business, and product sampling can introduce customers to your goods in a high-impact way. Giving out free samples, especially when you use a novelty truck or camper van, or even a Segway, can turn heads and make the sampling very suited to social media posts. For example, if the product is aesthetically pleasing, it will be worthy of an Instagram photograph. Introducing new consumers to the brand ensures that this way of offering samples will make a positive and lasting first impression, and it may even kick-start a period of loyalty.
Consumers want to be immersed in an experience, as opposed to seeing the product solely on paper. Everyone likes a physical interaction or a tasting session with the product. If the initial reaction is positive there is a high chance that the customer will switch brands thanks to this experience.
Staff Can Bring Your Products to Life with Their Skills
Positive, upbeat and engaging product sampling staff can help bring your products to life with their knowledge of the brand. Creativity is key, and the more persuasive the staff are, the more likely the customer is to come away with a positive opinion. Experiential marketing is more innovative than ever, and with the rise of social media, word can spread further, faster. Well-trained and highly skilled brand ambassadors will use personal and marketing skills to demonstrate the product to potential customers. Being extremely passionate about the brand and product is an essential skill that the product sampling staff must have.
When product samples are offered to prospective customers, the business is initiating a solid relationship between the brand and the consumer. Those who have sampled products will associate the company with the engaging experience of receiving something special free of charge. Winning customers over with a tasty sample or a pretty gift means they are more likely to make a purchase. If a customer is forced to decide between two brands, with one handing out samples and the other not giving away anything for free then it's likely they will opt for the former.
Often the use of samples to promote a brand can extend beyond the person tasting the food. Consumers who like the sample may feel inclined to spread the word to family and friends, and even urge them to post on social media.


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Level: Intermediate
Category: Photo Manipulation
Lessons: 12
Time: 1 Hour +
What you'll learn
How to create a misty and mood composition
How to combine multiple images into on scene
How to use blend modes and layer masks to give the appearance of mist/haze
How to reduce the color intensity with color balance adjustments
How to add noise to create unity in the image textures
Course Content
DescriptionIn this course you will learn how to create a Misty Mystery Photo Manipulation from scratch using Adobe Photoshop. We will combine 5 stock images using our tried and tested techniques to produce the final effect.
To create the misty appearance we'll focus on blending our images using Layer Mask to ensure each image is subtly added. Layer Adjustments also play a big part in this course, helping us adjust each image to our exact needs.
Once the composition is complete well edit the final image using global Adjustment Layer, altering the tones and final visual.
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Pureed fresh strawberries give these homemade waffles a delicious fruity flavor. The buttered strawberry sauce complements the waffles well and is perfect for topping frozen yogurt.
How to Make It
Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl; make a well in center of mixture. Place strawberries, milk, oil, vanilla, and egg in a blender; process until smooth. Add pureed strawberry mixture to flour mixture, stirring just until moist.
Coat a waffle iron with cooking spray; preheat. Spoon about 1/4 cup batter per 4-inch waffle onto hot waffle iron; spread batter to edges. Cook 5 to 6 minutes or until steaming stops; repeat with remaining batter. Serve hot with warm Buttered Strawberry Sauce.


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Table of ContentsDefinition / general | Case reports | Gross description | Microscopic (histologic) description | Differential diagnosis
Cite this page: Sangle N. Dioctophyma renale. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/kidneydioctophymarenale.html. Accessed August 14th, 2020.
Definition / general
- Also called giant kidney worm
- Found in dogs, minks, cats and other fish eating mammals
- Adult worms live in renal pelvis; their eggs incite a granulomatous response
- Adult worms progressively destroy renal parenchyma until only kidney and worm remain
Case reports
- 47 year old man with dioctophyma renale infection (Am J Surg Pathol 1983;7:281)
- 50 year old Chinese man with cyst in upper kidney (Am J Surg Pathol 1986;10:508)
- 51 year old woman with fatal bilateral dioctophymatosis (J Parasitol 2010;96:1152)
Gross description
- Hemorrhagic cyst, often thick walled
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Cyst wall composed of granulomatous tissue with eggs and cross striations of parasites
- Eggs have birefringent striated double wall
Differential diagnosis
- Liesegang rings (Diagn Cytopathol 1990;6:197)


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The Blue Heron Cafe at 236 Cannon St. will be changing hands.
Owner Paul Hanley, in a FaceBook post Aug. 14, wrote:
Dear Friends and Family,
I want to bypass the rumor-mill so that you can hear it directly from me. After 20 years of building friendships and memories, Blue Heron Cafe will be closing in late October.
In late June, I received an offer to purchase my building and business – my beloved Blue Heron Café. It was the offer I had hoped would come one day. I had wished for it to happen five years from now, but it came this year and I accepted. The offer was a solid, generous one that I could not refuse.
To all my current and former staff: Thank you for making my life dream, of owning my own restaurant, come true. You are the best of the best.
To my kitchen staff and, especially Chef Eugene Bethel: I'd be nothing without your talent and pure dedication. You're as close to my heart as family.
To our patrons, guests, friends, and neighbors: Thank you for allowing us into your lives. We've celebrated birthdays, anniversaries, engagements, weddings, business meetings, and so many other fun times and memories. I've watched your toddlers grow up and graduate. We've talked food, business, politics, cars, boats, airplanes, grandchildren, fishing and pets – all while enjoying the culinary art of casual fine dining. I am so grateful for your two decades of loyal support.
We will still be here for another few months. So come on over, say hi, and get a last round of our famous Sweetbreads, Oyster Fritters, Filet Mignon, Lamb Chops, Crab Cakes, Soft Shells, Double Duck, and all the rest.


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Building a Developmental and Entrepreneurial State
Photo: International business team with papers in city.
Recently, I heard a few stakeholders mention that South Africa should be an entrepreneurial state. The President also mentioned this in his recent parliamentary speech. Yet over the years, South Africa's notion was to be a developmental state and now it seems to be moving to an entrepreneurial one. This led me to think what makes an entrepreneurial state?
There are so many metrics on how one can measure whether a state is developmental or entrepreneurial. One cannot write about an entrepreneurial state without thinking of Mariana Mazzucato, who argued in her book that the result of the USA's economic success has been due to state-funded investments, innovation and the government's role in leading industry developments. In the same light, one cannot ignore the thinking of the late Professor Chalmers Johnson who coined 'developmental state'.
To summarize, a developmental state simply means the ability of the state to rapidly industrialize, control and develop policies that will foster the growth and development of its nation.
An entrepreneurial state basically looks at the ability of the state to build a knowledge economy, innovate, and also privatise key institutions that will enable the growth of the economy. Of most importance, is to become a risk-taker.
Which one is South Africa? Many argue that these terms have been politicised and there is no evidence that suggests we have achieved one or the other. The micro-governance issues being faced by municipalities (among many others) are evidence that the concept is misconstrued in our case, where some officials see flouting rules as being developmental.
The recent report by the AG on the calamitous state of most of the municipalities is quite incomprehensible and drew the fierce ire of most South Africans on a radio show last week. During my recent chat with some public and private sector representatives, many argued that the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) is to blame for these problems because it is very rigid and does not consider the environment where many institutions and project operate from.
Whether entrepreneurial or developmental, our systems and actions are meant to be the empowering machines for our respective communities. Yet they're having a crippling effect on many start-ups and SME's within the entrepreneurial ecosystem, which are constantly experiencing infrastructural and other supportive challenges.
In relevance to the above, according to the ANC's Jackson Mthembu piece just this weekend, "A capable developmental state requires effectively coordinated state institutions with skilled public servants who are committed to the public good and capable of delivering consistently high-quality services, while prioritising the nation's developmental objectives".
Moving on, I argue that South Africa can be both a developmental and entrepreneurial state and I have provided a few key points on how we can achieve this focusing on three key areas.
– Value Creation: This is one of the most important part of building a developmental and entrepreneurial state. Any work can create value, but one must ask, how much value? Value is created through an irreversible process which gives a resource greater usefulness to other humans. Manufacturing companies create value by acquiring raw materials which it uses to create an end-product that is valuable to the consumer. For a country to create value, it must first prioritise its people. People are the greatest value creators and we must build and change the mindset of our people to see value in themselves, while government works to build an ecosystem that can bring out the best in its people. The Porter's value chain matrix thinks of primary and support activities needed to achieve this. The key thing is also looking into our primary industries, manufacturing, services and building human capacity that will build the country. The Human Capital can also be exported at a cost to other countries. Countries that has achieved greatness did that through the competitive advantage of human capital.
– Governance: Governance also needs to look at the condition of the state to govern its people. Its ability to develop policies focused on economic development and growth. Improved macro-economic conditions (create a stable economic climate of low inflation and positive economic growth). Free market supply-side policies – privatisation, deregulation, lower taxes, less regulation to stimulate private sector investment.
– Creating the Future: To create an entrepreneurial state, we have to be risk-takers and acknowledge that the future is always uncertain, although we believe that it will be bright. We must create the future that we want and build ecosystems that will make that future being realised. An entrepreneur takes risks and the state must be able to lead the creation of entrepreneurial thinking, actions, institutions and entrepreneurial capital. Though many will argue that this is a private sector role, the fact remains that private sector will only really engage when they believe that the state is leading the process. Risk-taking will always be a given; whether its investing in new innovation, providing capital for start-ups and driving growth, the state can play a pivotal role in the country's development by risking its capital at a very early stage to invest in initiatives that could potentially generate wealth for the country.
To create an ideal state, it is healthy to dream big, but it's crucial that we first fix the little things that can make a big impact on the future of our people, country and continent. Without building our human capital, we will not be able to achieve the desired economic value.
Kizito Okechukwu is the co-Chair of the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) Africa – 22 on Sloane is Africa's largest startup campus.
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Digital Africa Appoints Top New Senior Executive
Digital Africa is proud to announce that Kizito Okechukwu, co-Chair of the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) Africa and Executive Head of 22 ON SLOANE, Africa's largest startup campus, has been appointed as its Board Vice-President and interim President.
Learning from Generation Alpha During Youth Month
Just when we thought we weren't being generationally categorised anymore, say hello to new kids on the block, Generation Alpha.


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Stay Healthy This FallAugust 15, 2016
Written by Max Effect
As the holiday season approaches, fall is the perfect time to reassess the state of your health. Instead of getting overwhelmed by the stress and temptation of the season, you can take charge of your health and your weight loss. Here are a few tips you can use to set yourself up for a healthy season.
Keep Active
Take advantage of the high-tech active wear that is on the market these days. Cool weather performance gear offers all you need in the crisp autumn weather: warmth, support, wind-proofing and moisture-wicking. With the amount of comfort they provide—not to mention how stylish a new running jacket can make you feel—there is no excuse to stay inside. Treating yourself to new gear can be a great motivator to getting up off of the couch and out in the fresh air for some exercise.
Stay Smart on Game Day
Football and food seem to go hand-in-hand, so this fall, be sure to take control of your tailgate menu. Opt for colorful veggies and protein-rich foods. Slow-cooker chili made with grass-fed beef and vegetables is a great option. Or snack on dry-rubbed baked chicken wings.
Take Advantage of Your Health Savings Account
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) or Flex Spending Accounts (FSAs) are offered through many employers or banks for use on qualified healthcare expenses. These funds (which are not considered taxable income) may be able to be used for acupuncture or chiropractic treatment, and even massage therapy. Flex accounts fall under a "use it or lose it" category, so be sure to spend your funds by the end of the year. HSAs can be accrued from year to year.
Lab testing is generally an allowed expense for FSA/HSA funds, so consider using your funds towards a comprehensive panel. This is a great investment in your winter health and can provide you with crucial information to better your weight loss success.
Admire the Scenery
Fall is a gorgeous time of year, so take advantage of it. Plan a long weekend bike ride, pick apples at a local orchard, or simply go on a walk. Appreciating the cool air and changing colors can relieve stress, and it can also help you fit in a day's work out.
Healthy Party Planning
Don't let fall family gatherings take your focus off of your goals. Take charge of meal plans and delegate who brings what dish for Thanksgiving dinner. Steer the menu towards healthier options with fewer processed carbohydrates. You can also help plan family events that can incorporate exercise your day. Corn mazes, pumpkin patches and scavenger hunts are all great options to have fun and stay active.
How are you preparing to take control of your health this fall? Share with us your favorite fall dishes, activities, work outs and tips.
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My daily post theme for 2017 is on Colleges and Universities.
The plan for starting my blog back in 2014 was at the urging of fellow coaching colleagues to share posts on leadership and/or motivation. Somehow that idea got derailed and turned into daily posts on one theme for an entire year.
In 2014 my daily posts were on the "Beer of the Day", 2015 it was "A Friend of a Friend", 2016 I wrote about "North Carolina", and for 2017 I will focus on "Colleges and Universities".
I have been associated with colleges since I was 18 and I love them. I have coached/worked at four different universities and in my professional and personal travels visited 100's more. Each college has something in its history that I want to share that to me make it unique or personal.
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Name of University: Salem College
Location: Winston-Salem NC
Salem College is the oldest continuously operating educational institution for girls and women in the United States. The school has Moravian origins who believed that women should have the same educational opportunities as men.
The school was founded in 1772—four years before the Declaration of Independence. Responding to an invitation from the Moravian community leaders, sixteen women and girls traveled 500 miles, mostly on foot, from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to what we now know as Winston-Salem in order to join the new village.
In its early years, the girls' school at Salem was led by the unmarried women of the Moravian community, who were known as Single Sisters. The Single Sisters lived together and were economically self-sufficient, a rarity for women in the eighteenth century. The women all lived in the same house called the Single Sisters' House.
The house is the earliest remaining building in the remarkable history of Salem Academy and College. The northern part of the building was constructed in 1785 to serve the Single Sister's as housing and work space. The construction was delayed one year due to the brick originally prepared being used to rebuild the Salem Tavern after it was destroyed in a fire.
Nothing like a man's desire for beer to trump all other priorities.


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For over 60 years, Chambers & Cook have provided dedicated contract services, specifically tailored to our customers' specific needs. This service goes back as far as the 1950s, when innovative double deck trailers were designed for our customers Atco Mowers, which instantly doubled the loading capacity. This represented a much more cost-effective solution for them, and had a positive impact on their capabilities and efficiency.
We currently have many clients that benefit from a well-designed, tailor-made solution that was specifically created to meet their individual transport requirements. This ranges from UK distribution utilising a fleet of custom-built trailers in the client's corporate livery, or an international solution incorporating standard tractors with the option of trailers in the customer's corporate livery. The provision of dedicated warehousing is also an option, enabling companies to concentrate on their core activities and not be sidetracked by operational activities.
The advantages of Contract Distribution are:
- The purchasing power of Chambers & Cook can be used to negotiate reduced costs for vehicles
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The annual SURFsara Super Day connects science and technology. Learn more about the latest mind-blowing opportunities that high performance computing and data technology can offer you in scientific research.
The line-up of Super Day 2019
'Energetic, colorful and an authority on stage'. A few characteristics clients use when describing her. As a moderator and presenter, she has led many events and conferences over the years. It's pleasant and effective to set the right tone for an event or meeting. Emmelie does so like no other. She puts each stage to her own hand. She is witty, always looking for interaction with the audience and asks sharp questions that arise from her knowledge and good listening.
Peter Coveney - keynote speaker
Peter Coveney is Professor of Physical Chemistry and Director of the Centre for Computational Science (CCS) at University College London (UCL), and Professor of Applied High Performance Computing at the University of Amsterdam. He is also Honorary Professor of Computer Science at UCL and Professor Adjunct at Yale University, School of Medicine. Coveney's wide-ranging work exploits supercomputers for multiscale virtual human cardiovascular simulations, molecular dynamics for applications in drug discovery and personalised medicine, and multiscale modelling for the discovery of advanced materials. Coveney leads the international CompBioMed project, that SURFsara participates in. This European Commission H2020 funded Centre of Excellence focuses on the use and development of computational methods for biomedical applications.
Maria Girone - keynote speaker
Maria Girone is the Chief Technology Officer at CERN Openlab. Maria has a PhD in particle physics and extensive knowledge in high performance and high throughput computing. She has held several leadership positions including that of Computing Coordinator for CMS Experiment and Head of Operations of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG).
Maxwell Cai
Maxwell Cai studied computer science in his bachelor, and then astrophysics during his Ph.D. at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He worked at Leiden University as a postdoc researcher in computational astrophysics from 2016 to 2019, during which he developed a strong interest of artificial intelligence. He recently join SURFsara (Dutch National Supercomputing Center) as an advisor of artificial intelligence.
Hinda Haned
Hinda Haned has been lead data scientist at Ahold Delhaize since 2015, where her activities involve designing and building solutions to answer business questions with data mining and machine learning techniques. In 2018, she was named professor by special appointment at the University of Amsterdam, where she focuses on researching and developing solutions for best practices for safe and responsible machine learning.
Tom Emery
Tom Emery is the Executive Director of ODISSEI and the Deputy Director of the Generations and Gender Programme. He has a PhD in Social Science from the University of Edinburgh and an MBA in Research Infrastructure Management from Bicocca University.
Joeri van Leeuwen
Joeri van Leeuwen is an astronomer at ASTRON and PI of CORTEX, a consortium in the Nationale Wetenschapsagenda. He investigates transient phenomena in the Universe, especially from neutron stars and black holes. He is ERC Consolidator and NWO Vici laureate.
Saskia van Eeuwijk
Working with SURFsara on research support, a field in which she has already worked for almost 10 years now, with a passion for facilitating cooperation. Independent contractor for more than 20 years.
Imke Limpens
As a programme manager, Limpens is part of the VU Management Pool; a team of 8 senior project-, programme and interim managers. Currently she is working on the VU Research Support Programme, which has been initiated by VU research directors.
Mark Galland
Mark Galland is a Research Data Manager and Data Scientist at the University of Amsterdam.
Adriënne Mendrik
Dr. Adriënne Mendrik (Netherlands eScience Center) has extensive experience with designing benchmarks and organizing challenges for measuring algorithm performance in biomedical image analysis. Together with Annette Langedijk (SURF), she is currently leading the development of the EYRA benchmark platform.
Liam Connor
Dr. Liam Connor is a postdoc at the University of Amsterdam, having done his Ph.D. in astrophysics in Canada. His interests include computational astrophysics, radio astronomy, and machine learning.
Wiro Niessen
Wiro Niessen is professor in Biomedical Image Analysis at Erasmus MC and TU Delft. His interest is in optimally exploiting the rich information in biomedical imaging data using data science techniques, for improved diagnosis and prognosis of neurodegenerative and cardiovascular disease, and treatment guidance in oncology
Cunliang Geng
Cunliang Geng is an eScience research engineer at Netherlands eScience Center. He has a PhD in computational structural biology from Utrecht University and is skilled at applications of machine learning and computational simulation in life science research.
Li Xue
Dr. Li Xue's research interests focus on bridging artificial intelligence and structural biology to better understand the molecular basis of diseases and to rationalize drug design. Dr. Xue is a multidisciplinary researcher with strong backgrounds in artificial intelligence (MS, PhD) and structural biology (VENI fellow in the HADDOCK group, the flagship software for protein docking). In the past 5 years, Dr. Xue initiated an independent research line: AI-boosted 3D modelling (VENI and eScience grants). Dr. Xue further established a deep learning framework for data-mining 3D protein complex images, DeepRank, in collaboration with the Netherlands eScience Center and SURFsara. Next, Dr. Xue plans to work closely with cancer immunotherapy groups in Radboudumc to decipher TCR specificities and aid cancer immunotherapy design.
Sonja Georgievska
As an eScience Research Engineer, Dr. Sonja Georgievska's focus is on the application of deep learning and machine learning to scientific data. She joined the Netherlands eScience Center in 2015 and is currently involved in projects on molecular biology, in particular cancer genomics and protein structures. Previously, she worked on large crowd analytics using wireless sensor data and on machine learning for digital forensics using camera sensor data.
Sonja obtained her PhD in Theoretical Computer Science on formal methods for concurrent probabilistic models (graphs) at Eindhoven University of Technology and has a MSc in Informatics on stochastic modeling applied to internet traffic data. Her background is in Computer Science and Mathematics.
Following her PhD, Sonja spent 3 years working as a senior analytics developer at a company in Amsterdam. During her master's studies in Macedonia, she was a teaching/grading assistant, teaching math and computer science courses to more than 1.000 university students in 6 years.
At the eScience Center, Sonja leads the special interest group in Machine Learning.
Hans Berends
Hans Berends is full professor of Innovation and Organization at the KIN Center for Digital Innovation, School of Business & Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He has published widely on innovation processes and interorganizational collaboration.
Arjen van Rijn
Arjen van Rijn is institute manager and deputy director of the Dutch National Institute for Subatomic Physics (Nikhef). He was one of the founders of EGI.eu (European Grid Infrastructure) and since 1 January 2019 chairman of the EGI Council. He is also the Dutch delegate for the European e-Infrastructure Reflection Group (e-IRG).
Roelien Attema
Roelien Attema is working as Head of R&D at ASTRON (the Dutch institute for radio astronomy) since february 2019. She is responsible for the development of end-to-end technology (from antenna, digital signal processing to HPC and AI) to improve the current radio telescopes and to design the next generation. Before she worked at TNO as research manager of a group working on ICT innovations in different domains.
Jasper Koehorst
Jasper Koehorst is a doctoral researcher combining Semantic Web technologies, big data analytics and Life Sciences at the Laboratory of Systems and Synthetic Biology (Wageningen University & Research). He graduated cum laude on his Ph.D. entitled A FAIR approach to genomics and is currently co-leading the methodology infrastructure related to Digital Twins of Biological entities.
Jan Verbesselt
Dr. Jan Verbesselt is associate professor in remote sensing at Wageningen University, Laboratory of Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing. He focusses at measuring and understanding ecosystem dynamics by developing novel spatio-temporal methods to detect, monitor and forecast changes using remotely sensed data from in-situ, terrestrial- and airborne LiDAR, and satellite sensors. The analysis of large amounts of satellite images for ecological modelling, and collaborative earth science for assessing vegetation, climate, and human impacts take a central place.
Fernando Kuipers
Fernando Kuipers is an associate professor and head of the Lab on Internet Science at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). He is also co-founder of Do IoT (https://www.tudelft.nl/iot), a TU Delft research initiative and fieldlab addressing 5G+IoT.
Egbert-Jan Sol
Egbert-Jan Sol is board member of TNO Industrie and program director at Smart Industry, an initiative of FME, Metaalunie, KvK, Ministery EZK and TNO addressing the fourth industrial revolution in the Netherlands. Before he was director Hightech Systems & Materials at TNO and parttime professor innovation management at the Radboud science faculty and in the 90's at the TU/E. He has a MSc and Phd mechanical engineering from the TU/e and worked at Hoogovens, Philips, BSO and Ericsson.


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Auda's mother died to save her life. Midwives weren't allowed to cut mothers during childbirth to save the babies unless the mother was already dead. Auda's mother insisted on the midwife cutting Auda out to save her baby's life knowing that she would die. But when Auda was born she was pale white with white hair, an albino. The midwife's apprentice thought that Auda was a witch, so the apprentice ran to the river with her and cut the baby's tongue out so she couldn't spread the "devil's lies". So Auda is condemned to a life as a mute and shunned by society because of her hair and skin color. Auda's father is a papermaker in a small French village in the 1300's who teaches her to read and write. But then the Church starts prosecuting heretics, and they take Auda's father, blaming him for something Auda had written. Read to see if she can save her family, discover true love and find a place to belong.
I really enjoyed this book. I like how the author brought different historical parts of the Middle Ages into the story, such as the heretics and gypsies being feared by most, and how the Church attacked those who were different. The author brought the novel to life with her vivid descriptions. If you enjoy historical novels, books about outcasts, or just good stories, this is a great book to read.


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Seems a bit slow? Even in limited
Just realised these Vessels are meant to add an enchantment into your graveyard to enable delirium with more ease.
Good call. This one is mediocre, but all of them are good for delirium in limited.
You could sac it at instant speed though. You could just let it sit in the field for a while then crack after your guys get wiped.
For sure. I like the card.
Ha. Lingering souls, this is not.
for when you want to play tokens but don't want to be judged for playing lingering souls
Lingering Souls is a sorcery. This can be activated at instant speed. You can also get it back with Sun Titan. You can use it as a combat trick. Plus its color identity is mono-white instead of black-white.
I'm not sure how good it is, but it might have some usefulness.
I think, for limited at least, this is better than it looks at first. Not impressive, but I wouldn't feel bad playing this.
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its it and thats that
The more I think about it, a differentiator for twitter/microblogs among social media is its manageability.
That seems self-evident, yet it's worth pointing out. If I follow 40, 50 blogs via my Bloglines, I am swamped. It's near impossible, without making that my job. My lawn would grow long, my child neglected.
I can follow twice that on twitter and not feel swamped. (In fact, I'd go so far as to say twitter is the only form of social media that I use heavily [among podcasts, blogs, and a lil' MySpace here and there] that does not stress me out due to volume. And given its focus on the present tense ('what are you doing?') in tweets, the user experience at twitter becomes extremely refreshing.
For a company intending to use twitter in its marketing, this is a wonderful relationship to develop with its audience.
p.s. And while comparing twitter to podcasts and blogs (my personal trifecta of gotta-get-it-daily), twitter's the only one that doesn't come off pedantic. Some blogs and some podcasts can come off pedantic, which really ruffles my feathers — nothing worse than being preached to by the Sr Editor of Creative Screenwriting about how misunderstood Lions for Lambs was. Twitter doesn't have that vibe for me. Major bonus user experience.
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I think one of the things people are going to get better at over time is *managing* volume in social media. I have 100+ feeds in Bloglines, but it's manageable b/c I routinely skip many of my feeds. I cycle through them, I catch up at intervals, and some days I just mark them all as read and start over.
It's kinda like cable t.v. You could spend ALL your time watching, catching ALL the good shows across the spectrum. But you don't, because you've got a life to lead. So you pick and choose. Same deal for me with social media.


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Truffol Signature iPhone case full review
The new iPhone 5S is a premium product (not that the old iPhone 5 or new iPhone 5c aren't expensive…), and so slipping it into a cheap and cheerful silicon case somehow just feels wrong – unless you have no cash left after the initial outlay. See: iPhone 5s review.
Sure you want to protect your phone from bumps and scratches but do you really want to hide its beauty in a cheap case?
Truffol has an altogether different idea – put your iPhone 5 or 5s in a luxury case that makes people take an even more admiring glance at your smartphone. Another luxury case maker is Sena, which specialises in quality leather cases, but doesn't have anything in wood. See: Sena case reviews.
Truffol's new luxury iPhone 5s (it also fits the iPhone 5) case is called the Signature.
The company believes that those with a little extra in their wallet will love its beautiful craftsmanship and design.
The Truffol Signature stands out from the iPhone case crowd by coming in two parts – three if you include the fiddly bit.
It's a fusion of aluminium frame and stainless steel, leather or wood backing piece. It features nylon brushing for a smooth texture without any nasty fingerprints.
The frame is available in silver, navy, and black. The Signature case, which features an inner polycarbonate layer for shock absorption, comes in three flavours: Stainless Steel, Italian Leather, and Wood.
We tried the "Nature" wood finish. It's available in Bamboo, Black Bamboo, Cherry Wood, and Walnut. Truffol says that these are made from machine-milled wooden or carbonized bamboo blocks that are then hand polished. The finish is smooth and, yes, a little luxurious.
The back is paired to the Signature frame via six rubber-coated stainless steel clips that feel nice and sturdy.
The leather back is trimmed to a precise thickness of 0.4mm for a wrinkle-free finish. It is available in Orange, Red, Navy and Black.
The "Minimalist" rubber-coated steel back is anodized in Midnight Black, and paired with a 16-karat electroplated rose gold PVD sleep/wake button. Backs are either Black or Grey.
The Signature ships in a two-part box that reminds us of a luxury pen set. Unboxing it is a similar experience to unboxing the iPhone itself – albeit in a slightly flimsier box.
One part contains the aluminium front/side frame and a tiny piece that works as the mute button. Fitting the iPhone into this part of the Signature is a little fiddly but not difficult. Once in place you fit the second part, which is the alumimium, leather or wood-finished back. Again, it's not as easy as slipping on a silicon sleeve but you shouldn't need to take the phone out again for any reason.
Once in place it feels like one smooth piece, and we were particularly taken by the covered button overlays. The Volume controller rocker is a much nicer feel than Apple's little buttons.
The Truffol Signature case for iPhone 5 and 5s is not cheap. It costs US$75 plus $9.99 shipping to UK, Europe and Middle East. That works out as about£50 in total.
Truffol Signature iPhone case: Specs
- Fits Apple iPhone 5 and 5s.


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An owl and hawk became entangled in a mid-air fight in Skagit County -- and the encounter was captured on camera.
Photographer Thomas Patrick Tully said a short-eared owl and northern harrier hawk got into a territorial dispute in the sky.
Tully said the birds of prey share similar hunting techniques and appetites, and such view each other as competition.
The birds took turns striking each other with their wings and talons, but Tully said it appears the owl and hawk finished their fight relatively unscathed.
The fight played out over a popular bird-watching destination in Washington's Skagit County.


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PM Groysman does not rule out gas purchases from Gazprom - Reuters
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman does not rule out completely that Ukraine will come back to direct purchases of natural gas from the Russian energy monopoly Gazprom, according to Reuters.
Ukraine is expected to bypass Russia to purchase the gas, but Groysman did not completely rule out in his interview with Reuters buying supplies from Russia's Gazprom, saying his government would take a "political decision" if Gazprom made the right offer.
Read alsoUkraine marks 5 mths without Russian gasGroysman also said Ukraine could soon expect to receive a $500 million loan from the World Bank to buy gas in exchange for certain conditions, including improving governance at state energy giant Naftogaz.
As UNIAN reported earlier, First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade Yuliya Kovaliv in May said Ukraine had not purchased natural gas from Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom for more than five months, as it was more profitable to have gas supplied from the European market.
Ukraine imported 2.647 billion cubic meters of natural gas in Q1, 2016. In monetary terms, imports amounted to $521.7 million. Gas supplies were carried out only from Europe.
On March 31, NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine stated it had no plans to resume purchases of natural gas from Russia's Gazprom from April 1, 2016, as the price offered by the Russian company was higher than that offered by European suppliers.


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